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HISTOEY, 
UZETTEER, AND DIRECTORY 

OF 

SUFFOLK; 

COMPRISING, 
UNDER A LUCID ARRANGEMENT OF SUBJECTS, 

A GENERAL SURVEY OF THE COUNTY, 

AND SEPARATE 

ISTOBIES, & STATISTICAL & 10P0GEAPHICAL 
DESCEIPTIONS 

OF ALL THE 

HUNDREDS, LIBERTIES, UNIONS, 
BOROUGHS, TOWS, POETS, 
iKISHES, TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES, AND HAMLETS; 

SHEWING THEIR EXTENT AND POPULATION; 

heir Agriculture, Manufactures, Markets, Fairs, Trade and Commerce; 
their Charities and Public Institutions ; their Churches and Chapels ; the 
Annual Value, and Patrons and Incumbents of the Benefices ; the Lords 
of the Manors and Owners of the Soil and Tithes ; the Unions and County 
Court Districts ; the Addresses of the Inhabitants ; the Railway Trains, 
Steam Packets, Coaches and Carriers ; the 

SEATS OF NOBILITY AM) GENTET, 

MAGISTKATES AND PUBLIC OFFICEES; 

AND A VARIETY OF OTHER 

AGRICULTURAL, STATISTICAL, AND BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION. 

N ONE YOLUME, "WITH A MAP OE THE COUNTY. 

{SECOND EDITION.) 



BY WILLIAM WHITE, 

VUTHOR OF SIMILAR WORKS FOR NORFOLK, LINCOLNSHIRE, ^YORKSHIRE, 
AND MANY OTHER COUNTIES. . - , 



PRINTED FOE THE AUTHOR, 
KOBERT LEADER, INDEPENDENT OFFICE, SHEFFIELD; 
And Sold by W. White, Collegiate Crescent. Sheffield ; 

BY HIS AGENTS, AND SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO., LONDON. 

'rice to Subscribers, 14s. in Calf Binding, or 12s. 6d. in Boards. With the 
Map Mounted, 2s. 6d. extra. 

ENTERED AT STATIOXEBS' HALL. 

1855. 






PREFACE. 






The first Histoky, Gazetteer, and Directoky of Suffolk was published by 
Wiii. White in 1844, since which period so many changes have taken place, that 
til- want of an entirely new and enlarged Edition has long been felt. To supply 
this desideratum, the Author and his assistants have been busily employed dur- 
ing the last twelve months ; and he now tenders to an indulgent public the re- 
sult of their labours, with the assurance that every care has been taken to avoid 
* errors, and to make the vast body of information, comprised in the following 
ample and closely-printed pages, useful and interesting to all classes. At the 
sarr.e time, W. W. has to tender his grateful acknowledgments to about 3500 
subscribers, and also to many of the literary and official gentlemen of the county, 
for their valuable assistance. 

Though SUFFOLK is one of the most important Agricultural and Maritime 
Couities in England, no General History and Topography of it, on a satisfac- 
tory scale, had been published before 1844, when the first edition of this work 
was issued from the press. The other printed information, relating to its 
•principal Towns, is rather scanty, loose, and undigested, except the " Memorials 
c/ Ipswich" and the " Historic Sites, fyc, of Suffolk" which were published by 
Mr. "Wodderspoon, and are valuable and interesting works. ( See p. 89. ) " The 

. folk Traveller," published by John Kirby, in one small volume, in 1735, and 
if h a new edition was published in ±764, as noticed at page 89, was the 
I jtinct work on the topography of the county in general, before 1844, when 
tl f edition of the present work was published. 

i'he Plan of the Work embraces a General Historical and Descriptive Survey 
of the County, shewing its Extent and Population, its Civil, Ecclesiastical, and 
ot'ier Divisions and Liberties ; its Soil, Agriculture, Trade, Commerce, Manu- 
factures, Produce, Rivers, Navigations, Pioads, Railways, Fisheries, &c ; the 
Soats of its Nobility, Gentry, and Clergy; the Magistrates and Public Officers; 
and a variety of other information ; followed by separate Statistical Descnptious 
o1 its twenty-one HUNDREDS; and Histories and Directories of all the Boroughs, 
Towns, Parishes, Villages, and Hamlets, in each of these divisions; shewing the 
Poor Law Unions, County Court Districts, Deaneries, Archdeaconries, and 
Manors, in which they are respectively comprised. This arrangement, proceed- 
ing en route from Ipswich on the east, and Bury St. Edmund's and Newmarket 
on the west, presents in a readable form a connected Topography of a whole 
Division or Hundred; and the copious Index of Places gives the volume all the 
advantages of an Alphabetical Gazetteer. 

The Parochial Histories shew the situation, extent, and population of the 
Boroughs, Towns, Villages, &c. ; the Owners of the Soil and Lords of the 
Majors; the Churches, Chapels, Charities, and Public Institutions; and the 
Substance of all that relates to Suffolk in the works of ancient and modern 
Authors, and in the voluminous Parliamentary Reports on Population, Chan- 
ges, Church Revenues, Agriculture, Poor Law Unions, &c. The value of the 
benefices in the King's Books or Liber Regis, according to a valuation made in 
1535, is distinguished by the contraction k.b., but in all cases their present 
value, or that in 1835, is added, together with an account of glebe lands and 
tithe commutations. The Directory of each place follows its History, present- 
ing, in an easy classification for reference, the Addresses and Occupations of 
he principal Inhabitants ; the Post Office Regulations; and the Railway Trains 
-oa C nes, Omnibuses, Carriers, Steam Packets, and Trading Vessels. 

WILLIAM WHITE. 

Sheffield, January 3rd, 1855. 

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INDEX OF PLACES, 

Containing in Alphabetical Order the names of all the Hundreds, Parishes, Towns, 
Townships, Villages, Hamlets, Manors, and Seats in Suffolk. The Contbao 
tions occasionally used are Grn. for Green ; HI., Hall ; Hs.for House ; and 
PI. for Place. 



Abbott's Hall, 418 
Acton, 738 
Akenham, 430 
Alborough, 503 
Aldersfieldgn.814 
Alderton, 258 
Aldham, 620 
Aldringham, 291 
Allington, 375 
Alnesbourn, 243 
Alpheton, 739 
Altestoi.,245 
Amor House, 232 
Anrpton, 480 
Apsey green, 357 
Arwarton, 220 
Ash Abbey, 352 
Ashbocking, 430 
Ashby, 532 
Ashfield Gt. 708 
Ashfield Litl. 710 
Ashfield grn. 396 
Ashfield- with- ) 

Thorpe, 454 j 
Ashmans, 640 
Aspall, 584 
Assington, 739 ; 

Green, 808 
Athelington, 375 
Attleton grn. 814 | 
BaberghHundred, 

736; Hall and 

Place, 773 
Babwell, 163 
Bacton, 585 
Badingham, 375 
Badley, 430 
Badmondisfield 

Hall, 814 
Badwell Ash, 710 
Ballingdon, 781 
Banyards grn. 389 
Bardwell, 711 
Barham,431 
Barking, 432 
Barley green, 396 
Barnardiston, 788 
Barnby, 532 
Barnham, 712 
Banringham, 713 
Barrards Hall, 638 
Barrow, 460 
Barsham, 640 



Barton Great, 482 
Barton Mere, 491 
Barton Mills, 680 
Battisford, 435 
Battlesey grn. 396 
Battleys, {inBoug- 

ham | 
Bawdsey, 259 
Baylham, 435 
Eeann Hill, 2:3 
Bealhigs Great, 

247 ; Little, 248 
Beccles, 641 
Beck Row, 692 
Bedfield, 376 
Bedingfield, 377 
Beighton, 483 
Bell green, 300 
Beistead,212 
Belton, 533 
Benacre, 292 
Benhall, 509 
Benningham, 603 
Bentley, 213 
Benton End, 626 
Bentress Hall, 355 
BerghershHs.257 
Eershck Eas:,2l4 
Beyton, 483 
Bildeston, 621 
Bing, 268 
Bixley, 243, 256 
Blackbourn Hun- 
dred, 707 
Blacklands, 746 
Blakenham Great 

and Little, 436 
Blaxhall, 510 
Blocka Hall, 543 
Bloomville H. 368 
Blowfield Hall,244 
Blundeston, 534 
Blythburgh, 292 
Blythe Haven, 327 
Blythford, 294 
BlythingHundred, 
289 ; Union, 290 
Bolton, 78 
Bosmere & Clay- 
don Hund. and 
Union, 428 
Bosmere Hall, 441 
Botesdale, 586 



Boulge. 2-:l 
Bovilles Hall, 798 ; 
B oil :rd 740 
Boxted, 742 
Bidden El I 514 
Boyton, 261 
Brabling grn. 357 
Bradfield Com- 
bust, 483 ; St 
Clare, 484; St 
George, 485 
Bradley Great, 788 
Bradley Little, 789 
Eradwcll. oS5 
Braham Hall, 216 
Braiseworth, 587 
Bramfield, 295 
Bramford, 436 
Brampton, 296 
BranchesPark,795 
Brandeston, 349 
Brandon, 681 
j Brantham, 216 
I Braziers' Hall, 410 
Bredfield, 262 
Brendhall, 250 
Eren-.-Eleigh. ~4>: 
I Brettenham, 622 
Brieett Great, 438 
Bricett Little, 447 
Brightwell, 249 
Bristle green, 300 
Broekford, 614 
Brocklev, 462 
Broke Hall, 243 
Brome, 588 
Bromeswell, 263 
Brook Hall, 295 
Brook House. 472 
Erough:cnH1.44',"' 
Browston Hall,533 
BroxleyPark, 802 
Bruisyard, 511 
Brunaish, 375 
Brandon, 781 
Backlesham, 236 
Bucks green, 377 
Bulcamp, 292 
Bungay, 654 
BuresStMary,744 
Burgate, 590 
Burgh, 249 
Burgh Castle, 536 



Burnt Pen, 679 
Burstall, 217 
Bury St Edmund's, 

History, 146 y 

Directory, 197 ; 

i see pane 523.) 
E-itlev, SfO 
Buxhall, 408 
Buxlow, 317 
CaMeeo:tHalIo41 
Campsey Ash, 351 
Cap el St Andrew, 

263 
Capel St Mary, 

217 
CarlfordHund,247 
Carlton, 378 
Carlton Colville. 

538; Green, 387 
Cittavracc, 216 
Cavendish, 745 
Cavenham. 655 
Chadacre HI. 769 
Charles Hall. 445 
Charsfeld, 352 
Cha::ishani. 215 
Chauntry, 228 
Chedbur^h. 759 
Chediston, 297 
Chellesvrinh, o23 
Chelmondistoo. 

218 
Chepenball gu.3 ; l 
Chevinstzn, 432 
Chilburn, 802 
CdiiEesfird.oll 
Chilton, 417. 747; 

near Clare, 790 
ChimneyMillsJSl 
Chipley. 807 
Christ Church > 

Park, 78 > 

Clare, 790 
Clavdm. 138 
Clopton, 250, 814 
Clopton Had 
Cobholm Island, 

579 
Cockerells ; 4 S 
Cockfield, 745; 

Hall, 346 
Coddenham, 439; 

Hall, 740 



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INDEX OF PLACES. 



Colchester gn, 748 
Cold Dunghills, 78 
Coldfairgreen,3l7 
ColdhamHall.496; 

Cottage, 759 
Coles green, 357 
Colneis Hund.235 
Colston Hall, 375 
Columbyne Hall, 

426 
ColvilleHouse,565 
Combs, 408 
Coney Weston, 713 
Cookley, 298 
Copdock, 219 
Cornard Great, 

749 c ; Little, 750 
■Corton, 539 
Cosford Hall, 626 
Cosford Hundred 

and Union, 619 
Cotton, 590 
Covehithe, 298 
Cove North, 666 
Cove South, 298 
Cowling, 795 
Cox green, 342 
Cranley, 591 
Cransford, 511 
Cratfield, 299 
CreetingAllSaints, 

St Mary, and St 

Olave,440 
Creeting St Peter, 

or West, 409 
Crepping Hall, 230 
Cretingham, 353 
Cross Green, 217 
Crowfield, 442 
Crow Hall, 230,453 
Crows Hall, 455 
Culford, 714 
Cullar green, 387 
Culpho, 250 
Cuttles green, 519 
Dag worth, 415 
Dalham, 795 
Dallinghoo, 264 
Darmsden, 442 
Darsham, 300 
Debach, 264 
Debenham, 454 
Deerbolts, 450 
Denham, 379, 796 
Dennington, 380 
Denston, 797 
Depden, 797 
Dernford Hall, 528 
Dingle, 343 
Ditchingham, 655 
Dodnash Pry. 213 



Drinkstone, 485 
Dunningworth, 

528 
Dunstall grn. 795 
Dunwich, 301 
Earl's Hall, 748 
Earl Soham, 354 
East Bergholt, 214 
East Bridge, 334 
Easton. 355 
Easton Bavents, 

306 
Edgar House, 409 
Edwardstone, 750 
Elden, 685 
Eldo House, 494 
EUough, 666 
Elmham South, 

674 
Elrnsett, 624 
Elmswell, 715 
Elveden, 685 
Erbury. 790 
Eriswell, 686 
Erwarton, 220 
Estry Park, 802 
Euston, 716 
Exning, 686 
Eve, 591 
Eyke, 356 
Facons Hall, 608 
Fakenham Little, 
716;Magna,718 
Falkenham, 237 
Farnhani, 512 
Farsborn Hall, 408 
Felaw's Houses,83 
Felixstow, 237 
Felsham, 486 
Fen Hall, 269, 408 
Finborough Great, 
410 ; Little, 411 
Finningham, 598 
Flemings Hall,377 
Flempton, 463 
Flixton, 540, 667 
Flowton, 443 
Folly Heath, 806 
Ford, 409, 763 
Fordley, 321 
FornhamAllSaints 
464; St Gene- 
vieve, 487 ; St 
Martin, 488 
Fornham Park,487 
Foxburgh HI. 266 
Foxhall, 250 
Framlingham, 357 
Framsden, 457 
Freckenham, 688 
Fressingfield, 381 



Freston, 220 
Friston, 512 
Fritton, 540 
Frostenden, 307 
Gazeley, 797 
Gedding, 489 
Gedgrave, 516 
Genesis green, 814 
Gifford's Hall, 770 
Gipping, 412 
Gisleham. 541 
Gislingham, 599 
Glemham Gt. 513 
GlemhamLitl.513 
Glemsford, 751 
Glevering,368 
Gold Bridge, 384 
Gorleston, 578 
Gosbeck, 443 
Goswold Hall, 612 
GrimstonHall,245 
Groton, 753 
Grundisbuvgh, 251 
Gunton, 542 
Hacheston, 368 
Hadleigh, 625 ; 

Hamlet, 631 
Hales North, 298 
Halesworth, 307 
Halifax, 103 
Hallowtree, 243 
Hanningfield, 759 
Hardwick Hs. 466 
Hargrave, 465 
Harkstead, 221 
Harleston, 412 
Hartismere Hund. 

and Union, 583 
Hartest, 754 
Hasketon, 252 
Haseiwood, 515 
Haughley, 413 
Havergate,516 
Haverhill, 798 
Hawkedon, 801 
Hawstead, 465 
Hazel Stubb, 801 
Helmingham, 443 
Hemingstone, 445 
Hemley, 241 
Hengrave, 469 
Henham, 339 
Henley, 445 
Henstead, 313 
Hepworth, 718 
Herringfleet, 543 
Herringswell, 688 
Hessett, 489 
HestleyHall, 610 
Heveningham,314 
Higham, 222 



Highara Green & 

Station, 798 
Highlands, 214 
Hightown gn. 493 
Hilton, 386 
Hinderclay, 719 
Hintlesham,222 
Hinton, 292 
Hitcham, 631 
Hobland Hall, 535 
Holbecks, 634 
Holbrook, 224; 

Hall, 773 
Hollesley, 265 
Holton, 316 
Holton green, 224 
Holton St My. 225 
Holvweil row, 692 
Homersfield, 668 
Honington, 720 
Hoo, 369 
Hopleys, 471 
Hopton, 545, 720. 
Horham, 383 
Horningsheath, 

470 
Horringer Hs.47I. 
Horsecroft, 471 
Hoxns, 384 
Hoxne Hundred, 

374; Union, 375 
Hulvers, 313 
Hundon, 802 
Huns ton, 721 
Huntingfield, 316 
Hurts Hall, 522 
Icklingham, All 

Sants, and St. 

James, 688 
Ickworth, 472 
Iken, 515 
IlketshallStAndw. 

668; StJno. 669; 

StLawnce. 669; 

St Margaret, 670 
Ingham, 722 
Instead Hall, 400 
IpswichE,istory,4:9' i 

Directory, 104; 

Union. 52. (See 

Index at p. 822) 
Ix worth, 722; Ixw. 

Thorpe, 732 
Kates-Hill, 626 
Kedington, 803 
Kelsale, 387 
Kemhroke,236 ' 
Kentford, 804 
Kenton, 369 
Kentwell Hall, 760 
Kersey, 633 






INDEX OF PLACES. 



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Kesgrave, 253 
Kessingland, 545 
Kettlebaston, 634 
Kettleburgb, 370 
Ketton,S03 
King's Fleet, 237 
Kingsball, 250 
Kirkley, 547 
Kirton, 241 
Knettishall, 725 
Knodishall, 317 
Laekford, 474 ; 

Hundred, 679 
Lake Lothing, 530 
Lakenheath, 690 
Lempard Brook, 

357 
Landguard Fort, 

238 
Langbam, 725 
Langton Grn.,598 
Lantern Marshes, 

503 
Lavenbam, 755 
Lawshall, 759 
Laxfield, 389 
Layham, 634 
Leaven Heath, 770 
Leffey Hall, 408 
Leiston, 318 
Letheringham,370 
Levington, 242 
Lid gate, 805 
Lindsey, 635 
Ling Hall, 588 
Linstead Magna, 

320; Parya, 320 
Little Haugh, 269, 

726 
Livermere Magna, 

490 ; Parva, 725 
LoesHundred,348 
Long Melford, 760 
Lothingland, 530 
LondhamHall,268 
Lonnd, 549 
Lovetofts Hall,437 
Lowestoft, 550 
Maple House, 387 
Mrkt. Weston, 726 
Marlesford, 371 
Martlesham, 253 
Martley, 355 
Mason'sBrdge. 226 
Manikin's Hll.,491 
Melford, (Long,) 

760 
Mellis, 600 
Mellon Green, 479 
Mells,341 
Melton. 265 



Mendbam, 392 
Mendlesham, 601 
Metfield, 393 
Methers Gate, 269 
Mettingham, 670 
Mickfield, 446 
MickleyGreen,479 
Middleton, 321 
Milden, 764 
Mildenhall, 691 ; 

Union, 692 
Minsmere Haven, 
343 ; Level, 324 
Mockbeggars, 438 
Monewden, 372 
Monks-Eleigb.764 
Monk's HaU, 399 
Monk-Soham, 394 
Monk's -Bisbridge 

788 
Moulton, 806 
Mutford, 573 
Mutford Bridge, 

574, 538 
Mutford & Loth- 
ingland Hund- 
red. 530 
Nacton, 242 
Naughton, 636 
Naunton, 259 
Nayland, 764 
Nedging, 636 
Needbam, 797 
Needham Market, 

432 
NetherburyH.635 
Nettlestead, 446 
Newbourn, 254 
New House, 491 
Newmarket, 817 
Newton Cross. 539 
Newton (Old,) 415 
Newton, near Sud- 
bury, 767 
Normanston, 550 
North CourtLodge 

683 
North G-reen, 300 
North Hales, 298 
Norton, 726 
No-where Hs., 335 
Nowton, 474 
OakenhiUHall,375 
Oakley, 602 
Oakley Park, 385 
Occold, 603 
Offton, 447 
Old Newton, 415 
Onehouse, 416 
Orford, 515 
Orwell Park, 243 



Otley, 254 
Oulton, 574 

Ousden,806 
Outney Com., 656 
OverburyHall,635 
Overhall, 254 
Pakefield, 547 
Pakenbam, 491 
Palgrave, 604 
Parham, 519 
Park House, 352 
Peacock Hall, 750 
Peasenhall, 322 
Pettaugh, 458 
Petches Green ,485 
Pettistree, 268' 
Peyton HaU, 268, 

626, 741 
Pin-Mill, 218 
Pixey Green, 396 
Plashwood, 413 
Playford. 255 
PlomesgateHund- 

red, 501 
PlumptonE : 478 
Polstead, 767 
Pond Hall, 626 
Poslingford, 807 
PountneyHall,600 
Poy Street, 493 
Preston, 768 
Purdies Farm, 243 
Bamsholt, 268 
Eattlesden, 492 
Eavens Hall, 636 
Eawlins, 448 
Eaydon, 226, 516 
Eede, 475 
Eedgrave, 605 
Eedisham Great, 
671 ; Little, 672 
Eedlingfield, 607 
Eeeves Hall, 718 
Eendham, 521 
Eendlesham, 372 
Eeydon, 323 
Rice Hall, 430 
Bickinghall, Infe- 
rior, 727 ; Su- 
perior, 607 
Eingsfield, 671 
Eingshall, 448 
Bisbridge Hund- 
red,786; Monks, 
788 ; Union, 787 
Eisby, 475 
Eishangles, 608 
Eockylls, 417 
Eokewode Lit. 497 
Bougham, 494 
Bound Wood, 256 



Bousehall, 250 
Eumburgh, 324 
Bushbrooke, 495 
Eushford, 728 
Bush Green, 599 
Bushmere^SS^TS 
Bymer House, 71(5 
3 acker's Grn., 767 
St James' Pk.,67"5 
St01ave'sBdg.54£ 
StOsythTow- UB 
SamfordHund.211 
Sampson's Hl.,633 
Sancrof: i : 
S anton-D o wnham 

697 
Sapiston, 729 
Sawley Green. -12 
Saxham, Great, 

476; Little. ITT 
Saxmundhan . ': '^1 
Saxtead, 394 
Scotch Green, 80S 
Seckford Hall, 248 
Semer, 637 
Seven Hills 314 
Shadingfield ]~~: 
ShadwellLdr 738 
Shelland, 416 
Shelly, 226 






ShotfordBdg.,392 
Shotley, 227 
Shottisham, 269 
ShrublandPk.43I 
Sibton, 325 
Sicklesmere, 499 
Silverlace Green, 

300, 519 
Sizewell, 318 
Slaughden, 503 
SmaMbridge, 744 
Spape, 525 
Sogennoe, 270 
Soham Earl. ;'.; 

Monk's, 394 
Somerleytcn 
Somersham. = ^~ 
Somerton. 
Sotherton, 326 
Sotterley, 673 
Southelmham . All 

Saints, 6:^ M 

Cross, 6": 

-James. 673 

Mar; " ; St 

MicbL, 676; St 

Nichs 

1 . ". r - 



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INDEX OF PLACES. 



"South ok, 895 
South Town. 580 
Southwell Pk., 465 
Southwold. 327 
Spexhall, 334 
Spring Hall, 770 
Sproughton, 22S 
Stadhaugh, 389 
Stanchells,470 
StandwellLo.,611 
Stanningfield, 496 
Stansfield. 808 
Stanstead. 769 
"Stanton, 729 
Staverton, 356 
Stemfield, 526 
Stoke. Ipswich. 79 
Stoke Ash. 609 
Stoke-bv-ClareSOS I 
Stoke-by-Navland. . 

770 
Stoke Park, 80 
Stonecross Gn.479 
Stone Street, 741 
Sionham Asp all, 

449: Earl, 450; I 

Parva&Pie.45l 
Steven, 334 
Stow Fen. 656 , | 
Stow Hund. and : 

Union, 406 
Stowlangtoft, 730 
Stowmarket, 417 
Stow Upland. 426 
Stow West, 731 
Stradbroke, 396 
Stradi shall, 811 
Stratford St And w 

526; St My. 229 
Stratton Hall, 242 
Stuston, 609 
Station, 230 
Sudboine, 527 
Sudbury. 774, 781 
Sudbrv. Union. 737 
Suddon Hall, 369 
Sutton, 269 
Swan Green, 300 
Swan Hall. 801 
SwattisfieldHl.OOO 
Swelling, 528 
Swiiland. 452 



Syleham, 399 
T an gh amFarm2 63 
Tannington. 399 
Taston Hall, 442 
Tattingstone,231 
Tending Hall. 771 
Theberton, 334 
ThedwestrvHund. 

479; Hill. 407 
Thelnetham. 731 
Thetford, 699 ; 

Union, 700 
Thingoe Hundred, 

459; Union, 459 
ThistletonHl.249 
Thorington. 335. 

770,772 
Thomdon. 610 
Thorney, 426 
Thornkam Magna 

611: Parva. 612 
Thorpe. 201.404 
rhorpe by Ix worth 

782 
Thorpe Hall. 202. 

38i6 
Thorp Morienx, 

637 
Thorrington. 335 
Thorrington, 234 ; 

Street, 772 
Thrandenon. 612 
Thredling Hund- 
red, 454 
Thurlow Gt.. S12 ; 

Little. -13 
Thurlston. 101 
Thurston, 407 : 

Hall. 801 
Thwaite, 613 
Timworth, 498 
Tolmach Hall. 447 
Toppesfield, 626 
Tostock. 498 
Tothffl,413 
Trimley St Martin 

& St Mary, 244 
Troston, 732 
Tuddeniiam, 206. 

698 
Tunstali 528 
Ubbeston. 336 



Ufford. 270 
Ufford Green. 3 SI 
Uggeshall, 336 
Ulveston Hall. 455 
Undley,690 
Unions. 2S 
Uplands, 656 
Upthorne. 72 : ' 
Wade Hall. 
Wadgate, 246 
Walberswiek, 337 
Waldingfleld Grt. 

and Little, 773 
Waldringfield, 257 
Walpole. 338, 677 
WalshamHaJ 
Walskani-le-Wil. 

lows, 733 
Walton. 246 
Walton Castle. 238 
WammUlH 
VTangford,0: : 

Hand. Sz Union, 

639 
Wantisden. 529 
Ward Green. 415 
Warren House 3 i 
Washbrook. 232 
Wattisneld. 
Wattisham, 
Wenham Great & 

Little, 233 
Wenhaston. : 
T 0^- c rneld] 100 
Westhall, 342 
Westhorpe, 614 
Westleton, 343 
Westley. 47 S 
Weston. 677: Co- 

ney, 716 : Mar- 
ket. 726 
West Row, 691 
Westwood, 203 
Wetherden, -±27 ; 

Hall. 632 
Wetheringsett,614 
Weybread, 400 
Whatfield, 638 
Welnethara Great, 

498 : Little. 400 
Whepstead, 47S 
j WhersteaL 234 



Whittingham, 3S2 
Whitton, 101 
Whixoe t 814 

Wickhambrook, 

-14 
Wickharn Market, 

271: Skeith f 615 
Wicks Hall. 711 
Wilby, 401 
Wild Street. 602 
Wilford Hund. 255 
Wiilingham, 677 
Willi sham, 403 
Winchenden,392 
Windsor Green 

Wingfield, 402 

Winston. 458 
Wissett, 344 
Wiston, 774 
Withers dale. 4:4 
1 Withersneld,815 
Witnesharn, 25-7 
Wisoe. 814 
Wolfe Hall, 460 
WolseyBridge,323 
Woodbridge. 274; 

Union. 235 
Woodcroft HI. 394 
Wood Hall, 269 
Woodlands, 224 
Woolpit. ■: . 

zistone. 234 
Wc tten Green, 

Wordwell, 736 
Worlinghatn. 678 

Peter. ^ P A 
Worlington, 699 
Worling worth, 404 
Worsted Grn., 802 
Wortham, 616 
Wratting Great & 

Little, 816 
Wrentharn. 344 
Wvken Hall. 711 
Wykes Bishop, 76- 
Wykes L fiord, 76 
Wwerstone. 617 
Yaxiev. 618 
Ycsford. 346 



17 



GENERAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Agriculture, 44 
Alfred the Great, 34 
Allen, Admiral, 560 
Ancient History, 31 
Anglo-Saxons, 32 
Archaeological Soc.42, 191 
Archdeaconries, 41 
Artesian Wells, 409, 421 
Artillery Corps, 64, 239 
Assizes, 26 
Bacon, Sir N. 714 
Bale John, 299 
Barnardiston family, 803 
Barons' Wars, 37 
Bathing Places. 237, 327, 

503, 550 
Bedford Level, 679 
Beny on family, 714 
Bishops of Dunwich. 40 
Blois Sir Charles, 346 
Bloomfield Bobert, 720 
JBohun Edmund. 342 
Borough English/214, 357 
Boroughs, 26 
Brandon, Duke of, 39, 682 
Bristol, Marquis of, 472 
Broke family, 243 
Bunbury family, 482 
Burrell family, 80 
Bury St. Edmund's, (see 

Index at page 822) 
Calthorpe family, 480 
Canals, 38 
Capel Sir Wm, 771 
Castles. 36 
Cattle, 45 

Cavendish family, 746 
Cavendish Thomas, 245 
Chapels, 41 
Charities, 42 
Churches, 41 
Civil Wars, 38 
Clarkson Thomas, 255 
Clergy Charity, 48 
Climate, 29 
Clubbe Eev J. 455 
Constabulary Force, 30 
Copley Eobert, 396 
Coppinger family, 408 
Coprolite, 260 
Cornwallis family, 588 
Coroners, 18 

County Court Districts,30 
County Police. 30, ]94, 

and 023 



County Eates, 29 
Crabbe, the Poet, 507 
Crag, 43, 212 
Cullum Sir T. G. 466 
Danes, 34 
Davers family, 495 
Davey D. E., Esq. 271 
Deaneries, 41 
Decoys, 46,256, 515,540, 

541 
De la Pole family, 403 
Diocesan Society, 85 
Diocese, 39 

Divisions (E.&W.) 26 
Domesday Book, 35 
Druids, 31 
Drury family, 466 
Ducking Stool, 67 
Dysart, Earl of, 444 
Edmund (Saint) 34, 152, 

384 
Elwes SirH. & John, 809 
Farmers' Clubs, 46 
Felix (Bishop) 40 
Felton family. 255 
Fens, 44, 679 
Fisheries, 47, 555 
Fitz Boy family, 717 
Flax, growth of. 45 
Fletcher Eev G. 259 
Gainsborough Thos. 778 
Gardiner Sir Eobt. 715 
Glemham family, 514 
Gosford, Earl of, 678 
Grafton, Duke of, 717 
Harland family, 243 
Harmer Eev Thos. 735 
Heber (Bishop), 345 
Henniker family, 611 
Herring fishery, 555 
Hervey family, 472 
Hitcham Sir*Eobert, 360 
Howard family, 360 
Humphrey, Duke, 171 
Hundreds, &c. 27 
Huntingneld Lord, 314 
Huntingtower Lord, 444 
Ives John, 533 
Jermyn family, 495 
Jermyn Earl, *4 72 
Kelly Sir Fitzroy, 228 
Keppel Admiral," 685 
Kerrison Sir E. C. 385 
Kirby John & Joshua, 89 
Liberties, 26 



Lodbrog. King of Den- 
mark, 153 
Lunatic Asylums, 99, 266 
Mackay S. A 560 
Magistrates. 19 
Magna Charta, 37. 170 
Manners Lord, 487 
Manufactures, 46 
Market Towns, 26,824 
Martin Thomas, 604 
Martyrs, 62, 172,389,626 
Mayors (for 1855,) 823 
Members of Parliament^ 

18 
Metcalf Eev John, 449 
Middleton familv, 431 
Militia, 30, 63, 64, 194 
Mills Thomas, Esq. 
Milton John, 418 
Miraculous Peas, 506 
Misers (Elwes), 809 
Norman Conquest, 35 
Parliamentary Divisions, 

26 
Penitentiarv, 673 
Peto S. M. } Esq., 552, 576 
Police force, 30 
Polling Places, 26 
Poor Law Unions, 28 
Poor Eates, 29 
Population, 27 
Prisons at Ipswich, Bury, 

and Beccles 
Protestants. 61 
Public Officers, 18 
Queens Mary & Eliz. 38 
Eabbits, 46 
E ail ways, 48 
Eebellions, 37, 168 
Eeform Act, 26 
Eegistration Districts, 28 
Eendlesham Lord, 373 
Bivers, 47 
Eoads, 48 
Eomans, 32 

Eoman Cement, 218, 260 
Eoundheads, 803 
Eous family, 340 
Eowley family, 771 
Sancroft Archbishop, 382 
Sand Districts, 43 
Sand, Inundation of, 697 
Saxons, 32 

St Edmund & St Ethel- 
red's Liberties, 27 



18 



GENERAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



Seats of Gentry, &c. 19 

SekfordeT.277 

Sessions, 25 

Shire Halls, see Bury and 

Ipswich 
Soil, 43 

Spring family, 491 
Strickland Mrs & Misses, 

323 
Suffolk, Earls of, 38 
Sulyard family. 427 
Thellusson P.' J. 373 
Thurlow, Lord, 709 



Tollemache family, 444 
U fiord family, 
Unions, 28 
Utbar, Admiral, 560 
Tern on, Admiral, 243 
Voters, 26 

Warner's Charity, 261 
\Villoughbyfamiiv,80,519 
Wingfield familv,402,449 
Witchcraft, 62, 172 
Wollaston Rev Wm. 411 
Wolsey, Cardinal, 60 
Woods, &c. 46 



Workhouses, 28 
Yacht Club, 275 
Yeomanry, 30 
Young Arthur, 483 

BURY INDEX. 
(See page 823.) 

IPSWICH INDEX. 

(See page 822.) 

IPSWICH APPENDIX. 
(See page 821.) 



MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, 

FOE, SUFFOLK AND ITS BOROUGHS. 

SUFFOLK.— Sir Edward S. Gooch, Bart., Benacre Hall; and Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Kt., 
The Chauntry, (Sproughton.) for the Eastern Division, and Philip Bennet, 
Esq., Rougham Hall; and H. S. Waddington, Esq., Cavenham Hall, for tha 
Western Division. 

BURY ST. EDaIUXD'S.- 
Ickworth Park. 



-J. H. P. Oakes, Esq., Nowton Court, and Earl Jermyn, 



IPSWICH.— J. C. Cobhold, Esq.. Ipswich aud Felixstow; and H. E. Adair, Esq., of 

Flixton Hall, and 2, Chapel street West, London. 

EYE.— Sir Edward C. Kerrison, Bart., Oakley Park. 



PUBLIC OFFICERS OF THE COUNTY. 



Lord Lieutenant, — Et. Hon. the Earl of Stradbroke, Henham Hall. 
High Sheriff, (1854,)— Windsor Parker, Esq., Clopton Hall. 
Under-Sheriff, James Sparke, Esq., Bury St. Edmund's. 
Clerk of the Peace, — J. H. Borton, Esq., Bury. St. Edmund's. 
Clerk to the Lieutenancy,— ffm, Salmon, Esq., Bury. 
The Acting aTag-istrates and Deputy-Lieutenants residing in Suffolk are 
distinguished in the following List of Seats. (See page 19.) 
CORONERS, — J. E. Sparrow, and Charles Gross, Esqrs., Ipswich, for the County; 
J. Wood, jun., Esq., Woodbridge, for the Liberty of St. Ethelred; G-. A. Partridge, 
Esq., Bury, for the Liberty of St. Edmund; E. E. Lawrance, Esq-, Ipswich, 
for the Liberty of the Duke of Norfolk; and S. B. Jackaman, Esq., Ipswich, for 
the Borough of Ipswich. 
COUNTY TREASURERS.— E. C. Sharpin. Esq., for Beccles Division; H. J: Oakes, 
Esq., f 'or Bury Division; C. Gross. Esq., for Ipswich Division; and Charles 
Moore, Esq., for Woodbridge Division. 

Stamp Distributor,— W. W. Humphry, Esq., Sudbury. 

Chief Constables — John Hatton, Esq., Saxmundham, for the Eastern Division, 

and Captain Syer, of Bury, for the Western Division. [See page 30.) 

The County Court Districts and Officers are noticed at page 30. 

Governor of County Gaol. Ipswich,— Air. John Alloway. 

Governor of the Liberty Gaol, Bury St. Edmund' 's ,— Air. P. Mclntyre. 

Governor of the Bridewell, Beccles,— Mr. George Drewell. 

Colonel of East Suffolk Militia, H. B. Bence, Esq. 

Colonel of West Suffolk Militia, Earl Jermyn. 



SEA T S 

OF THE 

NOBILITY, QENTKY, AND CLEKGY 

OF SUFFOLK. 



There are about 200 Acting Magistrates in Suffolk ; and they are dis* 
tinguished in the following pages by Italic letters (a) attached to their names, except 
those not resident in the County. Marked thus (&) are Deputy Lieutenants. 

Aldborough, 5 miles NE. of Orford, Hon. Arthur Thellusson,a.& ; R. C. Rowley, 

Esq.a.5 ; and F. T. W. V. Wentworth, Esq. (See p. 507-8.) 
Alderton Rectory, 7§ miles SE. of Woodbridge, Rev W. A. Norton, M.A. 
Ampton Hall, 5 miles N. of Bury, Henry Browning, Esq. 
Ashfield Lodge, 5 miles ESE. of Ixworth, Lord Thurlow. 
Aspall House, 2 miles N. of Debenham, John Freeman, Esq. 
Assington Hall, 4j miles NW. of Nayland, John Gurdon, Esq.a 
Babergh Hall, 3 miles NE. of Sudbury, J. M. Rodwell, Esq. 
Bacton Rectory, 5§ miles N. of Stowmarket, Rev E. B. Barker. 
Badingham, 3f miles NNE. of Framlingham, Rev. Robert Gorton.a 
Badmondisfield Hall, at Wickhambrook, J. W. Bromley, Esq. 
Bardwell Rectory, 2§ miles N. of Ixworth, Rev A. P. Dunlap, B.D. 
Barking Rectory, 1 mile SW. of Needham Market, Rev F. Steward.a 
Barningham, 6 miles NNE. of Ixworth, Rev James Edwards, M.A., Rectory*, 

James Peto, Esq.a, Park 
Barrow Rectory, 6 miles W. of Burv, Rev Wm. Keeling, B.D. 
Barton Hall, 3 miles NE. of Bury, Sir H. E. Bunbury, Bart., K.C.B.a.6 
Barton Mere House, 3 miles NE. of Bury, Rev. Charles Jones, M.A. 
Barton Mills, 1 mile SE. of Mildenhall, Rev Charles Chichester, B.C.L., Rectory* 

and Wm. Thomas Squire, Esq., Barton Place. 
Baylham, 6 miles NW. of Ipswich, Rev W. Colvile, M.A.a 
Beacon Hill House, 2 miles SW. of Woodbridge, Major-General Sir J. Spink. 
Bealings, 2f miles W. of Woodbridge, D. C. Meadows, Esq., Lodge', Rev. E. J. 

Moor, Rectory, and B. D. Colvin, Esq.a, Grove. 
Beccles, Rev C. H. Clarke,^ ; and E. P. Montagu, Esq.a.& 
Bedingfield Rectory, 4 miles S. by E. of Eye, Rev James Bedingfeld, B.A.a 
Benacre Hall, 7 miles SE. of Beccles, Sir E. S. Gooch, Bart.a.6 
Benhall Lodge, 2 miles SW. of Saxmundham. Rev Edward Hollond. 
Bergholt (East,) 6 m. SSE. of Hadleigh, Sir fid, Hughes, Bart., and Col. Poole, 

Lodge ; Chas. D. Halford, Esq., West Lodge ; and Rev J. Rowley, M.A., Rectory i 
Beyton Lodge, 5-§ miles E. by S. of Bury, Wm. Walpole, Esq. 
Bildeston, 5 miles N. by W. of Hadleigh, Captain B. Haines, R.N.a 
Blundeston House, 3 miles NNW. of Lowestoft, C. Steward, Esq.a.6 
Boulge Hall, 3§ miles NE. of Woodbridge, John Fitzgerald, Esq. 
Bovilles Hall, 5 miles E. by S. of Newmarket, Rev T. Burroughes. 
Boxford Rectory, 5 miles NW. of Nayland, Rev John Byng. 
Boxted Hall, 6 miles NE. by E. of Clare, J. G. W. Poley, Esq.a.6 



20 SEATS IN SUFFOLK. 

Bradley Place, 5 miles N. by E. of Haverhill, C. Laraprell, Esq. 

Bradwell, 3 miles SW. of Yarmouth, Rev Wm. Trivett, Rectory ; Henry Wm. M. 

Lyte, Esq., Bradwell House ; and T. Barber, Esq., Holland Hall. 
Bramfield Hall, 2 miles S. of Halesworth, Rev Reginald Rabett, M.A. 
Bramfcrd Hall, 2J miles NW. of Ipswich, Dowager Lady Bateman. 
Brampton Hall, 4§ miles NE. of Halesworth, Rev George Orgill Leman. 
Brandeston Hall, 4 miles SW. of Framlingham, Charles Austin, Esq.a 
Brandon, 6 miles WNW. of Thetford, Captain Henry Bliss, Brandon Park; 

Robert Home, Esq., Hall; and Rev Samuel Warren, M.A., Rectory. 
Brantham Court, 2§ miles N. by E. of Manningtree, Wm. Gurdon, Esci.a 
Bredfield White House, 3 miles N. of Woodbridge, Robert K. Cobbold^ Esq. 
Broke Hall, 4§ miles SE. of Ipswich, Sir Philip Vere Broke, Bart. 
Brooke House, 2 miles SW. of Bury, Arthur John Brooke, Esq. 
Browston Hall, 5 miles SW. of Yarmouth, H. White, Esq. 
Brundish Lodge, 4§ miles N. by W. of Framlingham, James Chaston, Esq. 
Bures, 5§ miles SSE. of Sudbury, Rev. Arthur H anbury, M.A.a 
Burgate Rectory, 2 miles E. of Botesdale, Rev Charles Robert Ashfield.a 
Bury St. Edmund's, John Josselyn, Esq.a, F. G. Probart, Esq., M.D.a, T. 

Robinson, Esq.a, and F. K. Eagle, Esq.a 
Buxhall, 3§ miles W. by S. of Stovvmarket, John Garnham, Esq.a, Buxhall 
p Vale; Rev C. Hill, M.A.a, Rectory; and Edward Bennett, Esq., Lodge. 
Campsey Ash, 2 miles E. of Wickham Market, Rev. Jermyn Pratt,a, and J. G. 

Sheppard, Esq.a 
Cavendish Hall, 3 miles E. by N. of Clare, S. T. Yelloly, Esq. 
Cavenham Hall, 4§ miles S.E. of Mildenhall, H. S. Waddington, Esq., M.P.a.6-; 

and H. S. Waddington, Esq., jun.a 
Chadacre Hall, 8 miles N. of Sudburv, Misses Hallifax. 
Chauntry, (The) 2 miles W. of Ipswich, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Kt., M.P.a.6 
Chediston Park, 1 mile W. of Halesworth, Thomas Rant, Esq.a 
Chellesworth House, 5 miles NNW. of Hadleigh, Sir H. E. Austen, Kt. 
Chevington Rectory, 6 miles SW. of Bury, Rev J. White, M.A. 
Christ Church Park, Ipswich, W. C. Fonnereau, Esq.a.6 
Clopton Hall, (Rattlesden,) 5 miles W. of Stowmarket, W. Parker, Esq.a.5 
Cockfield Hall, 4 miles N. by E. of Saxmundham, Sir Charles Blois, Bart.a.fr 
Cockfield Rectory, 4§ miles N. by W. of Lavenham, Rev R. Jeffreys, B.D. 
Coddenham Vicarage, 3 miles ESE. of Needhara Market, Rev. Kt. Longe, M.A.. 
Coldham Hall, 5§ miles S. by E. of Bury, L. C. Conran, Esq. 
Combs Rectory, I mile S. of Stowmarket, Rev. Rd. Daniel, M.A., F.S.A.a 
Copdock, 3§ miles S.W. of Ipswich, Mrs. E. Bond, CopdocJc House ; J. Josselyn, 

Esq. ; and Hon and Rev. Frederick de Grey,a, Rectory. 
Cornard (Little) Rectory, 1 mile SE. of Sudbury, Rev E. Sidney, M.A. 
Corton Lodge, 3 miles N. of Lowestoft, H. T. Birkett, Esq. 
Cransford, 2 miles E. by N. of Framlingham, Thomas Borrett, Esq., Hall; and 

Rev George F. Pooley, LL.B., Rectory. 
Creeting Rectory, 2 miles N. of Needham Market, Rev Edward Paske, M.A. 
Cretingham, 5 miles WSW. of Framlingham, Rev R. B. Exton.a 
Crow Hail, 7§ miles S. of Ipswich, John Page Reade. Esq.a.fc 
Culford Hall, 4 miles NNW. of Bury, Rev. E. R. Benyon, M.A.a 
Dalham Hall, 6 miles ESE. of Newmarket, Sir Robert Affleck, Bart. 
Darsham House, 5 miles NNE. of Saxmundham, Thomas D. Syer, Esq. 
Dennington Rectory, 2-§ m. N. of Framlingham, Hon & Rev Fdk. Hothain, M.A. 
Depden Rectory, 9 miles N. by E. of Clare, Rev M. J. Lloyd.a 
Drinkstone, 8 miles E. by S. of Bury, J. H. Powell, Esq.a.fc ; and T. H. Powell, 
Esq.a, Park; H.L.Cocksedge,Esq. House; &RevG.P. Cosserat, M.A. Rectory 
Easton Park, 3f miles SE. of Framlingham, Dowager Duchess of Hamilton. 
Edwardstone, 5 miles E. of Sudbury, Charles Dawson, Esq.a.6 Hall; and 

Rev J. S. Hallifax.a House. 
Elvedon Hall, 4 m. SW. of Thetford, Wm. Newton.a.fc & W. S. Newton,a Esqs^ 
Eriswell Lodge, 3 miles N. of Mildenhall, Alexander Murray, Esq. 
Euston Hall, 4 miles SE. of Thetford, Duke of Grafton,a.& ; Earl of Euston,*; 
and Hon and Rev A. F. Phipps,a Rectory. 



SEATS IN SUFFOLK. 21 

Exning Hall, 2 miles NW. of Newmarket, J. Dobede, Esq.a 

Fakenham Rectory, 5j miles SSE. of Thetford, Rev A. Fitzroy.a 

Falkenham, 7 miles S. of Woodbridge, Rev Wm. Jackman, M.A.a 

Felsham Rectory, 8 miles SE. of Bury, Rev T. Anderson, M.A.a 

Felixstow, 10 miles S. by E, of Woodbridge, Rev Jobn Robert Edgar, M.A. 

House; and J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P.a.fc, Lodge. 
Finborough Hall, 8 miles W. by S. of Stowmarket, Robert J. Bussell, Esq.a 
Finningbam Rectory, 7 miles SW. of Eye, Rev C. Frere.a 
Flixton Hall, 2§ miles SW. of Bungay, Sir Robert Sbafto Adair, Bart.a and 

Robert Alexander Sbafto Adair, Esq.a. & 
Flixton Hall, 3 miles NW. of Lowestoft, Tbomas Morse, Esq. 
Fornbam All Saints Rectory, 2-§ miles NW. of Bury, Rev Ricbd. Haggitt, M.A. 
Fornbam House, 2 miles N. of Bury, Jobn Tbomas Ord, Esq. a 
Fornbam Park, 2^ miles NE. by N. of Bury, Lord Manners,a.& 
Fornbam Priory, 1 mile NW. of Bury, Captain Syer. 
Foxburgb Hall, 1 mile NE. of Woodbridge, Charles Waif ord, Esq.a 
Foxball Lodge, 4 miles E. of Ipswich, Mrs Harriet Cobbold. 
Framlingham, Rev George Attwood, M.A.a and Rev E. C. Alston.a 
Freckenbam Rectory, 4 miles SW. of Mildenball, Rev G, B. Paley, B.D.a 
Fressingfield, 3§ miles NNE. of Stradbroke, Rev W. R, Colbeck.a 
Freston Lodge, 3§ miles S. of Ipswich, Edward B. Venn, Esq. 
Fritton, 6 miles SW. of Yarmouth, Richard Rust D'Eye, Esq. Hall; and Rev 

F. W. Cubitta, Rector?/. 
Gifford's Hall, 2 miles NE. of Nayland, Captain Francis Gresley. 
Glemham Hall, 5 miles SW. of Saxinundham. Hon Mrs North. 
Glemham House, 4 miles W. by S. of Saxmundham, John Moseley, Esq.a 
Glemsford Rectory, 4j miles ENE. of Clare, Rev George Coldbam, M.A.a 
Glevering Hall, 6 miles NNW. of Woodbridge, A. Arcedeckne, Esq. 
Groton House, 6 miles E. of Sudbury, Sir H. C. Blake, Bart.a 
Grove House, near Yoxford, Alexander Robert Johnson, Esq. 
Gunton Hall, 2 miles N. by W. of Lowestoft, Robert Cook Fowler, Esq.a 
Halesworlh, Andrew Johnston, Esq.a || Hadleigh, Rev. H. B. Knox.a 
Hardwick House, 1 J mile S. of Bury, Rev Sir T. G. Cullum, Bart.a 
Haugbley Park, 3 miles NNW. of Stowmarket, Rev W. H. Crawford.a 
Hawkedon Rectory, 6 miles NNE. of Clare, Rev 0. P. Oakes, B.A. 
Hawstead House, 3 miles S. of Bury, Henry Christopher Metcalfe, Esq. 
Helmingham Hall, 4 miles S. of Debenharo, John Tollemache, Esq., M.P. 
Hemingstone, 5§ miles N. by W. of Ipswich, Rev Thomas Brown,a, Rectory 

and Richard B. Martin, Esq.a, Hall 
Hengrave Hall, 4 miles W. of Bury, Sir Thomas R. Gage, Bart.5 
Henham Hall, 4 miles E. by N. of Haleswortb, Earl of Stradbroke. a 
Henstead, 5§ miles SE. of Beccl«s, Rev Thomas Sheriffe, M.A. and Thomas 

Sheriffe, jun. Esq. Hall; and Rev C. Clarke,a, Rectory. 
Herringfleet Hall, 7 miles SW. of Yarmouth, Henry M. Leathes, Esq. 
Herringswell, 6 miles NE. byE. of Newmarket, J. F. Hales, Esq.a; EeY C. 

Jenkin, D.D.a; and George Mure, Esq. 
Hessett Rectory, 5§ E. by S. of Bury, Rev H. B. Blake.a 
Hestley Hall, 4§ miles S. of Eye, John Hayward, Esq. 
Heveningham Hall, 5 miles SW. of Haleswortb, Lord Huntingfleld,a.Z> ; and 

Rev Henry Owen, M.A.a, Rectory 
Higham, 5 miles S. of Hadleigh, Thomas Clark Brettingham, Esq. Lodge', 

Edward Cooper, Esq. Hall; and Mrs Dawson, Higham House. 
High House, 2 miles E. of Wickham Market, John George Sheppard, Esq. 
Hintlesbam Hall, 5$ miles W. of Ipswich, J. H. L. Anstrutber, Esq.a.6 
Hitcham Rectory, 7 miles SW. of Stowmarket, Rev J. S. Henslow.a 
Holbecks, half a mile S. of Hadleigh, Miss E. L. Row]ey. 
Holbrook, 6 miles S. of Ipswich, Wm. Rodwell, Esq.a, Woodlands ; Mrs Reade, 

Holbrook House ; Rev J. B. Wilkinson, B.D. 
Holbrook Hall, 4 miles N.E. of Sudburv, J. R. Whithair, Esq. 
Hollesley Rectory, 6 miles SW. of Orford, Rev H. J. G. Young. 
Hopleys, 2 miles S. by W. of Bury, J. F. Dove, Esq. 






22 SEATS IN SUFFOLK. 

Hopton, 4§m. S. of Yarmouth, Admiral Plumridge, & Sir E. H.K. Lacon, Bart. 
Horringer House, 3 miles WSW. of Bury, George I. Bevan, Esq.a 
Horsecroft, 2 miles S. by W. of Bury, Wm, Bacon Wigson, Esq. 
Hoxne, Bev John Hodgson, M.A.a ; and Nathaniel Scott, Esq. 
Hunston, 3 m. SE.of Ixworth, John Henry Heigham, Esq.a. b; and Mrs Gray 
Hurts Hall, half a mile SE. of Saxmundham, Wm. Long, Esq a. 6 
Icklingham Rectory, 4 miles ESE, of Mildenhall, Bev Daniel Gwilt, M.A. 
Ickworth Park, 4 miles SW. of Bury, Marquis of Bristol ; Earl Jermyn, M.P.a. d ; 

and the Hon and Bev Lord Arthur Hervey. 
Ipswich, Thomas D'Eye Borroughes, Esq.a; J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P.a.fc ; Ed. 

Dykes Alexander, Esq. ; B. Chevallier, M.D.a ; John Cobbold, Esq.a (See 

also Stoke, &c.) 
Ixworth Abbey, 6 miles NE. of Bury, Mrs Cartwright. 
Kedington Bectory, 5 miles WNW. of Clare, Bev W. H. Syer. 
Kelsale, 1§ mile N. of Saxmundham, Bev L. B. Brown, a and S. Capon, Esq. 
Kentwell Hall, 3 miles N. of Sudbury, E. S. Bence, Esq.a.fr 
Kersey Priory, 2§ miles NW. of Hadleigh, Bichard Newman, Esq= 
Kesgrave Hall, 4^ miles E. by N. of Ipswich, Bt. N. Shawe, Esq.a. b 
Kessingland Vicarage, 5 miles SSW. of Lowestoft, Bev D. G. Norris. 
Kettleburgh, %\ miles SSW. of Framlingham, Bev G. T. Turner, M.A.,a and 

Mrs Garrett. 
Knodishall Bectory, 4 miles SE. of Saxmundham, Bev G. A. Whitaker.a 
Lakenheath Cottage, 5 miles N. of Mildenhall, Wm. G. Eagle, Esq. 
Langham Hall, 3 miles E. of Ixworth, F. Maitland Wilson. Esq.a 
Iiavenham Bectory, 7 miles N. of Sudbury, Bev Bichard Johnson, M.A.a 
Lawshall Bectory, 6 miles S. of Bury, Bev E. Baillie.a 
Layham Bectory, \\ mile S. of Hadleigh, Bev H. H. Hughes, B.D.a 
Leiston Abbey, 4 miles E. by S. of Saxmundham, Lady Bendlesham. 
Lidgate Bectory, 7 miles SE, of Newmarket, Bev J. Gordon. 
Little Haugh Hall, 3 miles SSE. of Ixworth, Peter Huddleston, Esq.a 
Little Bedisham Hall, 4 miles SSW. of Beccles, John Garden, Esq.a.fc 
Livermere Park, 5 miles NNE. of Bury, Captain D. Lane. 
Lound, 4 miles NNW. of Lowestoft, Misses and J. B. Morse, Esq., and Rev E. 

Thurlow. 
Lowestoft, Edw, Leathes, Esq., a and James Peto, Esq.a (See p. 565 to 567.) 
Marlesford Hall, 2 miles NE. of Wickham Market, Miss Shuldham. 
Martlesham, 2 miles SW. of Woodbridge, Bev Thomas D'Eye Betts.a 
Melford (Long), 3 miles N. by W. of Sudbury, Sir Hyde Parker, Bart.a.6, and 

J. M. Williams, Esq., Hall; and C. Westropp, Esq., Melford Place. 
Melton, 1 mile NE. of Woodbridge, Bd. Aplin. Esq.a, Melton Lodge) and Capt. 

F. W. Schreiber,a.&, Hill House. 
Mendlesham, 7 miles SSW. of Eye, Bev Henry T. Day, LL.D.a 
Mettingham Castle, 2 miles E. by S. Bungay, Bev J. C. Safford.a 
Milden Bectory, 4 miles SSE. of Lavenham, Bev N. W. Hallward.a 
Mildenhall, 9§ miles NE. of Newmarket, C.J. F. Bunbury, Esq.a, Manor House; 

and J. Packe, Esq.a 
Moulton, 3} miles E : of Newmarket, SirBobert Pigot, Bart., Paddocks; and Rev 

Edmund Mortlock, B.D., Rectory. 
Nedging Hall, 4 miles N. of Hadleigh, Bev Wm. Edge, B.A. 
Needham Market, Edward Field, M.D.a 
Newmarket, M. J. E. Frewen, Esq.a 

Newton Bectory, 3 miles E. of Sudbury, Bev C. Smith, B.D. 
Normanston Court, 1 mile SW. of Lowestoft, Edward Leathes, Esq.a 
North Court Lodge. 6 miles WNW. of Thetford, Henry Brooke, Esq. 
North Cove Hall, 2§ miles E. by S. of Beccles, William Everett, Esq. 
Norton Bectory, 3 miles SSE. of Ixworth, Bev A. Dicken, D.D. 
Nowton Court, 2 miles S. by E. of Bury, Henry James Oakes, Esq.a.6; and Jas, 

Henry Porteus Oakes, Esq., M.P.a 
Oakley House, 3 miles NNE. of Eye, Captain Pp. Henry Michell. 
Oakley Park, 3 miles NE. of Eye, Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart , M.P.a 
Orwell Park, 4 miles SSE. of Ipswich, George Tomline, Esq.a 



SEATS IN SUFFOLK. 23 

Onlton Rectory, 3 miles W. of Lowestoft, Rev H. F. Fell, M.A. 

Ousden Hall, 7 miles SE. of Newmarket, T. J. Ireland, Esq a.b 

Pakenkam,2 miles S. of Ixworth. Rev W.J. S. Casborne.a,X>u; House; and Miss 

Metcalfe, Lodge. 
Parham Hall. 2§ miles SSE. of Framlingham, F. and F. S.Corrance, Esqs.a.fr 
Petistree Lodge, 4 miles NNE. of Woodbridge, Mrs Mary Ann Brook. 
Playford HalCl. miles NE. of Ipswich. Mrs Clarkson. 
Polstead Hall, 4§ miles SW. of Hadleigh, Charles Tyrell, Esq.a. & 
Poslingford Park, 3§ miles N. of Clare, S. A. Severne, Esq. a 
Preston Rectory. 2 miles E. by N. of Lavenhani. Rev H. G. Williams. M.A. 
Pedgrave Hall, 5 miles SW. of Diss, G-. H. Wilson and M. Johnson. Esqrs. 
Bed House, 1§ mile N. by E. of Ipswich, Mrs. Edgar. 
Pendharn, 3 miles W. of Saxmundham, E. BloomrJcld. Esq a 
Pendlesham, 3 miles SE. of AYickham Market, Lord Eendlesham and Rev Jas. 

Williams, Hall; and Hon. and Rev Lord Thomas Hay, Rectory . 
Peydon Hall. 2 miles XX W. of Southwold, Mrs and Misses Strickland. 
Pace Hall, 3 miles X'. by W. of Ipswich, Robert Woodward, Esq. 
Pickinghall Rectory, S miles XE. of Txworth, Rev Richard C. Maul. 
Pisby Rectory. 4 miles W. by X. of Bury, Rev Samuel H. Alderson, M.A.a 
Pougham Hall. 3f miles E. of Bury, Pp. Bennet, Esq , M.P.a b 
Pound Wood. 2 miles E. by X". of Ipswich, Wm. Fdk. Schreiber, Esq.a 
Puffins, 6 miles SSW. of Bury St. Edmund's, John Worlledge, Esq.a 
Pushbrooke Hall, 3 miles SE. of Bury, Rd. F. B. Rushbrooke, Esq. 
Pussell Lodge. 1§ mile SSE. of Stradbroke, C. D. Chenery, E>q. 
Santon Downham Hall, 2 miles E. of Brandon, Lord Win. Powlett.a 
Saxham Hall. 5 miles W. by S. of Bury, William Mills. Esq.a 
Semer, 3 miles X. by W. of Hadleigh, Rev James Y. Cooke, M.A.a, Rectory) 

and Joseph C. Archer. Esq.. Semer Lodge. 
Shading-field Hall, 4§ miles S. of Beccles, Rev Charles Thomas Scott. 
Shadwell Lodge, I miles ESE. of Thetford, Sir J. R. Buxton, Bart. 
Shimpling Rectory, ±h miles WXW. of Lavenham, Rev M. C Bolton. 
Scrubland Park, 6 miles X'XW. of Ipswich, Sir Win. E. F. Middieton, Bart 
Sibton Park, 2^ miles W. of Yoxford, John Wm. Brooke, Esq.a 
Snape Hall, 3 miles S. by E. of Saxmundham, James C. Baker, Esq. 
Somerleyton, 4j miles XW. of Lowestoft, S. M. Peto, Esq., M.P.a.J, Hall) and 

Rev E. M. Love,a. Rectory. 
Sonierton Hall, 7 miles XE. of Clare, J. E. Hale, Esq. 
Sotterley Hall, Ij miles SSE. of Beccles, Fredk. Barne, Esq.a. b; and Lieut 

General Sir Edward Bowater, K.C.H. and Kt. 
Soutkelinham, 5 miles SW. by W. of Bungav, Rev C. B. Bruce. a, rector, San- 
croft; and Rev E. A. Holmes, M.A and F.L.S.. St. Margaret's. 
South Town (Yarmouth), W. D. Palmer, Esq.a (See page 582.) 
Southwold. 9 miles E. of Halesworth, A. Lillingstone, Esq.a 
Spring Hall, 7 miles N. of Sudbury, Captain J, Tyssen, R X". 
Stanton Rectorv. 3 miles X.E. of Ixworth. Rev. George Bidwell. M.A.a 
Stoke College, 2j miles W. of Clare. J. E. H. Elwes, Esq a 
Stoke Park, ] mile S. of Ipswich, Robt, Burrell, Esq.,a.6; and Henry Phillips 

Esq.,a.&, Stoke Hall 
Stonharn-Earl. 5 miles E. of Stowmarket, Rev John Phear.a 
Stowlangtoft Hall, 2§ miles S.S E. of Ixworth, Henry Wilson, Esq.a.6 
Stowmarket, C. R. Bree, Esq.a, and Rev A. G. H. Hollingsworth/M.A.a 
Stow Park, 1 mile S. of Bungav. Alfred Hughes, Esq. 
Stradishall Place, b\ miles X. by W. of Clare, H. R. Homfray, Esq. 
Stutton Rectory, 7| miles S. of Ipswich, Rev Thomas Mills, M.A.a 
Sudborne Hall, 1 mile X.W. of Orford, Marquis of Hertford. 
Sudbury, William Robert Bevan, Esq.a 

Syleham Hall, 3§ miles X. bv W. of Stradbroke. Rev. A. Cooper, B.A.a 
Tattmgstone, 5§ miles S.S.W. of Ipswich, Rev C. B. Elliott, M.A., F.R.S.,a 

Rectory ; and Hunter Rodweli, Esq., Tattingsione Flace 
Tendnng Hall, 1§ mile W.X.W. of Navland, Sir J. R. Rowlev, Bart.a.6 
Tbeberton House, 3 m. NE. of Saxmundham, Rt. Hon. T ; M. Gibson, M.P.o 



24 SEATS IN SUFFOLK. 

Thetford, L. S. Bid well, Esq., a, and Hugh Fitzroy, Esq.a Snarehill 
Thorington Hall, 6§ miles NNE. of Saxmundham, Col. Henry B. Bence. a.b 
Thornham Park, 3 m. SW.of Eye, Lord Henniker,a.&; & Rev J iF.Heeve y a, Rectory 
Thorpe Morieux, 3§ miles N. by E. of Lavenham. Rev Thomas T. Harrison 
Thrandeston Rectory, 3 miles NW. of Eye. Rev T. L. French.a 
Thurlow (Little), 4j miles N. by E. of Haverhill, Mrs Soame, Hall 
Thurston, 5 miles E. by N. of Bury, J. B. Blake, Esq.a, Thurston House; 

Admiral Sir Wm. Hall Gage, G.C.H. ; and W. C. Bassett, Esq. 
Tostock, 7 miles E. of Bury, G. J. E. Brown, Esq. &c. (see page 498.) 
Tot Hill, 3 miles NNW. of Stowmarket, J. Ward, Esq., and Rev E. Ward. 
Troston Hall, 2§ miles NW. of Ixworth, Major-General Moss. 
Trimley, 9 miles SE. by E. of Ipswich, Hon. and Rev. J. H. Nelson, M.A. 
Ufford Place, 2§ miles NNE. of Woodbridge, Francis C. Brooke, Esq.a 
Uggeshall Rectory, 5f miles ENE. of Halesworth, Rev W. C c Edgell.a 
Undley Hall, 5 miles N. of Mildenhall, Mrs Waddelow. 
Walsham House, 5 miles E. of Ixworth, H. J. and T.H. Wilkinson, Esqs.a.6 
Wetherden, 4 miles NW. of Stowmarket, C. W. Heigham, Esq.a, and Re? 

R. J. C. Alderson, M.A.a Rectory 
Whatfield Rectory, 3 miles NE. of Hadleigh, Rev Robert A. Rackham, M.A. 
Whepstead Rectory, 4-§ miles S. of Bury, Rev Thomas Image, M.A. 
White House, 3§ miles NNE. of Framlingham, W. A. Stanford, Esq. 
Wherstead, 3J miles S. of Ipswich, G. T. Heigham, Esq.a, The Grove; and 

Lady Harland, Wherstead Park. 
Wiekham Skeith, 6 miles SW. of Eye, Rev Castell Garrad, 
Withersfield, 1 miles NW. of Haverhill, Rev Wm. Mayd, M.A.a 
Witnesham Rectory, 4§ miles N. of Ipswich, Rev Wm. Potter, M.A. 
Woodbridge, Rev P. Bingham,a and F. G. Doughty, Esq.a (see page 282.) 
Wood Hall, 4 miles SE. of Woodbridge, Henry Edwards, Esq. 
Woolverstone Hall, 4 miles S. of Ipswich, John Berners, Esq-.a.fc 
Worlingworth, 5 miles NW. of Framlingham, Rev F. French. 
Wortham Rectory, 3 miles S.W. of Diss, Rev Richard Cobbold, M.A. 
Wratting (Great), 2§ miles NE. of Haverhill, Rev T. B. Syer.a 
Wrentham Rectory, 5 miles N. of Southwold, Rev S. Clissold, M.A.a 
Yaxley Hall, 1§ mile W. of Eye, P. R. Welch, Esq. 
Yoxford, 4 miles N. by E. of Saxmundham, (see page 347.) 



GENERAL HISTORY 



DESCRIPTION 



COUNTY OF SUFFOLK 



SUFFOLK, one of the most eastern counties of England, and 
one of the principal agricultural and maritime divisions of the king- 
dom, comprises an area of about 1500 square statute miles, or about 
950,000 acres of land, watered by many navigable rivers and smaller 
streams, intersected by many good roads and several railways ; and 
possessing all the varieties of soil from a light steril sand to a rich 
loam. It lies between the parallels of 51 deg. 57 min. and 52 deg. 
35 miu. North Latitude; and between 24 min. and 1 deg. 45 min, 
East Longitude ; but it is of an irregular figure, extending only 
about 56 miles in a direct line from east to west, and 32 from north 
to south ; though its eastern line occupies about 50 miles of sea- 
«oast, sweeping in a curved line from the estuary of the Orwell and 
Stour, near Harwich, northward to Yarmouth, where it terminates 
in a narrow apex ; from whence, a line drawn across the county, 
in a south-westerly direction to Haverhill, at its south-western 
angle, is more than 70 miles in length. It is bounded on the north 
by Norfolk, from which it is separated by the Waveney and Little 
Ouse rivers, rising near Redgrave, and flowing in opposite direc- 
tions ; on the west, by Cambridgeshire, where it is only about 26 
miles in breadth ; on the south, by Essex, from which it is separated 
by the river Stour, in a winding course of about 48 miles; and on 
the east, by the German Ocean, on which it has some fine bays, 
havens, and creeks, and a bold range of cliff s and headlands, of which 
that at Lowestoft is the most easterly point of England. It in- 
creased its Population from 210,431 souls in 1801, to 337,470 in 
1851. Compared with the other counties in England, it ranks as 
the eighth in agricultural, and the fifteenth in total population. It 
is in the Norfolk Circuit; in the Province of Canterbury ; and in 
the Sees of Norwich and Ely. Till 18 years ago, it was wholly 
in the Diocese of Norwich ; but the greater part of the Archdea- 
conry of Sudbury, forming the western part of the county, has been 
added to the Diocese of Ely ; and the rest of the county forms the 
Archdeaconry of Suffolk, in the See of Norwich, as will be seen at 
a subsequent page. Quarter Sessions are held at Beccles, Wood- 
bridge, Ipswich, and Bury, for the four divisions of the county. At 
Beccles is a Bridewell or small House of Correction ; and there ar 

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26 HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 

large Shire Halls and County Gaols and Houses of Correction at 
Buky St. Edmund's and Ipswich ; and since 1839, the Lent Assizes 
have been held at the former, and the Summer Assizes at the latter 
town ; but before that year, both the yearly Assizes and Gaol Deli- 
veries for this county were held at Bury, which may be called the 
Western, and Ipswich the Eastern Capital of Suffolk. The latter has 
now about 34,000 inhabitants, and the former upwards of 14,000. 
There are in the county 28 other Market Towns, of which Sud- 
bury, Woodbridge, and Lowestoft, have each about 6,000 souls: 
Bwigay and Beccles each about 4000 ; and Hadleigh and S tow- 
market each upwards of 3000 ; but the remainder have smaller 
populations, many of them numbering less than 2000 souls. 

Before the passing of the Parliamentary Beform Act of 1832,. 
two members were returned for the county, and two each for its 
seven boroughs of Ipswich, Bury St. Edmund's, Sudbury, Eye y 
Orford, Dunwich, and Aldeburgh. By this act, the three last- 
named boroughs were disfranchised, and the county was divided 
into two divisions, each sending two knights of the shire to parlia- 
ment. The Borough of Sudbury was disfranchised by act of par- 
liament, for bribery and corruption, in 1844. The EASTEBN 
DIVISION comprises the largest and most populous part of the 
county, and its Polling Places are Ipswich, Needham, Woodbridge, 
Eramlingbam, Saxmundham, Halesworth, Beccles, Stradbroke, and 
Lowestoft. Ipswich is the principal place of election for this divi- 
sion, which had 6278 registered voters in 1837 ; of whom, 3780 were 
freeholders, 750 copyholders, 1624 tenants at-will, and 34 leaseholders. 
The WESTERN DIVISION comprises Hartismere and Stow Hun- 
dreds, and the Liberty of Bury St. Edmund's, which consist of the 
Borough of Bury St. Edmund's, and the seven Hundreds of Ba- 
bergh, Blackbourn, Cosford, Lackford, Bisbridge, Thedwestry, and 
Thingoe. This division had 4958 registered voters in 1837; of 
whom, 3139 were freeholders, 539 copyholders, 1196 tenants- at-will, 
and 15 leaseholders. Its principal place of election is Bury, and its 
other Polling Places are Wickhambrook, Lavenham, Stowmarket, 
Botesdale, Mildenhall, Clare, and Hadleigh. The county now 
sends only five Borough Members to parliament, viz., two each 
for Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's, and one for Eye. The latter 
being much below the population standard of the Beform Act, was 
saved from total disfranchisement, by extending the limits of its 
parliamentary borough to a wide extent of surrounding parishes. 

The High Sheriff, for the time being, is at the head of the civil govern- 
ment of the county, which, in this respect, is divided into Geldable and 
Franchises. In the former, the issues and forfeitures are paid to the 
Crown ; and in the latter, to the lords of the liberties. They are sub-divided 
into four Sessional Divisions. The eight Geldable Hundreds are — 
Samford, Bosmere-and-Claydon, Stow, Hartismere, Hoxne, Blything, Wang- 
ford, and Mutford-and-Lothingland. For these the Quarter Sessions are 
held at Ipswich and Beccles, — that is, at Beccles for Wangford, Blything, 
and Mutford-and-Lothingland, which form Beccles Division ; and at Ips- 
wich for the other five, which form Ipswich Division. The Franchise, or 
Libert? of St. Ethelred, formerly belonged to the prior and convent, 
and now to the Dean and Chapter of Ely, and comprises the six Hundreds 



HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 



27 



f Carlford, Colneis, Wilford, Plomesgate, Loes, and Thredling, which 
)rm Woodbridge Division, for which Quarter Sessions are held at Wood- 
ridge. The prior and convent of Ely possessed this liberty in the time 
f Edward the Confessor; and when they were changed, in 1541, into a 
lean and chapter, it was reputed to be of the yearly value of <£20. The 
Franchise, or Liberty or St. Edmund, sometimes called the Liberty 
f Bury St. Edmund's, was given to Bury Abbey, by Edward the Confessor, 
md comprehends the seven Hundreds of Cosford, Babergh, Eisbridge, 
^ackford, Blackbouru, Thedwestry, and Thingoe, which form Bury Divi- 
sion, and for which the Quarter Sessions are held at Bury. The Marquis 
>f Bristol is now lord of this liberty. The Duke of Norfolk's Liberty 
;omprises only the manors of Bungay, Kelsale, Carlton, Peasenhall, Den- 
lington, Brundish, Cratfield, the three Stohham's, and the four Ilketshalls. 
ft was granted by letters patent of Edward IV. in 1468, and has a separate 
;oroner. The Duke has all fines and amercements, and John Muskett, 
Ssq., of Bury St. Edmund's, is steward of the courts. At the assizes, two 
irand juries are appointed, — one for the Liberty of St. Edmund, and the 
)ther for the rest of the county. Suffolk and Norfolk had formerly only 
me High Sheriff; but since 1576, each county has had its own High 
Sheriff. Each of the four Sessional Divisions has its own County Trea- 
surer. The Eastern and Western Divisions of the County for Parliamen- 
;ary and Militia purposes have different boundaries, and they have each a 
mmerous police force, under two chief constables. The Eastern Division 
Constabulary Force was established in 1840, and that for the Western 
Division in 1845. (See page 523.) The Ecclesiastical Divisions of Suf- 
folk differ entirely from the Civil, Political, and Military divisions of the 
county ; about two-thirds of the population being in the Diocese oj Nor- 
wich, and the rest in the Diocese of Ely, as afterwards noticed. 

Suffolk contains about 500 parishes, several extra-parochial places, 30 
'owns, (of which the markets of eight ornine are obsolete,) and about 1000 
nllages and hamlets. It is divided into twenty-one Hundreds, each having 
high constables and petty sessions; but three of its boroughs, — Ipswich, 
Bury, and Sudbury, are distinct jurisdictions, and have separate commis- 
sions of the peace, and courts of Quarter Sessions. Of these Hundreds and 
Boroughs, the following is an enumeration, showing their territorial extent, 
and their population in 1801 and 1851 : — 



HUNDREDS.* 



*Babergh 

*Blackbourn 

Blything 

Bosmere & Claydon 

Carlford 

Colneis 

*Cosford 

*Hartismere 

Hoxne 

♦Lackford 

Loes 

Mutford&Lothingld 
Plomesgate 



Acres. 



73.428 
63.857 
88,507 
49.331 
27,233 
20,766 
30,532 
54,215 
56,625 
77,025 
30,859 
35,490 
45,389 
61,183 



Population in 
1801. 1851. 



18.685 

10,803 

18,010 

10,042 

4,500 

9,846 

7 ; 384 

13,897 

13,185 

8,985 

9,578 

9,409 

8 .,478 

11,987 



24,401 
15,395 
26,598 
13,844 
6,501 
4,812 
10,866 
19.028 
16.894 
16,321 
14,028 
20,163 
11,424 
18,277 



HUNDREDS. 



Samford 

*Sto"w 

Thedwestry 
Thingoe 

Thredling 

Wangford 

Wilford 



Boroughs. \ 
* Bury St Edmund's 

Tpsivich 

Sudbury $ 



Total 



Acres. 



50,230 
21,965 
40,851 
31,114 
9,943 
35,079 
33,012 



947,681 



Population in 
1801. 1851. 



8.556 
5,899 
7.259 
4,982 
2.616 
9,972 
5,279 



7,655 

10.402 

3,283 



213,792 



12,479 
9,740 

11,625 
7,064 
3,488 

14,014 
8,469 



13,900 

32,914 

5,225 



337,470 



^ Those marked thus * are in the Western Division, and all the others 
are in the Eastern Division of the County. The whole of the former, except 
Stow and Hartismere Hundred, is in the Liberty of Bury St. Edmund's. 

B2 . - - 



28 



HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 



J The Borough of Sudbury has also about 730 acres and 818 souls in Essex. 

§ There are three other Boroughs in the County, governed by the Municipal 
Corporation Act., viz., Eye, Beccles, and Southwold ; and also part of the Borough 
of Yarmouth, which is mostly in Norfolk. Eye is included with Hartismere; 
Beccles with Wangford ; Southwold with Blything, and the Suffolk part of Yar- 
mouth, is included with Mutford and Lothingland Hundred. There are also 
in the borough three small ancient boroughs, which are not governed by the 
Municipal Corporation Act, viz., Alclborough, Dunwich, and Orford; the latter 
of which has still an unreformed corporation, with exclusive criminal jurisdic- 
tion. These three small boroughs and sea-ports were disfranchised by the 
Parliamentary Reform Act of 1832. 

The POOR LAW UNIONS and Registration Districts into which Suf- 
folk is now divided, are shown in the following table, with the number of 
parishes in each; their population in 1801 and 1851 ; their territorial extent; 
their number of houses in 1851; and the number of inmates in the Union 
Workhouse when the census was taken in 1851. Seventeen of these Unions 
and Superintendent Registrars' Districts are under the control of the New Poor' 
Law Commissioners, but the other two, viz , Mutford- and- Lothingland Hundred, 
and the Borough of Bury St Edmund's, are " Incorporations " under local acts of 
parliaments passed in 1747 and 1763. Hartismere, Hoxne, aud Thredling Hun- 
dreds were incorporated for the support of their poor, in 1779; but the incor- 
poration was never carried into effect. Loes and Wilford Hundreds were incor- 
porated for the same purpose in 1765 ; but were dis-incorporated in 1827, when 
their Workhouse, at Melton, was converted 'into the Suffolk Lunatic Asylum. 
Colneis and Carlford Hundreds were incorporated in 1756, but were added to 
Woodbridge Union, in 1835. Blything, Bosmere-and-Claydon, Cosford, Stow, 
Wangford, and Samford Hundreds, were each incorporated for the support of 
their poor in the latter part of last century, under Gilbert's Act, or local acts, 
"but they have been formed into Unions under the New Poor-Law. 



UNIONS 
and Superintendent 
' strars' Districts. 



Blything 

Bosmere and Claydon . . 
Bury St. Edmund's .... 

CJosford 

Hartismere 

Hoxne 

Jpswich 

Mildenhall 

*Mutford & Lothingland 
.Newmarket {part of) .. 

Tlomesgate 

Risb rid g e (Svffo Ik fy Essex) 

Samford 

Stow 

Sudbury (Suffolk $ Essex) 

Thetford (part of) 

Thingoe 

"Wangford , 

Woodbridge 



No. of 
Pa- 
rishes. 



1 Suffolk — Total . 



48 
39 

* 2 
28 
32 
24 

fl4 
13 
25 

§ 7 
40 

+27 
28 
34 

+46 

§16 
49 
28 
48 



Population 
in 1801. 1 in 1851. 



523 



19,707 
12,599 

7,655 
13.292 
13,867 
12.211 
11,336 

5,426 

9,409 

3,670 
15 592 
11,931 

8,493 
13,612 
21,747 

4,408 
12,637 

9,909 
15,267 



27,883 
17,219 
13,900 
18,107 
19,028 
15,900 
32,759 
10,354 
20,163 

6,701 
21,477 
18,125 
12,493 
21,110 
30,814 

6,825 
19,014 
14 014 
23,776 



214,404 337,470 72,838 947,681 



No. of 
Houses 
in 1851. 



3709 
3048 
4018 
3787 
3339 
7644 
2147 
4285 
1247 
4536 
3869 
2624 
4492 
6852 
1451 
3940 
3070 
5310 



No. of 
Acres. 



Paupers 
in "Work- 
houses. 



92,097 
57,899 

2,934 
52,696 
54,215 
53.035 

8,395 
61,244 
35,490 
19,813 
75,064 
53,664 
50,230 
55,342 
78,302 
34.028 
82,464 
35,079 
82,195 



511 

413 

5 
315 
271 
314 
297 

54 
174 
322 
304 
285 
171 
225 
296 
146 
257 
375 
231 



5015 



* Bury St. Edmund's Borough and Mutford and Lothingland Hundred still 
jnaintain their poor under local acts. 

§ Newmarket Union comprises also 22 parishes in Cambridgeshire, and contains 
altogether 97,373 acres, and 30,655 souls. Thetford Union has also 18 parishes 
in Norfolk, and contains 117,870 acres, and 19,040 souls, 



HISTORY OF SUFFOLK, 29 

J- Of the 27 parishes in Bisbridge Union 5 are wholly and 2 partly in Essex* 
and 19 of the 46 parishes in Sudbury Union are in the same connty. Ipswich 
Union also includes five extra parochial places. 

J The Population or Suffolk amounted to 233,963 in 1811 ; to 271,541 in 
1821; to 296,317, in 1831 ; to 315,073, in 1841 ; and to 357.470 souls in 1851. 
Of the latter, 1 43( were males and 171,044 female* 0: the 7; B38 : ,\ises in 
the county in 1851, -SIC 7 were uninhabited and 449 r, when the census 

was taken. The number of houses in the connty in 1801 was only 30.805 ; 
hut in 1831 they had increased to 50,139, and in 1841 to " :: which 2317 
^n unoccupied and 577 building. Of the 315.073 inhabitants of Suf- 
folk in 1841, 79,558 males and 36,731 rrmales were then above 20 years of age- 
Upwards of 27,5( :: them were not born in the county; and 9054 if them 
were from 70 :: 30, 2654 from . .' tc JO, and 204 from 90 to IOC years of age- 
There were also in the county in 1841 three females above 100 years of age. 
The nun U i registered in the county in 1540 was 9831 : deaths. 5966; 

and wunriages, 2297. The Cmmate of Suffolk is unquestionably cue of the 
driest in the kingdom ; hut the frosts are severe, and die north-east winds, in 
are sharp and prevalent. It appears to be highly salubrious, as the 
ility . _" all parts f the county has been found not to exceed one 
r the number of births is as one to 30. 

The Workhouses in the 19 Unions. &e., have re :zi for about 7000 inmates, 
and they hoi as many as 501* when the census was taken in 1851. Eight :: 
the largest are ".'.." Hm :::■ of Z idustry, built during last century, under Gilbert's 
or local Acts of Parliament. Since 1835 ten large new workhouses have been 
. in the Bounty, and the ten old ones have been enlarged and altered, so- 
as to adapt them to the new system of classification, inspection, and control. 
Suffolk Pauper Lunatic. Asylum is at Melton, and is noticed at pages 266 and 
867. The vMeved in Suffolk during the half-year ending 

Lady-day, 1550, was 8372 in-door, and 41,816 out-door: and during the half-year 
ending Lady-day. 1851, it was 10,243 in-door and 43,018 out-door. Before the 
introduction :; the New Poor Law, in 1834, the old workhouses seldom con- 
tained more than half the number of inmates for which they had accomn 
tion ; but the out-door able-bodied pauper; were very numerous in all parts of 
this and other agricultural counties, owing to the long continued mal-adminis* 
tration of the Old Poor Law. which wi a eatu o like a canker, into the heart of 
the nation, pauperising the labourers, taking away the motive and the reward 
of industry, and oppressing that capital which should employ and remunerate 
labour. 

The Area of Suffolk is about 947.681 statute acres, or about 1500 square miles. 
The Annual Value of Real Property in the County, as assessed to the Property 
and Income Tax in 1851, was £1.534/252; as assessed to the Relief of the 
Poor in 1850, £1,366,648; and as assessed to the Property Tax in 1815, 
~ - - ~ ^04. In 1851, :here were in the county 25 acres to every ten persons^ 
7 acres to everr ten inhabited houses. 
POOR RATES collected in Suffolk, during the three years ending 
1750, averaged £29,063 per annum. In 1803, they amounted to 
£134,658; in 1823, to £259.745 : in 1533. to £260.157*: in 1539, to 
£145,871; and in 1540.. to £141.536. Of the assessment, in 1823, 
£214,067 was levied on land; £38,965 on dwelling-houses ; £5256 on 
mills and factories, and £529 on manorial profits. Out of the Poor Rates 
are paid the County Rates, which amounted in 1505 to £25,557 ; in 1823, 
to £13,759; and in 1838, to £17,765. The principal items of expenditure, 
in the latter year, were— Constables and Vagrants, £1001; Gaols. £346 ; 
Prosecutions, £3567 ; Prisoners' maintenance, ice, £3959 ; and Bridges, 
£1113. Connty Rates of Id. and sometimes of only |d. in the pound are 
now levied quarterly. A penny rate on the assessed rental of the county 
yields about £7500. The number of offenders committed for Crime to 
the assizes and quarter sessions of Suffolk, in 1838, was 505, of whom 342 



30 HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 

were convicted ; and of these 9 were transported for life. 74 were tran- 
sported for shorter periods, 254 were imprisoned chiefly for six months 
and under, and five were fined, ice. Of the rases. 2? were offences against 
the person. 49 offences against property. 3 malicious offences against pro- 
perty, 10 were cases of forgery and offences against the currency, and 9 
were other offences. 

The Police Force for the Eastern Division of the County was 
established in 1640, and has its head-quarters at Saxmundham. It con- 
sists of John Hatton, Esq., the chief constable \ a deputy chief constable, 
two superintendents, four inspectors, eight sub-inspectors, and 72 consta- 
bles, located in 52 districts. The expense of this force cost the Eastern 
Division of the County £4333 in 1841 ; £4441, in 1842 ; and upwards of 
$5000, in 1853. The Western Division Police Force is not so nu- 
merous as the above, and was established in 1545. It has its head- 
quarters at Bury St. Edmund's; and Captain Syer is the chief constable. 
There are separate police establishments for the Boroughs of Ipswich and 
Bury. The Suffolk Yeomanry Cavalry comprises several fine and 
well disciplined troops, who muster yearly at various places for eight days' 
training. The East and West Suffolk Militia Regiments each 
comprise about 1000 men, and the former is now formed into an Artil- 
lery Corps for the purpose of manning the forts and fortifications along 
the Coast, during the present war with Russia. ( v See pages 63 and 194.) 
Landguard Fori see page 23^) and the JIartello Towers, and other forti- 
fications along the Suffolk Coast, are described with the parishes in which 
they are situated. 

Separate Descriptions of the Hundreds, Unions, and County 
Court Districts, will be found at subsequent pages, with statistical 
tables and notes, shewing to which of these jurisdictions eveiy 
parish in the county belongs. For the recovery of debts and da- 
mages to the amount of £o0 Suffolk is now divided into sixl 
COUNTY COURT DISTRICTS, viz., Beceles. Bury St. Edmund's, 
Eye. Framlingham, Halesworth. Ipswich. Lowestoft. Mildenhall, 
Stowmarket. Woodhridge, Harleston. and Thetford. in Circuit No. 
33; Haverhill, in Circuit Xo. 35: Hadleigh and Sudbury, in Cir- 
cuit No. 39 ; and Great Yarmouth, in Circuit No. 32. The twelve 
districts forming Circuit Xo. 33 comprise more than three-fourths 
of Suffolk, and part of Norfolk. Of this circuit the head office is at 
Bury St. Edmund's, and E. Iv. Eagle. Esq.. is the judge : Thomas 
Collins. Esq.. is the chief clerk, except for Ipswich District, of which 
C. Pretyman. Esq.. is chief clerk, and E. Muskett. Esq., oi Bury, 
is the high bailiff. Circuit Xo, 35 has its head office in Bedford, 
and in Suffolk it comprises only Risbridge Hundred 'see Haver- 
hill. 1 Circuit Xo. 39 includes only two districts in Suffolk, see 
Hadleigh and Sudbury, and nearly all Essex. Wm. Gurdon.Esq., 
is judge of this circuit : Richard Almack. Esq.. of Long Melford. is 
the chief clerk : and Mr. TVm. Neck is the high bailiff. Circuit Xo. 
32 is nearly all in Norfolk, and comprises only seven parishes in 
Suffolk, as named at page 531, and forming part oi Great Yarmouth 
District, where E. R Palmer. Esq.. is clerk. T. J. Birch. Esq., is 
judge of this circuit; Alex. Edgell, Esq.. of London, chief clerk; 
and Mr. A. J. Landon, of Brentwood, high bailiff. The County 
Courts were established under the Small Debts Act, in 1846, for 
hearing pleas under £20; but their jurisdiction was extended by 



HISTORY Of SUFFOLK. 31 

another Act of Parliament, in 1851, to debts and damages to the 
amount of J50 : or. with the consent of* plaintiffs and defendants, 
to any amount. The Act for establishing these County Courts, 
abolished all the old .". .uest, and also all powers relating 

to the recovery of small debts, of from £2 to £5. formerly exercised 
bv Gouts 1 i] m and some ::lier local courts, in most of which the 
tees were much less than these of the new County Courts. 

ANCIENT HISTORY:— Suffolk, se> called from the Saxon ap- 
pellation of v "-/."-'. :: southern folk, in contra- distinction to the 
;'.'-:. Norfolk or northern people, constituted at the time of 
the invasion of the Romans, pare of the district belonging to the 
anni, or Ct ::. a numerous tribe of that division of the 

ancie B called th€ Ii . who originally came from Gaul, and 

occupied Suffolk. Norfolk. Cambridgeshire. Lincolnshire. Hunting- 
donshire, and parts :: Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire. They 
wk supj >se :'. tc have settled here al rat ;. th : isand years befoi e the 
C hi istian ei i Prior to the Roman conquest, the aboriginal inhabi- 
:: .7 southern parts :: Britain had made some progress to- 

s civilization ; but those in the north were as wild and uncul- 
tivated as their native hills. Then.' religion was DndJism. which is 
supposed to have been introduced into England by the Phoenicians 
of Cadiz, who were the first merchants that liscovered and traded 

is Island, and lor a considerable time monopolized its com- 

carefully concealing their traffic from other nations ; but 

•the lucrative trade in tin. and other useful metals, with which 

Britain abounds, was oltimately traced tc its source, and brought 

the Roman and rtbei adventurers to our shores. T he civil juris- 

n and religion rftheX h prevailed in every part : 
Island. They dispensed justice, not onder any written code : flaws, 
but on what they professed fx be equitable principles, — all their 
verdicts being determine", by such sense as the assembled lelegateS 
entertained of impartial j ustice ; and on discordance of opinion in the 
congre-r. appeal was made to the Arck-L . '. whose sentence was 
religions seren . . oies — t". a few, and nearly in unison 
with those of the ancient Hebrews. They worshipped on high 
places, and in deep groves; and were not addicted to idolatry, as 
some authors have but adored the God of Nature, and 

rendered him praise on the yearly succession of the seasons, which. 
they kept as solemn festivals Their maxims of justice were taught 

\ and the sons of chief personages were lisciples in their 
ethic schools, where the rales :: moral life were inculcated as the 
foundation of human wisdom. They studied medicine and the 
virtue of plants, of which the mistletoe was their chief specific. In 
their civil government, capital offenders were sentenced tc death, 
and publicly sacrificed on the altars :f their temples ; whilst those 
convicted of minor crimes, were excommunicated from all civil and 
religious benefits, till they had : their character by peni- 

tence and good behaviour. The Druids exercised their utmost 
authority in opposing the invasion and usurpation of the Romans, 
who. fired with equal resentment, determined to secure their con- 
: rminating the Draidic Order, which, after many mas- 



32 HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 

sacres, and the defeat of Queen Boadicea, rapidly disappeared'* 
There is no evidence in history that Suffolk was the scene of any of 
the sanguinary conflicts between the Britons and the Bomans; the 
more southern district of Essex and Middlesex, inhabited by the 
Trinobantes, being the chief theatre on which British valour was 
displayed, with such zeal, as excited the admiration of the victors. 
Traces of the Iceni are yet discoverable in the names of various 
places in this county, as Ihen, Iks?ii?ig, (now Exning,) &c, and in 
Icnielcl street, — the Roman road which extended from Caistor in 
Norfolk, through Colchester to London, in the line of an ancient 
British track-way. 

The Romans having overrun Gaul, invaded Britain 55 years be- 
fore the birth of Christ, under the command of Julius Csesar, who> 
after a sanguinary struggle renewed in the following year, succeeded 
in establishing a Roman government, unsettled in its nature, and 
transient in its duration ; for the conquerors being distracted by civil 
war, were obliged to return home, to preserve the seat of empire. 
After their departure, the Britons remained unmolested till A.D. 43s, 
when the Emperor Claudius sent over an army under Plautius, who 
was succeeded by Ostorius Scapula, and he by the cruel general 
Suetonius Paulinus, who completed the conquest of a great part of 
Britain, and exterminated many thousands of the Druids. After the 
death of Constantine the Great, at York, in 337, Britain was divided 
into two Boman Provinces, called Maxima Ccesariensis and Valentia* 
Suffolk, with the rest of the country of the Iceni, was included in a 
prassidial district of the latter province, called Flavia Ccesariensis^ 
To keep the conquered tribes in subjection, as well as to guard the 
coasts against the frequent attempts of the northern hordes, the Rc^ 
man generals established a number of military posts in this part of 
their newly-acquired territory. The principal Boman Stations in 
Suffolk, are supposed to have been — Combretonium, at Brettenham 
or Icklingham ; Ad-Ansam, at Stratford St. Mary ; Sitomagus, at 
Haughley or Woolpit ; Garianonum, at Burgh Castle ; Extensium, 
at Easton Ness; and Villa Faustini, at Bury. The Roman garri- 
sons, on the eastern coast were placed under the command of an 
officer called Gomes litoris Saxonicis, that is, Count of the Saxon 
Shore, so called from the Saxons having there made frequent descents 
npon the Roman territories. In the early part of the fifth century, 
dissensions from within, and assaults from without, were fast has^ 
tening the overthrow of the mighty empire of Rome: and in 448, 
the Romans finally relinquished all possession, power, and authority 
in Britain. 

SAXONS. — After the Romans had abandoned Britain, the coun- 
try sunk into a state of anarchy. Under the Romans, England and 
Wales contained thirty civitates, governed by their own magistrates,. 
and it is supposed that the Britons, when left to themselves, esta- 
blished the same number of republics. Civil discord terminated in 
the establishment of military tyrannies, and to aggravate these 
maladies, the Picts and Scots again renewed their marauding irrup- 
tions into England. The Saxons were at length introduced as aux- 
iliaries against these invaders, whom they had no sooner overthrown. 



HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 33 

than, in their greedy concupiscence to possess the fertile country for 
which they had been fighting, they turned their swords upon the 
Britons, who made an obstinate resi ice, in which they fought 
many great battles under Yortigern and the renowned Kin : Arthur, 
who, in 520, expelled the Saxons almost from the kingdom; but 
after the death of that monarch, tbej age.::, prevailed, find by a 
slow progression of conquest, at length obtains :". posses r.on of the 
whole of that part oftbeisls :/. which from them obtained the name 
of England. They were confederated tribes, eonsi = : : ._ : if the A 
(hence the term Anglo-Saxons,) the Jutes, and the genuine -axons, 
who had long been settled on the shores of the German Ocean, and 
extended from the Eyder to the Rhine. The Britons yielded to 
them no part of the country until it had been dearly purchased with 
blood: and 111 years elapsed from their invasion, under Hengist 
and Horsa, before they established the northern part of the Heptarchy 
or seven 'kingdoms of Kent, East-Anglia, Essex, Sussex, Wessex» 
Northumbria, and Mercia, into which England was divided. In* 
495, Cerdic, a Saxon prince, with Cenric, his son, and a consider- 
able body of soldiers, whom he had transported in five ships, effected 
a landing on the sand bank, which was afterwards called Cerdia 
Sand, and upon which Yarmouth was built at a much later period. 
After gaining some advantages over the inhabitants, Cerdic departed 
for the western part of the island. After this, Suffolk was gradually 
overrun by other Saxon adventurers; and in 475, TJffa established 
himself king of East Anglia, which comprised Suffolk, Norfolk, 
and Cambridgeshire. To this petty kingdom the German Ocean 
formed a natural boundary on the east and north ; the river Stour 
on the south, divided it from Essex ; and on the west it bordered 
upon Mercia, and was defended by several extensive entrenchments, 
one of which is the " Devils Ditch" running seven miles in a 
direct line from near Newmarket to the fens of Ely. Some authors 
say that Grecca, father of Uffa, was the first sovereign of East Anglia. 
Uffa died in 578, and was succeeded by his son Titul who died 
about 599, and was succeeded by his son Medicaid, who em- 
braced Christianity ; but the influence of his queen caused him to 
relapse into the doctrines of paganism. His son Erpuald, or Erpen- 
wald, who ascended the throne in 624, also professed the Christian: 
religion, although the greater part of his subjects still continued in 
the rudest state of idolatry. After a short reign of six years, he was 
basely murdered by the hand of a relation. The honour of giving* 
Christianity a permanent footing in East-Anglia, was reserved for 
Sigbrecht, or Sigebert, the successor of Erpwald. This prince was 
the son by a former marriage of Bedwald's second queen ; and find- 
ing that the popularity which his amiable qualities and accomplish- 
ments obtained for him, had excited the jealousy of his step-father, 
he retired to Erance. There he became a proficient in the lite: : : 
of the age, and a zealous professor of the Christian faith. From this 
voluntary exile Sigebert was recalled on the death of his half-brother, 
for the purpose of being placed on the vacant throne. He brought 
over with him Felix, a learned and pious Burgundian priest, whom 



34 HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 

lie appointed Bishop of Dunicich. In consequence of the indefati- 
gable exertions of this prelate, and the judicious assistance of the 
sovereign, the latter soon had the satisfaction of witnessing the gen- 
eral conversion of his subjects to the Christian faith. To this mon- 
arch the town of Bury was indebted for the germ of the ecclesiastical 
distinction to which it afterwards attained ; for here Sigebert founded 
a monastery, and built a church, which he dedicated to the Blessed 
Virgin. (See page 152.) After a reign of seven years, motives of 
mistaken policy impelled this prince to resign the cares of a crown to 
his kinsman Egrio, and to become a monk in his own convent. The 
royal recluse was not destined long to enjoy the pleasures of retire- 
ment. Penda, king of Mercia, having turned his arms against the 
East- Angles, Sigebert was prevailed upon to quit his monastery, and 
to assume the command of their army. His attempt to oppose the 
invader proved unsuccessful, both himself and Egric being slain in 
644. The crown now devolved to Annas, the nephew of Bedwald, a 
prince distinguished for wisdom and valour. NotwithstandiDg these 
qualities, he was unable to cope with the superior power of Penda; 
and after an unequal contest of ten years, he bravely fell with his 
son Firminus, in an obstinate battle fought at Bulcamp, near Blyth- 
burgh, in 654. Their remains were interred in Blythburgh church ; 
but afterwards removed to the abbey church at Bury. The assist- 
ance afforded to Penda, by Ethelred, the natural brother of Annas, 
procured his elevation to the throne of East- Anglia, which continued 
to be governed by its own princes, till Off a, King of Mercia, about 
the year 792, basely assassinated Ethelbert, and seized his kingdom. 
Ravaged by contending armies, East-Anglia was now converted 
into a scene of bloodshed and desolation ; and in 828, it was obliged 
to submit to the preponderating power of Egbert, King of Wessex. 
That monarch, instead of incorporating it with his own kingdom, 
suffered it to remain as a tributary state, under its own sovereigns, 
the last of whom was the unfortunate Edmund, who was killed by 
the Danes, in 870, and dignified after his death, with the titles of 
Saint and Martyr. 

Of St. Edmund, and the cause of the Danish Invasion, there are 
many legendary tales, as noticed at pages 151 to 155. The Danish 
marauders under Inguar and Hubba, haviug slain King Edmund, 
and sacked Thetford, his capital, overran the whole of East-Anglia, 
sparing neither towns nor churches, unless redeemed by the inhabi- 
tants with large sums of money. But they were repeatedly checked 
by the sons and successors of Egbert, king of Wessex, especially the 
youngest, who obtained the name of Alfred the Great, and con- 
strained them to abandon East Anglia entirely. The Danes after- 
wards concentrated their forces in Wessex, and were again defeated 
by Alfred, who assigned them East Anglia for their limited resi- 
dence, after compelling them to receive Christian baptism. Guth- 
rum, their leader, was to hold East xlnglia in capite, as a feudatory 
prince, and he received a code of laws from Alfred. The restless 
spirit of the Danes could not long brook restraint. Encouraged by 
rumours of fresh arrivals of their countrymen, they revolted, but 
were again subdued. The Anglo-Saxon monarch, Ethelred II., 



HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 35 

having gained additional strength and confidence, by marrying the 
daughter of Eichard Duke of Normandy, secretly ordered a general 
massacre of the Danes to take place on Nov. 13th, 1002. To revenge 
this outrage, Sweyn, King of Denmark, assembled a numerous army, 
invaded England, burnt Thetford, Norwich, &c, and, after ravaging 
the country during the succeeding eleven years, was proclaimed 
King of England in 1013, but died at Gainsbro' the following year. 
His son, Canute, returned with fresh levies of troops in 1016, and, 
after many battles, the kingdom was divided between him and 
Edmund Ironside. In the following year, Canute obtained dominion 
over the whole kingdom, and committed East Anglia to the govern- 
ment of the Danish Earl, Turketel, or Turkill. On the death of 
Hardicanute, the fourth and last Danish King of England, in 1041, 
Edward the Confessor, by general consent, ascended the throne of 
his Saxon ancestors. He expelled the Danes from the kingdom, 
abolished the oppressive tax, called Danegelt, and firmly united East 
Anglia to his other dominions. He died in 1066, and with him 
ended both the Saxon and the Danish rule in Britain. Near Nac- 
ton, Bougham, and in other parts of Suffolk are many tumuli or 
harrows, covering the ashes of Soman, Saxon, and Danish chieftains. 
NORMAN CONQUEST.— After the death of Edward, Harold, the 
son of Godwin, ascended the throne, but was opposed by his brother 
Tosti, at whose instance Harfrager, King of Norway, entered the 
Humber with a mighty armament, embarked onboard a kind of Nor- 
wegian armada, and landed his forces in Yorkshire, where they were 
completely overthrown by Harold, who left his brother and his royal 
confederate dead on the field. Harold's triumph was. however, of 
short duration ; for, whilst rejoicing over his victory at York, he 
received information that William, Duke of Normandy, (nephew of 
Edward the Confessor, and whom that monarch is said with his dying 
breath to have nominated his successor,) had landed at Pevensey, 
in Sussex, with a numerous and well disciplined army. To meet this 
foe, Harold marched his forces to Hastings, where, in a sanguinary 
battle, he lost both his life and his kingdom. No sooner was William 
the Conqueror seated on the English throne, in the year 1066, than 
he showed that his policy was to root out the ancient nobility, by di- 
viding their estates among his followers, and to degrade the native 
inhabitants of the humbler classes to the rank of miserable slaves; 
though in this work he was obstinately, but unsuccessfully, opposedin 
the north of England, where he burnt York and many other places, 
and swore, "by the splendour of God," (his favourite oath,] that he 
would not leave a soul of his enemies alive. Conscious of the detes- 
tation in which he was held, he entertained a perpetual jealousy of the 
English. He built and garrisoned strong castles to keep them in awe; 
and in the wantonness of his power, he obliged them to extinguish 
their fires and candles every evening at the ring of a bell, called u the 
Curfew:' He also caused a survey to be made of all the lands in the 
kingdom; the register of which is called Domesday Book, and was 
finished in 1081, after a labour of six years, on the model of the Book 
of Winchester, compiled by order of Alfred the Great. Through all 
time, this " Book of Judicial Verdict" will be held in estimation, 



36 HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 

not merely for its antiquity, but also for its intrinsic value. It 
afforded the Coaquerer an exact knowledge of bis own land and 
revenue, while the rights of his subjects, in disputed cases, were 
settled by it; and to this day it serves to show what manor is, and 
what is not, ancient demesne. It specifies the extent of the land in 
each district; the state it was in, whether meadow, pasture, wood, 
or arable; the name of the proprietor; the tenure by which it was 
held; and the value at which it was estimated. "That nothing 
might be wanting to render this document complete, and its autho- 
rity perpetual, commissioners were appointed to superintend the 
survey, and the returns were made under the sanction of juries of 
all orders of freemen, in each district, empannellecl for the purpose.. 
This best monument to the memory of the Conqueror, written in 
Koman, with a mixture of Saxon, is still preserved in the chapter- 
bouse, at Westminster, amongst the national archives. This valu- 
able manuscript, which had for so many centuries remained unpub- 
lished, was printed in the 40th of George III., for the use of the 
members of both Houses of Parliament, and the public libraries in? 
the kingdom. 

In parcelling out the lands of the kingdom among his followers, the 
Conquerer gave 629 manors, in Suffolk, as follows : — To Hugh de 
Albrincis, Earl of Chester, 32; Robert, Earl of Morton and Corn- 
wall, 10 ; Odo of Champagne, Earl of Albemarle, 14; Wm. Warren r 
Earl of Surrey, 18; Endo de Eye, steward of his household, 10; 
Wm. Mallet, lord of Eye, 221 ; Robert de Todenei, 4 ; Robert de 
Stafford, 2 ; Alberic de A^ere, Earl of Oxford, 9 ; Jeffery de Mag- 
navil, or Mandevill, 26 ; Richd. de Tonebruge, or de Clare, 95 ; 
Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, 117; Ralph de Limesi, 11; Hugh 
de Grentmaisnell, J ; Peter de Yaloines, 6; Ralph Baynard, 17; 
Swene de Essex, 9 ; Roger de Aubervil, 14 ; and Robert Blound, or 
Blunt, 13. At the same time, Ralph de Waher, or Guader, was by 
the Conqueror constituted Earl, or chief governor of Suffolk and 
Norfolk; but having conspired against the king, he was obliged to 
quit the country in 1075, and his titles wers conferred on Roger 
Bigod. Of the great proprietary usurpers established here by the 
Norman Conqueror, but few of their descendants held their estates 
for any great length of time ; and since the abolition of the feudal 
system, there has been as great a diffusion of real property in Suf- 
folk, as in most other parts of the kingdom. There are now in the 
county upwards of 7000 freeholders, and more than 2000 copy- 
holders. The principal Baronial Castles, erected in Suffolk, by its 
early Norman lords, some of them on the sites of Saxon fortresses, 
were at Framlingham, Bungay, Clare, Felixstow, Haughley, Ipswich,, 
Mettingham, Offton, Ousden, Wingfield, Walton, Orforcl, and Burgh. 
Of some of them, there are still interesting ruins, as will be seen at 
subsequent pages. 

After the Norman Conquest, this county was often the scene of 
tumult and bloodshed. In 1153, Ipswich and Bungay were besieged 
by King Stephen; and his son Eustace committed great ravages at 
the same time, in the neighbourhood of Bury, at which town he 
died the same year. Dining the reign of Henry IL, in 1173, the 



HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 37 

Earl of Leicester, supporting the claims of the King's eldest son, 
landed at Walton, in Suffolk, with an army of Flemings, and being 
joined by Hugh Bigod, Earl of Lancaster, overran and laid waste, 
many parts oi* the county; but being met near Bury, by the royal 
troops, under Eichcl. de Lucie, the lord chief justice, they were 
routed with great slaughter. (Tide pages 55, 168, and 359.) During 
the first war between the barons and King John, Hugh, de Boves, a 
Erench knight, not less remarkable for his valor than for his arrogance, 
promised to bring over a strong" army to the assistance of the latter, 
In consideration of this intended service, he obtained of the king a 
charter, granting him the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, from 
which he designed, as it was reported, to expel the inhabitants, and 
re-people them with foreigners. With this view, he assembled a 
formidable army at Calais. These troops, with their wives and 
children, being there embarked, with an intent to land at Dover, 
were overtaken by a violent tempest, in which Hugh himself and 
all his followers perished. The number of' lives lost was estimated 
at 40,000. The king was thus disappointed of the expected suc- 
cour; but the inhabitants of Suffolk were not a little rejoiced at their 
escape from the destruction intended them. Though the county 
was saved by this providential interference from the rapacity of the 
King's confederates, it was destined to suffer severely from the allies 
of the barons; for Louis, the dauphin of France, in conjunction 
with the nobles, who were in arms against John, made incursions 
into it, and having ravaged the towns and villages, reduced it into 
complete subjection to themselves. As noticed at page 170, King 
John met them at Bury, and there bound himself by a public oath, 
to establish that palladium of the liberties of Englishmen — Magna 
Charta. In 1267, the insurgent barons having taken post in the 
Isle of Ely, Henry III. assembled his forces at Bury ; which was 
again made royal head quarters by the queen of Edward II., in 
1326. Several parliaments were held at Bury in the 15th century, 
and the town received many royal visits. Many of the Suffolk men, 
during the rebellion of Wat Tyler, joined the Norfolk insurgents in 
their formidable revolt, which was suppressed by the Bishop of 
Norwich. (Tide p. 170.) In the 15th of Henry YIL, one Patrick, 
an Augustine friar of this county, having a scholar, named Ralph 
Wilford, the son of a shoemaker, instructed him to assume the cha- 
racter of the Earl of Warwick, nephew of Edward IV. and 
Richard III., at that time confined in the tower, whence the impos- 
ter pretended to have escaped by the aid of the friar. This story 
gained credit from many people, as soon as it was divulged, which 
encouraged the friar to assert its authenticity from the pulpit. The 
king being informed of these transactions, caused both master and 
scholar to be apprehended: the latter was hanged, and the friar 
condemned to perpetual imprisonment. It does not appear that the 
people of Suffolk had any share in Kelt's rebellion in the reign of 
Edward YL, which arose" in Norfolk, and, like several others, had 
for its object the re-establishment of the monastic institutions, 
and the prevention of the enclosure of the open lands of the 
dissolved houses, on which the poor had previously exercised the 
right of commonage 



38 HISTORY OF SUFFOLK* 

On Edward's decease, the inhabitants of Suffolk, though as sincere 
Protestants as any part of the nation, zealously supported the title 
of his sister Mary, against the pretension's of Lady Jane Grey's ad- 
herents. When the princess repaired on this occasion from Norfolk 
to Frarnlingham Castle, in this county, the nobility and gentry re- 
sorted to her, offering their services to vindicate her rightful claim 
to the crown, on condition that they might enjoy their religion as 
established in the reign of her predecessor. Mary assured them 
that no alteration should be made in that point by her consent, and 
still less by her authority ; but no sooner was she firmly seated on 
the throne, than the people of Suffolk found themselves as much 
the victims of the misguided system of this princess, as the rest of 
their fellow subjects. They ventured to remonstrate with her 
majesty, and humbly entreated her to be mindful of her promise to 
them, but were answered contrary to their expectation, that "it was 
not the place of members to govern the head, nor subjects their 
prince, as they should hereafter know." The threat conveyed in the 
concluding words was fulfilled in the rigorous persecution to which 
many of the inhabitants of this county fell a sacrifice. In 1578, 
the nobility and gentry of Suffolk magnificently entertained Queen 
Elizabeth in her progress; for though they had but short notice of 
her intended visit, they prepared so well for it, that on her entering 
the county, she was received by two hundred young gentlemen clad 
in white velvet, three hundred of the graver sort in black, and 1500 
attendants on horseback, under the conduct of the high- sheriff, Sir 
William Spring. When her majesty, highly pleased with her enter- 
tainment, left the county on her return, she was attended to the con- 
fines by the like escort. 

During the Civil Wars between Charles I. and the Parliament, 
this was one of those counties that associated for the maintenance 
of the cause of the latter, and were placed under the command of 
the Earl cf Manchester. Sir Edward Barker, Sir John Petty, and 
other loyal gentlemen of Suffolk, endeavoured to raise a force to 
secure the county for the king, but Cromwell surprised and reduced 
them to obedience. (See page 559.) In 1782, when England was 
involved in a war with France, Spain, Holland, and America, the 
principal inhabitants of Suffolk, at a meeting held at Stowmarket, 
agreed upon a subscription, in order to raise a sum sufficient to 
build a 74- gun ship, to be presented to government ; but at the close 
of the year, it was found that only £20,000 had been subscribed ; 
and a general peace following soon after, the subscribers were never 
called upon for the various sums for which they had pledged them- 
selves. At the breaking out of this war, Lowestoft and other 
places on the coast were fortified. In the Dutch war, in the reign 
of Charles II. , a memorable naval engagement took place off Lowes- 
tott; and in 1672, a sanguinary engagement between the French 
and English fleets on the one side, and the Dutch fleet on the other, 
occurred in Southwold Bay. (See pages 327 and 560.) 

As already noticed, William the Conquerer created Ralph Waher, 
or Guader, Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk, and after his death, the 
title was held by the Bigods, till the death of Roger Bigod, in 1307, 



HISTOEY OF SUFFOLK. 39 

without issue, after which the earldom of Norfolk was conferred on 
Thomas Plantagenet, and passed to the Mowbrays and Houards, 
as stated at pages 358 to 360. Eobert cle Ufford. in 1337. was 
created Eakl of Suffolk, and was succeeded by his son William de 
Ufford, who died on the steps of the House of Lords, in 1382, 
without issue. (See page 270.) Michael de la Pole, the first Baron 
de la Pole, was created Earl of Suffolk, in 1385, and his second son, 
William, was created Marquis in 1444, and Duke of Suffolk in 
1448. As noticed at page 403, the De la Poles were seated at 
Wingfield Castle, and became extinct in 1525. Edmund, the third 
Duke, was beheaded in 1513, and being attainted, his honors be- 
came extinct. In 1514, Charles Brandon, son of Sir Thomas 
Brandon, was created by Henry YIIL, Viscount Lisle and Duke of 
Suffolk: but these titles became extinct on the death of his son 
Henry, without issue, in 1551. His first wife was Mary Tudor, 
dowager Queen of France, and sister to Henry YIIL They often 
visited Bury, and she was interred there, as noticed at page 177. In 
1551, Henry Grey, Marquis of Dorset, having married the daughter 
of Charles Brandon and Mary Tudor, was created Duke of Suffolk. 
but was beheaded in 1554. The dukedom has never been revived, 
but the title of Earl of Suffolk was conferred on Thomas Howard, 
a younger son of Thomas Duke of Norfolk, in 1803. In his family, 
it has ever since remained. Charles John Howard, the present 
and 17th Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, Viscount Andover, and 
Baron Howard of Charleton, has his seats at Charleton. in Wilt- 
shire, and at Suffolk House, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. 
Many places in Suffolk confer titles in the peerage, and there are 
in the county about twenty baronets, and many other persons of 
wealth and distinction. 

Ecclesiastical Histoey. — The Christian religion, which had 
gained a small footing in the kingdom of the East Angles, in the 
reigns of Eedwald and Erpenwald, was not established in that 
country till Sigebert was invested with the government. Eedwald, 
while viceroy of Kent under King Ethelbert, was converted to Chris- 
tianity, and baptised; but succeeding his father Titul in the king- 
dom of the East Angles, he was persuaded by his wife to return to 
his former idolatry ; yet that he might not seem wholly to renounce 
Christianity, he erected in the same temple an altar for the service 
of Christ, and another for sacrifice to idols, which, as Bede informs 
us, were standing in his time. Thus Christianity was banished from 
bis kingdom during his reign. The queen, however, who had thus 
excluded the true religion, was the means of its establishment in 
the sequel. Being the widow of a nobleman, by whom she had a 
son named Sigebert, she introduced him at the court of Eedwald. 
By Eedwald she had two son's, Eeynhere and Erpanwald. who, be- 
ing brought up with Sigebert, were so far surpassed by him both in 
person and behaviour, that Eedwald took umbrage at the youth, 
and banished him to France, where he continued during the re- 
mainder of Eedwald's reign, and that of Erpenwald, who succeeded 
his father, because Eeynhere had been killed in battle with Ethel- 
fred, King of Northumbria, in Nottinghamshire. Erpenwald hav- 



40 HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 

ing been convinced of the truth of Christianity by Edwin, King of 
Northumbria, while residing as an exile at his father's court, had 
embraced that religion ; and on his ascension to the throne, he 
openly professed it, hoping that his subjects would follow his ex- 
ample; but, contrary to his expectations, they were so dissatisfied 
that a conspiracy was formed against his Hie, and he fell by the 
hand of an assassin, leaving no issue. The East Angles being now 
destitute of an heir to the throne, and considering none so well quali- 
fied to fill it as Sigehert, made him an offer of the crown. Having 
accepted it, he returned to his native country, and brought with him 
Felix, a pious Burgundian ecclesiastic, to preach the gospel to his 
subjects. Felix, on his arrival, was constituted Bishop of East 
Anglia, and fixed his seat at Dunwich, on the sea coast, in Suffolk. 
(Vide p. 302.) Charmed by the impressive eloquence of this evan- 
gelist, and incited by the royal example, numerous converts were 
soon made, and schools were instituted and churches erected for 
public worship. Felix was consecrated to the pastoral office in 630, 
by Honorius, the second Archbishop of Canterbury. After his death, 
in 647, he was canonised as a saint, and his festival appointed to 
be held yearly on the 8th of March. The second Bishop of East 
Anglia was Thomas, who had been deacon to Felix, and died in 653* 
He was succeeded by Boniface or Bregilsus, on whose death, in 669, 
Bisa, or Bosa, became the fourth bishop. In consequence of its 
great extent, and his own infirmities, Bisa, in his declining years, 
divided East Anglia into two bishoprics, the seat of one of which 
remained at Dunwich, and the other was fixed at North Elmham, 
in Norfolk. He was present at the council of Hertford, in 673, and 
died the same year. He was succeeded, in the see of Dunwich, by 
Etta or JEcca, who, about two years afterwards, embraced the mon- 
astic life in the abbey of St. Osyth, in Essex. Astulfus, or Eascul- 
phus, was the next bishop, and was succeeded, in 731, by Eadridor 
Edrid, who was present at the council of Clovesho, and subscribed 
himself Heardelfus Episcopus Dummocencis. The eight succeeding 
Bishops of Dunwich were Eadrid, Guthwin, Albrith, Eglaf, Hard- 
red, Alsinus, Titefertus or Widfrith, and Weremundus orWermund. 
The latter died in 870, about the same time with Humbert, bishop 
of North Elmham, whose successor, Wyored, again united that see 
with Dunwich, and fixed the episcopal seat at the former place, 
whence it was removed to Thetford in 1070, but it was translated to 
Norwich in 1094. 

Until 1837, the whole of Suffolk was in the Diocese of Norwich, 
except four parishes, viz., Hadleigh, Monks Eleigh, and Moulton,. 
which are peculiars to the Archbishop of Canterbury ; and Frecken- 
ham, which is a peculiar to the Bishop of Rochester. The Bishop 
of Norwich had but one archdeacon in Suffolk till 1126, when 
Eichard, archdeacon of the whole county, being elevated to an epis- 
copal see in France, Eborard, the then diocesan, divided Suffolk 
into two archdeaconries, making the western part of it, together with 
such parishes in Cambridgeshire as belonged to his diocese, subject 
to the Archdeacon of Sudbury, and the eastern portion subject to 
the Archdeacon of Suffolk. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners of 



HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 41 

England, appointed and incorporated by an act of parliament passed 
in the 6th and 7th of Wm. IV., to carry into effect the Eeports of 
the Commissioners appointed by Letters Patent in 1832, to consider 
the state of the Established Church in England and Wales, obtained 
in 1836 the sanction of his Majesty in Council, to certain schemes 
and decrees, of which the following is the substance : — " That all 
parishes which are locally situated in one diocese, and are under the 
jurisdiction of another, be made subject to that see within which, 
they are locally situated; that certain new dioceses should be created, 
that such apportionment or exchange of ecclesiastical patronage 
should be made among the archbishops and bishops as should be 
consistent with the relative magnitude and importance of their sees, 
so as to leave an average yearly income of £'15,000 to the x\rch- 
bishop of Canterbury, £10,000 to the Archbishop of York, £10,000 
to the Bishop of London, £S000 to the Bishop of Durham, £7000 
to the Bishop of Winchester, £5000 to the Bishops of Ely, "Wor- 
cester, and Bath and Wells, respectively; £5200 to the Bishops of 
St. Asaph and Bangor; and that out of the funds arising from the 
said dioceses over and above the said incomes, the commissioners 
should grant such stipends to the other bishops as should make 
their average annual incomes not less than £4000, nor more than 
£5000." By this parliamentary commission, the whole of the Arch- 
deaconry of Sudbury has been added to the Diocese of Ely, ex- 
cept the deaneries of Stow and Hartismere, which have been added 
to the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, which is still in the Diocese of 
Norwich, and comprises the greater part of the county, divided into 
the sixteen Deaneries of Ipswich, Carlford, Claydon, Bosmere, Col- 
Deis, Samford, Wilford, Loes, Orford, Dunwich, Wangford, Lothing-- 
land, Hoxne, Southelmham, Stow, and Hartismere. The Archdea- 
conry of Sudbury now comprises the six deaneries of Thingoe, Thed- 
westry, Clare, Blackbourn, Sudbury, and Eordham, the latter of 
which is partly in Cambridgeshire. These six deaneries comprise 
all the seven Hundreds forming the Liberty of St. Edmund, noticed 
at page 27. 

The Ven. Tlios. Johnson Ormerod, M.A., rector of Piedenh all, is 
Archdeacon of Suffolk, and holds his visitations at Ipswich, Wick- 
bam Market, Yoxford, Beecles, and Stradbroke. Charles Steward,. 
Esq., of Ipswich, is deputy registrar for this archdeaconry. The Vert. 
George Glover, M.A., of South Repps, Norfolk, is the Archdeacon of 
Sudbury, and holds his visitations at Bury St. Edmund's, Sudbury, 
&c. Charles Wodehouse, Esq., of Bury, is deputy registrar of this 
archdeaconry. The Rural Deans are named in the directories of the 
parishes where they reside. 

From a statistical table, published in 1829, it appears that there were in 
Suffolk, in that year, 486 church livings, of which 54 were in the gift of the 
Cro Wrij 277 in the gift of laymen, 34 in the patronage of University Colleges, 
4 in the gift of corporations, 4 in the gift of parishioners, and 113 in the 
gift of clergy, &c. The total number of CHAPELS in the county were 
stated, in the same year, to be 127, namely— 4 Roman Catholic, 2 Presby- 
terian, 33 Independent, 35 Particular Baptist, 2 General Baptist, 10 Society 
of Friends, 40 Wesleyan, and 1 Calvinistic Methodist; but they now amount 



42 HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 

to more than 160. The Church Rates, levied in the county in the year 
1839, amounted to ^£15,182. The Church and Poor's Lands, and various 
Charitable Funds and Estates, in Suffolk, produce considerably more than 
i*30,000 per annum, and are to be found in nearly every parish, in many 
of which are school endowments, and in some of them almshouses for aged 
poor. The late Parliamentary Commissioners for inquiring into the Public 
Charities of England and Wales, commenced their labours in 1817, but did 
not finish them till 1837. Their copious Reports occupy about 30 large 
folio volumes. From these the substance of all that relates to the Suffolk 
Charities will be found in the following pages, where it will be seen that 
there are also in the county numerous National and other Day and Sunday 
Schools, and various charitable institutions, supported by annual subscrip- 
tions and donations. In 1839, there were in the county 182 Friendly Socie- 
ties, to which the contributions for the mutual benefit of the members 
amounted to nearly <£20,000. In the same year, here were 180 Charitable 
Institutions, with an income of nearly d08000 ; and 13 Savings' Banks, the 
deposits in which amounted to 56255,789, belonging to 8503 depositors. 
The Suffolk General Hospital, noticed at page 189 ; and the East Suffolk 
and Ipswich Hospital and Dispensary , noticed at page 99, are extensive 
and valuable charities for the relief of lame, sick, and infirm poor, and are 
liberally supported by the wealthier portion of the inhabitants of all parts 
of the county. Mutford and Lolhingland Infirmary and Dispensary, at 
Lowestoft ; and Risbridge Infirmary, at Haverhill, are similar institutions 
for those divisions of the county. 

The Ecclesiastical Architecture of Suffolk presents a great variety of 
styles and orders, and many venerable relics of antiquity. The Abbey Gate 
and the fine Norman Tower at Bury St. Edmund's, are two of the finest 
specimens of ancient architecture in the kingdom. (See pages 1G4, '5, and 
'6.) Some of the parish churches present fine specimens of flint work, in- 
termixed with stone; and many of them, in the northern parts of the county, 
where flint abounds and stone is scarce, are built almost entirely of the 
former material. The churches with round towers are numerous in all 
parts of the county, and are generally attributed to the Saxons and Danes ; 
but some of these towers are surmounted by octagonal turrets, raised after 
the Norman Conquest. The churches in many of the parishes have under- 
gone extensive repairs during the present century, and some of them have 
handsome square towers, crowned by elegant spires. 

Suffolk Archeology and Natural History Society, which was estab- 
lished in 1848, holds quarterly meetings at interesting places in various 
parts of the county, and publishes a journal of its proceedings, in which are 
long and talented descriptions of many of the finest churches, the monastic 
ruins, and other objects of antiquity and curiosity in the county. (See 
page 191.) 

Mr. Henry Davy, the eminent architectural artist of Ipswich, has during 
the last twenty years or more published upwards of 150 views of churches, 
seats, &c , in Suffolk, all neatly engraved or etched, and selling at from Is. 
to 3s. 6d. each. 

Monastic Institutions were as numerous here as in most other parts 
of the kingdom. There were abbeys at Bury, Leiston, and Sibton; priories 
at Blythburgh, Butley, Clare, Stoke, Dodnash, Ipswich, Eye, Felixstow, 
Bricett, Herringfleet, Hoxne, Ixworth, Kersey, Letheringham, Mendham, 
Snape, Wangford, Woodbridge, and Bury; nunneries at Bruisyard, Bungay, 
Campsey, Flixton, and Redlingfield ; and collegiate churches at Ipswich, 
Mettinghara, Stoke, Sudbury, and Wingfield. There were also, at some of 
these, and at various other places in the county, hospitals for lepers, en- 
dowed chantries, and other inferior institutions of a monastic character. 



HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 48 

SOIL. — No county in England contains a greater variety of soil, 
or more clearly discriminated than Suffolk. A strong loam on a clay 
marl bottom predominates through the greater part of it, extending 
from its south-western extremity near Sudbury, Clare, and Haver- 
hill, to Halesworth and North Cove, near Beccles. The northern 
boundary of this tract of loam extends from Dalham, by Barrow, 
Little Saxham, near Bury, Bougham, Pakenham, Ixworth, Bon- 
nington, Knettishall, and then in a line near the Waveney to Bec- 
cles; but everywhere leaving a slope and vale of rich friable loam of 
various breadths along the side of the river. It then turns south- 
ward to TTrentham, Wangford, Blythford, Holton, Yoxford, Sax- 
mundham, Woodbriclge, Culpho, Hadleigh, and following the high 
lands on the west side of the Brett to the Stour, it is thence bounded 
by the latter river to its source, leaving along it a very rich tract of 
vale and slope. This district is crossed by many rivers and rivu- 
lets, and the slopes and bottoms of the vales through which they 
run, are generally composed of rich friable loams, as also are the 
valleys extending southward from | Woodbridge, Ipswich, and Had- 
leigh, to the Stour and the mouths of the Orwell and Deben. In this 
southern part of the county is a vein of friable, putrid, vegetable 
mould, more inclined to sand than clay, and of extraordinary ferti- 
lity. The best is about Walton, Trimley, and Felixstow, where for 
depth and richness, much of it can scarcely be exceeded by any soils 
in England. In the line from Ipswich to' Hadleigh. the soil varies 
considerably, in many places approaching sand and in others clay. 
With the exception of the small portion at the southern extremity, 
near the estuaries of the Orwell and Deben, the whole of the exten- 
sive maritime district of Suffolk is sandy, but the soil is of various 
qualities, and has generally a fertile mixture of loam, distinguished 
according to the various proportions by the names of sandy loams 
and loamy sands. That eminent agriculturist, the late Arthur 
Young, Esq.. was a native of Suffolk, (vide pages 483 and 484,) and 
in his " General View of the Agriculture of the County,'' published 
in 1804, he considers the district now under consideration, as one of 
the best in England and one of the most profitable to the cultivator. 
It abounds in wealthy farmers, and contains a large proportion of 
occupying proprietors, possessing from one hundred to three or four 
hundred pounds a year. The inferior stratum in this maritime dis- 
trict varies considerably, but in general consists of sand, chalk, and 
crag, and in some parts of marl and loam. The Crag is a singular 
mixture of cockle and other shells, found in great masses, in most 
of the parishes extending from Dunwich to the Orwell and Wool- 
verstone park : it is both red and white, but mostly of the former 
colour, and the shells are so broken as to resemble sand. In 1718, 
Mr. E. Edwards, of Levington, discovered the fertilising effect of 
this marine deposit, as noticed at page 242. There are pits of it to 
be seen at various places, from which it has been got to the depth of 
from 15 to 20 feet for improving heaths ; but on lands long in til- 
lage, it is not much used, and upon light lands it has been found to 
make the sands blow more. The Western Sand District compre- 
hends the whole north-western angle of the county, except the west- 



44 HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 

ern corner, which consists of about 15,00C icrea : now 

well drained and cultivated, and forming part of the great Bedfi 
Level, (See Lackford Hundred. The chief part of this district, 
lying east of the fen and extending from Mfldenhall arid Laken- 
heath to Brandon. Thetford. and Euston, is a light blowing sand, in 
which are extensive opei he ths and rabl rising in bold 

undulations. The under stratum is a more m Less perfc : \ rfk f 
under which are extensive beds oi P.int. in some places in large 
blocks, of which gun-flints are made at Brandon. Santon Down- 
ham, near Brandon, was nearly buried by an i a of sand, in 
the 17th century. Many large open sheep walks and some rabbit 
warrens are to be seen in other parts of the country, especially be* 
tween Woodbridge, Orford, and Saxmundham, though many thou- 
sand acres of heath and open fields have been enclosed during the 
present century. There ore also several small nan a : iens 
or low marshes, on the eastern side of the :•: icb have been 
improved by systems of drainage, viz :.. jZ I of I'm, near Aide- 
burgh, the 'Levels of Sudbourn and Orfc ■ " Unsmere Level, 
(see page 334;) and there are »thei ti : . 5ts :: low lands near Beccles 
and in other parrs of the vale of the Waveney. In 1804, Mr. Young 
estimated the total annual value of the county ing to its dif- 
ferent soils at ^538,664., viz., 30,000a. of fen at 4?. 
loam at 18s.; 156,600a. of sandy land at 12s. : 113,300a. oi strong 
loam at 16s. per acre. But since hi? time, the land in most parts 
of the country has been e;n;a:ly improved, and the fens, which he 
estimates" at 4s-, are now worth upwards of 20s. per acre. The pre- 
sent annual value of the land en I buildings in the countv is more 
than £1,800,000. 

Agriculture. — Suffolk is one of the most skilfully tilled and most 
productive counties in England, and its husbandry is similar to 
that of Norfolk. The eld custom of ie::iner the land lie idle one 
year in every three, for the advantages or wh - '.lowing, 

has here been long exploded, the necessity foi it being superseded 
by a judicious course it one crop may fertilize as 

another exhausts. The mode of cropping most generally practised 
about 25 years ago, was what is termed six course shift, viz., first 
year, wheat: second, barley, with or without slovet ; third, turnips; 
fourth, barley or oats, with or without clover ; fifth, clover mown 
for hay: sixth, grazed and ploughed up for wheal again but this 
mode is now generally varied by a four, and sometimes a five Bourse 
shift. Wheat is a general crop all over the county, but thrives best 
on the stiff loamy lands, the sandy soils being more favourable to 
barley, vast quantities of which are raised and malted in the county 
for London and other markets. Both wheat ire either 

drilled, (for which several kinds of ingeniously contrived barrow 
drills are used.) or else planted with the hand by women and chil- 
dren, called dibbling. The quantities ] iccording to the 
seed sown, vary with the nature oi the soil, some of the strong loams 
and mixed soils yielding five or six quarters of wheat, or from nine 
to ten of oats per acre : while farmers of the light sands rarely ob- 
tain more than two oi oats or three of barley. The other occasional 



AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE. 45 

crops are rye, buck- wheat, peas, beans, vetches or tares, cole-seed, 
rye and other artificial grasses, burnet, cocks-foot, chicory, cab- 
bage, mangel-wurzel, lucerne, carrots, and potatoes. There are a 
few small hop grounds near Stowmarket, Dagworth, and Foxhall. 
Flax and hemp were formerly grown extensively in the vale of the 
Waveney, and in other parts of the county ; but since the decline of 
the manufacture of " Suffolk hempen cloth," very little has been cul- 
tivated. Efforts are now making by various Agricultural Societies 
and farmer's Clubs, for the revival and extension of the cultivation 
of flax in this and the neighbouring counties, both as a means of 
profit to the farmer and of finding ample employment for the poor. 
The advantages of cultivating this plant for the double purposes of 
fibre and seed, are very great, and have been fully proved in Ire- 
land by the Belfast Flax Society, and by the recent experiments of 
the flax-growers of Norfolk, who had nearly <£10,000 worth of flax 
and seed for sale in 1843. In the same year, many acres of flax 
were grown, and many bullocks fattened with linseed compound, in 
the neighbourhood of Ipswich, where, at the anniversary meeting of 
the Ipswich and Ashbocking Farmers' Club, an association was 
formed for the cultivation of flax, and it was recommended that one 
hundred farmers should each grow one acre, by way of experiment, 
in 1844. At this meeting, John Warnes, jun.,Esq., of Trimingham, 
Norfolk, exhibited a variety of specimens of flax and linseed, grown 
in Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, and other counties ; explained the mode 
of cultivation, and showed the flax in all its stages, the various pro- 
cesses connected with its preparation for the market, and the method 
of forming the seed into cattle food. From nine to twelve millions 
sterling are annually sent out of the kingdom, for the purchase of 
nax, linseed, oil, and cake, the whole of which, it is confidently as- 
serted, might be produced from our own soil, and would furnish 
abundant employment for the redundant population of the agricul- 
tural districts. Flax is worth more per acre, and affords more em- 
ployment, than any other production of the earth. A good crop is 
worth to the grower from <£20 to <£30 per acre; and on the present 
Improved system of management and rotation crops, it improves in- 
stead of impoverishing the soil Saffron, when an article of cook- 
ery, as well as medicine, was extensively grown in Suffolk, Norfolk, 
Essex, and Cambridgeshire ; but what little is now grown of it is 
confined chiefly to the latter county. 

Suffolk has made considerable improvement in its live stock, since the general 
introduction of turnip husbandry ; and like Norfolk, it furnishes great quantities 
of sheep and oxen for the London and other markets. The Suffolk cows have 
long been celebrated for the abundance of their milk; and in some parts of the 
county, are extensive dairies, from which, it is said, about 40,000 firkins of butter 
are sent annually to London. In some parts of the county it is a common 
'practice of the farmers to buy Scotch and other lean cattle about Michaelmas, 
and fatten them for the metropolis and other places. The Norfolk, or, as it 
might with greater propriety be denominated, the Suffolk breed of Vxeep, since 
the finest flocks are found about Bury, is still to be seen in most parts of the 
county. For the quality of the mutton in cold weather; for fatting at an early- 
age; for the fineness of the wool, which is the third in price ia England; for 
endurance of hard driving ; and for hardiness and success as nurses, this in- 
digenous race is highly esteemed; but these excellencies are counterbalanced 



46 HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 

by several bad qualities, among which are a restless disposition, a loose, ragged 
habit of wool, and ill-formed carcases. Consequently, this breed has nearly 
been changed during the last fifty years by crossing, and the introduction of 
the Southdown, Lincolnshire, and Leicestershire breeds, which are larger and more 
prolific in wool. These breeds are now everywhere prevalent in the county. 
The Suffolk breed of horses are a bony, active, hardy race, from 14 to 15 hands 
high, admirably adapted for purposes of husbandry and the road. They were 
formerly rough and ill-formed, and could " trot no more^than a cow ;" but they 
were greatly improved more than forty years ago, by being crossed with horses 
of better blood and symmetry. Hogs and poultry are very abundant here, and 
turkies are reared in nearly as large quantities as in Norfolk. At Fritton, and 
a few other places, are wild-fowl decoys, and. in the sand districts are prolific 
rabbit warrens, one of which, near Brandon, is ^aid to yield upwards of 40,000 
a year. Having a great extent of sea-coast, and many rivers and smaller streams, 
some of them swelling out into large broads, or lakes, Suffolk is well supplied 
with fresh and salt water- fish. Among the former are pike, tench, trout, perch, 
smelts, &c. Sea water fish of nearly every description, are taken in great plenty 
on the coast ; but the most lucrative of the piscatory concerns are the Herring 
and Mackerel Fisheries. 

Agricultural Societies and Farmers' Clubs, which have been productive of ex- 
tensive improvements, are now very numerous in Suffolk, though, in 1811, 
there was only one in the county, which met alternatively at Melford and Bury. 
The principal of these associations are the East and West Suffolk Agricultural 
Societies: and the Ipswich, Halesworth. Framlingham, Beccles, Needham- 
Market, Wickham-Market, Yoxford, and Debenham Farmers' Clubs. They are 
patronised by the nobility and other principal landowners of the county. As 
already noticed, there are in the county about 7000 freeholders and 2000 copy- 
holders, most of whom are occupiers. These yeomen, as Mr. Young emphatic- 
ally remarked, " are a most valuable set of men, who, having the means, and 
the most powerful inducements to good husbandry, carry agriculture to a high 
degree of perfection." The farms in Suffolk, though some of them are ex- 
tensive, are not generally so large as in Norfolk. In the district of 
strong wet loams, there are many small farms from £30 to £100 a- year; 
but these are intermixed with others, rising from £150 to £300, and even 
higher. In the sand districts they are much larger, rising from £300 to 
£900, and are occupied by a wealthy tenantry, who carry agriculture to great 
perfection. The Woodland Districts of Suffolk are not extensive, and are con- 
fined chiefly to the central and south-western parts of the county. Here are 
but few ancient woods, though, in the Parks of some of the nobility and gentry, 
there are still to be seen many large oak and other timber trees, especially at 
Ickworth,Euston, Livermere, Heveningham, and Oakley. Framlingham Park,- 
now divided into farms, was celebrated for the largest oaks in England, and 
produced the enormous tree which afforded the beams of the " Boyal Sovereign." 
During the last sixty years, large Plantations have been made in various parts 
of the county, especially in the sand districts, where, through the encourage- 
ment of leases of from seven to 21 years, many extensive tracts have been 
converted from warren and sheep-walks into productive enclosures. The silk, 
worsted, linen, and other manufactures of Suffolk, are trivial compared with its 
agricultural importance. The imports of the county are chiefly coal, timber, 
iron, groceries, wine, spirits, and such other produce as are wanted for 
internal consumption ; and its exports consist chiefly of corn and malt, for 
which the principal Ports are Ipswich, Woodbridge, Southwold, Lowestoft, and 
Yarmouth. The mineral productions of the county are few and unimportant, 
except chalk, lime, flint, and the fertilizing marine deposits called Crag and 
Coprolite. (See page 260 and 242.) Stone suitable for building purposes, is 
scarce; but the beds of clay in various places make excellent bricks, and hero 
are a few coarse earthenware manufactures. The Woolpit bricks are white, and 
nearly as beautiful and durable as stone. 

Manufactures, &c. — In 1831, the population of Suffolk was divided into 
61,533 families, of which 31,491 were employed in agriculture; 18,116 in trade, 
manufacture, or handicraft ; and 11,926 were either engaged in professional pur> 



HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 47 

suits, or unemployed. In the same year, the number of farmers in the county, 
employing labourers, was 4520; and the numbers not employing labourers r 
L121 ; the number of capitalists, bankers, professional, or other educated men, 
was 222S; and the number of labouring men was as follows : — 33,040 employed 
in agriculture t; 5336 in handicraft ; and 676 in manufactures, or in making ma- 
chinery. There are about 600 looms, and and about 300 men, at and near Sud- 
bury, employed in the manufacture of silk, velvet, saiin, bunting, fyc. At and 
near Haverhill, more than 170 men, and a considerable number of women 
and children, are employed in making silk fabrics, for parasols, umbrellas, &c. 
drabbets for smock-frocks, and Tuscan Straw-plat for ladies' bonnets. Straw-plat 
is also made at and near Clare and Lavenham. There are a few silk and worsted 
mills at or near Hadleigh, Glemsford, Nayland, Lavenham, and Bungay. At 
Leiston, Ipswich, Halesworth. *aud a few othpr places in the county, are ex- 
tensive foundries and manufactories of agricultural implements and machinery. 
Malting is extensively carried on in various parts of the county ; but its ancient- 
staple manufacture of " Suffolk Hempen Cloth." is now nearly obsolete, except 
in the vale of the TYaveney. on the borders of Norfolk and Suffolk, where there 
are a few flax mills and linen weavers. The spinning of fine worsted yarn, on 
the domestic wheel and distaff, for the manufacture of Norwich crape and 
other worsted stuffs, formerly gave employment to a large portion of the female 
population of Suffolk and Norfolk, and there was scarcely a cottage, or a farm- 
house in either county, where the spinning-wheel was not to be found. The in- 
troduction of machine spinning in Yorkshire and Lancashire, annihilated this 
primitive branch of industry in the early part of the present century ; and with 
it the valuable trade of wool combing left this part of the kingdom, where it 
had given employment to a considerable number of men. Hadleigh, Laven- 
ham, Sudbury, Ipswich, and some other places in Suffolk, were formerly cele- 
brated for the manufacture of woollen cloths ; but the trade declined in the 16th 
and 17th, and became extinct in the early part of the 18th century. The 
Herring and Mackerel Fisheries of Pakefleld, Lowestoft, and Yarmouth, give 
employment to many hundred men and boys of Suffolk, as well as Norfolk. 
(See page 555.) 

RIYERS. — Suffolk is a well.watered county. Its boundaries on the north 
and south are rivers navigable to a considerable extent ; and it is everywhere 
intersected with streams, which, if the practice of irrigation was more generally 
adopted, would be productive of incalculable benefit. The Stoer, which rises 
in Cambridgeshire, and forms the boundary of Suffolk and Essex, flows east- 
ward to the sea at Harwich, and during the last ten miles of its course, forms 
a broad estuary, which, in the lower part, is about two miles across. It was 
made navigable as high as Sudbury in 1706. It receives the Brett from Had- 
leigh, and many smaller streams. The tide flows up it to Manningtree, whence 
it presents a broad expansive sheet of the briny element at high water. 
It meets the Orwell from Ipswich, and their united waters fall into the 
German Ocean between Harwich and Landguard Fort. The Gipping has its- 
sources in the centre of the county, near Stowmarket, up to which town 
it was made navigable in 1793. Running southward to Ipswich, it takes 
the name of Orweel, and part of it, on the south side of that town, 
has been formed into the largest Dock in England. (See pages 65 and 66.) 
The Debex, which has its source in a central part of the county, near Deben* 
ham, is supposed to have been anciently navigable for barges up to that town, 
though it is now only a small stream, till it reaches Mellon and Woodbiidge, 
where it becomes a fine tide stream, navigable for vessels of 120 tons, and ex- 
tending ten miles southward, where it falls into the sea between Bawdsey and 
Walton. The Alde rises near Framlingbam. and runs south-east to Aldeburgh 7 
where, having approached within a short distance of the ocean, it suddenly 
takes a southerly direction, and assumes the name of Ore. After passing Or- 
ford, it receives the Butley, and falls with the latter into Hollesley Bay. It is 
navigable for small craft to Snape Bridge, 5 miles above Aldeburgh. (See page 
503.) The Blythe, which rises nearLaxfield, runs to Halesworth, Blythburgh, 
and Southwold. where it falls into the sea. It was made navigable for small 
craft to Halesworth, by an act passed in 1756. The small river Vox, or Mint- 



48 HISTORY OF SUFFOLK. 

mere, flows eastward from Yoxford to Minsmere Haven on the coast. The Nor- 
wich and Lowestoft Navigation, for sea-borne vessels, and the Becclcs Navigation 
with which it communicates, are described at pages 552 and 558, with the ex- 
tensive new harbour at Lowestoft, where great quantities of foreign cattle are now 
imported. The Wayeney. which forms more than half of the boundary line 
between Norwich and Suffolk, rises from a copious spring, near Lopham and 
Redgrave, and after running about forty miles in an easterly direction, to the 
vicinity of Lake Lothing, within five miles of the sea. it is opposed by rising 
grounds, which give it a direction due north, and cause it to flow to the Yare, 
near Burgh-Castle, where the united streams take the name of Breydon Water, 
hut do not enter the ocean till they have passed, three miles southward, 
through Yarmouth Haven. The Fare is properly a Norfolk river, and is 
navigable to Norwich for large keels and small steamers. The Little 
Ouse, which has its source from a copious stream near that which gives 
•rise to the Waveney, flows westward in a winding course along the northern 
boundary of Suffolk, past Thetford and Brandon, to the fens of Lakenheath, 
where, turning northward, it enters Norfolk, and is soon lost in the Great Ouse, 
which runs to the sea below Lynn. It is navigable for boats to Thetford. The 
■Lake, or Burn, is a small river which rises from several rivulets, south of Bury 
St. Edmund's, and flow T s past that town to Mildenball, and the north-west angle 
of the county, where it enters Cambridgeshire, and is soon lost in the Great 
Ouse, which communicates with Lynn and several of the Midland Counties, 
by means of collateral rivers and canals. The Lark was made navigable for 
small craft to Fornham, near Bury, under acts passed in 1698 and 1817. 

KAILWAYS. — In 1845 and '6, Suffolk was connected with the extensive net- 
work of railways now traversing most parts of the kingdom. The Eastern 
Counties Bailway from London to Ely, Brandon, Thetford, and Norwich, was 
opened in 1845. The Railway from Norwich to Yarmouth was opened in 1844, 
•and that to Lowestoft in 1847. The Eastern Union Railway, which crosses the 
•central parts of the county from north to south, was opened from Ipswich to 
Colchester in 1846, and to Norwich in 1849 ; but its branches to Bury and Had- 
high were opened in 1847. The line from Bury to Newmarket was opened in 
1854; and that part of the East Suffolk Railway from Haddiscoe to Beccles 
<indHalesworih } will be opened about the close of 1854. This railway will extend 
southward to Saxmundham, Woodbridge, and Ipswich, and will have a branch to 
Framlingham. When these are completed, the railway facilities of Suffolk will 
be as complete as those of most other counties, as will be seen by the map ac- 
companying this work. (See pages 69,149, 308, and 553.) The Turnplke 
Roads in every part of the county are excellent, and so are most of the cross- 
roads, but many of the bye-lanes are narrow and miry, especially in the marshy 
-and clayey districts. 

Among the societies and institutions which have references to the county at 
large, are the Suffolk Humane Society, the Suffolk Benevolent Medical Society, the 
■Suffolk Clergy Charity ; the Diocesan Societies, for promoting the education of 
the poor in the Archdeaconries of Suffolk and Sudbury; the Suffolk Branch 
of the Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire Assurance Company, of which 
R. D. Alexander and Robert Bevan, Esqrs., are chairmen, and Mr. Wm. Bullar 
and Messrs. Gedge and Barker, of Ipswich and Bury, are local secretaries ; the 
General Hospitals and Dispensaries, noticed at pages 99 and 189; the 
County Lunatic Asylum, noticed at page 266 ; and the Norwich and Suffolk Female 
Penitentiary, noticed at page 673. The Suffolk Clergy Charity has a funded 
stock of £'17,200, and, from this snd other property and animal subscriptions, 
it derives upwards of £'1100 a year, which it dispenses in relieving poor widows 
and orphans of deceased clergymen. The Rev. Stephen Croft, of Ipswich, and 
the Rev. R. Rashdall, of Bury, are the treasurers and secretaries. The Rev. Wm. 
Potter and Charles Steward, Esq., are secretaries of the Diocesan Society of the 
Archdeaconry of Suffolk; and the Revs. Robert Rashdall and C. Roe are secre- 
taries of that for the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, ■• 



HISTORY 



BOROUGH AND POET 



IPSWICH. 



Ipswich, the largest market town and principal port in Suffolk > 
and the capital of the Eastern Division of the county, is an ancient 
borough and liberty, pleasantly and salubriously situated, mostly on 
the north-east side of the Gripping, at the point where that navi- 
gable river takes the name of Orwell, and begins to expand into a 
broad estuary, which terminates in the German Ocean at Harwich, 
about 12 miles S.E. of the town. By means of the Eastern Union 
Railway, Ipswich has now a direct railway communication with 
London, Colchester, Norwich, Peterborough, and all parts of the 
kingdom. It is in 52 deg. 3 min. north latitude, and in 1 deg. 9 
min. east longitude ; and is distant 68 miles N.E. of London; 17 
miles N.E. of Colchester; 45 miles S. of Norwich; 54 miles S.S.W. 
of Yarmouth; 8£ miles W.S.W. of Woodbridge ; and 26 miles S.E. 
by E. of Bury St. Edmund's. It suffered considerably during the 
greater part of last century, from the loss of its ancient staple manu- 
facture of woollen cloth and canvas ; but being favourably seated for 
commerce, it has arisen rapidly in wealth and population during 
the present century, in which it has increased its number of in- 
habitants from 11,000 to about 35,000 souls. In 1793, the Gipping 
was made navigable for barges up to Stowmarket, and the com- 
merce of Ipswich has since been facilitated by great improvements 
in the navigation of the Orwell, and in 1842 by the completion of 
an extensive Wet Dock, formed in the old channel of the river, and 
presenting a floating surface of 32 acres, with a depth of 17 feet of 
water ; a Lock 140 feet long and 45 broad, and a line of Quay 27SO 
feet in length and 30 in breadth, as afterwards noticed. 



50 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

The Borough of Ifswich, anciently called. Gippeswic, from, the 
river Gipping. sends two representatives to Parliament, and is a 
potting place, and the principal place of election for the Eastern 
Division of Suffolk. It is about 12 miles from the sea at the mouth 
of the Orwell : and 6 miles N. of the estuary of the river Stour. 
which divides Esses and Suffolk, and falls into the sea with the 
Orwell, at Harwich. It forms an Union under the new poor law, and 
gives name to a Deanery in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk and Diocese 
of Norwich. It has a separate commission of the peace, a recorder, 
quarter and petty sessions, and a gaol, distinct from those of the 
county and hundreds; and its Corporation have an admiralty juris- 
diction over the whole extent of the Orwell, from the town to Polls- 
head, on the Andrew's Sand, beyond Harwich and Felixstow. 
Though Ipswich has always been considered the capital of Suffolk. 
the Assizes were held at Bury St. Edmund's till 1839 ; hut since that 
year the Summer Assize has been held here, and the Spring Assize 
at Bury. Except the parish of St. Mary Stoke and part of St. 
Peter's parish, on the south-western banks of the Orwell and Gip- 
ping ; the town of Ipswich is on the opposite banks, with a southern 
' aspect, declining by an easy descent to the rivers, and sheltered on 
the north-east by gently rising grounds and verdant hills, pictur- 
esquely studded with neat villas, gardens, and pleasure grounds, 
among which, close to the north side of the town, is Christ Church 
Park, (74 acres,) the delightful seat of W. C. Fonnereau. Esq.. well 
clothed with wood and stocked with deer. On the opposite side of 
the town, bounded by the river Gipping, is Stoke Hall, the seat of 
Colonel Phillipps ; and a mile to the south is Stoke Park, the beau- 
tiful seat of Robert Burrell. Esq. Among the other principal land- 
owners who have seats and estates in the borough, are the Cobbold, 
Alexander. Edgar, Byles, and other families, whose mansions and 
manors will be noticed with the parishes in which they are situated, 
at subsequent pages. 

In Geological position, Ipswich may be considered to stand about 
the middle of a large basin formed by the chalk, overlaid by beds of 
the Upper Green sand formation, London clay, crag, sand, and gravel, 
surmounted with a fine stratum of alluvial soil. These strata are 
extremely variable in depth: some of them frequently disappearing 
altogether. In and near the Orwell, the chalk is below the level of 
low water; but in the hills, it rises in some places to an elevation 
of 188 feet above that level. The most usual formation imme- 
diately beneath the alluvial, is a bed of sand, or sand and gravel, 
from 5 to 30 feet in depth, varying as much in quality as in thick- 
ness; but in a few instances the clay appears beneath the alluvial, 
and is extensively manufactured into excellent bricks. In the Pot- 
tery fields, the clay is 35 feet thick. The surface soil of the adjacent 
country, on the west side of the town, consists wholly of a rich allu- 
Tial dark- coloured earth, three feet thick, producing the finest crops 
of grain ; but on the eastern side of the town, large portions of sand, 
gravel, and clay appear on the surface ; and for miles in this direc- 
tion, the predominant feature is wild heath and coarse grass, with 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 51 

here and there a patch of turnips and potatoes. The supply of 
Watkr to the town is clerked chiefly from a considerable number 
of copious springs issuing from the stratum of crag on all sides of 
the town. So far as any system of water '.corks have been estab- 
lished, these springs were in the hands of nine separate proprietors; 
but, as afterwards noticed, they were sold in IS 54 to a spirited com- 
pany, who, under the powers of an act of parliament, are about to 
construct Water Works for the general supply of the town, where 
the abundance of excellent water is now a source of inconvenience, 
owing to its running to waste through the streets, without adequate 
means for its conveyance. When the new water works and the effi- 
cient system of sewerage, now in progress, are completed, Ipswich 
will be one of the healthiest towns in the kingdom, as is clearly 
shewn in the Report of the Sanitary Condition of ike Town, pub- 
lished in 1848, by Henry Austin, Esq., consulting engineer to the 
Metropolitan Commissioners of Sewers. 

In the town are twelve parish churches and a chapel of ease ; and 
within the limits of the borough are the villages and parish churches 
of Whitton and Westerfield, distant about two miles north. The 
town and suburbs extend two miles in length from east to west, and 
about one in breadth ; but the densely-populated part of the town 
is only about a mile in length and half a mile in breadth. The 
Municipal and Parliamentary limits of the Borough of Ipswich are 
co-extensive, and occupy an area of about 5600 acres, bounded by 
the Hundreds of Bosmere-and-Claydon, Samford, Colneis, and Carl- 
ford : and extending about five miles in length and four in breadth, 
with the town nearly in the centre. The Borough includes all the 
fourteen parishes and the five extra-parochial places in Ipswich 
Union, as enumerated in the succeeding table, except parts of 
Whitton-cum-Thmiston and Westerfield parishes, 124 inhabitants 
in the former, and 49 in the latter, being in Bosmere and Claydon 
Hundred. It also includes an uninhabited portion of Belstead 
parish, two houses and 15 souls in Sprough.ton parish, 8 houses and 
48 souls in Bramford parish, and 57 houses and 554 souls in that 
part of Rushmere parish called Wykes U fiord hamlet. The Popula- 
tion of the Borough was only 11.336 in 1801; but in 1851 it had 
increased to 32, 914 souls, consisting of 15,474 males, and 17,440 
females, living in 6979 houses', besides which, there were in the 
borough 529 uninhabited houses, and 166 building, when the census 
was taken. It will be seen from the following statistical table and 
notes, that there is but a very trivial difference in the limits of the 
Borough and Union, The table shews the 14 parishes and rive extra- 
parochial places in Ipswich Union, with their population in 1801, 
1821, 1841, and 1851 : their number of houses in 1851, their terri- 
torial extent, and the annual value of their lands and buildings, as 
assessed to the poor rates in 1853 : — 



C2 



Q'i 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 



IPSWICH UNION. 


Population in 


Houses 
in 1851. 


teable 

annual value 
in 1853. 


Acres.* 


Parishes, &c. 


1801. 


1821. 


1841. 


1851. 




St. Matthew's District, 










£. 




St Mary-Stoke 


3S5 
986 

758 
447 


7.^2 
1567 
1086 

634 


992 

2420 
1693 
851 


2055 
2868 
1941 
1051 


454 
692 
460 
253 


5,081 

6,557 

4.e?5 

2,1 07 


1466 


St Petert 


145 




26 


St. Mary-at-E;ms 


10 


St. Matthewj 


1206 


17 22 


3453 


5086 


1233 


14.546 


647 


"Whitton-cum-ThurlstonlJ 


210 


255 


422 


476 


103 


2,593 


1445 


St. Clement's District. 


















469 
810 


503 
773 


570 
988 


590 
1045 


105 
215 


3.438 
\ 3,894 


~ 


St. Mary-at-Quay ) 

Shire-Hall Yard, ear. p. J 


13 






94 


171 


86 


St. Clemeut t | 


2424 


4424 


5945 
28 


7025 
25 


1641 

7 


\ 12,194 




Warren House, ex. p. .. j 


1250 


St. Margaret's District. 
















8t< Mary-at-the-Tower .. 


688 


914 


937 


995 


196 


4,890 


9 


St. Stephen \ 

Felaw's Houses, ex. p. ) 


422 


561 


503 


522 


105 


t 9 778 

1 6>#IO 


14 






830 


30 


5 


St. Helen 


327 
1923 


781 
3214 


1352 
4539 


2593 

5892 


632 

1364 


4,763 
- 18,190 


230 


St. Margaretj \ 

Cold Dunghills, ex, p.. . [ 
St. George's st.,§ ex. p. j 




35 


.. 


66 


57 


15 


1300 






17 


12 


3 


J 




Westerfield|| 


246 


289 


324 


3-24 | 


, 70 


1,926 


609 






Total 


11336 


17475 


25264 


32759 


. 7644 


£87.552 


7171 



* The total area of the Union, including the dock, rivers, and roads, is about 
8600 acres. 

+ St. Matthew's return in 1851 included 00 persons in the Barracks. St. 
Peters return included 191 in the Union Workhouse in 1841. and 297 in 1861. 
St. Margaret's return in 1851 included 207 in the County Gaol, and 41 in East 
Suffolk Hospital. 

I St. Clement's parish includes Fore Hamlet, BacJ; Hamlet, and Wyke-s Bishop 
Hamlet, now connected parts of the town. 

§ St. Georges street was returned as Globe lane in 1841 ; but only three houses 
in it are extra-parochial, the rest being in St. Matthew's and St. Margaret's 
parishes. 

Westerfield and TVhitton-cum-Thurlston parishes are two miles north of the 
town, but are mostly in the Borough, as already noticed. 

Borough Wards. — The .Firs*, or St. Clement's Ward, comprises St. Clement's 
parish and that part of Rushmere within the borough. The Second, or Si. Mar- 
garet's Ward, comprises St. Margaret's parish. Cold Dunghills, Globe lane, or 
St. George's street, and the borough part of Westerfield parish. The Third, or 
Middle Ward, includes the parishes of St. Mary at Elms, St. Lawrence, St. 
Stephen, St. Mary at Quay, and St. Helen; and also Felaw's Houses and 
Shirehall yard. The Fourth, or Bridge Ward, comprises the parishes of St. 
Kicholas, St. Peter, and St. Mary Stoke. The Fifth, or Westgate Ward, includes 
the parishes of St. Mary at Tower and St, Matthew, and also the borough por- 
tions of the parishes of Whitton-cum-Thurlston, Bramford, and Suroughton. 

The great increase of population in the borough of Ipswich during the ten years 
;frornl841 to ISol is attributed to the facilities afforded to commerce by the 
formation of the extensive wet dock] by the steam communication opened on the 
river Orwell, and by the completion of railways: — advantages which have been 
readily turned to account by the enterprising inhabitants. The number of 
dwelling-houses, warehouses, granaries, factories, &c, has rapidly encreased 
during the last few years in and around the town. In the parishes of St. Mat- 
thew, St, Margaret, St. Mary Stoke, St. Clement, and St. Peter within the 
last 12 years upwards of 1800 houses have been built, and the total popula- 
tion of the borough is now about 85,000 souls. The rateable annual value of the 
borough in 1815 Was only £42,512, but in 1847 it amounted to £81,823, and in 
18-53 to £87,552, which is about 20 per cent less than the real annual value. 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 53 

# 
IPSWICH UNION, and Superintendent Registrars District, com- 
prises all the parishes, &c., enumerated in the table at page 52, and 
as there arranged they are divided for the registration of Births and 
Deaths into St. Matthew's. St. Clements, and St Margaret's Dis- 
tricts. The total expenditure of the fourteen parishes, &&, of the 
Union, for the relief of the poor, So, during the three years pre- 
ceding the formation of the Union in 1535. averaged about £16,000 
per annum: but since then it has only averaged about £14*000 a 
year, including the officers' salaries, &c. In 18415 the total expendi- 
ture' was £18,920 : in L850, £12,378 ; in 1852, £14*898; and in 
1863, £15,025. Before the formation of the Lnion the fourteen 
parishes of Ipswich maintained their poor separately, under their 
own vestries and overseers, and but few of them had any accom- 
modations for in-door poor. Though the population of the Union 
has encreased from about 22,000 to about 35,00( since 1835, the 
parochial assessments have been from £1000 to £'2000 a year less 
than 1832, '3, and ; 4. which, clearly shews the beneficial effects of 
the New Poor Law over the old parochial system, which too often 
generated indolence and fostered the idle and the dissolute ; while 
the really necessitous and deserving poor were often too harshly- 
treated. Though less money is now expended with a population 
one-third greater than it was in 1835, the deserving poor are now 
better provided for than they were before that year, owing to the 
searching manner into which every case is enquired into by the 
guardians and relieving officers ; to the provision of a comfortable 
home for the houseless and to the judicious mode of relieving the 
out-door poor chiefly in bread, flour, and other necessaries, instead; 
of entirely in money, as formerly, when a large proportion of 
the sums paid to the paupers was often misapplied. The num- 
ber of in-door poor was 331 in 1837; and 509 in 1533: but 
from 1^4^ to 1S50 thev averaged 759 per annum. The num- 
ber of out-door poor was 2009 'in 1537: 2178 in 1-3?: 2340 
in 154- : 2833 in 1849; and 3531 in 1850. During the hall 
year ending Lady-clay 1551, the in-door paupers amounted to 403, 
and the out-door paupers to 2925. But in these figures some of the 
paupers are counted twice or thrice, owing to their receiving relief 
only for a few weeks or months in different parts of the year, and 
each of their applications being counted as a separate case: — were 
it not so the above statement would shew that from 1545 to 1850, 
about one in every seven of the whole population was a pauper, 
whilst the reality is not more than one in ten, and in prosperous 
times not more than one in fifteen. Some of the 14 parishes con- 
tain a much greater number of poor in proportion to their population 
than others, it would therefore be much more equitable if an uni- 
form rate was levied throughout the whole Union, instead of the 
present unequal parochial assessments. The parishes of St. Law- 
rence. St. Stephen, and St Mary le Tower, consist almost entirely 
ot good houses and shops, and have scarcely any poor resident or 
belonging to them. The Lnion Workhouse is in Wberstead road, 
near Stoke, but in St. Peter's parish. It was built in 1 836-7 at the 
cost of about £6000, on about two acres of land, which cost £535. 



54 IPSWICH UNION. 

It is a large red brick building, divided into four wards, with, the 
governor's house in the centre. It has room for about 400 inmates, 
but has seldom more than 300. The Board of Guardians meet 
every Saturday. Three guardians each are elected yearly for St. 
Clement's and St. Margarets parishes ; two each for St Matthew's 
and St. Peter's parishes, and one for each of the other ten parishes. 
Wm, Hy. Alexander, Esq., is the chairman, and the Rev. Charles 
Drage, vice-chairman. John E. Sparrowe, Esq., is union clerk and 
superintendent registrar; Mr. Thomas Kemp, deputy superintendent 
registrar; Mr. J. 0. Francis, | surgeon,) registrar of marriages ; Rev. 
C. Paglar, B.D.. chaplain : Mr. Robert and Mrs. Clamp, master and 
matron of the workhouse ; John Smith and Sus. Scotchmer, school- 
master and mistress : and Abm. Richardson, porter. Messrs. W. 
Elliston, G. G-. Sampson, G. C. Edwards, and Win. Aldams are the 
union surgeons. The Relieving Officers are Messrs. S. R. Good- 
ing for St. Clement's District ; Wm. Manning, for St. Margaret's 
District ; and Henry Eisk for St. Matthew's District. The Regis- 
trars of Births and Deaths are Henry Watson for St. Matthew's 
District; S. R.Gooding for St. Clement's District: and William 
Hutchinson for St. Margaret's District. The Collectors of Poor 
Hates are Wm. Catcbpolefor St. Clement's District; Wm. Hutchin- 
son for St. Margaret's District ; and Henry Watson for St. Matthew's 
District. 

Ancient History. — As already noticed, Ipswich derives its name 
from its situation at the point where the river Gipping discharges 
itself into the Orwell. It is variously written in Domesday Book 
GyppesiciTi, Gyppesuiz. Gyppeicicus, and Gyppeicic, which mode of 
spelling was gradually changed into Tppyswyche and Ipsirich. It 
was of small extent in the Saxon era, and was encompassed by a 
rampart or wall, which was defended on the outside by a ditch, and 
was broken down by the Danes when they pillaged the town, in the 
years 991 and 1000. This fortification was afterwards renewed and 
repaired in the fifth of King John. A castle is said to have been 
erected here by William the Conqueror, and to have been destroyed 
in the reign of Henry II. In the rampart or wall which encom- 
passed the town, were four gates, called from their situation after 
the four cardinal points of the compass ; and we also read of a fifth, 
called Losegate, which stood on the bank of the Orwell, at the spot 
where there once was a ford. All vestiges of the wall, gates, and 
castle disappeared many years ago; but there are still some traces 
of the ditch and the earthen rampart on which the wall stood, from 
which it appears that the parishes of St. Clement, St. Helen, and St. 
Mary Stoke, with part of those of St. Margaret and St. Matthew, 
were not included within the gates, and are accordingly, in old 
writings, denominated the suburbs of Ipswich. The castle was per- 
haps merely a bastion tower, which stood in the place still called the 
Tower Ditches. As early as A.D.964, money was coined here, and 
specimens are extant of coins struck at a mint here, from that period 
to the reign of Henry III. Being remotely situated from the great 
lines of communication through the kingdom, Ipswich did not suffer 
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55 



from the eleventh to the fifteenth century. The town, in conjunc- 
tion with the neighbouring country, espoused the cause of the sons 
of Henry II. : and dining the contest between these rebels and their 
Royal father, a large army of Flemings, in 1173. headed by Robert 
de Bellornont. Earl of Leicester, sailed up the Orwell, and landed at 
this port, whence they passed to Framlingham castle, the stronghold 
of Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, who had joined the rebel princes. 
The feeble garrison of Ipswich vainly opposed the entrance of the 
Flemings, who demolished the fortifications. They afterwards at- 
tacked the castle of Haughley, near Stowniarket, then commanded 
by Ralph Broc. for the king, and razed it to the earth. Flushed with 
victory, they passed westward to Fornham St. Genevieve, where they 
were completely routed by the king's forces, under Henry de Bohun, 
and ten thousand of them slain. ~ This battle completely destroyed 
the hopes of the rebels, and it has been conjectured that some of 
the Flemings, spared from the wreck of Leicester's army, purchased 
their lives and subsistence by locating in this part of the kingdom, 
and instructing the inhabitants in the manufacture of jersey, or 
worsted stuffs, which had been introduced into Norwich, by some of 
their countrymen, in the preceding reign. 

Before, and for many years after the Norman C Hiqnest, Ipswich 
was in the same condition as all other boroughs that were in the 
demesne of the crown. For some time anterior to the Domesday 
survey, it appears to have been rapidly declining. " In the time of 
King Edward,"' the Confessor,) says that document. " there were 
burgesses who raid custom to the king, and they had forty acres 
of land. But now there are 110 burgesses who pay custom, and 100 
poor burgesses who can pay 113 more than one penny a head to the 
king's geld. Thus, upon the whole, they have forty acres of land, 
and 32 S houses now empty, and which, in the time of King Edward, 
scotted to the king's geld. Roger, the vice-earl, let the whole for 
<£40 ; afterwards he could not have that rent, and ?.'.: ated about sixty 
shillings of it. so that it now pays kol. and the earl always hath the 
third part.'' VTe are also informed by the same ancient record, that 
duriDg the reign of Edward the Confessor, his queen Edith, the 
daughter of Earl Godwin, had two-thirds of this borough, and Earl 
Guert. the sixth son of the same nobleman, possessed the remaining 
third. The queen had a grange, to which belonged four carucates 
of land, and the earl another, valued at one hundred shillings, be- 
sides the third penny of the borough. In the reign of Richard L, 
the inhabitants had' so much increased in numbers and wealth, 
that they purchased their freedom from that monarch. The first char- 
obtained by the town, was granted by King John, in 1190, and 
conferred on the inhabitants important privileges, some of which 
strikingly illustrate the oppressions under which the mass of the 
people must, in those early ages have groaned. By this charter the 
king granted to the burgesses, the borough of Ipswich, with all its 
appurtenances, liberties. &c., to be held of him and his heirs, by the 
payment of the usual annual farm of ,£35. and one hundred shillings 
more at the exchequer. He exempted them from the payment of all 
taxes, under the denominations of tliolh lestaye, steiV. _ 'ige, 



56 HISTORY OF IPSWICH, 

pontage, and all other customs throughout his land and sea-ports. 
The other privileges granted to the people of Ipswich by this charter 
were as follows: — That they should have a merchants guild and 
lianse of their own ; that no person should be quartered upon them 
without their consent, or take anything from them by force ; that 
they might hold their lands, and recover their just dues, from whom- 
soever they were owing: that none of them should be fined or 
amerced but according to the laws of the free borough ; and that 
they might choose two bailiffs and four coroners out of the principal 
men of the town. As early as 1Q54, a court of pleas was established 
here for the trial of disputed debts, without the king's writ. 

Ipswich was not the theatre of any of the violent commotions 
which arose from the quarrels between King John and his barons ; 
but it passively contributed about £'300 to the tax or " quinzieme" 
which he levied in the seventh year of his reign. In 1215, the duty 
levied on wood, | used in dyeing. ) amounted in Suffolk, to .£50 ; 
Yorkshire to £96; Lincolnshire, to £'47 ; and Southamptonshire, to 
_£'?9 : thus it appears that Ipswich then enjoyed a considerable share 
of the woollen manufacture, which was introduced by the Flemings, 
and fostered by royal charters, and the monasteries founded in the 
town and neighbourhood. 

Edward L. in 1285, for some offence committed by the burgesses. 
seized the borough into his own hands, and kept it till 1291, when, 
being pleased with the service performed by some ships from Ipswich, 
In his expedition against Scotland, he re-granted the borough audits 
liberties to the burgesses, and confirmed the charters of his predeces- 
sors, John and Henry III. ; but he advanced the fee farm rent from 
,dB40 to d660 per annum. In 1317, Edward II. granted a charter, con- 
firming the former privileges of the borough, but reducing thenum- 
her of coroners from four to two. The oppressive levies made by 
Hdward II. to assist him in his wars against Scotland, and in the 
defence of his favourites, the De Spencers, caused much dissension 
in the kingdom: and. in 1324, a great riot broke out in Ipswich, 
headed by the representatives of the borough, and many of the prin- 
cipal inhabitants. In 1328, a powerful fleet was collected on the 
coast of Suffolk, to assist Edward III. in his designs upon France, 
for which kingdom Sir John Howard embarked 500 men, at Ipswich, 
in 1337. Edward III. being on a visit at ATalton, in 1339, confirmed 
the charters of Ipswich, and granted further immunities; but, in 
1345, he for some time disfranchised the borough, on account of an 
insult received here, at the assizes, by a judge named Sharford, from 
some sailors, who thinking his lordship staid too long at dinner, one 
of them, in a frolic, took his seat upon the bench, and caused ano- 
ther to make proclamation, requiring William Sharford to come into 
court and save his fine : and as he did not appear, ordered him to be 
fined. The judge, who was a morose man. so highly resented this 
joke, that because the magistrates refused to apprehend the sailors, 
he prevailed upon the king to seize the borough, and to place it 
under the government of the sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk; but, 
before the end of the year, it was again under the control of the 
bailiffs. 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 57 

Henry VI., by a charter in the 24th year of his reign, (1445,) in- 
corporated the town by the style of the burgesses of Ipswich. He- 
authorised them annually to elect two burgesses as bailiffs, at the 
accustomed time and place, to hold that office for one whole year. 
He granted to the bailiffs, and four such other burgesses as the bai- 
liffs should appoint from among the twelve portmen, the office of jus- 
tice of the peace within the town, together with all fines, forfeitures, 
and amercements arising from that office, and the assize of bread, 
wine, and ale. He appointed such one of the bailiffs, as should be 
chosen by the burgesses at the time of election, to be escheator, and 
expressly granted the admiralty and clerkship of the market, although 
the bailiffs had always exercised these offices by the custom of the 
town. No notice was taken of this charter in that of Edward IV., 
but that monarch granted all the privileges mentioned in it, with, 
these alterations and additions : — He incorporated the town by the 
name of the bailiffs, burgesses, and commonalty, of the town of Ips- 
wich; he confined the election of bailiffs expressly to the 8th of 
September, in the Guildhall, to serve for one year ; and he expressly- 
exempted the burgesses from serving on juries out of the borough. 
The most interesting charter granted by succeeding monarchs for 
insuring these privileges, was that of Charles II, who, in the 17th 
year of his reign, ratified the ancient privileges of the borough, and 
confirmed the high steward, the twelve portmen, the 24 chief consta- 
bles, the recorder, and town clerk, for the time being, by their names, 
and directed, that upon the death or removal of any of the portmen, 
or twenty-four chief constables, the vacancies should be filled up by 
the rest of those respective bodies. Though the burgesses, towards 
the close of the same reign, surrendered their charter, and received 
another, by which the number of chief constables (or council- men) 
was reduced to eighteen; yet, as neither the surrender was enrolled, 
nor any judgment entered upon record, the officers who had acted 
under the former charter, resumed their functions, on the proclama- 
tion of James II., who, in 1688, confirmed all the privileges of the 
borough granted by the charters of Edward IV., Henry VIII. , and 
Charles II., which were considered as governing charters till the 
passing of the Municipal Eeform Act of 1835. According to these 
charters, the corporate body consisted of two bailiffs, a high- steward, 
a recorder, twelve portmen, of whom four were justices of the peace ; 
and twenty-four chief constables, two of whom were coroners, and 
the twelve seniors were head-boroughs. The officers comprised a 
town-clerk, treasurer, two chamberlains, a water bailiff, four ser- 
jeants-at-mace, &c. Besides the privileges already named, the bai- 
liffs were port admirals, and claimed all waifs, estrays, and goods 
cast on shore within their admiralty jurisdiction, which extended 
down the Orwell to the sea, below Harwich and Languard Eort. By 
a solemn decision in their favour in the 14th of Edward III., the 
bailiffs and burgesses had confirmed to them the right of taking 
custom-duties for goods entering the port of Harwich ; and in a 
trial with the city of London, they established their claim to exemp- 
tion from tolls and duties in all the ports of the kingdom. 

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58 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

The Municipal Commissioner, who enquired into the state of the 
Ipswich Corporation, in 1834, says, at the close of his voluminous 
and elaborate Report, u It is a constitution which presents the ap- 
pearance of a popular government, but it is in reality no such thing. 
Considered with reference to the corporate body only, it is an ill-re- 
gulated republic : — considered with reference to the local community, 
it is an oligarchy of the worst description. It is a government which 
excludes from municipal rights the most considerable portion of the 
inhabitants, whether considered with reference to number, property. 
or taxation: and which disqualifies for municipal office the most 
respectable, intelligent, and independent classes of the community. 
Nor has it even secured the subordinate end of its existence — self- 
preservation ; for. in consequence of the party feuds of the two self- 
elected bodies which share its official power, the Corporation is now 
fast approaching to a legal dissolution.*' The Commissioner also 
found that the police was very inefficient : that the bailiffs were 
sometimes insulted by freemen, even when sitting on the magis- 
terial bench; that the Corporation monopolised the right of supply- 
ing the town with water, but that the really inade- 
quate to the wants of the inhabitants : that ::on pro- 
perty was charged with a debt of £14, : that various aliena- 
tions of property had been made, and the proceeds applied 
the general purposes of the Corporation, and that \ rate 
revenues amounted to upwards of £200( per annum, of which 
about £700 arose from the water-works, .: from a 
duty of '2d. per chaldron on all eoah s, and culm, im- 
ported by non-freemen. This duty was originally granted to the 
Corporation, as conservators of the river Orwell, bnt they so shame- 
fully neglected the navigation, that in 1^ ! "'*> it was taken out of their 
hands by an Act of Parliament, which placed it .._'.-: the control of 
a body of gentlemen, sailed the Paver Commissioners, who. in their 
turn, gave place, in 1837, to the I : sk C >mmissioners, as wH] be seen 
at a subsequent page. Under the act for the regulation of Mu- 
nicipal Corporations in England and Wale- in 1835, the 
borough of Ipswich is divided into Jive wt o 1 is governed by a 
mayor, U ///, and thirty councillors, wi; mission of the 
peace, a high steward, electc 1 foi life, a recorder, quartet sessions, 
&c. Charities to the amount of more than £2000 per annum were 
vested with the old Corporation ; but. under this Act, they are now 
vested with 21 trustees. 

Ipswich has sent two members an« ihe 25th of 

Henry VI., and in the court books of the boroughs are many curi- 
ous memoranda, respecting the wages paid at different periods to its 
representatives. In 1462, they each had from l2d. to 80d. a day : in 
1472, from 3s. -Id. to 5s. per week, and in the reigns of Charles 1st 
and 2nd, they had in some years from £20 to upwards oi £100. The 
right of election previous to the Parliamentary Reform Act of 1832, 
was in the freemen not receiving alms, of whom 1003 voted in 1826, 
but only about 100 of them were resident in the borough. The num- 
ber of electors registered in 1S3? was 1418, but. in 1853, they had 
increased to 1927, of whom 346 were freemen, and 1581 occupiers 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 59 

of houses of the yearly value of sB10 or upwards. Only such free- 
men as reside in the borough, or within the distance of seven miles, 
aie now entitled to vote. The municipal voters are about 3500 in 
number, as appears by the last Burgess Roll. The representatives 
returned by the borough., at the general election in July, ISA] , being 
petitioned against, a new writ was issued in August, 1842. and the 
poll was taken on the 16th of that month, when the five candidates 
and the number of votes received by each were as follows: — Copt. 
John X. Gladstone, 651 ; Saclcville Lane Fox, Esq., 641 ; D. Thorn- 
bory, Esq.. 548; Mr. Henry Vincent, (sent by the Sturgites,) 473; 
and J. Nicholson, Esq.. 2. The Ipswich elections have often been 
severely contested, and the candidates returned have several times 
been unseated on the petition of the opposing party, or have re- 
signed rather than undergo the ordeal of a scrutiny. The present 
M embers of Parliament for Ipswich are John ChevalUer Colloid, 
Esq,, a banker of this borough; and Hugh Edward Adair, Esq., a 
younger son of Sir Rt. Shafto Adah 1 , Bart., ofFlixton Hall. Both, 
were elected in 1847. and re-elected in 1852. 

As will be seen in the accounts of the churches, parishes, and 
charities of Ipswich, at subsequent pages, the town had formerly 
twenty-one churches, five priories, and several hospitals, guilds, and 
other religious fry - - : _ lories were large and richly en- 

dowed, and were founded in the 12th and ISih centuries. Two of 
them belonged to Block c:.:.: .. and th€ ; hei three :: Bit . -rey, 
and TV]..: From the yeai 1 :: 1515, several religious 

houses in various parts of the kingdom were dissolved, and their 
revenues settled on different colleges in " xford and Cambridge. In 
1525, Cardinal Wblsey, by license of the Xing and Pope, dissolved 
above thirty religious houses foi the founding and endowing of his 
soHeges ;.: Jxford and Ij swich. At ::.: the same time, a papal bull 
was _::.:: :5^ :; Wolsey tc suppress monasteries, in which there were 
not above nx monks, tc the value j! ■ lucats a year, for endow- 
King's soileges, in Cambridge. The erection of 
JLtEGE, :-.; Ipswich, (his native town, was com- 
menced jn the 12th of June. 1528, upon the site of the Priory of 
St. J I the last prior of which, Wm. Brown, sm> 

rendered tc the Cardinal, on the 6th of March, 1527. The building 
rapi oient its € ndowment the Corporation 

gave the property which Richard Felaw had '. : v.iathed to them for 
the support of a free school and hospital. Wolsey intended this 
collegiate academy as a nursery ::: hi :: liege at Oxford. It 

wa.: _; „ in, and was endowed with the pes- 

beries :: Snape, Dodnash, Wykes, Pelixstow, 
Eumburgh. Montjoy, Bromhili. Bliburgh. Horkesley, and Tiptree, 
as well as with St Peter's and Trinity priories, in Ipswich. The 
establishment consisted of a igbt clerks, twelve secular 

canons, eight choristers, fourteen bedesmen, and a considerable 
number of scholars. From its munificent endowment, and the 
extent and grandeur of the building, it is evident that Wolsey in- 
tended this college to be a lasting monument of his greatuess, but 
it was scarcely completed, when he fell into disgrace and died in 



60 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

1530 ; and Henvy VIET, revenged himself by seizing both it and the 
college, which the Cardinal had founded at Oxford. The latter was 
re-established after a lapse of three years, but Ipswich College was 
granted to Thomas Alverde. and its possessions to various other 
persons in royal favour ; and all that now remains of it is a Gate- 
way of decorated brick-work, flanked by octagonal turrets, and having 
over the entrance a stone tablet, beating the arms of Henry VILL 
This gate adjoins St. Peter's church-yard, and is supposed to have 
been an outlet from one of the college wings. The site of the col- 
lege comprises about six acres, and now belongs to the Alexander 
family. 

Thomas Wolset, the haughty cardinal of the reign of that lascivious monarch 
Henry YIIL, was born in 1471. at Ipswich, where his father (Robert VTolsey 
or Wuley) is supposed to have been in easy circumstances, and not a butcher, 
as has been stated by many writers. He was related to the Daundy family, who 
ranked amongst the most respectable inhabitants of the town. By his distin- 
guished abilities and a fortunate concurrence of circumstances, Wolsey raised 
himself to the highest offices in church and state. After being some time at 
school in Ipswich, he was sent to Magdalen College. Oxford, of which he became 
a fellow. Having embraced the ecclesiastical profession, he was presented, in 
1500, to the rectory of Lymington, by the Marquis of Dorset, whose three sons 
were under his tuition. Probably through the recommendation of this noble- 
man, he was sent by Henry Till, on a mission to the Emperor Maximilian^ 
and acquitted himself so much to the satisfaction of the king, that, on his return, 
lie was rewarded with the deanery of Lincoln, and a prebend in that cathedral. 
His introduction to the court of Henry Till, he owed to Fox. bishop of Win- 
chester, whom he soon supplanted in royal favour, and became himself sole and 
absolute minister. He successively rose to the offices of bishop of Tournay in 
Slanders, (which city the king had just taken.) bishop of Bath and Wells, 
bishop of Lincoln. Durham, and Winchester; archbishop of York, and cardinal 
and lord-high-chancellor of England. The revenues derived from his various 
offices equalled those of the sovereign, and he expended them in a manner not 
less magnificent; having in his retinue 800 persons, many of whom were knights 
and gentlemen. He built the palace of Hampton Court ; and York place in 
London, which afterwards received the name of Whitehall. Naturally ambitious, 
Wolsey aspired even to the papal tiara, and being disappointed in his hopes of 
obtaining that honour by the Emperor Charles T.. who had promised to support 
him, he revenged himself by promoting the divorce of Henry Till, from Cath- 
erine of Arragon, aunt to his imperial majesty. This affair, however, proved the 
occasion of the cardinal's downfal. The obstacles to the accomplishment of 
Henry's wishes being too powerful for even Wolsey to remove so speedily as the 
king desired, he incurred Henry's displeasure, and being at the same time un- 
dermined by his enemies, he was suddenly stripped of alf his employments, ban- 
ished from the court, and arrested for high treason. He was taken at Cawood. 
near York, and from thence escorted to Sheffield Manor, where he remained 
sixteen days in the custody of the Earl of Shrewsbury. Though he was here 
seized with a violent dysentery which his physician predicted would terminate 
in death in a few days, he was hurried towards London, to take his trial, moun- 
ted upon a mule, but he could proceed no further than Leicester Abbey, where, 
iie said, on his arrival, to the head of the convent — ' ; Father Abbot, I am come 
to leave my bones among you.'' He died Nov. 30th, 1530, the second day after 
his arrival at Leicester, and was thus saved from farther humiliation. He was 
a man of extraordinary talent and industry ; but his good qualities were over- 
shadowed by the poison of ambition, and the arrogance of pride. He governed 
England for the space of twenty years, during which time he knew all the cabals 
of foreign courts, and had spies on every prince in Europe, by which he ren- 
dered himself truly formidable. He was courted, bribed, and caressed by the 
greatest potentates in Christendom. In virtue of his authority as pope's legate, 
he instituted an inquisitorial court, in which he exercised a power not knows 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 61 

"before in England. He so absolutely governed the king " that he turned him 
•which way he pleased ; but managed so artfully, that the king always fancied he 
took his own course." On many occasions of the utmost importance, he dis- 
played his contempt of the laws and constitution of his country, when they 
stood between him and his ambition. He was charged with great immoralities* 
and a lascivious life, though in public he kept up much show of solemnity and 
religion. Cavendish, his gentleman usher, said, in all his proceedings, he was 
the haughtiest man alive, and had more respect to the honour of his own per- 
son than he had to his spiritual profession. He was capricious, haughty, and 
insolent, even to the ancient nobles of the land, who could ill brook such con- 
duct from one who, by his talent and learning, had raised himself from a humble 
sphere to be second only to his sovereign in splendour and authority: and 
they therefore used all their influence to bring about his humiliation. With, 
his last breath, he said — c: Had I but have served my God as diligently as I 
served the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs." 

The general Dissolution oftlie Monasteries and the Reformation of 
the Church, did not commence till after the death ofWolsey, in whose 
time Henry VIII, had written a work in favour of the Eornish 
church, which so pleased the Pope that he conferred on him the title 
of " Defender of the Faith," which has ever since been attached to the- 
crowned head of England. In 1533, an act of parliament was 
passed requiring the Lord's prayer, the creed, &c., to be read in 
English; and in the following year, Henry Till, sanctioned the 
Protestants, — a name which originated in the Diet of Spiers, (in 
1529,) in Germany, where Martin Luther began that great reform 
which WicHiffe, nearly a century and a half before, had laboured to 
effect in England. An act for the suppression of the lesser monas- 
tries was passed in 1535 ; another for the suppression of the larger 
abbeys, priories, &c., in 1540 : and one for dissolving all col- 
leges, free chapels, hospitals, chantries, &c. s in 1545. The latter act 
was further enforced by one of the 1st of Edward YL The number 
of monastic institutions suppressed in England by these acts 
amounted to about 3200, and their total clear yearly revenue to up- 
wards of ^'150,000, which was immense, as the value of money at 
that period was at least six times as much as at present. The sup- 
pression of these houses and the consequent dispersion of many 
thousand monks and nuns, occasioned much discontent, which in 
many parts of the kingdom broke out into open rebellion, in which, 
however, Ipswich does not appear to have been concerned, though 
it was greatly affected by the change, which transferred the revenues 
of its monasteries to the coffers of the king, or to the use of those 
who pandered to his lasciviousness and extravagance. In the time 
of TVolsey, Henry Till, persecuted the Protestants with as much 
cruelty as he afterwards did the adherents to the Eornish faith. Tho- 
mas Bilney, one of the earliest promulgators of the doctrines of 
"Wickliffe and Luther, in Norfolk and Suffolk, often preached here in 
St. George's chapel, which stood near St. Matthew's church, where 
Cardinal Wolsej set spies upon him, and after being twiced dragged 
from his pulpit by the monks, he was taken to London, where, after 
undergoing much privation, he was induced by his friends to recant; 
but this so troubled his conscience that shortly after his return, he 
boldly offered himself as a martyr to the reformed religion, and suf- 
fered at the stake, in Norwich. " In 1548, there were three printers 



62 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

in Ipswich, though, the typographical art was then in its infancy. 
In the reign of Mary, the Eornan Catholic religion was again estab- 
lished, and this town became the scene of several burnings and sac- 
rifices, for the rights of conscience, and many of the protest ants 
were obliged to leave the town or " lurk in secret places." Among 
the Martyrs burnt at the stake, in Ipswich, were the Bev. B. Samuel, 
of East Bergholt, in 1555; Nicholas Peke, of Earl Stonham; and 
Ann Potter and Joan Trunchfieid, in or about the same year ; one 
Kerby, in 1556 ; and Alexander Gooch and Alice Driver, in 1558. 
In the latter part of the latter year, the cruelties of Mary ended in 
her death, and the protestant Elizabeth commenced her long and 
glorious reign. When the faggots were blazing about Peke, Dr. 
Beading called out — " Peke, recant thy opinion, and I have thy 
pardon in my hand ;" but he answered, " I defy it and thee, and 
withal spit out a mouthful of blood." Hearing this answer, Dr. 
Beading promised in the name of the Bishop of Norwich, 40 days' 
pardon for sins, to all who would cast a stick into the fire. " Where- 
upon Sir John Audley, kt, Mr. Barnes, Mr. Curson, and divers 
others of reputation, there present, cut down boughs from the trees 
with their swords, and threw them into the fire." 

In 1561, Queen Elizabeth visited the town, and taxed the inhabi- 
tants with the expenses of her journey, ordering that all the burges- 
ses who refused to contribute thereto should be disfranchised. She 
again visited the town in 1565, and finding that the parochial clergy 
were poor, caused an act to be passed for the augmentation of their 
benefices, and the support of the churches, by yearly assessments to 
be levied on the parishioners at the discretion of the Corporation, 
proof being first given by the officers of the several parishes that 
such assessments were needed. In the 30th and 39th of Elizabeth, 
Ipswith furnished two ships for the general defence of the nation. 
During this and the following reign the town greatly increased, 
though it suffered much from a visitation of the plague in 1603, 
when upwards of 30,000 persons died in London of that dreadful 
malady. In 1654, the town suffered considerably by fire ; and it 
had another fatal visitation of the plague in 1666, the year of the 
great plague and fire in London. During the civil tears between 
Charles I. and the Parliament, which commenced in 1642, and ter- 
minated in the decapitation of the misguided and unfortunate 
monarch in 1648, Ipswich was not the scene of any of those san- 
guinary conflicts which so frequently distracted various parts of the 
kingdom. At the commencement of this long continued struggle, 
the inhabitants of both Suffolk and Norfolk generally declared for 
the Parliament, and at no period were the Royalists able to make 
much impression in either county. In these troublesome times, nu- 
merous instances of fraud and credulity occurred here and at other 
places, under the delusion of icitchcrqft and demonology ; and so ig- 
norant were the magistrates of many towns, that they actually em- 
ployed designing villians, who styled themselves ivitchfinders, and 
pricked harmless persons with pins, or ducked them in rivers, under 
the pretence of deciding whether they were witches or not ; and 
being paid a certain sum per head for each conviction, they did not 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 63 

often let their victims escape. A poor fanatical old woman, called 
Mother Lakeland, was arraigned, condemned, and burnt for a witch 
at Ipswich, on the 9th September, 1645 ; and in a pamphlet pub- 
lished after her death, she is represented as haying confessed that 
she had sold herself to the devil 20 years before, and had been fur- 
nished with three imps, in the forms of two little dogs and a mole, 
by means of which she grievously afflicted Mr. Lawrence, Mr. Beal, 
a maid of Mrs. Jennings, and other persons in the town. Many are 
said to have suffered, in various parts of Suffolk, under the belief 
in this kind of supernatural agency, which ceased to prevail many 
years ago, except amongst the most ignorant of the vulgar ; and the 
repeal of all the statutes relating to witchcraft has removed from 
our criminal code the reproach cast upon it by such ridiculous en- 
actments. 

The restoration of monarchy and episcopacy, in 1660, appears to 
have been hailed with gladness in Ipswich, for immediately after 
Charles II. had ascended the long-vacant throne, the corporation 
voted him <£300 out of their revenue ; and in addition to this gift, 
the inhabitants raised a voluntary subscription. The grateful, but 
gay and extravagant monarch, granted the town a new charter in 
1678, as already noticed. In 3 693, the corporation entered into an 
engagement with fifty families of French Protestants, skilled in the 
manufacture of lutestring, to settle in the town, promising to sup- 
port them liberally, and to erect and endow a church for their 
accommodation; but after remaining here for some time, they appear 
to have removed to Norwich. In 1704, a nightly ivatch was estab- 
lished in the town, and it was agreed that every person who refused 
to take his turn as watchman should be fined. In 1709, some German 
weavers, &c, applied to be allowed to settle in the town, but were 
answered, that by " reason of decay of trade, and having no manu- 
factory to employ poor people, and the great burden and increase 
of its own poor inhabitants," they could not possibly be accommo- 
dated in the town. In 1787, it was found that though the corpo- 
ration possessed a large estate, their debts and mortgages were so 
heavy, as to leave only a clear income of £T32 per annum. In 
1794, Ipswich determined to follow the example of many other 
towns, which had formed corps of volunteers^ for internal defence 
against insurrection, or the threatened invasion of the French. But 
some time elapsed before the " Loyal Ipswich Volunteers' were pro- 
perly organised. They numbered about 200, 'and were bound, in 
case of invasion, to march to any part of the kingdom. Many of 
the inhabitants belonged to the East Suffolk Militia, (which still 
has its staff here,) and the loyalty of the town and county stood 
pre-eminent during the fear-exciting period of the French Ee volu- 
tion. Being situated conveniently for the embarkation of troops 
to Holland, &c, Ipswich was generally crowded with soldiers during 
the late wars, and barracks were erected on the old dock side, on 
the Woodbridge road, and near St. Matthew's street, for the accom- 
modation of more than 12,000 men, chiefly infantry; but these 
bmildings have been taken down or appropriated to other uses, ex- 
cept the Cavalry Barracks, which occupy an airy situation near 



64 HISTOFwY OF IPSWICH. 

the end of St. Matthew's street, and were built by Government in 
1795, for the accommodation of three troops of cavalry. Capt. Bell 
is the barrack master. A depot is about to be erected here for the 
East Suffolk Militia, with a small barrack for the staff of that regi- 
ment, which has recently been re-embodied as an artillery corps,, 
for the defence of the coast. In the location of troops, a regiment 
of horse is generally apportioned between Norwich and Ipswich^ 
and the head-quarters are usually here. At the close of the late 
wars, Ipswich lost its military character, and became absorbed in 
the less exciting, but more pleasing and profitable pursuits of 
commerce, for which it is so well adapted. 

Ancient Houses. — Though the hand of modern improvement has 
considerably reduced them, the town still retains a considerable 
number of ancient half-timbered houses, of the Elizabethan and 
other ages, having their many gabled fronts ornamented with 
carvings, and some of them projecting their upper stories two or 
more feet into the street. Mr. Sparrowe's House, the largest and 
most interesting of these antique dwellings, is very extensive. It 
belongs to J. E. Sparrowe, Esq., and was occupied by him, but is 
now the dwelling and shop of Mr. Jas. Haddock, bookseller and. 
stationer. It fronts the Butter market, and was built in 1567, by 
George Copping, Esq. The Sparrowe family occupied it more than 
two centuries and a half. The basement front is finely carved in 
pendant fruit, and extends about 70 feet in length, and above it are 
four large bay windows, on the base of which are sculptured em- 
blematical figures of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, with their 
peculiar attributes. Above these windows, is a considerable pro- 
jection, or pediment, forming a promenade, on the outside, nearly 
round the house, and in front of the attic windows, which are 
crowned by ornamental gables. Indeed, the whole exterior of this 
unique dwelling is profusely ornamented with carvings of animals ? 
fruit, flowers, wreaths of roses, and other devices. The interior 
contains many fine apartments. The dining room is 22 feet by 21 y 
and is closely panneled in dark oak, carved in a manner which 
would do honour even to the great genius of Grinling Gibbon. 
Upon the first floor, fronting the street, is a noble apartment, 4G 
feet by 21, having its ceiling traversed by heavy oak beams, and 
divided into compartments, ornamented by ponderous wreaths of 
fruit. The whole of the antique and highly ornamental front was 
restored and painted in 1850. Charles II. is said to have been 
some time concealed here during the Commonwealth, but this tra- 
dition is not supported by history. The Tankard public-house, in 
Tacket street, taken down in 1843, was the last remaining portion 
of an extensive and highly ornamented mansion, which was the 
residence of Sir Anthony Wing field, n distinguished courtier of the 
days of Henry VIII. Its site is now occupied by the Theatre 
Tavern. The house in which Cardinal Wolsey was born stands in 
St. Nicholas street, on the south side of the passage leading to the 
churchyard, The old timber carvings still existing upon the corner 
posts of many other houses, show that they were built by wealthy 
families. Indeed, in the Elizabethan age, the town was distin- 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 65 

guished for the "fair and goodly residences' of its merchants; In 
iront of the Half-Moon public-house, appears, well carved, the old 
story of the fox preaching to the geese, supposed to have had a 
satirical reference to the condition of the towns-people and the 
monks hefore the suppression of the monasteries. In a yard behind 
the quay, are the remains of a house, exhibiting the frame-work of 
a fine Tudor window, and having on one of its corner posts a 
carved effigy of Queen Elizabeth. Pyhenhams Gateway, one of the 
oldest brick buildings in the town, is in Northgate street, and 
formed part of a house which was long occupied by the Archdeacons 
of Suffolk, and was erected by Archdeacon Pykenhaui in 1471. It 
is now much disfigured by a coating of plaster. Among the> 
numerous old buildings on the banks of the Orwell, were several 
quaint in character, but they were removed a few years ago to 
make room for the new quay, and their sites are now occupied by a 
long line of lofty warehouses, granaries, &c. 

The Eiver Gipping, which gave name to the town, as noticed at 
page 54, is a small stream, but it was made navigable for barges, 
at a cost of about <£*27,000, in 1793, up to Stowmarket, which lies in 
the centre of Suffolk, about 14 miles N.N.W. of Ipswich. It takes 
its rise from three rivulets, which have their sources near the vil- 
lages of Gipping, Rattlesden, and Wetherden, and unite at Stow- 
market, whence it flows to Ipswich, by a winding course of sixteen 
miles, through a fertile country, which has been considerably bene- 
fited by the navigation. Below Stoke Bridge, at Ipswich, the Gip- 
ping assumes the name of ORWELL, and becomes a broad estuary, 
in which the tide rises about twelve feet. The Orwell extends 
S.S.E. from Ipswich to the North Sea, or German Ocean, at Har- 
wich, (distant about twelve miles,) in a bed varying from half a 
mile to upwards of a mile in breadth at high water. At Harwich, 
it unites with the Stour, which is the boundary of Suffolk and 
Essex, and is navigable to Sudbury for barges. The channel of the- 
Orwell has been straightened, deepened,* and very much improved 
since 1805, when an Act w r as obtained "for improving and render- 
ing more commodious the Port of Ipswich? so that vessels of 200 
tons burthen, or drawing 12 feet water, might come up to the 
quays, instead of receiving and discharging their cargoes by means 
of lighters, at Downham Reach, about three miles below, where there 
is at all times of the tide water enough for ships of the greatest 
draught. For effecting these improvements, the act incorporated a 
body of gentlemen under the name of River Commissioners, who 
thus became the conservators of the Orwell, which had been so 
long neglected by the corporation. Though these commissioners 
did essential service in facilitating the passage of large vessels to 
and from the town, the Orwell was still left nearly dry at low water, 

* Submerged Forest. — In deepening various parts of the Orwell, and particu- 
larly the creek leading up to Halifax ship-yard, such immense quantities of 
vegetable remains have been found, as to render it probable that, at a remote 
period, z forest existed in what is now the bed of the Orwell. Large quantities 
of hazel-nuts, brush-wood, and timber-trees, have been raised from what might 
be termed the natural bed of the river. On becoming dry, after exposure to 
the air, they crumbled into dust. 



66 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

when broad and constantly accumulating banks of silt presented 
themselves opposite the quays. This injury to the trade and ship- 
ping of the port was proposed to be removed about sixty years ago, 
by darn ruing up the river at Downham Eeach, or by making a 
large basin and lock close to the town, so as to pen up the water 
at flood-tide opposite the quays ; but no decisive measures were 
taken till November, 1836, when it was resolved, at a large public 
meeting of the gentry and merchants of the town and neighbour- 
hood, that an act of Parliament should be obtained to enable a new 
body of commissioners to deepen the old channel next the town; 
to form it, by meaus of stupendous embankments, into a Wet 
Dock of 32 acres ; and to cut a new channel, about 2500 feet long, 
on the opposite side of the river, for the free motion of the tidal 
water, and the discharge of the Gippiug. After much opposi- 
tion, the act for accomplishing this grand desideratum was ob- 
tained in June, 1837, and H. E. Palmer, Esq., was appointed 
engineer, and JD. Thornbory, Esq., became chief contractor for 
the works. The duties of the Eiver Commissioners now became 
absorbed in the "Dock Commission" and they paid over to the 
latter ^£25,000 three per cent, consols, which had accumulated 
from the careful administration of their trust. In addition to 
this sum, the dock commissioners were empowered to borrow 
^60,000, to complete the works ; but, in 1840, they were under the 
"necessity of applying to Parliament for power to borrow <£25,000 
more ; and this not being found sufficient, they obtained another act 
in May, 1843, enabling them to borrow a further sum of £20,000, 
and to levy an extra sixpence per ton on all coals imported. The 
last Ipswich Dock Act was obtained in 1852, and it gives increased 
powers to the Commissioners. The foundation stone of the lock 
was laid June 6th, 1839, and the work proceeded, with few interrup- 
tions, till January, 1842, when the gates of the lock being closed at 
high water, the harbour of Ipswich became the largest AYET DOCK 
in the kingdom, presenting the ample surface of 32 acres, with a 
depth of more than 17 feet of water, laving the walls of a new line 
of Quay, 2780 feet in length, and 30 in breadth, The dimensions 
of this noble dock are nine acres more than the whole area of the 
Hull docks, and three acres more than the London docks. The ex- 
cavations from the dock and the new channel furnished earth for 
the broad embankments which rise several feet above high-water 
mark. The lock chamber is 140 feet long, 45 feet broad, and 20 
feet 6 inches deep from the surface of the quay. Among other im- 
provements lately made in the river, below the dock, are a new cut 
through the Black Ooze, and the removal of the shoal from Cliff 
Reach to " Lower Hearth Point," by means of the dredging machine 
which is constantly employed in clearing away the silt which accu- 
mulates in the dock, and the channels at Pond Ooze, Black Ooze, 
Eound Ooze, &c. The DOCK COMMISSIONERS consist of the 
Mayor, Aldermen, and Town Councillors, and of 72 of the principal 
inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood, who are elected for 
three years — one-third going out of office annually. One-third of 
the 72 are elected chiefly by the owners and masters of vessels, one- 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 67 

third by the burgesses ; and every third year 6 are chosen by the 
burgesses of Ipswich, 8 by the county magistrates, and 2 each by 
Bury St. Edmund's, Eye, Stowmarket, Hadleigh, and Diss. For 
the support of the dock and the improvement of the navigation, they 
levy certain dues on vessels according to their tonnage, and Is. 6d. 
per ton on coals, which also pay 1-Jd. per ton for town dues. They 
have also the exclusive privilege of supplying ballast, for which, 
they charge Is. per ton, besides 5d. for the labour of putting it on. 
board. From 1820 to 1834 these dues averaged only .£2630 a year, 
but they now yield about £10,000 per annum. For the half-year 
ending January, 1854, the coal dues amounted to ^5248 ; the ton- 
nage dues to Jll20, and the ballast sold to <£827. During five 
months in 1853, no fewer than 57,080 tons of coal were imported. 
The receipts and expenditure of the Bock Commissioners in the years 
1850-1, '2, '3, and '4, were as follows : — 





1850. 


1851. 


1852. 


1853. 


ipts . . . 


. . £9012 . 


. £9145 . 


. £8970 . 


. £10,531 


mditure . 


... £7700 . 


. £7834 . 


. £7860 . 


. £8,827 



Large portions of the balances of revenue are expended yearly in 
improving the navigation of the river, so as to enable vessels draw- 
ing 16 or 17 feet of water to reach the dock. The Dock Commis- 
sioners meet on the second Friday of every month, at the Town 
Hall, at eleven o'clock. J. B. iUexander, Esq., is their treasurer; 
P. B. Long, clerk and solicitor; Mr. G. H. Potter, collector and ac- 
countant; Mr. Geo. Hurwood, engineer ; Mr. Saml. Smith, harbour 
and dock master ; and Mr, B. Pyman, superintendent of quays, wharfs, 
Sc. The PILOTS of Ipswich, are licensed by the Trinity House, 
London, and are as follow : — George Beaumont, (superintendent ;) 
David Wright, sen. and jun. ; Robert Whiting, James Girling, Jas. 
Folley, Robert Welham, Charles Hadgraft, Edward Maple, Edward 
Chaplin, and Wm. Naunton. 

The CUSTOM HOUSE, * Inland Revenue Office, Dock Office, 
dc, form a large and commodious building on the Common Quay, 
erected in 1843-4, by the Corporation, at the cost of about £5000. 
It is a massive structure, fronting the dock and Key street, and has 
a lofty turret or observatory at one corner. The front next the 
dock has a very bold effect, having a double flight of steps ascend- 
ing to a noble portico, with Corinthian columns. The great central 
room is a well supplied news room, &c, called the Hall of Com- 
merce, and attended by many of the merchants, ship owners, &c, of 
the town, who subscribe 10s. 6d. each per annum. The Custom 
House Officers are F. Ereshfield, Esq., collector ; Mr. Wm. Trick- 
ner, comptroller, dc. ; Mr. G. H. May, clerk in long room; Mr. Thos. 
Robb, tide surveyor ; Mr. Richd. Bruce, searcher and land and coast 
waiter; Mr. C. T. Townsend, generalship agent, dc; E. Bird, J. 

*A Ducking Stool was preserved in the old Custom House, some years ago, 
and in the chamberlain's books 8 re various entries of money paid to porters for 
taking down and fixing this ancient machine in the river, where it was used for 
the purpose of cooling the inflammable passions of scolding women. It is now 
to be seen in the staircase of the Town Hall, over the entrance to the Council 
Chamber. 



68 HISTORY OF TPSWICH. 

Elliston, Rt. Wilkinson. W, L. Baker, and J. Bridges, tide im 
and J. Frost and W. L. Patterson, lockers. The Inland Revenue 
Officers, formerly called Excise Officers, are T. P. Crura. Esq., 
collector; Mr. Charles Foster, clerk ; Mr. A. C. Connick, supervisor ; 
and several district officers. 

Trade and Cohhebce. — As already noticed. Ipswich was distin- 
guished for the wealth and commercial enterprise of its merchants, 
in the 15 and 16th centuries: and it had then many large ships em- 
ployed by the merchants of London in the coal and Baltic trades. 
De Foe, in his history of the Plague, says that dreadful malady was 
carried to Ipswich, by those large vessels called the Ipswich Cats. 
But, during the middle of the 17th century, the manufactures of 
woollen cloth and sail cloth, for which the town had long been fa- 
mous, began to decline, and gradually disappeared, together with 
most of the families, to whom they had given employment. This 
loss was so severely felt, that Ipswich had for some time the cha- 
racter of being " a town without people." Favourably seated for 
commercial speculation, it recovered from this shock in the latter 
part of last century, and has since increased rapidly in consequence 
and population. It has now two extensive and several small iron 
foundries: the largest agricultural implement manufactory in Eng- 
land; a large soap boiling establishment ; two extensive ship yards. 
with patent slips ; Roman Cement and Patent Artificial Stone Works; 
a large oil cake manufactory: a number of brick and tile works; 
about fifteen corn mills and breweries; and a considerable number 
of malt kilns : indeed, there is, perhaps, no town of the same mag- 
nitude where the process which converts Sir John Barley Corn into 
his saccharine antitype, is carried on to so great an extent as at Ips- 
wich. Besides malt and flour, about 300,000 quarters of corn are 
exported annually to London and other markets, and more than 
90,000 chaldrons of coal are imported yearly, for the supply of the 
town, and the central parts of Suffolk, *to which the river Gapping, 
or Stowmarket canal, affords a direct navigation for numerous 
barges employed in bringing down vast quantities of agricultural 
produce, and returning with coal, timber, groceries, &c. About 40 
steam engines are now employed here in the various manufactories 
and mills ; and from its favourable position and from the enterpris- 
ing spirit of its merchants and manufacturers, Ipswich is now 
steadily rising to that importance which will e'er long entitle it to 
be styled the " Emporium of the Eastern Counties? A large Paper 
Mill here, founded by the Ranson family, and afterwards belonging 
to a joint-stock company, employed about 200 hands, but was unfor- 
tunately burnt down in 1848, and has not yet been rebuilt. OB- 
WELL WORKS occupy a gigantic range of buildings on the 
eastern side of the Wet Dock, and have been considerably enlarged 
during the last ten years, by their spirited proprietors, Messrs. 
Baxsomes and Sims, the celebrated engineers, ironfounders, and 
machine and agricultural implement manufacturers, who employ 
about 900 men and boys in the manufacture of steam engines, 
ploughs and other agricultural implements, patent railway fasten- 
ings and chairs; and machines for thrashing, winnowing, straw 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 69 

shaking, elevating, delivering, and weighing off the com ready 
dressed for the market. Their ploughs, of which they produce im- 
mense numbers annually, have a world-wide celebrity. Ipswich 
has cause for great congratulation that it possesses a firm of such 
acknowledged enterprise, talent, and worth, as Eansomes and Sims, 
who contribute largely to the support of a Mental Improvement 
Society, established by their own workmen in 1836. St. Peter's 
Foundry, in College street, belongs to Messrs. E, E. Turner & Co., 
the extensive iron and brass founders, millwrights, and manufac- 
turers of steam engines, agricultural implements. &e. They employ 
about 100 hands. Mr. Ebenezer Goddard. engineer of Ipswich 
Gas Works, has invented and patented " Asbestos Gas Stoves" Gas 
Cooking Apparatus. Gas Baths, &c. The Patent Artificial Stone 
Manufactory , at Flint Wharf, was commenced in l v 46, by Mr. 
Frederick E an some, the patentee. This artificial stone is beautiful 
and durable, and is extensively manufactured into a great variety of 
architectural ornaments, blocks, slabs, &c., for steps, pavements, 
terrace walls, monuments, &e. Mr. Stephen Brown, silk throwster, 
of Colchester, has lately established here a factory, in which more 
than 200 females are employed in winding silk. Besides the exten- 
sive coasting trade in corn, coal, and general merchandise, a general 
foreign trade of some extent is carried on here, especially with 
Sweden, Norway, the Black Sea, and the Baltic. About 15 years 
ago, Ipswich was made a bonding port for foreign timber, and it has 
since obtained the same privilege for East India and all other fo- 
reign produce, for which its extensive dock, quays, wharfs, and 
warehouses, afford ample accommodation. The gross amount of 
Customs Duties received here in 1851, was £25,914; in 1852, 
£24,548 ; and in 1853, £26,736. In the same years the number of 
vessels entering and leaviug the port with cargoes, then- amount of 
tonnage, and the number of registered vessels belonging to the port, 
were as follow : — 

In the years 1851. 1852. 1853. 

Foreign vessels inwards 86 117 133 

Ditto tonnage 8971 10393 1234 

Foreign vessels outwards 2 10 31 

Ditto "tonnage 824 1003 6344 

Coasting vessels inwards 1336 l4' : 1714 

Ditto tonnage 100661 110323 139543 

Coasters outwards 785 829 987 

Ditto tonnage 40870 45176 63249 

Registered vessels belonging to the port... 177 107 173 

Ditto tonnage 14385 13981 14356 

Railways. — In addition to its maritime facilities, its extensive 
dock accommodation, and the navigation of the dipping for barges 
up to Stow market, in the centre of Suffolk ; Ipswich has now the 
advantages of railway communication with London, Norwich, Bury, 
and all parts of the kingdom. The Eastern Union Baihvay was 
opened from Ipswich to Colchester in 1846, and to Norwich in 1849 ; 
and its branches to Bury and Hadleigh in 1847. Ipswich station 
is at Stoke, on the south side of the town, and a notice of the trains, 



70 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

officers, fee, is appended to the subjoined Directory. X 
telegraph is in use. by which messages and replies may be trans- 
mitted between Ipswich and London in a few minutes, on exceed- 
ingly moderate terms. The Eastern Union joins the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway at Colchester, and the Norfolk Railway at Norwich. 
The three lines are now worked conjointly by th d Counties 

Eailway Company. 

Two tine steam packets ply alternately twi -': to and from 

Ipswich and London, and make the voyage in about seven hours ; 
and another plies daily to and from Ipswich and Harwich, calling 
at the various femes on the Orwell, which, for its extent about 12 
miles' 1 ' may be pronounced one of the finest salt rivers in the king- 
dom : and is bounded on either side with gently rising hills, enriched 
with gentlemen's seats, neat vill; eons woods, verdant 

avenues, and beautiful deer parks, extending to the water's edge. 
The tide riser here about twelve feet, and in the passage from Ips- 
wich, the view is terminated in front by the ocean ; on the right, 
with the prospect of Harwich, the banks of the Stour. and the high 
coast of Essex: and on the left, by the highland of Walton and cliffs 
ofFelixstow. On the return to Ipswich, the scene closes with a view 
of the town and the capacious new dock, where hundreds of vessels 
may be accommodated with heating berths, secure from the violence 
of storms, and freed from the danger of having their keels laid bare 
and dry at low water, as was formerly the case with all ves-els lying 
in the' harbour at low water, to the great injury of then: timbers. 
Ships of large tonnage now ride here at all times of the tide, and 
may float out daily without harm or impediment. 

MaPwKets and Pairs. — The weekly markets, held here on 
Tuesdays and Saturdays, are well supplied with provisions, and 
the former is an extensive corn and cattle mart. The corn and 
cattle market was held on Saturday till 1 S 3 9 . when it was changed 
to Tuesday. Two large stock fairs are held here yearly on the 
first Tuesday in May. and on the 22nd of August. The former, 
called St. George s Fair, is held in two fields, near the Barracks, 
and is also noted for toys and pedlery. sold on Cornhill : and the 
latter is the largest larnb fair in England, upwards of 70.000 lambs 
being generally sold at it. The lambs are shewn on the Handford 
Hall estate. St. Margarets Fair, held on September 25th. was for- 
merly a large cheese and butter mart, but is now only noted for 
sweetmeats. Here was also a pleasure fair on the 25th of July. 
but it is now obsolete. Coexeill. the largest open market place 
in Ipswich, was rendered very commodious in 1S11 and '12. by the 
removal of a pile of old buildings, called the Rotunda, and the de- 
molition of the old Shambles and Market Cioss, which were built in 
1510 by Edmund Daundy. In 1810, five gentlemen of the town 
commenced the erection of the New Market, which they finished in 
the following year at the cost of about ^10,000. This market occu- 
pies nearly an acre of ground, and is composed of an outer and in- 
ner quadrangle, round each of which runs a range of butchers' and 
other shops, and a covered colonnade, affording to the market people 
protection from the weather. In the centre is a fountain, the pedes- 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 71 

tal of which is surmounted with a pyramid of Portland stone, 20 
feet in height. Bound the pedestal, a basin is cut in solid stone, 
and supplied with water from a lion's head above. Adjoining is an 
enclosed cattle market belonging to the same proprietors. The Corn 
Exchange, on Corn hill, was built by the Corporation in 1850, at 
the cost of <£1100, in lieu of the old one which was erected in 1811. 
It is a neat building in the Grecian style, with a figure of Ceres 
over the principal entrance. It is let for £125 a year, and has 90 
stands for corn merchants. Upwards of 50,000 quarters of wheat 
are sold here yearly, and the average price per quarter was £2. Is. 
in 1851; £2. 0s. lOd. in 1852; and £2. 5s. lid. in 1853. There 
are many good and comfortable Inns in the town, the principal of 
which are the " Great White Horse," the " Golden Lion,'' the 
" Crown and Anchor/' and the " Coach and Horses." In the bo- 
rough are about 130 licensed Inns and Taverns, and more than 100 
Beerhouses. Here are three highly respectable Banking Houses. 
and two Savings' Banks. 

The Town has greatly encreased in population and wealth during 
the last thirty years, as has been seen at page 52 ; and many new 
streets, neat houses, and public buildings, have been erected, espe- 
cially during the last ten years, and since the opening of the dock 
and railway. Many of the streets in the old parts of the town are 
rather narrow and irregular, and still retain many ancient houses, 
(see page 64,] but the principal thoroughfares have been widened 
and straightened since 1821, under the powers of the last two Pav- 
ing, Lighting, and Improving Acts. Tavern street. Westgate street, 
Corn hill, Old Butter Market, and the other principal streets, con- 
tain many handsome and well-stocked shops, but the largest and 
perhaps the most valuable premises are the warehouses, &c, situ- 
ated near the extensive common quay and along the banks of the 
Orwell. In 1841, the borough had only 5776 houses, but in 1851 
it had 7644, and it has now about 8500, many houses having been 
erected during the last three years on all sides of the town, espe- 
cially in Stoke, near the Railway Station, and on and near the Wood- 
bridge and Norwich roads Museum street, formed about seven 
years ago, is one of the best improvements in the heart of the town. 

Stoke Bridge, which connects the principal part of the town with 
the parish of Stoke, is a handsome and substantial cast iron struc- 
ture, which was erected in 1819, at the cost of about <£7000, in lien 
of the old stone bridge, which was destroyed by a flood on the 12th 
of April, 1818. Handford Bridge, which crosses the Gipping on 
the London road, was built about 1795, at a considerable expense, 
being carried across the marshes, which form a small island at the 
west end of the town, and are encompassed by two branches of the 
river, which diverge and re-unite near the two bridges, after a sepa- 
ration of more than a mile. The marshes on the south- western 
side of the town are traversed by a tram way which connects the 
dock with the railway, and crosses the river between Stoke and 
! Handford Bridges. 

An Act for Paving the Town of Ipswich was passed in the 13th of Elizabeth, 
and appears to have been the earliest act for that purpose obtained by any 



72 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. • 

town in England. An Act for paving, lighting, clean-', ng. and otherwise improving 
the town, and for removing and preventing encroachment*, obstructions, and annoy- 
ances therein, was obtained in the 33rd of George III., and was amended by 
four other acts of parliament obtained in 1797, 1815, l N 2i, ani J^".7. The 
Paving axd Lighting Commissioners appoint out of their body a managing 
committee of 24, who meet at the Town Hall on the first Friday of every month. 
For lighting and improving the streets, they levy rates on the inhabitants, so 
as not to amount yearly to more than Is. 6d. in the pound on the assessed 
rental of the houses, nor more than 4d. on land. They are now considerably 
improving the sewerage of the town, and are re-paving and flagging many of 
the streets. They light 376 public lamps, though some of the back streets and 
lanes are still left in darkness. C. Burton, Esq., is chairman; Mr. S. B. Jacka- 
man, clerk; and Mr. Geo. Mason, surveyor. 

Water Works. — The supply of water to the town is chiefly derived from 3 
considerable number of springs of pure water, which, after filtering through 
beds of gravel, sand, and crag, rises in copious jets on all sides of the town, 
and is in several places conducted to reservoirs, and thence by metallic pipes to 
the houses of the inhabitants. Though there is an abundance of water m the 
neighbourhood for the ample supply of all the inhabitants, the water works are 
greatly inadequate to the present wants of the town. The principal supply has 
for many years been from the Corporation Water Works, which were let for 
from .£700 to £800 a year, and have their source from the copious springs near 
Cauldwell Hall, at an elevation of 60 feet above low water mark. There are 
eight smaller water works, in various parts of the town and suburbs, belonging 
to private proprietors who supply themselves and neighbours, some of them to 
the extent of from 200 to 600 houses. These water proprietors are St. Cle- 
ment's Water Company, the Trustees of St. Margaret's Charity, and J. Cob- 
bold, W. C. Fonnereau, B. D. Alexander, H. Leverett, and John Orford, Esqrs. 
Considering that the union of all these water works and sources under one com- 
pany, is the only plan by which the town can ever obtain an ample supply of the 
pure beverage of nature,, the Corporation in 1S54 sold their works to the above- 
named gentlemen for about £'21,000, and they (the purchasers) are now apply- 
ing for an act of parliament to incorporate a New Water Works Company, with 
a large capital to be raised in small shares. ,They will be bound by their act 
to provide, for moderate charges, an ample continued supply of water at high 
pressure to all parts of the town. 

The Gas Works were constructed in 1820 and 1821, at the cost of £U ; 000, 
raised in £10 shares, and had then only two gasometers, holding together 
30,000 cubic feet ; but in IS44 two new gasometers were erected, which hold 
one 60,000 and the other 20,000 cubic feet. Larger gas holders are about to be 
erected, and the works, street pipes, &c, have been considerably enlarged and 
extended during the last ten years. The capital now expended by the Com- 
pany is upwards of £30,000, and their charge to consumers is 5s. per 1000 
cubic feet. They obtained a new act of parliament in 1S47. A few years ago, 
when their paid-up capital was £22.750, and their charge 6s. per 1000 cubic, 
feet, they divided a yearly profit of 7j- per cent., and paid 15s. 3d. per ton for 
coals. Mr. E. Goddard is engineer and manager of the works. 

The Town Hall, on the Corn bill, was anciently the church of 
St. Mildred, and remained with little alteration till 1819, when the 
antique front, which had a staircase outside, was taken down, and a 
new one erected. At the same time, the interior underwent great 
alterations, hut the basement story was left unfinished till 1841, 
when it was converted into a commodious Sessions' Hall, in which. 
the Borough Quarter and Petty Sessions have been held since the 
demolition of the Old Shire Hall. A staircase from the right of the 
seat of justice leads to the Council Chamber, which was remodelled 
about 12 years ago out of the old apartment in a very handsome 
style, and is of noble dimensions, having room for more than 600 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 73 

persons. Its walls are now decorated by some paintings, presented 
loy the late Admiral Page, among which are fine portraits of him- 
-self, William and Mary, Charles II., and George I. The gallant 
Admiral also presented several interesting relics, one of which is 
the sword of Tippoo Saib, and a model of his own ship. Over 
the entrance is the ancient ducking stool, as noticed at page 67. 
The Police Station is in the Town Hall, and on the ground 
level is a range of strong cells. The upper story is appropriated 
to the use of the Ipswich Literary Institution. The Borough: 
Goal, in Rope lane, was originally a house of correction belong- 
ing to the county, but was purchased and altered for its pre- 
sent use about sixty years ago at the cost of nearly £'3000, including 
the purchase of the land which extends beyond the boundary walls, 
and adjoins those of the County Gaol. By alterations made about 
20 years ago, pursuant to the recommendations of the government 
commissioner for inspecting prisons, it has been rendered as safe 
-and convenient as its confined space will allow. It is encircled by 
a brick wall forming an irregular hexagon. On each side of the 
-entrance are two stacks of buildings appropriated to debtors and 
persons convicted of misdemeanors. The governor's house is in 
the centre. The debtors' ward has accommodations for nine, and 
in the other two wards are 24 cells for felons and misdemeanants. 
Mr. J. R. Tunmer is governor ; Rev. J. Duningham, chaplain; Mr. 
<j. C. Hammond, surgeon; Hy. Everson, turnkey ; and S. B. Pettit, 
schoolmaster. 

Ipswich Municipal Corporation, with its charters, privileges, 
&c, are already noticed at pages 54 to 59. Quarter Sessions are 
"h eld for the borough four times a year; and Petty Sessions every 
Monday and Thursday. The Borough Court of Small Pleas is 
-about to be abolished, and is now but seldom used, it being more 
than twenty times as expensive as the County Court, now held here. 
In an action lately tried in the Court of Small Pleas, for the re~ 
co very of £2. vs., the costs amounted to about £40. Owing to their 
having recently built a New Grammar School, &c, and to their 
Iiaving borrowed and paid large sums on that account, the Receipts 
und Expenditure of the Corporation have been much larger than 
usual during the last three years. In the year ending Sept. 1st, 
1853, their Beceipts amounted to £11,340, including the following 
items: — Rents of Estates, Markets and Waterworks, £2094; Coal 
dues, £742 ; Borough rates, £2444 ; Interest from Railway Com- 
pany, £159 ; Loans for Grammar School, &c, £3975, and Sale of 
old Grammar School premises, £1149. Their Expenditure in the 
same year amounted to £10,957, and included the following items : 
— Salaries to Officers, £586 ; Compensation to late Gaoler, £40 ; 
Building New Grammar School House, £4366; Police Constables, 
£1483 ; Maintenance of Prisoners and Salaries of Officers at Gaol, 
£858 ; to Grammar School, £380 ; and Interest of Debts, £58.1. 
As already noticed, they sold the Water Works, in 1854, for £21,500. 
A borough rate of one halfpenny in the pound is now levied, yearly, 
towards the support of the Museum, on condition of its being open 



74 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 



gratuitously to the burgesses. The Members of Parliament for the 
borough are noticed at page 59, and the following is a list of the 
TOWN COUNCIL, Borough Magistrates, and Public Officers, 
for the year 1853-4 : — 

Mayor, Charles Foote Gower, Esq. 
Recorder, David Power, Esq. || High Steward, Charles Austin, Esq. 
ALDERMEN. 
P. B. Long, Esq. Geo. Josselyn, Esq. 

Charles Burton, Esq. John May, Esq. 

G. G. Sampson, Esq. S. H. Cowell, Esq. 



Jeremiah Head, Esq. 
J. Footman, Esq. 
J. D. Harmer, Esq. 
T. D'E. Burroughes, Esq. 



COUNCILLORS. 

(The figures show the years when each goes out of office.) 

The Borough Wards are described at page 52.) 



' St. Clement's Ward. 
.1854 G. Christopherson. 
3854 R. R. Wood. 
1855 T. B. Ross. 

1855 J. Cobbold. 

1856 E. Goddard. 
1856 E. Grim wade. 

St. Margaret's Ward. 
1854 N. Whimper. 

1854 J. A. Ransome. 

1855 A. Blogg. 
1855 H. E. Tunmer. 



1856 G. Seagrave. 
1856 W. Hutchinson. 

Middle Ward. 
1854 W.H.Alexander. 

1854 H. Furze. 

1855 J. Tracy. 

1855 W.P.Mills. 

1856 T.ConderJun. 
1856 Stephen Piper. 

Bridge Ward. 
1854 J. L. Ensor. 
1854 W. Elliston. 



1855 C. F. Gower. 

1855 H.Wallis. 

1856 A. Bowman. 
1856 R. Burrows, jun. 

West gate Ward. 

1854 John Orford. 
1864 W. S. Yarington. 

1855 D. Read. 

1855 C.Ashford. 

1856 C. Steward. 
1856 S. Wade. 



BOROUGH MAGISTRATES. 



W. F. Schreiber, Esq. 
Wm.B. Clarke, M.D. 
Charles Burton, Esq. 
T. B. Ross, Esq. 
G. G. Sampson, Esq. 
John May, Esq. 



Henry Miller, Esq. 
Henry Phillipps, Esq. 
Charles Deane, Esq. 
S.B. Chapman, Esq. 
S. H. Cowell, Esq. 
C. Bolton, Esq., R.N. 



The Mayor and Ex-Mayor. 
T. D'E. Burroughes, Esq. 
Edward Beck, M.D. 
W. C. Fonnereau, Esq. 
James Ram. Esq. 
R. N. Shawe, Esq. 
Hobt. Burr ell, Esq. 

Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace, S. A. Notcutt, Esq. 

Clerk to the Magistrates, E. Lawrance, Esq. 

Coroner, S. B. Jackaman. Esq. | Treasurer, J. B.Alexander, Esq. 

Water Bailiff, B. Barber. || Gaoler, J. R. Tunmer. 

Surveyor, Samuel Baldiston. Crier, James Nunn. 

Town Sergeants, T. Robinson and G. Baxter. 

The Borough Police consists of W.C.Mason, superintendent; S. Carver, 

jj\ Mason, and C. Smith, sergeants; and 8 day policemen, and 17 night watchmen, 

TRUSTEES OF BOROUGH CHARITIES. 



H. Adrich, Esq. 
C. Colchester, Esq. 
Eev. J. C. Ebden. 
J. Footman, Esq. 
W. C. Fonnereau, Esq. 
C. C. Hammond, Esq. 
Jeremiah Head, Esq. 
Peter B. Long, Esq. 



J. E. Sparrowe, Esq. 
S. H. Cowell, Esq. 
Rev. A. Steward. 
Charles Steward, Esq. 
H. G. Bristo, Esq. 
Charles Burton, Esq. 
Alfred Cobbold, Esq. 
Robert Garrod, Esq. 



W. Rodwell, Esq. 
M. Turner, Esq. 
Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P. 
J. C. Cobbold, Esq., M.P. 
George Josselyn, Esq. 
J. B. Alexander, Esq. 
Thos. B. Ross, Esq. 
Geo. E. C.Bacon, Esq. 
Clerk to the Trustees, S. A. Notcutt, Esq. 
The Union Officees are inserted at page 54; the Dock and Custom 
House Officees, &c, at page 67; and the Paving and Lighting Com?nissian t at 

rfC) 

The County Magistrates hold Petty Sessions at the County Courts, every 
Tnesdav, and Mr. E. Lawrance is their clerk. The County Magistrates most 
usual in 'attendance here, are Robt. Burrell, Henry Phillipps, W. F. Schreiber, 
W Rodwell, J. C. Cobbold, and J. H. L. Anstruther, Esqrs. ; the Rev. T. Mills, 
the Rev. C. B. Elliott, and Dr. Chevallier. 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 75 

The COUNTY COURT, for the recovery of debts to the amount 
of £b0. is now held here monthly, in the building called the 
" Coimtv Courts," for a district comprising Ipswich Borough and 
Union T 25 parishes in Bosmere and Claydon Union, and %k 
parishes in Samford Union. F. K. Eagle, Esq.. of Bury, is judge ; 
Jonth. Townley, Esq., of Norwich, treasurer ; C. Pretyrnan. of Silent 
street, Ipswich, clerk ; G. H, Blake, high lailiff ; and G. B. Utting 
and H. Lowden, lailiff s. 

COUNTY COUBTS AND PRISON. 
The COUNTY COUBTS were erected in 1838-7, in front of the 
County Gaol, in lieu of the old Shire Halt which had become dila- 
pidated, and was used both by the county and the borough, but 
was taken down some years ago. These Courts form a handsome 
building, in the Tudor style, 250 feet long, and 50 feet broad, 
erected of white brick, with stone dressings, at the cost of ^£'6149. 
The front has four towers. In the centre is the chief entrance to 
the prison, and in the wings are the Criminal and Nisi-Prius 
Courts, each about 45 feet long, 30 broad, and 20 high. Attached 
are commodious rooms for the magistrates, grand jury, counsel, wit- 
nesses, && The Suffolk Assizes were both held at Bury St. Ed* 
mund's, till 1839, since which year the Summer Assize has been 
held here, in satisfaction of the long-reiterated complaints of the 
inhabitants of the eastern and most populous part of the county. 
Quarter Sessions for the county are held here in the usual Session 
weeks, in January. April. June, and October; and Petty Sessions 
every Tuesday. During the assizes, the commodious mansion of 
J. B. Alexander, Esq., in North gate street, is occupied as the 
Judges lodgings. The County Gaol and House of Correction 
were erected in 1790, on the plan of the celebrated Mr. Howard, 
and consisted originally of a central building and four radiating 
wings, to which four other ranges of buildings have been added. 
The outer wall, built in a sunken fosse, is crowned by an iron 
ehevaux de /rise, and encloses an area 260 feet square, which was 
anciently a burial ground. On March 11th, 1854, there were in 
the gaol four debtors, and in the House of Correction 94 male and 
10 female prisoners. The total number in 1853, was 18 debtors, 
and 100 male and 13 female felons and misdemeanants. The Bev, 
J. E. Daniel is chaplain ; Mr. John and Mrs. Alloway. governor and 
matron; Mr. A. H. Bartlett, surgeon; Louis A. Hill and Eliza 
Avis, turnkeys; D.S.Cork, schoolmaster; and "Win. Pooley, lodge- 
keeper. Mr. Cphr. Jackson is keeper of the courts, and also inspec- 
tor of weights and measures. 

CHEBCHES AND PABISHES. 
Domesday Book only enumerates nine churches, a-s standing in 
i Ipswich and its liberty, viz., Holy Trinity, St. Austin, St. Michael, 
; St. Mary, St. Lawrence, St, Peter, St. Stephen, and those at Whit- 
ton and Thurlston. The three first-named are supposed to have 
l been destroyed in a dreadful tempest, on New Year's-day. 12^7, 
i when Stowe informs us many other churches and buildings were 
| "beaten down by the jarring elements, at Yarmouth, Dunwich, &a 

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VQ HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

At a later period, it is said here were no fewer than 21 churches, 
but no doubt this number included those that were attached to the 
monastic institutions, (see page 59,) and were not parochial. There 
are now twelve parish churches, aud a chapel of ease in the town ; 
and the two churches of Whitton arid Westerfield parishes are 
within the liberty of the borough. They are mostly ancient fabrics, 
which have undergone many repairs, aud some of them consider- 
able alterations. The 13 churches in the town have only about 
8500 sittings, of which 900 are in St. Clement's and about 800 each 
in St. Matthew's, St. Mary le Tower, St. Margaret's, St. Peter's, 
and Holy Trinity. The other churches vary from 300 to 600 sit- 
tings. Fifteen chapels in the town have about 10,000 sittings. 
Only nine of the 13 churches in the town have Parsonage Houses 
belonging to the benefices ; viz., St. Clement's, St. Margaret's, St. 
Matthew's, St. Stephens, St. Mary Stoke, St. Mary at Quay, St, 
Mary le Tower, St. Peter's, and Holy Trinity. 

St. Clement's Church, erected about 1500, is a plain structure, 
consisting of a nave, two spacious side-aisles, and a fine tower, in 
which are a good clock and six musical bells. A few years ago, 
the interior was re-seated, and the exterior flinted and thoroughly 
repaired. Among the monuments in the interior is one to the 
memory of Thomas Eldred, who accompanied Cavendish in his cir- 
cumnavigation of the globe, during the years 1586, '7, and '8. The 
"benefice is a rectory, consolidated with that of St. Helen's, and now 
valued at £326 per annum. In monastic times, it was appropriated 
to the Priory of St. Peter. The executors of the late Eev. J. T. Not- 
tidge are patrons, and the Eev. W. W. Woodhouse, M.A., is the 
incumhent, and has a good Kectory House. The Eevs. E. J. Lowe 
and H. T. Cavell are the curates ; Mr. Et. Cade, clerk ; J. Parker, 
sexton; and W. Lloyd, organist. The Parish of St. Clement's in- 
cludes a large portion of the town, and about 1209 acres of land, 
extending more than two miles southward along the east bank of 
the Orwell. It increased its population from 2424 souls, in 1801, 
to 7025 in 1851, including Fore Hamlet, Back Hamlet, and Wykes- 
JBishop Hamlet, which are now connected parts of the town. Within 
its limits is Warren House, which is extra- parochial, and is now 
divided into six tenements, belonging to Sir P. V. Broke, who owns 
a great part of the freehold land in the parish. The copyhold lands 
are held of the manor of Wykes-Bishop, of which John Cobbold, 
Esq., is lord and principal owner. Eichard I. gave this manor to 
John Oxenford, bishop of Norwich, and the succeeding bishops 
held it till 1535, and frequently resided here, in a house near the 
Nacton road, of which nothing now remains. Part of the manor of 
Wykes-Ufford extends into this parish, but it is mostly in Wester- 
field and Eushmere. This manor belonged to the U fiord family, 
Earls of Suffolk, from whom it descended to the Lords Willoughby 
<TEresby, ancestors of Eobert Burrell, Esq., of Stoke Park; but 
jsince the reign of Elizabeth, it has belonged to the owners of 
Ohristchurch estate. There was anciently a chapel dedicated to 
St. James, at Wykes, but all vestiges of it are gone. TEINITY 
CHUECH, situated in that now populous part of St Clement's 



CHURCHES AND PARISHES. 77 

parish, between the Back and Fore Hamlets, is a neat chapel of 
ease, or district church, which was erected at the cost of <£2000, in 
1835, by the late Eev. J. T. Nottidge, the late patron and incum- 
bent of St. Clement's and St. Helen's, who also endowed it with 
i£l230 three per cent, consolidated bank annuities, and ^£1103 re- 
duced bank annuities, for the support of the minister and the repa- 
ration of the building. It is surrounded on three sides with a 
gallery, under which are the free seats. A portico shadows the 
entrance, above which is a small belfry, surmounted by a cupola, 
It was made a parochial district chinch in 1838, and that portion 
of St. Clement's parish attached to it has about 3000 inhabitants- 
It is a perpetual curacy, valued at <£*200, in the patronage of the 
founder's executors, and incumbency of the Eev. Fras. H. Maude. 
Mr. Stephen Clarke is cleric ; Mr. G. Humfress, organist; and SamL 
Stokes, sexton. St. Clement's Church is supposed to have been 
erected in lieu of the Church of Osterbolt, which anciently stood 
near the East gate. 

St. Helen's Church, on the east side of the town, is of very 
ancient foundation, but was rebuilt in 1835, and neat brick tran- 
septs added in 1837 ; and a few years ago the nave was rebuilt and 
fitted with new open benches. It was anciently appropriated to 
the Leprous hospital of St. James, or Mary Magdelen, which stood 
near it ; but it is now a rectory, which ever since the Reformation, 
has been consolidated with that of St. Clement's, and is valued irr 
K.B. at <£8. 13s. 9d. Its parish increased its inhabitants from 32 7 
in 1801, to 2593 in 1851 ; but it contains only about 230 acres of 
land. J. Byles and J. Cobbold, Esqrs., are the principal land- 
owners. Mr. J. Frewen is clerk of the church ; J. C. Clarke, or* 
ganist; and Henry Alexander, sexton. In a field near Cauldwell 
Hall, stood the church of St. John the Baptist, which was in the 
appropriation of Trinity Priory, but all traces of it disappeared 
many years ago. At the south-west corner of Boseinary lane, stood 
a chapel dedicated to St. Edmund- a-Pountney, which was appro- 
priated to St. Peter's Priory, but no vestiges of it are now extant, 
A portion of corn tithes from certain lands in Hoxne, formerly 
elonged to this chapel, but are now attached to the rectory. 

St. Lawrence's Church is a plain but ancient fabric, which is 
mentioned in Domesday Book, but is said to have been rebuilt in 
1431 by John Bottold, who was buried in it, as also was Edmund 
Daundy, one of the benefactors of the town, who died in 1515. 
Upon the wall, behind the western gallery, is a painting of Christ 
disputing with the doctors, executed by Sir E. K. Porter, a military 
officer, during his sojourn at the barracks here. The benefice was 
appropriated to Trinity Priory, and is now a perpetual curacy, 
valued at in 75. The parishioners are patrons; the Eev. J. C, 
Aldrich, incumbent ; Mr. V^m. Scarlett, clerk and sexton : and Hy. 
Farrow, organist. The parish is small, and has only 590 inhabitants. 

St. Margaret's Church, on the green to which it gives name, is 
a large and ancient structure of mixed architecture, consisting of a 
chancel, nave, aisles, and transepts, with a fine tower and south 
porch. It has a curious antique font, and a singularly painted 



78 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

'ceiling, with several grotesque carvings standing out from the walls. 
The Parliamentary Commissioners, who came to Ipswich in 1648, 
removed from this church the twelve apostles in stone, and desired 
that 20 or 30 pictures, which decorated the walls, should be taken 
away and destroyed. Since 1845, this fine old church has been 
thoroughly repaired and beautified. The porch was restored at the 
cost of i;150 ; and the nave was newly fitted with open benches in 
1846, at the cost of <£800, of which £200 was given by W. C. Fon- 
nereau, Esq., who also filled the east window with beautifully stained 
glass, representing the four Evangelists, &c. The benefice is a. per- 
petual curacy, valued at ,£115, in the patronage of Simeon's Trus- 
tees, and incumbency of the Eev. Geo. Murray, M.A. Mr. Eobert 
Bainbird is the clerk and sexton. The Parish increased its popula- 
tion from 1923 in 1801, to 5892 in 1851, and includes East Suffolk 
Hospital, the County Gaol, Christ Church Park, and Bolton hamlet; 
and about 1260 acres of land, extending northward from the town, 
and mostly copyhold of the manor of Christ Church, of which W. 
C Fonnereau, Esq., is lord and principal owuer. Part of the soil 
belongs to smaller owners, and the fines paid by the copyholders 
are arbitrary. In this parish stood Trinity Priory, which was 
founded before 1177, by Norman Gastrode, for black canons of the 
Order of St. Augustine, to whom Henry II. granted a fair on Sept 
14th, and the two following days. Not long after the foundation of 
this monasteiy, its church and offices were consumed by fire, but 
they were rebuilt by John of Oxford, bishop of Norwich. Trinity, 
or Christ Church, noticed in Domesday book as having 26 acres of 
land, is supposed to have been the parish church, and being appro- 
priated to the priory, St. Margaret's, was afterwards erected for the 
use of the parishioners. King John granted to the priory all the 
land and rents formerly belonging to the churches of St. Michael 
and St. Saviour, which had then gone to decay, and are supposed 
to have stood, the former near that of St. Nicholas, and the latter 
behind St, Mary-at-Elms. At the dissolution, in the 26th of Henry 
yill., Trinity Priory was valued at £'88. 6s. 9d. per annum, and 
the site was granted ten years afterwards to Sir Thomas Pope, from 
whom it passed to the families of Withipol, Cornwallis, and Here- 
ford, of the latter of whom it was purchased by Claude Fonnereau, 
Esq., in 1732. Upon the site of the priory, Sir Edmund Withipol, 
in 1550, erected in the highly picturesque Tudor style, the extensive 
mansion called Christ Church, which stands in a well wooded park, 
extending northward from St. Margaret's church, and is now the 
seat and property of W. C. Fonnereau, Esq. The last remains of 
the foundations of the old priory church were blown up with gun- 
powder in 1674. The mansion is of brick, with stone dressings 
and ornaments, and contains some fine family portraits. The park 
comprises 74 acres, and has several fine sheets of water, and about 
70 head of deer. The Fonnereau family is of ancient origin, and is 
supposed to have descended from the Earls of Ivry, of Poictiers, 
in Normandy. St. Margaret's parish also includes Caiddwell Hall, 
the seat of George To veil, Esq. Within its bounds is the extra- 
parochial spot called Cold Dunghills, where there are 15 cottages 



CHURCHES AND PARISHES* 79 

and 57 souls. There are three extra-parochial houses in St. George's 
street, formerly called Globe lane. 

St. Mary-at-Elats is an ancient church, with a brick tower, sup- 
posed to stand near or upon the site of St. Saviour's, as already 
noticed. In front of it is a row of fine elms, and near it are 
Smyth's almshouses, and several old dwellings, bearing marks of 
former grandeur. This church was appropriated to Trinity Priory, 
and is now a perpetual curacy, valued at £80, in the gift of the 
parishioners, and incumbency of the Eev. W. Aldrich, B.D. The 
Rev. James Orford, M.A., is curate, and Mr. J. Whistle is clerk 
and sexton. The parish is small, having only 10 acres, 1051 souls, 
and 258 houses. 

St. Mar y-at-the -Quay is a plain structure, with a tower curi- 
ously built of flint, and containing six bells. It is commonly called 
Key Church, and must have been rebuilt after 1448, when Richard 
Gowty ordered his body to be buried in the churchyard, and gave 
Calyon stone " for the whole new church, which was tc be erected." 
The church spoliator, Dowsing, paid a visit to this edifice in 1643, 
and tore down nine superstitious pictures, and destroyed many 
inscriptions. The roof is supported by light clustered columns; 
and in a small transept is the tomb of Henry Tooley, the founder 
of -the almshouses bearing his name. The living is a perpetual 
curacy, valued at =£103, in the gift of the parishioners, and incum- 
bency of the Eev. John Duningliam, M.A. Mr. TV. Godball is the 
organist, and J. Harvey is clerk and sexton. The parish contains 
1045 inhabitants, exclusive of 171 in the old Shirehall yard, which, 
is extra-parochial, being the site of an extensive monastery of Black 
Friars. This house of Black Dominician Friars, commonly called 
Preachers, was founded in the reign of Heniy III., by Henry 
Mansby. Henry Bedhead, and Henry Loudham, and afterwards 
enlarged by John Harys. It was richly endowed, and was granted 
in the 33rd of Henry Till, to Win. Sabyn. but was afterwards pur- 
chased by the Corporation, who converted the greater part of the 
building into the Grammar School, Christ's Hospital, the Bridewell 
and the old Shirehall, which were taken down some years ago, and 
their sites let on building leases. 

• St. Mary-at-Stoee, commonly called Stoke Church, is picturesquely- 
seated on the south bank of the river Gipping, opposite the rest of 
the town, and consists of a nave, chancel, north aisle, a fine tower, 
and a brick porch. It is of ancient foundation, but has undergone 
so many repairs and renovations that little of the original fabric 
remains. It was given by King Edgar, in 970, to the prior and con- 
vent of Ely ; and their successors, the Dean and Chapter of Ely, 
are now patrons of the rectory, which is valued in K.B. at £12, and 
is now worth about £500 per annum ; the tithes having been com- 
muted for a yearly modus of £475. The Rev. Stephen Croft, M.A., 
is the present incumbent, and Mr. J. Morfey is clerk and sexton. 
The Parish of Stoke increased its inhabitants from 992 in l?4l to 
2055 souls in 1851, owing partly to the railway station being here. 
It contains several neat mansions, and 1466 acres of laud rising 
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80 HISTORY OF TPSWICH. 

southward. P. B. Long, Esq., is lessee of the manor of Stoke r 
which he holds under the Dean and Chapter of Ely, but the soil is 
mostly freehold, and belongs chiefly toBobt, Burrell, Esq., of Stoke 
Park, and partly to Col. Phillipps, of Stoke Hall ; "Mrs. Campbell, of 
Birkjield Lodge ; and some smaller owners. Stoke Park, about 
1\ mile S. of Ipswich, is a handsome mansion in a well-wooded 
park, commanding beautiful views of the Orwell and surrounding 
country. Its present proprietor, Robert Burrell, Esq., has consi- 
derable property in the adjoining parishes of Belstead, Sproughton, 
and Wherstead. He is grandson of the first Lord Guydyr and the 
Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, who died — the former in 1820, and 
the latter in 1828. Lady Willoughby was daughter and heiress of 
the third Duke of Ancaster, whose family had extensive estates in 
Suffolk. John, the third Lord TVilloughby de Eresby married the 
heiress of the Earl of Suffolk ; and the heiress of the ninth Lord 
married Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. The Lords Willoughby 
of Parham were a younger branch of this illustrious family, fiobt. 
Burrell, Esq., also owns the three ancient seats and estates of Gold- 
rood, Gusford Hall, and Gyppesxryk Hall, in this parish. Goldrood 
is now occupied by Captain Lacon, B.N., and was anciently called 
Goldenrood, from a celebrated cross which stood near it in monastic 
times. Gusford Hall, anciently called Godlesford, gives name to a 
small manor, which belonged to Leigh priory, in Devonshire, and 
was granted by Henry Till, to Sir John Baineforth ; but it appears 
to have been for a long period a seat of the Andrews family, one of 
whom became Baron Windsor in 1529. It is now a farm house. 
Gippeswyk Hall, an ancient farm house, has recently been restored;, 
and appears to have been built in the early part of the 10th century. 
Handford Hall t near Handford Bridge, is occupied by Mr. Henry 
Waller, farmer and grazier, and is the place where the great lamb 
fair is held. The manor of Stoke is described in Domesday Book 
as of the yearly value of <£T0, and as having had in the Confessor's 
time five carucates, nine villains, fifteen bordars, a church with 40a. 
of free land, a mill, 20a. of meadow, and a mediety of a loche be- 
yond the bridge, then of the value of 100 shillings. 

St. Mary le Tower is the largest, and is considered the principal 
church in the town, though only & perpetual curacy, valued at ^£103, 
in the gift of the parishioners, and incumbency of the Rev. Wm> 
Nassau St. Leger. B.A., who is now military chaplain at Corfu. The 
present ofncia.ting curate is the Be v. L. Stanton. Mr. B. W. Foster 
is organist; Henry Day, clerk ; and James Day, sexton. The cor- 
poration attend this church on Sunday mornings. It was given by 
Norman, the son of Eadnoth, to Trinity Priory, and is a spacious 
and commodious fabric, consisting of a nave, chancel, porch, side 
aisles, and a fine tower, containing a peal of ten bells, and formerly 
surmounted by a spire. Upwards of ^'1200 has lately been ex- 
pended in restoring, beautifying, and enlarging this fine antique 
church, under the superintendence of Mr. B. M. Phipson, the arcbi* 
tect. The galleries have been removed from the nave, and the organ 
placed on a platform at the west end. The north aisle has been ex- 
tended to the same length as the south aisle; and the chancel has beer* 



CHURCHES AND PARISHES. 81 

raised, newly roofed, and furnished with a new east window in the- 
decorated style. The nave is in the perpendicular style, and to com- 
plete the restoration of it, and other parts of the church, as proposed, 
will require a further sum of <£'2000. There are still a few monu- 
mental brasses in the church, and one of them, dated 1501, repre- 
sents a notary with his pen and ink case. It was in this church 
that the Guild of Corpus Christi* (instituted about 1325) used to 
deposit the tabernacle in which the host was earned, and in which 
their money and valuables were kept. The parish occupies the 
central part of the town, and was, no doubt, anciently defended on, 
the north by a strongly fortified tower, which stood near the spot 
still called the Tower Ditches. It increased its population from 688 
in 1801 to 995 in 1851. Kirby says Ipswich Castle was entirely de- 
molished by Henry II. in J 176, after the defection of Roger Bigod^ 
Earl of Norfolk. 

St. Matthew's Church, at the west end of the town, stands in a 
large burial ground, and is a plain, unassuming structure, consist- 
ing of a nave, chancel, side aisles, tower, and south porch. It was 
re-pewed about 1840, and was enlarged in 1843 by the extension of 
the south aisle. A further enlargement is in contemplation. The 
font is ancient, and has a finely carved cover, executed and pre- 
sented by Mr. Hewett. At the east end of the south aisle is an 
elaborately painted glass window, inserted in December, 1853, in 
memory of the late wife of the present rector. It was executed by 
Geo. Hedgeland, Esq., from a design by Edward Howard, Esq., a 
brother of the deceased. The church has galleries and about 850 
sittings. In the churchyard, beneath an altar tomb, lie the remains of 
the Right Hon. John Howe, Lord Chedworth, who died in 1804, and 
left most of his large property to persons not at all related to him. 
Having a strong predilection for the drama, the performers on the 
Ipswich stage shared largely in his bequests. The rectory was ap* 
propriated to St. Peter's Priory; but was granted by Edward VI. to 
persons named Webb and Bretton. The great tithes now belong to 
the Eonnereau family, though the benefice is still called a rectory, 
and is valued in K.B. at £b. The Lord Chancellor is patron; the 
Rev. Chas. Hicks Gave, M.A., incumbent; Mr. Wm. Hadgraft, clerk 
and sexton ; and Mrs. Sanderson, organist. The parish increased 

^Corpus Christi Guilds were founded in most of the boroughs in England, 
in the 14th and 15th centuries, and it was their custom to walk in procession, 
and perform plays and dirges on the festival of Corpus Christi. In these pa- 
geantries they were joined by other guilds and free companies, and their thea- 
trical representations were often very indelicate, especially their plays of "Adam 
and Eve," and " Noah's Ark." The ancient play of " King Johan" written by 
Bale, Bishop of Ossory, for the use of these guilds, is supposed to have been 
first performed at Ipswich, as the author was a native of Suffolk, and represents 
King John as having favoured Ipswich, Dunwich, and Bury. Guilds were con- 
federations for mutual benefit in trade, and for the purpose of aiding charity 
and religion. To the Guild of Corpus Christi at Ipswich, every burgess was 
required to pay 16d. yearly, or forfeit his freedom ; and 3d. a fortnight to the 
master of the Grammar School, who was chaplain to the guild, and celebrated 
30 days' mass for every deceased brother or sister. 

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82 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

its- population from 1266 in 1501 t0 :ur^ m ]g£l; but in 1851 it 

had increased to 5086 souls. It contains 0-47 acres of land, ex- 
tending about LJ mile westward, it anciently contained four other 
churches or chapels, viz., AH Saints, the site of which is unknown; 
St. Gtorges, ot which some remains may be seen in a barn in >t. 
George's street : St Mildreds, which was converted into the Town 
Hall, as already noticed : and St. Mary's Chapel which stood at the 
north-west corner of Lady lane, and was famous for an image of the 
Blessed Virgin, called by the numerou- pilgrims who Tisited it. 
" Our Lady of Ipswich :" but after the Eeformation. it was taken to 
London, and there publicly burnt. The site of this chapel is 
covered with modern buildings. St. Mc ;r the West G 

was rebuilt in the time of Henry VI., and was for a long period 
used as the Borough Goal, bin was demolished many years ago. 
The parish contains several handsome modern suburbs and neat 
mansions, and its chief landowners are B. D. Alexander. J. Orford. 
C. Kersey, and Robert Mumford, Esqrs. 

St. Nicholas's Church, in the lower part of the town, near the 
river, is supposed to have been built upon the site and partly with 
the materials of St I s, which is mentioned in Domesday 

Book. It is built partly of hint, and has a cemented tower, con- 
taining four bells. It was repaired and newly fitted with open 
benches in K*4£, at the c»st ef about i'oOO. A rudely carved stone 
at the west end oi the south aisle, m\ St. IMiohael encounter- 

ing a dragon. During the progress of -erne repairs in 1887, five 
large urns were found embedded in one of the walls, but they con- 
tained no ashes or bones. Behind one oi the tombs is a curious 
specimen of ancient painting, supp ! : present the Archangel 

St. Michael, towards the execution of which Wolsey's father left 4us. 
From the floor of this church, the Parliamentary Visitors, in 1643, 
took: up three sepulchral brasses : and they also destroyed six pic- 
tures on the walls. It was appropriated to St. Peter's Priory, and 
is now a . t '' "V- valued at d£l§0, in the gift of the parish- 

ioners, and incumbency of the Bev. Chas. Ward. M.A. Mr. James 
West is clcr' :n. and J. Parker, oraanist. Westward of the 

church, on the banks of the Gripping, stood a convent of Franciscan 
or &reg Friars, founded in the reign of Edward L. by Lord Tibtoth, 
of Nettlestead. and a small portion of it may still'be seen in the 
garden ground occupying the site. The Wliiic or Carrndiic Friary. 
founded in 1279, by Sir Thomas Loudham and other benefactors, 
stood partly in this parish and partly in that of St. Lawrence, and 
extended from Sc. Nicholas' street to St. Stephen's lane. Of this 
extensive monastery, which produced many persons eminent for 
learning, no remains are now extant, though, as late as the latter 
part of the seventeenth century, part of it served as the county 
gaol. The parish of St. Nicholas increased its population ironi75S 
in 1S01 to BUI in ISol, 

St. Peter's is one of the most ancient churches in the town, 
standing close to the site of Wolsey's College. It is a plain struc- 
ture, consisting of a chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, and a tower 
containing six bells. The tower is a good specimen of the flint work 



CHUBCHES AND CHAPELS. 83 

so frequently observed in Suffolk and Norfolk. In 1842-3, trie church 
was repaired and repewed, and the burial ground enclosed. A new 
gallery was erected in 1848. The font is very ancient, and covered 
with carvings of animals. The perpetual curacy, valued at £'138, is 
in the gift of Simeon's Trustees, and incumbency of the Bev. H. T. 
Lumsden, MJL The Eev. H. T. Veness is curate ; Mr. J. H. Gr. 
Ball, organist ; Joseph Stokes, clerk ; and Thomas Scarlett, sexton. 
The advowson was purchased by B. Simeon, Esq., of Cambridge, 
who, in 1801, presented the living to the Rev. Edw. Griffin, a ta- 
lented evangelical minister, whose numerous admirers obtained the 
name of a Griffin'ites!' St. Peter's Church had large possessions in 
Edward the Confessor's time, but was afterwards appropriated to St. 
Peter s Priory, which stood contiguous to the churchyard, and was 
founded in the reign of Henry II. by the Lacy family, and dedicated 
to St. Peter and St. Paul. This convent of black canons of the 
order of St. Augustine, was richly endowed, and on its suppression, 
in 1527, it was given to Cardinal Wolsey, who founded upon its site 
the splendid but shortlived College already noticed at page 59. In 
1643, the Parliamentary Visitors broke to pieces the crown of thorns, 
the sponge and nails, and the Trinity, which were represented in 
stone in the porch of St. Peter's Church. The Parish of St. Peter 
increased its population from 986 in 1801 to 2868 in 1851, inclu- 
ding 297 in the Union Workhouse; It is mostly on the north side 
of the Gripping, but includes on the south side of that river, West 
Bridge street, Dock street, Great Whip street, part of Bell lane, and 
about 60a. of marshes, which anciently formed a separate parish, 
with a church dedicated to St. Austin, which was in use till the 
close of the 15th century, and stood near St. Leonards Hospital, 
now a farm house belonging to Christ's Hospital. Near Silent 
street, is a malt kiln said to be the remains of a mansion which was 
granted by Edward YI. to the Bishop of Norwich, after the decease 
of Thomas Manning, prior of Butley, who was created suffragan 
bishop of IpsivicJi in 1525, and had the said house for his residence, 
St. Stephen's is one of the churches mentioned in Domesday Book, 
and is mostly built of flint, except the tower, which is brick cemented. 
It contains a monument, with kneeling effigies of Win. Leeman and 
his wife. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £4. 12s. 8jd., and now at 
^£150, is in the patronage of the Bev. TV. Burgess, and incumbency 
of the Bev. Thos. Davidson. B.A. Mr. G. TT. Harvey is clerk. The 
parish is small, and has only 525 inhabitants, besides 31 in Felaw's 
Houses, which are extra parochial. The Coach and Horses Inn, in 
Brook street, occupies the site of a house which was occupied by 
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk; and near it was the Tankard 
public-house, in Tacket street, which was taken down and rebuilt in 
1*843, and was supposed to have formed part of the extensive man- 
sion of Sir Anthony Wingfield, one of the executors of Henry Till. 
CHAPELS. — The twelve parish churches, and the chapel of ease 
just described, have seat room for about 8500 persons ; and there is 
accommodation for about 10,000 in the sixteen other places of wor- 
ship in the town, of which four belong to Baptists, three to Indepen- 
dents, two to WesUyans, and one each to Boman Catholics, Unita- 



84 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

rians, Friends. Primitive Methodists, Sweden borgiaus, and Jews. 
Tachet Street Independent Chapel was erected in 1720, by the Pres- 
byterian congregation, who had previously, for more than 40 years, 
occupied a small chapel in the Green yard, St. Peter's, and were the 
sucessors of the Nonconformists, wlio were so called from their re- 
fusing to subscribe to everything contained in the Book of Common 
Prayer, as required by the Act of Uniformity, passed soon after the 
restoration of Charles II. This chapel will seat about 800 hearers, 
and has a good organ and a burial ground. Near it is a house for 
the minister, the fie v. Y\ T . Notcutt, whose grandfather officiated here 
till his death in 1756, in his 84th year. The Independent Chapel, in 
St, Nicholas street, is a neat Gothic structure, which was opened in 
1829. It has about 1000 sittings, including the galleries erected in 
1839 and 1845. The Eev. J. Baven is the minister. Salem Inde- 
pendent Chapel, in St. George's street, is small, and the Eev. J. Gay 
is its minister. The Unitarian Chapel, in St. Nicholas' street, is 
one of the oldest chapels in the town, and has a beautifully carved 
pulpit, and about 1200 sittings. Its congregation originated from 
the meetings of the Nonconformists about 1660, and was for many 
years Presbyterian, but the chapel was not built till 1700. The 
Eev. Henry Knott is the B present pastor. The Friends Meeting House? 
in Bank street, was built in 1796, and will seat about 700 hear- 
ers. The Roman Catholic Chapel, on the Woodbridge road, was 
erected in 1825, and enlarged in 1839, chiefly at the expense of its 
first priest, the Eev. P. L. Simon, one of the refugees who left France 
at the commencement of the Eevolution, and resided here till his 
death, in September, 1839. It is a small building in the early Eng- 
lish style, with sittings for 700. Its priests reside at Stoke by Nay- 
land. The Baptist Chapel, in Dairy lane, was built by a congrega- 
tion of Baptists formed in 1758. It has 800 sittings, and is under 
the ministry of the Eev. Thos. Poock. Zoar Chapel, in David street,, 
was built in 1841, by the Baptists who seceded from Dairy lane 
chapel in 1829. It cost about <£900, and has 500 sittings, but no 
pews. Turret Lane Chapel, erected in 1842, belongs to General 
Baptists, and is under the ministry of the Eev. Isaac Lord. Stoke 
Chapel is the largest of the four Baptist chapels in Ipswich, and 
was erected 1774, but has since been rebuilt and several times en- 
larged, so that it will now seat about 900 hearers. It is an octan- 
gular building, and is now under the ministry of the Eev. J. Webb, 
The Wesley an Chapel, in New Market lane, was erected in 1816, and 
is a neat brick building, containing about 1000 sittings. The Wes- 
ley an Association Methodist Chapel, in Friar street, was built in 183 7 r 
for about 850 hearers ; and the Primitive Methodist Chapel, in Eope 
lane, was built in 1839, and has about 500 sittings. The Jews Sy~ 
nagogue, in Eope lane, is a small brick building with pointed win- 
dows. The Jews have a small burial ground in Salters lane, and 
Mr. Levy Lamburgh is their rabbi. The Neiv Jerusalem Churchy 
in High street, is a small building erected in 1847 by Swedenbor- 
gians, and now under the ministry uf the Eev. D. G. Goyder, M.D- 
The Plymouth Brethren have a meeting room in Prince's street. 



HISTORY GF IPSWICH. 85 

GENERAL CEMETERY. — The Church and Chapel Burial 
Grounds in Ipswich are about to be closed under the powers of the 
Health of Towns Act, &c. 3 and at vestry meetings, held in the vari- 
ous parishes, it has been determined that a large General Cemetery 
shall be provided, in the suburbs, of the extent of 30 acres or more. 
An eligible plot of land on Hungerdown hill, near TYooclbridge and 
Tuddenham roads, has been recommended for this purpose. By an 
Order in Council, dated June Sth, 1854, interments in the churches 
of St. Clement, St. Helen. St. Matthew, St. Lawrence. St. Peter, St. 
Nicholas, St. Mary Key, St. Mary-at-Tower, St Margaret, St Ste- 
phen, St. Mary-at-Elms, the \Yesleyan Association chapel, and the 
Boinan Catholic chapel, ;< are to be discontinued forthwith, and 
froru and after the 1st February, 1655, in the burial grounds there- 
of.'"' Interments in the graveyards of other churches and meeting- 
houses are " to be discontinued from and after the 1st of February, 
1555." 

Bible, Tract, Missionary, and other Societies for the promotion 
of Christian knowledge are liberally supported both by the church 
and dissenting congregations. The IpswjeJi Town Mission was 
established eighteen years ago, and pays about £150 a year in sala- 
ries to missionaries. A kindred institution is the Ipswich and Suf- 
folk Scripture Pieaders Society, established four years ago. and now 
paying about <£200 a year in salaries. The East Suffolk Auxiliary 
Bible Society was commenced in 1812. Sunday Schools commenced 
here in 1811 , and a Church Missionary Society in 1813. The Dio- 
cesan Society of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk was commenced 
in 1840 for promoting education in the principles of the Established 
Church, and receives and dispenses about ££QQ per annum. Out 
of 150 day-schools connected with the church in this archdeaconry, 
about one-half of them have received grants from this society, and 
have room for 8000, and are attended by about 6000 children. The 
Bev. Wm. Potter and Chas. Steward, Esq., are the secretaries ; the 
Bishop of Norwich, patron ; and the Archdeacon of Suffolk, president. 
Ipswich Branch of the British and Foreign Sailors Society supports 
a Beading Boom on the Quay, and a missionary to preach to the 
sailors, visit their families, kc. G. Tomline, Esq., is president, and 
W. J. Bav secretarv. 

The LITEBABY INSTITUTIONS of Ipswich are numerous 
and well supported, and afford to all classes ample means for men- 
tal improvement and cultivation in all branches of science and lite- 
rature. One of the oldest is the Ipswich Literary Institution, which, 
was established in 1813, and occupies the upper story of the Town- 
Hall. It was commenced by a number of £10 shareholders, and is also 
supported by a long list of annual subscribers. The former pay 
21s. and the latter 31s. 6d. per annum. Besides its own library of 
more than 3000 volumes, there is deposited in its rooms a large col- 
lection of books belonging to the Corporation, and derived from the 
gifts of Wm. Smart, Mrs. Walter, and other donors. Mr. Edwin 
Giles is the librarian. 

The aIecranics' Institution, in Tavern street, was established in 
1854, and has now a valuable library of about 7000 volumes. The 



86 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

commodious building which it now occupies, in Tavern street, was 
purchased in 1833, at the cost of .£1000, raised in £6 shares, and it 
was altered and repaired at the cost of ^£300 given by J. Morrison 
and R. Wason, Esqrs., who then represented Ipswich in parliament. 
Behind this building and fronting Tower st., the institution has now 
a spacious Lecture Hall which will accommodate 1000 hearers, and 
was a large house which was purchased in 1849 -'50 at the cost of 
<£800, and altered to its present use at a considerable expense. This 
useful and well-conducted institution has also a spacious and well- 
supplied reading room, and commodious class rooms, &c. It has 
about 500 members, and is liberally supported by the wealthier in- 
habitants of the borough and neighbourhood. R. N. Shawe, Esq., 
is the president; A. Ransome, Esq., honorary secretary ; and Mr. 
R. Erauklin, librarian. 

Ipswich Museum was established in 1847, and occupies a neat 
building in Museum street, built in 1846 by Mr. Leverett, and let by 
Mm to the subscribers and the Corporation for i>75 per ann. Since 
1852,*pursuant to act of parliament, the burgesses have by their votes 
empowered the Corporation to levy a borough rate of one half-penny 
in the pound towards the support of the museum as a free public 
institution. This rate yields <£204 and private subscriptions about 
^60 per annum. Erom these funds and the liberal donations of the 
gentry of the town and county, the museum now comprises a vast col- 
lection of specimens illustrative of natural history, animal, vegeta- 
ble, and mineral ; and a great variety of objects of antiquity and 
curiosity, as well as many interesting works of art, and a select li- 
brary of scientific works. The institution has occasional lectures, 
and is open to the public gratuitously every Monday, Wednesday, 
and Eriday from 11 to 4, every Tuesday from 11 to 5, and every 
Wednesday and Eriday evenings from 7 to 9 o'clock. The various de- 
partments of the museum have been arranged and classified with great 
skill and judgment, under the superintendence of the president, the 
Rev. Professor Henslow. Mr. G. Knights is the curator, and the 
museum is now under the management of a committee of the Town 
Council. The subscribers to the Museum and the Mechanics' In- 
stitution often unite in the engagement of first class lecturers. 

Orwell Works Mental Improvement Society was founded in 1836 
by the numerous workmen employed by Ransomes and Sims, who 
contribute liberally towards its support, but exercise no control in 
its management. As noticed at page 68, about 900 men ancl boys 
are employed at these extensive works. About 300 of them are 
members of this useful society, which has now a library of 2300 
volumes, and occasional lectures. Two other societies in the town 
for mental improvement are the Young Mens Association, estab- 
lished in in 1848, and the Young Mens Christian Association, com- 
menced in 1849. The latter has its library and meeting-room in 
Prince's street, and E. Grimwade, Esq., is its president. Ipswich 
Philosophical Society, established in 1842, meets twice a month at 
the museum. A Philological Society, established in 1849, is re- 
stricted to 24 members who meet monthly at the Mechanics' Insti- 
tution. - Suffolk Fine Arts Association and Art Union, established 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 87 

in 1850, has an annual exhibition and a distribution of prizes. It 
intends establishing a permanent gallery of pictures, &c, and has 
about 150 members subscribing 5s. to 10s. each yearly. Mr. E. Bus- 
sel is its secretary. Ipswich Horticultural Society is supported by 
many of the gentry, &c, of the town and neighbourhood. Sir Wm. 
F. F. Middleton, Bart., is the p resident, Mr. Bobt. Canham honorary 
secretary, and Mr. D. Long collector and secretary. 

The Libraries at the various literary institutions in Ipswich, com- 
prise more than 17,000 vols. ; besides which there are several circulat- 
ing libraries at the booksellers, so that the inhabitants are as well 
supplied with the means for mental culture as those of any town in the 
kingdom. The " Public Library," at Mr. Haddock's, in the Old But- 
termarket, was established in 1791, and has now about 8000 vols., 
and is supported by about 180 subscribers, who pay 21s. each per 
annum. At the same place is a Medical Library, established in 
1824, and a Law Library, commenced in 1835. Subscribers to the 
former pay 21s., and to the latter £2 per annum. 

Three weekly Newspapers are published here, viz., the Ipswich 
Journal, which was commenced in 1720, but was for a short time 
prior to 1739 called the "Gazette;" the Suffolk Chronicle, estab- 
lished in 1801, and the Ipswich Express, commenced in 1839. The 
Journal advocates conservative, and the two latter whig or liberal 
politics. The Journal and Chronicle are published on Saturday, — i 
the former by Mr. S. Jackson and the latter by Mr. John King. The 
Express is published every Tuesday: till lately by Mr. Stephen 
Piper, but now by Mr. Chas. Sulley. There are well supplied News 
Booms at the Hall of Commerce, (see page 67,) the Literary In- 
stitution, the Mechanics' Institution, and at the Great White Horse 
Hotel. The art of Printing appears to have been practised at Ips- 
wich before it was introduced into any other town in the Eastern 
Counties. A work entitled " Balaeus de Scriptoribus Brittannice" 
containing a wood engraving of Wickliffe, was printed here in 1548, 
whilst the first book printed at Norwich is dated 1570. Several 
monthly periodicals have been published here, but after a few years 
they were discontinued for want of proper support. 

The " Suffolk Temperance Beporter," commencedin 1840, was dis- 
continued some years ago, but the " Ipswich Temperance Tracts" 
are innumerable, and are still extensively published and sold by 
B. D. Alexander, Esq., the author of many of them, and proprietor 
of the Temperance Hall, a large and handsome building in High 
street, erected in 1840, and let to the Ipswich Temperance Society, at 
the low rent of s£12 per annum. This useful society has had a very 
beneficial effect upon the morals and social condition of the families 
of many of the poor iuhabitants ; and in addition to the labours of 
its local speakers and town missionaries at frequent public meetings 
in the hall and in the open air, it occasionally engages popular lec- 
turers to advocate the cause of total abstinence from intoxicating 
drinks. B. D. Alexander, Esq., (the president) subscribes to its 
funds ^25, and W. D. Sims, Esq., £22 per annum. 
: Places of Amusement and Recreation are as numerous and well 
supported in Ipswich as in most other towns of similar magnitude. 



88 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

The Theatre, in Tacket street, is a small building erected in 3 
by a number of shareholders, and is open for a few weeks in winter 
and at the Races, which are still held yearly in July for two days, 
when her Majesty's Plate, the Town Members' Plate, and other 
stakes are run for on the course, more than a mile south of the town. 
Ipswich enjoys the honour of having first witnessed and acknow- 
ledged the inimitable powers of Da vid Garrick, who, under the as- 
sumed name of Lyddal, is said to have made his first dramatic 
essay here in 1739, in the character of Dick in the " Lying Yalet." 
With the spread of Evangelical principles, and the growing taste for 
lectures and concerts, the feeling in favour of the drama has consi- 
derably declined during the last twenty years. The Assembly 
Rooms, in Northgate street, were erected in 1820, in lieu of the old 
ones in Tavern street. They belong to five proprietors, and form a 
neat white brick building, with a spacious and elegant ball room, sup- 
per rooms, orchestra, &c. Balls are occasionallyheld here in winter,, 
but Concerts are generally held at the Corn Exchange and the Me- 
chanics' Lecture Hall. Ipswich posseses great musical talent, and 
has several musical, choral, and harmonic societies. There is an 
excellent Cricket Ground on the Marshes, and around the town are 
several Boiding Greens and Public Gardens. Aquatic sports are a 
favourite amusement with many, and the spirit of emulation is kept 
alive by an annual regatta on the Orwell. The Arboretum on the 
Henley road comprises about eleven acres of land taken on a 75 
years' lease by the Corporation in 1352, and sub-let to Mr. W, B* 
JefTeries to be cultivated by him as a nursery, &c, subject to the 
free admission of the public, under certain rules and restrictions. 
It is on a delightful eminence, and its tasteful walks form an agree- 
able promenade for the inhabitants, as also do the Public Wcdks y 
which have been raised out of the bed of the Orwell, and extend about 
400 yards along the western side of the extensive dock. These walks 
are tastefully planted with trees and shrubs, have two ornamental 
buildings, and command delightful views of the shipping in the 
dock, of the town and suburbs, and of the broad estuary of the 
Orwell. At Stoke, on the west bank of the Orwell, is a large Pub- 
lic Bathing Place formed by the Corporation (with the aid of sub- 
scriptions,) in 1843. It consists of a large open swimming bath of 
various depths, embanked from the bed of the Orwell, and covering 
about two acres. On one side is a range of sixteen dressing rooms. 
By means of sluices, the water can be changed every tide, and is 
generally changed daily. 

WORTHIES. — The most elevated, but not the most honourable 
niche in the Ipswich temple of fame, is occupied by Cardinal Wol- 
sey, already noticed at page 60. Among other distinguished men 
who were born or nourished here, are the following : — Ralph 
Browxrig, son of a merchant of Ipswich, was born in 1592, and be- 
came bishop of Exeter in 1641. He was deprived of his prefer- 
ments at the commencement of the Commonwealth ; but, notwith- 
standing his loyalty, Cromwell consulted him on a subject of con* 
siderable importance, and he is said to have returned this answer : 
rrr" My lord, the best advice I can give you is, Render unto Caesar 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. $9 

the things that are Caesar's, and onto God the things that are God's.' 5 
He was chosen preacher at the Temple in 1657, and died in London 
in 1659. Two folio volumes of his sermons were published in 1661 
and 1664. Benj. Lany was born here towards the close of the 16th. 
century. He was successively bishop of Peterborough, Lincoln, 
and Ely, and died in 1674. Dr. Wm. BriLEB was bom here, and 
died in 1631, aged B3. He was many years an eminent physician 
in London, and was distinguished for wit and slovenliness, as well as 
physic. Sir Nicholas Bacon, keeper of the great seal in the reign of 
Elizabeth, deeply interested himself in the well-being of the chari- 
ties of Ipswich ; and his third son, Nathaniel Bacon, was recorder 
of Ipswich, and compiled the annals of the town : but they were 
never printed, owing, it is said, to their containing many gross mis- 
takes, and strong political prejudices. He successively held the 
offices of town-clerk and recorder of Ipswich, and from 1654 to 1660, 
was one of the representatives of the borough in Parliament. Sip 
Edward Coke, the celebrated lawyer, though not a native of Ips- 
wich, resided frequently within it, and generally at Wherstead. Sir 
Cnpr.Hatton. who is said to have danced himself so far into the favour 
of Queen Elizabeth, as to reach one of the highest offices of state, 
resided here for some time, in a house in the street now called Hat- 
ton court. Thomas Green, Esq., who was bom in 1760, and re- 
sided many years in Lower Brook street, where he died in 1825. was 
the author of many well-written essays, and of " Extracts from the 
Diary of a Lover of Literature." He was a great encourager of the 
fine arts, and possessed a valuable collection of paintings, which 
was always open to the inspection and study of artists. George 
Frost, an excellent landscape painter, who died here in 1821, 
availed himself of this opportunity to correct the crudity of his ge- 
nius. Joshua Kirby, a well-known topographical draughtsman, and 
designer in perspective to George III , died here in IT 74. He was 
the son of John Ktbbt, of Wickham Market who published the 
u Suffolk Traveller, from an actual survey of the county in the years 
1732, '33, and '34," and died here in 1753. A second edition of this 
vrork was published in 1764, with additions and alterations, by the 
Bev. Richard Canning. MA., who was 40 years minister of St. Law= 
rence's church, and published a translation of the principal charters, 
and an account of the charities of Ipswich, in 1747 and 1754. He 
died in 1775. The Bev. James Ford, a late incumbent of St. Law- 
rence's, published several works on religion and biography. Clara 
Beeve, author of the pleasing fiction, " The Old English Baron" re- 
sided at Ipswich, where her father was perpetual curate of the 
parish of St. Xicholas. She commenced her literary career in 1772, 
and died in 1807. Sarah Trimmer, daughter of the before-named 
Joshua Kirby, wrote many valuable works for the religious instruc- 
tion of young people and' the poor, and died here in 1810, in her 
70th year. Mr. Henry Davy, a. highly talented artist, now living 
here, has drawn, etched, and published a considerable number of 
views of churches, seats, and ancient buildings in the county oi 
Suffolk. Mr. John Woddersjwon, formerly a resident of Ipswich, but 
now of Xorwich, published an interesting " Guide to Ipswich? in 



90 HISTORY OF IPSWICH* 

1842, and has since published a larger and very valuable work on 
the " Historic Sites, and other Remarkable and' Interesting Places 
in Suffolk, with prefatory verses by Bernard Barton, the Wood- 
bridge poet, who was educated here, and whose daughter Lucy pub- 
lished several useful books for young people, both in prose and verse. 
The celebrated naval hero. Lord Xelson, resided for a short time at 
Round Wood, and was high steward of Ipswich from \QQ% till his 
death in 1805. The late Sir Robert Harland. Bart., was elected 
high steward of Ipswich in 1^21. by a majority of 70 votes over the 
Duke of Wellington. He held the'office till his death in 1848> when 
Charles Austin. Esq., the present High Steward, was elected. The 
late Admiral Page was a native of Ipswich, where he resided at the 
time of his death a few vears asfo. 

CHARITY TRUSTEES.— Until the passing of the Municipal 
Reform Act, the Corporation of Ipswich were trustees of the follow- 
ing charities, which yield an annul income of more than £2999, 
viz., the Grammar School. Christ's Hospital. Tooleys and Smart's 
Almshouses, Tylers, Allen's, Scrivener's. Burroughs. Martin s, Cut- 
ler's, Osmond's, Snow's, Crane's, and Sir Thomas White's charities ; 
but since 1S36 all of them, except the Grammar School, have been 
placed under the management of the Borough. Charity Trustees, ap- 
pointed for life by the Town Council, with the sanction of the Lord 
Chancellor. A list of these trustees is inserted in page 74 
' SCHOOLS. — There are in Ipswich about 100 public and private 
schools, attended by about 5000 scholars, of whom about '2000 are 
day and Sunday scholars, and about 801 attend only on Sundays. 
About 30 are dames' schools, attended only by young children ; and 
more than 35 are public schools, supported chiefly by endowments 
and subscriptions, and attended by nearly 3000 pupils. Amongst 
the latter are large National Schools, a British School, Christ's 
Hospital, and the Grev and Blue Coat Schools. 

The GRAMMAR SCHOOL, formerly in Foundation street, now 
occupies a large and handsome building, pleasantly seated on a 
commanding eminence on the Henley road, and built in 1551 -'2 by 
the Corporation, at the cost of about i'OOOu. partly defrayed by sub- 
scription and the sum of £1149 derived from the sale' of the old 
school premises. Prince Albert laid the hrst stone July 4th. 1851, 
and under the new scheme the school is now entirely free to $0 sons 
of residents of the borough, for classics. English. cVc. There are now 
about 170 other scholars, of whom 100 are boarders. SO boarding 
with the head master, and -20 with the second and third masters. 
Ipswich Grammar School is one of the oldest in the kingdom. It 
is mentioned in the Court Books as early as the 17th of Edward IV. 
(147 7.) and in I4B& Richard Eelaw left lands, &g., for its support, 
but they were given by the Corporation to Cardinal Wolsey's Col- 
lege. After the Cardinals disgrace and the fall of his college, a new 
charter was granted by Henry Till, for the re-establishment of the 
Grammar School. By Letters Patent of the 5 th of Queen Eliza- 
beth. (1565.1 reciting that there had for a long time been a free 
grammar school, founded by Henry Till, in Ipswich, consisting of 
a master and usher, who had for their wages £38. 13s. 4d. per ami., 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 91 

out of her Majesty's manors, lands, and hereditaments in Suffolk; 
her Majesty ratified and confirmed the said foundation ; and further 
ordained that the bailiffs, burgesses, and commonalty of Ipswich, 
and their successors, should thenceforth have the appointment of 
the head master, with the sanction of the Bishop of Norwich; and 
should also appoint such a proper person to be usher, as the master 
should adjudge fit for that office. Her Majesty also granted that 
the above-named annuity of £$$. 13s. 4d. should be paid out of the 
fee farm of the borough of Ipswich, as follows : — =£24. 6s. 8d. to the 
master, and <£14. 6s. 8d. to the usher. The head master has also 
the yearly sum of <£11 out of the revenues of Christ's Hospital, un- 
der Felaw's gift; M. 13s. 4d. from Smart's charity : and other pay- 
ments from the corporation, swelling his yearly salary to ,£'116 per 
annum. The school has been long in high repute, and the head 
and second masters have sis assistants. The exhibitions belonging 
to the school comprise six scholarships and a bye-fellowship at Pem- 
broke College, Cambridge, which with the two exhibitions in the pa- 
tronage of the corporation are now amalgamated, so as yearly to have 
one vacant of the value of from 20 to 40 guineas. Until 1850 the 
free scholars, (formerly 50 in number,) were only instructed gratuit- 
ously in Classics, and paid four guineas per annum for the various 
branches of an English education, which rendered the school alto- 
gether useless to poor families. The Corporation are the patrons, 
and much credit is due to them for providing the present handsome 
and commodious School House. The Eev. S. J. Eigaud, M.A.. and 
the Eev. W. P. Greenfield. B.A.. are the present head and second 
masters, and were appointed in 1850. 

CHEIST'S HOSPITAL, where twenty poor boys are now main- 
tained and educated, w T as established by the corporation of Ipswich, 
in 1569, for the purpose of making provision for poor j^ersons, or- 
phans, and such as were unable from age, sickness, or infirmity, to 
support themselves, and for a workhouse for vagrants. With this 
design, the corporation ordered that part of the premises, called the 
Black Friars, which they had recently become possessed of, should 
thenceforth be an hospital for the poor of Ipswich ; and a subscrip- 
tion was raised for fitting them up for that purpose. Tor the sup- 
port of the hospital, the corporation imposed a tonnage duty on ships 
belonging to the port, and a payment of Is. by every person on 
taking out his freedom of the borough, but they have not been col- 
lected during the last thirty years. In 1672, & charter was granted, 
empowering the corporation to grant and hold lands, etc., for the 
support of the hospital ; to make rules and ordinances for its govern- 
ment; and to appoint yearly four burgesses to be governors. The 
endowment has been derived from various sources, and some por- 
tions of it were originally designed for other charitable uses. For 
some time, the hospital was conducted as a general poor-house, but 
after the establishment of poor laws, it was confined to the purpose 
of maintaining \ educating, bringing up, and ajipreniieing of poor boys. 
The premises, formerly the Black Friars, comprised the old hospital, 
the old Bridewell, and other buildings in the Shire Ball Yard, 
which have been taken down, and the sites let on building leases. 



92 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

In 1482, Richard Felaw left property for the foundation and sup* 
port of a free-school and hospital, but on the establishment of a 
college and grammar school at Ipswich, by Cardinal Wolsey, it was 
given to the dean and canons of that college, with whom it remained 
till their dissolution, when the corporation resumed possession of 
it, and appropriated it to the use of this hospital, with some excep- 
tions noticed in the following particulars of the property derived 
under FELAWS GIFT: — viz., a house in Foundation street; a 
stable and several ground-rents, &c, near the said house, let for 
,£4. Os. 6d. per annum; the fourth part of a farm of 158 acres, at 
Whitton, let for the yearly rent of £120 ; the ninth-part of a farm oi 
91 acres, at Whitton and Bramford, let for .£118, as noticed with 
Tooley's charity ; and two fields in the parish of St. Mary Stoke. 
The last mentioned land is now included in a farm of 26a.. 2r. 4p., 
let for .£93 per annum, the other part of which was purchased in 
1722, with £340 left to the hospital by Thos. Bright and Richard 
Philipps. The other possessions of the hospital are — the third-part 
of a farm of 142a. at Greeting, (let for £150,) purchased with Smart' 3 
and Tyler's charities, and money arising from the sale of two houses 
given by Daniel Snow and Rd. Felaw ; a farm of 84a. at Debenham^ 
let for £120, and bequeathed, in 1670, by Nicolas Philipps ; a mea- 
dow of 3a. in St. Mary Stoke, purchased for £'250 ; one-third part of 
a farm of 103a. at Otley, let for £'118, and purchased with ,£300 be- 
longing to the hospital and Tooley's and Smart's charities ; a yearly 
rent charge of £19. 13s. 4d., out of a house and land in Ipswich and 
Bramford, purchased with £280 in the 7th James I. ; £7. 10s. yearly 
from the corporation, as interest of £250 left by Eliz. Robinson, 
Cath. Baxter, and Thomas Goodwin ; £1 yearly out of a house in 
Knight lane ; and £7. 4s. from £240 three per cent, consols, left by 
Amy Kemp in 1745. The yearly income from the sources above- 
named is about £800. Since the passing of the Municipal Reform 
Act, the charities, formerly under the management of the corporation, 
have been placed under the care of the Borough Charity Trustees, 
who, in 1841, removed Christ's Hospital to Cheneiy farm, pleasantly 
situated in Wherstead road, where an ancient but commodious 
house, belonging to the charity, was altered, repaired, and enlarged 
for the purpose, at the cost of about £1500, and now affords accom- 
modation for the master and 20 poor boys, who are clothed, main- 
tained, and educated at the expense of the charity till the age of 14, 
when the trustees give small apprentice fees with such as are bound 
to trades. In a few years it is intended to have 40 boys on the 
foundation, and funds have been for some years accumulating fo? 
this extension of the charity Besides his victuals and lodgings, 
the master has a yearly salary of £1 00. The boys are instructed in 
reading, writing, and arithmetic, and are occasionally employed in 
cultivating the extensive gardens attached to the hospital. In the 
west front of the school is a statue of one of the scholars, removed 
from the old hospital, where only sixteen boys were victualled under 
the care of the bridewell keeper, and instructed by a master who 
received only a small salary, and did not reside on the premises. 
The Schools of Grey-coat Boys and Blue-coat Girls, in Elm 



SCHOOLS AND CHARITIES. 93 

street, were established by subscription in 1709, since which year 
they have received many benefactions and bequests, which, with the 
surplus income, have been invested for their endowment. They 
receive about £250 a year from Pemberton Charity, for educating 
and apprenticing poor boys and girls; and they have also the sup- 
port of a long list of annual subscribers. About 80 boys and 50 
girls are educated and clothed at these schools, and many of the 
former are apprenticed to trades at the expense of the charity. 

The National Schools in Ipswich, under the superintendence of 
the Diocesan Society noticed at page 85, are St. Matthew's, St. Cle- 
ment's, St. Helen's, Holy Trinity, and St, Margaret's Boys and 
Girls' Schools, which have accommodation for 1500 children, but 
only about 1000 are in regular attendance. The schools in St. 
Matthew's for that and six other parishes, are called the Ipswich 
District National Schools, and were built in 1847, in the Elizabethan 
style, at the cost of £'1400, raised by subscription and grants. 
They have room for 220 boys and as many girls, who pay 2d. each 
per week. These schools have the benefit of Government inspection 
and pupil teachers, as also have St. Clement's Boys and St. Helens 
Girls Schools, where more than 300 children are instructed. St. 
Margaret's Schools were built in 1851, in the Elizabethan style, at 
the cost of about i;700, and have room for 1 50 boys and 150 girls. St. 
Peter s National and Infant Schools are also in the Elizabethan style, 
and were built in 1846. at the cost of about £ 1 500. They are under 
Government inspection and are attended by about 190 boys, 170 
■girls, and 180 infants. The Infant School on St. Margaret's green, 
is a neat Gothic building, erected in 1839, by W. C. Eonnereau, Esq. 
The Lancasterian School established in 1811, has given place to 
the British Schools, in Turret lane, which form a neat building in. 
-the Elizabethan style, erected in 1848, and having room for about 
250 boys and 200 girls and infants. These schools are liberally 
supported by Independents, Baptists, Eriends. kc. The Wesleyan 
Schools, in "Wykes Bishop street, was built in 1844, at the cost of 
<£650, and is attended by about 200 day scholars of both sexes, who 
pay from L$d. to 6d. per week. The Girls School of Industry was 
founded, in 1811, by the late Henry Alexander, Esq., and for 17 
years was almost entirely supported by him. It is now managed 
by a committee of ladies, and supported by annual subscriptions. Eor 
-a penny each per week, 112 poor girls are instructed in reading, 
writing, and needle-work. 

The Dormitory and School of Industry was established about 
three years ago, and now occupies two cottages near the suburb 
called California, with two acres of land, and a Bagged School. The 
object of this institution is the prevention of crime, by affording 
means of instruction and reformation to juvenile offenders, and poor 
ragged children. During the year 1853. 3 girls and 9 boys were 
received into the Dormitory, 11 girls and 15 boys into the Industrial 
Class ; and about 30 into the Piagged School. They are all taught 
reading, writing, and arithmetic, and many of the boys are instructed 
in agriculture, tailoring, shoemaking, carpentering, &c. At present 
the subscriptions to the institution only yield about £300 per annum. 



94 IPSWICH CHARITIES. 

Dd. Power, ~E$o r . is the jjresidait. and Mr. J. F. Ranson st-retary. 
Ragged Schools were commenced in other parts of the town about 
five years ago. but they are only open on S ". ■ - or three 

evenings in each week. 

Tooley*s and Smart's Alehouses, in Foundation street, form a 
handsome building in the Tudor style, erected in lS44-"> by the 
Trustees of Tooley's and Smart's Charities, at the cost of about 
^'3000, in lieu of the old dilapidated almshouse? m .ill yard, 

which had room for only 34 inmates. The new almshouses have 
comfortable apartments for sixty inmates, (fi men and -V2 women ) 
who each receive 4s. weekly, and an allowance of coals and clothing 
yearly. There are also a few out-pensioners on the two charities. 
and a surgeon is paid £&& a year fin attending the alms-people. 
Tooley's Foundation produces about £01 6 a year, arising from the 
following property, derived from the will of Henry Tooley. dated 
Nov. 4th. 1650;) viz.. the manors of Overston and Sackvylls. in 
Debenham, yielding about dOS5 yearly : — Ulverston Hall farm. -'V'oa., 
let for £oo2 : Limekiln farm, at Claydon. 93a., let for £150 : Walnut 
Tree Farm. 1 60a., near Claydon. let for £190 : half of a farm of 190a. 
at TThitton. let for £'210 : one-rlfth part of a farm of 91a. at Whitton 
and Brandon, let for iT15 ; two-thirds of a farm of 104a. at O; 
let for JU18; two rent charges of 10s. each out of houses in >: 
Helen's parish: and the interest of £650 vested on mortgage. 
Smart's Foundation produces about M4SQ pec annum, arising from 
the following property, under the will of TTra. Smart, in t&§8 : viz.. 
a farm of 3? -2a.. and a piece of water of 5+a. at Fakenham and Kir- 
ton, let for £48$ : a third part of a farcn of 91a. at Greeting, let for 
^'150 ; and a fifth- part of the above-named farm of 190a. at Whitton 
and Brandon. One-third of the farm at Greeting was purchased with 
^'300, left by Wm. Tyler in 1043. for schooling, clothing, and ap- 
prenticing poor children. 

SMYTHS ALMHOUSES :— Li 17:29. Ann Smyth, widow, left 
.£5000 in trust to the Drapers' Company, for the foundation of twelve 
almshouses for twelve poor women of the age of 50 or upwards, being 
communicants of the Church of England, and inhabitants of the 
parish of St, Mary Elms : but her relations of the families of Lynch, 
Penel, Smyth, and Purplet. wherever they should inhabit, to be pre- 
ferred; and for want of a competent number of such poor, she 
directed the number wanting to be made up out of the other 
parishes of Ipswich. After building the almshouses, the foundress 
ordered the residue of the legacy to be laid out in land, and the rents 
to be applied for the relief of the almswomen, except £10 to a minis- 
ter for reading prayers to them every Wednesday and Friday, and 
4*3 to the clerk. The Drapers' Company i London, i refused to accept 
the trust, which was conferred by the Court of Chancery on the per- 
petual curates of St. Peter and St. Mary-Elms, and their successors. 
The site of the almshouses was not purchased till 1757. The endow- 
ment is £'13'2. 19s. 4cl. per annum, arising from £44o2 5a. 2d., Old 
South Sea Annuities. Each almswoman receives 3s. 6d. per week. 

There are 15 Almshouses in St Matthew's parish, five in St. Cle- 
ment's, two in St. Margarets, and two in St. Mary at Stoke, for tiue 



IPSWICH CHARITIES. 95 

residence of poor persons of those parishes, but they have no endow- 
ments. Several other buildings, bequeathed for the residence of poor 
families, were used as parish workhouses, till the new poor-law came 
into operation, as will be seen in the account of the parochial chari- 
ties, at subsequent pages. 

Alley's. Scrivener's, Bcrrough's, and Martin's Charities, are 
in some measure consolidated, in consequence of an order of the 
corporation, in 1744. directing that one person only should be yearly 
appointed receiver and dispenser of them. John Allen, about 1750, 
gave £'d0 to provide a yearly distribution of clothing for the most 
needy poor of Ipswich, and it is invested in a yearly rent-charge of 
£±. 10s. out of the Bull Inn. Balph Scrivener, in the 32nd of Eli- 
zabeth, gave a yearly rent-charge of £'7 for the same purpose, and 
it was settled in the 7th of James I. on a farm of 1:20a. in Ipswich 
and Bramford. In 1613, John Burroughs left i'100 to purchase land., 
the rent thereof to be distributed yearly, on Good Friday, at the 
Church of St. Lawrence, among 40 poor men and women of Ips- 
wich. This legacy was laid out in the purchase of land at Wester- 
field, which has been added to a farm in that parish, given by Bichd. 
Martin, in 1021. in trust to the corporation, to pay £ffl yearly to two 
students at Cambridge, who have been scholars at Ipswich Free 
School: to distribute £10 yearly in clothing, and to lend the sur- 
plus profits upon good security, freely to poor clothiers and shear- 
men, or other poor freemen of Ipswich. This farm is let for about 
£12Q per annum. 

Wh. Cuteee. in 1620, left £L0G to be laid out in land, of the 
yearly value of £6. to be divided among three poor persons. The 
corporation laid out this legacy in the purchase of a meadow, which 
they have added to the Handford Hall farm, out of which they pay 
the annuity of £&. In 1619, Bent. Osmond left £356 to be bestowed 
as follows : — .£100 to buy or build tenements lor four aged poor men 
to dwell in : £200 to be laid out in land for their weekly relief ; and 
£50 towards building a new Comhill cross. The corporation only 
received £2b0 of this legacy, and all that now remains of the charity 
is a building comprising four cottages, three of which are occupied 
rent free by poor persons, and the other is let for £% a year. 

John Crane, by will in 1651, directed his executors to purchase 
lands of the yearly value of £62. and to convey them to feoffees, in 
trust, to give the first year's rent to Cambridge University, the second 
to the town of Wisbech; the third to the town of Cambridge; the 
fourth to Lynn Begis : and the fifth to Ipswich, for charitable loans 
and gifts : and the subsequent year's rent to the University and the 
four towns, in the same order successively. The estate purchased 
comprises 132 acres in Fleet and Holbeach, Lincolnshire, and it is 
now let for about £396 per annum. The Ipswich Charity Trustees 
receive the rents every fifth year, and distribute them in relieving 
the poor of the town, especially honest and indigent poor men who 
are imprisoned for debt. Agreeably to the donor's will, a loan fund of 
£200 was accumulated by "the corporation in 1713, and added to the 
fund noticed below. 

Lending Cash Fund :— Sir Thomas White, Et., Alderman of 



96 IPSWICH CHARITIES. 

London, in .1566, gave ,£2000 to the corporation of Bristol, on con- 
dition that they should purchase an estate, and out of the rents 
thereof pay yearly the sum of £104, in succession to one of the 24 
cities and towns named in the deed, and of which Ipswich is one. 
Of each annual payment, the donor directed ,£100 to be lent in sums 
of £25, to four young men of " houest fame," free of interest for ten 
years, and £4 to he divided among the trustees, for their trouble. 
For these uses the corporation of Ipswich have received .£104 every 
24 years, and ought now to have a loan fund of £1000, but it has 
mostly been lost or applied to other uses. An expensive suit in 
€hancery, instituted against the corporation for the recovery of part 
of this fund was terminated in 1843, by their agreeing to pay the 
costs of the suit, (about £500,) and also £150, the amount of six 
bonds of £25 each, which appeared upon the books to have been 
repaid to them. 

PEMBERTON'S CHARITY :— In 1718, John Pemberton be- 
queathed his rectories of Petistree, Wickham, and Bing, with the 
tithes and profits thereto belonging, and the tithe barn, at Wick- 
ham, to Edw. Spencer, John Pee vet, John Sparrowe, Benj. Crocker, 
and Michael Beaumont, in trust, to divide yearly out of the rents 
and profits, £25 among the indigent widows and orphans of clergy- 
men, inhabiting within 15 miles of Ipswich, and within the county 
of Suffolk; and to pay the residue to the treasurer of the charity 
schools for Grey-coat boys and Blue coat girls, towards educating and 
apprenticing poor boys and girls. And after giving several legacies, 
the testator bequeathed the residue of his personal estate to the same 
trustees, to be laid out in the purchase of lands, the rents thereof to 
be applied towards the relief of poor insolvent debtors imprisoned in 
any of the gaols in Suffolk ; either for delivering them out of prison, 
or relieving them whilst there, as the trustees should see fit; pro- 
vided such debtors should be persons born in Suffolk, and not in- 
debted to any of the trustees. The testator directed that when any 
of the trustees die or become incapacitated, the survivors, or the 
major part of them, shall forthwith elect others. The rectorial tithes 
and barn produce a clear yearly rent of about £300, after deducting 
land tax, a customary tithe dinner, &c. Of this income, £25 is ap- 
plied to the relief of widows and orphans of clergymen, and the 
remainder (about £250,) is paid to the treasurer of the above-named 
-charity schools. The other branch of this charity consists of a farm 
of 103a. Or. 19p., at Cranswick, purchased with £1123, which was 
the clear residue of the testator's personal estate. This farm was 
let from 1831 to 1835, for £120 per annum. The rent has been 
advanced, and is applied (after payment of £2 to each of the trus- 
tees,) in providing bread, meat, and beer, every week for the debtors 
in Ipsuich and Bury gaols. The trustees, in 1828, were Sir Philip 
Bowes Yere Broke, Bart,, the Rev. G. Drury, the Rev. William 
Aldrich, and others. 

The Charity for Widows and Orphans of poor Clergymen of Suffolk 
was commenced in 1T04, by a few gentlemen of Ipswich and Wood- 
bridge, and is now supported by a numerous list of subscribers re- 
Biding in various parts of the county. 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 97 

PAEOCHIAL CHAEITIES. 

St. Clement's Parish. — The Parish Almshouses consist of five tenements, 
•occupied by poor persons, and were built in the 26th of Elizabeth, on laud given 
by the corporation. In 1680, Eliz. Robinson gave £100 to the corporation, for a 
■distribution of Is. worth of bread, at the church, every Sunday, to twelve aged 
poor parishioners. In 1698, Mary Wright conveyed to trustees 5 messuages in 
this parish, to be by them and the churchwardens fitted up for the residence of 
needy poor, partly as a workhouse for children, who should be taught to read 
one hour every day. The deed conveying these houses requires that the church- 
wardens shall distribute 40s. yearly out of the poor rates, among 40 poor per- 
sons. The houses were occupied as the parish workhouse, but were taken down 
about 12 years ago. In 1685, Samuel Green left £50, to be laid out in land, 
for the relief of the widows and children of seamen of this parish. With this 
legacy, and £'10 given by the testator's widow, 5a. of land was purchased at Wes- 
lerfield, and it was augmented at the enclosure with an allotment of 3 rods. The 
rent, £17 a year, is distributed on the 28th of November. In 1719, Robert Cole 
left £50, to provide for a distribution of bread, once a fortnight, at the church, 
•among poor widows of seamen. This legacy was used in repairing the church, 
but 2s. worth of bread is distributed once a fortnight, and paid for out of the 
'Church-rates. In 1729, Edward Larke charged his house here with the yearly 
payment of 10s., for a sermon on Oct. 22nd. ; 2s. for the clerk; and 20s. to be 
given in bread to the working poor. John Dorking, in 1727, left £100 to be 
laid out in land, the profits thereof to be distributed yearly as follows : — 10s. to 
the minister for reading prayers on the 14th of September; and the remainder 
among poor seamen's widows and children, and other poor not receiving paro- 
chial relief. The land purchased with this legacy consists of 2a. 2e. 2p., in St. 
Helen's parish, let for £15 a year, which is distributed by the minister and 
churchwardens. 

Parish of St. Lawrence. — In 1630, Tobias Bloss bequeathed four marks 
v£2. 13s. 4d.) a year, to be paid out of his lands called Apostle's Esher, in St. 
Margaret's parish, and distributed as follows, four times a year: viz., 10s. for 
a sermon, Is. to the sexton, and 2s. 4d. in bread among the poor. In 1680, Wm. 
'Saver left £100 to the corporation, in trust, to distribute the yearly interest 
-(£5.) in doles of bread, every Sunday, in the church of St. Lawrence, or that 
of St. Mary Tower. In 1729, Francis Coleman gave the corporation 6a. of land, 
in St Helen's parish, subject to the yearly payment of £8. 2s. for the poor not 
receiving parochial aid, namely, £5. 2s. to be distributed in weekly doles of 
"bread, and the remainder in shirts and shifts. The trustees are appointed by 
the parishioners. 

St. Margaret's. — The Parish Land, comprising 8a., has for a long period 
neen vested in trustees, for the benefit of the parishioners and the reparation of 
-the church. It is let for about £16 a year, which is added to the church-rate. 
Two cottages, in St. Margaret street, are occupied by two poor persons, placed 
therein by the minister and churchwardens, but the donor is unknown. The 
Bread Charities produce about £57 a year, which is distributed in weekly doles 
of bread every Sunday, and arises as follows: about £20, from 4a. 3r. 31p. of 
land, on the \Vesterfield road, given by Richd. and John Phillipps; £4, from 3a. 
at Copdock, purchased with the gifts of Sarah Phillipps and Thomas Bunning ; 
£'8, from a building site in St. Margaret street, purchased with £50, given by 
Leicester Martin ; £15, as half the rent of a house in Carr street, left by the 
Rev. Thos. Rederich. in 1628, to the poor of this parish, and to Jesus College, 
Oxford, in equal shares; £19. 6s. 4d., from ^483 new four per cent, annuities, 
purchased with £500 left by Benj. Palmer Green, in 1814 ; and £5. 4s. from the 
corporation, as interest of £100 left by James Caston, in 1660. The poor parish- 
ioners have also a yearly rent-charge of 10s., left by Henry Lace out of a house 
-at Earl Soham, belonging to Mr. Bellman. 

The PARtsH^f St. Mart Elms enjoys most of Smyth's Almhouses, noticed at 
page 95 ; and its poor have an annuity of 40s., left by Nicholas Kerrington, in 
1637, out of a house in St, Matthew's, for distributions of bread. In 1635, John 

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98 IPSWICH CHARITIES. 

Hunt left £'100. to be lent to five poor tradesmen, at four per cent., and he di- 
rected the interest to be distributed in shirts and shifts, among the poor of this 
parish. 

Parish of St. Mary at Quay. — The Poor's Estate consists of 23a. of land, 
at Lindsey : and 2a. 28p. at Monks Eleigh; the former purchased in 1647, with 
£116 benefactions to the poor, and the latter in 1813, with £'40 subscribed by 
the parishioners. The estate is vested in 14 trustees, and is let for £'20 per 
annum, which is distributed in money and bread, at vestry meetings on the 1st 
January and 2nd of February. The overseers and churchwardens distribute 
Is. worth of bread weekly, as interest of £'50, left by John Eycroft, in 1708 ; and 
they also distribute in coals, on the 5th of November, a rent-charge of £2, left 
by Sir Emanuel Sorrel, in 1665, out of property now belonging to the Crawley 
family. 

Parish of St. Mary Stoke. — In 1724, Nathaniel Thurston left £100 to 
be laid out in land by the churchwardens and overseers of this parish, for a dis- 
tribution of bread every Sunday, at the church. The house and stable, pur- 
chased with this legacy, in Little King street, were sold in 1816, to the commis- 
sioners of the Improvement Act, for £350, which lay many years unproductive 
in the Bank of England, in the name of the Accountant-General, for want of 
trustees. In 1734, Chpr. Thome charged his honse here with the yearly pay- 
ment of £2. 12s. for a weekly distribution of Is. worth of bread, to the poor of 
St. Mary Stoke and St. Peter's. In 1680, Edward Sheppard left two cottages, 
for the residence of four poor widows of St. Mary Stoke and St. Matthew's. 

Parish of St. Mary le Tower. — The corporation distribute among the 
poor 3s. 6d. worth of bread, at the church, every Sunday, and 2s. 6d. worth on 
the 9th of March, as the proceeds of £200 left by Leonard Caston, in 1617, and 
El'iz. Robinson, in 1680. The yearly rent-charges of £2, out of the Swan Inn, 
left by John Parker, in 1664. and £5 out of Mr. Ridley's house, bequeathed by 
Wm. Xeave. are distributed in coals among the poor, on Saint Thomas's day. by 
the churchwardens. In 1680, John Eednall gave for the residence of poor par- 
ishioners a house and four small tenements, near the Tower-ditches, with the 
gardens belonging thereto. These premises were the parish workhouse, but are 
now let to various tenants. 

Parish of St. Matthew. — Daundy's Almshouses consist of 15 small tene- 
ments, erected in 1515, by Edward Daundy, for the use of poor parishioners. 
They are repaired at the expense of the parish. In 1698, Henry Skynner gave 
^£100 to provide for a weekly distribution of bread, and it was laid out in the 
purchase of 6a. 2r. 20p. of land, in this parish, let in 1804, on a 99 years' lease, 
to Dykes Alexander, Esq., at the rent of £21 per annum. As the proceeds of 
this charity, the churchwardens distribute 8s. worth of bread every Sunday. 
They also distribute in bread the yearly sum of £2, left by Xicholas Kerrington, 
in 1687, out of a house belonging to Mr. Leverett. In 1717, John Gibbon left a 
house, to be sold, and the produce thereof to be laid out in land, to be vested 
in five or seven trustees, to apply the yearly rents as follows : 20s. for a ser- 
mon on August 2nd ; £'4 to the charity schools of Grey-coat Boys and Blue- 
Coat Girls ; and the remainder to be laid out in coats and gowns, for the most 
aged and helpless poor men and women of the parish frequenting the church, 
to be given on the feast of St. John the Evangelist. The house sold for £190, 
which was laid out in the purchase of a house, barn, and 16a. of land at Shotley, 
now let for £18 a-year, which is distributed by the vicar as directed by the 
donor. 

The poor of St. Nicholas' parish have two yearly rent charges, viz., £5 for 
coals, left by John Cutler, in 1645, and £5 for weekly doles of bread, left by 
Nicholas Kerrington, in 1647. Those of St. Stephen's parish have £10 a-year 
from a cottage and 4a. 7p. of land, at Grundisburgh, purchased with £100, left 
by John Reynolds, in 1647. 

St. Peter's Parish. — In 1665, Sir Emanuel Sorrel left a yearly rent-charge 
of £2. 10s., out of two houses now belonging to the Crawley family. It is dis- 
tributed in coals, together with £4 a-year paid out of the poor-rates, as an ac- 
knowledgment for the premises left by Isaac Blomfield, in 1772, and long used 
as the parish workhouse. In 1723. Mary Chappie left a house, yard, &c. for the 



HISTORY OF IPSWICH* 99 

benefit of the poor. The house was rebuilt by the parish, at the cost of £100, 
and converted into two cottages, now occupied by paupers. The poor parish- 
ioners have also a yearly rent-charge of £1. 6s., left by Jo h n Blythe, in 1756, 
and one-half of Thome's rent-charge of £2. 12s., as noticed with the parish of 
St. Mary Stoke. The poor of St. Stephens parish have distributed among them, 
on New Year's day, £10, as the rent of 4a. 7p. of land, at Grundisburgh, pur- 
chased with sfilUO, left by John Reynolds, in 1647, 

East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital and Dispensary is a 
handsome structure, of white brick and stone, and was erected in 
1835 and '6, at the cost of about .£2500, upon a bold eminence, 
overlooking the town and a wide extent of the surrounding country. 
It stands near the centre of about two acres of land, which was pur- 
chased by the trustees of the Bev, W. C. Fonnereau, and is now 
tastefully laid out in lawns, gardens, and shrubberies. It is ap- 
proached through a lofty portico, of the Ionic order, and affords ac- 
commodation for about 50 in-patients. The wards and passages 
are spacious, and well ventilated, and the interior arrangement is 
highly creditable to the skill of the architect, Mr. B, Backhouse. 
B. D. Alexander, Esq., and a few other gentlemen, first called the 
attention ot the inhabitants of East Suffolk to the establishment of 
this house of mercy, for the relief of the sick, lame, and infirm poor; 
and the generous name spread so rapidly, that before the opening 
of the hospital, on August 3rd, 1836, no less than £5000 had been 
raised by voluntary contribution ; and a list of annual subscribers 
showed a yearly revenue of more than £800. The charity has since 
received many legacies and benefactions, and its income is now 
about £1100 per annum, of which more than £750 arises from 
yearly subscriptions and donations, and about £312 from £6000 
vested in Ipswich Dock Bonds ; £600 in Ipswich and Bury Bail- 
way, and £600 in Three-and-a- quarter per cent, stock. About 200 
in and 1000 out-patients are admitted yearly ; but there are seldom 
more than 30 or 40 in-patients at one time. Sir W. E. E. Middle- 
ton, Bart., is president ; and he and Sir Pp. Broke, Bart, are trustees 
of the charity. The Bev. C. Paglar, B.D., is chaplain ; Drs. Beck 
and Durrant, physicians ; Messrs. Bartlett, Bullen, Hammond, and 
Sampson surgeons ; Mr. Henry Taylor, house apothecary and secre- 
tary, and Mrs. Hoiiock, matron. 

Belle Yue Asylum, on the Woodbridge road, has accommoda- 
tions for about 40 patients, and was opened in 1835, for the recep- 
tion of persons afflicted with insanity, by the late Mr. James Shaw, 
surgeon, whose widow now conducts it The Grove, the resi- 
dence of Dr. Chevallier, is another private retreat for a select num- 
ber of persons afflicted with that worst of human maladies — insa- 
nity. Both establishments have large gardens and pleasure grounds 
and are under excellent management. 

Here are various Charitable Societies supported by annual sub- 
scriptions and donations, for the relief of the destitute poor, and 
distributing amongst them food, raiment, and fuel, especially in the 
inclement months of winter. The Lying-in-Charity, was instituted 
in 1795, and expends about £150 yearly in providing linen, nurses, 
and midwives for destitute lying-in married women. Mrs. Bacon is 

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100 HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 

tha president, and Mrs. Worts, matron. The Infant Charity, was 
established in 1812, and provides necessary clothing for the infants 
of poor married women. Mrs. J. G. Cobbold is president, and Mrs. 
A. Sheppard, secretary. Ipswich Friendly Society, for the relief 
of the aged and sick poor, was established in 1810. During the year 
3853, it distributed 2868 bushels of coals, 103 sheets, 98 flannel, 
and 81 calico garments; and 213 yards of flannel. It also lent out 
for the winter 201 blankets. Mr. W. J. Ray is the secretary of this 
excellent charity, which is supported by annual subscriptions and 
donations. 

Among the Provident Institutions of Ipswich are two Savings' 
Banks, about 35 Friendly Societies, in which more than 2000 
members are associated for mutual relief in times of sickness, super- 
annuation, and death ; and several Funding and Building Clubs. 
Ipswich Savings' Bank, in Queen street, was established in 1816, 
and is open every Friday from teu till one o'clock. Its deposits in 
November, 1853, amounted to ^102,492, belonging to 3455 deposi- 
tors, 29 Charitable Societies, and 3S Friendly Societies. Jeremiah 
Head, Esq., is the cashier, and Mr. Wm. Cheselden, is the actuary. 
Ipswich and Suffolk: Savings' Bank, on Corn hill, was established 
in 1816, and is open every Wednesday from eleven to one o'clock. 
Its deposits amount to about ^'20,000, and Messrs. E. W. Porter 
and S. B. Chapman are the secretaries. Suffolk Alliance Life 
and Fire Insurance Company, was established at Ipswich and 
Bury, in 1802, and has a capital of £'5,000,000 sterling. Its secre- 
taries are Mr. Wm. Bullar, of Ipswich, for the Eastern Division, and 
Messrs. Gedge and Barker, of Bury St. Edmund's, for the Western 
Division of the County. The Seamen's Shipwreck Benevolent 
Society, held at the White Elm Inn, was established in 1825. It 
has a numerous list of members, who contribute 2s. per quarter for 
mutual relief, and 6d. for an annual dinner. &c. Mr. A. Beaumont is 
the secretary. Ipswich Maritime Association was instituted in 1841, 
"by the Ship Owners, for mutual insurance against loss or damage 
at sea. Mr. A. Cobbold is its secretary. Here is also a Maritime 
Total Loss Association ; and the East Coast and Ipswich Freight 
and Demurrage Association. The Ipswich, and Suffolk Freehold 
Land Society, was established about five years ago. Here are three 
Lodges of Freemasons, namely, the British Union, and the Lodge 
of Perfect Friendship, held at the Great V\lnte Horse Hotel; and 
St. Lukes Lodge, held at the Cock and Pye Inn. Three Lodges of 
Foresters are held at the Dove, Bull's Head, and Friar's Head 
Inns ; two of Odd Fellows, at the Steam Packet and Ipswich Anns 
Inns ; and a Lodge of Druids at the latter Inn. 



HAMLETS, &c., in the Borough, 

{See pages 52 and 76,) 
WESTEPvFIELD, a small village, pleasantly situated, 2 miles 
2$. by E. of Ipswich, has in its parish 1070 acres of land, and 324 
souls. About 464 acres of lan-..i, r 8*id 50 of the inhabitants, are in 



WESTERFIELD PARISH. 101 

Bosmere and Claydon Hundred, and all the rest of the parish is in 
the borough of Ipswich. The soil belongs to Mrs. Edgar, Captain 
Brooke, and several smaller proprietors, and is partly in the manor 
of Wykes-UfTord. The Church (St. Mary) is a rectory, valued in 
K.B. at £11. 10s. T^d. The Bishop of Ely is patron, and the Bev. 
Chas. Drage, M.A., is the incumbent. The tithes have been com- 
muted for a yearly rent charge of £350. The National School was 
built by subscription, in 1840 ; and has the rent of a cottage and four 
acres of land, at Claydon, left in 1682, by Bridget Collet, for school- 
ing poor children, and now let for £10 per annum. In 1775, James- 
Brooke left £300, and directed half of the yearly proceeds to be 
expended in providing clothes and religious books for poor scholars 
of Westerneld, and the remainder to be laid out in coals for the in- 
dustrious poor not receiving parochial relief. This legacy was vested 
in the purchase of £323 old South Sea Annuities. The Poors* 
Houses are two tenements, let for £6 a year, which is applied in 
clothing poor children. 

("Marked * are Ipswich voters.) 

Ablett Adolphus, gentleman 

Adams Hannah, gardener 

*Aidrich Eev John Cobbold, M.A., in- 
cumbent of St Lawrence's, Wester- 
field House 

Birch Joseph, carpenter 

*Cage Wm. blacksmith, & vicfc. Swan 

Davy Eobt. swine dlr. and beerhouse 

*Drage Rev Chas., M.A 3 Rectory 

*Garrod John, gardener 

WHITTON is a small, well-built village, on the Norwich road, 
two miles N. by W. of Ipswich. Adjoining it, on the west, are the 
Crown Inn, the White House, and a few other buildings, which are 
in the parish of Bramford, but in the borough of Ipswich, which in- 
cludes all the parish of Whitton, except a few houses at the north- 
•ern extremity, which are in Bosmere and Claydon Hundred. Whit- 
ton parish contains 1445 acres of land, and includes the ancient 
hamlet of Thurlston. It is commonly styled Whitton- cum- Thurlston, 
and had 476 inhabitants, in 1851. The principal owners of the soil 
are the Eev. Edward Woolnough, Ipswich Charity Trustees, W. CL 
Fonnereau, Esq., and Charles Steward, Esq. Whitton Church (St. 
Mary) is a small structure, without a tower, and was rebuilt in 1851 > 
at the cost of about £800. The rectory, with the vicarage of Thurl- 
ston annexed to it, is valued in K.B. at £6. lis. 5|d., and now at 
£250. The Bishop of Ely is patron, and the Eev" Wm. Ho worth, 
M.A., incumbent. Thurlston Church (St. Botolph) was parochial, 
and is no doubt the church mentioned in Domesday Book, under 
the name of Thurliveston. It was appropriated to St. Peter's Priory, 
and was granted by Henry VIII. , with the manor, to Cardinal 
Wolsey, and by Queen Elizabeth to Thomas Seckford, Esq. It was 
in use in 1500, but the benefice being consolidated with the rectory 
of Whitton, it was neglected after that period, and has long been 
used as a barn. The great tithes of Whitton and Thurlston have 
been commuted for a yearly rent charge of £440, of which one-halt 



Hammond Jeremiah, shoemaker 
* Norman Nathan, jun. shopr. & joiner; 
Potter Et. parish clerk and sexton 
*Threadkell Wm. Barritt, corn miller 
Turner Joseph, shopkeeper 

farmers. I Payne Ann 

*Bird Thomas | *Payne George 
Birch Thomas I * Salter Henry 
*EdwardsE.,Hall *Shebley Robert 
Hagger J., bailiff j Smith E. bailiff 



102 



BOROUGH OF IPSWICH. 



belongs to the Eev. E. Wooluough, the impropriator of Tkuiiston, 
and lord of the manor of Thurlston. John Orford, Esq., is lord of 
the manor of Whitton. Here are several neat houses ; and a Na- 
tional School, built in 1851, at the cost of about <£180. The Poofs 
Land, about 4a., let for £6 a-year, was purchased with 20 marks 
left by John Reynolds, in 1647. 



WHITTON-CUM-THURLSTON. 

{Marked * are voters for Ipswich.} 
*Badham Geo. Dd., Esq. Sparrow's nest 
Clark Richd. carpenter & timber mert. 
Clark Richard, jun. wheelwright 
Day Edward, shoemaker 
Field Edward, corn miller 
*Gall Mr Jas. || Hallam Miss Maria 
Hewitt Benjamin, shoemaker 
*Hitchcock E. miller ; h Bramford 
*Howorth Eev Win,, M.A. Rectory 
Hubbard Jonth. bailiff, Lodge 
*King Henry, blacksmith 
Lovely Wm. nurseryman, &c. and vict 

Crown Inn 
Nunn James, butcher & cattle dealer 
*Nicholls Geo. gent. |j Rogers Miss 
Office Edward, bailiff, Dale Hall 
Palmer Elizabeth, schoolmistress 



Pike Jeremiah, baker and gardener 
*Pratt Isaac, vict Maypole 
* Scutcheon Wm. shopkeeper 
Smith Richard, shoemkr. sexton Sz elk. 
Sparrowe Miss Sarah || Selby Mrs 
Stevenson Henry, cattle dealer 
♦Steward Chas.Esq. Thurlston Lodge 
Steward Rev Ambrose, JVhite House 
Travis Wm. Hardy, gent 
Wood Francis, whitesmith 
Woollard Edward, shoemaker 
Woollard Thomas, wheelwright 



FARMERS. 
Bloomfield John 
Bowman Alfred 
*Catt Samuel 
*Catt Saml. jun 
Clark Richard 
+FlindellJno.Orfd 



Howard Stephen 
♦Kersey Ts.Edgar 
Kersey Clement 
*Xunn James 
♦Rowland Samuel 
and Akenham 



LIST OF STREETS, 

LANES, COURTS, HAMLETS, FARMS, VILLAS, &c, 
IN THE BOROUGH OF IPSWICH, 

WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR RESPECTIVE SITUATIONS. 

Contractions: — Brd.for Borough road; buildgs. or bldgs. for buildings; bdg. 
bridge', ct. court; Kst. King street; Lrd. London road; Lr. Lower; In. lane; Mkt. 
market ; pl. place ; rd. road; st. street; sg. square; ter. terrace; Upr. Upper; yd. 
for yard; Nrd. or Nor. rd. Norwich road; and Wrd. Woodbridge road. 



Adelaide pl., Norwich rd 
Adelphi pl., Lr. Brook st 
Albert cottages, Nrd 
Albert street, Victoria st 
Albert terrace, Norwich rd 

& Wherstead road 
Albion hill & mills, Wrd 
Albion st.& pl., Wykes Bp 
Albion wharf, Key street 
Alfred place, Norwich rd 
Alfred st., Pottery street, 

& St George's street 
Aliwal place, Tower st 
Anchor yard, Duke st 
Angel lane, Fore street 
Anglesey mills, Back st 
Anglesey road,Norwichrd 
Ann street, Orford street 
Arboretum ter., Henley rd 
Arcade street, Museum st 
Arthur street, Pottery st 



Arthur ter. Woodbdg. rd 
Asylum yard, Orford st 
Austin street, Bell lane 
Australia, one mile S.W. 
Back street, Eagle street 
Balderston's bldgs. Stoke 
Bank place, Woo dbg* rd 
Bank st. Foundation st 
Barclay street, Cox lane 
Barker's bldgs. Bath st 
Barley mow lane, Westgt 
Barrack In. St Matthew's 
Bath street, Stoke green 
Bath yard, Duke street 
Beaufort buildings, Nrd 
Bell lane, Bridge street 
Belle-vue, Woodbridge rd 
Belstead road, Stoke 
Belvidere ter. Norwich rd 
Berners st. St Matthew's 
Bird's gardens. Priory st 



Bishop's hill, Wykes Bp 
Black Horse In. Westgt 
Bloomfield street, Wrd 
Bolton & lane & hill, St 

Margaret's green 
Bond street, St Helen's st 
Borough road, Church st 
Bourn bridge, Halifax 
Bramford road, Wrd 
Bridge st. St Peter's st 
Britannia rd. Fore hamlet 
Brook street, (Upper & 

Lower) Tavern street 
Brook terrace, Norwich rd 
Bucks lane, Water lane 
Burlington rd. StMattw's 
Butter market, Brook st 
California, Woodbdg. rd 
Cardinal st. Friar's road 
Carlton chambers, Westgt 
Carr street, Tavern st 



STREETS, &C., IN IPSWICH. 



103 



Cattle market, Falcon st 
Cecilia street, Marshes 
Chapel street, High st 
Chapel pi. Fore Hamlet 
Chenery street, Back rd 
Christie's yard, Back st 
Church lanes, St Cle- 
ment's, St Matthew's, 
& St Helen's 
Church st. St Clement's 
Claude st. St Margaret's 
Clay lane, Tower ditches 
Cliff, Wykes Bishop st 
Cock & Pye yd. Brook st 
Coke Ovens, Bath street 
Cold Dunghills, Eagle st 
Colman street, (Great & 

Little) Tavern street 
Coleman's villas, Nrd 
College st. St Peter's st 
Common quay, Key st 
Cook row, Tavern street 
Cook's yard, Eagle street 
Cornhill, Market place 
Cottage place, Orford st 
Court crescent, St Helen's 
Cowper street, Grove In 
Cox lane, Carr street 
Coyte's gardns. Friar's st 
Crabbest. Woodbdg. rd 
Cross street, New street 
Cro3s yard, Cornhill 
Crosskey's lane, Tower S^ 
Crown lane, Westgate st. 

& Bridge street 
Crown st.Hyde Parkcornr 
Currier's lane, Friar's st 
Curve street, Regent st 
Dairy lane, St Margaret's 
David street, Victoria st 
Denny's passage,Corn hill 
Dial lane, Tavern street 
Dial place, Currier's lane 
Dock streets lane, Stoke 
Dog's head lane, St Ste- 
phen's lane 
Dove lane, Eope lane 
Downham Reach, Cliff 
Duke street, St Clement's 
Eagle street, Orwell pi 
East st. & ct. Rope lane 
Elm street, King street 
Ernest street, Regent st 
Falcon street, Queen st 
Fitzroy street, High street 
Folly, Tuddenham road 
Fonnereau road, Northgt 
F'ore Hamlet, St Clemt's 
Fore st. St Clement's 
Foundation st. Tacket st 
Foundry road, Carr street 



Foxhallroad, Fore hamlet 
Freehold rd. Fore hamlet 
Friars road, Bridge st. & 

Friars street 
Friars street, Queen st 
Garrett'sbldgs.StMattw's 
Gas Works, Duke street 
Gibbon's street, Austin st 
Gibson street, St Helen's 
Gipping street, (Great & 

Little) Tanner's lane 
Globe In. now St Geo.'s st 
Goodwin's gardens, Pro- 
vidence street 
Gothic cottgs., Albion hill 
Great Colman st. Tav. st 
Great Whip st. Dock In 
Green yard, Duke street 
Greenyard lane, St Ste- 
phen's lane 
Green's bldgs. Orford st 
Greenwich, Cliff road 
Griffin road, Stoke 
Grove lane, St JSelen's 
Haill's ter.&rd. London rd 
Halifax, Wherstead road 
Handford road, Lady lane 
Handford Bridge, Lodge, 

& Hall, Mile-end 
Handford street, Mount 
Harland st. Whip street 
Harland pi. Wherstead rd 
, Harmony sq.Woodbdg.rd 
Hatton court, Tavern su 
Henley rd. St George's st 
High st. Barley Mow In 
Hill street, New street 
Holywells, Bishop's hill 
Hotel buildgs. Friar's rd 
Howard st. Woodbdg, rd 
Hyde Park Corner, St 

Matthew's street 
James street, Friars st 
John st. Duke&Friars sts 
John's pi. W T oodbdg. rd 
Joseph street, Mount 
Jubilee ter. Woodbdg. rd 
KeyjBtreet, College street 
King street, Cornhill 
Kirby street, Crabbe st 
Lady lane, Westgate st 
Lawrence pi. Currier's In 
Little & Lower Barclay 
streets, Barclay street 
Little Colman st. Carr st 
Little King st. Butter mkt 
Little Whip street, Stoke 
Lock road, College street 
London rd. St Matthew's 
Long lane, New street 
Lower Brook st. Tav. st 



Lower Orwell st. Fore st 
Major's corner, Carr st 
Mann's yard, Bell lane 
Marine par. Stoke bridge 
Market lane, Butter mkt 
Marshes, Friars road 
Middlesex ter. London rd 
Mile-end, London road 
Mill st Victoria street 
Milner st. Gibson street 
Milton st. Woodbdg. rd 
Monastry bldgs.College st 
Mount street, Elm street 
Mount (The,) Elm st 
Mount street, Regent st 
Mount pleasant, Wrd 
Museum st. Westgate st 
Myrtle st. Fore hamlet 
Narrow st. Bolton lane 
Navarre street, Bolton In 
Neale street, Clay lane 
Neptune quay, Key st 
New cut, Handford road 
New Friars road & street, 

Silent street 
Newmarkt.ln.Butter mkt 
New Market st. Silent st 
New bank, Stoke 
New King st. Museum st 
New street, Church street 
New Town, Haill's road 
Northgate st. Tavern st 
Norwich rd. St Matthw's 

^~1? Ion a ^nrAflofo at. 

Old B^tterm^E^dk St 
Old Goal lane, Black 

Horse lane 
Orchard st. St Helen's st. 

& Tanner's lane 
Orford street, Norwich rd 
Orford place, Eagle street 
Orwell court, Orwell st 
Orwell place, Tacket st 
Orwell st. (Upr.& Lower) 

Key st. to St Margaret st 
Orwell ter. Wherstead rd 
Orwell Works, Duke st 
Page's court, Star lane 
Panorama, Anglesey road 
Paragon bldgs. Brook st 
Park ter. Fonnereau rd 
Permit Office court, Coxln 
Pilot Office, Key street 
Pleasant lane, Key street 
Pleasant row, Shirehall yd 
Plough st. Fore hamlet 
Portman street, Priory st 
Portman's walk,Friar'srd 
Potter street, Victoria st 
Pottery street, New street 



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STREETS, &C , TN IPSWICH. 



Princes street, King St., 

& Borough road 
Priory place, Friar's st 
Priory street, Friar's road 
Prospect pi. London road 
Providence st. Westgate 
Providence pi. Tower ditch 
Public Walk, Wet dock 
Puplett st. Gt. Whip st 
Quay, Wet Dock 
Quay st. (See Key street) 
Queen street, King street 
Queen st. St George's st 
Railway Station, Stoke 
Eegent st. St Helen's st 
Revitt's yard, Duke street 
Bidley's Quay, Stoke 
Einghara's rd. Fore ham. 
Eope lane, Eagle street 
Eope-walk pi. Rope lane 
Eoper's yard, Duke street 
Eose hill, Bishop's hill 
Eose lane, St Peter's st 
Rosemary lane, Brook st 
Rotten row, St Margaret's 
Salthouse lane, Quay st 
Sand pit, St George's st 
St Clement's st. Fore st 
St George's st. Hyde 

Park corner 
St George's terrace, Wrd 
St Helen's st. Carr street 
St Helen's terrace, Wrd 
St James' st. Portman st 
^>t John's pi. Woodbdg.rd 
St John's rd. Trafalgar rd 
St John's st. Portman st 
St Lawrence st. Tav. st 
St Margaret's street and 

green, Colman street 
St Margt.'s plain, Northgt 
St Margaret's ter. Wrd 



St Mary Elms, King st 
St Mary Quay, Bank st 
St Mary Tower, Tower st 
St Matthew's street and 

square, Westgate street 
St Matthew's terrace, Nrd 
St Nicholas street & pi. 

Queen street 
St Peter's quay, Key st 
St Peter's st. StNichs. st 
St Stephen's lane, Old 

Butter market 
School street, Back road 
Shirehall yd. Foundation 

street 
Short lane, New street 
Silent st. or New Market 

street, Falcon street 
Siloam st. Foundry road 
Smart's wharf, Key street 
Soane st. St Margaret's 
Star lane, Key street 
Station street, Stoke 
Steam Mill pi. Eope In 
Stoke-srreen, Gt. Whip st 
Stoke Hall & Park, Bel- 
stead road 
Stoke street, Bell lane 
Tacket street, Brook st 
Tayer's passage, Brook st 
Tanner's lane, Friar's st 
Tavern street, Corn hill 
Temperance st. Crown st 
Terrace rd. WCG^uug. rd 
Thoroughfare, Corn hill 
Thursbv's lane, Elm st 
Times ter. Woodbdg. rd 
Tooley st. Foundation st 
Tower ditches & terrace, 

Northgate street 
Tower street and lane, 

Tavern street 



Trafalgar buildngs. Shire- 
hall yard 
Trafalgar road, Wrd 
Trinity ter. Fore Hamlet 
Tuddenhamroad, St Mar- 
garet's green 
Turret lane & place, St 

Stephen's lane 
Union st. Cox In. & Stoke 
Union Workhouse, Wher- 

stead road 
Upr. Gibson st. Back ham 
Upper Orwell st. Carr st 
Upper Brook st. Tav. st 
Victoria buildings, Lrd 
Victoria street, Back st 
Victoria st. (New) Vic- 
toria street, Backstreet 
Victoria street, London rd 
Victoria terrace, Wrd 
Water lane, Woodbg. rd 
Webb's ter. London road 
Wells street, St Helen's 
Wellington st. StMattw's^ 
Westgate st. Corn hill 
Westrow Cottages, Wood- 
bridge road 
Wherry quay, Key street 
Wherstead road, Stoke 
Whip st. ( Great & Little) 

Deck lane 
Whitneshani road, Tucb 

denham road 
Williams' pi. Orchard st 
William st. Providence st 
Wingfield st. Tacket st 
Wolsey st. St Peter's st 
Woodbridge road, StMar- 

garet's street 
Wykes Bishop street & 

Hamlet, St Clement's 
Wykes Ufford, StClmnt'a 



IPSWICH DIRECTORY. 

The POST OFFICE is in the Old Butter Market, at the top of Queers 
street, Mr. Wm. Stevenson Fitch is the postmaster. Three deliveries of letters 
are made in the town each day, and eight village postmen go daily to the sur- 
rounding country. There are four Receiving Boxes in different parts of the 
town, the Mails are despatched by rails, &c, to London and all parts at 7.55 
morning and 10 night, and to Bury St. Edmund's, Cambridge, North of Eng- 
land, &c, at one afternoon. Mail Carts to Felixstow, Woodbridge, Saxmund- 
ham', Yarmouth, &c, every morning. The Letter Box Closes at 10 night. 
Money Orders are granted and paid from 9j morning to six evening. The 
Post Office Clerks" are Messrs. John Madocks, Jas. Saxty, Wm. Whitehead., 
and Richard Charles Duningham. The Town Letter Carriers are Messrs* 
Geo. Brame, Edgar Boar, Joseph Wilson, Wm. Goddard, and Thos. Wilde. 



IPSWICH DIRECTORY. 



105 



The CONTRACTIONS occasionally used in the following Directory are 
such as it is hoped will be generally understood, and consist chiefly of those 
named at page 102; the usual abbreviations of Christian names; and elk. for 
clerk; dlr., dealer; h., house; mfr., manufacturer; mkr., maker; and rnert 
or mercht., for merchant. 

MISCELLANY of Clergy, Gentry, Partners in Firms, and others not 
arranged in the succeeding Classification of Trades and Professions 



Abbott Abm. gentleman, Park cottage 
Abbott Miss Ann, 4 St Margaret's ter 
Adams Mr Samuel, iUbert terrace 
Adye Mrs Elizabeth Sarah, Silent st 
Angier Jas. Hague, Esq., Bolton House 
Alderton Mr Wm., Wherstead road 
Aldrich Rev John Cobbold, M.A. incbt 

of St Lawrence, W est erfi eld House 
Aldrich Rev Wm,, B.D. incbt of St Mary 

Elms, and rector of Boyton, Stoke 

Villa 
Aldridge Jephtha John, clerk, Pore st 
Alefounder Mr Rt. S. 2 St Matthew's pi 
Alexander Capt Henry, Cross cottage 
Alexander Edward, wool merchant, &c. 

Museum street 
Alexander Edward Allan, merchant ; h 

15 Albert terrace, Norwich road 
Alexander John Riddle, Esq. banker, 

Northgate street 
Alexander Richard Dykes, Esq., St 

Matthew's street 
Alexander Wm. Henry, Esq., banker, 

Foundation street 
Alloway John, govnr. of County Gaol 
Andrews Charles, (j.) Victoria bldgs 
Andrews John, butler, St Peter's st 
Andrews Samuel, clerk, Great Whip st 
Andrews Mr Thomas, Arthur terrace 
Amies Mrs Emma, Wherstead road 
Annes Richard, gentleman, Austin st 
Archer Wm. corn merchant; h St 

Helen's terrace 
Atkins Mrs Sarah, 3 Albert terrace 
Avis Mrs Elizabeth, 14 Victoria street 
Avis Eliza, turnkey, County Gaol 
Ayres Edmund, secty. to the Eastern 

Union Railway Co., Commercial rd 
Bacon Edw., Esq., banker; h Tavern st 
Bacon Sml. G. excise officer, Berners st 
Bacon Mrs Susan Read, Woodbg. road 
Baillie John, town missionary, St Ni- 
cholas street 
Baker Isaac, gentleman, Carr street 
Baker Robert, paymaster serjeant of 

East Suffolk Artillery, Wolsey street 
Baker Wm. L. tide waiter, Rope lane 
Baker Wm. cart owner, Quay 
Baldry Charles, gent. 3 Adelaide place 
Balfour Mrs. 2 Coleman's villas 
Ball Mrs Elizabeth, Old Butter market 
Barber Alex, barrack serjt., Barracks 



Barber Amos, gentleman, Handford rd 
Barber Benj. water bailiff, 2 Victoria st 
Barker Mrs Betsy, Berners street 
Barker John, gent. 1 Upper Berneis st 
Barker Mr John, 6 St Margaret's ter 
Barker Mr John, sen. Woodbridge rd 
Barker Wm. gentleman, Albion hill 
Barker Wm. P. gentleman, Orwell pi 
Barney Wm. gent., Victoria street, Lr& 
Bartlet Mrs Elizabeth. Lower Brook st 
Bartlett Herbert L. gent. Anglesey rd. 
Bate Geo. gentleman, Upper Berners st 
Batley Daniel, gent. 6 Adelaide place 
Batley Elijah, gentleman, Victoria ter 
Batley Emma, carter, Quay 
Batley Mrs Z. carter, Lower Orwell st 
Batley Mrs., Tayer's passage 
Baxter Geo. serjt.-at-mace, Rope lane 
Baxter Mr Chpr., Woodbridge road 
Bayley Wm. clerk, 3 Wherstead road 
Bayly Wm. Villiers. gent., London rd 
Beaumont Geo. supt. of pilots, Key st 
Beckwith Mrs Harriet, 2 Times ter 
Beeton Joseph, gent., St George's ter 
Bell Captain Wm. barrack master, 

Woodbridge road 
Bennett Miss Lucy, Woodbridge road 

Bennett Mrs , Borough road 

Berry Samuel, auctioneer ; h Crown- 
gate Cottage, St Matthew's place 
Berryman Robert, excise, Tacket st 
Bianchi Mrs Cath. Maria, Museum st 
Bidwell Henry, clerk, High street 
Birch Mr John, St Matthew's street 
Bird Edward, tide waiter, Princess st 
Bird John, clerk, Westgate street 
Bird Samuel, branch post, Orchard st 
Bird Mr Samuel, Wherstead road 
Bird Wm. clerk, New street 
Blacktin Thomas, saw maker, Upper 

Orwell street 
Boar Edward, postman, Bird's gardens 
Bolton Lieut. Charles. R.N., Berners st 
Bolton Rev Edw. Dykes, M.A. rector 

of Hollesley, Foundation street 
Bolton Mrs Cath., Upper Berners st 
Bond Mrs Maria, St Helen's street 
Bones Benj. gardener, Holy Wells 
Booty Mrs, Woodbridge road 
Bowler Henry, working brewer, Cliff 
Bradbrook Thomas, gent. 7 Harland st 
Bradley Jonth. Barrell, gent., Mile end 
3 E 



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BradneyRev Mark Wilks, (Association 

Methodist,) Chenery street 
Brame Mrs Lucy, 54 Norwich road 
Bray Jacob Peel, gent., Westgate st 
Braybrook Joseph, clerk, 4 Harland st 
Brett Mr George Michael, 7 St Mar- 
garet's terrace 
Brice Pyman, supdt. of Traffic, Quay 

side ; h 4 Lower Brook street 
Brickhill Mr James, Halifax 
Bridges John, tide waiter, Wolsey st 
Brill James, file manufacturer, Fore 

Hamlet; h Wykes Bishop street 
Bristo Henry Gallant, wine merchant; 

h Tacket street 
BroadbankMrsEliz., StMargt.'s plain 
Brooke Isaac, gent. 4 Albert terrace 
Brooks Mrs Chtte., St Matthew's st 
Brooks Wm. Jas. Tayer, elk., Brook st 
Brown George, gent. 4 Adelaide place 
Brown Misses, St Nicholas street 
Brown Stephen, silk winder, Woodbrg 
road, and silk throwster, Colchester 
Bruce Richard, searcher and landing 
and coast waiter, Foundation street 
Bruff Peter, Esq., engineer & manager 
of the Eastern Union Railway, Hand- 
ford Lodge 
Brunning James, maltster, (j.) Foun- 
dation street 
Bryan Miss, Albion terrace 
Buck Mr George, Woodbridge road 
Buckingham Charles, auctioneer, &c. ; 

h 4 Jubilee place 
Buckingham Wm. Henry, boot maker; 
&. h John's place 

Bull Benj. Gregory, constable, Fore st 
Bull Miss Margaret, Woodbridge road 
BullarWm. sec. to Suffolk Alliance As- 
surance Company, Lower Brook st 
Bullen Miss S. D. 5 Alfred place 
Bullett Mr Frederick, St Matthew's st 
Bunniss Mr Benjamin, Halifax 
Bunting Henry, pattern mkr. Pottery st 
Burrell Robert, Esq., StoJce Park 
Burroughes Thomas D'Eye, Esq. 1 

Albert terrace, Norwich road 
Burro ws Rt. sen. gent. 6 Victoria bldgs 
Burrows Samuel, gent. Fonnereau rd 
Burton Charles, Chas. May, & Henry 
May (B. & Sons) grocers ; h Mu- 
seum street 
Butcher Geo. F. gent. 11 Prospect pi 
Butley Mr Wm., Wherstead road 
Byles Jeremiah, corn, &c. merchant, 

Hill house, St Clements 
Cade Robert, clerk of St Clement's, 
* Church street 

Campbell Mrs Sophia, Birkjield Lodge 
Candler Mrs Maria, 11 Adelaide place 
Canham Rt. water rate coir., Northgt 



Canham Thomas, gent., Norwich road 
Carter Mrs Elizabeth, Norwich road 
Carter Mrs Jane, Friary 
Carver Stpn. police serjt., Portman st 
Cass Wm. traveller, 14 Albert terrace 
Caston Mrs Anna Maria, St Helen's st 
Catchpole Nathaniel, brewer and brick 

maker; h Foundation street 
Catchpole Wm. rate colr.,Foundation st 
Catchpole Wm. clerk to Samford Un- 
ion, Silent street 
Cater Mrs Mary, London road 
Catt Benj. Butley, gent., London road 
Catt Joseph, gentleman, Bramford rd 
Catt Saml. gentleman, Grove villa, Nrd 
Cavell Rev Hy. Theodore, curate of St 

Helen's, Woodbridge road 
Chamberlain Mrs Eliz., St George's st 
Chaplin Edward, pilot, Duke street 
Chaplin Mr Thos. 3 Victoria st., Lrd 
Chaplin James, porter, College street 
Chapman Mr Edward, Woodbridge rd 
Chapman Samuel B. gent., Berners st 
Chenery Mr John, Westgate street 
Cheselden Wm. secretary of Savings' 

Bank, 5 Adelphi place 
Chevallier Barrington, M.D. The Grove 
Chevallier Mrs, Edgcumbe, Church st 
Chisnall John, cart owner, Stoke st 
Christian Dr E. professor of languages, 

10 Park terrace 
Christie Wm. assist dock mr., Lockgts 
Churchard Mrs Lucy, Woodbridge rd 
Churchard Mrs My. 26 Victoria st, Lrd 
Churchill Miss Ellen, Woodbridge rd 
Clamp Charles excise, 8 Princes st 
Clamp Robert & Mrs Ann, master and 

matron of Union Workhouse, Stoke 
Clark Miss, Back Hamlet 
Clark Mrs Sarah, Albert terrace 
Clarke John, gent. 4 Arboretum ter 
Clarke Mrs Elizabeth, Eagle street 
Clarke Wm. Rewse, draper; h Fonne- 
reau road 
Clarke Wm. sheriff's officer, Tower 

Church yard 
Cobboid Alfred, solicitor : h Duke st 
Cobbold John Chevallier, Esq., M.P., 
banker, Tower st, & Felixstow Lodge 
Cobbold John, banker, brewer, mer- 
chant, &c. Cliffe house 
Cobbold Lieut. Fredk. A. 3 Alfred pi 
Cobbold Miss Mary Ann, Northgate st 
Cobbold Mrs Louisa, Woodbridge road 
Coe Charles K. gent., Upr. Berners st 
Colchester Mrs Elizabeth, College st 
Cole Barnard, book agt., Margt.'s plain 
Cole Ebenezer, clerk, St Nicholas pi 
Cole James, manager, Berners street 
Coleby Kincey, gent. High street 
Coleman Mrs Rose, 5 Albert cottages 



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107 



Collett Miss Charlotte. Berners st 
Colley Mr James John, Wherstead rd 
Collins Mr John, Tayer's passage 
Conder Thomas, gent., St Nicholas st 
Cook Abm. gent., Upper Brook st 
Cook Miss Emma, i St Matthew's ter 
Cook Miss Mary, Norwich road 
Cook Mr Samuel, Berners street 
Cooke Jas. L. engineer, 6 Berners st 
Cooper & Whitehead, cart owners. St 

Margaret's 
Cooper John, lecturer on astronomy, 

Falcon street 
Cooper John, warehouseman. Friars rd 
Cooper Mrs Mary Ann, Providence st 
Cooper Mrs S., Providence street 
Corbyn Henry, clerk, Berners street 
Corbyn Wm. draper, 7 "Webb's terrace 
Corder Edw. draper: h Woodbridge rd 
CorderHy. Shewell, draper; hTavn. st 
Corder James, gentleman, Berners st 
Cork Daniel Spencer, prison school- 
master ; h Cauldwell Hall road 
Cormick Alexander C'outts, supervisor, 

Woodbridge road 
Cornell Benj. clerk, Foundation street 
Cornell Wm. gent., Lower Hill house 
Cotton John, gentleman, Handfordrd 
Cousins Wni. gentleman. Dock street 
Cowell Mrs Martha, St Nicholas street 
Cowell Sirs Mary Ann. rnert. Fore st 
Cox John, gentleman, Norwich road 
Cox Miss Harriet, 5 St Margaret's ter 
Crannis Richard, tripe dresser, Upper 

Orwell street 
Crisp Mrs Mary, Tictoria street, Lrd 
Croft Bev Stephen, M.A. rural dean 

and rector of St Mary':?, Stoke 
Crowe Mr Charles, Fore street 
Cuckow Jas. shipowner & mert. Key st 
Cnllingford Mrs Cath., Fonnereau rd 
Curtis Wm. gentleman, London road 
Cutting Miss E. 5 Haiil's terrace 
Cutting Miles, patent medicine dealer, 

Times terrace 
Daldry Mr Wm. 1 Great Colman st 
Dalton Miss Jane, St Margaret's grn 
Damant Henry, compositor, Ann st 
Daniel Eev John Edge, chaplain of 

County Gaol. Tavern street 
Daniels Bobert, telegraph clerk, Stoke 
Davey John, gentleman, Bramford st 
Davey Mrs Mary, Berners street 
Davidson Bev Thos., B.A. rector of St 

Stephen's, St Helen's street 
Davie Jonathan, gentleman, London rd 
Davy Misses, Woodbridge road 
Dawson Mrs Sarah, Halifax 
Day Henry, church clerk, Tower ter 
Day James, sexton, Tower terrace 
Deane Mr Charles, Woodbridge road 



Denham Mrs Elizabeth, High street 
Denny Ths. gent. & Mrs E. Berners st 
Dickie Wm. clerk, Woodbridge road 
Dickson Mrs Emily, CUfft cottage 
Dobson Mrs Ann C\, St Peter's street 
Dobson John Daniel, clerk, John st 
Dood Mrs Jane, 9 Adelaide place 
Dorling Edw. goods manager, Northgt 
Doughty Mrs Sophia. Ann street 
Dove Mrs Edward, Upper Berners st 
Dowsing Mr Thomas, Norwich road 
Drane Mrs Anne, Norwich road 
Duningham Mrs Ann, Lower Brook st 
DuninghamBev John,I\I.A. incumbent 
of St Mary- at- Quay, and chaplain of 
borough gaol. Foundation street 
Duningham Eichd. gent. 6 Webb's ter 
Durrant James, carter, Norwich road 
Eade Miss Ann, 9 Webb's terrace 
East Mr John, Borough road 
Edgar Mrs Ann, Bed house 
Edwards Miss C. Upper Berners st 
Edwards Wm. gentleman, Falcon st 
Elliott James, excise, Foundation st 
Ellis John, porter, Eailway station 
Ellis Michael, clerk, 7 Priory place 
Eiliston Arthur, gent,, Fore Hamlet 
Elliston James, tide waiter. Wykes 

Bishop street 
Elliston Mrs Sarah, Fore Hamlet 
Elrins Mr Edward, Berners street 
Ehres Mrs Sarah, Norwich road 
Elwes Timms Hervey, Esq.. Fonne- 
reau road 
Ensor Mrs Hannah S.. Northgate st 

.11 George, clerk, Wherstead road 
Ethersey Mrs Elizabeth, 7 Oxford st 
Evans Mr John Leavold, Woodbg. rd 
Evans Philip T. excise, Pottery street 
Everett Mr Joseph David, Cox lane 
Everson Henry, turnkey, Borough gaol 
Faiers Wm.Bransby, gent. 39 Berners st 
Fair Alex, army paymaster, Adelaide pi 
Felgate Misses. Arboretum teirace 
Fenn Josiah, manager, Orchard street 
Fennings Miss Mary, Friars street 
Field Mrs Lucy, Albert cottages 
Fisher Mr Charles, 11 Upr. Berners st 
Fisher Mrs E. 9 Albert terrace 
Fisk Henry, relieving officer, Elm st 
Fitch Mrs Eliz. Upper Berners st 
Fitch Wm. Stevenson, postmaster, 

Old Butter market 
Fleming Bev James B.. B.A. curate, 

Anglesey House 
Folley James, pilot, Duke street 
Fonnereau Wm. Charles, Esq., Christ 

Church Park 
Fosdyke Miss E., Silent street 
Foster Charles, excise clerk, 2 John st 
Franklin Benj. law stationer, Friars st 



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Franklin Robert, librarian, Ann st 
Fraser Wm. cloth merchant, King st 
Freeman Wm. gent. 40 Upr. Berners st 
French Chas. carter.St Margeret's plain 
Freshneld Frederick. Esq., collector of 

Customs, 13 Albert terrace 
Frewer Isaac, gentleman, Berners st 
Frost Daniel, keeper, Public Walks 
Frost Isaac, gentleman, High street 
Frost John, worm doctor, Major's corner 
Frost Joseph, locker. Custom house 
Fruer John, gentleman, Foundation st 
Fuller Jas. gent. 31 Upper Berners st 
Fuller John, gentleman, Church st 
Furr Wm. John, gent., Woodbridge rd 
Furze Henry, merchant; h Prospect 

cottage, Stoke hill 
Gale 31 r Wm., Norwich road 
Gardiner Captain C. G., Norwich road 
Garnham Mr Wm., Wherstead road 
Garrod Rt. auctioneer ; h Butter mkt 
Garrod Mr AYm. 2 Aliwal place 
Gatrell John Hill, draper ; h Tavern st 
Gaye Rev Charles Hicks, M.A. rector of 

St Matthew's, and surrogate, 1 Cole- 
man's villas 
Gay Rev John, (Indpdt.) St Geo.'s st 
Geard John Bradley, clerk, Friars rd 
Gentry Danl. gent.*38 Upr. Berners st 
Giddy"Wm. aceompt., Woodbridge rd 
Giles Mr Jacob, Bath street 
Gill George Ranson, clerk. High st 
Gill Wm. clerk, Bank street 
Gill Stephen, clerk, Orchard street 
Gillott Charles, manager, Handford rd 
Girling James, pilot, AVykes Bishop st 
Gleed Thomas, excise, Woodbridge rd 
Goddard Ebenezer, engineer to Gas 

Works, and patentee of gas stoves 

and burners. Duke street 
Goldsbury Mrs Sus., Foundation st 
Gooch Lieut. James, Anglesey road 
Gooch Miss Mary Hill. Museum st 
Gooch Mr Edmund, Tower ramparts 
Goodchild Wm, gent. St Helen's st 
Gooding Mrs Maria, Tayer's passage 
Gooding Nathaniel, gent. Back Hamlet 
Gooding Samuel Ralph, registrar and 

relieving officer, New street 
Goodwin Thos. gentleman. Bramfordrd 
Gosling Mr John, 2 Prospect place 
Gould Mrs Mary Ann, OntrTll Lodge 
Gower Arthur Henry, stockbroker and 

agt. to Cons. Land So. 10 Webb's ter 
Gower Chas. Foote, soap manufacturer, 

and the Misses Gower, Nova Scotia 

house, StoTce 
Gower Miss Elizabeth, Norwich road 
Gower Ricbard, clerk, Anglesey road 
Go wing Thomas Shave, gent., Mount 



Goyder Rev David George, M.D. (Swe- 
denborgian minister,) Norwich road 
Green Abm. timber bender, Norwich rd 
Green Mr Wm., Y'oodbridge road 
Greenard Mrs Elizabeth, Berners st 
Greenfield Rev Y'in. Fdk.,B.A. second 
mstr. of Grammar sehl.; h Henley rd 
Griggs Mrs Mary. 53 Norwich road 
Grimwade Edw. druggist; h Fore st 
Groom Wm. & Miss S. A. 13 Adelaide pi 
Gross Miss Mary Ann, 9 Berners st 
Hadgraft Chas. pilot, Wykes Bishop st 
Hadgraft Wm. clerk and sexton, St 

Matthew's churchyard 
Hall Rev Geo. (Baptist) Great Whip st 
Hamilton Captain Robert. Stoke 
Hammond John, railway superinten- 
dent, Harland place 
Hammond Mrs A. Iff., Orford st 
Harbey Wm. gentleman, Orford st 
Harcourt Frederick, gent. 6 Albert ter 
Hardy Mrs Elizabeth, Orwell place 
Harmer John Dalton, gent., Crane Hall 
Harmer Geo. Jph.rate collr., New st 
Harpham Geo. iron mert ; h Quay house 
Harris Thomas, clerk, 5 Fonnereau rd. 
Hart Wm. gentleman, St George's st 
Harvey Geo. W. sexton, St Stephen's In 
Harvey John, brewer, Church street 
Harvey Joseph, clerk & sexton. Key st 
Hatcher Mrs Mary, London road 
Head Jeremiah, gent., Woodbridge rd 
Head John, gent., Upper Berners st 
Head Miss Caroline, Albion terrace 
Heard Thomas, traveller, London rd 
Heath Mrs Mary, London road 
Hedge John Henry, oil miller, &c. ; b 

North Lodge, Norwich road 
Hicks John K. gentleman, London rd 
Hicks Mrs Susan, Orford street 
Hill Louis A. turnkey, County Gaol 
Hill Mrs Mary, St Margaret's green 
Hillman John, gent., Upr. Berners sfc 
Eitchings E . G. modeller, 20 Navarre st 
Hockley Major Ths.Hy., St Matthew's st 
Holbrook Lieut. James.R.N.l Brook ter 
Holder Wm. lessee of Cattle markets 

Curriers lane 
Hollick Mr Wm. Allen, Wolsey street 
Horiock Mrs S. matron, East Suffolk 

Hospital 
Howard Crisp , gent. 2 Upper Berners st 
Howgego AYm. compositor, Navarre st 
Howes Fredk. clerk, Foundation st 
Howorth Mrs Eliza, Northgate street 
Hubert James, at boat yard, Cliff 
Humfress Mrs Isabella, Silent street 
Hunt Edward, gent, Woodbridge road 
Hunt John, gentleman, 7 Albert ter 
Hunt Joseph, soap mfr. ; h St Peter's st 
Hunt Robt. gent,. 3 Coleman's villa? 



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Hunt Samuel, gent., Wherstead road 

Hunter Captain Edward, Bays villa 
Hurwood Geo. engineer to Dock Co. 
and steam boat inspector, College st 
Hutchinson Wm, registrar for St Mar- 
garet's dist., tax coir., kc. Soane st 
Innes Jas. book agent. St Nicholas st 
Innes Mrs Charlotte. Westgate street 
Jackson Chpr., inspector of weights 

and measures, County Courts 
Jackson Mrs Sarah, Eim street 
Jarman Mrs Robert, London road 
Jaynes Mrs Mary Ann, 8 Priory place 
Jeffries James, gentleman, 3 Haili's ter 
Jennings Miss Sarah, Berners street 
Jennings Thomas Crickitt, traveller, 3 

Aliwal place 
Johnson Mrs Mary, 6 Prospect place 
Jones Colonel, D. G., London road 
Josselyn George, solicitor ; h Tower st 
Keeble Geo. warehouseman. College st 
Kemball Hammond, gent., Museum st 
Kemp Thomas, deputy-superintendent 

registrar, 2 Norwich road 
Keningale Mr Robt, Lower Brook st 
Kerridge Geo. gentleman, Ann street 
Kerrison Miss Mary Ann, Woodbdg. rd 
Kersey Joseph, gentleman, Berners st 
Kersey Thos.french polisher. Orford st 
Kewell John, clerk, Foundation st 
Keys John, excise, Navarre street 
Kimble Benjamin, compositor, Can. 1 st 
Kindred Edw. M. clerk, Bramford rd 
King Mr Benjamin, 3 Prior} 7 place 
King Robert Martin and Mrs, private 

lunatic asylum, Wherstead road 
King Mr Stephen, Elm street 
Kingsbury Mrs A. M. 8 Albert terrace 
Kennell Samuel, clerk. College street 
Klopfer Mrs Alethea. 10 Berners st 
Knight Mrs Sarah, Handford road 
Knights John, porter, Railway station 
Knights Mrs Hannah, Norwich road 
Knights Henry, clerk, Sproughton 
Knott Rev Henry, (Unit.) London rd 
Lacey Robert, gentleman, Albion hill 
Lacon Capt Hy. James, 'RS. i Goldroocl 
Lambert Alfred, clerk, Upr. Berners st 
Lamburn Win. boarding house, "Work- 
men's hall 
Lane Saml. gentleman, Paragon bldgs 
Langley Rev Aaron, (Wesleyan,) St 

George's terrace 
Lavenburgh Levy, (Jewish Rabbi,) 

Rope walk 
Larking Mr Walter, 3 St Margaret's ter 
Larking Wm, Jas. station master, Stoke 
Last Mr Joseph, London road 
Last Robert and Wm. carters, Quay 
Last Mrs Elizabeth, Fonnereau road 
Lawson Mrs Mary Ann, 11 Fonnereau rd 



Leach Rev Hy., B.A. curate, Henley rd 
Leach John I), gent. 7 Adelaide place 
Leonard Jeffries, clerk, The Mount 
Leath Thos.Rand, gent. Woodbridge rd 
Leavold Thos. tax collector, Neale st 
Leggett Mrs Mary Ann, Westgate st 
Lenny Wm. carter, College street 
Lester Miss My. A. 3 Upper Berners st 
Leverett Mr Henry. St Matthew's st 
Leverett Mr Hy. Fdk.. St Matthew's st 
Leverett Mrs R. 32 Upper Berners st 
Levett Win. Woolnough, hurdle mkr. ? 

Wykes Bishop street 
Lewis Joseph, storekeeper. Foundry rd 
Ling Wm. gentleman, Bramford road 
Lister Mrs Caroline, 2 London road 
Littlewood Miss Charlotte, High st 
Lloyd Wm. carter, Austin street 
Lockwood Mr Robt. 17 Victoria st, Lrd 
Lockwood Wm. gent. 8 Webb's terrace 
Long Sept. tax survr. 3 St Matthew's pi 
Lord James I. excise, College st 
Lord Rev Isaac, (Bapt.) Museum st 
Lowden Hy. court bailiff, Friars' st 
Lowe Rev E. J. curate of St Clement's 
Lowe Thomas, (Primitive Methodist 

minister,) Rope lane 
Lucas Obadiah, gent. Victoria ter 
Lucock Mr Samuel, Albion hill 
Lumsden Rev Henry Thomas, M.A> 

incumbent of St Peter's. Austin st 
Macro Jacob, traveller, 8 Adelaide st 
Mallows Eliz. tailoress, Rose lane 
Mann Mrs., Foundation street 
Manning Wm. relieving officer, Wood- 
bridge road 
Manuel Mr Edw. 24 Victoria st. Lrd 
Maple Edward, pilot, Albion street 
Marriott Mrs M. D., Woodbridge road 
Marsh Chs. Shipley, brewer, Queen st 
Mart Wm. temp, agent, Austin st 
Martin Misses, Norwich road 
Mason Fredk. police sergt. Chenery st 
Mason Geo. street surveyor, College st 
Mason Miss Eliza, Paragon bldgs 
Mason Rev Thomas, incumbent of 

Culpho, Carr street 
Mason Wm. Carrington, police super- 
intendent, &c. Chenery street 
Maude RevFras. Henry, incumbent of 

Trinity, Church street 
Maw Mr John, 1 St Margaret's ter 
May Mr John, Upper Berners st 
May Geo. Henry, clerk, St Mary Elms 
Mayhew Lionel, gent. 5 Berners st 
Mayne Wm. surveyor of taxes, Museum 

street ; h Albion terrace 
Meadows Edward, cartowner, Carr st 
Meadows Hy. Wm. assistant surgeoD, 
St Helen's street 



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Metcalfe Win. Leopold, cheese factor ; 

h Anglesey road 
Mills Mrs, midwife, St Matthew's st 
Mingay Mrs Dorothy, Paragon bldgs 
Mitchell Mrs Ann, 1 Victoria bldgs 
Mohun Hy. Chs. clerk, Upr. Brook st 
Moore John, gent. Woodbridge road 
Moore Mrs John, Foundation st 
Morley Mrs Sarah, Norwich road 
Morfey Jas. par. elk. and sexton, Stoke 
Morson Mr John, Ann street 
Mudd Mr George, London road 
Mudd Mrs Kate, 3 St Margaret's grn 
Mulley and Mason, dredging contract- 
ors, College street 
Murray John, excise, 1 4 Friars' st 
Murray Rev Geo., M.A. incumbent of 

St Margaret's Upper Berners st 
Naunton Robt. gent. Victoria terrace 
Neale Geo. post office suit. Henley rd 
Needle Geo. guard, St George's st 
Neves Mrs Eliz., St Nicholas' street 
Newman John, gent. 2 Albert Cottages 
Newson Samuel, gent. Fore street 
Nodin Miss Essex, 4 Prospect place 
Norman Mrs 20 Victoria street, Lrd 
Norman Jas. gent. 3 Prospect place 
Notcutt Rev Wm. (Indpt.) Berners st 
Notcutt Miss B., Lower Brook st 
Nunn James, town crier, Back st 
Orford Rev James, M.A. curate of St 

Mary Elms, Fonnereau road 
Orford John, Esq. and Henry, gent. 

Brolces Hall 
Orford Robt. Baker, gent. Crown st 
Oram Thos. Pocock, coir, of Inland 

Revenue, Norwich road 
Owen Joseph, clerk, Fonnereau road 
Packard Edw. and Co. vitriol, manure, 

&c. mfrs. Duke st. and Dock Works, 

Bramford ; h Carr street 
Page Miss Susan E. 6 London road 
Page Mr John H., Norwich road 
Page Mrs S. A., Bramford road 
Paglar Rev Chas., B.D. chaplain to the 

Union and East Suffolk Hospital, 

Elms House 
Pake Robert, gent. Berners street 
Pailthorpe Rd. railway accpt., Friars' st 
Palmer C. F. picture dlr. Gt Whip st 
Parris Wm. gent. Victoria terrace 
Patterson Wm. Lilly, locker, Charles st 
Payne Miss Cath. 8 Fonnereau road 
Pearce Joseph, gent, Neale street 
Pearson W T m. foreman, Gas Works 
Pellett Geo. post office elk. Norwich rd 
Pepper John S. gent. London road 
Pering Mrs Mary, Upper Berners st 
Perrey Mrs Sophia, Upper Berners st 
Perrey Rt. gent. Upper Berners st 
Pettit Samuel B. schoolr. Pottery st 



Phillipps Lieut.-Col. Henry, SloJce Hall 
Pierce Wm. gent. Woodbridge road 
Pigg Mrs Mary Ann, California 
Pilch Fredk. clerk, Aliwal place 
Pipe Mrs Ann, Tavern street 
Pitcairn David, gent. 12 Albert ter 
Pitcairn Miss Sus., Fonnereau road 
Plant Robert, agent, 2 Brook terrace 
Pollard Mrs Sus., Foundation st 
Pollard John, gent. Norwich road 
Poock Rev Ts. (Bapt.) Fonnereau rd 
Pooley Wm. lodge keeper, County Gaol 
Pooley Miss Mary Ann, Lr. Brook st 
Porter Hy. railway manager, Sioke 
Porter Rd. and Alfd. gent. Lr. Brook st 
Potter George Hall, coir, of dock dues, 

Dock office ; h College street 
Potter Wm. clerk, Monastery bldgs 
Powell Miss Sar. Ann, 1 Priory place 
Prentice Oliver, corn mert; h Church st 
Prentice Isrl. lath render, St Helen's st 
Prentice Mrs Amelia, Woodbridge rd 
Pyman Brice, superintendent of quays, 

&c. Lower Brook street 
Quilter John, gent. 1 Adelaide place 
Rainbird Robt. clerk and sexton of St 

Margaret's, Soane street 
Rainer John Smith Jackson, clerk, 

Austin street 
Ram James, Esq. barrister, Silent st 
Ramplen Stephen, clerk,Wherstead rd 
Ramsay Admiral Robert, C.B., Upper 

Berners street 
Randall Thos. Garwood, compositor, 

Mount 
Ransome Fdk. patent artificial stone, 

&c. mfr. Flint Wharf; h Lr. Brook st 
Ransome Jas. Allen, ironfounder, &c ; 

h Carr street 
Ransome Robt. Esq. ironfounder, &c; 

h North gate street 
Ransome Mrs C. 37 Upr. Berners st 
Ransome Robt. Chas. ; h Northgate st 
Ranson Fredk. solr's. clerk, Back st 
Ranson J. F. timber mert (Brown and 

Co;) h Falcon street 
Ranson Mrs Sarah J., London road 
Ranson Thos. traveller, Museum st 
Raven Rev John, (Indpt.) Berners st 
Read Geo. embroiderer, Carr street 
Read John S. billposter, &c. Norwich rd 
Read Mr Samuel, Fore street 
Reeve John, gent. Norwich road 
Richardson Abrm. porter, Workhouse 
Ridley Mrs Mary Ann, druggist ; h 4 

Adelphi place 
Rigaud Rev Stephen Jordan, M.A. head 

master, Grammar School 
Riggs Miss Mary, St Matthew's st 
Rist Mrs Sus. 10 Adelphi place 
Rivett Mrs A. 6 Berners street 



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Ill 



Robb Tbos. tide surveyor, Wolsey st 
Eoberts Mrs Ann, Woodbridge road 
Robinson Cbas. gent. 2 Alfred place 
Robinson Ts. serjt. at mace, Mount st 
Rodwell Hasell, solr ; h Fonnereau rd 
Rodwell Wm. banker, (Bacon & Co ;) 

h Woodlands 
Roe Mrs., Haills terrace 
Rogers Wm. carter, Saltbouse lane 
Root Mr Wm. jun. Foundation st 
Rose Mrs Joan, 4 Prospect place 
Rouse Jpb. coacb propr. 3 Brook ter 
Rout Mrs Sus. Page, 2 Arboretum ter 
Rudkin Jobn, gent. 8 Adelpbi place 
Ruggles Jobn, Quar. Master Serjeant 

of East Suffolk Arty., Lr. Brook st 
Russell Jas. clerk, 8 Lower Berners st 
Saberton Mrs E. 2 Alb ert^ terrace 
Sanders Mrs Eliz., St Nicholas' st 
Scarfe Stephen, manager, Halifax 
Scarlett Thomas, sexton, Rose lane 
Scarlett Wm. sexton, Dial lane 
Schreiber Wm. Fdk. Esq., Round Wood 
Scotford Wm. book agent, Friars' rd 
Seagrave Mr Geo., Woodbridge road 
Seaman John, gent. Victoria st. Lrd 
Sewell Ed. cheese factor; h St Peter's st 
Sharman John, carter, Bolton lane 
Shaw Mrs Mary F., Belle Vue Asylum 
Sheppard Nelson, pattern maker, and 

Mr Thomas, St George's terrace 
Shewell Thomas, draper and tailor; h 

Tavern street 
Shuttleworth Thomas, gent. Rosery, 

Bramford road 
Sibley Miss Urania, Globe lane 
Silburn Miss Sarah, Halifax 
Simpson Mrs George, Upr. Berners st 
Simpson Mrs Hannah, Berners st 
Sims Wm. Dillwyn, mfr. (Ransomes 

and S. ;) h St Matthew's street 
Singleton Hy. pattern mkr. College st 
Singleton Thomas, gent. St Helen's st 
Singleton Thos. Fredk. ironmonger; 

h Old Butter market 
Singleton Wm. John, (S. and Son ;) h 

Whitton road 
Singleton Wm. (George and Wm ;) h 

Upper Orwell street 
Skeet Mr Robert, Woodbridge road 
Skitter Mr Robert, 8 Victoria st. Lrd 
Smith Aaron, excise, Marshes 
Smith Chas. police Serjeant, London rd 
Smith James, gent. Berners street 
Smith James, Race Ground keeper 
Smith Mrs M., Orford street 
Smith Mrs Mary Ann, St Matthew's st 
Smith Mrs. 1 Prospect place 
Smith Samuel, harbour and dock mas- 
ter, Barker's buildings 



Smith Robt. tailor and draper, (Shew- 
ell and Smith;) h Tavern street 
Smith Wm. clerk, Griffin road 
Soames Rt. traveller, 3 Beaufort bldgs 
Spashett Mr Edwin, 12 Berners st 
Spencer Serjeant Edward, Norwich rd 
Spilling Jas. printer, (j.) Victoria bldgs 
Sporle Mr Jabez, High street 
Squire Lwnce., Esq., Woodbridge rd 
Squirrell Asaph, traveller, Arthur's ter 
Squirrell Mr Robt. 5 Victoria buildgs 
St Felix Mons. Fredk. de, professor of 
French, (dines at five,) 36 Upper 
Berners street 
St Leger RevWm. Nassau, B.A. incbt, 
of St Mary le Tower, (now military 
chaplain at CoifuJ 
Stannard Mr John, Halifax 
Stanton Rev Lionel, M.A., Tower st 
Stebbing Mrs Rachel Sus-, Orwell pi 
Stedman Wm. clerk, Fonnereau road 
Steggall Mrs., Fonnereau road 
Steward Chas. solicitor, (S. and Rod- 
well,) and dep. regr. of Archdeaconry 
of Suffolk, Providence street ; house 
Thurlston Lodge 
Stewart Charles, compositor, Elm st 
Stokes Jph. elk. of St Peter's, Friars' rd 
Stokes Saml. sexton, Trinity Church yd 
Street Mrs Caroline, 22 Victoria st 
Stubbs Wm. telegraph clerk, Station 
Studd Rev Henry, M.A. Berners st 
Sulley Charles, publisher and editor of 

the Express^ Old Butter market 
Syer Mr John, Ann street 
Talbot Capt. John, R.N., Anglesey rd 
Taylor Wm. timber agent, Puplett st 
Taylor Wm. jun. surveyor to Lloyd's, 

Puplett street 
Taylor Mrs Ann, 4 Times terrace 
Taylor Ambrose, gent. Norwich road 
Taylor Robt. superintendent of the lo- 
comotives, Stoke 
Taylor Thomas, clerk, 5 London road 
Taylor Robinson, printer, Journal 

Office ; h Berners street 
Terry Misses Mary Ann and Emily, 

Foundation street 
Thorn John, gent. Wykes Bishop st 
Thorndike Miss Emily, Silent st 
Thurston John, carter, Freehold st 
Thurston Mrs Sarah, Queen street 
Tickner Wm. comptroller, Quay Houses 
Tidman Mrs Eliz., Northgate st 
Topping Chas. compositor, Crabbe st 
Tovell George, Esq., Cauldwell Hall 
Tovell George Singleton, stone mert. 

4 Beaufort buildings 
Townsend Wm. toll coir. New market 
Trill Mrs Louisa F., St Matthew's st 
Trott Hy. printer, (j.) Prince's st. Kst 



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Tunruer Henry E. tailor ; h Adelphi pi 
Tunmer James Robert, governor of the 

Borough Gaol, Rope lane 
Tunney Mrs., Foundation street 
Turner Arthur James, currier, &c ; h 

Fonnerean road 
Turner Walton, currier, &c : h Elm st 
Turner Miss Eliz., London road 
Turner Major Michael. Westgate st 
Turner Mrs Kate, St Helen's st 
Turner Win. auctioneer ; St Helen's st 
Tydeman Saml. lath render, Princes 

street, King street 
Underwood Miss A.W., St Nicholas' st 
Unwin Jordan, gent. Or ford street 
Vachell Mrs Cath. 6 Adelphi place 
Yeal Milford, gent. Bramford road 
Yeness Rev Henry Thomas, curate of 

St Peter's, Fonnereau road 
Yink Peter, iron mert ; h Belstead Ldge 
Yulliamy Fdk. gent. St. Margaret's gn 
Watford Commander Win., R.N. 4 Vic- 
toria buildings 
Waller Stephen, gent. Falcon st 
Wallis Hy. com mert ; h Friars' road 
Ward Rev Charles, M.A. incumbent of 

St Nicholas', Woodbridge road 
Ward Miss Elizabeth. 4 Priory place 
Ward Miss Eliz.. St Nicholas' st 
Ward Miss Eliza, 8 Great Colman st 
Ward Miss Mary Ann. Norwich road 
Wardley Mrs Emma, Eagle street 
Ware Robert, gent. London road 
Warmisham Saml. scale, mill, &c nifr. 

St Nicholas' street 
Warne Mrs Fanny, Norwich road 
Warren W. Parker, mason, St Nichls. st 
Waspe James, cart owner, Globe lane 
Waspe Mr Jonathan, Bridge street 
Waspe Mrs Eliz., Woodbridge road 
Watling James, agent. Bramford rd 
Watson Mr John, Bridge street 
Watson Henry, regr. and rate and tax 

collector, Norwich road 
Watson Wm. jun. clerk, 24 Victoria 

street, London road 
Watson Wm. sen. gent. 21 Yictoria 

street, London road 
Webb Rev James, (Bapt.) Stoke green 
Webb Wm. gent. Bramford road 
Webber SI. oil miller, &c ; h Bramford 
Websdale Wm. gent. St George's st 



Webster Mrs Hannah. St Peter s st 
Weeding Nathaniel, ink and dye manu- 
facturer, St George's terTace 
Welch Capt. Robert, R.N., Orford st 
Welham Robert, pilot. Wykes Bishop st 
Wells Chas. picture dlr. lire. Austin st 
Welton Mr Edward, Woodbridge rd 
West Jas. clerk and sexton, St Nicho- 
las' Church yard 
West Mrs Eleanor. Borough road 
Westhorp Sterling, solr ; h Tower st 
Y> heeler George, clerk, Great Whip st 
Whimper Mr Nathl., Court Crescent 
Whitaker James, bath keeper, Stoke 
Whiting Robert, pilot, Long lane 
Wilkinson Rt. tide waiter, St Helen's st 
Williams George, town missionary,. 

Monastery buildings 
Wilson H. R. gent. Fonnereau road 
Willson Mr Henry, London road 
Wilson Mi Robert, St Nicholas' st 
Willson Mrs Hannah, Orford street 
Winter Mrs Caroline, Norwich road 
Wood Miss Mary, Woodbridge road 
Wood Mrs Elizabeth, Tooley street 
Wood Thomas, clerk, Griffin road 
Wood Wm. gent. Norwich road 
Woodhouse Rev Waiter Webb. M.A. 
rector of St Clement's & St Hek 
Woodbridge road 
Woodward Charles Fryer, gent. 38 

Upper Berners street 
Woolnough Mrs Elizabeth, Berners st 
Worby John, foreman, Orwell Works 
Worswick Richd. railway supt. Stoke 
Worts Fredk. gent. St Nicholas' st 
Worts Joseph, clerk. Foundation st 
Worts Wm. clerk. Orford street 
Wretts Mrs Charlotte, Paragon bldgs 
Wright David, edge tool and sickle 

manufacturer, Fore hamlet 
Wright David, sen. & jun. pilots. Fore 

hamlet 
Wright John. gent. 9 Albert cottages 
Wright Capt. Wm.. Yictoria terrace 
Wright Mr Wm., Albion hill 
Wroth Mr John, Lower Brook st 
Wyard James, medical dispenser, 

Foundation street 
Yarington Wm. Samuel, solicitor, (Cob- 
bold and Y. ;) 5 Albert terrace 
Young Mrs Eliz. Sus.,Woodbridge rd 



TRADES AND PROFESSIONS IN IPSWICH. 
See page 120, 



113 

INDEX TO THE PERSONS AND FIRMS 

ARRANGED UNDER THE SUCCEEDING 

CLASSIFICATION OF TRADES & PKOFESSIONS, 

IN IPSWICH. 



- fSp° To facilitate the finding of any name, when the trade of the person sought 
for is not known, the following Alphabetical Index is given, pointing out the 
corresponding number of the Profession or Trade, under which that name stands- 
in the succeeding Commercial Directory, in which the Trades and Professions 
are arranged in 'numerical, as well as alphabetical order: so that a reference to any 
of them may be instantly made. The names in the preceding list of Gentry,. 
Clergy, S?c. being in alphabetical order, are not inserted in this Index. These 
two lists (the Miscellany and this Index) answer all the purposes of a complete 
Alphabetical Directory of Ipswich in the order of surnames. 

The figures refer to the Trades, $?c, and not to the Pages. 



Abbot Edw. G. 39 : Jnth. 

66, 95 ; Saml. 26, 57 
Ablitt George, 65 
Acfield Joshua, 117 
Adams Emma, 23 ; Jas. 

65; Webster, 112 
Ager Edm. 61, 74, 80 
Agger Robert, 59. 119 
Airy John, 66 
Alderson Geo. Fredk. 27 
Alderton Eisher, 30. 119 ; 

Thomas. 1 7, 30, 122 
Aldhouse James, 66 
Aldous Arthur Henry, 7 
Aldred Eliz. 80 ; Geo. 72 
Alexanders and Co, 10 
Alexander Edw. & Son. 

129, 131: Henry. 34; 

Wm. 36, 59 



Austin Hy. 92; John, Co; 

Joseph, 53 ; Saml. 114: 

Wm. 17 
Avis Mrs Sarah, 79 
Ay 1 ward John, 17 
Ayton Sophia, 45 
Backhouse Benj. 5, 49 : 

N. & Co. 58, 68, 70,127 
Bacon, Cobbold, & Co.10 
Bacon John, 17; JohnK. 

106, 114; B. J. 114; 

Samuel, 72 : "Wm. 92 
Bailey Bobert', 53 
BaillieWm.B. 16, 84 
Baker Chas. 23, 57; Geo. 

24 : Isaac P. 7. 49: Bd. 

23 : Thomas, 9, 23, 32, 

106, 114 ; Wm. 66 
Baluiston Samuel, 72,113 



Allen John, 65 ; Jph. 53, j Baldry Emily, 80 



106 ; Mark, 53 ; Ts. 79 
Allengame John, 57 
Allison John T. 2 
Alston Stephen, 29, 114 
Andrews Chas. 36 ; r Geo. 

W. 23 ; Jas. 75 ; John, 

23, 57 ; Maria, 1 ; Bbt. 

38; Thomas. 62 
Angier Jas. H. 112, 129 
Ankin Wm. 51 
Archer G. T. 70 ; Jonth. 

Ill ; Bebecca, 1; Bt.31 
Ardley Martha H. 80 
Arnold John, 2 
Arnough Geo. G. 17 
Artis James, 65 
Ashford Alfred, 29, 51,93. 

125 ; Chas. 57; Geo. 65; 

Bobert, 47 ; Wm. 125 
Askew Thomas, 79 
Atthill Bobert, 27, 112 
Atthowe Ambrose, 53 



Baldwin Bobert, 50 
Bales Geo. W. 50, 58, 94 
Ball John, 41; John Hy. 

George, 82 ; Squire, 82 
Balls Edw. 1 14: W.Ts.114 
Bantoft John, 36,65 ; Bd. 

114 
Bardwell Hy. 106 ; SI. 57 
Bare Frederick, 114 
Barfield Wm. Edw. 2 
Barker Chas. 105 ; John, 



Bartlett Alex. Henry, 112; 

James, 1 
Barton Chs. 66, 72 ; John, 

110 ; Marianne, 12;. 

Bobert, 14 
Bass Wm. 23, 36 
Basting James C. 51 
Bateman Mrs. 80 
Batley Hy. 74; Hy. B, 

92; John T. 61; Wm.6£ 
Batten Joseph, 23 ; x-^ 
Baxter Alfred, 114 ; Enos, 

19; John, 57; Jph. IB 
Baylev Thos. 66; Wm. 

and" Sons, 104 
Bear George, 57 
Beard Isaac, 23; Jph. 92; 

Philip, 23 ; Samuel, 70 
Beaumont Charles, 72: 

Y\ T m. and Son. 31 
Beck Edward, 91 
Bedford Thomas, 93 
Bell Alfred, 114; Rt. 114 
Bellamy George, 65 
Benham Samuel, 106 
Bennett Geo. 36; Har.l* 

Hy. 30; John, 20, 21. 

36, 45,72,114; Jph. 79; 

Thos. and Co. 57, 117; 

Wm. 17, 49; Wilson 

Boe, 79 



jun. 51 ; Jph. 79 ; Mrs j Bentley Mary Ann, 36,57 
P. 80; S1.57; Sophia,S0 : Berridge Edward C. 70 
i Berry and Buckingham, 

8,51 
; Berry Elizabeth, 23 
' Berryman Thos. 3, 8, 49 
IBetts Edw. 106; Edwin, 
9; Lott Henry, 14,65; 
Wm. 13 
BevanChas. 23; Edw. 23 
I Bianchi M. and A. 82 



Barnard John, 53 
Barnes Benjn. 23, 122; 

Geo. A. 23,62,65:Bt.66 
Barnett Phineas, 17 
Barns Benj. 11. 34 ; Chs. 

79; Clarke, 11, 34 
Barr Peter, 65 
Barrett Ephraim, 17 



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Bickmore Catherine, 106 
Bilham Ellen 57 
Birch Robert, 98 
Bird Edw. 13, 59, 123; 
Jas. 40, 58; John, 79; 
Jph.ll9;My. and Sar. 
Ann, 80, 111; Wm. 38; 
Wm. and B. 92 
Birkle Dd. & Bros. 125 
BischoffC. F. &F. H. 6 
Bishop Edward W. 22 
Blagrove Misses, 1 
Blasby Barnes, 53, 99 
Block and Dallinger, 80 
BloggA. 19,65,76,129 
BlomfieldCs. 14; Js.106 
Bloomfield James, 9, 29 ; 

John, 65 
Bloss Robert, 103 
Blowers Frederick, 114 
Blyth John, jun. 36 
Boar Joseph, 66 
Boaree Edgar, 23 
Boby Robert, 65, 93 
BondBnj. 66 ; Eliza,106; 
Henry C. 39,100, 116 
Bonner Susan, 80 
Bonnewitz Charles, 66 
Boon Wm. 23, 66 
Booth Robert James, 27 
Borley Joseph, 24 
BorrettJas.114; Wm. 20 
Boston J. Ill ; Sus. 106 
Bousfield Isaac, 79 
Bowers Enoch, 55 
Bowles Alfred, 41, 82 
Bowman Alfd. 19,76,129 
Box John, 61 
Bradbrook Samuel, 53 
Brady Mary Ann, 1 
Brakenridge Thos. 114 
Brett John, 17; Wm. 53 
Brewster Thomas, 59 
Brinkley Thomas, 79 
Bristo Hy. G. 49 ; Isaac, 
106; Thos, & Son, 129 
Brook Edwin, 57 ; James, 

15 ; Timothy S. 31 
Brooker Benjamin, 20 
Brown Chs. 9 ; John, 127; 
Jph. 53; Lnce. 125; 
Miss, 1 ; Wm. and Co, 
103, 118 
Brownsmith Tampion, 65 
Bruce Elizabeth, 80, 111 
Brummitt George 17, 23 
Bryant Sarah, 80 
Buck John D. 1; Mrs. 1 
Buckingham Eliz. 125 ; 
Jonathan & Son, 17 



Bugg Alfred R. 65 ; Ann, 

29; Fredk. John, 17 
Bullar W. 49 
Bullard Samuel B. 57 
Bullen George, 112 
Bullett Mrs. 80, 111 
Bunn Heny, 7 ; Wm. 7 
Burch Allen, 53 
Burgess Charles S. 125 ; 

James, 51 
Burkitt Ann, 28 
Burley David, 57, 117 
Burman Edward, 31 
Burnett Wm. 57 
Burns Charles C. 79 
Burrage Elizabeth, 111 
Burrows John, 66; Maria, 
18 ; Robert, jun. 6, 49, 
82, 90, 125 
Burt Robert, 66 
Burton Charles & Sons, 

57; Joseph M. 16 
Burwood Thomas, 114 
Bush Caroline, 106 
Butcher Js. 20 ; John, 61; 
Thos. 74: Mrs T. 80; 
Wm. 30 ' 
Button Miss, 1 ; Jas. 23 ; 

Joseph, 36 ; Wm. 53 
Buttram Wm. 36 
Buxton Hy. 1 ; Saml. 53 
Byford Charles, 65, 95 
Byles J.&Co. 31, 37,76 
Cade Robert, 1, 46, 125 
Calver Thomas, 106 
Calvesbert Robert, 53 
Cameron Hugh, 75 
Canham Jas. 53 ; Martha, 
53 ; Noah C. 21; Simon, 
20; Wm. 96 
Cann Eleanor, 1 
Cansdale Solomon, 125 
Cant George, 53 
Card Henry, 20 
Carr James, 17 
Carrall John, 61 
Carter Edw. 53; John, 
9, 66 ; Jonth. 9 ; Mary, 
56,64;Rd.l7;Wm.65 
Carver Thomas, 57, 66 
Caston Richard, 65 
Catchpole & Ashford, 21; 
Edm. 57; Giles, 66,72; 
Nathaniel & Co. 19, 76 
Catlin Emma, 80 
CattWm. 30 

Cattermole Alfd. 47 ; Chs. 
9; Jas. 106; Joseph R. 
72; Wm. 9 
Chainey Wm. 106 



Chambers Sarah, 1 
Champness Edward, 1 
Chandler Charles, 16 
Channing Peter, 65 
Chaplin Abednego, 70; 
Fredk. 72; John, 14; 
Rd. 53 ; Robt. 17, 72 ; 
Robt. J. 65 ; Shadrach, 
23, 45 ; Wm. 72 ; Wm. 
J. 19,35,65,129 
Chapman Broths. 27, 49 ; 
Charles, 9; Edw. 53; 
Saml. 24,51; SI. B. 10 
Chatterton Sarah Ann, 82 
Chenery James, 45 
Cheselden Wm. 10 
Chevallier Barrington, 91 
Chilburn Robert, 17 
Chilver George S. 57 ; 

Thomas, 27 
Chisnall Sar. 106 ; Ts. 72 
Christian Dr. E. 1 
Christie George, 90; Jno. 
31,51,79,102; Wm.79 
Christopherson Chas. 53; 

George 49, 70, 105 
Church Edward, 87 
Churchman Wm. 119 
Clark Eliz. 80; Hy. 114; 

Samuel, 5 
Clarke Alfred & Wm. R. 
74; Geo. S. 17; Isaac, 
28; Har. 80; Hy. 17 
Jas. 9, 66, 106; John 
17; JohnS. 106; Josa, 
and Cornls. 107, 115 
Mary & Lucy, 80, 108 
Robt. 17; Samuel, 113 
Stpn. 1 ; Thos. C. 82 
Wm. 17, 75, 114; Wm, 
B.49, 91 
Claxton John R. 65 
Clements T. 57; Jno. 53; 

Thomas R. 65 
Clent Thomas, 57 
Closson Henry P. 9 
Clout George, 14 
Cobbold Alfred, 7 ; John, 
19,21,31, 37,76; and 
Son, 129 ; Wm. 114 
Cobbold & Yarington, 7 
Cock John, 65, 92 
Cocks Geo. 32; Rbt. 32 
Coe Thomas, 1 
Colchester Wm. 104 
Cole Ebnzr. 3; Jas. 79; 
Richard S. 125; W.27 
Coleman John, 17 
Collett Elizabeth, 32 
Collings Robert, 66 



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Collins Henry, 66, 106 ; 

James, 24, 88, 118; 

Robert, 11 
Conder James, 12, 57; 

Thomas, 39 
Cook Abm. 72; Alfred 

John, 18, 70; Augustus, 

66; Edw.72; Geo. 29; 

Isaac, 53 ; Jas. 36, 53 ; 

Jasper, 23, 53; John, 

16, 79,84; Osbert, 79; 

Robt. D. 79; Sar. Ann, 

66, 108; Thomas, 66, 

Wm. 92 
Cooke Jonathan, 17 
Cooper Edw. 50; John, 

14,36,121.127; Phoebe, 

111; Rbt.L.17; Thos. 

57, 79; Wm. 50, 53 ; 

Wm. P. 66, 106 
Copping James, 20, 65 
Corbyn Wm. 61, 114 
Corder Edw. & Hy. S. 74 
Cordingley John, 118 
Corley John, 48 
Cornell Pp. James, 27 
Corner John, 9 
Cornish Searles, 65, 72 
Cotgreave Robert, 113 
Cott Elizabeth, 1 
Cour '.Thomas, 74 
Cousins Wkn. 79 
Cowell Chas. Hy. & Co. 

31,37, 76; Samuel H. 

16,95,117,129 
Cox George, 9, 23 ; John, 

23; Saml. 23; Wm. 57 
Cracknell J. 79 ; Saml. 65 
Cranmer James, 125 
Crapnell Joseph, 106 
Creasey Emily, 80 ; Sar. 

80; Wm. 66, 114 
Cresswell Geo. 59 ; J. 17 
CrickmerGeo. 119; Wm. 

106 
Crickmore Anna L. 65 
Crisp Charles, 52, 111 
Crispin John, 61, 114 
Cross Alfred, 122 
Croydon John Fredk. 64 
Cuckow Jas. 37, 79, 101 
Cudding A. 65; Wm. 114 
Cnmming Alex. 72 ; Js. 75 
Cummings Val. 9, 57 
Cundy Eliz. 53 
Cunnold George, 114 
Curson Henry, 17 
Curtis Lydia, 106 ; W. 65 
Cuthbert John, 87; and 

Sedgwick, 31, 37; Wm. 

92 ; Wm. & Henry, 38 



Cutting Eliz. 1 ; Hy. 45 ; 

John, 50 
Dade Walter, 66 
DakingRchl.l06;Rbt.47 
DalbyFras.31; John, 106 
Daldry Wm. 17 
Daldy Robert, 65 
Dale My. Ann. 80; Saml. 

20 ; Thomas, 65 
Dallinger Wm. Hy. 45, 49 
Damant James, 72 
Daniel Woodruffe, 7, 49 
Daniell Joseph, 50, 94 
Daniels Richard, 114 
Darby John, 75 
Davis Richard, 79 
Davy Hy. 6; John, 57; 

Mary, 53 
Dawson Chs. 119 ; Wm. 

38,99 
Day Geo. 57, 79; Har. 

80; Hy, 92; Jas.,jun; 

72; John, 53; Jph. 92; 

Mervin, 106 ; Samuel, 

53; Thomas, 17, 114 
Death Martha, 80 ; Soph; 

65; Wm. 23 
Deaves John, 66, 114 
Debenham Thomas, 99 
Deck Robert, 16 
Demuth Frederick, 59 
DennantB. 66; D. 17; 

Wm. 72 
Dennington Eliz. 56; 

Thomas, 114 
Denny Chas. Thomas, 36; 

Henry, 88 
Deward&Cook, 80,111; 

George, 79 
Dickerson Thomas, 64 
Ditcham Henry, 106 
Dobson George, 75 
Dorkin Anthony, 16,84 
Dorling Hephzibah, 111 
Dothie and Soundy, 119 
Douglas Wm. 106 
Dove Richard, 9 
Downs Wm.A. 11 
Dowse Thomas, 79 
Dowsing Thomas, 114 
Drake James, 34 
Drane Wm.59 
Draper Charles, 65 
Driver James, 114 ; John, 

21,57,106; Levi, 53 
Drummond Chas. 1 ; Hy. 

P. 91, 112 
Duningham Ths. 27, 1 12 
DnnnettGeo. 114; Thos 

30, 106, 126 
Durant & Hammond, 121 



Durrant Chpr. M. 91; 

Jas, 3, 49; John, 114 
Durrell Eliza, 80 
Duvall John, 6 
Dykes John, 17 
Eade Chas. & Son, 129 
Eaglestone Fanny, 80 
Eastangle John, 66 
Eaton Chas. 32; John, 17 
Edgley George, 114 
Edmonds Chphr. 110 
Edwards Alfred, 59, 60; 

Ambrose, 114 George, 

47, 53; Geo. E. 108; 

Geo. C. 112; Sar. 108 
EisdellJohnW. 7 
Elley George, 84, 119 
Elliott George, 74 
Ellis Geo, E. 20 ; Henry, 

75,120; Jas. 17, 66 
Elliston Wm. 9, 112 
Ellmer John, 106 
Elvin, Geo. 65 ; Thos. 62 
Emerson Wm. 37 
Emmerson James, 114; 

Robt. 119; Thos. 99 
Emmett Peter, 17 
Ennew Esther, 80 
Ensor John*L. 36 ; Mary 

and Harriet, 80 
Esling Robert, 19,65 
Evans John, 1 
EwingtonWm. 7, 49 
Eyre Benj. Alfred, 27 
Fagan Helen, 111 
Faiers Alex. 79 ; Mary A. 

52,80; Samuel H. 59 
Fairweather Edward, 106, 

127; John, 18 
Farman Robert, 72 
Farrett George, 65 
Farrow Benj. B. 73, 77, 

97; George, 110 
Farthing Geo. 23; Jno.23 
Fayers Chas. 65 ; Rbt. 30 
Feek John, 9, 32 
Fell John, 66 ; Robt. 78 
Fenn Mary, 106 ; Rd. 65 
Fenton Abraham, 9 
Field Frederick, 23 
Finch, Bj. 103; W.M. 65 
Finegan Peter, 60 
Firmin George, 54, 98 
Firth Wm. 17, 39 
Fish Frederick, 74, 80 
Fisher Benj. 36; My. SO; 

Theops. 114; Wm. 65 
Fisk Amos, 66 ; Eaden, 

114; Fras.21,65; Hy. 

20, 128; Wm. 20, 34, 

51,57 



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Fiske Charles, 27, 49 
Fison Joseph, 38, 77 
Flack George, 23 
Flaxman H. & Son, 65, 93 
Fletcher Jph. 9 ; Robt. 57 
Fleury Cphr. 5, 113 
Flick John, 9 ; Wm. 79 
Flory Carl. 129; Wm. 93 
Footman John & Co. 74 
Ford Jas. 79 ; Jane A. 1 ; 

Wm. 119 
Foreman Fdk. 88 ; SI. 23 
Forsdike Js. 106; Jno. 62 
Foster Edw. 65 ; Louisa, 
1 ; Maria, 1 ; Robert 
Wm. 82; Wm. 28 
Foulger Eliz. 9 ; Hamil- 
ton L. 17: Henry, 53; 
Joshua, 53 ; Wm. 62, 
66, 106 
Fountain Eliz. 53 ; Rt.57 
Fox John, 3, 8; Philip, 
17; Robert 24, 66; Sal- 
ter, 17 
Francis Saml. Geo. 23, 49 
Francis James 0. 112; 

Richard S. 125 
Franklin Benjamin, 49 
Franks James. 1, 49 
Eraser Roderick D. 90; 

Wm. 74 
Freeman Wm. 17 
French SamueL 114 
Freston Alfd. 17 ; Jno. 1 7 
Frewer James, 110 
Frost Jas. 34; John, 59, 

106; John W. 114 
Fulcher John, 91 ; Robt, 

9: Wm. 9,17 
Fuller Edw. 114; Geo. 
106, 114; John, 106, 
Wm. 17, 32, 66 
Funnell James, 9 
G-aches Daniel, 42 
Gall Samuel, 23, 65, 66 
Galsworthy Robert, 7 
Gardiner Ann Mary. 1; 

Wm. 53 
Garlic Mary Ann, 17, 89 
Garnham Jno. 114 ; Mar- 
tha, 106; Wm.9,57, 65 
Garrard James, 92; Wm. 

17,39,78 
Garrett Garrett, 69 
GaiTod Charles, 75, 79 ; 
Fanny, 80; Fras. 53; 
John 53, 54, 65, 93; 
& Turner, 8 ; Wm. 79. 
114; Wm. James, 3 
Garwood Edw. 79; Ts. 14 
Gatrell John H. 74 



Gayfer Mary Ann, 1 
Gentry Ellen and Har. 80 
Gibbons Edward, 21, 72 
Gilbert James, 53 
Giles Miss, 1 
Gill Edw. H. 114 ; Geo. 

R. 70 
Girling Chas. 79; Eliza, 

80; Robert. 9,124; W. 

Henry, 61, 65 
Girt George, 18 
Gislingham Fredk. 24 ; 

George, 24 ; Joseph, 53 
Gladding James, 23 
Glading Geo. 59; Jas. 66 
Glvde John, 59; J. iun. 

16,49,59, 96; Ths. 59 
GocherChas.23; Ths. 23 
Godball Charles Wm. 65, 

93 ; Jas. S2 : W. 17, 82 
Godbold Jasper, 53, 106 
Goddard E. 49; Hy. 66, 

106; Richard 79 
Goff Martha, 1 
Golding Frederick, 17 
Goklsbury Geo. 57, 115 
Goldsmith Thomas, 72 
GoodchildChas. 17; Jas. 

53 ; Wm. 38 
Gooding Geo. 17; Saml. 

23 ; Wm. 17 
Goodswen John, 65 
Goodwin Edgar, 57; Ed- 
win, 119, 120; Eliza, 

29,111; Hy. 24,119; 

John, 24, 66, 119 
GorehamChs.30; Edw.9 
Gosling Edw. 114 ;W. 127 
Goss Christopher, 65 
Gower Arthur Hy. 2, 49 ; 

George S. S. 64; and 

Hunt, 26, 102, 107 
Go wing Hy. 9; Rhd.114 
Goyder David. 27 
Gray Mary, 29 ; Wm. 66 
Grayston Daniel, 17 
Green Cutting, 30; Elij. 

9; Geo. 72; Henry, 9; 

106,114; Thos.65,72; 

Wm.20,64; W. Hy.20 
Greenleaf Wm. 24 
Greir Robert, 57 
Grigson John, 65 
Grimwade John, 23, 45, 

50,94; Richard, 114 
Grimwood Jph. 62 ; Mrs 

47; Wing, 106, 114 
Groom Ann, 1; Rebecca, 

106; R. & S. 80, 108; 

Samuel G. 113 



Gross Benj. L. 7, 49; 

Charles, 7, 11 ; Grace 

T. 66 ; Mary, 47 
Guiver Henry, 65,93,120 
Gull James, 13, 65 
Gully Eliza, 53 
Gurney John, 24 
Gyford Samuel, 66 
Haddock James, 16, 49 
Hadgraft Joseph C. 79; 

Miss. 1 ; Theodore G. 

79 ; Walter, 79 ; Wm. 

79 ; Wm. R. 79 
Hadman Benjamin, 79 
Haggar David, 79, 92 
Haken Henry, 65 
Hall Wm. 17 
HacrgWm. 114 
Hamblin Noah, 65 ; Rt.17 
Hamby George Henrv, 79 
Hamilton Andw. 99 ; W. 

27,112 
Hammond Chas. C. 112"; 

Chs. J. 57; Eliza, 121; 

Frederick, 66; John, 9; 

Mahala, 29; W. 51,66 
Hancock C. & Son, 32 ; 

John, 9, 32 
Hardy Abm. 79; Thps.92 
Harmer A. D. 27 ; Henry, 

57, 66 ; Robert, 129 
Harpham&Vink,69, 70 
Harris Edw. 54 ; Geo. 36 

Jnthn. 79 ; Sophia, 57 
Harrison & Gislingham, 

24; My. Ann, 17; Sus*. 

Catherine, 65,93 
Harsum Abraham, 57 
Hart Geo. 47; J. 23 ; M. 

55, 60 
Hartridge My. Ann, 65 
Harvey Daniel, 92 ; Geo, 

W. 92; John, 17; Rbt. 

114; Thos.&Son,104; 

Wm. 66 
Haszel Joseph, 59 
Havell Wm. G. 61 
Haward James. 71 
Hawes Samuel, 114 
Haxell Jas. 47, 93 ; Wm. 

43,72 
Hayward Chas. 57; Dd y 

66 Edw. 27; Stph. 43 
Hazelton Isaac, 127 
Hearn John, 66 
Hearsum John, 72, 113 
Heath Robert, 72, 106 
Herbert Samuel, 23 
Hervey Ernest, 47 
Hewitt Chs. 17, 65; Geo. 

25, 72 



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Hicks Chas. 23; Hy.Jno. 

23; Isaac W. 57 
Hill Arnold, 89 ; Isaac, 
24,106; James, 14, 65, 

66; John, 31; Jph. 130 
HillyardC. 17; Jno, 114 
Hindes Matthew, 66 
Hines Wm. 66 
Hitchcock E. 38; Jph. 17 
Hitchings E. G. 6 
Hoffman Octvs. W. 112 
Hogg Joseph, 9 
Holden George, 53 
Holder David, 23 ; Wm. 

23, 65 
Hood Thomas, 30 
Hooper Thomas, 66 
Horn W.B. 50,65, 101, 105 
Horrex E. 66 ; Eldred, 72 
Horsnaill George 57 
HowardSophia.80: T.47 
HoweJ.B. 65; S. 34; T. 

P. 1 
Howell Wm. 38 
HowesWm.51,61,114 
Howgego Geo. Jermh. 9 ; 

Jeremiah 65 
Howland Sarah Ann, 23 
HudsonJ.L.59; W.H.20 
Hughes George W. 112; 

John, 122 
Hnmfress George, 82 
Humfrey, Elk. 1 
Humphreys James, 92 
Hunnibell Timothv, 30 
Hunt Ann, 1; Fredk. 79 ; 

George, 106 ; John, 9 ; 

Wm. 16; Wm. P. 7 
Huntington F. W. 6 
Hurrell Samuel, 9 
Hurricks Henry, 20 
Hurwood J. 14*65,127 
Hutchinson W. 49 
Ireland Robert, 110 
Jackaman S. B. 7, 49 
Jackson Eliza, 80; Isaac, 

9 ; James, 72 : Stephen, 

16,83; Wm. 11,32 
James Jph. 17; Robt 64; 

RobertE. 114 
Jameson Chas. Henry. 17 
J arvis John , 66 , 92 ; Rt. 20 
JefferyJas.114; Saml. 24 
Jeffries Wm. B. 53 
Jenkines John. 79 ; Wm. 

20, 79 
Jeunings Jas. 66; John 

6\ ; Mark 23, 65 ; Rd. 

Francis, 7; Simon, 79 ; 

Thomas 25, 86 
Johns E,J. Ill ; T.B.74 



Johnson Edw. 79; Eras. 

J. 3, 66; Geo. 79; Geo. 

A. 65; Jesse, 65; Mv.l ; 

Rt,17; Wm.& Son, 17 
Joiner Wm 39 
Jones John C. 23 
Josselyn & Westhom, 7, 

49; Wm. Henry, 111 
JubyEliz. & Sophia, 111 
Kedgley Robert, 9 
Keeble Charles, 59 ; Geo. 

92 ; James, 31 ; Jermh. 

130; Wm. 18 
Keelev Wm. Francis, 53 
Keely Wm. 106 
Kemp Js. 79; Simon, 123 
Kent Abm. 30 ; Fredk. 9 ; 

John 65, 93; Sar. 80 
Kerr Jas. 75; Samuel, 75 
Kerridge Ephrm. 72; G. 

53 ; Dorcas, 10,6 ; Her- 
bert, 20, 65 
Kerry Nicholas, 65 
Kersey Robt. Saml. 106 
Keyes Joseph, 11 
Keyzor MichL & Abm. 86 
Kidner Henry, 6o 
Kimble Benj. 57, 74 
KimmanceHy. 65 ; Jno. 1 
Kindred John, 3 
King Geo. 13, 99; Hy. 

57,66, 99, 106; John, 

16,83.87; Martha, 23; 

Stpn. 9; Stpn. B. 23 
Kingston George R. 80 
Kittiel Robert, 114 
Kitton Harvey Richard .9; 

Mary, 1 
Knights Henry, 49 ; Jas. 

14,65; James W. 3, 8 
Knivett Wm. 53 
Lacey Robert, 47 
Lamb Wray P. 16,46 
Lambert Jno. 60 ; W. 114 
Lambourn Wm. 66 
Lankester Jas. 1 ; W. 65 
Larst Henry, 9, 32 
Last Alfred, 82 ; Benj. 9, 

36; Joshua, 24; Thos. 

31,47 
Laughlin Wm. 57 
Lawrance E. 7,49; Hy. 

7,114 
LeeHv. 65; P. 65; S.12 
Leek Timothy, 9, 66 
Leggett A. 79; C. 24; S. 

106 
Leigh Edw. Pp.42, 112 
Leverett Jas. & Mary, 24 
Levett Jas. 67 ; John, 114 
Leyi Isc. 106 ; M. 55, 60 



Licence J. 114; P.59,125 
Limmer Ann. 1 ; John, 9, 

36, 57; 115 
Lindley John, 14 
Ling Hannah, 80 
Lingley Edmund. 9 
Lloyd Fras. 23 ; Jas. 23 ; 

Rt. 82; Wm.28, 66 
Lodge and Gatrell, 74 
London John, 79 
Long Danl. 1, 3 : John, 

65, 124; Peter B. 7; 

Robert, 3 
Lorking James, 23 
Lott Miss, 80 
Lovely Wm. 53 
Lovewell Henry, 114 
Lucock Wm. 17 
Luff Hy. 72 ; John, 21 
Lyon Lemuel, 42 
Mabson Wm. &Chas. 47 
McCrone, Alex. 75 
McDowell John, 75 
McPherson Donald, 119 
Maddow Jonthn. 84, 119 
Man dark, Wm. 72 
Mann and Burrows. 80 
Mann J. R. 9,72; W. 106 
Manning Benj. 50 ; Chs. 

114; Geo. 87, 88, 92, 

106; John, 129; Rht. 9 
Marchant Chas. F. 27,49 
Margetson Daniel, 65 
Markharn Thomas, 65 
Markwell Thomas. 9 
Marsh Charles S. 66 
Marshall J. 32, 53 ; W. 65 
Martin M. 106; Rbt. 28 
Mash James, 121 
Mason Eliz. 106; Fredk. 

68, 81, 127; Geo. 49, 

97,113; Geo.jun.118; 

W.125; W.&Rt.29, 90 
Masters Jas. 65 ; Wm. 47 
Matcham Alfred K. 112 
Matt Elijah, 88; Jnthn. 

34; Ths.16, 82; W. 79 
Mauldon Ann, 1 
May Isaac. 74; John, 26 
Mavhew Gee. 3 ; James, 

9 ; Wm. 17 
Mavne Wm. Henry, 91 
Mead Elijah, 93 
Meadows Charles & Son, 

70, 127, George 53 
Messent George, 57, 74 
Middleditch Thomas, 65 
Miller Hy. 10 ; Henry & 

Son, 74; Js. 53 ; Jnthn. 

57; Matthias, 122; Rt. 

49,57,129; & Son, 49 



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Mills Ben j. 79; Danl. 79; 
Edw. 53; James, 110; 

John, 66; Rbt. 65; W. 
50,53; Wm. P. 112 
Milnes Benj. G. 82. 119 
Minter John, 65, 87 
Mitchell Cath.&M. A. 80 
Moffat Js. 75 ; Walter, 75 
Mohun Harriet, 80 
Moor Daniel, 17,64 
Moore Samuel, 32, 106 
Morfey James, 20 
Morgan Ann Eliz. 1 
Morley David, 16, 121; 

Thomas, 66 
Morton George, 61 
Mower Edward, 106 
Moyse John, 93 
MuddGeo.106; John, 23 
Mullett Edm. 95 
Mulley, Chas. 59 ; Geo. 

72; John, 24 
Mulling Charles C. 96 
MumfordWm. 112 
Murrell Caroline, 1 
NatersHy. Trewhitt,7,49 
Naunton John, 65 
Neal Eliz. 80 
Neale Thomas, 20 
Neep, Wm. 24, 72 
Neeve Henry, 76 
Newby John, 106 
Newman Mr & Mrs, 1 
Newson Jno. 47 ; W. 110 
Newton Charles, 35 
Nichols Robert B. 65 
Noble Geo. 106; Jas. 11 
Norbrook James, 99 
Norman Hy. 9 ; Isaac, 65 ; 

Thos. 106; Wm.47,82 
Notcutt Stephen A. 7 
Noy Wm. Robert, 79 
Nunn David, 17; Jabez, 

17; John, 38 ; John B. 

114;Lindley,82;Rt.l7 
Offord Geo. 53; Wm. 17 
Olive J. T. 16 ; Thos. 65 
Orford John, jun. 7,49 
Orsborne Alfred, 23 
Orvis Fdk. 9 ; Mary, 23 
OsbornEliz.17; Rbt 127; 

Roger, 17; Wm. 53; 

Wm. G. 53 
Ottywill Zach, 30 
Overall James, 48 
Owen Joseph, 49 
Oxborrow Edw. 9,38, 76; 

Miriam, 80; Thos. 14 
Oxford John, 56 
Packard Edw. & Co. 77 
Page John, 14, 126 



Palmer C.F. 65; Har.106 
Pannifer Nathl. 16, 29 
Pardoe Joseph, 1 
Parker Jas. 53 : John, 3 ; 

Jph. 9,15; Jph.H.I7; 

Letitia,80, 111; Nathl. 

W. 39 
Parkington Samuel, 66 
ParsousAlfd.17; Chs. 59 
Paske Charles A. 65 
Paternoster H. 34 
Patrick Eliz. 80 ; 0.92 
Patterson Fredk. 72 ; My. 

32; Wilfred, 17 
Paul Robert, 3, 31, 79 
Payne John Hy. 65,67; 

William, 99 
Peachey John, 1 
Peacock Thos. 54, 74,112 
Pear Wm. 65, 79 
PearceFdk.Hy.52; Geo. 

79; Joseph, 3, 49, 111 
Peck E. 79; J.A.32; S.35 
Peek James, 93 
Pegg Wm. 53, 106 
Pells A. 17; J. 17, 20, 74 
Perry man Wm. 65 
Pettit Daniel B, 99 ; Jph. 

A. 72; Jonth. 126; Ts. 

72, 106 
Phillips John, 24 ; Mary 

32 ; Thomas, 74 
Phipson Richard M. 5 
Pickering George, 79 
Pickess John O. 95 ; Jon- 
athan, 101 
Pigg Wm. 66 
Pinner Jer, 50 ; John, 23 
Piper Alfd. 16; Stpn. 16 
Pitcher John, 112 
Pitts Samuel, 80 
Planten H. 9 ; W. L. 126 
Plumb William, 61 
Plummer Sarah, 111 
Podd Percival, 13 
Pollard Hy. 17; Jas. 23 
Ponder Rebecca, 108 
Poole William, 17 
Pooley Robert, 59, 60; 

Wm. 32, 50, 53 
Porter R. W. 7, 10, 49 
Potter J. 9; John A. 9; 

Wm. 17 
Pownall Edward, 7, 49 
Pratt Isaac, 79 
Prentice and Barton, 111; 

Eliz. & Cath. 80 ; Jno. 

74; Oliver & Thomas, 

31,37; Robert 50,53; 

Stephen, 23 ; Thomas, 

and Co. 76, 77. 



Pretyman Charles, 7, 49 
Price Frederick, 17 
Prigg Jesse, 56 
Procter James, 23 
PrykeF.114; J. 23, 53,63 
Pulfer John 17; Wm. 72 
Pulford Wm. 92 
Puplett Wm. 57 
Quadling Edwin, 30, 126 
Quantrill Wm. 28 
Quinton John, 66, 106 
Rabett Charles E. 49,129 
Rackham Samuel R. 79 
Rainbird Robert, 16 
Randall Wm. C. 51 
Rands E. 60; N. 57; T. 

79 
Ransdale Robert, 66 
RansomeF.&Co.31,109 
Ransomes & Sims, 4, 68, 

81 
Raphael Abraham, 61 
Ratcliff Js. 47; J. jun. 73 
Ray Wm. J. 74 
Raymer John, 79 ; W. 79 
Rayner John, 17 
Rea Robert, 53 
Reach Jane, 80 
Read Adphs. 25 ; Chas* 

16, 59 ; Daniel, 125 ; 

Edward T. 114; Har. 

80; Jas. 16; John, 65; 

Wm. 66, 79 
Redgrave J. 19 ; Jph. 99 
Reed George, 79 
Reeder Robert, 32 
Reeve Edw. 17; Jas. 57; 

Robt. 92 ; Saml. 72. 
Revell Hanh. 53. 
Ribbans Chas. 106; Wm. 

P., 5, 21, 72, 113 
Rice Philip, 23, 94 
Richards Jno. 114,119 
Riches Thos. 79 ; Wm. 20 
Richmond Jas. 17 
Ridley Geo. and Hy. 19, 

31,49 5 76,129;John,70 
Ridley and Grimwade,27 
RingeC. 111;E,&W.99 
Ringer Wm. S. 59. 
Ringham Hy. 25, 72 
Ritchie Jas. 55, 75, 117 
Rix Benj. 2, 3, 8, 49 
Roberts Thos. 59 ; Wm. 2 
Robertson Alex, 71, 125 ; 

Ebenzr.71,125;Jas.ll4 
Robinson Chas.127; C.l; 

Hy.50,58; Jas. G. 59; 

Thos. 17; Wm.3 
Robs on Wm. 75 
Rodgers Thos. 66 



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'Roe Ellen/80; John, 5 : 

Jph. 47; Jph. A. J 25; 

Owen, 25 ; Wm. 51 
Root Wm. 92 
Roper Jas. 36 
Rose Geo. 9, 106, 126; My. 

Ann, SO; Wm. 9, 66 
Ross Thos. B. 3,8 
Rouse Jph. 93 
Rowell Ann, 23; John, 93 
R owls on Wm. 59 
Roy John, 20 ;Wm.50, 66 
Royle Octavian, 91 
RudlandHy. 66; M.45, 66 
Ruggles Geo. 79 
Runicles Hy. 72 
Runting Jas. 98 
Rush Hy. 79 ; Wm. 114 
Rushbrooke G. W. 29,114 
Russel Fredk. 6 
Russell John. 9, 66 ; My. 

80;My.Ann,l;Wm.65 
Sadler Wm. 65 
Sage Maria, 53; My, 106 
Sallows Rt. 36, 38, 65 
Salter Hy. 47; S. 80; 

T.36 
Sampson E. M. 80; G. 

G. 112 
SamuelS. 86; Wm. 79 
Sanderson Ann, 82 
Sandle Henrietta, 80 
Sanders E. 9; Jas. 57; 

Joshua, 9 
Sawer Chas. 112; Eliz. 

80 ; Phillis, 56 ; W. 53 
Scarlett C. 9; W. 92 
Schulen C. 125; J. W. 

4A ; M. A. 44 
Scoggins John, 16 
Scopes Richd. 106 
Scott Jas, 106 
Scowles and Horrex, 80 
Scrivener E. 23; F. 119; 

Jas. 9 ; John, 62 ; Jno. 

T. 70 
Seager Jph. 23, 72, 106 ; 

Robt. 23 ; Simon, 17 ; 

Wm. 79 
SeagraveC. 38; Dd. 23 
Seaman Jno. 13 ; Jph. 68 
Searle Rt. Stpn. 31, 37 
Self Wm. 17, 106 
SentonJs.66; J.jun.122 
Setterfield Eliz. 23 ; Geo. 

57; John 23, 65 
Sewell and Metcalfe, 26 
Sewell Jas. 61 
ShaldersJas.16,49; Mrs. 

andMissl;My.&E.12 
Sharman Dd. J. 65 



Sheldrake Angelina, 106 ; 

John C. 17; Wm.114 
Shepherd Roper, 79; S.66 
Sheppard Alfd. 31, 37; 

Edw. 23, 94: Maria M. 

80 ; Wm. 23'. 
Sherman John, 17 
Shewell & Smith, 74, 114 
Shorten C. T. & A. J. 93, 
Shribbs Wm. 72 
Shulver John, 65; My. 

A. 80 
Sidney Major 66, 114 
Silburn Chas. 57 
Silvester Wm. 27 
Simpson Edward. 110 ; 

Emma, 80; Geo. 114; 

Hy. 23; Jas. 17; Saml. 

21, 72,114; Stpn. 79; 

Wm. 106, 114 
Singleton Geo, and Wm. 

126; Wm. 106; Wm. 

and Son, 70 
Skeet Wm. 79 
Skinner Wm. D. 65, 72 
Smart John, 6 ; Miss, 1 
Smith Arthur, 57, 87; 

Chas.29,53;Danl.28; 

Edw. 19, 28, 54, 66 

Eliz. 1; Fanny, 80; 

Fredk. Wm. 66 : Geo. 

72;Hy.59; Hy.B.72; 

Jas. 24, 51, 63, 65, 66, 

103; John, 17, 63,114; 

Jph. 114; Paul, 106; 

Robt. 65, 124; Thos. 

72,95, 127; Wm. 32, 

36,40,53,65,106,114; 

Wm. and John, 74. 80 ; 

Wm. S. 72 
Smyth Geo. 9. 32;Ths.6 
Snell Danl. 9 ; John, 9 ; 

My. Ann, 106; Rbt. 9; 

Wm. 79 
Soar Chas. 53 
Soundy Josiah, 119 
Southcott My. Ann, 1 
Southern Thos. 17 
Southgate A. and Son, 

37, 76 
Spalding Wm. 65 
Spall Emma, 80 
Sparks John, 125 
Sparrow John, 88 
Sparrowe John, E. 7- 
Spearman Jas. 43 
SpinksE.22;M.80;W.72 
Sporle Alfred, 17; Geo. 

17: Jph. 17; Nathan 

17; Robt. 17 
Spurling John, 8 



Squire Noah, 65 
Squires John, 53 
Squirrell John, 53 ; Oha- 

diah. Ill; Wm. 0.36 
St. FelixFdk.de, 1,129 
Stammers J. 59; J. E. 

31, 51 
Stannard John, 59 ; J. W. 

66; Saml. 17; Mrs.l: 

Wm.57 
Stanton Anna, 80 
StearnT.19,92; T.D.92 
Stebbing Wm. 95 
Stedman Lucy, 1 
Steele John, 9 
Stephens Pp. 65 
Stevens Chas. 24; Edw. 

Thos. 51; Hy. 87, 92; 

Jas. 79 ; Jane, 80 ; Rt. 

17; Wm. 106 
Stevenson Rbt. 23 
Steward C. 49 ; and Rod- 
well, 7 
Stewart Hy. 39 
Stidolph Geo. Fdk. 82 
Stockins Thos. 99 
Stokes Jph. 53 ; Sus. 36 
Stollery John, 66 
Storey Geo. 125 
Strange Thos. 17, 106 
Strutt Wm. 66, 112 
Studd Hy. R. 9 
Sturgeon J. 50 ; My. A. 23 
Suckamore John, 23 
Snlley Chas. 16, 83 
Suthers Wm. 55,120, 129 
Swindell Jas. 29 
Sykes John, 23, 36 
Symonds Rbt. 23, 7&: 

S.66 
Talbot John, 16, 43, 54 
Tansley Jph. 66 
Taylor Rt. 57; Hy. 112; 

Jas. 79; John, 23, 27; 

Jph. 57; Jph. and Sons, 

17,82; Rd. and Co. 74; 

Robt. 36, 106; Saml. 

23; Ths. 24 ;Wm. 19,65 
Teager John Hy. 127 
Tempany Misses, 1 
Terry Fredk. 87 
Thomas W. & Bros. 108 
Thompson J. 79; Mrs. 

and Son, 9, 32 
Thorpe Richd. 1 
Threadkell Wm. B. 38- 
ThrowerAnnaMaria,lll; 

Hy. 57; My. Ann, 106 
ThurstonJph.24;Rd.U4 
Tilley Geo. 55 
Titlow Robt. 114 



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Todd Jas. 17 ; Lucy, 108 
Tooke John, 11 
TovellGeo. S. 49, 110 
Townsend Chas. T. 3,33; 

Misses, 64; Win. 49, 50 
Tracv John, 42 
Trew John, 65: Rbt. 20; 

Thos. 65 
Tricker Fredk. C6 
Trott Hy. 20 
Trundle Jas. S. 99 
Tunmer Geo. 1J4; Hy. 

and Geo. 61, 114 ; Jas. 

Rt. 53 
Turner Alfd. 57; Arthur 

Jas. 39; Bros. 100; 

Chas. 57; Edw. 72; 

Edw. R. and Co. 68,81, 

•Geo. 8,49; Jas.9; Jno. 

23; Robt. 66; Shadrach, 

17 ; Simon, 72 ; Thos. 

182; Walton, 39 ; Wm. 

9,32,47,65,128 
Tydeman Wm. 14 
Tye Martha, 17 
Tyler Maria, 53 
Tyrell G. M. 19, 65, 129 
Upson Chas. 53; Micl. 23 
Utting Ann, 65 
Vesey Wm. 114 
VinceDnl.l9,65;Jno.l4 
Vincent Mrs. 80 ; Nathi. 

124 
Vinyard Chas. 95 ; Hy.50 
Wade Jas. 23 ; John, 65 ; 

Jnh. 9; My. 106; Sml. 

99 , Stpn. 57 ; Wm. 59 
W^ainwright Saml. 57 
Waldron John, 45 
Walford Desborough, 7 
Wall Edward, 32 
Waller Hy. 47, 65 ; Jph. 

23; Mrs. 57 



Wallis Hy. & Abm. 36, 73 
Walsh Jas. 66, 106 
Ward Betty, 45 ; Hy. 18; 

Jane, 52 ; Jas. 72 ; Jno. 

9, 72; Jonathan 17; 

Rbt. 57 ; Wm. 18, 23, 

50,53 
Warner Hy. 127; Wm.34 
Warren E. 80; J. 71; 

W. P. 121 
Waspe Jas. 106; John, 37, 

76 ; Wm. B. 47 
Watch am Miss, 1 
Watson Chas. 1 ; Sar. 80 
Wattisham My. G. 53 
Weavers Chas. 72 
Webb Jph. 93; Rbt, 36, 

57, 106; Thos. 17; 

Wm. 66 
Webber, Hedge, & Co. 85 
Webster Jph. 31, 37; Wm. 

79 ; W. H. B. 112 
Weightman Isabella, 53 
Welham J. 114; N. S. 66 
Wellen Saml. 65 
Wellington Amelia, 53 
Wells Chas. 17; Mrs. H. 

1 ; Hi£gs and Co. 117 ; 

John 23, 66 
Wenn Eleanor, 80 
WestJ.72;Pp.57;Sar.53 
Westhorp Saml. 1 7 
Whight John, 72 
Whistle John, 114 
Whitaker J. 66; Jno. 2 
Whitby Ann, 53 
White Ann, 43 ; Edw. 5 ; 

John C. 66 ; Wm. 79 
Whitehead Jas. 31 , Jph. 

65 ; Wm. 9, 57, 66 
Whiting John, 17 
Whittle Wm. 66 
Whybrew Har. 80 ; Wrn.34 



Widgery Jas. and Em. 1 
Wiggins John, 27, 49 
Wilkins Wm. P. 81 
Wilkinson G. 1 : Hy. 66 ; 

Jas. 79 ; John F. 79 ; 

Thos. 17 
Williams Jas. 45, 110; 

Jph. 51 ; Rosa, 1 
Wilson Geo. 17; Hy. 17 ; 

Jas.47;Pettit,47;Win. 

63,74 
Wiltshire M. 1 ; Rd. 95 
Winter Mrs. 1 ; Chas. 17 
Wisby Edw. 53 
Woehrle Helen, 1 
Wolsey Matilda, 65 
Wood Wm. 53, 79 
Woodgate Wm. 36 
Woods Geo. 17, 57; Jas. 

9; Jas. D. 92; Rbt. 65, 

79 ; Wm. 66 
Woodsell Hy. 23 
Woodward John, 120 
Woollard Mgt. 53, 65; 

Wm. 66 
Woolner Geo. 59 ; J. 59 
Woolnough Hy. 5, 48, 

113; Jas. 72; Sus. 80; 

Wm. 59, 72 
Wooltorton Robt. 36 
Worby David, 65, 93 
Worn John, 34 
Worts Fredk. 114 
Wretts Misses, 1 
Wright Benj. 9; Danl. 

H. 17; Dd. 66, 127; 

Geo. l^; Har. 80,111 ; 

John 51, 58; Misses, 

HI; Wm. 9, 79, 106 
Yeoman Sarah, 80 
Young John, 72 
Youngman Thos. 66 



CLASSIFICATION of TRADES & PROFESSIONS. 



(1) ACADEMIES. 

(Marked * take Boarders.) 

Andrews Mrs, Fore street, and St 

Peter's street 
* Archer Rebecca, St Helen's terrace 
Baptist School, Stoke, Misses Giles 

and Watcham 
*£lagrove Misses A. H. and E. W., 

Elm street 
*Brady Miss Mary Ann, Brook street 
British Schools, Turret lane, Jno. Edw. 

Champness and Misses Brown and 

Hadgraft 



* Brown Mary Ann, St Margaret's grn 
Brown Mercy, Princes street, King st 
*Buck Jno. Dawson, B. A., Lr. Brook st 
Buck Mrs H. W., St Helen's street 
*Buck Mrs J S., Norwich road 
Button-Miss M , 1 Beaufort buildings 

* Buxton Henry, Carr street 
♦Cade Robert, Church street 

Chii fan E , Ph. Dr., (languages) 10 

Park terrace 
Christ's Hospital, Wherstead road, 

Thomas Porter Howe 
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*Cott Mrs Elizth., St Margaret's Plain 
Cutting Miss Eliz., 5 Haul's terrace 
Dormitory and School of Industry, Aus- 
tralia, Mr and Mrs Newman 
*Drummond Chas., Green House, Tur- 
ret lane 
Ford Jane Ann, Back Hamlet 
^Foster Miss Louisa, Lower Brook st 
Foster Mrs Maria, High street 
Franks Jas., {navigation) Elm street 
■Gardiner Ann Mary, William street 
Girls' School of Industry, Foundation 

street, Harriet Bennet 
* Grammar School, Henley road, Bev. 
S. J. Eigaud, M.A., F.R.A.S., head 
master; Rev. Wm, Fdk. Greenfield. 
JB. A., second master ; W .D ,Poore,Esq., 
E.A., Bev H, Leach, B.A., James 
Bartlett, Esq., Mr C. Bobinson, and 
Mr G. Wilkinson, assistants; Dr. 
Christian, French and German ; and 
Mr Thomas, drawing master 
<Grey Coat Boys' and Blue Coat Girls', 

Elm street, Jas. and Eliz. Franks 
*Groom Miss Ann, London road 
Humfrey Mrs Eliz. Berners street 
Hunt Mrs Anne, Silent street 
*Kimmance John, Victoria House, Vic- 
toria street 
Kitton Mary, 7 Berners street 
*Lankester Jag. and Mrs. Bachael, St 

Margaret's plain 
Limmer Ann, Back street 
Long Daniel, St Helen's street 
*Mauldon Mrs Ann. StMargaret's plain 
♦Morgan Ann Eliz. Fonnereau road 
Marrell Caroline, Great Whip street 
National and Infant Schools : John 
Evans and Sar. Chambers, St. Mat- 
thew's ; Jas. and Emma Widgery and 
Mary A. Southcott, St. Clement's; 
Jph. Pardoe, Martha Goff, and Elea- 
nor Cann, St Margaret's ; Mary Ann 
Gayfer, Siloamst ; Bichd. Thorpe, & 
Ellen Woekrle,^ Peters ; Stpn. Clark 
and Bosa Williams. Trinity Church 
*Paglar Bev Chas., B.D., Elms House 
*Bussell Mary Ann, 8 Berners street 
♦Shalders Mrs Chtte. and Miss, Bolton 

hill 
*Smart Miss, Church street 
* Smith Misses Fonnereau road 
-Smith Elizabeth, Fore street 
St. Felix Mons Fdk. de. (professor of 

French) 36 Upper Berners street 

StannardMrs. T., St Nicholas street 

Stedman Mrs Lucy, Fonnereau road 

*Tempany Misses, Woodbridge road 

| Wesleyan Schools, Wykes Bishop street, 

John Peachey and Mary M. Johnson 



*Watson Charles, Berners House, St 

Matthew's 
*Wells Mrs H., Harland place 
Wiltshire Maria, Cauldwell Hall road 
Winter Mrs, Norwich road 
*Wretts Misses, Lower Brook street 

(2) ACCOUNTANTS. 
Arnold John, 1 Prospect place 
Allison John Thurlow, St Helen's st 
Barn eld Wm. Edw., Great Whip street 
Francis Samuel George, Globe lane 
Gower Arthur Hy., (and stockbroker) 

10 Webb's terrace 
Pi is Benjamin. Westgate 
Roberts William College street 
Whitaker John, Bath street 

(3) AGENTS. 
Marked * are Ship Agents, fyc, and f 

Estate Agents, Spc. 
tBerryman Thomas, Tacket street 
*Cole Ebenzr., Smart's Wharf; h St 

Nicholas place 
Don-ant James, Carlton Chambers, 

Westgate street 
*Bayley William and Sons, Clin 
tFos John, Westgate street 
tFrancies Saml. Geo., Mount Pleasant 
*GarrodWm. Jas., 39 Boro' road 
* Johnson Fras. Joshua, Salthousest 
Kindred John, Norwich road 
tLong Daniel, St Helen's street 
i-Long Bobert, Mount street, Elm st 
Knights Jas. W., (agricultl.) Quay Hs. 
i-Mayhew George, Friar's street 
i-Parker John, Foundry road 
+Pearce Joseph, Princes, street; h St 

Peter's street 
*Paul Bobert, Wherry quay 
fBix Benj., (brewery, &c.) Westgate st 

and london 
•f-Boss Thomas B., St Nicholas place 
*Townsend Chas. T., Custom House; 

h Northgate street 
Bobinson Wm. (to Lloyd's) Key street 
U) AGBICULTUBAL MACHINE 

AND IMPLEMENT MANFBS. 
(See also Ironfounders, 4*c.) 
Bansomes and Sims, Orwell Works 
(5) ABCHITECTS, &c. 
Marked * are Land Surveyors. 
♦Backhouse Beni. 1, St Matthew's pi 
*Clark Samuel, 12 Upper Brook st 
*Barnes Fredk., Lower Brook street 
Fleury Christopher, Museum street 
Phipson Bichd. Makilwaine, Old Bat- 
ter mkt; h 13 Berners street, (and 

London) 
Bibbans Wm. Parke, St Matthew's st 
White Edward, Berners street 



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Woolnough Henry, 9 Great Colman st ; 
h Northgate street 

(6) ARTISTS 
{And Teachers of Drawing.) 
Bischoff Chas. Ferdinand and Ferdi- 
nand Henry, 2 Great Colman st 
Burrows Robert, Jan., Cattle market 
Davy Hy., (architectural views, fyc.) St 

George's street 
DuvallJohn,Westgate street ; h Angle- 
sey road 
Hitchings E. G., (modeller) 20 Na- 
varre street 
Huntington F. W, Halifax 
Hussel Fredk., 14 Upper Berners st 
Smart John, 10 Park terrace 
Smyth Thomas, Brook street 
(7) ATTORNEYS. 
Marked * are Masters in Chancery. 
Aldous Arthur Hy., Princes street, 

King street ; h 2 Park terrace 
Baker Isaac Palmer, Lower Brook st 
*Bunn Henry, Elm street 
*Bunn Wm., Museum st; h Bolton In 
Cobbold and Yarington, Tower street 
*Cobbold Alfred, (notary public) Tower 

st ; h Fountain Cottage, Duke st 
*Daniel Woodruffe, Elm street 
Eisdell John Warmington, Providence 

street 
Ewington Wm., St. Margaret's green 
Galsworthy Robert, Carr street 
Gross Benj. Lillistone, (clerk to com- 
mrs. of taxes, &c.) Museum street ; 
h Coleman's Villas 
Gross Chas., (county coroner and clerk 
to Boro' Comssrs. of taxes) Museum 
street; h Coleman's Villas 
Hunt Wm. Powell, St Matthew's st 
*Jackaman Simon Batley, (coroner for 

borough,) Silent street 
Jennings Richard Francis, Falcon st 
Josselyn and Westhorp, Tower street 
*Lawrance Edw. Eleazar, (magistrates' 
clerk, & coroner for Duke of Norfk's. 
Lib.,) Tower st; h Woodbridge rd 
Lawrance Henry, Foundation street 
*Long Peter Bartw. (clerk to Dock 

Comssrs., &c.,) Museum street 
Naters Hy. Trewhitt, Northgate street 
*Notcutt Stephen Abbott, {town clerk 

and clerk of the peace') Westgate st 
*Orford John Jan., Silent street 
*Porter Richard William, Fore street 
*Pownall Edward, Elm street 
Pretyman Charles, (clerk of County 

Court,) Silent street 
*Sparrowe John Eddowes, (clerk and 
supt. regisr. of Ipswich Union, and 
county coroner) Priory, Friars rd 
Steward and Rodwell, Providence st 



Walford Desborongh, London road 

(8) AUCTIONEERS, &c. 
Berry and Buckingham, Orwell place 
Berryman Thomas, Tacket street 
Fox John, Westgate street 
Garrod and Turner, Thorougafare 
Knights Jas., Watling, Quay House 
Rix Benj., Westgate street, and London 
Ross Thos. Baldock, St. Peter's street ; 

h St Nicholas place 
Spurling John, (attends Tues. and Sat.) 

Tower place ; h Shotley 
Turner Geo., Westgt. st; h Providence 

(9) BAKERS, FLOUR DLRS S) &c. 

Marked * are Confectioners also. 
Baker Thos., Tavern st; hFonnereau 

street 
*Betts Edwin, St Peter's street 
Bloomfield James, Fore street 
Brown Charles, Dog's head lane 
*Carter John, Wherstead road 
Carter Jonathan, Stoke street 
*Cartermole Charles, Tacket street 
Cattermole William, 9 Victoria street 
Chapman Charles, Lady lane 
*Clarke James, Eagle street 
Closson Henry Phillips, Carr street 
Corner John, Upper Orwell street 
*Cox George, Bramford road 
Cummings Valentine, Rope walk 
Dove Richard, St George's street 
Elliston Wm., Mount street, Elm st 
Feek John, Friar's road ■ 
*Fenton Abraham, High street 
Flick John, Cowper street 
*Fletcher Joseph, Woodbridge road 
Foulger Eliz., Victoria street 
Fulcher John, Lower Gibson street 
Fulcher Robert, Fore Hamlet 
Fulcher William, St Margaret's street 
Funnell James, (ship) Quay street 
Garnham William, Halifax 
Girling Robert, Mount street, Rst 
Goreham Edward, New street 
Goreham John, Star lane 
Gowing Henry, Old Gaol lane 
Green Elijah, Duke street 
*Green Henry, Wingfield street 
Hammond John, Back road 
*Hancock John, St Nicholas' street 
Hogg Joseph, 7 Victoria street, Lrd 
Howgego Geo. Jeremh., St. Margaret's 

plain 
Hunt John, St Peter's street 
Hurrell Samuel, Mount street Rst 
Jackson Isaac, Cattle market 
Kedgley Robt., Victoria st, London rd 
Kent Frederick, Norwich road 
King Stephen, John street 
*Kitton Harvey Richard, Norwich rd 






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*Larst Henry, Westgate street 
*Last Benjamin, Bell lane 
Leek Timothy, Purfleet street 
Limmer John, Upper Brook street 
Lingley Edmond, Turret lane 
*Mann James Bead, St Helen's st 
Manning Bobert, (ship) Fore street 
Markwell Thomas, (ship) Fore street 
Mayhew James, Borough road 
Norman Henry, Handford road 
Orvis Fredk., St Margaret's Plain and 

St Matthew's street 
Oxborrow Edmund, St Margaret's st 
Parker Joseph, St Matthew's street 
*Planten Henry, St Nicholas street 
*Potter John Amos, Orchard street 
^Potter John, St Lawrence street 
Rose George, Friars street 
Bose William Fonnereau road 
Bussell John, Bath street 
*Saunders Ezekiel, Great Colman st 
Saunders Joshua, Albion street 
Scarlett Charles, St Helen's street 
*Scrivener John, Cornhill 

* Smyth George, Tavern street 
Snell Daniel, Mount 

Snell John, Trinity terrace 

Snell Bobert, East street 

Steele John, Carr street 

*Studd Henry B., Black Horse lane 

*Thompson Mrs B. & Son, Tavern st 

Turner Jas., Lower Orwell street 

Turner William, William street 

*Wade Joseph, Station street 

*Ward John, Cornhill 

Whitehead William, Pottery street 

Woods James, Woodbridge road 

* Wright Benjamin, Bell lane 
Wright William, Curriers' lane 

(10) BANKEBS. 
Alexanders and Co., Bank st, {draw on 

Barnetts, Hoare, and Co.) 
Bacon, Cobbold, and Co., Tavern st, 

{draw on Sir B. P. Glyn and Co.) 
National Provincial Bank of England, 

(Branch) Old Butter market, {draw 

on London Joint Stock Co.) Mr 

Henry Miller, manager 
Ipswich Savings' Bank, Queen street, 

(open Friday, 10 till 1 o'clock) Wm. 

Cheselden, actuary 
Ipswich and Suffolk Savings' Bank, 

Cornhill, (open Wed. 11 to 1 o'clock) 

S. B. Chapman and B. W. Porter, 

secretaries 
| (11) BASKET & SIEVE MKBS. 

Barns Benjamin, Westgate street 
| Barns Clarke, St Peter's street 
I Collins Bobert, Old Butter market 
Downs William A., Woodbridge road 
Gross Charles, Old Butter market 



Jackson William, Bridge street West 
Keyes Joseph, Black Horse lane 
Noble James, Upper Orwell street 
Tooke John, Fore street 

(12) BEBLIN WOOL &c, DLBS. 
Barton Marianne, Westgate street 
Conder James, Old Butter market 
Lee Sarah, Queen street 

Shalders My. and Emilv, Westgate st 

(13) BIRD & ANIMAL PRE SEVRS. 
Betts Wm:, Woodbridge road 

Bird Edward, King street 
Gull James, St Stephen's lane 
King George, Norwich road 
Podd Percival, St Stephen's lane 
Seaman John, Norwich road 

(14) BLACKSMITHS. 
Barton Robert, Stoke street 
Betts Lott Henry, Westgate street 
Blomfield Charles, St Margaret's st 
Chaplin John, Church street 

Clout Geo., Cock & Pye yd., Brook st 
Cooper John, St Margaret's green 
Garwood Thomas, Bramford road 
Hill James, Rose lane 
Hurwood James, Salthouse street 
Knights James, (anchorsmith)^Key st 
Lindley John, Tanner's lane 
Oxborrow Thomas, Cross Keys lane 
Page John, Great Whip street 
Tydeman Wm., Bell lane 
Vince John, St Margaret's plain 
BOARDING HOUSES. 
(See Eating Houses, fycj 

(15) BOOKBINDERS. 
Brook James, Princes st, Kst 
Parker Joseph, St Stephen's lane 

( 16) BOOKSELLERS, BINDERS, 

PBINTEBS, and STATIONEBS. 

Marked * are Printers only, and \\ have 

Libraries. 
Baillie Wm. Bolland, 27 St Nicholas' st 
Burton J.Mumford, Cornhill ; h Bolton 
| j Chandler Charles, Tacket street 
Cook John, Upper Orwell street 
Cowell Saml. Harrison, Old Butter 

market 
||Deck Bobert, Cornhill 
Dorkin Anthony, Upper Brook street 
||Glyde John, jun., St Matthew's st 
|| Haddock James, Old Butter market 
Hunt Wm., 12 Tavern st; h Fonnereau 

road 
* Jackson Stephen, Journal Office, Old 

Butter market 
*King John, Chronicle Office, Tavern 

street ; h Bose hill 
*Lamb Wray Palliser, (copper plate) 

Tower street 
Matt Thomas, (old) Carr street 
f 2 



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Morley David. Queen street 
Pannifer Nathaniel, jun.. Fore street 
Piper Alfred, St Nicholas sti ee 
*Piper Stephen, Stamp Oj?-ce, Old 

Butter market 
*Rainbird Robert, Soane street 
Eead Charles, Fore street 
Bead James, Thoroughfare 
Scoggins John, Orwell place 
(jShalders James. Westgate street 
*Sulley Chaiies, Express Office 
Talbot John. Crown street 

(17) BOOT & SHOEMAKERS. 
Allerton Thos., Old Butter market 
Arnough George G.. Fore street 
Austin Wm., Tacket street 
Aylward John, Victoria street 
IB aeon John, Carr st; h Cos lane 
Barnett Phineas, (manfr.) St Peter's st 
Barrett Ephraim, St Helen's street 
Bennett Win., Tavern street 
Bennett Wm., Church street 
Brett John, Tavern street 
Brummitt George, Pottery street 
Buckingham Jonth. and Son, (Wm, 

Hy.) 13 Tavern street 
Bugg Frederick John, Westgate st 
Carr James, St Lawrence street 
Carter Richard, St Nicholas street 
Chaplin Robert, Victoria street 
Chilburn Robert, Tacket street 
Clarke George Stanford, King st 
Clarke Hy., {manfr.) Princes street; 

h Berners street 
Clarke Joseph, 15 Upper Berners st 
Clarke John, Fore street 
Clarke Robert, St Peter's street 
Clarke Wm. . Currier's lane 
Coleman John. Back Hamlet 
Cooke Jonathan, Fore street 
Cooper Robert L., Woodbridge road 
•Creswell James, Queen street 
Curson Henry. Bath street 
Daldrey Wm., New Cut 
Day Thomas, Norwich road 
Dennant David. Fitzroy street 
Dykes John, Key street 
Eaton John, Chapel yard, Orwell st 
Ell: = fa^es. l-"i~.-.i":'e street 
Emmett Peter, Stoke street 
Eirth Wm.j St Xichs. st; h London rd 
Foulger Hamilton Lazarus, Fore st 
Fox Salter, Woodbridge road 
Fox Philip, Turret lane 
Ereeman Wm., Rope lane 
Freston Alfred, Friars street 
Freston John, Providence place 
Fulcher Wm., 4 Oxford street 
Fuller Wm., Stoke street 
Garlic Mary Ann, Tavern street 
Garrard Wm., Back Hamlet 



Godball Wm. St. H 

Goldini J ~ 

Good child Chas., Cox lane 

Gooding 3eoi 

Gooding Wm.. Upper Orwell st 

Grayston Daniel, Norwich road 

Hall Wm., Cofleg i street 

Hamblin Robert, Queen sti 

Harrison My. Ann. 4 Upper Brod 

Harvey John, F : i -. street 

Hewit: Shades Woodbridge 

Hilly ard Chas.. F 

Hitchcock Jph. Falcons:: hBird a ! 

James Joseph, Fore Hamlet 

Jameson Chas. Hy., Church in. S: 1 

Johnson Robert. Tacke- street 

Johnson Wm. and Son, Upr. Brook st 

Lucock Wm., Victoria st: Bet 

Mayhew Wm., St Heler_ 5 ::_ Bet 

Moor Daniel, Tacket street 

Nunn David, Fore street 

Nunn Jabez, Upper Orwell street 

Nunn Robert, Upper Orwell si 

OfTord Wm., 3 3, Upper Berne: 3 st 

Osborn Eliz., Carr street 

Osborn Roger. Tavern i 

Parker Joseph H.. Rope lane 

Parsons Alfred, Old Butter market 

h St Peter's street 
Patterson Wilfred, Westgate street 
Pells Alfred, Fore street 
Pells John, Old Butter market 
Pollard Henry, St Stephen's lane 
Poole Wm., 13 Friars street 
Potter Wm., Thoroughfare; h Upper 

Lawrence street 
Price Frederick, Carr st: eel 
Pulfer John. St Margaret's green 
Rayner John, Fore Hamlet 
Reeve Edward, Old Gaol lane 
Richmond Jas., Upper Orwell street 
Robinson Thomas. The Mount 
Seager Simon. St Helen's street 
Self Wm., St Helen's street 
Sheldrake Jno. Cockerill, Carr stree: 
Sherman John, Priory street 
Simpson James, St Lawrence street 
Smith John, Princes street, Kst 
Southern Thos., Mount st Elm st 
Sporle Alfred, Austin street 
Sporle George, Bell lane 
Sporle Joseph, Whersteai road 
Sporle Nathan, Portman street 
Sporle Rt., Cecilia st and Station st 
Stannard Saml., Lower Orwell street 
Steveus Robert, Upper Brook stree: 
Strange Thomas, Regent street 
Taylor Jph. and Sons, St Matthew a 4 
Todd James, St Matthew's street 
Turner Shadrach, 10 Carr stree; 
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Ward Jonathan. Norwich road 
Webb Thomas. William street 
Wells Charles, Austin street 
Westhorp Samuel, Handford road 
Whiting John. St Helen's street 
Wilkinson Thos., Tower Church yard 
Wilson Geo., Log's head lane 
Wilson Henry. Eagle street 
Winter Charles, St Stephen's Ch. yd 
Woods G-eorge, Fore Hamlet 
Wright Danl H., Upper Orwell street 
Wright Geo.. 3 Berners street 
(IS/ BEAZIEES AND TINNERS. 

8ei also Ironmongers. 
Earnard Wm.. Salthouse street 
Baxter Joseph, Eope lane 
Burrows Maria, Queen street 
Cook Alfred John, Cornhill 
Fairweather John, Old Gaol lane 
Girt George, Curriers 1 lane 
Harvey Joseph. Key street 
Eeebie Wm , Upper Orwell street 
Ward Henry, St. Margaret's street 
Ward Wm., Fitzrov street 
(19 | BREWERS. (AEE&PORTEB.) 

Marked * art Licensed Victuallers. 
x Baxter Erics. Wherstead road 
Blogg Aahton, Foundation street; h 

Henley street 
Bowman Alfred, Falcon street 
Catchpole Nathaniel & Co., Queen st 
Chaplin Wm. Jackson, Crown lane : h 

St. Matthew's street 
Cobb old John, Cliff Brewery 
*Esling Robert, Tower terrace 
E e 1 grave Jas. ( Age. --for Steward $ Co. 

of Norwich,) 8 1 Margaret's green 
Ridley George & Henry, Fore street 
'"Smith E;l ward, (beerhs.) Salthouse st 
Steam Thomas, Barclay street 
♦Taylor Wm V b] Church street 
* Tyrrell George May, 7 Upr. Brook st 
*Vince Daniel, Norwich road 
120 BRICKLYRS. &FLASTERES. 
Bennett John, Back street 
Borrett Wm., Currier's lane 

ker Benjamin, Cecilia street 
Butcher James, The Mount 
Canham Simon, Back Hamlet 
Card Henry, St Margaret's green 
C >ppfng James, ■" Orford street 
Samuel, Bell lane 
Samuel, jun., Bell lane 
Ellis George E.. St Nicholas place 
Eisk Wm., Cox lane 
Eisk Henry, 18 Victoria street 

m Wm. Hy., 30 Upper Berners st 
Green Wm. Orford 3treet 
Hudson Wm. H., Victoria buildings 
Hnrrieks Henry, Black Horse lane 
Jar vis Robert, Curriers' lane 



Jenkines Wm., St Peter's street 

Kerridge Herbert, Woodbridge road 

Morfey James, Stoke street 

Morfey James Gootch, John street 

Neale Thomas, Back street 

Pells John. Borough road 

Pells John, jun., Old Butter market 

Eiches Wm., 3 Ann street 

Roy John, Back road marshes 

Trew Eobert, Fore Hamlet 

Trott Henry, Princes street 

(;21) BEIGE & TILE MAKERS. 

Bennett -John, Church street 

Bloomheld 1 James, Tower street 

Canham Noah Clarke, Back Hamlet 

Catchpole and Ashford, Foundation st 

Cobbold John, Fore Hamlet 

Driver John, Woodbridge road 

Fisk Francis, St Helen's street 

LufT John, Norwich road 

Gibbons Edward, St Nicholas' street 

Eibbans Wra. P., St Matthew's street 

Simpson Si,, Museum st k P. v.c'\ -:.-:: - 

(22) BRUSH MAKERS. 
Bishop Edw. Wilmot, Old Butter mkt 
Spinks Edward. St Nicholas street 

(23) BUTCHEES. 

Marked •;- are Cattle Dealers and * Both 

Butchers. 

(Nkt. signifies New Market.) 
♦Adams Emma, St Matthew's street 
-An:lre"s George Watts. Westg?,te st 
-An.lrev/s John. Oil Butter market 
+Baker Charles, St Matthew's street 
Baker Eichd. Wm., St Margaret's st 
Baker Eichard, New Market & Fore st 
Baker Thomas A., Eope lane 
Baker Thomas, Tavern street 
Barnes Benjamin, Carr street 
Barnes George A., Woodbridge road 
*Bass Wm., Fore street 
'Fatten Eosoph. Eore street 
Beard Isaac, Norwich road 
-Beori Philip. St Peter's street 
*Berry Elizabeth, East street 
Bevan Charles, Carr street 
Bevan Edward. Major's corner 
*Boaree Edgar, Upper Orwell street 
*Brummitt George, Pottery street 
*Boon Wm., St Helen's street 
+ Button James, 5 Prospect place 
*Chaplin Shadrach, Carr street 
Clarke Joseph, Victoria st, London rd 
*Cook Jasper,Cornhill &Portman's wlk 
*Cox John, St Matthew's street 
Cox George, Norwich road 
*+Cox Samuel, Mount 
Death Wm., Falcon street 
Farthing George, Woodbridge road. 
Farthing John, Fore street 
Field Frederick, Bridge street 



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*Flack George. Mount street. Est. 
f Foreman Samuel. Bell lane & Nkt. 
*G-all Samuel. St George's street 
Gladding James, Fore Hamlet 
fGocher Charles, St Peter's street; h 

Holly Lodge, Bramford road 
■t-Gocher Thomas. Westgate street 
Gooding Samuel. Fore Hamlet 
Grimwade John, Arcade. Museum st 
*Hart Jane, Bath street 
*Herbert Samuel Rope lane 
*Hieks Charles. Upper Orwell street 
Hicks Henry John, Tavern street 
Holder David, New Market ; h Mount j 
^Holder Win.. Curriers lane and Nkt 
Howland Sarah Ann. Fore street 
Jennings Mark, Bell lane 
Jones John Chenery, St Matthew s st 
King Martha, Queen street 
King Stephen Burdett. Fore street 

* Lloyd Francis, Back Hamlet 

* Lloyd James, Fore Hamlet 
Forking James, Regent street 
f Mudd John, Bell lane 
Orris Mrs. Mary. New Market 
Osborne Alfred, Falcon street 

* Pinner John, Rope lane 
*Pollard James, St Margaret's street 
Prentice Stephen, New Mkt. & Elm st 
^Procter James, Stoke street 
*Pryke John, Bridge street 

*Rice Philip, Upper Brook street 
Rowell Ann. St Helen's street 

* Scrivener Enos. Black Horse lane 
*Seager Joseph, Fore Hamlet 
*Seager Robert, St Peter's street 
*Seager Joseph, Friars street 
Seagrave David, Tacket street 
*Setterfleld Elizabeth, Falcon street 
*Setterneld John, Fore street 
*Skeppard Edward, Victoria st, Lrd 
Sheppard Wm., Upper Brook street 
Simpson Henry, Thoroughfare 

+ Stevenson Robert, Bramford road 
Sturgeon Mary Ann, Potter street 
Suckamore John, Back street 
*Sykes John, St Margaret's green 
tSynionds Robert, Lower Orwell st 
Taylor John, Tacket street 
Taylor Samuel, Key st, & New Market 
Turner John, Westgate street 
f Upson Michael, Mount & New Mrkt. 
*Wade James. New street 
Waller Joseph, St Peter's street 
Ward Wm., Tacket street 

* Wells John, Friars road 
Woodsell Henry. Handford road 

(24) CABINET MAKERS §m 
UPHOLSTERERS 
(Paper Hangers, Src.) 
Baker George, Ann street 



Borley Joseph, Frisa stool 

Chapman Samuel. Kin; ^::::: 

la James. W 
Fox Robert. Cattle ma:" 
Gislingham Fredk. IS Victoria St., Lrd 
Goodwin E^: 
Goodwin J:: 

Greenleaf Wm.. Fore street 
Gurney John. Bat 
Harrison (Jas.) & iifdinghara (Geo.) 

Elm srreet 
Hill Isaac, Cos laae 
JefTery Samuel. Queen s:::~: 
Last Joshua, SI George street 
LeggT Ernest street 

Leverett James. Norwich road 
Leverett Mary. St I street 

Mulley John, Upper Br: :k street 

Wui.. PupU-: a - 
Phillips John, 91 NkfeolaB stzeet 
Smith James. Friar? rd. ic Tanner's In 

l Charles, 31 Peter's street 
Taylor I -.*ion street 

Thurston Josepii ter market 

3AJ .-:.! PROPRIETORS. 

I E R S. 
Joiners and Wheel wri: 
-,; CABVEBS ANJ FILLERS. 
Ma wnen only. 

* He wit: ridge road 
Jennings Thomas. 1 Tacket street 
Read Adolplr; is "_.-.er'„ 
*Ringhani Henry. 9 1 John's road 
Roe Owes per Brook street 

(26) CHEESE & BACON FACTRS. 

S : 

Abbott Samuel. Cornhill 

Gower and Hunt. Friars road 

May John, jun., Bridge wharf; h Ber- 

ners street 
Sewell and Metcalfe. I : :k side 

(27) CHEMISTS & DRUGGISTS. 
Ma ' ' . .' . nam. 

Anderson George _f _ -. i crick. Cornhill 
AtthiD Robert, ftaneea street. King st 
Chapman Brothers. ( v Wm. and Henry) 

Cornhill 
Ckilver Thomas. Navarre street 
C lie Wm. Joha : 

Cornell Philip James. Tavern stzeei 
Duningham Thomas. Westgate sb 
E~re ; I. : ''^-: street 

*Fiske Charles. North gate s:. & Carr st 
Goyder Dai broad 

Hamilton'.' - rite street 

Harmer Anty. Dorkin. Old Battel mkt 
Hay ward Edward. Upper Brook st 
Marchant Chas. Freik'.Oli Butter mkt 

* Ridley 6c Grimwade. (and aml-corro' 

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Silvester Win.. St Nicholas' street 
Wiggin John, St Matthew's street 
CLOG-.— {See Patten, y,-.. Makers.) 
(2S) CHIMNEY SWEEPERS. 
Clarke Isaac. Rose lane 
Burkitt Ann. St Margaret's ditches 
Foster W.. Star lane 
Foster W. M., Church lane, St Matt 
Lloyd "Win.. Navarre street 
Martin Robert. Fore Hamlet 
Quan trill Wm., Lady lane 
Smith Daniel. Black Horse lane 
Smith Edward. Black Horse lane 

(29) CLOTHES BROKERS. 
Alston Stephen, Old Batter market 
Ashford Alfred.. Fore street 
Bugg Ann. St Margaret's street 
Cook George. Dog's head lane 
Goodwin Eliza. Lower Orwell street 
Gray Mary, Upper Orwell street 
Hammond Makala, Mount 
Mason Wm. and Robert, Fore street 
Pannifer Nathaniel, sen., Fore street 
Rushbrooke Geo. Wm., St Stephen's In 
Smith Charles, Upper Brook street 
Swindell James. Upper Orwell street 
(30) COACH BUILDERS.. 
And Coach. Gig. Horn, >;:,. Letter* 
Alderton Fisher, 7 Norwich road 
Alderton Thomas, St Nicholas street 

and Falcon street 
Bennett Henry, (and harness) Fore st 
Butcher Wm.. Joseph street 
Catt Wm.. St Matthew's street 
Dunnett Ths.. Upr. Orwell st : hFore st 
Payers Robert, Tower terrace 
Goreham Charles, Great Coiman st. ; 

h St Margaret's green 
Green Cutting, Bramford road 
Hunnibell Timothy. Fore Hamlet 
Hood Thomas. Woodbridge road 
Kent Abraham, Currier's lane 
Ottiwill Zach., Tanners In.; h Lady In 
Quadling Edwin. Austin street 
COACH. kc... PROPRIETORS. 

(See Post Mask 
(31) COAL, £c, MERCHANTS. 
Marked * are Rett 
Archer Rt., St Peter's dock; h Crown In 
Beaumont Wm. and Son, Fore street 
* Brook Timothy Sherwin. Friars rd 
*Burman Edward, Turret lane 
Byles Jeremiah and Co.. College street 
Christie John, Salthouse street 
Cobbold John. Fore street 
Cowell Charles Hy. and Co., Fore st 
Cuckow James, Key street 
Cutkbert £ Sedgwick, Dolphin wharf 
Dalby Fras.. Quay side ; h Wingfleld st 
Hill John, Quay : h Lower Orwell st 
*Keeble James, Pottery street 



*Last Thomas. Fore Hamlet 
Paul Rt., "Wherry quay ; h Fonnereaurd 
Prentice Oliver, Quay house 
Prentice Thos. 5c Co., Neptune quay 
Ransome Fredk. 6c Co., Flint wharf 
Ridley George and Henry, Fore street 
Searle Robert Stephen, Carr street 
Sheppard Alfred, Fore street 
Southgate Abraham and Son, Fore st 

* Stammers John Eastby, Dog's head In 

* Webster Joseph. Bell lane 
Whitehead James, Tanner's lane 

(32) CONFECTIONERS, Sec. 
(See aho Bakers.) 
Baker Thomas. Xing street 
Cocks Robert, St Matthew's street 
Cocks George, Bramford road 
Collett Elizabeth, Carr street 
Eaton Charles, Currier's lane 
Feek John, Comhill and John street 
Fuller Wm,, Tavern street 
Hancock John, St Nicholas street 
Hancock Charles and Son, Carr street 
Jackson Wm., Falcon street 
Larst Henry, Westgate street 
Marshall John. IS Nkt. ; h Friar's st 
Moore Samuel, Barclay street 
Patterson Mary, Bell lane 
Peck Julia 'Alice. Tacket street 
Phillips Mary. St Matthew's street 
Pooley Wm., Westgate street 
Feeder Robert, Fore street 
Smith Wm., St Nicholas street 
Smyth George, Tavern street 
ThompsDn Mis Rt. & Son, Tavern st 
Turner Wm., Austin sb 
Wall Edward. Old Butter market 
(33) CONSUL. (VICE.) 
Townsend C.T.. (for Sweden, Norway, 

kc.) Custom house 

(34) COOPERS. 
Alexander Henry, St Helen's street 
Barns Benjamin, Westgate street 
Barns Clarke, St. Peter's street 
Drake James, Navarre street 
Fisk Wm., St Margaret's green 
Frost James, Salthouse street 
Howe Stephen, St Margaret's green 
Matt Jonathan, King street 
Paternoster Henry, (j.) Lady lane 
Warner Wm., Fore street 
Whybrew Wm., St Matthew's street 
Worn John. Upper Orwell street 
^35) CORK CUTTERS. 
Chaplin Wm.Jackson, Westgate street 

and Crown lane 
Newton Charles. "Westgate street 
Peck Shadrach, Dial lane 
(36) CORN k FLOUR DEALERS. 

iso Bakers and Shopkeepers.) 
Alexander Wm., St Stephen's lane 



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Andrews Charles, Austin street 
Bantoft John, St Matthew's street 
Bass Wm., Fore street 
Bennett George, Tower terrace 
Bennett John, Key street 
Bentley Mary Ann, Fore street 
Blyth John, jun., Victoria st, Lrd. 
Button Joseph, Fore street 
Buttram Wm., Carr street 
Cook James, Fore Hamlet 
Cooper John, Tacket st. & Witnesham 
Denny Charles Thomas, Key street 
Ensor John Lott, King st. ; h High st 
Fisher Benjamin, Currier's lane 
Harris George, Upper Orwell street 
Last BeDJamin, Fore Hamlet 
Xiimmer John, Upper Brook street 
Roper James, St Margaret's street 
Sallows Robert, King street 
Salter Thomas, Back street 
Smith Wm., Siloam place 
Squhrell Wm. Obadiah, Cattle market 
Stokes Susannah, St Peter's street 
Sykes John, St Margaret's green 
Taylor Robert, St. Matthew's street 
Wallis Henry & Abm, Old Butter mkt 
Webb Robert, Fore street 
Wooltorton Robert, St Matthew's st 
Woodgate Wm., Princes st., King st 
(37) CORN MERCHANTS. 
See also Corn Millers. 
Byles Jeremiah & Co., College street 
Cobbold John, Fore street 
Cowell Charles Henry & Co., Fore st 
Cuckow James, Key street 
Cuthbert & Sedgwick, Dolphin wharf 

and Stonham ; F. J. Johnson agent 
Emerson Wm., Fore street 
Paul Rt., Wherry quay; h Fonnereaurd 
Prentice Oliver, Quay house 
Prentice Thomas & Co., Neptune quay 
Searle Robert Stephen, Carr street 
Sheppard Daniel Alfred, Fore street 
Southgate Abm.& Son,(Walter)Fore st 
Wallis Henry & Abraham, Old Butter 

market and Smart's wharf 
Waspe John, Bridge street 
Webster Joseph, Little Whip street 

(38) CORN MILLERS. 
Andrews Robert, Woodbridge road 
Bird Wm. Tuddenham road 
Cuthbert Wm. & Henry, Woodbridge rd 
Dawson Wm., Foxhall road 
Fison Joseph, Eastern Union Mills and 

Stoke Steam Mill ; h Friar's road 
Goodchild Wm., Stoke Mill ; h Stoke st 
Hitchcock Ebr., Whitton ; h Bramford 
Howell Wm., Albion Mills, Woodbdg.rd 
Nunn John, Anglesey road 
Oxborrow Edmd., jun., Woodbridge rd 
Sallows Robert. Bramford road 



Seagrave Charles, Woodbridge road 
Southgate & Son, Fore street and' 

Needham Market 
Threadkell Wm. B., WesterfieU 
(39) CURRIERS AND LEATHER 

CUTTERS. 
Abbott Edw. Grimes, 38 Borough road 
Bond Henry Cooper, {and tanner) St 

Helen's street 
Conder Thomas, (leather and gutta- 
percha dealer) Old Butter market 
Firth Wm., St Nicholas st; h Lon.rcf 
Garrard Wm., Back Hamlet 
Joiner Wm., High street 
Parker Nathaniel Wilkinson, Fore st 
Stewart Henry, 1 Victoria street 
Turner Walton and Arthur Jamesy 
Princes street, King street 

(40) CUTLERS (Working.) 
Bird James, St Nicholas street 
Smith Wm., (truss maker) Westgate st 

(41) DANCING MASTERS. 
Bowles Alfred, (# drilling) London ro! 
Ball John Hy. Geo., 15 Upper Brook sfc 

(42) DENTISTS. 
Gaches Daniel, Northgate street 
Leigh Edw. Pp., M.R.C.S., 3 Adelphi pi 
Lyon Lemuel, Museum street 
Tracy John, Tacket street 

(43) DYERS & SCOURERS. 
Haxell Wm. Carr street 
Hayward Stephen, St Nicholas st 
Spearman Jas., sen. St Matthew's si 
Talbot John, Crown street 
White Ann, Church street 

(44) EARTHENWARE MFRS,. 
Schulen John Wm. Pottery street;, b 

Eagle street 
Schulen Mary Ann, Rope lane 

(45) EATING HOUSES. 
Marked * are ComL Boarding Houses* 
Ay ton Sophia, Bath street 
Bennett John, Key street 
Chaplin Shadrach, Carr street 
Chenery James, Carr street 
Cutting Henry, Queen street 
*Grimwade John, Museum Arcade* 
Rudland Maria, St Stephen's lane 
Lambourn Wm. Workmen's Hall 
Waldron John, Wherstead road 
Ward Betty, St Matthew's street 
* Williams James, Queen street 

(46) ENGRAVERS, &c. 
Cade Robert, Fore street 
Dallinger Wm. Henry, Tacket street 
Lamb Wray Palliser, Tower street 

FANCY GOODS. 
(See Hardware and Toy, $c> Dealer?.} 



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(47) FARMERS, &c. 
Harked * are Cowkeepers only. 

See also T}Jiiiton and Westerfield. 
Ashford Robert, Sproughton 
Bowman Alfred, Falcon St. & Whitton 
*Cattermole Alfred, Yictcria street 
Dakirjg Robert, Maiden Hall 
*Edwards George, Friar's road 
Goss Mar}', Black Horse lane 
*Grimwood Mrs, St Helen's street 
*Hart George, Bath street 
Haxell James, Gippeswick Hall and 

Upper Brook street 
Hervey Ernest, Bolton Farm 
Howard Thomas, Sproughton 
Laeey Robert, Woodbndge road 
Last Thomas, Fore Hamlet 
*Mabson Wm. & Charles, Tower ditch 
Masters Win., Folly Farm 
Newson John, Rushmere 
*Norman Wm., Marshes 
Ratcliff James, Bramford road 
Roe Joseph, Bank place 
Salter Henry, Foundation street 
*Turner Wm., Stoke street 
Waller Henry, Handford Hall 
Waspe Wm. Bonner, Gusford Hall 
* Wilson James, Globe lane 
Wilson Pettit, Woodbridge road 
(48) FELLMONGERS, 
Corley John, Portman's walk 
Overall James, Currier's lane 

(49) FIRE & LIFE OFFICES. 
Agriculturist, J. Durrant, Carlton 

Chambers 
Albion, Hy. Woolnough, Gt. Colman 

street, and R. W. Porter, Fore st 
Alliance, W. Bullar, Bank street 
Athenaeum, S. G. Francies, Mount pit. 

and C. E. Rabett, King street 
Atlas, J. Wiggin, St Matthew's street 
British Commercial, W.Bennett.Tav.st 
British Empire, B. Rix, Westgate st 
Cattle & Hailstorm, J. Durrant, Wgt 
Church of England, J. Franks, Elm st 
City of London, W. Daniel, Elm st 
Clerical, Medical, and General, E. God- 

dard, Duke street, and Chapman 

Brothers, Cornhill 
Consolidated, W. Hutchinson, Soane st 
County Fire and Provident Life, Jph. 

Pierce, Prince's street 
Crown Life, Dr. W. B. Clarke 
District Fire and Scottish Amicable 

Life, B. Backhouse, St Mattw.'s pi 
Essex & Suffolk, Hy. Knights,, Jo u rna I 

Ofiice 

Economic, E . G oddard 
Equitable & National Loan Fund, W. 

Ewington, St Margaret's green 
European, C. F. Marchant, Butter nikt 



General, G. Christopherson, Fore st 

Globe, Joseph Owen. Fonnereau road 

Guardian, Miller & Son, Butter mkt 

Law Fire, J. P. Baker, S. B. Jackaman, 
and C. Steward, attornies 

Legal & Commercial, G. Turner, Wgt 
and J. Orford, Silent street 

Liverpool and London, J. Glyde, jun. y 
St Matthew's street 

London Assurance, Robert Burrows, 
jun., Cattle market 

London Union, J. W. Eisdell, Provi- 
dence street 

London and Provincial Law, E. Law- 
rance, Tower street 

Manchester and London, Jas. Durrant> 
Westgate street 

Monarch, Thos. Berryman, Tacket st 

Merchant and Tradesmen's Mutual, 
Benj. Franklin, Friar's street 

National Endowment, Wm. Townsend^ 
New market 

National Mercantile, C. Fiske, North* 
gate street 

National Provident, Robt. Miller, But- 
ter market 

Norfolk Farmers' Cattle Insurance Co.,. 
George Turner, Providence street 

Norwich Equitable, James Shalders, 
Westgate street 

Norwich Union, G. & H.Ridley, Fore st 

Pelican, C, Pretyman, Silent street 

People's Life, J. Glyde, jun. St. Mat- 
thew's street 

Phcenix, W. & H. Chapman, Cornhill, 
Rd. Wm. Porter, Fore st., and B. L* 
Gross, Museum street 

Professional Life, H. G. Bristo, A. H, 
Gower, and Wm. Henry Daliinger 

Royal Fire, George Mason, College st 

Royal Farmers, and General Life, G. 
S. Tovell, 4, Beaufort Buildings 

Royal Exchange, J. Haddock, Old 
Butter market 

Scottish Equitable, James Shalders. 
Westgate street 

Solicitors', E. Pownall, Elm street 

Standard Life, I. P. Baker. Brook st 

Suffolk Alliance, W. Buller, Lower 
Brook street 

Sun, Josselyn & Westhorp, Tower st 

Unity Fire and Natl. Live Stock, H, 
G. Bristo, aud A. H. Gower, Tac- 
ket street 

Yorkshire, H. T. Naters, Norths^, st 
(50) FISHMONGERS. 
Marked * are Game Dealers. 

*Bales George Wm., Cornhill 

Baldwin Robert, Fore street 

Cooper Edward, St Margaret's green 



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Cooper Wm., Garr street 
Cutting John, Eagle street 
*Daniell Joseph. Queen street 
*Griniwade John, Museum Arcade 
Horn Win. Bell, Key street 
Manning Benj., Cornhill : ii Friars at 
Pinner Jeremiah, Northgate street 
Pooley Wm.. Westgate street 
Prentice Robert, Fore Hamlet 

* Robinson Henry, Westgate street 
Roy Wm., Lower Orwell s; 
Sturgeon John. Quay street 
Townsend Wm.. New market 
Yinyard Henry, Queen street 
Ward Wm., Tacket street 

(51) FURNITURE BROKERS. 
Ankin Wm.. Church street 
Ashford Alfred, Fore b :: s efc 
Barker John, inn., 9 &15, Battel mkt 
Basting J:. leH si 

Berry 5: Buckingham, Orwell place 
Burgess James, Potte:; sti E e t 
Chapumn Samuel, King street 
Christie John, Fore street 
Fisk Wm., St Margaret's green 
Hammond Wm., St Matthew's street 
Howes Whl, W : is street 
Randall Wm. Chenery, Upr. Brook st 
Roe John. Upper Brook str—: 
Roe Wm., Thorough:!: e 
Smith James, Friars road 
Stammers John E., St Stephen 
Stevens Edw. Thos., St Stephen £ I.- 
Williams Joseph, Market lane 
hi John. Fa:: : d v.- - 1 et 

(52) FURRIERS. 
Crisp Charles, Falcon street 
Eaiers Mary Ann, Tavern s::-r: 
Hovell Wm. G., St Margaret"s plain 
Pearee Fredk. Henry. Tavern street 
Ward Jane, 7. Great Colman street 

GAME DEAIiEBS 

{See Fishmongers and Poulterers.) 

(53) GARDENERS, SEEDSMN../:: 

Marked * are Green Grocer* : 
Allen Joseph, Handford road 

* Allen Mark, St Hele:: s street 
*Atthowe Ambrose. Fore Hamle: 
Austin Joseph. Norwich road 
Austin John k Wm.. Albion hill 
*Bailey Robert, Key s~: 
Barnard John, Norwich road 
Bradbrook Samuel, Stoke street 
*Blasby Barnes, St Matthew's street 
*Brett Wm, Victoria street 

* Brown Joseph, Key street 
*Burch Allen, Rope lane 
Button Wm.. Bramford road 
Buxton Samuel. Cliff 
Calvesbert Robert, Aa zlesey road 
*Canham"Jaines ; Back Hamlet 



*Canhamir reet 

m st 

* Carter Ed GBJ 

l i:.-y^\'_ I '. 
dements Jehu I 

*Christ::Lr:- in . doel s: 

*Cook I 

*Cook James, S3 
Cook Jaapei 

' '. ■;.- I II.:; 

*Pavy ::>n court 

Day John, Norwich road 
*Daj S imne^C sDege - 

-■. It ■-. 1 

_ : r I 

. eh line 

ert lane 

Garrod Joh^ I road 

Gilbert James. StJUai gueft ' 
TisHnghani Jog dl al 

-r:':::' 

Godbold Jas 1 :<unt 

- si ; :; ;;: 
H I beet 

Jeffries Wm. Brame, (Xurserymm and 

I.'/ :'" 1 1 . . H 

*Keelej V m I- -I st 

Kani I : : 

"Knivet: Wm., Beh lane 
Lovely ~ v _ N::~ ::I r:ii 

Marsh I" 3 : hn Friars 
Meade Norwich road 

Illf: I:_ : "I — : :.:. : :::'. 

* 3 1'.I 1 1" :ia street. L: 1 
HJHb Wot . - an street 

: z.. .'. xeowge Mi md sfci set Bst 

* Osborne Wm.. Fore street 
jsjzrne ~:n If :rge. Lr Jrwell st 

I: -.If: I unea I rjnees street, Ks: 

1" t-_ '"::- ~ :z z: tens :e 

*I : :r Win in !Eaevem s&eel 

*Pooley 

* Prentice B lie I 
Pryke John. J .-: I::, \~::< 

i ■: i e t . I : ndon road 
Rea Robert, ~.~..~sayman. s ) London rd 

:I Hj nnan AJD ion street 
*Sage JMari Mr. s::ee: 

*Smi:"_ 

*Smith Wm.. St. Nicholas street 

h .1: E::se lane 

"Soul" ' -'.-Is sireet 

I -Zt. s::-ee: 
S::kes Joseph. Friars road 
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*Tyler Maria, Albion court 

Upson Chs., St Nicholas st. & Ufford 

*Ward Wm, Church street 

*West Sarah, Lady lane 

Weightman Isabella, Queen street 

*Whitby Ann, Halifax 

Wisby Edward, Fore street 

Wood Wm., Fore street 

Woollard Mrs Mgt., Ranelagh Gardens 

*Wattisham My. Girling, St Peter's st 

*Wellington Amelia, Upr. Orwell st 

(54) GINGEE BEEE, &c. MKBS. 

(And Soda Water, fyc.) 
Firmin George, Wolsey street 
Garrod John, Mount Pleasant 
Harris Edward, Handfordroad 
Smith Edward, Salthouse street 
Talbot John, Crown street 

(55)GLASS, CHINA, &c. a DLES. 
Bowers Enoch, Westgate street 
Hart Morris, 4, Westgate street 
Levi Moses, Tavern street 
Eitchie James, Old Butter market 
Suthers Wm. 2, Old Butter market 
Tilley George, St Peter's street 

(56) GLOVEES, &c. 
See also Hosiers and Linen Drapers. 
Carter Mary, 2, Tavern street 
Dennington Eliz., St Margaret's green 
Oxford John. Market lane 
Prigg Jesse, Falcon street 
Sawer Phillis, Bell lane 

(57) GEOCEES & TEA DLES. 

Marked + are also Cheesemongers, and J 
Tallow Chandlers. See also Tea Deal- 
ers and Shopkeepers. 

•f Abbott Samuel, Cornhill 

Allengame John, Fore Hamlet 

f Andrews John, The Mount 

+Ashford Charles, Westgate street and 
Holbrook and Stutton 

tjBaker Charles, Fore street 

Bardwell Samuel, Victoria street, Lrd 

■f-Barker Samuel, St Helen's street 

Baxter John, Chenery street 

Bear George, Back street 

Bennett Thomas & Co., Tavern street 
and Fore street 

Bentley Mary Ann, Fore street 
Bilham Ellen, Fitzroy street 
Booth Eobert James, John street 
fBrook Edwin, King street 
Bullard Saml. Battley, Mount st., Est 
+Burley David, St Peter's street 
Burnett Wm., Fore Hamlet 
Burton Charles & Sons, (wholesale,) 

College street 
Carver Thomas, Bell lane 
Catchpole Edmund, Fitzroy street 
Chilver George Suggate, Long lane 



Clent Thos. {and Italian Warehouse,} 

Tavern street 
Clements Thos. Talmash, Woodbg. rd 
Conder James, Old Butter market 
Cooper Thomas, Wykes Bishop st 
•j- Cox Wm.. East street 
Cummings Valentine, Eope walk 
Davy John, Princes street, Brd 
Day George, Tanner's lane 
Driver John, Tanner's lane 
+ Fisk Wm., St Nicholas street 
^Fletcher Eobert, Borough road 
Fountain Eobert, Currier's lane 
Garnham Wm., Halifax 
jGoldsbury George, Tanner's lane 
tGoodwin Edgar, Upper Brook street 
Greir Eobert, St Helen's street 
f Hammond Chas. Jeremiah, College st 
f Harmer Henry, Borough road 
Harris Sophia, Handford road 
Harsum Abraham, Albion street 
+ Hicks Isaac Whitmore, St Matw's. st 
Hayward Charles, Crown street 
JHorsnaill George, Fore street 
•i- Kimble Benjamin, Bridge street 
King Henry, Norwich road 
Laughlin Wm., Mount street, Est 
ffLimmer John, jun., Margaret's plain 

and Wherstead road 
Manistre George, (and Italian Ware- 
house.) St Matthew's street 
+ Manistre Eobert, Fore street 
Messent George, Wherstead road 
Miller Eobert, Old Butter market 
Miller Jonth. Banham, 37, Boro' road 
Puplett Win., Westgate street 
Eands Nathaniel, Victoria street 
Eeeve James, Bath street 
t Singer Win. Smith, Tacket street and 

Bell lane 
Saunders James, Fore street 
tSetterfield George, Queen street 
Silburn Chas. (and Italian warehouse) 

Tavern street 
Smith Arthur, John street 
Stannard Wm., Mount street, Est 
Taylor Augustus Eobert, Key street 
Taylor Joseph, St Matthew's street 
Thrower Hy., St Peter's st. &Newnikt 
Turner Alfred, Ann street 
i-Turner Chs., Orford st. & Norwich rd 
Wade Stephen, Wherstead road 
fWainwright Saml. (whols.) Tavern st 
Waller Mrs, King street 
♦Ward Eobert, Eagle street 
Webb Eobert, Fore street 
Whitehead Wm., Pottery street 
+ Woods Geo., Back st., St Clement's 
GUANO, &c, {See Manure Merts.) 
(58) GUN MAKEES. 
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Bales George Wm. (and archery and 

cricket depot,) Cornhili 
Bird James, St Nicholas street 
Robinson Henry, Westgate street 
Wright John, (& shot mfr.) Falcon st 

(59) HAIR DRESSERS AND 
PERFUMERS. 
Agger Robert, St Matthew's street 
Alexander Wm., Falcon street 
Bird Edward, King street 
Brewster Thomas, St Helen's street 
Creswell George, Cornhili 
Demuth Frederick, Victoria st., Lrd 
Drane Wm,, St Margaret's street 
Edwards Alfred, Tavern street 
Faiers Samuel Howe, Tavern street 
Frost John, Carr street 
Glading George, Mount st., Elm st 
Glyde John, Eagle street 
Glyde John, jun., St Matthew's street 
Glyde Thomas, 12, Friars street 
Haszel Joseph, Duke street 
Hudson John Lloyd, Lr. Brook st 
Keeble Charles, Lady lane 
Licence Paul, Wherstead road 
Mulley Charles, Tacket street 
Parsons Charles, St Peter's street 
Pooley Robert, Cornhili 
Read Charles, Fore street 
Roberts Thomas. 6, Great Colman st 
Robinson Jas. Greenleaf, Westgate st 
Rowlson Wm., Crown street 
Smith Henry, St Helen's street 
StammersJohn Eastby, St Stephen'sln 
Stannard John, St Nicholas street 
Wade Wm., Fore street 
Woolner George, Rope lane 
Woolner John, Bridge street 
Woolnough Wm., Lower Orwell street 
(60) HARDWARE & TOY DLRS. 

{See also Ironmongers fy Toy Dealers.) 
Edwards Alfred, Tavern street 
Finegan Peter, Fore street 
Hart Morris, 4, Westgate street 
Lambert John, St Matthew's street 
Pooley Robert, Cornhili 
Rands Emanuel, Fore street 
(61) HATTERS. 
Batley John Tayer, Queen street 
Box John, Great Whip street 
Butcher John, (mfr.) Old Butter mkt 
CarrallJohn, Duke street 
Crispin John, Cattle market 
Corbin Wm. ] , Berners street 
Girling Wm. Henry, Duke street 
Havell Wm. Gascoign, St Margt's. plain 
Howes Wm., Fore street 
Jennings John, Tavern street 
Morton George, Upper Brook street 
Plumb Wm., Rope lane 
Baphael Abraham,, Fore street 



Sewell James, Northgate street 
Tunmer Henry and Geo., Tacket st 
(62) HAY & STRAW DEALERS. 
Andrews Thomas, Woodbridge road 
Barnes George A., Woodbridge road 
Elvin Thomas, 1, Norwich road 
Forsdike John, Woodbridge road 
Foulger Wm., Friars road 
Grimwood Joseph, St Helen's street 
Scrivener John, St Helen's street 

HORSE, GIG, &c, LETTERS. 

{See Post Masters.) 

(63) HORSE DEALERS. 

Shorten Charles Thomas, and Alfred 

John, Museum street 
Smith John & James, St Matthew's st 
Wilson Wm., Bramford road 
(64) HOSIERS, &c. 
{See also Glovers and Linen Drapers J) 
Ager Edmund, Westgate street 
Croydon John Frederick, Fore st 
Carter Mary, 2, Tavern street 
Dickerson Thomas, Upper Brook st 
Gower Geo. Stephen Stock, High st 
Green Wm., 9, Tavern street 
James Robert, Duke street 
Moor Daniel, Tacket street 
Peacock Thomas, 6, Tavern street 
Townsend Misses, Queen street 

(65) HOTELS, INNS, & TAVERNS, 
Admiral's Head, Richard Caston, St 

Margaret's street 
Anchor, Robert Smith, Duke street 
Angel, James Copping, Angel lane 
Arboretum Inn, W. Lankester, High st 
Barley Mow, Wm. J. Chaplin, Barley 

Mow lane 
Bear and Crown, Searles Cornish, Lon- 
don road 
Beehive, John Wade, Butter market 
Beehive Tap, Noah Squire, New mkt 
Bell, Wm. Suthers, Cornhili 
Bell, Charles Draper, Bell lane 
Black Bell, Ann Utting, Elm street 
Black Horse, Chpr. Goss,Blk. Horse In 
Blooming Myrtle, Wm. Turner, Fore 

Hamlet 
Blue Coat Boy, James Artis, Cattle mkt 
Boar's Head, Mark Jennings, Bell In 
Britannia, Chas. Fulbrook Palmer, (& 

picture dealer,) Great Whip street 
Bull, James Hurwood, Quay 
Bull and Dog, Pleasance Lee, Fore st 
Bull's Head, Jph. Whitehead, Orwellpi 
Canteen, Wm. Marshall, Barracks 
Case-is-Altered,C. Hewitt, Woodbdg.rd 
Castle, Saml. Cracknell,Lr. Orwell st 
Chequers, Anna L. Crickmore, New st 
Coach & Horses Inn, (posting,) Chas* 
Wm, Godball, Upper Brook street 



HOTELS, INNS, AND TAYERXS, 



13.? 



Cock and Pye : George May Tyrrell, 7, 

Upper Brcok street 
Corn Exchange Tavern, Charles Alfred 

Paske. Cornhill 
Cow and Gate,Bichard Fenn, Key st 
Cow and Pail. George Alex. Johnson, 

Eope lane 
Cricketer's Arms, Peter Barr, Wm, st 
Crooked Billet, Henry "Waller, Hand- 
ford Hall road 
Cross Keys, Wm. Sadler, Carr street 
Crown, Thos. Middieditch, Bridge st 
Crown. Eobert Daldy, Crown street 
Crown & Anchor, Sus. Cath. Harrison, 

(posting,) Westgate street 
Crown and Anchor, John Shulver, Ma- 
rine parade 
Crown & Sceptre, Pit. Mills, Key st 
Curriers' Arms, W. Holder, Currier's In 
Defiance. Alfred Bush Bugg, Stoke st 
Dove, — Thurlow, St Helen's street 
)uke of Cambridge 
Black Horse lane 
Duke of Kent, Wm. David Skinner, 

Upper Orwell street 
Duke of York, Geo. A. Barnes, Wood- 
bridge road 
Eagle Tavern, Eobert Woods, Upper 

Orwell street 
Eastern Union, (see Eailway Hotel) 
Elephant & Castle, James Hill, Mount 
Emperor, John Trew, Norwich road 
Falcon. Alfred Bowman. Falcon st 
Feathers, Lott. Henry Betts, Westgate 
Fox. Henry Haken, Upper Brook st 
Freehold Tavern, Philip Stephens, 

Bloomfield street 
Freemason's Tavern, (and gardens,) 

John Pryke, Victoria street, Lrd 
Friar's Head. Geo. Farritt, Friars st 
Gardener's Arms, John Henry Payne, 

Fore Hamlet 
Globe, Alfred CuddiDg, St George's st 
Golden Fleece, Thomas Markham, St 

Matthew's street 
Golden Key, Herbert Kerridge, Wood- 
bridge road 
Golden Lion Hotel, (posting,) John 

Garrod. Cornhill 
Great White Horse Hotel, (posting,) 

Henry Guiver, Tavern street 
< rreen Man, James Knights Key st 
Greyhound, W. Lankester, Anglesey rd 
Griffin, David Jabez Sharman, Mount 
Griffin Tavern, John E. Claxton, Steam 

Packet Wharf 
Gun Chas. Byford, Lower Orwell st 
Halberd. Jermh. Howgego, Northgt. st 
Half Moon, John Allen, Foundation st 
Half Moon & Stars, John Bantoft.jun., 
St Mattkew"s street 



Hare & Hounds, Ts. Olive, Norwich rd 
Heart of Oak, Edward Foster, Duke st 
Horse & Groom, James Smith, Wood- 
bridge road 
Ipswich Arms, Nicholas Kerry. Lower 

Brook street 
John Barleycorn, Jesse Johnson, Tic. st 
Key Inn, Herbert Kemdge,Woodbg.rd. 
King's Arms, Henry Lee, Cornhill 
King's Head, John Long, King street 
Leopard, Thomas Trew, Tower terrace 
Life Boat, Wm. Batley, Halifax 
Lord Chancellor, John Naunton. 

(wharfinger,) Friars road 
Lord Nelson, Wm. Pear, Fore street 
Marquis CornwaUis, John Cock, St 

Margaret's street 
May Bush, H. Kimmance, St Helen's st 
Mulberry Tree, Mary Ann Hartridge. 

Woodbridge road 
Neptune, Nichls. Saml. Wellen.Fore st 
Orwell, Wm. Carter, Griffin road 
Orwell Inn, Jas. Adams, Lr. Orwell st 
Pilot, Wm. Mann Finch, Eidley's Qy 
Plough, Isaac Norman, St Stephen's In 
Portobeilo, Wm. Smith, Upr. Orwell st 
Post Chaise,Jchn Bead, Woodbridge rd 
Prince ofWales,Jno. Setterfield, Forest 
Queen's Head, Wm. Garnham St 

Matthew's street 
Eailway Hotel, (Eastern Union) Hanh, 

Flaxman, and Son, Stoke 
Earn, Wm. Bell Horn, Key street 
Eose Inn, Wm. Spalding, St. Peter's st 
Eose and Crown, Danl. Yince, Nor- 
wich road 
Eoyal Albert. Geo. Ablitt, Whersteadrd 
Royal Oak, Eobt. Boby, Northgate st 
Eoyal Standard,Saml.Gall, St. George's 

street 
Eoyal William, Mrs. Margt. Woollard,- 

London road 
Eunning Buck, Geo. Ashford, St Mar- 
garet's plain 
Safe Harbour, Chas. Fayers, Boro' rd 
Salutation, Jno. Baker Howe, Carr st 
Saracen's Head, Wm. Eussell, St Mar- 
garet's green 
Sea Horse, Dd. Worby, Bank st 
Ship, John Grigson, Back Hamlet 
Ship Launch, Wm. Curtis, Cliff 
Shipwright's Arms, Sophia Death. 

Wherstead road 
Smack, John Minter, Quay street 
Sorrel Horse, Tampion Brownsmith, 

Fore street 
Spread Eagle, Matilda Wolsey, Fore st 
Steam Packet, Wm. Hy. Girling, Duke 

street 
Sun, James Gull, St Stephen's lane 
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Theatre Tavern, John Goodswen 

Tacket street 
Three Cups, Rob:. H. Sallows. Bram- 

ford road 
Tower Brewery Inn, Fit. Esling ] 

ten-ace 
Unicorn, Askton Blogg. Orwell place 
Union Jack, Rt. Briggs Nichols. 
Victoria, Robt. Jackson Chaplin. Ber- 

ners street 
Vine, Wni. T . y] : r C barch street 
Waggon and Horses. Danl. Margetson^ 

Old Butter market 
Welcome Sailor, Wm. Peirvman, Fere 

Hair"-: 
Wellington Inn. Peter Charming. Carr 

street 
Wherry. Wm. Fisher, Wherry Quay 
White Elm, Geo. Bellamy.Fore Hamlet 
White Hart, Jno. Kent, St Lawrence st 
White Li:::, Noah Hanihlin, Bridge 

street West 
White &BedBnck, Fr:.r.:is F:sk. St 

Helen's street 
White Swan. The?. Dale, King st 
Woolpack, Geo. Ehia FoFdenharn rd 

(66) BEER HOUSES. 
Abbot Jonthn., St Peter's Deck 
Airy John. St George's street 
Aldhouse James. Rose lane 
Austin John. Stoke green 
Baker Wm.. New Quay 
Baker Wm,. Norwich road 
Barnes Robert. Strike street 
Barton Charles. Sunk Light 
Bay ley Thomas. Norwich road 
Boar Joseph, Tacket st & Norwich rd 
_■ :::. ~ :: ' ._::: Albion street 
Bonnewitz Charles, Rope lane 
Boon Wm.. St Helen's street 
Burrews John, Friar's street 
Burt Robert. James street 
Carter John, Wherstead road 
Carver Thomas, Fell lane 
Catchpole Giles. St Helen's st 
Clarke lames Triors road 
Collin gs Robert. Fc shall road 
Collins Henry. Orwell Works road 
Cook Sar. Ann. Orwell Works road 
Cook Augustus. Stoke street 
Cook Thomas, Bell lane 
Cooper Wm. Prentice. Carre street 
Creasey Wm.. V : reet 

Dade Walter, St Helen's street 
Deaves John. Elm street 
Dennant Benjamin. 'Victoria street 
Eastangle John, Carrier's lane 
Ellis James. New Cut. Handford road 
Fell John. Church street 
Fisk Amos. Wykes Bishop street 
Fox Robert, Cattle market 



Foulger Win. :ea garden) California 
Fuller Wm.. I 

jaU 3s m 
Gladir g 

3 : :". 1 udJ3 

Gray Wro. AJhion 

Goodwin John. Orwell place 

reel 

-; :.r.l £ or_:ei K 

Hammoiid Frederick on st 

H amm o d I Wm ., Lower Drwell street 
Harmer E \ 

Harrey Wm., the Maw 
Hayward David, Foxhall road 
Heam • . "_.: : I 1 1 
Hill James. St Peta 
Hinde o 1 A nn stre 

Hines Wau, Fere Hamlet 
. . s.. New street 
Herrez Bdwin, Trafalgar road 
JarvisJohB Fiiar's road 
Jennin g - J 1 m ; a . Handford : 
Johnson I :i:a.. Salthouse St 

Kidnex Hj 

Henry Prin : :- il 
am Win ! rweJB Works road 
Leek Timothy. Pre 
U :~ '. '"— Fry street 

Est 
Mills J ihn, 1:. F 
Morlej rhnmas Orwell Worics road 

Norwich road 
Partington cogs 5::-: 

Pigg Win 

John, I itterj . 

Read Wm.. Tanners' lane 
Rodgers Thomas, Bridge street 
Rose Wm . F mna .-: \ : : ..i 

I jj Wm F a C rwell street 

Rndland Henry E iundrj read 
Rndland Mar: h en s lane 

Russell John I ith street 

BCaj :r. I a fcterj street 
._::: F: or..".:;' r:a:l 
Senton James, The I Fro: 
Smith Z:'o - -:_ SalthoQse st 

Smith Frederick Wm. Ehn 
Smith James. : : Matthew's street 
Stannard Jno. Warren, Upr. Orwell st 
StoHerj John 7 
Strati Wm., St Helen's street 
Sym:r.."s Samuel, CauldweH Hall ill 
Tansfe Foundry road 

Tricker Frederick, Fore street 
Turn: 7 t's plain 

Walsh James. Bath street 
Webb W m . ; Rope vralk 
Webb Wm.. Cecilia street 
Welham Nichols Samuel, Orwell road 

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Whitaker James, Bath street 
White J ohn Christie, Bath street 
Whitehead Wm., Pottery street 
Whittle Wm., Curve street 
Wilkinson Henry, Foundry road 
Wooilard Wm., Victoria street 
Woods Wm., Austin street 
Wright David, Fore Hamlet 
Youngman Thomas. Bope lane 

(67)_ HURDLE MAKERS. 
Levett J as., Fore Hamlet ; h 12 Wykes 

Bishop street 

Payne John Henrv, Fore Hamlet 

(68) IRONFOUNDEBS, &c 

And Machine Makers, i-c. 

(* are Agricultural Implement Maiifrs.) 

Backhouse Noah, & Co., (stove & range 

mfrs.jWestgate IronWorks.St Mat's 
*Mason Frederick, Eagle Foundry, 

Lower Brook street 
♦Ransornes and Sims, Orwell Works, 

and Westgate street 

* Seaman Jph., Marsh Foundry ; h I 

Wolsey street 
♦Turner Edw. Bush & Co., St Peter's ! 

Foundrv, College street 
(69) IRON & STEEL MEECHTS. | 
Garrett Garrett, (and fire brick, &c.) 

St Margaret's green & Wherry Qy. ; 

h Woodbridge road 
Harpham & Yink ( & agents to Yieille 

Montagne Zinc Co..) Quay Iron 

Wharf, Key street 

(TO) IRONMONGERS. 

Marked * are also Braziers, and 
+ Oil and Colourmen. 

* Archer George Thos., Tavern st 
♦Backhouse Noah£Co.,St Matthew's st 
•t-Beard Samuel, Upper Brook street 
Berridge Edw. Christian, Old Butter 

market 
Chaplin Abednego, Old Butter mkt 
■fChristopherson Geo., (valuer) Fore st 
*Cook Alfred Jno., (and stove and 

range mfr.) Corn hill 
Gill Geo. Ranson, High sti'eet 
Harpham & Yink, (wholesale) Key st 
♦Meadows Chas. & Son, (Chas. Jno.) 

Tavern street 
Ridley John, Cornhill 
^Scrivener Jno. Trigg, Queen street 
*SingletonWm. & Son, (Wm. Jno.) 

Old Butter market 
(71) JEWELLERS. (WORKING) 

See'also Watchmakers. 
Robertson Alex., Silent street 
Robertson Ebenzr., Lower Brook st 
Warren John, Old Butter market 

(72) JOINERS & BUILDERS. 
Aldred Geo., St Helen's street 
Bacon Samuel, 11 Berners street 



Baldiston Samuel, Stoke street 
Baldiston Samuel, jun., Stoke street 
Barton Chas., (shipwright) Sunk Light 
Beaumont Chas., Church lane 
Bennett John, Church street 
Catchpole Giles, St Helen's street 
Cattermole Jph. R otherh am, Arthur ter 
Chaplin Frederick, Norwich road 
Chaplin Robert, 4 Berners street 
Chaplin Wm., Foundation street 
Chisnall Thomas, Back street 
Cook Abraham, Bloomfield street 
Cook Edward, 6 Orford street 
Cornish Searles, London road 
Cumming Alexander, Anglesey road 
Daniant James, Orchard street 
Day James, jun., Northgate street 
Dennent Wm., London road 
Farman Robert, St Helen's street 
Gibbons Edward, Wolsey street 
Goldsmith Thos., St Margaret's st 
Green George, Portman street 
Green Thomas, 1 Borough road 
Hayward James, Mount si, Elm st 
Haxell Wm., Yictoria buildings 
Hearsum John, Crown street 
Heath Robert, The Mount 
Hewitt Geo.. (& carver) Woodbridge rd 
Horrex Eldrecl, 3 Norwich road 
Jackson James, Great Colman st 
Kerridge Ephrairn, Fitzroy street 
Luff Henry, Neale street 
Mann James Read, St Helen's street 
Manclark Wm., St Margaret's street 
Mulley George, 6 Court Crescent 
Neep Wm., Puplett st 
Patterson Frederick, Bell lane 
Pettit Joseph Ablett, Lower Orwell st 
Pettit Thomas, Old Gaol lane 
Pulfer Wm., St. Peter's street 
Reeve Samuel, Ernest street 
Ribbans Wm., Parke, St Matthew's st 
Ringham Henry, St John's road 
Runicles Hy.,- St Matthew's Church In 
Seager Joseph, Friars street 
Shribbs Win., New Cut, London road 
Simpson Samuel, Museum street 
Skinner Wm. Dd., Upper Orwell rd 
Smith George, Orford street 
Smith Hy. Baring. Back Hamlet 
Smith Thomas, Ann street 
Smith Wm. S., Upper Orwell street 
Spinks Wm., College street 
Turner Edward. Norwich road 
Turner Simon, Upper Orwell sti'eet 
Ward James, Mount street, Elm st 
Ward John, St Helen's terrace 
Weavers Charles, Ann street 
West James, St. Nicholas churchyard 
Woolnoogh James, Norwich road 
Whight John, Foundation street 



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Woolnough Wm., Church street 
Young John, St Margaret's green ; h 
Tuddenharn road 

LAST. (See Patten, $c. manfrs.) 

LAND SURVEYORS. (SeeSurveyrs.) 

LIBRARIES. 

(See pages 85, and 123.) 

(73.) LIME BURNERS. 

Farrow Benjamin Bal dry, Or well Mills 

Ratliff James, jun., Bramford road 

(74) LINEN &WOOLN. DRAPERS. 
Ager Edmund, Westgate street 
Batley Henry, 5 Upper Brook street 
Butcher Thos. (silk mercer) Westgt.st 
Clarke Alfred & Wm. R. Fore street 
Corder Edw. & Hy. S. Tavern street 
Court Thos., St. Matthew's street 
Elliott George, Fore street 

Fish Frederick, Tavern street 
Footman Jno. & Co., Westgate st ; h 

Queen street 
Fraser Wm., (woollen) King street 
Johns Thos. Bawden, Upr. Brook st 
Kimble Benjamin, Bridge street 
Lodge (Jas.) & Gatrell, (Jno. Hill) 

shawl and mantle whs., Tavern st 
May Isaac, Tacket street 
Messent George, Wherstead road 
Miller Hy. and Son, (Hy. jun.) Old 

Butter mkt. & h Berners street 

Partridge , Tavern street 

Peacock Thomas, 6 Tavern street 
Pells John, 1 Upper Brook street 
Phillips Thomas, Tavern street 
Prentice John, Old Butter market 
Ray Wm. Jerrold, Upper Brook street 
Shewell and Smith, Tavern street 
Smith Wm. and Jno M St Matthew's st 
Taylor Richard and Co., Corn hill 
Wilson William, Fore street 

(75) DRAPERY & TEA DEALERS 

TRAVELLING. 
Andrews James, 6 Times terrace 
Cameron Hugh, Providence street 
Clarke W T m., Silent street 
Cumming James, Key street 
Darby John, Wherstead road 
Dobson George, Victoria terrace 
Ellis Henry, Norwich road 
Garrod Charles, Fore Hamlet 
Kerr James, St Mary Tower churchyd 
Kerr Samuel, 4 Great Colman street 
Mac Crone Alex., St Margaret's Plain 
McDowell John, John street 
Moffatt James, 1 Adelphi place 
Moffatt Walter, Lower Brook street 
Ritchie James, Old Butter market 
Robson Wm., Little Colman street 
MACHINE MAKERS. 
(See IronfounderSf #c.) 



(76) MALTSTERS. 
Blogg Ashton, Foundation street 
Bowman Alfred, Falcon street 
Byles Jeremiah & Co., College street 
Catchpole Nathaniel, New st, Boro' r& 
Cobbold John, Fore street and Cliff 
Cowell Chas. Hy. & Co., Fore street 
Neeve Henry, St Matthew's st; h 

Sproughton 
Oxborrow Edmund, Colman street 
Paul Rt, Wherry Quay; h Fonnereaurd 
Prentice Thos. and Co., Neptune Quay 
Ridley Geo. and Hy., Fore street 
Southgate Abrm. & Son, Fore street 
Waspe John, Bridge street 
(77.) MANURE MERCHANTS & 
MANUFACTURERS. 

(Artificial Manure Manufactrs., fyc.) 
Farrow Benj. Baldrj\, Orwell Mills 
Fison Jph., Eastern Union Mills 
Packard Edw. & Co., (and vitriol) St 

Clement's 
Prentice Thos. and Co., Neptune Quay 

(78) MAST, BLOCK, & PUMP 
MAKERS. 
Fell Robert, Back Hamlet 
Garrard Wm., Neptune quay 

(79) MASTER MARINERS. 
Marked * are also Ship Owners. 
Allen Thomas, Austin street 
Askew Thomas, Fore Hamlet 
Barker Joseph, Fore Hamlet 
Barns Charles, 4 Victoria street 
Bennett Joseph, Fore Hamlet 
Bennett Wilson Roe, Foundation st 
Bird John, Fore Hamlet 
Bousfield Isaac, Long lane 
Brinkley Thos., Foundation street 
Burns Chas. Carman, 4 Victoria st 
*Christie John, Salthouse st ; h Nor* 

wich road 
Christie Wm., (lockm aster) Stoke 
Cole James, Great Whip street 
Cook John, Trinity terrace 
Cook Osbert, Great Whip street 
Cook Robert D., Lockgates 
Cooper Thomas, Foundation street 
Cousins Wm., Stoke 
Cracknell John, Stoke street 
*Cuckow Jas., Quay Wharf 
Davis Richard, Potter street 
Day George, Fore street 
Deward George, Old Butter market 
Dowse Thomas, Duke street 
Faiers Alexander, Norwich road 
Flick Wm., Wykes Bishop street 
Ford James, Princes street 
Garrod Charles, 7 Potter street 
Garrod Wm., Borough road 
Garwood Edw., Borough road 
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Goddard Richard, Lockgates 
Hadgraft Theodore Geo., Lr. Orwell 

street 
Hadgraft Wm,, Austin street 
Hadgraft Jph. Caley. Great Whip st 
Hadgraft Walter, Victoria street 
Hadgraft Wm, Randall, Harland st 
Hadman Benjamin, Stoke 
*Haggar David, King street 
Hamby Geo. Henry, Victoria street 
Hardy Abraham, Austin street 
Harris Jonathan, Halifax 
Hunt Frederick, Princes st, Boro' rd 
Jenkines John, Austin street 
Jenkines Win., Wherstead road 
Jennings Simon, Victoria street 
Johnson George. Victoria street 
Johnson Edward, Foundation street 
Kemp James, The Marshes 
Leggett Abraham, Barclay street 
London John, Borough road 
Matt Win., Victoria street 
Mills Benjamin. Bath street 
Mills Daniel, Griffin Wharf 
Koy Wm. Eobert, Church street 
*Paul Robert, Fonnereau road 
Pear Wm., Fore street 
Pearce George, St Helen's street 
Peck Edward, Back Hamlet 
Pickering George, Fore Hamlet 
Pratt Isaac, Victoria street 
Ptackham Saml. Richardson, Queen 

street 
Hands Thomas, 19 Victoria street 
Raymer Jno., Great Whip street 
Raymer Wm., Bath street 
*Read Wm., Lower Orwell street 
Reed George, Great Whip street 
Riches Thomas, Long lane 
Ringe Henry, Borough road 
Ruggles George, Victoria street 
Rush Henry, Austin street 
Samuel Wm., Back street 
Seager Wm., Princes st, Boro' road 
Skeet Wm., Fore Hamlet 
Simpson Stephen, Trinity terrace 
Shepherd Roper, St Helen's street 
Snell Wm., Great Whip street 
Stevens James, Fore street 
Symonds Robert, Princes st, Boro' rd 
Taylor James, Great Whip street 
Thompson John, Victoria street 
Webster Wm., Newbank 
* White Wm., Borough road 
Wilkinson Jas., Potter street 
Wilkinson Jno. Field, Star lane 
Wood Wm., New street 
Woods Robert, Lower Orwell st 
Wright Wm., Foundation street 
MERCHANTS. 
(See Coal, Com, .yc.) 



(80) MILLINERS & DRESS MKRS. 

(* are Baby Linen Warehouses.) 
Ager Edmund, Westgate street 
Aldred Eliz., Elm street 
Ardley Martha H., St. Matthew's st 
Avis Mrs Sar., Navarre street 
Baldry Emily, Westgate street 
Barker Mrs P., Norwich road 
* Barker Sophia, Old Butter market 
Bateman Mrs, Foundation street 
Bird My. & Sar. Ann, Upr. Brook st 
Block & Dallinger, Northgate street 
Bonner Susan, Northgate street 
Bruce Elizabeth, Borough road 
Brvant Mrs Sarah, Carr street 
Bullett Mrs Fredk., St Matthew's st 
*Butcher Mrs Thomas, Westgate st 
Catlin Emma, St Stephen's lane 
Clark Mrs Eliz., Elm street 
Clarke Har., St Nicholas street 
Clarke My. and Lucy, St Nicholas st 
Creasey Sarah, Queen street 
Creasey Emily, Museum street 
Dale My. Ann, Foundation street 
Day Harriet, St Peter's street 
Death Martha, Friars street 
Dewarcl and Cook, Old Butter mkt 
Durrell Eliza, Princes st, Bcro' road 
Eaglestone Fanny, St Peter's street 
Ennew Esther, Silent street 
Ensor My. and Harriet. Northgate st 
Faiers Mary Ann, Tavern street 
Fish Frdk. (bonnets, &c.) Butter mkt 
Fisher My., Upper Brook street 
Garrod Fanny, Providence street 
Gentry E. and H., St Mary Tower cir 
Girling Eliza, 4 Providence street 
Groom R. and S., Providence st 
Howard Sophia, St Margaret's green. 
Jackson Eliza. Portman street 
Kent Sarah. St. Nicholas street 
Kingston Geo. Roadley, (wholesale)? 

St Peter's street 
Ling Hannah, Borough road 
Lott Miss, Cornhill 
Mann & Burrows, (Misses) Berners st. 
Mitchell Cath. & My. A., Museum st 
Mohun Mrs Har., Upr. Brook street 
Neal Elizabeth, Fore street 
Oxborrow Miriam, Borough road 
Parker Letitia, Tavern street 
Patrick Eliz.. St Nicholas street 
Pitts Saml. (wholesale) Foundation st 
Prentice Eliz. & Cath., St Helen's st 
Prentice & Barton, Tacket street 
Reach Jane, 1 William street 
Read Harriet, 5 Gt. Colman street 
Roe Ellen, Upper Brook street 
Rose My. Ann, Mount street, Rst 
Russell Mary, Norwich road 
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Sandle Henrietta, Austin street 
Salter Susan, Foundation street 
*Sawer Eliz., Cross Key street 
Scowles & Horrex, Carr street 
Shulver My. Ann, Providence street 
Simpson Emma, St George's terrace 
Sheppard Maria M., St George's ter 
Smith Fanny, Austin street 
* Smith Wm. & John, St Matthew's st 
Spall Emma, St Margaret's plain 
Spinks Margaret, St Nicholas street 
Stanton A., Church lane, St Matthew's 
Stevens Jane, Bridge street West 
Vincent Mrs. Wingneld street 
Ward Mrs. Puplett street 
Warren Emma, Long lane 
Watson Sarah, Tavern street 
Wenn Eleanor, Friars street 
Whybrew Harriet, St Matthew's street 
Woolnough Susan, Northgate street 
Wright Harriet, Fore street 
Wright Lucy, Eliz. & Maria, Westgt. st 
Yeoman Sarah, College street 
(81) MILL WEIGHTS, &c. 
(See also Ironfounders. ) 
Mason Frederick, Eagle Foundry 
Ransomes & Sims, Orwell Works 
Turner Edw. Rush & Co., College st 
Wilkins Wm. Pickford, St Helen's st 
(82) MUSIC TEACHERS & DLRS. 

f are Teachers and I Timers only,} 
Ball Squire, Old Butter market 
Ball John Hy. Geo., 15 Upr, Brook st 
fBianchi Maria & Amelia, Tavern st 
tBowles Alfred, London road 
Burrows Robt., jun., Cattle market 
tChatterton Mrs Sar. A., O. Buttermkt 
Clarke Thos. Cansdale, St Helen's st 
Foster Robt. Wm., Tavern street; h 

Norwich road 
f Godball Jamei, St Margaret's street 
t JGodball Jas. jun., St Margaret's grn 
tGodball Wm., St. Margaret's green 
tHumfress George, Princes street 
Last Alfred, Westgate street 
i-Lloyd Robert, Borough road 
Matt Thomas, (dealer,) Carr street 
jMilnes Benj. Geo., St Matthew's st 
■f-Norman Wm., Haill's terrace 
fNunn Lindley, Tower place 
tSanderson Mrs Ann, 15 Berners st 
Stidolph Geo. Fdk. (organ and piano 

mfr.) Woodbridge road 
•f-Taylor Jph. & Sons, St Matthew's st 

(83) NEWSPAPERS. 
Ipswich Express , (Tuesday) Charles 

Sulley, Old Butter mkt; h6 High st 
Ipswich Journal, (Saturday,) Stephen 

Jackson, proprietor. 0. Butter mkt; 

and R. Taylor, printer, Old Gaol In 



Suffolk Chronicle, (Saturday,) John 
King, Tavern street ; h Rose hill 
(84) NEWS AGENTS. 
(See also Booksellers.) 
Baillie Wm. R., 27 St Nicholas street 
Cook John, Upper Orwell street 
Dorkin Anthony, Upper Brook street 
Elley George, Orwell Works road 
Maddow Jonathan, Bridge street 
OIL AND COLORMEN. 
(See Chemists and Ironmongers, fyc.) 
(85) OIL MILLERS AND CAKE 

MANUFACTURERS. 
Webber, Hedge & Co., Handford road 

(86) OPTICIANS. 
Jennings Thomas, (nautical instru- 
ments,) 1 Tacket street 
Keyzor Michl. & Abm., Tavern street 
Samuel Samuel, Back street 
Schulen Charles, 10 Tacket street 

(87) PAINTERS & DECORATORS. 
(See also Plumbers and Glaziers.) 

Church Edw. (coach &c.) Lady lane 

Cuthbert John, Carr street 

King John, (glass,) 6 Upper Brook st 

Manning George, 6 Alfred place 

Minter John, Key street 

Smith Arthur, (coach, &c.) John st 

Stearn Thomas, Fore street 

Stevens Henry, Carr street 

Terry Fdk., Victoria street. Lrd 

(88) PAPER HANGING DLRS. &c. 
(See also Cabinet Makers and Painters.) 

(Marked + only Paper Hangers,) 
Collins James, Westgate street 
Denny Henry, 2 Norwich road 
i-Foreman Fredk., Upper Orwell street 
f Manning George, 6 Alfred place 
tMatt Elijah, St Matt's. Church lane 
t Sparrow John, Church street 

(89) PATTEN, CLOG, AND LAST 

MAKERS. 
Garlick Mary Ann, Tavern street 
Hill Arnold, (steam turned last manfr.) 

Carr street 

(90) PAWNBROKERS, &c. 
Burrows Robt. jun., Cattle market 
Christie George, Fore street 
Fraser Roderick Donald, Elm street 
Mason Wm. & Robert, (silversmiths, 

&c.) Fore street 

(91) PHYSICIANS. 
Beck Edward, Fonnereau road 
Chevallier Barrington, The Grove, St 

Helen's, consulting room Northgtst 
Clarke Wm. Barnard, 14 Berners st 
Drummond Hy. Pilkington, Silent st 
Durrant Chpr. Mercer, Lower Brook 

st ; h Rushmere Lodge 
Mayne Wm. Hy.(hom<Bopathic)lXe9le&t 
Royle Octavian, Lower Brook street 



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(92)PLUMBEES, GLAZIERS, AND 
PAINTERS. 

{Marked t are Gas Fitters also.) 
Austin Henry, St Stephen's lane 
Bacon Wm. 13 Berners street 
tBatley Hy. Baring, 3 Westgate street 
Beard Joseph, Silent street 
•fBird Wm. and Buckingham, Fore st. 

and Carr street 
Cock John, St Margaret's street 
f Cook Wm., Upper Brook street 
Cuthbert Wm., Bridge street West 
Day Henry, Tower terrace 
f Day Joseph, Westgate street 
tG-arrard James, Friars street 
i-Haggar David, King street 
Hardy Theophilus, Orwell place 
Harvey Daniel, Wherstead road 
f Harvey Geo. W., St Stephen's lane 
Humphreys James. Back street 
Jarvis John, Friars road 
Keeble George, Key street 
Manning George, 6 Alfred place 
Patrick Orlando, St Nicholas street 
Pulford Wm,, Black Horse lane 
Reeve Robert, Church street 
•f-Root Wm., Lower Brook street 
Scarlett Wm., Dial lane 
t Steam Thos. Dallaston, 8 St Nchls. st 
Steam Thomas, Fore street 
^Stevens Henry, Carr street 
Woods Jas. Devereux, StMargt's st 
PORTER MERCHANTS. 

{See Wine and Spirit Merchants.) 

(93) POSTMASTERS. 
{Horses, Gigs, Coaches, fyc for Hire.) 

Ashford Alfred, Fore street 

Bedford Thomas, (horse breaker,) St 

Matthew's st ; h 55 Norwich road 
Boby Robert, Northgate street 
Flaxman H. & Son, Railway Hotel 
Flory Wm., Upr. Brook street; h 5 

Prospect place 
Garrod John, Golden Lion 
Godball C. W., Upper Brook street 
Guiver Henry, (hearse, &c.) Tavern st 
Harrison Sus. C, Crown and Anchor 
Haxell James, Upper Brook street 
Kent John, St Lawrence street 
Mead Elijah, 7 Providence street 
Moyse John, (stables,) Crown street 
Peek James, Running Buck yard 
Rouse Joseph, 3 Brook street 
Rowell John, (breaker,) Carr street 
Shorten Charles Thomas and Alfred 

John, Museum street 
Webb Joseph, Northgate street 
Worby David, Bank street 

(94) POULTERERS. 
{Marked \ are Game Dealers.) 

jBales Geo. Wm., Cornhill 



|Daniell Joseph, Queen street 
% Grim wade John, Museum arcade 
Rice Philip, Upper Brook street 
Sheppard Edw., Victoria st. Lrd 

PRINTERS. 

{See Booksellers and Newspapers.) 

(95) RAG AND MARINE STORE 

DEALERS. 
Abbott Jonathan, St Peter's Dock 
Byford Charles, Lower Orwell street 
Cowell S. H., Old Butter market 
Mullett Edmund, Eagle street 
Pickess John 0., Fore street 
Smith Thomas, Lady lane 
Stebbing Wm., Back street 
Tinyard Charles, Black Horse street- 
Wiltshire Richard, Rope walk place, 
(96) REGISTER OFFICES. 

(Seeyaxts.) 
Canham Wm., Tower terrace 
Glyde John jun., St Matthew's street 
Mulling Charles C Tacket street 

(97) ROMAN CEMENT, &c. MFRS. 
Farrow Benj. Baldry, Orwell Mills 
Mason George, College street 

(98) ROPE, TWINE, SACK, &c, 

MAKERS. 
Birch Robert. St Matthew's street 
Firmin George. Wolsey street 
Rands Emanuel, Austin street 
Rands Emanuel, jun. Fore street 
Runting James, St Nicholas street 
(99) SADDLERS 
{And Harness Makers, fyc.) 
Blasby Barnes. St Matthew's street 
Dawson Wm., St Helen 's terrace 
Debenham Thomas, St Margaret's pin 
Emmerson Thomas, St Matthew's st 
King George, Dog's head lane 
King Henry, Princes street, Kst 
Hamilton Andrew, Wherstead road 
Norbrook James, Salthouse street 
Payne Wm., St Peter's street 
Pettit Daniel Blomfield, Bridge st W 
Redgrave Jph. Coles, Old Butter mkt 
Ringe Edward, Fore st; h Carr str 
Ringe Wm., Carr street 
Stockins Thomas, Dock street 
Trundle Jas. Strachan, Corn hill 
Wade Samuel, Cornhill 
(100) SADDLERS' IRONMNGRS. 
Bond Henry Cooper, St Helen's 
Turner Brothers, Princes st. Kst 

(101) SAILMAKERS. 
Cuekow James, Quay Wharf; h Key st 
Horn Wm. Bell, Key street 
Pickess Jonathan. Fore street 

(102) SALT MERCHANTS. 
Christie John, Salthouse street 
Gower and Hunt. Friar's road 



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(103) SAWERS.— (Timber.) 

Bloss Robert, 28 Victoria street, Lrd 
Brown Wm. & Co., St Nicholas street 
Pinch Benjamin, 3 James street 
Smith James, New street 

(104) SHIP BUILDERS. 
Bayley Wm. & Sons, (James & Wm. 

jun.) Cliff 
Colchester Wm. (boat) Cliff 
Harvey Thos. & Son, Halifax Ship yd. 

(105) SHIP CHANDLERS. 
Barker Charles, Fore street 
Christopherson George, Fore street 
HornWm. Bell, Key street 
SHIP OWNERS. 
(See Blaster Manners, fyc) 
(106) SHOPKEEPERS. 
(Grocery, Flour, fyc, Dealers.} 
Allen Joseph, Handford road 
Bacon John King, Silent street 
Baker Thomas, King street 
Bardwell Henry, St George's street 
Benham Samuel, Upper Orwell street 
Betts Edward, Key street 
Bickmore Catherine, Siloam place 
Blomfield James, Fore street 
Bond Eliza, Woodbridge road 
Boston Susan, Princes st. Brd 
Bristo Isaac, Mount street 
Bush Caroline, Tanner's lane 
Calver Thomas, Bell lane 
Cattermole James, Cox lane 
Chainey Wm., Salthouse street 
Chisnall Sarah, Princes street Kst 
Clarke James, Friars road 
Clarke John S., Friars street 
Collins Henry, Orwell Works road 
Cooper Wm. Prentice, Curve street 
Crapnell Joseph, Bramford road 
Crickmer Wm., Duke street 
Curtis Lydia, Victoria street 
Daking Rachel, The Mount 
Dalby John, Curve street 
Day Mervin, Carr street 
Deaves John, Elm street 
Dennington Eliz., St Margaret's gn 
Ditchham Henry, Barclay street 
Douglas Wm., Bath street 
Driver John, Tanner's lane 
Dunnett Thomas, Fore street 
Ellmer John, Lady lane 
Fairweather Edw., Up. Orwell street 
Fenn Mary, Portman street 
Forsdick James, Victoria street 
Foulger Wm., Foxhall road 
Frost John, St Margaret's street 
Fuller George, Carr street 
Fuller John, Elm street 
Garnham Mtha,, Borough road 
Godbold Jasper, Mount 
Goddard Henry, Bramford road 



Green Henry, Currier's lane 
Grimwood Wm., Stoke street 
Groom Rebecca, Key street 
Heath Robt., The Mount 
Hill Isaac, St Margaret's green 
Hunt George, Long lane 
Keely Wm., College street 
Kerridge Dorcas, Mount street, Elm st 
Kersey Rt. Saml., Upr. Orwell street 
King Henry, Victoria street 
Leggett Sarah, James street 
Levi Isaac, Upper Orwell street 
Mann Wm., William street 
Manning George, Norwich road 
Martin Martin, Wherstead road 
Mason Eliz., Ernest street 
Moore Samuel, Upper Orwell street 
Mower Edward, James street 
Mudd George, Elm street 
Newby John, Back road 
Noble George, Currier's lane 
Norman Thomas, Woodbridge road 
Palmer Harriet, Silent street 
Pegg Wm., Woodbridge road 
Pettit Thomas, Old Gaol lane 
Quinton John, Pottery street 
Ribbans Charles, Fitzroy street 
Rose George, St George's street 
Sage Mary, Stoke street 
Scott James, Lower Orwell street 
Seager Joseph, Friars street 
Scopes Rd., St Margaret's plain 
SelfWm., John street 
Sheldrake Angelina, Albion court 
Simpson Wm., St Helen's street 
Singleton Wm., Upper Orwell street 
Smith Paul, Rope lane 
Smith Wm., Cauldwell Hall road 
Snell Mary Ann, Fore Hamlet 
Stevens Wm., Bridge street, West 
Strange Thomas, Regent street 
Taylor Rt., St Matthew's street 
Thrower Mary Ann, Joseph street 
Wade Mary, Puplett street 
Walsh James, Bath street 
Waspe James, St George's street 
Webb Robert, Fore street 
Wright Wm., Rope walk place 
SLATE MERTS.— ( See Timber.) 
(107) SOAP MANUFACTURERS. 
Clarke Joshua & Cornls., Friars road 
Gower and Hunt, Friars road 

(108) STAY MAKERS, 
Clarke My. & Lucy, St Nicholas st 
Cook Mrs Sarah Ann, Carr street 
Edwards Geo. Ernest, Fore street 
Edwards Sarah, Upper Brook street 
Groom R. & S., Providence street 
Ponder Rebecca, Woodbridge road 
Thomas Wm. &Bros. s St Stephen's la 
Todd Lucy, St Matthew street 



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(109) STONE (ARTIFICIAL) 
MANUFACTURERS, 
Patent Stone Co., Frederick Ransome, 
patentee. Flint Wharf 

(110) STONE&MAEBLE MASONS, 
[Marked } are Statuaries.) 

Barton John. Crabbe street 
lEdmonds Christpr.. London road 
farrow George, Carr street; h 10 Gt. 

Colman street 
JFrewer James, Woodbridge road 
1 Ireland Robt., Westgate street 
Mills James, Back street 
Newson Wm., Norwich road 
} Simpson Edward, Common Quay, and 

Stow market 
Tovell Geo. Singleton, (stone mert.) 

Three Cranes Wharf; k 4 Beaufort 

buildings 
'J Williams James. California 

(111) STRAW HAT MAKERS, &c. 
[Marked J are MiUmers also.) 

Archer Jonathan, Mount 

Bird My. Ann, & Sarah Ann, Upper 

Brook street 
Bullett Mrs.. St Matthew's street 
Boston John, Carr street 
Bruce Eliz., Borough road 
Barrage Eliz., Falcon street 
Cooper Phoebe, Dog's head lane 
Crisp Charles, Falcon street 
JDeward and Conk, Old Butter mkt 
Dorling Hephzibah, Pottery street 
JFagan Helen, St Helen's street 
Goodwin Eliza, Upr. Orwell street 
J Johns Elvira Isabella, Carr street 
Josselyn Win. Henry, (bleacher.) St 

Helen's street 
JJuby Eliz. £ Sophia. Old Butter mkt 
Parker Letitia, Tavern street 
Pearce Joseph, Tavern street 
Plummer Sarah. Potter street 
JPrentice and Barton, Tacket street 
Ringe Caroline. Carr street 
Squirrell Obadiah, Cattle market 
Thrower Anna Maria, St Peter's st 
Wright Harriet, Fore street 
} Wright Misses. Westgate street 

(1F2) SURGEONS. 
Adams Webster. Fore street 
Angier Jas. Hague, Bolton House 
Atthill Robert, Princes st. Est 
Bartlett Alex. Hy , Lower Brook st 
Bullen George, Carr street 
Bullen George, jun.. Carr street 
Prummond Hy. Pilkington, Silent st 
Duningham Thomas, Westgate street 
.Edwards Geo. Cordy, Carr street , 
Elliston Wm., St. Peter's street 
Francis James Ougham, (registrar of 

marriages,,) Elm street 



Hamilton Wm., Westgate street 
Hammond Charles Chambers, Lower 

Brook street 
Hoffman OctaviusWm., Queen street 
Hughes Geo. Whimper, Elm street 
Leigh E. P., (& dentist) 3 Adelphi pi 
Matcham Alfred Keeler, 1 John's pi 
Mills Wm. Partridge, Museum street 
Mumford Wm., Tower place 
Peacock Thomas, Berners street 
Pitcher John, Fore street 
Sampson Geo. Green, St Matthew's st 
Sawer Charles, Norwich road 
Strutt Wm., St Helen's street 
Taylor Henry, East Suffolk Hospital 
Webster Wm. Hv. Bailey, Carr street 
(113) SURVEYORS, (LAND, &c.) 

{See also Architects, $fc.) 
Baldiston Samuel, (town,) Stoke 
Clarke Samuel, 12 Upr. Brook street 
Cotgreave Robert, Fore street 
Fleury Christopher, Museum street 
Groom Samuel G., Norwich road 
Hearsum John, Crown street 
Mason George, 10 Albert terrace 
Ribbans Wm. Parke, St Matthew's st 
Woolnough Henry, 9 Gt. Colman st ; 

h Northgate street 

(1U) TAILORS. 
Marked * are Woollen Drapers also. 
(See also Clothes Brokers.) 
Alston Stephen, Old Batter market 
Austin Samuel, Pottery street 
Bacon John King, Silent street 
Bacon Rouse Joseph, Norwich road 
Baker Thomas, Friars street 

* Balls Edward, Queen street 
Balls Wm. Thomas, Tower street 
Bantoft Rd., Queen st ; h Woodbdg. rd 
*Bare Fdk., Tavern st ; h Halifax 
Baxter Alfred 3 Harland street 
*Bell Alfred, Victoria street 

*Bell Robert, St Matthew's street 
Bennett John, Foundation street 
*Blowers Frederick, St Margaret's st 
Borrett James, The Mount 
Brackenridge Thomas, Neale street 
Burwood Thomas, 3 Times terrace 
*Clark Henry, S Tacket street 

* Clarke Wm., Upper Brook street 

* Clarke Wm., Silent street 
Cobbold Wm., Great Whip street 
*Corbyn Wm. 1.&3 Berners street 
Creasy Wm., Norwich road 
^Crispin John, Cattle market 
*Cudding Wm., King street 
♦Cunnold George, Butter market 
Daniels Richard, Fitzroy street 
*Day Thomas, St Peter's street 
Deaves John, Elm street 
Denniugton Thomas, Foundry road 



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Dowsing Thomas, Elm street 
Driver James, Church In. St Matt's 
*Dunnett George, Pottery street 
Durrant John, St George's street 
Edgley Geo., St Peter's street 
Edwards Ambrose, St George's ter 
Emmerson James, the Mount 
*Fisher Theophilus, Victoria street 
Fisk Eaden, Bramford road 
French Samuel, St Helen's street 
Erost John Winter, St Margaret's st 
Fuller Edward, Rope lane 
Fuller George, Carr street 
Garnham John, Handford road 
*Garrod Wm., Back road 
*Gill Edw. Heissey, 12 Upr. Brook st 
Gosling Edward, Back road 
Gowing Richard, 12 Victoria street 
Green Henry, Curriers' lane 
*Grimwade Richard, Westgate street 
Grimwood Wm,, Stoke street 
*Hagg, Wm., 11 Upper Brook street 
Harvey Robert, St Margaret's street 
Hawes Samuel, Lower Orwell street 
*Hillyard John, Fore street 
Howes Wm., Fore street 
James Robt. Ellis, Dog's head lane 
Jeffery, James, Austin street 
Kittiel Robert, Dog's head lane 
*Lambert Wm., St Lawrence street 
*Lawrance Henry, Fore street 
*Levett John, Fore street 
Licence Jeremiah, Puplett street 
*Lovewell Henry, Market lane 
Manning Charles, Queen street 
*Nunn John Burgess, Tavern street 
*Pryke Frederick, St Matthew's st 
*Read Edward Thomas, Tavern st 
jRichards John, St Matthew's street 
Robertson James Wm., Tower ter 
*Rush Wm., Upper Brook street 
*Rushbrooke Geo. Wm., St Stephen's 

lane ; h California 
Sheldrake Wm., Victoria st, London rd 
*Shewell and Smith, Tavern street 
Sidney Major, Pottery street 
Simpson George, the Mount 
Simpson Samuel, Handford road 
Simpson Wm., St George's terrace 
Simpson Wm., St Helen's street 

* Smith John, Tavern street 
Smith Joseph, Fore street 

* Smith Wm., Dial lane 

Thurston Richard, 27 Victoria st, Lrd 
*Titlow Robert, St Margaret's street 
*Tunmer George. Tavern st ; h Free- 
hold road 
*Tunmer Hy. Ebnzr. & Geo. Robt., 15 

Tacket st 
Vesey Wm., Back road 
Welham Jno, King st; hBlk. Horse In 



* Whistle John, Elm street 
*Worts Frederick, St Nicholas st 

(115) TALLOW CHANDLERS. 
(See also Grocers.) 
Clarke Joshua & Cornelius, Friars rd 
Goldsbury George, Tanner's lane 
Limmer John, Upper Brook street 

(116) TANNER. 
Bond Henry Cooper, Bramford road 
(117) TEA and COFFEE DEALERS. 

(See also Grocers, fyc.) 
Acfield Joshua, Orford street 
Bennett Thos. & Co., 5 Tavern st and 

Fore street 
Burley David, St Peter's street 
Cowell Saml. Harrison, New market 
Ritchie James, Old Butter market 
Wells, Higgs, & Co., 8 Tavern street 
TEA DEALERS (TRAVELLING.) 
(See Drapers and Tea Dealers, page 1S6.J 

(118) TIMBER MERCHANTS. 

Marked * are also Slate Merchants. 
*Brown Wm. & Co., St Nicholas st 
Collins James, Westgate street 
Cordingley John, Church street 
Mason Geo. junior, College street 

(119) TOBACCONISTS. 
Marked * are Tobacco Manufacturers. 
Alderton Fisher, 7, Norwich road 
Agger Robert, St Matthew's street 
Bird Joseph, Westgate street 
* Churchman Wm , Hyde Park corner 
Crickmer George, Regent street 
Dawson Charles, Upper Brook st 
*Dothie (Jas.) and Soundy (Josiah) 

Orwell place 
Emmerson Robert, Queen street 
Elley George, Orwell Works road 
Ford Wm., 3 Tavern street 
Goodwin Edwin, Fore street 
Goodwin Henry, Tacket street 
Goodwin John, St Peter's street 
Maddow Jonathan, Bridge street 
Mc'Pherson Donald, Dial lane 
Milnes Benj. Geo., St Matthew's st 
Richards John, St Matthew's street 
Scrivener F., (cigar manufacturer,) 3 

Westgate street ; h High street 

(120) TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS, 
Ellis Henry, Tanner's lane 
Goodwin Edwin, Fore street 
Suthers Wm., Corn hill 
Woodward John, Currier's lane 

(121) TOY DEALERS and FANCY 

WAREHOUSES. 

(See also Hardware, fyc, Dealers.) 
Cooper John, Dog's Head lane 
Durant (Sophia) & Hammond (Eliza) 

12 Tavern street 
Mash James, Old Butter market 
Morley David, Queen street 



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Suthers Win., Old Butter market 
Warren Wm. Parker, Queen street 

(122) TURNERS, (WOOD, &c.) 
AldertonThos., Falcon st& St Nichs. st 
Barnes Benjamin, Westgate street 
Cross Alfred, St Stephen's lane 
Hughes John, Falcon street 

Miller Matthias, Cox lane 

Senton Jas. jun., St Matthew's square 

Turner Thomas, Pottery street 

(123) UMBRELLA MAKERS. 
Bird Edward, King street 

Kemp Simon, St Margaret's green 
Spinks Margaret, St Nicholas street 

(124) VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Girling Robert, Fonnereau road 
Long John, Crown street 

Shorten Chas. Thos. and Alfred John, 

Museum street and Copdock 
Smith Robert, Silent street 
Vincent Nathaniel, Handford road 

(125) WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS. 
Marked * are Gold and Silversmiths. 

*Ashford Alfred, Fore street 
Ashford Wm., Fore street 
Birkle David & Brother, St Peter's st 
Buckingham Elizabeth, Fore street 
*Burgess Charles Smith, Tavern st 
Brown Lawrence, Foundation street 
Cade Robert, Fore street 
Cansdale Solomon, Carr street 
*Cole Richard Stinton, Corn hill 
Cranmer James, Berners street 
Francis Rd. Shuckforth, Upr. Brook st 
Licence Paul, Wherstead road 
Mason Wm., 8 Fore street 
*Read Daniel, Westgate street 
*Robertson Alexander, Silent street 
*Robertson Ebenezer, Lower Brook st 
*Roe Joseph Adolphus, Tacket st 
*Schulen Charles, 10 Tacket street 
*Sparks John, Tavern street 
Storey George, St Margaret's street 

(126) WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Dunnett Thomas, Fore street 
Page John, Great Whip street 
Pettit Jonathan, Lyon's yard, Elm st 
Planten Wm. Luis, Church street 
Quadling Edwin, Bell lane 
Rose Geo., Friars road ; h Globe In 
Singleton Geo. & Wm. , St Margaret's gn 

(127) WHITESMITHS. 
(Marked * make Coach Springs, fycj 
Backhouse N. & Co., St. Matthew's st 
Brown John, Tower Ditches; h St 

Margaret's green 
*Cooper John, St Margaret's green; h 

Soane street 
*Fairweather Edw., Foundry road 
Gosling Wm., St Nicholas street 
*Hazelton Isaac^ Tanners lane 



*Hurwood James, Salthouse street 
Mason Frederick, Lower Brook st 
Meadows Charles & Son, Tavern st 
Osborn Robert. Upper Orwell street 
Robinson Charles, King street 
*Smith Thomas, Black Horse lane 
*Teager John Henry, Little King st 
Warner Henry, St Helen's street 
Wright Dd., {sickle manufr., §c,,)[ Fore 

Hamlet 

(128) WRITING MANUFRS, 
Fisk Henry, Rope lane 
Turner Wm., Crown street 
(129) WINE & SPIRIT MEECHTS. 
{Marked * are also Ale $ Porter Meris.) 
Alexander Edw. & Son, Museum st 
Angier Jas. H. & Co., St Matthew's st 
*Blogg Ashton, Foundation street 
*Bowman Alfred. Falcon street 
Bristo Thomas and Son, Tacket st 
Chaplin Wm. Jackson, Westgate st ; 

h Berners st 
Cobbold & Son, Lower Brook street 
*Cowell Samuel Harrison, Old Butter 

market; h Berners street 
*Eade Chas. & Son, (Chas. Mattw.,) 

Westgate street 
Flory Caroline, St Peter's street 
Guiver Henry, Tavern street 
Harmer Robt.. (British wine mantrfr.,} 

Westgate street 
Manning John, Corn hill 
Miller Robert. Old Butter market 
Rabett Charles Edw., King street 
Ridley George and Henry, Fore street 
St. Felix Mons. Fdk. de, (Agent for 

Jules Regnier's French wines and 

brandy,) 36, Upper Berners street 
Suthers Wm., Corn hill 
* Tyrrell G. M., {porter only,) Upper. 

Brook street 

(130) WIRE WORKERS. 
Hill Joseph, St Matthew's street 
Keeble Jeremiah, Old Butter market 

(131) WOOLSTAPLERS. 
Alexander Edw., & Son, Museum st 

RAILWAY. 

Ipswich Station, on the Eastern 
Union Railway, is at Stoke Green, on 
the south-west side of the town, whence 
trains depart seven or eight times a 
day to London, Norwich, Hadleigh, 
Stowmarket, Bury St. Edmund's, &c. 

Hadleigh Railway branches from the 
Eastern Union line at Bentley station, 
and the Bury and Newmarket Railway 
branches from it at Haughley Station. 

The Eastern Union Railway Company 
have arranged with the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway Company for the perma- 



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Bent working cf their line and bran : fa e : 
in connection with those c: the East 
era Counties and Norwich B ail way 
Companies. J. C. Cobbold. Esq is 
chairman of the Eastern Union Rail- 
way Co.; Mr. Edmund Ayres. 
tary ; Peter Bruff, Esq., manager : Hy. 
Porter, deputy manager: J.W. Larking. 
station master; Wm. Brooks, Ei chard 
Tailthorp, RobL Daniel, and Edward 
Darling, .clerks, s-c; Robert Taylor, 
-superintendent of locomotives ; Ed. Wors- 
wick, superintendent of permanent way; 
and Wm. Stubbs, telegraph clerk. 

There is a Railway Pared, 
in Westgate street, and Mr. Joseph 
Cook is the agent. 

STEAM PACKETS. 

To London, fie., in connection with the 

Railway. 

The "Obweix" and the "Opjox" 
steam-packets ply alternately from Grif- 
fin Wharf. Ipswit) tc Lomdom, every 
Tuesday and Saturday, at B morning, 
calling off Walton- on-ihe-Nase and at 
.Harwich and North Woolwich Piers. 
One of them returns from Brunswick 
Pier. Blackwall, to Ipswich, every Sun- 
day and Wednesday, at 9 morning. 

Steam-boats to and from Harwich four 
times a dav. Wm. Smith, clerk, Griffin 
Wharf. 

Booking Office, Westgate st: Joseph 
Cook, agent. 

TRADING VESSELS. 

The Suffolk $ 2~: foU : ' ; 

vessels every Wednesday k Saturday, 
from Smart's Wharf. Key st, Ipswk fa 
to Hays Wharf, Tooley street, Londoj:, 
.-and weekly to Harwich, Woodbridge, 
and various parts of Suffolk and Nor- 
folk. Ebenzr. Cole, agent ir wharfinger. 

The United Shipping Cos. vessels 
from the Wherry Quay, Ipswich, to 
Wool Quay, Thames street, London, 
every Wednesday and Saturday. Root. 
Paul, agent at Ipswich ; and W, J. Hall, 
agent at London. 

Ipswich and Newcastle Traders, from 
Bayley ic Son's Wharf, once a fortnight 

COACHES. 

The Shannon, from the Railway S :• 
Hon and the Great White Horse Hotel, 
to Woodbridge, at 11 morning, daily, 
.except Sunday. 

Hartridge's Coaches from the Mul- 
berry Tree Inn to Woodbridge, at J- before 
10 morning, at J before 12 noon, and 
§ past 6 eveniDg, daily, except Sunday, 



when the] k I . _ . . .. 

evening. 

The" ." " I ' • :'. rn and 

Anchor. Westgate street, to .5 
via Woodl 

mundliam. Yt f .-.". U _ . . 

daily, excer t Sim 

To - : achj 

from the Zm * hi I Horses I . ." - -. 
morning, a: in - n m - 1 

~ OISSflETJSSSS. 

Erom the lams i rinc - .*. parts 
of the town:: the Baihraj Station .; 
meet the bains 

To Hales worth, via fPsdfcftoat market, 

Framlingha u The Virion," 

U /d sk :. — the 

Station ani the . ~n and Anchor. 

Bloss. Puneharc IeC :rs. 

To Walton and 7 ' from :Le 

Coach and Horses 

o afternoon, daily ; F nickers 'Bus, 
from the Sorrel Hrsr i:-.'. 
: i^iiy. 

To 11 fi . " : B '.":erd; 

Tues.. Thurs feSal si 2 tfUa n u t m, 

The Railway 
via IPbodftr If ;4&ai» mar- 

ket, and Saxmundftam everv Tuesdaj 
and Thurs. evening a" Son- 

day, at 10§ m . Bnoni -.'... e Z rown 

and Anchor and Chaise and Pair Inns. 

CARRIERS 

The Railway Co. to all parts '..'.;', 

CAEEIEES FROM THE BINS be. 

Those marked 1 attend the -.'-.-.:'. a 

Head. 2 Angel : Bell iBbcl Boise, 

5 Bull, 6 Cot u*3 Safe 3 - men 

Arms. 8 Jt^Lt:; xreen Han l( 
Gun, 11 Halberd, 1*2 Ipswich Amis. 

13 Plough, 14 Peat Chaise U Jneea'a 
Head, St Matthew's street II Bone 

Inn, 17 Royal Oak. 19 Salutation 1 
Ses '£:.,- 20S1 :; 81 Sorrel Horse, 

-"--. Sam, 23 Waggon md Horses Si 
White Swan '. : White I: » . 
Kevs. 27 Crown and Sceptre. 88 Blue 
Coat Bov, 29 Duke o: Kent : Eun- 
ning Buck, 31 Sara:^:. ~ Head. 33 
Mulberry Tree, & 33 Ga . 1 1 new Aj m 5 , 
1^ " ; _r_ :::: jSherwise expressed 
arrive on Tuesday and Saturday 
mornings, and depari about i ifternft 
F'c, Ca 

14 AldertoD. Scoggins Ss I eeton Xhss. 
and Satu: 

11 Aldborough.Lipseci: .: 19 Sense, 
Tuesday, Thmsdaj, Bid Satan 

31 Ashbo eking. 1 1 ; «n If on. ' 77 i : fc 
Sat. & ! - : bojmjI !■ Thnzs, SfSaiu 



IPSWICH CARRIERS. 



145 



11 Ashfield, W. Osborne, Saturday 

52 Bawdsey, Jas. Ransby, Mori., & 14 
Joshua Seoggings, Saturday 

12 Battisford, Andrews. Saturday 

12 Bearings, (Gt.,) Marling, Tu. Thu. 

and Saturday 
22 Beccles & Bungay, Bloomfield, and 

14 Sawyer, Tu. Th. & Sat.; 5 Coates, 

Tuesday and Saturday 
« Bedfield, Curtis, Friday 
19 Bentley, (Gt.,) Neill, & 22 Rose 
€ Bildeston, "Webb, & 19 Cuthbert, Tu. 

Thursday and Saturday 

22 Blaxhall, T. Cooper, Saturday 
5 Boxford, Mann, Friday 

80 Brandeston, Allen Brown, and 6 W. 

C. Holding 
"28 Bredfield, James Clarke, Saturday 
(3 Brockford, — Jolly, Friday 
■6 Brundish, St. Steggle, Tu. & Friday 
■2 Bucklesham, Simon Bouse 
21 Burgh, David Baxter, Saturday 
"24 Burstall, W.Wilkin 
19 Cavendish, Dakin, Monday 
12 Charsfield, Beck and Baldwin, Sat. 
Chattisham, John Jarrold, Mon., Tu., 

Th., & Sat., to Black Bell, Elm st 
16 Chelmondiston, Thos. Smith, Mon., 

Tu., W r ed., Thu., and Saturday 
Claydon, Chaplin, Crown & Anchor, 

Tu., Wed., Thurs., and Saturday 
-26 Colchester, W. Spooner. Tu., Th., 

and Saturday 
Copdock, Js. Beer, daily (Blaek Bell) 
12 Cretingham, Pepper, & 30 Brown, 

Saturday 
(3 Greeting All Saints, Grimwood 
24 Crowfield, Mrs. Durrant 
Dallinghoo, Grayston, White Hart, Sat. 
19 Debenham, — Kent, 5 Rt. Crookes 

and Alfred Allard, and Fredk. Plant, 

from the Dolphin, daily 
1*3 Dedham, Peck, Tuesday & Friday 

5 Denninyton, Meen, Tues. & Sat. 
3 Earl Soham, Dl. Wade 

23 East Bergholt, Peck, Tu. & Fri., & 
Randall, from King's Head, Sat. 

23 Easton, Wm, Arey, Saturday 
•27, Elmsett, George Green 

6 Eye, — Smith, Monday & Thursday 
12 Eyke, Goddard, Saturday 

HI Fakenham, Wright & Rattle, Tu. & 

Sat., & Mail Cart, daily, fr. Union st 
Telixstow, (see Walton) 
Framlingham, Sawyer, from the Post 

Chaise, and Meen, from the Bull, 

(See also OmnibussesJ 
31 Framsden, S. Flick, Tu.. Thus., & 

Sat., and Thos. Brown, Mon., Wed., 

Thursday, and Saturday 
19 Fressingfield, Alfred Hart, Tuesday 



22 Gosbeck, — Curtis 
Grundisburgh, 30, Adams & Forsdick, 

and 11, BedingSeld, Tu., Th , & Sat. 
5 Hadleigh, Wm. Mann, Mon. & Fri., 
24 Ephraim Beer, Tu., Th., & Sat, 
and J. Warren, daily [and Railway) 

5 Halesworth, John Coates, 24 Henry 
Bloomfield, Mod., Wed., & Fri., & 
14 Sawyer, Tu., Thu., and Sat. (see 
Omnibusses) 

16 Harkstead, W. Holden, daily 
32 Haverhill, Bradnam, Tuesday 
12 Helmingham, Webb, Saturday 

20 Hemley, Market Carts 

16 Holbrook, Wm. Holden &B. Simp- 
son, from King's Head, Mon., Tues., 
Wed., Thus., and Saturday 

27 Horham, J. Sheldrake, Saturday 

11 Kelsale, French, Tu., Th., & Sat. 

21 Kirton, H. Wright and S. Rattle 
19 Lavenham, Dakin, Mon. & Thus. 

2 Laxfield, Hy. Lovell, Thus., and 19 

Hart, Tuesday 
19 Leiston, E. Nichols, 32 Rouse, & 11 

French, Tu., Th., and Saturday 

12 Letheringham, Baldwin, Saturday 
21 Levington, Punt, Tu., Th., & Sat. 
19 Long Melford, Dakin, Mon. & Th. 
16 Manningtree, J. Double, Tu. & Fri., 

and 16 Rose, Tuesday & Friday 

28 Marlesford,E. Malton, Saturday 

6 Mendlesham. W^oods and Jacob 
6 Mickfleld, Geo. Hubbard 

31 Monewden, Howe and Filcher 

2 Monk Soham, C. Knights, Friday 
12 Nacton, Gooding, Tu., Th., & Sat. 

23 Nayland, S. Parker, Tuesday 

5 Needham Market, Wm. Sage, Mon., 
Wed., Thursday, Friday, & Saturday 

14 Norwich, Sawyer, 5 Meen, 6 Smith, 
2 Wheatley, and Railway, daily 

23 Oakley, Rayner, Tuesday 

32 Orford, Jas. Allerton, and 14 Henry 
Pead, Saturday 

2 Otley, Dd. Roper, Fri., 31 Mrs Lam- 
bert, Tuesday, Thursday, & Sat, 
28 Peasenhall, Wm. Stannard, Friday 

24 Reydon, Robert Chaplin 

32 Saxmundham, Thos Rouse, Mon. & 

Friday, (see aho Coaches) 
16 Shotley, John Holden & Wm. Jack- 

aman, Tuesday, Thursday, & Sat 
32 Shottisham, W. Kemp, Saturday 
14 Snape, Rt. Knights, Saturday 
32 Southwold, Coates and Rouse 
16 Stonham,Rt.Gilbert, Tu., Th., & Sat 
24 Stowmarket,— Turner, Tu., Tb.,& 

Sat. ; and Railway daily 
5 Stradbroke, W. Meen, Thursday 
23 Stutton, John Askew 

G 



146 IPSWICH CARRIERS. 



28 Swefling, Geo. Gooch, Saturday 19 Wetheringsett, Brett 

31 Swilland, D. Oxborrow, Tu. & Fri. 29 Wickham market, D. Maybew, Tu. 

1 Tannington, James Butcher, Friday and Sat. (see also Coach and 'Bub) 

16 Tattingstone, John Smith 19 Wickham- Skeith, Pi, Davy 

19 Thorndon, J. Peck, Saturday 31 Witnesham, John Sadler 

19 Thwaite, Davy, Saturday TVoodbridge, (daily.) 18 Wm. Grayson. 

33 Trimley, Smith 14 T. and W. Harris, and Mr Rice 

14 Tunstall, John King, Saturday from Brook street, also Mail Cart, 

6 Walton, — Scarfe, Friday Coaches, and Omnibnsses 

21 Walton and Felixstow, Fulcher and 6 Worlingworth, Hy. Baldry and Wm ; 

Courie daily, 33 Dowsing, Tu. & Sat., Youngs 

and 6 Scarfe, Fri., also 'Busses daily Yoxford, 19 Jackson, 11 French, & 14 

24 Whenham, Chaplin Sawyer, Tuesday. Thursday, & Sat. 
19 Westleton, Jackson, Thursday 



HISTORY 



TOWN AND BOBOUGH 



BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 



BURY ST. EDMUND'S is an ancient borough, and is the 
capital of the Western Division of Suffolk, and of the extensive 
Franchise or Liberty of St. Edmund. It is one of the most pleasing 
and interesting market-towns in England; seated in the centre 
of a richly cultivated country, upon a bold acclivity, skirted on the 
north and east by the river Lark and one of its tributary streams, 
(the Linnet,) which unite in the grounds of the once splendid 
Abbey, of which here are still extensive and beautiful remains. 
The streets are broad, well paved, and contain many handsome 
houses and public buildings. The town is so pleasantly situated, 
commands such extensive prospects, and the air is so salubrious,, 
that it has been called the Montyelier of England. On all sides of 
it, within the distance of a few miles, are the beautiful paries and 
mansions of some of the most wealthy nobility and gentry of the>. 
county. It is approached by excellent roads, and is distant 14 
miles E. of Newmarket ; 12 miles S. of Thetford ; 26 miles N.W, by. 
W. of Ipswich; 16 miles N. of Sudbury ; 13j W.N.W. of Stowmar- 
ket; 29 miles E.N.E. of Cambridge; 43 miles S.W. by S. of Nor- 
wich; 42 miles S. by E. of Lynn ; and 71 miles N.E. of London,. 



HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 147 

by the turnpike-road, and 85f miles by railway, via Newmarket and 
Cambridge, or 96 via Ipswich. 

The Town, with its suburbs, is about a mile and a half in length, 
and a mile and a quarter in breadth, and nearly in the centre of the 
Borough, which is of an irregular circular figure, about three 
miles in diameter, and divided into the two parishes of St. Mary 
and St. James, which comprise 3040 acres, and increased their 
population from 7655 in 1801, to 7986 in 1811; 10,999 in 1821; 
11,436 in 1831; 12,538 in 1841 ; and to 13,900 in 1851, when there 
were 7932 souls in St. Mary's parish, and 6668 in St. James 1 parish. 
Its 13,900 inhabitants, in 1851, consisted of 6300 males and 7600 
females, living in 2752 houses, besides which, there were in the> 
borough 259 unoccupied houses, and 37 building, when the census 
was taken. The return for St. Mary's parish, in 1851, included 188 
persons in the County Gaol and House of Correction ; 162 in Bury 
St. Edmund's Workhouse ; 257 in Thingoe Union Workhouse ; and 
68 in Suffolk General Hospital. The two parishes are nearly of 
equal extent, and have their beautiful Churches in the same Church 
yard, at the chief entrance to which is one of the finest Norman 
Towers in Europe, formerly the grand portal of the magnificent 
Abbey Church, in which was the celebrated shrine of St. Edmund 
the King and Martyr, from whom the burgh or town had its present 
name. 

Markets are held here every Wednesday and Saturday; the 
former is an extensive com and cattle mart, and both are abun- 
dantly supplied with provisions. The Corn Exchange is a large 
and commodious building, erected in 1836, at the cost of <£1200, 
and considerably enlarged in 1848, so that it is now 103 feet long, 
53 feet broad, and 20 feet high. Tt is built of white brick, and 
has 120 stands. Mr J. Adkin is the corn inspector. Near the Corn 
Exchange are the Shambles, which were finished in 1761; George, 
the second Earl of Bristol, giving £'400 towards then* completion. 
The erection of a large covered Market Hall, for the sale of meat, 
Tegetables, &c, is in contemplation, at an estimated cost of about 
i>4000. The Cattle Market, on the north-west side of the town, 
occupies several acres. Three annual fairs are held here ; on Easter 
Tuesday and two following days, for cattle, &c. ; on Oct. 2nd, and 
several following days, for toys, fancy articles, pleasure, &c. ; and on 
December 1 st, for cattle, cheese, &c. The October fair was esta- 
blished some years ago in lieu of St. Matthew's Fair, which was 
held by charter granted to the Abbot in 1772, and usually, con- 
tinued for three weeks from the 18th of September. It was one of 
the most frequented and fashionable marts in the kingdom, espe- 
cially in monastic times, when the Abbot kept an open table for the 
nobility and gentry who visited it, and persons of inferior rank were 
entertained by the monks in the refectory. The booths of manufac- 
turers, dealers, showmen, &c, occupied the spacious area called the 
Angel Hill, and all the avenues leading to the Abbot's palace. 
Among the distinguished personages who visited it in the 15th 
century, were the Duke of Suffolk, and his royal consort, Mary 

g2 



148 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

Tudor, Queen Dowager of France, who had a magnificent tent 
erected on the fair ground for themselves and their splendid retinue. 
The Easter fair was granted by James I., who, in the sixth year of 
his reign, granted the other fairs and markets in fee-farm, to the 
Corporation, who receive the tolls, and have power to extend the 
fairs to any length of time they think proper. That held on Dec. 1st, 
is now the principal fair. Extensive wool fairs were formerly held 
here, and great quantities were stored in the buildings still called 
the Wool-halls. Formerly Bury had an extensive woollen trade, 
and a building called the Clothiers' Hall; and among its great 
holidays was the festival of Bishop Blaize, the patron saint of wool' 
combers. Here are now two wool staplers, a number of extensive 
corn merchants, millers, and maltsters; two tan-yards; several 
foundries, curriers, coach builders, &c, and a tobacco manufactory. 
In the principal streets are many well- stocked shops and commo- 
dious inns and taverns. In monastic times, Bury was the only 
market within the extensive Liberty of St. Edmund. An attempt, 
in 1201, by the Bishop of Ely to set up a market at Lakenheath, 
was met by the bailiffs of the Abbot of Bury, at the head of 600 
armed men, marching to Lakenheath, and putting an end to the 
market by carrying away the cattle, and overturning the shambles 
and stalls. 

The soil being gravel or sand, upon a bed of chalk, Bury is 
naturally well drained; and having broad and spacious streets and 
squares,* it has always been esteemed among the healthiest towns in 
England. On this account, and from the advantages offered by its 
distinguished Free Grammar School, its excellent Commercial 
School, its well supplied markets, and the number of seats of 
nobility and gentry in its neighbourhood, — Bury has for many 
years been a favourite residence for genteel families. The prosperity 
of the town depends entirely upon its residents and the nobility, 
gentry, farmers, corn merchants, &c, of the neighbourhood, who 
throng to it on market days, in vast numbers, from all parts within 
the distance of twenty miles, especially on Wednesday, when the 
gigs and other carriages of the gentry and farmers to be seen in 
the inn-yards and in the streets are innumerable. 

The Marquis of Bristol owns a great part of the borough, and is 
lord or high steward of the extensive liberty of St. Edmund. Sir 
T. G. Cullum, Bart, is lord of the manor of the Grange or Eastgate 
Barns; and John Josselyn, Esq., the Guildhall Feoffees, and many 
smaller owners have land and buildings in the borough. St. 
Edmund's Hill, one mile E. of the town, but within the bounds of 
the borough, is a handsome seat, which was built in 1773, by th$ 
late John Symonds, Esq., who was recorder of the borough, and 
professor of modern history in Cambridge University. It is now 
the seat and property of John Josselyn, Esq., who has lately much 
improved the house and pleasure grounds, which command delight- 
ful views. A pack of hounds is kept here. 

The LARK, or Burn, a small river which flows southward from 
Bury to the Ouse, in Norfolk, was made navigable as high as Forn- 
ham-AlI- Saints, about a mile below the town, under the powers of 



HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 149 

an Act of Parliament passed in the 11th and 12th of William and 
Mary. (A.D. 1698.) This Act was amended by another passed in 
1817, which placed the navigation under the management of about 
eighty commissioners, of whom fifty new ones were appointed in 
1843, to fill up the vacancies occasioned by death. From some 
misunderstanding between the corporation and the first proprietors, 
respecting the right to construct wharfs and erect warehouses 
within the borough, the navigation has never been extended to the 
town. By virtue of the two acts of parliament and the will of the 
late Susanna Palmer, her nephew, Sir Thomas Gery Cullum, Bart., 
of Hardwick House, the present proprietor of the navigation, is 
entitled to certain tolls on all coals and goods conveyed on any part 
of the river between Mildenhall and Bury. Large sums have been 
expended in improving the navigation, and the tolls have been con- 
siderably reduced. About 40 years ago, it was in contemplation to 
cut a canal from Bury to the river Stour, near Manningtree, but 
the project was abandoned, in consequence of the opposition of the 
proprietors of the Lark navigation, and a few of the principal land 
owners, though the intended line was surveyed by Mr. Bennie. In 
consequence of an arrangement between Sir T. Gr. Cullum and the 
Railway Company, the traffic on the Lark Navigation is now much 
diminished. 

Railways. — In 1841, an act of parliament was obtained for 
making a Railway from Bury to join the Eastern Counties Railway 
at Kelvedon, in Essex, a distance of about 30 miles, but this line 
was never commenced, though it would have opened a more direct 
route to London than the Bury Branch of the Eastern Union Rail- 
way, which was opened to Bury in 1846, and joins the main line 
at Haughley Junction Station, which is about 13 miles E. of Bury, 
31 miles S. of Norwich, and 14J miles N. by W. of Ipswich. By 
this route the distance from Bury to London is 96 miles, and from 
Bury to Norwich 44 miles. The Bury and Neivmarlcet Railway, is 
a single line, and was not opened till April, 1854. It is I4J miles 
in length, and opens a direct railway communication with Cam- 
bridge, Peterborough, London, York, &c. By this route the distance 
from Bury to London is only 85f miles ; to Cambridge, 28J, and to 
Peterborough, 72f miles. The Railway Station at Bury, is on the 
north side of the town, at the junction of the lines from Newmarket 
and Haughley Junction. It is an extensive pile of handsome brick 
buildings, in the Elizabethan style, erected in 1846-7. The electric 
telegraph is in use here, and by it messages can be transmitted to 
London and other distant places, and answers received in a few 
minutes. A direct railway from Bury to Lynn (via Thetford) would 
be of great service to the trade and commerce of the two towns, 
and several meetings have recently been held for promoting that 
desideratum. 

Bury Incorporation. — In 1747, an act of parliament was ob- 
tained for incorporating the two parishes for the maintenance of their 
poor, under the control of a board of 24 guardian?, consisting of six 
ratepayers, elected by each parish, and 12 members of the Town 
Council. Under the powers of this act, the incorporated guardians 



150 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

in 1748, purchased from Thomas Woodroffe, for £'420, the house" 
which had been part of " Jesus College" and converted it into a 
Workhouse, which was enlarged, in 1848, at the cost of about 
i£1000, so that it has now room for about 280 inmates, but it has 
seldom so many as 200. The expenditure of the two incorporated 
parishes in supporting their poor was ^6627 in 1837 ; i£5403 in 
1851 ; ,£5484 in 1852, and ,£5719 in 1853. Mr. John Cambridge, 
sen., is clerk to the guardians ; Mr. Fredk. Wing, superintendent 
registrar ; Mr. Thomas Legge and Sarah Bradstreet, master and 
matron of the Workhouse; Mr. James Clarke, relieving officer ; and 
Mr. Edw. Tompson is registrar of marriages, births, and deaths, and 
also collector of poor rates. As noticed with Thingoe Hundred at 
a subsequent page, Thingoe Union Workhouse stands within the 
limits of the borough of Bury St. Edmund's, near the General 
Hospital. 

An Act for better paving, lighting, cleansing, watching, and 
otherwise improving the town of Bury St. Edmund's, was passed in 
1811, and it was amended by another Act passed in 1820. Under 
these Acts, the town has been greatly improved, and is now well 
paved and lighted, and nearly all the streets have flagged cause- 
ways in place of the rough pebbled footpaths which existed in most 
of them till 1811. The commissioners have recently done much to 
improve the sewerage, and steps are being taken to secure a constant 
supply of water for public and private uses, by the construction of 
water works, under the powers of an act of parliament. At present 
the only supply is from springs, wells, and the roofs of houses. 
The Pa vino and Lighting Commissioners meet on the first Mon- 
day of every month. Jas. Sparke, Esq., is their clerk ; Mr. John 
Trevethan, surveyor ; and Messrs. G. E. Whitaker and John Ward, 
rate collectors. 

The Gas Works, in Tayfen road, were erected in 1824, at the 
cost of about £12,000, and were sold for <£8500 to a new company, 
incorporated by act of parliament in 1849. The present company 
has paid up Jl0,650 of their capital, and have borrowed £2500, 
free of interest, of the Paving and Lighting Commissioners, in con- 
dition of supplying the public lamps at cost price. They charge 
6s. 8d. per 1000 cubic feet, and have usually divided a profit of 
about 8 per cent, per annum. There are two gasometers, one hold- 
ing 30,000 and the other 14,000 cubic feet. W. Salmon, Esq., is law 
clerk to the company; Mr. Edmund Nunn, office clerk; and Mr. 
J. C. Sowman, manager and collector. The site of the works was at 
one period the place of execution for criminals. 

The Borough sent members to parliament in the 30th of Edw. I., 
but not afterwards till the 18th of James L, since* which time it has 
regularly returned two representatives. The first members returned 
in 1614, under King James' charter, were Sir Thomas Jermyn and 
Sir Thomas Hervey, both ancestors of the Marquis of Bristol; and at 
almost every subsequent election the houses of Jermyn, Hervey, 
Davers, and Fitz Boy, have had some member or nominee of their 
families, occupying one or both of the seats. James L, in the fourth 
year of his reign, granted the borough a charter of incorporation. 



HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND ? S. 151 

Two years afterwards, lie gave the corporation the reversion of the 
houses, tithes, and glebes, called Almoner's Barns ; and of the 
fairs and markets, gaol, toll-house, &a. In the 12th year of his 
reign, he granted them another charter, enlarging their former pri- 
vileges, &c, and giving them the churches, libraries, bells, rectories', 
and profits of the said churches, not previously granted to them. 
In the same charter, he confirmed to them and other principal in- 
habitants, as trustees, all the lands and possessions given by former 
benefactions, and forming a large portion of the numerous charities 
comprised in what is called the Guildhall Feoffment, now yielding 
an annual income of more than £'2000, as will be seen at a subse- 
quent page. Under these charters, the government of the borough 
was vested in an alderman, 12 capital burgesses, and 24 commoa 
councilmen. and with them rested solely the right of electing the 
representatives of the borough. They had a recorder, and held 
•quarter sessions, £c The alderman, chosen annually from the sis: 
•capital burgesses, acted as chief magistrate, and six others were 
assistant justices, and one held the office of coroner. Under the 
Municipal Act of 1835, the borough has been divided into three 
wards, and placed under the government of a mayor, recorder, si& 
aldermen, eighteen councillors, and a commission of the peace, con- 
sisting of about fifteen magistrates ; of whom, with their officers, a 
list will be given at a subsequent page. Under the Eeform Act of 
-1832, the right of electing two parliamentary representatives for 
-the borough, is vested in the male occupiers of houses in the 
borough, of the yearly value of £10 or upwards. The number of 
voters is now about TOO; but there are in the borough about 900 
houses of the yearly value of £10 or upwards; and about 200 of 
them are let at from £20 to £40 ; and 60 at above £40 per annum. 
The corporation debts, in 185 3, amounted to upwards of £5000, 
secured in mortgages on the Almoner's Barns Farm, the Fairs and 
Markets, the Cricket Field, and other property belonging to the 
Corporation. 

ANCIENT HISTOBY. — Bury St. Edmund's dates its origin 
from a very remote period, but antiquaries differ much in their 
opinions respecting the precise time in which the site of the town 
began to be inhabited. Some writers, among whom are Camden, 
Batteley, and Gale, have supposed that it was the Koman Station, 
denominated Villa Faust ini ; but there being no data to support 
rthis conjecture, other intelligent writers have questioned its proba- 
bility ; indeed, not a solitary Boman remain has ever been found 
here. It is generally agreed that it was occupied by the Saxons, 
under the name of Beoderic s-worth, that is, the seat, mansion, or 
residence of Beoderic ; but how long it bore that name is another 
point, on which authors are at variance. Sigebert, the fifth monarch 
of East Anglia, having embraced Christianity in France, whither 
he had been banished by his half-brother and predecessor, Erpen- 
wald, founded here, about the year 638, a Christian church and 
monastery, which was called the Monastery of St. Mary at Beo- 
dericuorth. Abbo Floriacencis, a monk, who came here from 
Fleury, in France, says the town had this name from Beoderic, a 



152 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

distinguished Saxon, who, at his death, bequeathed it to Edmund, 
the king and martyr, from whom it was afterwards called St. Ed- 
mund's Bury. This celebrated monarch of East Anglia succeeded 
his uncle Offa, in 855. The events of his life, as recorded bj 
monkish writers, are either a tissue of fictions, or are so distorted 
by them, that it is impossible to distinguish truth from falsehood. 
Abbo Eloriacencis was his first biographer. Coming about 985, on 
a visit to St. Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury, he undertook to 
write the life of the saint from the narrative given from memory by 
that prelate, who had heard the circumstances related to king Athek- 
stan by a very old man, that had been one of Edmund's officers. 
The particulars of Edmund's life, previously to his elevation to the 
throne, are recorded by Galfridus de Fontibus ; and the relations 
of these writers form the ground work of the histories of all succeed- 
ing biographers. According to these then, Edmund was the son 
of Alkmund, a Saxon prince, distinguised for valour, wisdom, and 
piety. Being upon a pilgrimage at Eome, while performing his 
devotions, the sun was observed to shine with uncommon brilliance 
on Alkmund' s breast. This was hailed as a happy omen by a pro- 
phetess; she promised Alkmund a son, whose fame should extend 
over the whole world. The prince returned home, and the samd 
year his queen, Siware, made him a joyful father. In Nuremberg', 
his capital, Edmund is said to have been born in the year 84K 
Offa at this time swayed the sceptre of the East Angles, and having 
no children, he resolved to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, there 
to supplicate the blessing of an heir. On his way to the Holy 
Land, he visited his kinsman Alkmund, and was captivated by the 
engaging manners and amiable qualities of the youthful Edmund- 
On his departure, he presented to the prince a valuable ring, as a 
pledge of attachment and regard. Offa having performed at Jeru- 
salem the religious exercises which were the object of his pilgrim- 
age, was taken ill on his return, and feeling his dissolution ap- 
proaching, he convoked his council, to whom he earnestly recom- 
mended his young relation as his successor. After the celebration 
of the funeral rites, Offa's nobles hastened to Saxony, and in com- 
pliance with the royal mandate, acquainted Edmund with the dying 
wishes of their master. Alkmund, with the approbation of his 
assembled bishops and nobles, gave his concurrence to this arrange- 
ment, and Edmund, taking leave of his parents, amidst their tears 
and blessings set sail for his new dominions. No sooner did he 
reach the shore, than he threw himself on his knees to thank 
ieaven for past mercies, and to implore its future protection. Five 
springs of fresh water immediately burst from the dry and sandy 
soil, on which spot he afterwards built, in commemoration of this 
event, the town of Hunstanton, in Norfolk. 

Edmund did not assume the regal dignity immediately on his* 
arrival, but spent the following year in studious retirement at Attle- 
borough. " It might now be expected." observes Yates, the historian 
of Bury, " that under such circumstances, his counsellors should 
direct his young mind to anticipate the cares of royalty : to examine 
the laws of the state he was about to govern ; and to make himself 



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acquainted with the customs, manners, and interests of the people 
whose happiness was shortly to be intrusted to him." 

The genius of the age, however, gave a very different turn to Ed- 
mund's studies : he employed the period of his seclusion in commit- 
ting the Psalter to memory. From this retirement he was drawn, 
to be invested with the insignia of sovereignty, and was crowned at 
Bury, by Humbert, bishop of Elmham, on the 25th December, 855, 
having then completed the 15th year of his age, 

Edmund's biographers, having now seated him on the throne, 
proceed to record his virtues as a sovereign in a strain of the most 
pompous panegyric. No facts, however, are adduced to justify these 
lavish encomiums. The truth seems to be, that Edmund's years» 
and his natural disposition were such, as to enable the monks and 
ecclesiastics (from which class of persons he derived all his post- 
humous celebrity) to govern him with ease. Piety, candour, gen- 
tleness, and humility, formed the distinguishing features of his cha- 
racter, and the possession of these insured to him the reputation of 
all other good qualities. However they might have befitted a cowl, 
they were certainly not calculated to support the dignity of a 
crown, in the disastrous times in which Edmund lived. The com- 
mencement of his misfortunes is enveloped in the same obscurity 
as the other events of his life. Most of our ancient annalists and 
general historians ascribe the invasion of the Danes, who about this 
period began to make descents on the coasts of this island, and who 
at length deprived Edmund of his kingdom and his life, to the fol- 
lowing circumstances : — 

Lodbrog, king of Denmark, was very fond of hawking; and one day, while 
enjoying that sport, his favourite bird happened to fall into the sea. The 
monarch, anxious to save the hawk, leaped into the first boat that presented 
itself, and put off to his assistance. A sudden storm arose, and carried him, 
after encountering imminent dangers, up the mouth of the Yare, as far as 
Beedham in Norfolk. The inhabitants of the country having discovered the 
stranger, conducted him to Edmund, who then kept his court at Oaistor, only 
ten miles distant. The king received him with great kindness and respect, 
entertained him in a manner suitable to his rank, and directed Bern, his own 
falconer, to accompany his guest, whenever he chose to take his favourite diver- 
sion. The skill and success of the royal visitor in hawking, excited Edmund's 
admiration, and inflamed Bern with such jealousy, that one day, when they 
were sporting together in the woods, he seized the opportunity, murdered him, 
and buried the body. Lodbrog's absence for three days occasioned considerable 
alarm. His favourite greyhound was observed to come home for food, fawning 
upon the king and his courtiers whenever he was compelled to visit them, and 
to retire as soon as he had satisfied his wants. On the fourth day he was fol- 
lowed by some of them, whom he conducted to the murdered body of his 
master. Edmund instituted an inquiry into the affair, when, from the ferocity 
of the dog to Bern, and other circumstances, the murderer was discovered, and 
condemned by the king to be turned adrift alone, without oars or sails, in the 
same boat which brought Lodbrog to East Anglia. This boat was wafted in 
safety to the Danish coast, where it was known to be the same in which Lodbrog 
left the country. Bern was seized, carried to Inguar and Hubba, the sons of 
the king, and questioned by them concerning their father. The villain replied, 
that Lodbrog had been cast upon the shore of England, and there put to death 
by Edmund's command. Inflamed with rage, the sons resolved on revenge, and 
speedily raised an army of 20,000 men to invade his dominions. 

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154 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

This armament, which is said to have sailed from Denmark in 
865, is reported by some historians to have been driven by contrary 
winds to Berwick-upon-Tweed. After committing the greatest 
cruelties in this part of the country, the Danes again embarked, but 
seem each succeeding spring to have renewed their descents. In 
869, these ruthless barbarians proceeded southward from Yorkshire, 
in a torrent which destroyed every vestige of civilization. In 870, 
they appear to have reached East Anglia, where Inguar gained pos- 
session of Thetford, King Edmund's capital. The latter collected 
his forces and marched to oppose the invaders. The hostile armies 
met near Thetford, and after an engagement maintained for a whole 
day, with the most determined courage and great slaughter on both 
sides, victory remained undecided. The pious King, to use the 
language cf the monkish writers, was so extremely affected by the 
death of so many martyrs, who had shed their blood in defence of 
the Christian faith, and the miserable end of so many unconverted 
infidels, that he retired in the night to Eglesdene. Hither he was 
soon followed by an embassy from Inguar, who was. soon after the 
battle, joined by his brother Hubba, with ten thousand fresh troops. 
The Danish chieftain proposed, that he should become his vassal, 
and divide with him his treasures and dominions. Bishop Humbert 
earnestly recommended his compliance ; but Edmund returned for 
answer, that he would never submit to a pagan. At the same time, 
out of tenderness for his subjects, he resolved to make no farther 
resistance, and accordingly surrendered without a struggle to the 
superior force sent against him by Inguar and Hubba, Still refus- 
ing to accede to the terms of the conquerors, he was bound to a tree, 
his body was pierced with arrows, and his head cut off, and thrown 
contemptuously into the thickest part of a neighbouring wood. His 
faithful friend, bishop Humbert, suffered at the same time with his 
royal master. The Danes having entirely laid waste this part of the 
country, soon proceeded in quest of scenes better calculated to gra- 
tify their love of plunder. Released from the terror their presence 
inspired, the East Angles, prompted by affection to their late sove- 
reign, assembled to pay the last duties to his remains. The body 
was soon discovered and removed to Hoxne. but the head could no 
where be found. His faithful subjects then divided themselves into 
small parties, to explore the adjacent wood. Here some of them, 
being separated from their companions, cried out, " Where are you?" 
The head immediately replied " Here ! here ! here !" If their aston- 
ishment was excited by this obliging information so miraculously 
conveyed, it was not likely to be abated by what followed. On 
coming to the spot whence the voice proceeded, they found a wolf, 
holding the head between his fore-feet. The animal politely deli- 
vered up his charge, which, the moment it came in contact with the 
body, returned so exactly to its former place, that the juncture was 
not visible except when closely examined. The wolf remained a 
harmless spectator of the scene, and as we are informed by all the 
ancient historians, after gravely attending the funeral at Hoxne, 
peaceably retired to his native woods. This happened about forty 
days after the death of the saint. 



HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 155 

These legendary tales might perhaps be deemed too frivolous for no- 
tice; but being intimately connected with the early prosperity of Bury, 
and indeed inseparably interwoven with the history of that place, 
they could not with propriety be omitted in this account. The arms 
of the town still commemorate the brute protector of the royal mar- 
tyr's head, which also furnished ancient artists with a favourite sub- 
ject for the exercise of their talents. For thirty-three years the body 
of the King, buried in the earth, lay neglected in the obscure chapel 
of Hoxne. At length the interference of ecclesiastics, who in those 
days were capable of guiding the public feeling as they pleased, and 
perhaps also that reverence which unfortunate royalty seldom fails 
to inspire, occasioned the circulation of reports, that various mira- 
cles had been performed at Edmund's grave. All ranks now con- 
curred to testify their respect for his memory ; a large church was 
constructed of wood at Beoderic worth, and thither the body, found 
perfect and uncorrupted, and with the head re -united to it, was re- 
moved in 903. Some ecclesiastics immediately devoted themselves 
to the monastic life under the protection of the royal saint and 
martyr ; their number increased, and about 925, they were incorpo- 
rated into a college of priests. The inhabitants, perceiving the ad- 
vantages likely to accrue to themselves from the increasing celebrity 
of St. Edmund's relics, chose him for their tutular saint, and began 
to call the place after his name. The monks neglected no oppor- 
tunity of blazoning the extraordinary miracles performed by the 
agency of the sacred body, the fame of which procured the convent 
numerous oblations and benefactions. 

King Athelstan appears to have been the first royal benefactor. 
Besides other donations, he presented to the church of St. Edmund, 
a copy of the Evangelists, a gift of such value in those days, that 
the donor offered it upon the altar pro remedio animce suce, for the 
benefit of his soul. But more substantial favours were bestowed 
upon this establishment by Edmund, son of Edward the Elder, who 
may indeed be considered as having laid the foundation of its future 
wealth and splendour. He gave the monks a jurisdiction over the 
whole town, and one mile round it, confirming this and other privi- 
leges by a royal grant or charter in 945. This example was imitated 
by succeeding sovereigns, and other persons of distinction, through 
whose liberalty many considerable manors in the neighbourhood of 
Bury were soon added to the possessions of the monastery. About 
this time commenced the disputes between the seculars or estab- 
lished clergy of the country, and the monks or regulars. The latter, 
by the appearance of superior sanctity, contrived to render them- 
selves highly popular ; and by their artifices at length dispossessed 
the former of their most valuable establishments. The increasing 
fame and wealth of the convent of St. Edmund had not escaped the 
notice of the monks, who gained over the bishop of the diocese ; and 
in 990 procured the appointment of Ailwin, one of their number, to 
be the guardian of the body of the saint, with which the secular 
priests were pronounced unworthy to be entrusted, ;t on account of 
their insolence and irregularity." 

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156 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

waste the whole of East Anglia, burnt aud plundered Bury in 1010 ; 
"but previously to this, Ail win, fearful lest his sacred charge should 
suffer insult and injury from the Danes, conveyed it to London. 
Here it remained three years, during which numberless miracles 
were performed by its operation. The Bishop of Loudon, observing 
the rich offerings that were presented at the shrine of the saint, is 
said to have conceived a vehement desire to take the custody of it 
into his own hands; and went with three assistants to remove it 
privately from the little church of St. Gregory, in which it had been 
placed. In this attempt, however, he was completely foiled by the 
good saint, who had no inclination to go with him ; so that his 
shrine remained as fast " as a great hill of stone," and his body as 
immovable " as a mountain," till Ailwin arrived, when the martyr 
quietly suffered himself to be removed to his former residence, 
Sweyn having gained undisputed possession of this part of the is- 
land in 1014, levied a general and heavy contribution on his new 
subjects. From this tax the monks claimed an exemption for thei? 
possessions, and deputed Ailwin to remonstrate in their behalf with 
the King. His mission, however, procured no relief. Sweyn's sud- 
den death happening very soon afterwards, it was represented as a 
punishment inflicted by the angry saint. Being surrounded one 
evening, we are told, by his nobles and officers, he all at once ex- 
claimed, " I am struck by St. Edmund !" and though the hand 
which inflicted the wound was not seen, he languished only till 
next morning, and then expired in torments of body which could 
only be exceeded by the horrors of his mind. The report of this 
miraculous interposition was highly advantageous to the convent; 
the people imposed on themselves a voluntary tax of fourpence for 
every carucate of land in the diocese, which they offered to the 
honour of the saint and martyr, as an acknowledgement of their 
gratitude and devotion. 

Canute, the son and successor of Sweyn, is said to have been so 
terrified by the vengeance of Edmund, that to expiate his father's 
crimes, and propitiate the angry saint, he took the monastery of 
Bury under his especial protection. Such was the ascendancy which 
the regulars had gained over the mind of this monarch, that Ailwin r 
who in 1020 was consecrated Bishop of Elmham, availed himself of 
it to eject the secular clergy from this convent, and to supply their 
places with twelve Benedictine monks, whom, with Uvius their 
prior, he removed hither from the monastery at Elmham, in Nor- 
folk, from which place the See was afterwards removed to Norwich r 
though attempts were made to fix it at Bury. At the same time,. 
Bishop Ailwin exempted the convent, and all within its jurisdic* 
tion, from episcopal authority, which was to be exercised by the 
abbot only, and four crosses were erected to fix with accuracy the 
boundary of his jurisdiction. The following year the Bishop laid 
the foundation of a magnificent church, the expenses of which were 
defrayed by the voluntary tax upon land above-mentioned, and by 
the contributions of the pious. These proceedings of Ailwin were 
not only ratified by Canute, but he issued a royal charter, confirm- 
ing all former grants and privileges to the abbot and convent, and 



HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 157 

conferring several new ones. Of these, the most important was the 
right of reserving for their own use that proportion of the tax called 
Danegeld, levied upon the inhabitants of the town. These gifts 
were settled on the abhey with a fearful curse on such as should 
molest the monks in the possession of them; and the charter, signed 
"by the King, Queen, and Archbishops, was attested by thirty-two 
nobles, prelates, and abbots. In 1032, the new church being 
finished, was consecrated by Athelnorh, Archbishop of Canterbury. 
The body of the royal martyr was deposited in a splendid shrine,, 
adorned with jewels and costly ornaments ; and Canute himself 
repairing hither to perform his devotions, offered his crown at the 
tomb of the saint. 

The mistaken piety of succeeding monarchs augmented the fame^. 
the importance, and the wealth of the abbey of Bury ; but to none 
was it more indebted than to Edward the Confessor. This monarch 
granted to the abbot and convent the town of Mildenhall, with its- 
produce and inhabitants, the royalties of eight Hundreds, together 
with the half hundred of Thingoe, and also those of all the villages 
situated in those eight Hundreds and a half which they previously 
possessed. He likewise conferred the privilege of coining at a mint 
established within the precinct of the monastery. Edward often 
paid his devotions in person at the shrine of the royal martyr, and 
so great was his veneration for him, that he was accustomed to per- 
form the last mile of the journey on foot, like a common pilgrim- 
The establishment had now attained such wealth and splendour^ 
that the monks resolved to provide a still more magnificent recept- 
acle for the body of their saint than any in which it had hitherto 
been deposited. The third church, built by Ailwin, being mostly of 
wood, was demolished, and another was erected of hewn stone, under 
the auspices of abbot Baldwin. The materials for this structure 
were brought, by permission of William the Conqueror, free of ex- 
pense, from the quarries of Barnack, in Northamptonshire ; and it 
was in a state of sufficient forwardness to receive the sacred remains 
in 1095. This was the last removal, as the church now erected 
continued to exist till the period of the dissolution. The plan, exe- 
cution, and embellishments of this structure, corresponded with the 
princely revenues of the establishment to which it belonged. Le- 
land, who saw it in all its glory, in speaking of this town, describes 
it in the following terms : — " A city more neatly seated the sun 
never saw, so curiously doth it hang upon a gentle descent, with a 
little river on the east side ; nor a monastery more noble, whether 
one considers its endowments, largeness, or unparalleled magnifi- 
cence. One might even think the monastery alone a city; so many 
gates it has, some whereof are brass; so many towers; and a 
church, than which nothing can be more magnificent; as appen- 
dages to which there are three more of admirable beauty and work- 
manship in the same churchyard." 

The Abbey Church, or Church of St. Edmund, was 505 feet in 
length, the transept 212, and the west front 240. The latter had two 
large side chapels, St. Faith's and St. Catherine's, one on the north 
west and the other on the south-west, and at each end an octagon 



158 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

tower thirty feet each way. The shrine of the saint was preserved 
in a semicircular chapel at the east end ; and on the north side of 
the choir was that of St. Mary, eighty feet long, and forty-two broad; 
and St. Mary in cryptis was 100 feet in length, eighty in breadth, 
and supported by twenty-four pillars. Besides the dome, there was 
a high west tower over the middle aisle, and the whole fabric is sup- 
posed to have been equal in some respects in grandeur to St. Peter's 
at Eome. As to its height, no data are left to enable us to form an 
opinion. The Abbey was governed by an abbot, who had several 
great officers under him, as & prior, sub-prior, sacrist, and others ; 
and in its most prosperous state there were eighty monks, fifteen 
chaplains, and one hundred and eleven servants, attending within 
its walls. It had three grand gates for entrance ; and its lofty walls 
enclosed three other churches, besides the abbey church, several 
chapels, cloisters, and offices of every kind. Among other privi- 
leges conferred on this abbey, we find that Edward the Confessor 
granted to abbot Baldwin the liberty of coinage, which was con- 
firmed by William the Conqueror. Stephen, in his seventeenth 
year, gave authority for two additional mints to be set up in Bury. 
Stow informs us, that there was one in the town in John's time. 
Edward I. and II. also had mints at Bury ; and some of their pen- 
nies coined here are yet extant. The abbot of Bury enjoyed all the 
spiritual and temporal privileges of the mitred abbots ; and in 
addition to them, some veiy important exclusive immunities. Of 
the latter kind, was the exemption from the ecclesiastical authority 
of the diocesan, so that none but the Boman pontiff, or his legate, 
could exercise any spiritual power within the limits of the abbot's . 
jurisdiction. This privilege often involved him in violent disputes. 
As early as the reign of William the Conqueror, we find the abbot 
Baldwin engaged in a controversy on this subject with Herfast, 
Bishop of North Elmham, who had announced his intention of 
removing the See to Bury. The abbot, alarmed at this threatened 
invasion of the privileges of his convent, applied to the King, and 
by his advice, repaired to Rome, where Pope Alexander II., not 
-only confirmed its former immunities and exemptions, by a bull 
dated at the Lateran, 6th Calend. Novemb. A.D. 1071, but also 
presented him with a porphyry altar for his church, with this extra- 
ordinary privilege, that if ail the rest of the kingdom were under 
excommunication, mass might be there celebrated, unless expressly 
and by name prohibited by his holiness. These favours only served 
to redouble the Bishop's exertions to carry his point, and he re- 
solved to try what the seductive eloquence of gold would effect; 
while the monks, on the other hand, had recourse to still more 
persuasive means. The issue of this affair is thus related by Arch- 
deacon Herman, who himself bore a part in the transaction, i; The 
Bishop riding one day, and conversing on the injuries which he me- 
ditated against the monastery, was struck upon the eyes by a branch, 
and a violent and painful suffusion of blood occasioned immediate 
blindness; St. Edmund thus avenging himself and punishing the 
temerity of the invaders of his rights. The prelate long remained 
entirely blind, and could obtain no relief. Coming in one morning, 



HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 159 

^and commiserating bis condition, I said to him, " My lord Bishop, 
your endeavours are useless, no collyriuni will avail ; you should seek 
the favour of God and St. Edmund. Hasten to abbot Baldwin, that 
his prayers to God and the saint may provide an efficacious medicine! 
This counsel, at first despised, was at length assented to. I under- 
took the embassy, and executed it on the same clay, the festival of St. 
Simon and St. Jude. The abbot benignantly granted the request ; 
and the feeble bishop came to the monastery. Being graciously re- 
ceived by the abbot, and admonished to reflect, that as offences 
against God and St. Edmund were diminished, the medicine to be 
applied would more certainly alleviate his sufferings ; they proceeded 
into the church, where, in the presence of the elder brethren and 
certain peers of the realm, Hugo de Montfort, Roger Bigod, Richard, 
the son of Gilbert, &c, the bishop declared the cause of his misfor- 
tune: recited the injuries he had conceived against this holy place; 
confessed himself culpable ; condemned his advisers under an ana- 
thema ; and bound himself by a vow to reject such counsels. He 
then advanced with sighs and tears to the foot of the altar; placed 
on it the pastoral staff; prostrated himself before God and St. Ed- 
mund ; performed his devotions, and received absolution from the 
abbot and brethren. Then having made trial of the abbot's medi- 
cine, and as I saw, by the application of cauteries and colliriums, 
assisted by the prayers of the brethren, iu a short time he returned 
perfectly healed : only a small obscurity remained in the pupil of 
one eye as a memorial of his audacity." A few years afterwards, 
however, this prelate, forgetful of, his professions, renewed the con- 
test, which was not terminated till the king convoked a council at 
Winchester, in which the subject was fully discussed, and the claims 
of the abbot admitted by that august assembly. William at the same 
time granted a charter, confirming all those of his predecessors and 
subscribed by himself, his queen, his three sons, two archbishops, 
13 bishops, and 20 abbots and nobles. 

In 1345, a contention not less violent commenced on the same 
account, between the abbot and Wm. Bateman, bishop of Norwich, 
who claimed a right of subjecting the convent to ecclesiastical visi- 
tations. King Edward III., by letters patent, determined in favour 
of the abbey, and commanded the bishop to desist from his attempt 
to violate its privileges. The prelate, however, disregarded this 
mandate, and excommunicated the messenger who served it upon 
him. The abbot now had recourse to the law ; a jury returned a 
verdict in his favour, and sentenced the bishop to pay thirty talents, 
or s610,000, the penalty attached to his offence by the charter of Har- 
dicanute. In subsequent proceedings, this judgment was affirmed ; 
but though the bishop's temporalities were decreed to be held in the 
king's hands till the fine should be paid, and a day was appointed 
to seize his body, he found means of delay till the 25th Sept., 1317, 
when the archbishop summoned a council at St. Paul's to decide the 
matter, and a compromise was concluded between the contending 
parties. The bishop engaged not to molest the monastery in the 
enjoyment of its privileges, and on this condition was restored to his 
ecclesiastical authority and temporalities. The abbot of Bury was a 



160 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

spiritual parliamentary baron ; he held synods in his own chapter- 
house, and appointed the parochial clergy of the town. His tem- 
poral were not less important than his ecclesiastical prerogatives. 
He possessed the power of trying and determining hy his high-steward 
all causes within the franchise or liherty, which extended, as already 
noticed, over eight Hundreds and a half; and in the town and a 
mile round, he had the authority of chief magistrate, and of inflict- 
ing capital punishment. No officer of the king could, without his 
permission, hold a court, or execute any office in Bury. As lord of 
the town, he claimed the right of appointing the alderman, though it 
was afterwards agreed that the other burgesses composing the corpo- 
ration should enjoy the privilege of electing that officer, who, however, 
was expected to receive the abbot's confirmation, and to take oath 
that he would do nothing that might injure the abbot and convent, 
but would be ready to defend them in all their lights and customs. 

The supreme authority exercised over the town by the abbot, was 
a cause of frequent dissention between him and the inhabitants, which 
sometimes terminated in the most violent outrages. The most re- 
markable of these disputes occurred in 1327, when the townsmen, 
headed by their alderman and chief burgesses, and having collected 
20,000 persons from the neighbouring towns and villages, made an 
attack upon the monastery and its possessions, and threatened the 
total destruction of the establishment. Having demolished the gates, 
doors, and windows, and beaten and wounded the monks and servants, 
they broke open the chests and coffers, out of which they took great 
quantities of rich plate, books, vestments, and other valuables, be- 
sides five hundred pounds in ready money and three thousand florins. 
They also carried away three charters of Canute, four of Hardicanute, 
one of Edward the Confessor, two of Henry I., three of Henry I EI., 
twelve papal bulls, with several deeds, written obligations, and ac- 
knowledgments for money due to the convent. Great part of the 
monastery was reduced to ashes, and many of the manors and granges 
belonging to it in Bury and its vicinity, shared the same fate. The 
abbot being at this time in London, the rioters seized and confined 
Peter Clopton, the prior, and about twenty of the monks, whom they 
afterwards compelled, in the name of the whole chapter of the con- 
Tent, to execute, under the capitular seal, a deed, constituting the 
burgesses a guild or corporation. They also forced them to sign an 
obligation for the payment of ten thousand pounds to certain of the 
townsmen, to discharge them from all debts due to the monastery, 
and to engage not to proceed against them at law for any damage 
done to the monastery. The king being informed of these transac- 
tions, a military force was sent to suppress the disturbance. The 
alderman and twenty-four of the burgesses were imprisoned ; thirty 
carts full of the rioters were taken prisoners to Norwich ; nineteen of 
the most notorious offenders were executed, and one was pressed to 
death, because he refused to put himself upon his trial. Thirty-two 
parochial clergymen were convicted as abettors. The enquiries that 
arose out of this affair occupied near five years, the final decision 
being given by Edward III. in council, in 1332. The justices 
commissioned to investigate the amount of the damages sustained by 



161 

the abbey, bad estimated them at the enormous sum of ^'140,000, bu$ 
at the king's request, the abbot remitted to the offenders <£'122,333v 
6s. 8d., and at length forgave them the remainder, on condition of 
their future good behaviour. All the deeds and charters taken from 
the monastery were to be restored; all the instruments and obligations 
obtained by force, were declared null and void, and were to be delivered 
np to the abbot. Fox states that Berton, the alderman, thirty-two 
priests, thirteen women, and 138 other persons of the town, wer^ 
outlawed ; and that some of these afterwards surprised the abbot at 
the manor of Ghevington. Having bound and shaved him, they con- 
veyed him to London, and thence over the sea into Brabant, where 
they kept him a prisoner. He was at length rescued by his friends-* 
who had discovered the place of his confinement. 

The Abbey of St. Edmund* Bury remained 519 years in the pos- 
session of the Benedictine monies, and during that time was governed 
by thirty-three abbots. Its regular revenues consisted of fifty-two- 
knight's fees and three-quarters, together with the royalties of th3 
eight Hundreds and a half; and were valued at the dissolution by tha 
commissioners at J2336. 16s. The income of the abbey must, how- 
ever, have been most materially underrated ; and besides this, the 
monks possessed many sources of revenue which could never be ac- 
curately ascertained. An intelligent writer of the last century calcv> 
lated that all the possessions and perquisites of this abbey, would at 
that time (1725) be worth not less than <£200,000 per annum ; and 
from the astonishing increase in the value of landed property and 
agricultural produce, since that period, it may safely be assumed 
that at this time they would yield a yearly income of at least doubla 
the above amount. 

When Henry VIIL resolved to replenish his exhausted treasury, 
by seizing the possessions of the monastic establishments, the abbey 
of Bury was included in the general destruction. Some ineffectual 
struggles were made by the abbot and convent, to avert the impend- 
ing blow. In 1536, they settled upon secretary Cromwell and his- 
son, an annuity of J610, payable out of the rents of the manor of 
Harlowe, in Essex. But neither this pension, nor the full acknow- 
ledgment of the king's supreme ecclesiastical authority, availed them 
anything. On the 4th of November, 1539, the abbot and his bre- 
thren were compelled to surrender the monastery and all its posses- 
sions to his majesty; and were driven from their splendid mansion and 
ample revenue, to subsist on a scanty stipend. The official report 
of the commissioners appointed to visit this abbey at the dissolution^ 
states that they found here " a riche shrine which was very comber- 
ons to deface. We have taken," they'continue, " in the seyd monas- 
tery, in gold and silver, 5000 markes and above, besyds as well a 
riche crosse with emerelds, as also dyvers and sundry stones of great 
value; and yet we have left the churche, abbott, and convent, very well 
furneshed with plate of sylver necessary for the same." In another 
report signed " John Ap Bice," and dated " from Burie, 5th Nov., 
1539," he says: " As touching the convent, we could geate little or 
no complaints amonge theym, although we did use moche diligens 
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162 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

thered of tbeir examinacions formerly, I believe and suppose they 
liad confedered and compacted befoure our comyng. that they shoulde 
disclose nothynge ; and yet it is confessed and proved, that there was 
here such frequence of women comyng, and reassorting to this mon- 
asterie, as to no place more. Amongest the reliques we founde moche 
Tanitie and supersticion — as the coles that St. Lawrence was tosted 
withal ; the paryng of St. Edmund's naylls, St. Thos. of Canterbury's 
'penneknyff and his bootes, and divers skulls for the head-ache ; peces 
,of the Holie Cross able to make a hole crosse; of other reliques for 
-rayne, and certaine other supersticious usages, for avoiding of weeds 
growing in com, &c." Among the many superstitious practices and 
flagrant impostures carried on at this monastery, was the singular 
ceremony of the 2>rocessio?i of the white bull. The sacrist of the mon- 
astery, as often as he ]et the lands near the town, called Haberdon, 
annexed this condition, that the tenant should provide a white bull, 
whenever a matron of rank, or any other should come out of devotion, 
-.or in consequence of a vow, to make the oblations of the white bull, 
as they were denominated, at the shrine of St. Edmund. On this 
-occasion, the animal, adorned with ribbons and garlands, was brought 
4o the south gate of the monastery and led along Church gate, Guild- 
hall and Abbey gate streets, to the great west gate ; the lady all the 
-while keeping close to him, and the monks and people forming a 
numerous cavalcade. Here the procession ended ; the animal was 
conducted back to his pasture, while the lady repaired to St. Ed- 
mond's shrine to make her oblations, as a certain consequence of 
which she was soon to become a mother. As foreign ladies, desirous 
of issue, might have found it inconvenient to repair hither in person, 
to assist at these ceremonies, it was stated that they were certain to 
prove equally efficacious if performed by proxy. 

Lydgate, a monk of Bury, was highly distinguished for learning and poetical 
genius. He appears to have risen to his highest point of eminence in 1430. 
He was ordained a Subdeacon in 1389. Deacon in 1393, and Priest in 1397. He 
had travelled into France and Italy, and returned a complete master of the 
languages of both countries. His models were Dante. Boccacio, Alain, Char- 
tier. Chaucer, and Ocleve. Wharton says that he is the first English writer 
whose style is clothed with that perspicuity, in which English phraseology ap- 
pears at this day to an English reader, and that to enumerate his various pieces 
would be to give a catalogue of a little library ; that no poet seems to have 
possessed greater versatility of talents ; and that whether his subject be the life 
of a hermit or a hero, ludicrous or legendary, religious or romantic, he moves 
with equal ease in every mode of composition. He was not only the poet of 
his monastery of Bury, but of the world at large. If a disguising was intended 
by the company of Goldsmiths, a mask before the king at Eltham. a May-game 
for the Sheriffs, a mumming for the Lord Mayor, a procession for the Corpus 
Christi festival, or a carol for the Coronation ; on all occasions Lydgate was ap- 
plied to for the hymn or ballad ; and the learned Whethamstede, Abbot of St. 
Albans, employed him about the year 1430, to give the Latin legend of St. Albans 
in English verse. The St. Albans' Chronicler adds that VThethainstede paid him 
100 shillings for the translation, writing, and illuminating his MS., and placed 
it before St. Albans' Altar, having expended on the binding and other orna- 
ments above three pounds. A copy is preserved in Trinity Co lege, Oxford, 
and another in Lincoln Cathedral. In the British Museum, a most splendid 
copy is shewn on vellum, which was undoubtedly a present to King Henry TI« 
Besides the decoration of illuminated initials, and 120 pictures of various sizes, 
executed with the most delicate pencil, exhibiting the habits, weapons, archi- 



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tecture, and many other curious particulars belonging to the age of the illumi- 
nator!; there are alsotsvo exquisite portraits of the king, one of Wm. Curteis, Ab- 
bot of Bury, and one of Lydgate himself, kneeling before the shrine of St. 
Edmund. Curteis was Abbot from 1429 to 1445. Lydgate's principal poems 
are the " Fall of Princes," the " Siege of Thebes," the " Destruction of Troy," 
the " Life of St. Edmund," and " The Pilgrim," which last-named work was in 
Stowe Library, (Press 2, No. 100,) and has never been printed. His Troye 
Boke was first printed at the command of Hen. VIII., by Pynson, 1513. Among 
the decorations in the title page are soldiers firing great guns at the walls of 
Troy! Lydgate began this poem in 1413, the last year of Henry IV., (at the 
request of that Prince,) and finished it in 1420. Pitts and Weever place Lyd- 
gate's death in 1440, and Grainger follows them ; but it is evident from his works 
that he lived in 1446. In the Harleian copy of his Chronicle of English Kings, 
JSo. 2251, one stanza proves that he survived in 1461. 

Before the dissolution, Bury also contained an establishment of 
Grey Friars, or Franciscans. About 1255 or '6, some brethren of this 
order came to the town during a vacancy in the abbacy, and having 
procured a situation in the north part of Bury, began to perform 
religious exercises. The Benedictine monks, indignant at this intru- 
sion, and finding remonstrance of no effect, demolished the buildings 
and expelled the friars, who applied to the court of Borne for redress, 
when Pope Alexander IY. reproved the monks, and ordered the friars 
-to be put in possession of an estate in the west part of Bury. The 
Benedictines still continued firm in their resistance to this encroach- 
ment on their privileges ; so that king Henry III., who with many of 
his nobility had espoused the cause of the Franciscans, was obliged to 
send down his chief justice to Bury, and to establish them by force. 
Upon this, they lost no time in constructing suitable religious edi- 
fices. The Pope soon after dying, the Benedictines renewed their ap- 
plication to his successor, and seconding it with an argument which 
seldom failed of persuading the papal court, Urban IY. revoked the 
-bulls of bis predecessor, and commanded the Franciscans to demolish 
their buildings, and on pain of excommunication to leave Bury 
within one month. They had not courage to withstand this injunc- 
tion ; bnt publicly renouncing all right and title to their estate in the 
town, the abbot and convent assigned them part of the monastic 
possessions in Babwell, where they erected a Friary, within the 
bounds of the parish of Fornham All Saint's, near Bury, on the 
banks of the river Lark. 

At the Beformation, there were in Bury five hospitals, viz. : St. 
.Saviour's, at Northgate ; St. Peter's, at Bisbygate ; St. John's, at 
Southgate; and St. Stephen's and St. Nicholas', atEastgate; and a 
college called Jesus College, in College street, founded in the reign of 
Edward IY.,:for a warden and six associate priests, and now forming 
part of the Workhouse. Here were also about forty churches ,chapels, 
and oratories, of which only the two parish churches of St. Mary and 
St. James are now standing entire, near the tower and ruins of the Ab- 
bey Church, and the site of St, Margaret's Church. The names and 
situations of 15 of the chapels are still known, though the buildings 
of many of them have long been demolished, viz. : St. Mary's, at 
Eastgate Bridge ; Our Lady's, at Westgate ; Stone Chapel, at 
Bisbygate; St. Michael's, in the Infirmary; St. Andrew's, in the 
cemetery of the monks ; St. John's-on-the-hill ; St. John's- ad-fontem ; 



164 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

St. Anne's-imcryptis ; St. Thomas', at" 'North grate : St. Lawrence I 
in the court-yard : St. Giles", near the nave of the abbey church ; St. 
PetronelTs, within the Southgate : St. Botolph's, inSoutbgate street; 
St Edmund's, or Bound Chapel, in the churchyard ; and St. Denis's. 
There was also a hermitage at the Westgate,' now used as a cow- 
house. Bury is said to have been encompassed by a Wall at the 
beginning of the 12th century, by Hervey. the Sacrist ; but the Wall 
appears to have extended only from the Westgate to Northgmte ; and 
the other sides of the town were defended only by earth works and a 
ditch, of which some traces may be seen near Tay- fen road. The 
rive Gates at the principal entrances to the town, were all standing 
in ITOO : but were soon afterwards taken dowu by order of the 
Corporation, for the more convenient passage of carriages, fas. Be- 
fore the Preformation, there was either an hospital or some religiou3 
foundation at each of these eates. where the aims oi passenger 
were collected, Near the site of the North gate, are some remains of 
St. Saviour's Hospital, which was of such magnitude, that a parlia- 
ment was assembled in it in 1440. In this hospital. Humphrey, the 
virtuous Duke of Gloucester, is supposed to have been murdered. 
About a quarter of a mile beyond the East gate stood St. Xichokts's 
Hospital the remains of which have been converted into a farm- 
house, near which is the hospital chapel, now used as a barn and sta- 
ble. On the North side of the road between East bridge and this 
hospital, a few fragments of old walls mark the site of St Szephen'^ 
Hospital Just without the South gate, stood St. Petroneli's Chapel 
and St. John's Hospital the sites of which are now occupied by mo- 
dern bouses. Close to the site of Bisby gate, are the remains of 
the chantry, called Stone Chapd converted into a public-house. 
bearing the sign of the Grapes, the flint walls of which have been 
much admired. Near the road beyond Risby gate, is St. Peter' s- 
Barn. enclosed by walls built with the ruins of St. Peters HespizaJ y 
which was founded for the reception of infirm and leprous priests. 

The ABBEY GATE, one of the principal ornaments of Bury, was 
the Grand entrance to St. Edmund's Abbey, and opened into the great 
court-yard, in front of the abbot's palace/ Such is the excellence of 
its materials and workmanship, that it is still in good preservation, 
though it stood many years roofless and neglected. After the de- 
struction of the original* entrance to the abbey, in the violent assault 
of the townsmen in 1327. this £ate house was erected upon a plan-, 
combining elegance with utility. It was completed about 137 7. and 
is one of the purest specimens'of the Decorated style of pointed ar- 
chitecture. It is 50 feet long, 40 broad, and &2 feet high; but it 
formerly had octangular turrets at the angles rising 14 feet higher. 
The west front, facing An. eel hill, is divided into two horizontal com- 
partments, by an ornamented band, and perpendicularly into three, 
consisting of a centre and two turriated projecting wings. The whole 
is superbly ornamented with devices and niches for statues. The 
heads or groined work, forming the canopies to the niches are ele- 
gant ; and the pilasters of those in the centre and in both wings, 
terminate in well wrought pinnacles The spandrils of the arch, 
above the gateway are adorned with two quatre-foil bosses or medal* 



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lions ; and over them., near the top of the building, are two others, 
each representing two interlaced triangles. The pillars of the gate- 
wav are composed of clustered cylinders ; the capitals are simple. 
and chiefly the Gothic wreath. Tne counter-arch of the entrance is 
surmounted by an undulated arch or pediment, springing: from the 
external capitals. Below the embattled band, which divides the 
building horizontally, is a cavetto moulding ornamented with seve- 
ral figures, most of which are defaced : but a lion, a dragon, and a 
bull worried by dogs, may still be distinguished. In the wall and 
arch is a groove for the reception of a portcullis. In the south- 
west and north-west angles were circular staircases, one of which 
is yet so perfect that it is possible, with care, to ascend to the plat- 
form, which runs round the top of the building, and has five em- 
brasures at either end and seven on each side. The area is tin- 
€qualiy divided by a stone partition, and its arch was furnished 
with inner gates of brass, the hinges of which still remain. The 
entrances to the staircases are in the inner division of the area, so 
that, if an enemy had forced the portcullis and obtained possession 
ef the anti-gateway, the defendants would still have commanded the 
access to the upper part of the fortress, whence they might have 
greatly annoyed the assailants. Ail these precautions, as well as the 
want of windows next the town, indicate the anxiety of the monks 
to prevent a repetition of those outrages which occasioned the neces- 
sity for erecting this elegant, but embattled tower-gateway. The 
eastern or interior front is also richly adorned with niches and light 
&nd elegant tracery, and with the arms of Edward the Confessor; 
Thomas de Brotherton, Earl of Xorfolk; and John Holland, Duke of 
Exeter. This division of the tower has a large and handsome win- 
dow, which lighted a room 28 feet square, of which there are still 
yestiges of the floor, roof, and fire-place. This gate, as already 
noticed, opens into the abbey grounds, which adjoin the churchyard, 
and comprise about 14 acres, still surrounded with the ancient lofty 
wall, and containing some massive detached fragments of the mo- 
nastic edifices, near which is a beautiful Botanic Garden of five 
acres, formed in 1821, as afterwards noticed. The site and pre- 
cincts of the abbey belong to the Marquis of Bristol. The Abbot's 
Brjdge, which crosses the river Lark as a continuation of the Wall 
enclosing tbe abbey grounds, is an ancient structure of three arches, 
erected in the 12th century, and used only as a foot bridge. The 
arches still retain the appearance of having had iron grates by way 
cf defence. 

XOEMAX TOWER. — This celebrated tower gateway was erected 
about 1090, in the time of Abbot Baldwin, as the principal entrance 
to the cemetery of St. Edmund, and immediately fronting the west 
entrance to the Abbey Church. Till its restoration, a few years ago, 
i: was the grand entrance to the churchyard of St. Mary's and St. 
James's Churches ; to the latter of which it still serves as a bell 
tower. It is the finest building of its kind in Europe, and after 
being long in a dilapidated state, it was restored to its pristine 
strength and beauty in 1846-7, at the cost of about .£'3400, raised 
fcj subscription. The old houses which had been built against each 



166 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

side and partly in front of it were removed, and the accumulation 
of earth was excavated around the tower to the original level, a 
depth, of nearly six feet, so as to show the long-hidden proportions 
of the building. The excavated area in which the tower now 
stands was fenced round with iron railing in 1852, and the en- 
trance to the churchyard is now on one side of it. Samuel Tymms, 
Esq., F.S.A., was honorary secretary to the committee for the resto- 
ration of this beautiful tower, and received a piece of plate from 
the subscribers for his valuable services. .By monastic writers it is 
mentioned under the names of "the great gate of the church of St. 
Edmund," or " the great gate of the churchyard." At the dissolu- 
tion of the monastery, if not before, it became a parcel of the parish 
church of St. James, In a rental of Thomas G-natsall, sacrist, 18 
Henry VIII., it is called "the church-gate of St. James," and in the 
deed of feoffment of the G-uildhall feoffees it is spoken of as " the 
gate and bell-tower called St. James's steeple." It is 86 feet in 
height and 36 feet square. The walls, which are nearly six feet in 
thickness, are faced with an ashlaring of Barnack stone. The 
general design of each front is the same, except that a few of the 
mouldings are different ; and that the eastern archway is plain.. 
The elegant porch on the western side is an unique specimen of 
Norman architecture. The great arch was formerly filled up with a 
sculpture representing our Saviour in an elliptic aureole. It was 
removed in 1789, to provide a freer access for " loads of hay and; 
straw !" The square-headed doorway in the centre of the south 
wall was the postern, or porter's gate. The old iron hooks on 
which the door was hung are still in the eastward stone jamb ; 
a mortice for the bolt of a lock is in the opposite jamb ; the door 
opened outwards in the thickness of the wall. The small door- 
ways on the north and south sides, in the western buttresses^ 
communicated with the wall that was connected with it on each 
side, and surrounded the entire grounds of the abbey. They show 
how the warders entered from the one side, and passed through a 
gallery in the west wall, and went out on the other. The ascent to 
the embattlements is by a newel stone staircase in the north-west 
pier, entered through a narrow doorway in the north wall, which 
was originally approached by an external flight of steps, just within 
the line of the boundary wall. The fourth story contains ten bells,, 
esteemed among the finest peals in England. 

The remains of the west end of St. Edmund's Church, which 
bound the churchyard on one side, now exhibit a singular and 
motley appearance. One of the octagon towers which formerly ter- 
minated either end, is still standing, and has been converted into a: 
stable. Three arches, once the entrances to the three aisles, have 
been filled up with modern buildings and converted into as many 
neat houses. The intermediate portions of the original massive 
wall, which is supposed to have been once faced with marble, pre- 
sent a rugged spectacle, caused by the ravages of three centuries. 
On the north side of the churchyard is a large house which was 
the seat of J. Benj afield, Esq., who, about fifty years ago, enclosed 
within his grounds part of the ruins of the cenventual church an<& 



HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'SV 167 

a corner of the churchyard, which he planted with trees and shrubs, 
for the purpose of hiding his mansion from the public gaze, and 
shutting from his view the numerous mementos of perishable hu- 
manity. This desecration of the sanctuary of the dead was impro- 
perly permitted by the Corporation. Among the distinguished per- 
sons interred in the conventual church were Alan Fergaunt, Earl 
of Eichmond ; Thomas de Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk, half brother 
to King Edward IT. ; Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, uncle to 
King Henry V. ; Mary, widow of Louis XII. of France, and sister 
to Henry VIII., whose remains were afterwards removed to St. Mary's 
Church ; Sir Wm. Elmham, Sir Wm. Spencer, and Sir Wm. Tresil, 
Knights. Many inhabitants of the monastery, remarkable for their 
learning and piety, were also buried here ; but of these none was 
more celebrated than John Lydgate, already noticed at page 162. 
In 1772, some labourers being employed in breaking up a part of 
the ruins of this church, discovered a leaden coffin, which had been 
inclosed in an oak case, then quite decayed. It contained an em- 
balmed body, as fresh and entire as at the time of interment, sur- 
rounded by a kind of pickle, and the face covered with a cerecloth. 
The features, the nails of the fingers and toes, and the hair, which 
was brown, with some mixture of grey, appeared as perfect as ever. 
A surgeon, hearing of this discovery, went to examine the body, 
and made an incision on the breast ; the flesh cut as firm as that of 
a living subject, and there was even an appearance of blood. The 
skull was sawed in pieces, and the brain, though wasted, was 
inclosed in its proper membrane. At this time the corpse was not 
in the least offensive, but on being exposed to the air it soon became' 
putrid. The labourers, for the sake of the lead, removed the body 
from its receptacle, and threw it among the rubbish. It was found 
that the corpse which had been treated with such indecency, was* 
the remains of Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, and son of John 
of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, who, at the battle of Agincourt, led 
the rear-guard of the English army, and afterwards bravely defended; 
Harfleur against the French. He died at East Greenwich in 142 7 7 
and was, in compliance with his will, interred in the abbey church, 
of Bury St. Edmund's, near his duchess, at the entrance of the 
chapel of Our Lady, close to the wall on the north side of the choir. 
His mangled remains were enclosed in a strong oak coffin, and re- 
interred at the foot of the large north-east pillar, which formerly 
assisted to support the belfry. In 1783, on breaking up some 
foundations in the north wall of St. Edmund's church, near the 
chapter-house, were found four antique heads , cut out of single 
blocks of freestone, and somewhat larger than the natural propor- 
tion^ On the subject of these heads, Mr. Yates quotes the various 
opinions of antiquaries, who he says have viewed them, but how 
any person with his eyes open, could take them for " Roman divini- 
ties," or for " the decorations of some temple, the ruins of which 
might afterwards be employed in constructing the church," it is 
Scarcely possible to conceive. Nothing can be more evident, even 
from the inspection of the engraving given in his own work, thaa, 
that two of these were representations of St. Edmund's head accomr 



168 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

parried by the leg of its brute protector. It is more than probable, 
that the other two, though without that striking appendage, were 
rude memorials of the same subject. 

In February, 1560, Queen Elizabeth, by letters patent under the 
great seal, granted to John Eyre, Esq., in consideration of the sum 
of £'4121. 19s. 4d. paid by him, all the site, circuit, and precinct of 
the late monastery of Bury St. Edmund's, then recently dissolved, 
"besides other premises and lands in the neighbourhood, formerly 
belonging- to the abbot and convent. They afterwards passed into 
the hands of various purchasers, till, in 1720, they were conveyed 
for the sum of <£2800 to the use of Major Bichardson Pack. That 
gentleman soon afterwards assigned the premises to Sir Jermyn 
Davers, in whose family they continued till it became extinct by 
the death of Sir Charles Davers, Bart., after which the estate passed 
to the Marquis of Bristol. 

Eoyal Visits, Bebellions, &c. — Bury has been honoured with 
the visits of many royal and noble personages, who were draw r n 
hither by motives of piety, or by the fame and splendour of St. 
Edmund's Abbey. Besides these circumstances of local interest, 
iihe town and its immediate vicinity have been the theatre of impor- 
tant national events. It has been observed, that Bury was fre- 
quently honoured with the presence of king Edward the Confessor, 
who was perhaps the most eminent of the benefactors of the con- 
Tent, and some of the fruits of whose liberality are still enjoyed by 
the town. In 1132, Henry I. returning to England, after his inter- 
view at Chatres with Pope Innocent III., was overtaken by a violent 
tempest. Considering it as a judgment of Providence for his sins, 
he made in the hour of danger a solemn vow to amend his life ; in 
pursuance of which, as soon as he had landed, he repaired to Bury 
to perform his devotions at the shrine of St. Edmuud. Soon after 
the treaty concluded by King Stephen, with Henry, son of the 
Empress Maud, by which the latter was acknowledged his succes- 
sor, Stephen's son, Eustace, came to Bury, and demanded of the 
abbot and convent considerable supplies of money and provisions, 
to enable him to assert his claim to the throne. On the refusal of 
the abbot to comply with this requisition, the prince ordered the 
granaries of the monastery to be plundered, and many of the farms 
belonging to it to be ravaged and burned. In the midst of these 
violent proceedings, he was seized with a fever, and expired at Buiy, 
en St. Lawrence's day, 1 158, in the eighteenth year of his age. 
During the unnatural contest in which Henry II. was engaged with 
kis sons, instigated by their mother, and aided by the King of 
France, a considerable army was assembled at Bury, by Eichard de 
Lucy, lord chief justice; Humphrey de Bohun, high constable; 
Eeginald, Earl of Cornwall, and other noblemen, to support the 
eause of their rightful sovereign, Eobert de Bellomont, Earl of 
Leicester, the general of the rebellious princes, having landed with 
a large body of Flemings at Walton in this county, proceeded to 
Eramlingham Castle, where he was received by Hugh Bigod, Earl 
of Norfolk, who had espoused the same cause. Here he was joined 
fey a reinforcement of foreign troops; and after ravaging the adja- 



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tent country, he set out for Leicestershire with his Flemings, who, 
as we are told by an old writer, thought England their own ; for, 
when they came into any large plain, where they rested, taking one 
another by the hand, and leading a dance, they would sing in their 
native language, "Hop, hop, Wilkine, hop, Wilkine; England is 
mine and thine." Their mirth, however, was soon converted into 
mourn iug ; for on their way they were met by the royal army at 
Fornham St. Genevieve, where, on the 2/th of October, 1173, a 
bloody engagement took place, and terminated in their total defeat. 
Ten thousand of their number, according to some writers, were 
killed; hut others assert, that five thousand were slain, and the 
same number taken prisoners. Among the last were the Earl of 
Leicester and his Countess, with many other persons of distinction. 
In this engagement, the sacred standard of St. Edmund was borne 
before the royal army, which now made Bury its head quarters. 

After this victory the royal general marched against the Earl of 
Norfolk, who withdrew to France; but returning soon afterwards 
with an army of Flemings, he took the city of Norwich, which he 
plundered and burned. The king, who was in Normandy/ being 
informed of these proceedings, hastened back to England, and 
assembling his troops on all sides, ordered their rendezvous at Bury. 
With this army Henry marched to chastise the Earl; and having 
demolished his castles at Ipswich and Walton, advanced towards his 
ether places of strength at Frarnlingham and Bungay; but the 
Earl, finding that any further opposition would be unavailing, sub- 
mitted to the king, and thus terminated this disgraceful contest. 
in this reign the JEWS, who had established themselves, among- 
other places, in this town, when they first came into England, under 
William the Conqueror, were very numerous at Bury, where they 
had a regular place for divine worship, denominated the synagogue 
of Moses. In 1179, having, as it is said, murdered a boy of this 
town, named Robert, in derision of Christ's crucifixion, and com- 
mitted the like offences in other parts of England, they were 
banished the kingdom; but they probably found means to make 
their peace in some places : for it appears that about ten years after- 
wards, in the second year of the reign of Richard I.,' they had, by 
their excessive usury, rendered themselves so odious to the nation, 
that the people rose with one accord to destroy them. Among the 
rest, many of those who inhabited Bury were "surprised and put to 
death ; and such as escaped by the assistance of the abbot. Samp- 
son, were expelled the town, and never permitted to return. 
Eichard L, previously to his departure for the Holy Land, paid a 
devotional visit to the convent and shrine of St. Edmund, when 
the abbot requested permission to accompany him in his intended 
crusade, as the bishop of Norwich had already obtained leave to 
attend the king ; but it was not deemed expedient that the abbot 
should be absent at the same time, and his petition was conse- 
quently rejected. On the return of that monarch from Palestine, he 
offered up the rich standard of Isaac, kino- of Cyprus, at the shrine* 
of St Edmund. ° Jl 



170 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

To Bury belongs, if not in a superior, at least in an equal degree 
with Piunimede. the honour of that celebrated charter., by which the 
rights and liberties of Englishmen are secured. It is not generally 
known, perhaps, that the foundation of Magna Charta, is a charter 
of Henry I., which had fallen into oblivion as early as the time of 
king John. A copy of it having fallen into the hands of Stephen 
Langton, archbishop of Canterbury, was by him communicated to 
the principal nobles of the kingdom, a meeting of whom was con- 
vened at Bury to deliberate on the subject. Upon this occasion, 
each of the persons present went to the high altar of the church of 
St. Edmund, in which the assembly was held, and there swore, that 
if the king should refuse to abolish the arbitrary Xorman laws, and 
restore those enacted by Edward the Confessor, they would make 
war upon him until he complied. The king, on his return from 
Poictou, in 1214, met his barons at Bury, and with the utmost 
solemnity confirmed this celebrated deed; binding himself by a 
public oath to regulate his administration by the grand principles 
which it established. Henry III. paid several visits to Bury. In 
the year 1272, he held a parliament here, and by its advice pro- 
ceeded to Norwich, to punish the authors of a violent insurrection 
against the prior and monks of that city. Having accomplished the 
object of his journey, he returned to Bury, where he was seized with 
the disorder, which soon afterwards terminated his reign and life. • 
Edward I. often visited Bury : and in 1296 held a parliament here, 
for the purpose of demanding an aid of the clergy and people. 
The former, however, fortified with a papal constitution, refused to 
contribute anything : and continuing firm in this determination, 
the king seized all the revenues of the church, and among the rest, 
confiscated the goods of the abbot and convent, together with all 
their manors and the borough of Bury. These disputes lasted 
upwards [of two years, till the clergy were at length compelled 
to submit, and to grant the king a subsidy of one fifteenth, or, 
according to some accounts, one tenth, of then goods and rents. 
In the reign of Edward II., his queen Isabella, being dissatisfied 
with the conduct of the Spencers, who were then the favourites of 
that imbecile monarch, obtained the assistance of the prince of 
Hainault, and landed with a force of 2700 men, furnished by him, 
at Orwell haven ; on which she marched to this town, where she 
continued sometime to refresh her troops, and collect her adherents. 
It is scarcely necessary to add, that the consequence of this mea- 
sure was the deposition of the misguided monarch. Edward III., 
and his grandson, Richard II, also visited Bury, and paid their 
adoration at the shrine of St. Edmund. During the reign of the 
latter, Bury experienced the mischievous effects of that spirit of 
rebellion which pervaded various parts of the kingdom, in opposi- 
tion to the poll-tax, which pressed heavily on the poor. In 1381, 
soon after the insurrection of the Kentish men, under Wat Tyler, 
the people of Norfolk and Suffolk rose in great numbers, and under 
the conduct of Jack Straw, committed excessive devastations. Pro- 
ceeding in a body of not less than 50,000 men to Cavendish, they 
there plundered and burned the house of Sir John de Cavendish, 



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the lord chief justice, whom they seized and carried to Bury; here 
they struck off his head, and placed it on the pillory. The 
mob are supposed to have been the more exasperated against Sir 
John, because it was his son who despatched Wat Tyler in Smith- 
field. They then attacked the abbey. Sir John Cambridge, the 
prior, endeavoured to escape by flight, but being taken and executed 
near Mildenhall, his head was set up near that of the lord chief 
justice, Sir John Lakenhythe, the keeper of the barony, shared the 
same fate. The insurgents then plundered the abbey, carrying off 
jewels to a considerable amount, and doing much mischief to the 
buildings. They were, however, soon dispersed by Henry le Spencer, 
the martial bishop of Norwich, who, meeting them at Barton Mills, 
with a very inferior force, gave them so severe a check, that they 
were glad to return to their homes. 

In 1433, Henry VI., then only twelve years old, celebrated Christ- 
mas at the monastery of Bury, where he resided till St. George's day 
following. Previously to his departure, the King, the Duke of 
Gloucester, and several of his noble attendants, were solemnly ad- 
mitted members of the community. In 1446, a parliament was 
held here, at which that monarch presided in person. This parlia- 
ment was convened under the influence of Cardinal de Beaufort, 
the inveterate enemy of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, the king's 
uncle, and the popular and beloved regent of England ; and there 
is but too much reason to believe, that the real purpose of this 
meeting was, to afford an opportunity for his destruction. Hume 
observes, that it assembled, not at London, which was supposed to 
be too well affected to the duke, but at St. Edmund's Bury, where 
his enemies expected him to be entirely at their mercy, Their plan 
was but too successful ; on the second day of the session he was 
arrested, all his servants were taken from him, and his retinue sent 
to different prisons. Preparations were made for bringing him to 
a public trial ; but his enemies, dreading the effect of the innocence 
and virtues of the good duke, as he was emphatically styled, had 
recourse to a more certain method of ridding themselves of him 
than by impeachment. The morning after his apprehension, the 
duke was found lifeless in his bed, and though an apoplexy was 
declared to have been the cause of his death, yet all impartial per- 
sons ascribe it to violence. Pitts relates, that he was smothered 
with bolsters, and a traditional opinion prevails, that this atrocity 
was perpetrated in an apartment of St. Saviour's hospital, then an 
appendage to the monastery, by William de la Pole, marquis of 
Suffolk. The duke's body was conveyed to St. Albans and there 
interred. Another parliament met at Bury, in 1448 ; and in 1486, 
the town was honoured with the presence of Henry VII., in his pro- 
gress through Norfolk and Suffolk. In 1526, an alarming insurrec- 
tion of the people of Lavenham, Hadleigh, Sudbury, and the adja- 
cent country, was quelled by the dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk, who 
met for that purpose at Bury, whither many of the ringleaders were 
brought, and appeared before those noblemen in their shirts, and 
with halters round their necks, when they received the royal pardon. 

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172 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND*** 

On the death of Edward YL, 1553, John Dudley, Dukeof 2\ortham- 
berland. Laving procured Lady Jane Grey to be declared the heir to 
the Crown, to the exclusion of the princesses Mary and Elizabeth, 
daughters of Henry VIII., marched with an army into Suffolk, to 
suppress any attempt that might he made to oppose his plans, and 
made Bury the rendezvous of his troops. Here he waited for rein- 
forcements ; Mary was meanwhile proclaimed Queen hy the council, 
who ordered the Duke to return to Cambridge. On the way he was 
deserted hy most of his men, and thus terminated this ill judged 
enterprise. During the reign of Queen Mary, Bury witnessed 
several of those horrible scenes, which then disgraced various parts 
of the kingdom. James Abbes was here burned for a heretic, on the 
2nd of August, 1555 ; Roger Clarke, of Mendlesham, in 155G ; and 
Boger Bernard, Adam Eorster, and Robert Lawson, on the 30th of 
June, the same year. In like manner, John Cooke, Robert Miles, 
Alexander Lane, and James Ashley, suffered for the same cause, 
shortly before the Queen's last illness ; and Philip Humphrey, and 
John and Hy. David, brothers, were here brought to the stake only 
a fortnight anterior to Mary's death. Similar cruelties were perpe- 
trated at Ipswich and other places. See page 61. Queen Elizabeth 
re-established the Protestant religion, and in her journey through 
Norfolk and Suffolk in 1578, paid a visit to this town, where she 
arrived on the 7th August, as appears from the register of St. 
James's parish. 

" In the year 1608, April 11, being Monday, the quarter-sessions 
was held at St. Edmund's Bury, and by negligence, an out-malt- 
house was set on fire ; from whence, in a most strange and sudden 
manner, through fierce winds, the fire came to the farthest side of 
the town, and as it went left some streets and houses safe and un- 
touched. The flame flew clean over many houses, and did great 
spoil to many fair buildings farthest off; and ceased not till it had 
consumed one hundred and sixty dwelling houses, besides others ; 
and in damage of wares and household stuff to the full value of 
sixty thousand pounds." King James, who was a great benefactor 
to the town, contributed vast quantities of timber toward rebuilding 
it. In 1636, the plague raged here with such violence, and so 
depopulated the town, that grass grew in the streets. Four hundred 
families lay sick of that distemper at the same time, and were main- 
tained at the public charge, which is said to have amounted to 
,£200 a week. 

In the 17th century, when the example of the weak, though 
learned James I , had excited the popular zeal against the imaginary 
crime of YTITCHCPiAET, Bury exhibited some most disgraceful 
instances of the effect of his persecuting spirit. One Matthew 
Hopkins, of Manningtree. in Essex, who styled himself Witch- 
finder general, and had twenty shillings allowed him for every town 
he visited, was, with some others, commissioned by parliament in 
1644, and the two following years, to perform a circuit for the dis- 
covery of witches. By virtue of his commission, they went from 
Qslace to place, through many parts of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, and 
Huntiugdonshire, and caused sixteen persons to be hanged at Yar- 



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mouth, forty at "Bury, aud others in different parts of the county, to 
the amount of sixty persons. Among the victims sacrificed by this 
wretch and his associates, were, doubtless, Mr. Lawes, an innocent,, 
aged clergyman, of Brandeston ; a cooper and his wife, and 15 other 
women, who were all condemned and executed at one time at Bury, 
Hopkins used many arts to extort confession from suspected per- 
sons, and when these failed, he had recourse to swimming them, 
which was done by tying their thumbs and great toes together, and 
then throwing them into the water. If they floated, they were 
guilty of the crime of witchcraft, but their sinking was a proof of 
their innocence. This method he pursued, till some gentlemen, in- 
dignant at his barbarity, tied his own thumbs and toes, as he had 
been accustomed to tie those of other persons, and when put into 
the water, he himself swam as many had done before him. By this- 
expedient the country was soon cleared of him, and this circum- 
stance is alluded to by Butler in his Uudibras, as is also that of a 
lady here flogging her husband at the bed-post because he had for- 
saken the cause of Cromwell. Bury witnessed another execution 
for witchcraft, on the 17th March, 1664, when two poor widows, 
whose only guilt probably consisted, either in the deformity of their 
bodies, or the weakness of their understandings, were tried before 
that learned judge, Sir Matthew Hale, and condemned to die. This 
extraordinary trial was published, as an appeal to the world, by- 
Sir Matthew, who, so far from being satisfied with the evidence,. 
was extremely doubtful concerning it, and proceeded with such ex- 
treme caution, that he forbore to sum it up, leaving the matter to 
the jury, with a prayer to God, to direct their hearts in so important 
an affair. Similar barbarities were practised at Ipswich, under the 
same delusion. (See page 62.) But the executions for witchcraft 
at Bury are the last on record. Of the local half-pennies, issued 
in the 17th and 18th centuries, one is inscribed, " Richard Prime, 
grocer, at Berry, 1660 ;" and another. " Payable at Charles Guest's, 
auctioneer, Bury," with an arm holding an auctioneer's hammeiy 
and the words " Going a-going, 1795." 

WORTHIES. — The Abbey and town of Bury have produced many men 
distinguished for learning and piety. Among these may be mentioned the 
following: — John Lydgate, the monk, is already noticed at page 162. John de 
Norwold, who was educated here, was at length chosen abbot, and went to 
Eome to be confirmed in that dignity by the pope. He wrote much on other 
subjects, but was principally concerned in the great controversy between Eobt. 
Grostest, and Pope Innocent IV. None of his writings are now extant but his 
Annals of England. He died, and was interred in his monastery, in 1280„ 
John Eversden, a monk, excelled in the belles lettres, and was considered a 
good poet and orator, and a faithful historian. He wrote several things which 
acquired considerable celebrity, and died in 1336. Roger, surnamed the 
Compulist, was remarkable for his monastic virtues and extraordinary learning, 
In his more advanced age he was chosen prior, after which he wrote An Expo- 
sition of all the difficult words through the Bible, Comments on the Gospels, and 
other works. He flourished about 1360. Boston of Bury, was a native of 
this town, and a monk in the monastery here. He travelled over almost all 
England, to inspect the libraries, and compiled an alphabetical catalogue of all 
the books which they contained. To render the work the more complete, he 
gave a concise account of each author's life, and the opinions of the most 
learned men of his time respecting his writings, noting in what place anil 



174 HISTORY OF BURY 

library each book was to be found. He also wrote the following works : — Of 
ihe original Progress and Success of Religious Orders, and other Monastical an 'airs ; 
A Catalogue of Ecclesiastical writers ; The Mirror of Conventuals, an-:. 
own Monastery, besides other books. He flourished about 1410: El 
Beojifieijd, was a man of such erudition, that Leland is of opinion. I 
this respect, none of the monks of this monastery ever surpassed him. He is 
said to have gone through his studies in England, and then to have repaired to 
Borne, where he displayed such abilities that he was chosen professor, and 
styled by the doctors there. Count Palatine of the University. He was 
appointed Bishop of Llandaff by the pope, in 1389, and dying in 1391, was in- 
terred in his own cathedral. Bickapjd de Auhgkrvzlk, better known by the 
name of De Bury, from this his native place, was born in 1281, and educated 
at the University of Oxford. On finishing his studies, he entered into the 
order of Benedictines, and became tutor to the Prince of '■ rwards 

King Edward III. On his pupil's accession to the throne 

cofferer, afterwards treasurer of the wardrobe, archdeacon of Northampton, 
prebendary of Lincoln. Sarum, and Lichfield, keeper of seal, dean of 

Wells, and. lastly, was promoted to the See of Durham. He likewise held the 
ofhces of lord high chancellor and treasurer, and discharged two important em- 
bassies at the court of France. Learned hiinself, he was a patron of learning, 
and corresponded with some of the greatest geniuses of the age, particularly 
with the celebrated Petrarch. The public library which he founded at Oxford, 
on the spot where now stands Trinity College, was a noble instance of his 
munificence. This establishment continued till the general dissolution of the 
monasteries by Henry VIIL. when the books were dispersed into different 
repositories. This prelate likewise wrote a book. 

regulation of his library, and a MS. copy of this performance is still pres 
in the Cottonian collection. He died in 1345, and was inl ;rharn. 

Stephen Gardiner, who is said to have been the natural son of Bichard 
Woodvill, brother to Elizabeth, the queen of Edward IV rn at Bury in 

1483, and educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. On leaving :'. 
was taken into the family of Cardinal YTolsey, by whom he vas recommended 
to Henry YIIL, and from this time he rose with rapid steps to the first digni- 
ties of church and state. His talents were confess 

denied that he exerted them with zeal in promoting : : Lis '.. en . 

He had a considerable share in effecting the king's divorce from C 
Arragon; he assisted him in throwing off the papal yoke ; he him— II .-' .--. •:■=.! 
the pope's supremacy; and wrote a book in behalf of the king, entitled. De 
vera et falsa obedieniia. Eor these services he was elevated to the See of Win- 
chester; but opposing the Beformation, in the succeeding reign, he was On »wn 
into prison, where he continued several years, till Queen Mary, on hei a : 
to the throne, not only restored him to his bishopric, bu: alsc invested him with 
the office of lord high chancellor. Being now, in fact, entrust 1 with Hie chief 
direction of affairs, he employed his power in some cases for the most salutary 
ends, and in others abused it to the most pernicious purposes. He irew nf She 
marriage articles between Queen ]\Iary and Philip II. of Spain. wi;h the 
strictest regard to the interests of England. E " but invai 

coming of Cardinal Pole into the kingdom. He preserved inviolate the privi- 
leges of the University of Cambridge, of which he was chancellor, and dc 
every scheme for extending the royal prerogative beyond its due limits. It 
must be acknowledged, however, that he had a principal share in rec _::'.. Bg 
the English nation to he see of Borne, and what has fixed a mnefa foullei 
upon his memory, that he was deeply implicated in the cruel perse: ition sar« 
ried on against the Protestantants ; though his guilt in this respect is far from 
being so great as is commonly imagined, Bonner, bishop of London, having 
been the chief author of those barbarities. Previously fcc which 

happened on November 13, 1555. he is said to have manliest* g lest re- 

morse for this part of his conduct, and to have frequently exclaimed, Erravi 
cum Petro, sed ?ion fievi cum Petro. Besides the book above mentioned, he 
wrote a retraction of that work, several sermons, and other treatise, and is sup- 
posed to have been the author of The necessary I 



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Christian, a piece commonly ascribed to Henry VIII. W^r. Claggett, an 
eminent divine of the seventeenth century, was horn in this town in 1640. and 
educated at Cambridge. His first station in the church was that of minister in 
this his native place, and he died in March, 1688, lecturer of St. Michael 
Bassishaw. London, and chaplain in ordinary to his majesty. He was author 
of a great number of theological tracts, and of four volumes of sermons pub- 
lished after his death. Nicholas, brother of this divine, was also bom at Bury 
in 1654:, and educated at Cambridge, where he took his degree of D.D., 1704. 
He was preacher of St. Mary's in this town, and rector of Hitcham. He died 
in 1727. His son Nicholas became bishop of Exeter. John Battely. D.D., 
was born at Bury in 1647. and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. He 
became chaplain to archbishop Sancroft, who gave him the rectory of Adisham, 
in Kent, and the archdeaconry of Canterbury. He was the author of a brief 
account, in Latin, of the Antiquities of St. Edmund's Bury, and died in 170S'. 
The late Eev. Dr. aTalelnt, who was long master of the Grammar School, is 
well known to the literary world by several publications of considerable merit. 
A handsome monument has been erected here in memory of him and his dis- 
tinguished sons, at the expense of gentlemen who had been his pupils. De. 
Pbktsxan Toz.iLLXE. Bishop of "Winchester, and tutor and biographer of Wm. 
Pitt, was born in Abbeygate street. In the house on the west side of the 
Angel Hotel, Louis Philippe, late king of the French, resided some time, when 
a child, under the care of ATadame de G-enlis. The adjoining house -was the 
residence of De, Hyde Wollastox, the eminent philosopher and discoverer of 
the malleability of platinum. 

PAMSH CHURCHES AND CHUBCHYABD.— The Abbey 
Gate, which led to the once-splendid monastery of St. Edmund, 
and the venerable Nokmah Tower, which was the gate tower of the 
magnificent church built by abbot Baldwin, are already noticed 
with the other conventual remains, The churchyard comprises 
more than six acres, and contains the two parish churches of Bury, 
dedicated to St. Mary and St. James, .besides which, it formerly 
contained the Abbey Church, and another dedicated to St. Margaret, 
the site of which is occupied by the Shire Hall. The churchyard is 
crossed by two spacious walks, which have rows of lofty trees on 
each side; and round its margin are several neat houses, with plea- 
sant gardens and shrubberies; Clopton's Hospital, the Shire Hall, 
and some remains of the west-end of the abbey church. The 
memorials for the dead are very numerous, and near the centre is a 
small plot of ground enclosed with high iron railing, and planted 
with shrubs and trees This cemetery belongs to the corporation, 
but was enclosed and planted by John Spink, Esq., banker, who 
died in 1794, and lies buried in it, under a plain marble tablet, In 
the same enclosure is an inscription, in memory of Mary Haselton, 
who was killed by lightning, when in the act of prayer, repeating 
her vespers, on the 16th of August, 1785, aged nine years. In the 
shady avenue between the two churches, " an atrocious attempt 
was made, in 1721, by Arundel Coke, Esq., banister, with the as- 
sistance of one Woodbourne. a hired assassin, to murder his brother- 
in-law, Edward Crisp, Esq.. in the hope of possessing his property. 
He had invited him, and his wife, and family to supper, and at 
night, on pretence of going to see a mutual Mend, he led him into 
the churchyard, where, on a signal given, Woodbourne rushed upon 
Mr. Crisp, and cut his head and face in a terrible manner with a 
hedging-bill. Leaving him on the ground for dead, Coke returned 
to the company as if nothing had happened. Mr. Crisp, however, 



176 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

•was not killed, and on recovering himself, mustered sufficient 
strength to crawl back to the house of his inhuman relative, where 
his appearance, so cruelly mangled and covered with blood, excited 
the utmost horror and amazement, aud confounded the author of 
the barbarous deed. It was not long before he was discovered, and 
-with his accomplice brought to trial, on the statute for defacing and 
■dismembering, called the Coventry Act. Mr. Crisp having survived 
this outrage, Coke was so good a lawyer, and so hardened a villain, 
that he hoped to save himself by pleading that he intended not to 
deface, but to kill. This justification, little inferior in atrocity to 
the crime itself, availed him nothing, and sentence of death was 
passed upon him and the partner of his guilt. Shortly before the 
day appointed for his execution, the unhappy convict requested of 
the high sheriff for the county, Sir Jasper Cullum, that if he thought 
there were no hopes of pardon, he might suffer early in the morn- 
ing, to avoid the crowd likely to be collected by such a spectacle. 
His desire was complied with. 

The Church yard, though large, is considered to be fully occupied 
with graves, and is to be closed in 1855, when a spacious General 
Cemetery is to be opened in the suburbs, under the provisions of 
the Health of Towns Act, &c. Tor purchasing and laying out land 
for this cemetery, a Burial Board was elected in May, 1854, con- 
sisting of twelve Churchmen and three Dissenters of each of the two 
parishes. The Vine fields, which contain about eight acres, have 
teen selected as the most eligible place for this cemetery, as it ad- 
joins the present churchyard, where the burials have averaged more 
than 250 per annum during the last seven years. 

St. Mary's Church is a magnificent specimen of the perpendicu- 
lar style, mostly erected between the years 1424 and 1434, but the 
lower part of the tower, with the sacrarium and crypt, are the re- 
mains of a more ancient church, supposed to have been erected early 
in the eleventh century. It is a spacious fabric with a tower and 
eight bells ; and is 213J feet in length ; the nave being 140J, the 
chancel 55J, and the sacrarium 17J feet long. The nave and aisle 
are about 63 feet broad, and have about 2000 sittings, of which 
800 are free. The west window is one of the largest and finest in 
England, and was entirely reconstructed in 1S44, when this highly 
interesting church was completely restored and beautified, at the 
cost of about £'7000, raised by subscription. The south porch was 
taken down in 1831. The beautiful north porch was erected in 1437, 
in compliance with the will of John Notyngham, and has a richly 
groined roof, with a figure of God the Father, surrounded by angels, 
in the octagonal pendant in the centre. Entering the west door 
the visitor is deeply impressed by the great extent and grandeur of 
the interior of this noble structure. The lofty and spacious nave 
and aisles are divided by two rows of slender and elegant pillars, 
The roof of the nave was constructed in France, and is one of the 
finest specimens in the world of open timber roofs. The .21 hammer 
beams on either side are finery carved, to represent angels and saints, 
The roofs of the north and south aisles correspond with that of the 
nave in richness of design and elaborate workmanship. The arms 



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in the west window are those of the principal subscribers to the re- 
storation of the church in 1844, The recess between the west wall 
and the tower was a chapel to St. Wulstan, in which the ecclesiasti- 
cal courts, visitations, &c, were formerly held. The organ, a fine in- 
strument, built by Gray, in 1826, cost £1000, and was improved in 
1844. The font and lectern were designed by the late Mr. Cotting- 
ham, tbe architect under whose direction the restoration of the 
church was completed. Air. Thomas Farrow, the contractor for the 
restoration, presented the elegant double branch sconce to the pulpit. 
The chancel aisles were erected in 1480 by Jankyn Smyth. The 
present window over the chancel arch, representing St. Edmund, 
painted by Willement, was the gift of J. H. P Oakes, Esq., M.P, 
The communion table and chairs, designed by Cottinghara, and 
carved by Xash, were the gift of W. E. Image, Esq. The beautiful 
reredos, which cost £160, was presented by a lady of the parish, in 
1847. The beautiful east window, painted by Wailes, is a memorial 
window to the families of Blomfield, Conran, and Smith ; and con- 
tains figures of St. John, the Virgin Mary, St. James, St. Peter, &c. 
The ceiling of the chancel is an unique specimen of the " waggon 
roof," richly carved and painted, and deserving the closest examina- 
tion of the artist and ecclesiologist. Before the reformation, St. 
Mary's Church was distinguished for its numerous altars, images? 
and pictures ; but after the dissolution of the abbey, both it and St. 
James's were included in the general system of plunder, and were 
stripped of plate and other ornaments, then valued at about <£480. 
Both contained numerous inscriptions and effigies in brass, but 
these were nearly all torn off by the churchwardens in 1644, and 
sold for then private emolument ; so that the ancient monuments 
are now much defaced. On the north side of St. Mary's chancel is 
a plain altar monument, in memory of Mary Tudor, third daughter 
of Henry VII. , who had been compelled to marry the infirm Louis XII. 
of France, and after his death was espoused "by the Duke of Suf- 
folk. She was first interred, as already noticed, in the abbey 
church ; but her remains were removed hither after the dissolution 
of the monastery. Her tomb was opened in 1731 , and several locks of 
hair cut from the body. It continued without any external memorial 
till 1758, when it was repaired at the expense of Dr. Symonds, and 
a marble tablet inserted, bearing an appropriate inscription. In the 
middle of the chancel lies interred John Beeve, the last abbot, who 
had an annuity of 500 marks allowed him after the dissolution, and 
retired to a large house at the south-west corner of Crown street, 
where he died in the following year. His gravestone was of grey 
marble, but was taken up about 1744, to make room for one in 
memory of one Sutton, the purser of a ship, who was buried in the 
same grave. At the east end of the south aisle is a well-executed 
altar monument, in memoiy of John Baret, who died in 1463, from 
starvation, as tradition says, in consequence of having endeavoured 
to fast forty successive days and nights. Here are also stately altar 
tombs, covering the remains of Sir Robert Drury, who was" privy 
councellor to Henry VII. and VIII., and died about 1533; Roger 

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178 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

Drury, Esq., who died iu 1472, and Sir Wm. Careiv, who died in 
1501. These tombs bear recumbeDt effigies, and are enclosed with 
wooden railing. At the east end of the north aisle is a brass plate 
on which is engraved the effigy of John Finers, archdeacon of Sud- 
bury, who died in 1497 ; and in the vestry is another brass, on 
which is pourtrayed the effigies of Jaiikyn or John Smyth, the great 
benefactor of Bury, and his wife. The benefice of St. Mary's is a 
perpetual curacy, endowed with £"240 a year, of which £150 is paid 
by the corporation and £90 by the Guildhall Feoffees. John Fitz 
Gerald, Esq., is patron; the Rev. Chas. James Phipps Eyre, M.A., 
incumbent; Rev. W. L. Mason, B.A., curate; Rev. J. H. Munn, 
B.A., assistant curate; Mr. Robert Xunn, organist; Wm. Crack, 
clerk ; and John Clark, sexton. 

St. Marys Church Estate comprises 1a. 1e. of land, called Turret 
Close, given by an unknown donor; and 4a. in Babwell Fen, given 
by John Perfey, for repairing and ringing the bells. Out of the re- 
venues of the Guildhall Feoffment, the following yearly sums are 
paid to each of the churches of St. Mary and St. James, viz : — £100 
towards lighting, warming, and repairing the buildings; £50 to 
each incumbent to provide themselves with houses for their respec- 
tive habitation ; and £40 to each of the two readers or curates. 
From the same trust, £50 is paid yearly to the clergymen who preach 
the Wednesday Lectures, pursuant to the bequest of Fras. Pynner, 
jud. ; and £10 to the minister who officiates as chaplain at the gaol, 
pursuant to the gift of Margaret Odeham. 

St. James' Chuech was originally built about the year 1125, by 
Abbot Sampson, who was dissuaded by his brethren of the abbey 
from his intention of going on a pilgrimage to the shrine of St. 
James, at Compostella, in Spain, and in compliance with their 
recommendation, founded this church, in honour of that saint at 
Bury. The present structure was mostly built in the 15th centuiy. 
but it was not finished till the Reformation, when Edward YI. gave 
£200 towards completing it, as appears from an inscription over the 
inside of the west door. It is a fine Gothic structure, to which the 
Norman Tower at the entrance to the churchyard serves as the bell 
tower. The nave and aisles are 137 feet in length, and 69 feet in 
breadth ; and the chancel 56 feet 8, by 27 feet 5 inches. The west 
front is particularly beautiful, and the windows are numerous, large, 
and handsome, and were originally adorned with painted glass, some 
fragments of which still remain. The stone work of this front is 
about to be restored. The chancel was rebuilt in 1711. St. James's, 
like St. Mary's, appears to have been in high estimation for its nu- 
merous altars and chapels. Against the wall at the west end, are 
two elegant monuments, enclosed with iron railing, — one to the Rt. 
Hon. James Reynolds, chief baron of the Exchequer, who died in 
1738 ; and the other to Mary his wife. He is represented sitting in 
his robes of justice; on each side is a weeping figure, and above, his 
coat of arms, with other embellishments. The church was repaired 
in 1828-9, when a new gallery was added. It has about 2000 sit- 
tings, of which 500 are free. The east window has some good old 
stained glass, the work of the 16th century, removed from various 



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parts of the church in 1828-9. On the south side of the chancel is 
a "beautiful memorial window to the memory of the late Eev. G. J. 
Haggitt, M.A., who was incumbent here from 1819 till his death, in 
1847. On the north side is another painted window in memory of 
his son, Mr. Arthur Haggitt, who died in 1850. A curious old li- 
brary belonging to this church is now at the Guildhall. The bene- 
fice is a perpetual curacy, valued at £240, in the patronage of Henry 
Wilson, Esq., of Stowlangtoft Hall, to whom the Corporation sold 
the advowson for £1200, some years ago. The Hon. and Eev. Edw. 
Pellew, M.A., is the incumbent; Mr. Philip Harrington, organist; 
G. P. Stearn, cleric ; and George Steam, sexton. 

St. John's Church, in St. John's street, and in St. James's parish, 
is an elegant structure of white brick, in the early English style. It 
was erected as a district church in 1840-1, and has a highly en- 
riched tower at the west end, surmounted by a lofty but slender- 
spire. It has 850 sittings, half of which are free. It cost about 
£6100, including £1400 paid for the purchase of the site and parson- 
age house; £109 for repairing the latter ; and £386 for enclosing the 
grounds and other incidental expenses. The Ghurch Building So- 
ciety gave £'400; the Trustees of the Guildhall Feoffment £300; 
Lord Calthorpe, the Duke of Grafton, and Lady Hervey, each £'200; 
C. D. Leech, Esq., £210 ; A. J.Brooke, Esq.,Bt. Sevan, Esq., Eev. 
Sir T. G. Cullum, Bart., W. Dalton, Esq J5 Eev. H. Hasted, Eev. G. 
J. Haggitt, Earl Jermyn, the Bishop of London, H. J. Oakes, Esq., 
Dr. Smith, and H. Wilson, Esq., each £100; and the remainder 
was contributed in smaller sums by a numerous list of subscribers 
resident in the town and neighbourhood. The Communion Plate 
was presented by the Marchioness of Bristol, and the Organ by the 
Eev. J. D. Hustler. The church is dedicated to St. John the Evan- 
gelist, and is & perpetual curacy, endowed by the Marquis of Bristol 
and Earl Jermyn, with £100 per annum, out of lands at Little Sax- 
ham. The Bishop of Ely is patron ; the Eev. Eobt, Eashdall, M.A., 
incumbent; and Mr. Wm. Forclham, elerlt. The sum of £3000 has 
recently been placed in the hands of the Eev.C. J. P. Eyre, towards 
the erection of a New District Church in the parish of St. Mary. 
This is the munificent gift of a pious benefactor who wishes to 
remain unknown to the public. 

Chapels : — There are nine chapels in Bury, with sittings for 
about 5000 hearers. The Eoman Catholic Chapel, in Westgate 
street, is a spacious well proportioned edifice, erected in 1838, in lieu 
of a small one built by the Eev. John Gage, who died in 1790. It 
has a semicircular apse behind the altar, and has recently been 
adorned with a beautiful painting of the Ascension. The Eev. B. 
Jarrett is the priest. The Unitarian Chapel, in Churchgate street, 
was built in 1710, by a Presbyterian congregation, formed in 1689, 
by Nonconformists. It has an endowment of about £80 a year, 
arising partly from Lady Hewley's charity. The Friends' Meeting- 
house, in St, John's street, was built more than a century ago, and 
has room for 500 persons, but there are now only a few " Friends" in 
the town. Burials in the " Quakers' ground," are entered in the 
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180 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

street, was erected in 1800, and re-built in 1 634. at the cost of £ 
It has a 1000 sittings, of which (350 are free. The He v. C. Eiven is 
Its minister. The Baptist Chapel, in Westgate street, was bnilt in 
1849, at the cost of £800, and has 400 sittings, of which 50 are 
free. The Independent Chapel, in Whiting street, was erected in 
1646, and re-built in 1804, at a cost of £800. It has about 1000 sit- 
tings of which 300 are free. It has a small endowment, and the Rev, 
Alfred Tyler is the minister. The Independent Chapel, in Xorthgate 
street, was built in 1828. It has 400 sittings, and is now under the 
jninistry of the Rev. J. F. Guenett. The Wesleyan Chapel, in St. 
Mary's square, was built in 1811, on the site of a smaller chapel in 
which the celebrated John Wesley had often preached. It has 400 
sittings, of which 100 are free. The Rev. C. B.Eitchieis the present 
minister. The Primitive Jlethodists have a small chapel in Garland 
street, built in 1851, in lieu of their old meetinghouse. 

Sunday Schools, and Bible, Tract, Missionary, and other Institu- 
tions, for the propagation of Religious Knowledge, are liberally sup- 
ported here, by the Church and the Dissenting congregations; as 
also are various Charitable Institutions for the relief of the indigent, 
Tlie borough also derives from posthumous charity, several thou- 
sands per annum, as will be seen in the following account of its 
eleemosynary institutions and bequests, for the solace of age and 
poverty, the instruction of the poor, and the general weal of the 
inhabitants. 

The GUILDHALL FEOFFMENT comprises numerous houses, 
tenements, building sites, farms, &c., let to about 66 tenants, at 
rents amounting to about £'2111 per annum, and vested with the 
Guildhall Feoffees of Bury St. Edmund's, in trust, for the public use 
and benefit of the inhabitants of the town, and for specific charitable 
purposes, under the settlements and donations comprised in the fol- 
lowing summary, and purchases made by the Feoffees at different 
times. John, otherwise Jankyn Smyth, Esq., having settled in 
Teoffees sundry messuages and lauds in Bury, Barton, Fornhani- 
All-Saints, Nowton. and Rougham, by his Will, in 1473, directed 
them with the rents and profits thereof to keep his anniversary in 
"St. Mary's church, and pay the sum usually paid by the inhabitants 
of Bury, to every new Abbot of Bury St. Edmunds, on his election^ 
and to apply the surplus rents towards payment of the fifteenths, 
tenths, taxes, and other burdens imposed on the burgesses; and he 
directed, that when the feoffees should be reduced to fourteen, the 
premises should be vested in the surviving feoffees and others of 
the most substantial inhabitants of Bury, to be elected by the alder- 
man and burgesses, or iu their default, by the remaining feoffees, 
so as to make up to the number of '24 ; and that four of them should 
be annually chosen to receive the rents and profits of the premises, 
and render an account thereof yearly : By subsequent wills, he de- 
vised his manor of Bretts, in Hep worth, and other estates for esta- 
blishing a chantry, the support of a chantry priest, and the susten- 
tation of a college of priests, at Bury ; but these being declared su- 
perstitious uses, the manor and estates were forfeited to the Crown 
#t the Reformation. In 1477, Margaret Odeham devised to the 



GUILDHALL FEOFFMENT. 181 

same feoffees, a house in Skinner row, Bury, and lauds in Bury, 
Barton, Nowton, Horningsheath, and Westley, in trust, after ber 
decease, for the observance of certain superstitious ceremonies in 
St. James's church, saying mass to the prisoners in Bury gaol, and 
for finding seven faggots of wood weekly, from Hallowmas to 
Easter, for the prisoners in the long ward in the gaol ; and she di- 
rected that the residue of the profits of the lands should be dealt in 
alms, except 2s. to be given yearly to the brethren of the Candlemas 
Guild. By a codicil, dated 1479, she gave two tenements in Church- 
gate-street, for keeping her anniversay, and paying 20s. a year to be 
distributed in bread to poor people at the Guildhall, to pray for her 
soul; and by another codicil, dated 1483, she gave her tenements 
in the Market-stead, Skinner row, and the Fishmarket, for helping 
to pay taxes, talliages, and other charges on the town, and for help- 
ing the poor inhabitants, at the discretion of the feoffees. That 
portion of the property which became forfeited to the Crown, as 
given for superstitious uses, was re-purchased by the feoffees in the 
reign of Edward VI. In 1483, Edmund King left five tenements in 
High street, — four of them to be occupied, rent free, by poor people^ 
and the other to be let, and the rent to be applied in repairing the 
premises. Many other tenements were given to be used as alms- 
houses, viz. : four in Garland street, given in 1558, by Thomas 
Browse ; two in Little Brack] and, given in 1495, by Margaret 
Drury ; several in Crown street, given in 1564, by Bariw ■ Brokesoy ; 
six in College street, given in 1571, by Win. Barnaoy ; four in 
Westgate, given in 1635, by John Hill ; and several others given by 
John Ashwell and others. The Pest-Houses, now used as alms- 
houses, were built by the feoffees, about 1665. Sir John Frenze y 
priest, in 1494, gp.ve two pightles of land in Bury field, for the 
benefit of the sick lepers in the hospital without Bisbygate, now an 
almshouse. Adam Newhawe is said to have given 51a. of land, in 
1496, for superstitious and charitable uses, and is supposed to "be 
included in that part of the Guildhall Feoffment, called the Town 
Estate, as also are lands in the South and East fields, given by Wm« 
Fiske, in 1499, to the brethren of the Candlemas Guild, to provide a 
cope for every new abbot, and to pay the task of the town in the 
manner directed by the will of John Smyth. In 1503, John Salter 
left a tenement in Nothgate, and two acres of land in Bisbygate 
field, for the same uses as are described in the will of John Smyth, 
In the reign of Edward YL, the parishioners sold the plate and 
jewels belonging to the churches of St. Mary and St. James, for the 
purpose of raising a fund for the future repairs of those buldings. 
The produce of this sale was £'480, which was laid out in the pur- 
chase of part of the estates which had been given by John Smyth 
and Margaret Ocleham, for superstitous uses, and the estates which 
had belonged to dissolved chantries and guilds. The property thus 
purchased forms the chief part of that portion of the Guildhall 
Feoffment called the Town Estate, and was vested in trust, that the 
rents and profits thereof might be applied for the reparation and 
support of the two parish churches, the payment of taxes and fif- 
teenths, and the relief of poor, lame, and impotent parishioners, and 



182 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

of prisoners in the borough gaol, at the discretion of the feoffees ; 
of whom, 12 were to be of St. Mary's, and 12 of St. James's parish. 
In 1557 and 1584, Catherine Cage left lands and tenements, and 
Wm, Markent £60, for the poor of Bury. In 1556, Wm. TassellMt 
various premises in Bury, (now let for more than £400 perannnm,) 
upon trust, for the payment of 40s. a year towards repairing the two 
parish churches, and for the payment of levies of setting out 
soldiers, and taxes and impositions charged on the town, and such, 
like uses as were declared by the will of John Smyth. By letters 
patent, in the 11th of Elizabeth, (1569) her Majesty, in consideration 
of £'118. lis., granted to E. Grymston and W. Le Grys, a mes- 
suage and premises in Eastgate street, lately belonging to the Guilds 
of St. Thomas, the Assumption, and St. Peter; certain messuages 
and lands in Hepworth, Barningham, and Weston, late belonging 
to John Smyth's chantry, and a messuage in Bury, called the Guild- 
hall, which had long been appropriated to the common use of the 
burgesses. All these premises are described in the deed as having 
been suppressed or concealed, and withheld from the crown ; and by 
an indenture of bargain and sale dated the day following, Grymston 
and Le Grys conveyed them to Sir Nicholas Bacon and the other 
feoffees of the Town Lands. In 1572, Edmund Jermyn left a yearly 
rent charge of £'40 out of the manor of Torksey, in Lincolnshire, for 
the relief of the poor of Bury, and it was resolved by the feoffees, in 
1611, that this annuity should be employed in clothing and appren- 
ticing poor children and orphans. In 1578, Thos. Badbye gave the 
Shire House, in trust, for the use of the sessions and assizes, and 
the public meetings of the inhabitants. In 1587, Thos. Bright left 
a portion of the tithes of Foxearth, in Essex, in trust, to pay 40s. 
a year towards the reparation of the two parish Churches, 20s. a 
year to the prisoners in the gaol, and to employ the remainder in 
such godly uses as should be thought fit by the feoffees. He also 
left £300 to be employed as a stock for the poor: and in 1612 it 
was laid out in obtaining a grant or release from the crown 
of a fee-farm- rent payable by the feoffees out of certain pro- 
perty, out of which they agreed hereafter to distribute £23 yearly 
in clothing among the poor. In 1604, Richard Walker gave 
for the benefit of the town, £20 and a house in Churchgate. In 
1605, Peter Kembold gave £100 for the relief of the poor of the 
North and East Wards. In 1610, Eustace Darcy gave, for the com- 
mon use of the town, a toft and barn in Northgate. In 1612, James 
Baxter gave an acre of land in Spyntlemill Field, that the rents 
thereof might be employed in that part of St. James's Church, 
called the Library. In the 13th of Charles L, Thomas Bright jun., 
gave two messuages] in the fish or meat-market, (aterwards burnt 
down) in trust, to apply the rents yearly as follows : £5 in apprenti- 
cing poor children ; 40s. for repairing St. Mary's and St. James's 
Churches ; 20s. for the poor in gaol, and the remainder for the repairs 
of St. Mary's, or other public or charitable uses. About the same 
time, Peter Ling left two houses in Short Braekland, and another 
in Westgate, in trust, to employ the rents in clothing the poor of the 
two parishes. In 1622, Lady Kytson, (see Hengrave,) left an an- 



GUILDHALL FEOFFMENT. 183 

unity of £10 out of the manor of Lackford. for the relief of the aged 
poor' of Bury. la 1626, the feoffees purchased a farm of 95a. at 
Bradfield, with money arising from the sale of other land, and £200 
given by Stephen AshweU, for clothing the poor. They also pur- 
chased in the same year, tenements called Moyses Hall, now partly 
used as a police station. In 1631. Edward Darby gave d03 
secure the yearly payment of £17. 6s. Bd. for a distribution of 10s. 
worth of bread once a fortnight, among 65 poor people of St. James's 
•paiish, and the payment of 3s. 4d. to the minister, at each distribu- 
tion, for catechising the recipients. This legacy was laid out in the 
purchase of 44a. of land at Canewden, which was afterwards sold, 
and the money laid out in land at Hep worth. In 1631. John Sharpe 
gave £200, in trust, to apply the yearly interest as follows: 20s. 
each to the town and county gaols, for the poor prisoners there; 
10s. to the poor in the Bridewell; 10s. to the poor in Spittle House ; 
and the remainder to be distributed among the poor of the North 
and East Wards. Lady Carey gave £100, for the relief of five poor 
widows, and it was laid out in 1636, in the purchase of a tenement 
and land called Jeckes. in Hep worth. In 1637. Edward Bourne 
left £20 to be employed in buying wocl to be wrought into cloth by 
the inmates of the Workhouse and Bridewell, for clothing the poor. 
He also left three tenements in Westgate. two to be occupied rent 
free, by poor people, and the other to be let. and the rent applied in 
rep ailing the buildings. He likewise bequeathed 8a. of land at 
Hepworth. to his son and heirs for 15 years, and directed that it 
should afterwards be vested with the feoffees for apprenticeing poor 
boys. In 1640, Fras. Pynner left a brewhouse in Whiting street, 
(since converted into several dwellings) to the intent that £5 should 
be yearly bestowed in shirts and smocks for the poor of St. Mary's; 
that 2s. should be given monthly in bread; that the minister should 
have 20s. yearly for his trouble; and that the remainder of the 
rents should be applied in repairing the premises, and in buying 
horn books and primers for poor children. In L654, Anthony Smith 
settled a messuage in the Meat Market, for clothing poor people of 
the two parishes. Martha Cobb gave 4-iqq f or the benefit of five 
poor widows, and it was laid out in 1 697 in the purchase of land at 
Pakenham. 

From the intermixture of property acquired from so many dif- 
ferent sources as those just enumerated, it has become impossible 
to determine what portions of the income ought in strictness to be 
applied specially to each of the several purposes of the trust ; and 
this difficulty has been greatly increasecl by various enclosures and 
exchanges. The property held by the feoffees, comprises the Angel 
Inn, and many other houses, buildings, and ground rents, in the 
town of Bury ; and ten farms, and various lots of lands, buildings, 
&C, in the borough, and in Hepworth. Drinkstone, Xowton. Foni- 
harn, Bradfield, and other parishes. 

The Receipts of the Guildhall Feoffees for the year ending March, 
1^54, amounted to £2132, exclusive of a balance of £<oo± in the 
treasurer's hands, and including the following rents — Estates in 
Bury, £1118 ; Estates in the country. <£711 ; Manors, £40 : Tithes, 



184 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

£62; Pynners Gift, £85. 12s. 7d.; Smith's Gift, £50. 10s.; and 
small Tenements and Almshouses. £93. Among their principal 
items of Expenditure in the same year are Repairs, £334; Church- 
wardens of the two parishes, £'200 ; Reader, Preacher, and Incum- 
bent, £180 ; Wednesday lectures, £50 ; Suffolk General Hospital, 
£120; Town Council, £300; Clothing, Blankets, &c, £100 ; and 
salaries, coals, repairs, &c., to the three Free Schools, £465. The 
premises which the Feoffees have to keep in repair are the Guild- 
hall, Hall-keeper's house, Shire Hall, Bridewell, three Schools, 
many public and private pumps, five wells, many almshouses, and 
all the houses, buildings, &c., let to their numerous tenants. The 
Almshouses, are occupied by poor people, but they have no endow- 
ment, and their number was 114, but it has been considerably re- 
duced, some having been pulled down, and others being now let 
under a decree in Chancery. The principal are those in College 
street, for 16 persons; in Southgate street, for 18; in Northgate 
street, for 16 ; in Westgate street, for 12 ; in Garland street, for 12; 
and in Bridewell lane, for 10. 

The present fifteen FEOFFEES of the Guildhall Feoffment 
are Win. Dalton, Geo. Moor, Hemy James Oakes, John Worlledge, 
Charles Case Smith, John Deck, Fras. Geo. Probart, M.D., Henry 
Le Grice, Henry Braddock, David Wright, Geo. Portway, George 
Creed, John Pace, and Robert Harvey, Esqrs., and the Rev. John 
Edwards. Mr. J. Jackson is their clerk ; and Mr. John BattLey, 
receiver. They meet on the second Monday in the month. In 
1839, three several schemes for the future application of the income 
of the Guildhall Feoffment, were proposed for the sanction of the 
Court of Chancery, — one by some of the principal burgesses; one 
by four old and eight new feoffees ; and the other by eleven of the 
new feoffees. Each of these schemes professed to have regard to 
the sources of income, and the uses and purposes stated in the 
feoffment deed, of 1810, but they differed considerably with respect 
to the portions to be allowed for the education of the poor, the 
support of the two parish churches, and the erection and endow- 
ment of a new church, or chapel-of-ease. The scheme, which was 
sanctioned by the Court of Chancery, has in view the settlement of 
those party disputes, between churchmen and dissenters, which had 
for some time wasted the charity funds, in expensively prolonged 
litigation. It came into operation in 1843, and its substance is as 
follows: — That the yearly sums, already named at page 178. shall 
be paid to the churches of St. Mary and St. James, for the repara- 
tion of the buildings, and the use of the incumbents and curates; 
that £300 per annum shall be p>aid to the Corporation, and applied 
with the Borough Rates ; that £120 shall be contributed yearly to 
the Suffolk General Hospital, in Bury ; that £65 per annum, being 
the proceeds of property left by Fras. Pynner and Anthony Smith \ 
shall be distributed among the poor in bread, clothing, &c., as di- 
rected by their wills; that £100 per annum shall be distributed in 
coals, clothing, &c, among poor burgesses not receiving parochial : 
relief; that other doles shall be distributed yearly, according to the 
wills of Lady Carey, Edw. Bourne, Edw. Darby, Margt. Odeham, 



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and others : and that thr$e SCHOOLS shall be erected and sup- 
ported by the Feoffees, and be open to the children of parents of 
all religious denominations, and be called " The Guildhall Commer- 
cial School;" "The Guildhall School for Poor Girls," and ''The 
Guildhall School for Poor Boys" and that the sum of ill 650 should 
be expended in their erection. 

These three Free Schools, established and supported by the 
Feoffees of the Guildhall Feoffment, are as follow: — The Commer- 
cial School, in College street, is a handsome building in the Eliza- 
bethan style, erected in 1842, and has a play ground, furnished 
with a complete set of gymnastic apparatus, The master, who 
must be a member of the Church of England, has £150 per annum 
from the Feoffees, and 5s. per quarter from each boy ; and the 
Feoffees also pay about £70 a year to assistant masters, and £10 
for coals, &c. For 5s. per quarter each, 150 boys are here instructed 
in English and other modern languages, in writing, arithmetic, 
geography, history, and so much of mathematics and the dead lan- 
guages as is deemed necessary. The Poor Boys' School, in Bride- 
well lane, was built in 1843, in the Elizabethan style. It has a 
house for the master, and a large and handsome school room for 
300 boys, who pay Id. each per week, and are instructed in reading. 
writing, arithmetic, geography, history, &e., as well as in gardening 
and some other manual occupations. The master has a yearly 
salary of £70, besides the boys' weekly pennies, and a good resi- 
dence. The Feoffees also pay about £40 a year for monitors, sta- 
tionery, &c. The Poor Girls' School now occupies a neat brick 
building, erected in 1855, and comprising a house for the mistress 
and a school room for 150 girls, who pay Id. per week, and are in- 
structed in reading, writing, arithmetic, knitting, sewing, washing, 
&c. The mistress has the scholars pence and a yearly salary of 
£40. About £'30 a year is paid by the Feoffees for monitors, sta- 
tionery, &e. Other Public Schools in Bury for the education of the 
poor are supported by subscription and the small weekly payments 
of the scholars. St. Mary's Parochial Girls and Infant Schools, 
in Spar hawk street, were built in 1842 ; and St. James's National 
Schools in 1S54. The latter cost about £1800, including the 
master's house, and have room for about 200 boys and 200 girls. 
There is an Infant School attached to St. John's Church, and there 
are Sunday Schools connected with most of the chapels as well as 
the three churches. Here is also a large and well endowed Free 
Grammar School, so that Bury possesses ample means for the edu- 
cation of all classes. The Society for the Education of the Poor 
in the principles of the Established Church in the Archdeaconry of 
Sudbury and Diocese of Ely, holds its general meetings here, and 
the Revs. Robert Rashdall and C. Roe are the secretaries. 

FREE GRAMMAE SCHOOL.— By Tetters Patent, in the 4th 
year of his reign, Edward VI. ordained that there should be a Gram- 
mar School at Bury St, Edmund's, to be called the Free Grammar 
School of King Edward YI. ; to consist of a master and usher, 
under the control of sixteen governors., who should be a body cor- 
porate, and have the management of the possessions, revenues, and 



186 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

goods of the school; and his Majesty thereby granted to the go- 
vernors the then late chantry in Kyrketon, alias Shotley, with 
the lands thereunto belonging in Kyrketon, Shotley, and Che- 
lyinton; and the then late chantry called Clopton's Chantry, in 
Melford, with the lands thereunto belonging, in Melford, Walding- 
rield, Serner, and Carsey ; and also the manor of Collinghani Hall, 
late belonging to Frey Chantry, in Loudon. These possessions 
were then of the yearly value of £21. 8s., and were to be held by 
the governors of the manor of East Greenwich, rendering to the 
King a yearly rent of £1. 8s. The governors were empowered, 
with the advice of the Bishop of Norwich, to make statutes and 
ordinances, for the government of the master, usher, and scholars. 
All the estates and property mentioned in the letters patent, except 
a farm at Waldingfield, have been sold at different times, and other 
estates, &c, purchased in lieu thereof. In 1838, the school pro- 
perty consisted of a farm of 81a. at Great Waldingfield, let for 
£115 a year; a house, two barns, and 113a. of land at Bury, let for 
£201 per annum; £3191. 15s. lid. three per cent. Consols, yielding 
£95. I5s. a year; and the school premises, consisting of a large 
house and garden occupied by the master, and the school and play 
ground. By the statutes made in 1809, it is provided that the 
master should be of the degree of Master of Arts, at the least ; and 
that he should have a yearly salary of £60, and the usher £'30; 
and that these salaries might be increased at the pleasure of the 
governors ; that the school should be free to all the sons of inhabi- 
tants of Bury, who should have learnt the rudiments of the Latin 
Grammar, and be able to write ; except the admission fees of 21s. 
each to the master and usher, and the yearly payment on Maundy 
Thursday of one guinea each, by those instructed in Latin only, 
and two guineas by those instructed in Greek also :■ — that whatever 
system of education should be adopted, the free scholars should 
enjoy all the advantages thereof; that the master might take other 
scholars and boarders, on terms to be agreed upon by him and the 
governors; and that he should not have any benefice or cure that 
might hinder his regular and constant care of the school. In 1828, 
on the appointment of the late master, (Rev. John Edwards, M.A.) 
the system of education used in the great public schools was intro- 
duced, and since then, the governors have allowed the master a 
yearly salary of £'112. 10s., and £52. 10s. a year for every assistant 
he employs in addition to the usher, whose salary of £30 is aug- 
mented by the master, out of the payments made by the free scJio- 
lars, or royalists, as they are called, from the school being of royal 
foundation. The school has been long in high repute, and has 
generally upwards of 100 scholars, more than half of whom are 
" royalists, and the rest " foreigners," as those coming from other 
places are designated. In the 11th of Elizabeth, Edward Sewer 
bequeathed three messuages in Botolph lane, near Billingsgate, 
London, to the governors of this school, in trust, for the mainten- 
ance of four scholars to be sent hence to the University of Oxford 
or Cambridge. The property is let for about £160 a year, and the 
rent is divided equally among four Exhibitioners appointed by the 



GRAMMAR SCHOOL AND CHARITIES. 187 

governors, and recommended, upon oath, by the master. These 
exhibitions are given to such candidates as are the best scholars, 
and are held for four years, so that one is vacant every year. In 
1670, John Sudbury, D.D., Dean of Durham, conveyed to ten. 
trustees, 81a. of land in Hepworth, Barningham, and Stanton, upon, 
trust, to apply £30 a year in apprenticing three or more poor chil- 
dren to freemen and inhabitants of Bury, and to employ the residue 
of the rents for the benefit of the free grammar school, or towards 
the maintenance of such poor scholars as should be sent from 
thence to the University of Cambridge. The estate now consists of 
only 77a. 3r. 21p. of land, let for £100 a year ; but the trustees are 
also possessed of about £250 new four per cent. Annuities. They 
pay £40 a year towards the support of two Exhibitioners at the 
University, and apply the remainder of the income, after paying 
incidental expences, in apprentice fees, of from £10 to £15, given 
with poor boys of Bury. The two Exhibitioners are chosen from 
the free scholars ; but when there is not one of that class, on a 
vacancy, to take the exhibition, one of the boys not on the founda- 
tion is elected to receive it. The school was removed from Eastgate 
street to its present situation in 1665. The master's house was 
built about 1760. The 300th anniversary of the school was cele- 
brated in 1850, when many of the former scholars-attended, one of 
whom, Dr. Blomfield, Bishop of London, founded a gold medal prize 
for the best Latin essay ; and another was founded by subscription 
in commemoration of this tercentenary celebration. The list of 
eminent men educated here includes an archbishop, seven bishops, 
a lord chancellor, a keeper of the great seal, and five judges. The 
present Governors of the Grammar School are Sir T. G. Cullum, 
Bart., Wm. Dalton, Esq., Dr. Probart, Rev. S. H. Alderson, G. T. 
Heigham, Esq., Hon. and Rev. E. Pellew, Sir John J. Walsham, 
Bart., Rev. H. A. A. Oakes, Colonel Eyres, and Charles Smith and 
John Worliedge, Esqrs. ; to whom Mr. Edward Case is cleric. 

John Suttox, in 1696, bequeathed, after the death of his two sisters, a yearly 
rent-charge of £32. out of his estates in Brockley and ftliepstead, for the relief 
of six poor men of Bury ; and in case of the failure of issue male of his nephew, 
Thomas Sutton, he devised the said estates, and also the Chequers Inn, Hol- 
born, London, in trust, to pay the above annuity ; also ££'30 a year towards the 
maintenance of six other poor men, (two to be of the parish of Brockley;) and £30 
a year towards the maintenance and education of six poor boys of Bury, in the 
free school. This charity was for some years withheld, but by a decree of the 
Court of Exchequer, the trustees, in satisfaction thereof, obtained possession of 
a house and 120a. of land at Brockley, now let for £'100 per annum, subject to 
a deduction of about £12 a year for land tax, quit rents, &c. They are also pos- 
sessed of £-500 old South Sea Annuities, purchased with unapplied income. 
They allow yearly £6 each to ten poor men of Bury and two of Brockley, be- 
sides coals to the value of 80s. a-piece ; but the testator's charity, for six poor 
free scholars, has never been carried into effect, though the funds are now suffi- 
cient to afford the application of at least £20 a year for education. The Eev. 
Sir T. G-. Cullum and others are trustees. 

Dorothy Calthoepe, in 1693, left £500 to the alderman and two ministers 
of Bury in trust to be invested for apprenticing poor boys. Of this legacy, the 
corporation received only £379, of which they laid out £318 in the purchase of 
the Chequers Inn, in Bury, and retained the remaining £61 on bond, at five per 
sent, interest. In 1813, the premises formerly called the Chequers, having 



188 HISTORY OF BURY ST. 

fallen into decay, were let for £30 per annum, on a lease for 2? years to Wra, 
Steggles, who covenanted to lay out £300 in repairs within the first three 
years of the term. This lease has now expired, and the premises are worth 
upwards of £60 a year. The corporation apply the income with other funds 
appropriated to apprenticing poor children brought up at the charity schools. 

Jacob Johnson, in 1708, bequeathed to twelve of the principal burgesses of 
Bury, three houses in Loom's lane, in trust, for the residence of three poor wi- 
dows of St. James's parish ; and to provide for their reparation, he left another 
house in the same lane, now let for £1. 10s. a year. He charged his hows 
the Market cross, (now belonging to Mr. Dalton.) with the yearly payment of 
£6, for apprenticing two poor boys at Bury, and Left two yearly rent-charges of 
.£15 each, out of his estates at Rattlesden and Horoingaheaih, to provide 
poor men and eight poor women of the two parishes of Bury with blue gowns 
or coats, and with 5s. each in money, on the 21st of December yearly; also to 
find three gowns once in two years, for the three widows in his almshouses, 
and to pay yearly 20s. to the lecturer. 5s. to the reader. 2s. Bd. to the clerk, and 
2s. 6d. to the sexton of St. James', for divine service on Innocents' day. By 
codicil, he directed the surplus of the said rent-charges to be employed for the 
instruction of poor children in reading and writing ; but the whole is absorbed 
by the before-mentioned distributions and incidental expenses. About 25 years 
ago, the three almhouses were repaired at the cost of about £80. 

A yearly rent charge of £6, left by Edward Badby. is paid out of two houses 
in Mustow and School-hall streets, (belonging to the corporation.) and is di- 
vided equally among four poor men and two poor women. The trustees of Sir 
Robert Drury's Charity, (vide Hawstead,) erected an alms) : Bury, about 

35 years ago, for the residence of two poor women, each of ivhorn has an an- 
nuity of £5. In 1659, Thomas Sache left a messuage in Westgate street in 
trust, to apply the rents thereof for the relief of four poor wi lows, — two of Bury 
and two of Horningsheath. The premises were rebuilt in 1819, and are now let 
as two cottages, at rents amounting to £12 a year. In 1674, Win. Granger left 
to four trustees a yearly rent-charge of £'Z. 10s. out of his tenement and Unci 
in Bradiield-St. -Clare in trust to pay yearly 20s. each to two poor men of St. 
Mary's parish, and 10s. to a poor woman of St. James's. The trustees have for 
a long period been in possession of the property charged with this annuity, and 
it now lets for £6. 15s. per annum, which is distributed among poor men and 
widows. O. B. Cakes and James Mathew were the surviving trustees in ISoO, 
and were also trustees of a yearly rent-charge of £11, left by John Clarke, in 
1681, out of a house in Guildhall street, to provide a dinner and 10s. a-piri. 1 for 
20 poor widows of Bury, on the 5th of November. The house charged is now 
the property of Mr. Smith, surgeon. In 1709. Win. Cooke left two houses in 
Long Brackland, now let for £10 a year, 10a. of land at Hargrave. now let for 
£8 a year, in trust that the rents should be laid out yearly on Nov. 5th. in cloth- 
ing four poor old men of Bury. In 1819, Robt Pawsey. Wm. Buck. Thomas 
Robinson, and C. D. Leach, were appointed as new Trustees of this charity. In 
1708, the Bev. Be. John Batteley left his estate at Chevington. to be applied 
after the death of his wife towards the relief of such poor inhabitants of Bury* 
as are of honest fame, and are members of the Church of England. The tes- 
tator's widow died in 1741, The estate consists of a house, out-buildings, and 
46a. 1r. 21?. of land, let for £26 a year; which, after deducting £2 for inciden- 
tal expenses, is divided between two poor men. H. J. Cakes. Esq.. and others, 
were appointed trustees to this charity in 1825. Sir John James, in 1740, left 
£1000 for charitable uses in Bury ; and by a decree of the Court oi Chancery, 
in 1745. it was vested in the purchase of £1000 old South Sea Annuities, the 
dividends thereof to be applied in providing medical and surgical aid for the 
lame and sick working poor of the borough. The income. £30 a year, is di- 
vided among three surgeons. Sir T. Gr. Cullum. J. and O. B. Cakes. C. Blom- 
field, and J. Borton, were appointed trustees in 1828. The dividends of £2283 
three per cent. Consols, purchased with the bequests of Mrs, Chamherlayne and 
the Bev. A. Upcher in 1796, are distributed in quarterly sums of 5s. each, 
among 6S poor women of Bury, by the ministers of the two parishes. In 1SI4, 
Mrs. Mary Green left £300, (now £304, 15s, od, new Four per Cents.) in 



CHARITIES AND GENESAL HOSPITAL. 918 

trust, to distribute the dividends yearly, among 12 aged poor parishioners of St. 
Mary's; =£500 ( now MVSML 4s. 8d. Three per cent. Consols) in trust, to distri- 
bute the yearly dividends in coals, among the poor in the almshouses in Westgate 
street, South gate street, Bridewell lane, and College street; and £300 (now 
£43-1. 10s. Three per cent. Consols) in trust, to divide the yearly dividends 
among 12 poor persons of St. James's parish of the age of 70, 

Cloptox's ASylum. — In 1700,Poley Clopton, M.D., devised unto 13 trustees 
so much of his estates as should be of the yearly value of £300 upon trust, that 
they should erect a convenient house in Bury, for the reception and mainte- 
nance of eight poor men and eight poor women of Bury, of the age of 60 or 
upwards; half of them from each parish. In pursuance of this bequest, two 
farms at Stisted and a farm at Liston and Fosearth, in Essex, were conveyed to 
the trustees in 1733, and the charity was established by a decree of the Court 
of Chancery in 1736, which requires that the almspeople shall be such as have 
not received parochial relief. The three farms comprise 562 acres, and are let 
for about £600 a year. The hospital or asylum is a neat brick building on the 
north side of the churchyard, and has a garden of nearly half an acre. The 
establishment consists of 16 almspeople, a matron or housekeeper, a butler, and 
occasional nurses. All of them, except the nurses, are completely clothed and 
maintained, and provided with medical assistance, at the expense of the charity, 
and have likewise a quarterly allowance of about 26s. eacm The Rev. Sir T, Gr. 
Cullum, H. J. Oakes, Esq., and others, are the trustees, to whom Mr. Edward 
Case is cleric. Thos. Jackson is the butler, and Mrs. Sarah Hubbard matron. 

Charities belonging to St. Marys Parish : — The poor have the following yearly 
doles: — A rent-charge of £4 out of two houses in Abbeygate street, given by 
Edmund Bright, and one of 10s. out of premises in Yrestgate, given by Aga- 
tha Borradale, for the distributions of six penny loaves among the poor in the 
almshouses; a rent charge of £2. 12s. out of premises in Hatter street, given by 
Wm. Cropley, and about £2 per annum from Carders Charity. (See Glems- 
ford.) In 1653, Jasper Sharp left £'300 to the corporation in trust, to apply the 
yearly proceeds thereof for the catechising and relief of poor parishioners. The 
corporation pay £15 yearly as the interest of this legacy, and £11 ot it is distri- 
buted in doles of bread, every alternate Thursday, among poor people attend- 
ing the church, and the other £± is paid to the minister for catechising the 
recipients. In 1718, Thos. Fletcher left six tenements in Whiting street in 
trust, to pay £5 a year for the education of poor children, and to distribute the 
remainder of the rents on Christmas day, in sums of 10s. each among poor wi- 
dows and widowers. The tenements are now worth about £25 a year, of which, 
£10 is paid in equal portions to the National and another charity school, 
The Rev. Sir T. G. Cullum, and O. R. Oakes and T. Robinson, Esquires, 
were appointed trustees in 1810. John Alvis left £200 in 1823, to be invested 
in the funds, and the yearly dividends to be distributed by the minister and 
churchwardens, among the poor people living in and near Southgate street. 
This legacy was laid out in the purchase of £177. 5s. lid. new four and a half 
per cent. Stock. The poor of St. James's parish have a yearly rent-charge of £2, 
left by Holofernes Allen, out land at Chevington, and a house in Risbygate, for a 
distribution of bread ; and a yearly rent-charge of £2. 12s. out of a house in 
Hatter street, left by Wm. Cropley, for poor widows. In 1817, John Gibbon left 
a messuage in the Butter market, to provide coats and gowns for the most poor 
and aged men and women of St. James's parish that frequent the church. The 
house has been much improved since 1825, and is now let for about £30 a year. 
The rent is distributed in clothing on the feast of St. John the Evangelist. 

The Suffolk General Hospital is a large and commodious 
structure, with pleasant grounds, near the bottom ofYTestgate street, 
&nd was established by subscription in 1826, and enlarged in 1846, 
for the benevolent purpose of affording medical and surgical aid to 
the sick, lame, and infirm poor, both as in and out patients; and pro- 
Tiding food, lodgings, &c, for the former, of whom it has sometimes 
as many as 60 at one time. It is older and larger than the East 



190 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

Suffolk Hospital at Ipswich, and arose from very feeble means, bui 
the great necessity for such an institution was soon acknowledged 
"by a numerous list of subscribers and benefactors resident in all 
parts of the county. Part of the hospital was originally & Military 
Depot, which was erected here in the early part of the present cen- 
tury. For some years before 1826, there had been a Dispensary in 
Bury for the relief of out-patients, and since that year the dividends 
of £750 three per cent. Consols, which belonged to it, have been 
added to the funds of this hospital, which has now a yearly income 
of about £2000, of which about £800 arises from annual subscrip- 
tions; £120 from the Guildhall Feoffment, and £925 from the divi- 
dends and interest of about £24,000, invested in the funds and in 
Bury Paving and Shirehall Bonds. Of this funded property, £1000 
is the surplus of £2955, given for the fever ward, and £1300 is the 
amount of the Hasted Memorial Fund. The latter has been sub- 
scribed for the purpose of erecting an additional ward, to be called 
the Hasted Ward, in memory of the late Rev. Henry Hasted, who 
died in 1852, and was one of the founders of this excellent charity, 
and one of its most constant and zealous supporters. The enlarge- 
ment of the hospital in 1846 cost about £2300, and it is proposed 
shortly to erect the Hasted Ward, at a similar cost, to be defrayed 
partly at the expense of the fever ward fund. The hospital has now 
beds for 60 patients, and has room for 14 more. In 1827, 1830, 
1833, 1836, and 1839, bazaars were held for the benefit of this cha- 
rity, and the profits realised amounted to no less than £7914. In 
four donations, the Marquis of Bristol has given to it £2000, and 
the late Dr. Godwyn bequeathed to it £1000. Among other dona- 
tions and bequests to this house of mercy are many sums of £100 
and upwards, and £540 left by Dr. Pettiward, £410 by Mrs. Smith, 
and £536 by Sir Win. Parker." The total number of patients admit- 
ted since its institution in 1826 to the end of 1853 was 33,409, of 
whom 22,891 were cured. The number admitted during the year 
1853 was 392 in and 1060 out patients. The hospital has a library 
for the patients, a professional library, and a museum. In the 
latter is the skeleton of Wm. Corder, executed for the murder of 
Maria Martin, with the pistols and sword employed in effecting the 
murder. The Earl of Stradbroke is president of this inestimable 
charity. The Dukes of Grafton and Butland, the Marquis of Bris- 
tol, and others, are the vice-presidents; the Bev. T. G. Hickman, 
chaplain; Drs. Probartand Marnock, physicians ; Messrs. C. Smithy 
W. E. Image, and J. Kilner. surgeons; Mr. Bobert Death, house- 
surgeon; Mr. Skepper, dispenser ; Mrs. Bligh, matron; and Mr. 
W. Gross, secretary. 

The Savings' Bank was established in 1816, and now occupies a 
handsome red brick building, in the Tudor style, erected in 1846, 
in Crown street, at the cost of £2300. It is open every Wednesday 
and Saturday, from twelve to one o'clock. On Nov. 20th, 1853, it 
had a surplus fund of £860, and deposits amounting to £80,955, 
belonging to 2304 depositors, 61 charitable societies, and 30 
friendly societies. The Marquis of Bristol is its president; the 
Earl of Euston and Earl Jermyn are its vice-presidents ; and $ 



CHARITIES AND LITERARY INSTITUTIONS. 191 

number of the gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood are its 
managers and trustees. There is an Annuity Society in connexion 
with the Savings' Bank. 

Among other Provident Institutions of the town are several 
friendly societies, a lodge of Odd Fellows, a Building Society, &c. 
The West Suffolk Friendly Society was commenced in 1830, 
and has now upwards of 800 members, residing in various parts of 
the Western Division of Suffolk. It holds its quarterly and other 
general meetings at the Guildhall, and has now an insuring fund 
amounting to -£6458, and an honorary fund of <£591. For small 
monthly contributions, the members receive relief in cases of sick- 
ness, superannuation, or death. The Marquis of Bristol is presi- 
dent, and many of the nobility and gentry of the county are vice- 
presidents and trustees of this provident institution, to which Mr. 
Wm. Gross is accountant. There are directors and surgeons for 
about 60 different parishes, and Mr. G. P. Clay is director for Bury, 
and Mr. Bowland Dalton, surgeon. Bury has a Provident Visit- 
ing Institution, to which the working classes pay small weekly 
deposits, which are returned to them in winter with a profit of 2d. 
in the shilling, arising from subscriptions and donations. In 1852, 
its deposits amounted to <£655, which it returned to the depositors 
in the winter with the addition of <£97. 

Bury and West Suffolk Public Library occupies a spacious 
room in the Guildhall, and was established in 1846. It has a 
valuable collection of about 6000 volumes, including the books of 
a former subscription library, established in 1806 by the union of 
two libraries instituted in 1790 and 1795. Proprietary members 
pay £4,. 4s. entrance, and 21s. per annum, and other subscribers 
pay 42s. yearly. There are about 130 of the former, and 20 of 
the latter. The Hon. and Bev. Lord Arthur Charles Hervey 
is the president, and the Bev. J. W. Donaldson, DD., secretary. 
The Mechanics' Institution, at the Town Hall, was established in 
1824, and has now a good library of about 4000 volumes, and about 
250 members. It gives occasional lectures on literary and scientific 
subjects, and working-men are admitted as full members for yearly 
subscriptions of 6s. Messrs. B. Craske and J. W. Ion are the 
honorary secretaries. The Athen^um, which occupies a house in 
Guildhall street, was formed in 1852, and has a news room and 
library open daily, and class-rooms in the evening. It gives fort- 
nightly a series of lectures, conversaziones, and musical entertain- 
ments, and its members have free access to the museum of the 
Suffolk Institute of Arcltceology and Natural History \ which occu- 
pies part of the same building, and was established in 1848. The 
latter holds four meetings in the year for visiting places of interest 
in the county, and publishes a journal of its proceedings. The 
Marquis of Bristol is the patron; the Bev. Lord Arthur Hervey, 
president ; and Mr. Samuel Tymms, honorary secretary. Mr. W, 
Frewer, jun., is honorary secretary of the Athenaeum. Two Netvs^ 
papers were formerly published here weekly, viz., the " Bury Post," 
and the " Bury and Suffolk Herald." The former was established 
in 1782, and the latter in 1821. A few years ago, the latter was. 



192 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMONDS. 

purchased by the proprietor of the former, and here is hot only 
one weekly journal, called the "Bury and Norwich Post a 
Herald" which is published every Tuesday evening, by Mr. Johrj- 
-son Gedge. There are well supplied News Rooms at the Town Hall, 
the Assembly Eooms, and the Athenaeum. 

The Town Hall occupies the site of the ancient 'Market Cross, 
which was built by the Guildhall Feoffees in 1583-4, and destroyed 
by fire in 1608, but rebuilt in 1020. It was converted into a 
Theatre in 1734, and continued to be so used till 1819. In 1774, 
it was repaired and mostly rebuilt, at the cost of d£3825, towards 
which the Marquis of Bristol gave £500, and the members of the 
Corporation <£925. in sums of dB25 each. The lower part was open 
and used as a corn market till 1836. The building is now occupied 
by the Mechanics' Institution, a News Room, &c, 

The Assembly Rooms, on Angel hill, were erected in 1804 at the 
cost of £'5000, advanced by twelve noblemen and gentlemen of the 
neighbourhood. It contains a handsome ball room. 78 feet by 37, 
a large news room, supper room, billiard room, coffee room] 
There are 107 members of the news room, &c., paying £2. 2s. each 
per annum, except those residing more than ten miles from Bury, 
who only pay 21s. per annum. 

The Theatre in Westgate street, is a commodious structure, 
which was erected in 1819, in lieu of the old theatre at the Town 
Hall, at the cost of £3000, raised in £100 shares. It will accom- 
modate 360 persons in the two tiers of boxes; 300 in the pit, and 
120 in the gallery. It is supplied by the Norwich Company, and 
is usually open for lire or six weeks in October and November. In 
the old theatre, in 1759, Mr. Pattison died upon the stage, imme- 
diately after speaking the words, " Reason thus with life : — If I do 
lose thee, I do lose a thing which none but fools would keep ; — a 
breath thou art." 

The Botanic Garden, near the Abbey Ruins, was established 
by its present superintendent, N. S. H. Hodson, Esq . whose love 
for the science induced him to remove his extensive collection of 
rare plants, &c, for the establishment of a public garden at Bury, 
under the patronage of the nobility, gentry, and other principal in- 
habitants of the town and neighbourhood. Mr. Hodson. in 1S21, 
planted his trees, shrubs, &e., on the east side of the chureh-yard, 
but in 1831, through the liberality of the Marquis of Bristol, he 
removed them to the present Botanic Garden, which occupies about 
six acres, laid out with great taste. It occupies what was formerly 
the court of the Abbot's palace, and is approached by the magnifi- 
cent Abbey gate. Within its bounds are many picturesque ruins 
of the monastery, on the banks of the river Lark. It is supported 
by the subscriptions of the nobility and gentry of the town and 
'neighbourhood, but non-subscribers are admitted on the payment 
of a moderate fee ; and occasionally during the summer it is freely 
opened to the public, About an acre of it is laid oat in a circle 
similar to the celebrated botanic garden at Brussels. Bury Horti- 
cultural Society has three exhibitions yearly at the Botanic Garden, 
or in the grounds of some of the nobiiitv and gentry of the neigh- 



HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 193 

bourhood. Near the Cattle market, a large Cricket Ground has 
been provided by the Corporation. 

The SHIRE HALL, which fronts the Churchyard, stands on the 
site of St. Margaret's Church, or the ancient monastic free school, 
and was given, under the name of the Shire House, by Thomas 
Badby, in 1578, for the use of the assizes and sessions, and the 
public meetings of the inhabitants; aud vested with the Trustees 
of the Guildhall Feoffment. It was rebuilt about fifty years ago, 
and was re-rnodelled, repaired, and the two courts newly fitted up 
in an elegant style, in 1841. The front is adorned with a handsome 
portico and eight fluted columns of the Grecian Doric order. Suffolk 
Lent Assizes are held here, but since 1839, the Summer Assizes 
have been held at Ipswich. (See page 75.) Quarter Sessions, both 
for the county and borough, are held here in the usual sessions 
weeks; and the Clerk of the Peace, for Suffolk, (J. H. Borton, 
Esq.,) and the Deputy Registrar of the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, 
(Charles Wodehouse, Esq.,) have their offices in the town. 

The GUILDHALL, in the street to which it gives name, is 
vested with the feoffees of the Guildhall Feoffment, (see pages 180 
Xo 185,) who keep it in repair for the use of the Corporation, Bo- 
rough Magistrates, &c. It was given to the town about 1473, by 
Jankyn Smyth, Esq., and had before that period been the common 
hall in which the Corporation Guild and the Guilds of the Assumj)- 
Hon of our Lady, the Purification of our Lady, Candlemas, and 
St. Peter, were held. It was new fronted and repaired in 1807, at 
the cost of £14,00 ; and has now a modern appearance, except the 
-ancient porch of flint, brick, and stone, which still retains its pris- 
tine appearance, and is of the age of Henry VJI. There are two 
tails, one 53 and the other 54 feet long, and both 22 feet 
broad. Over the porch is the muniment room, in which is an 
ancient chest, and the archives of the Feoffees of the Guildhall 
Feoffment. The north hall, called the Sessions or Court Boom, is 
the place where the County Court is held monthly, and the Borough- 
Petty Sessions every Thursday. It is also used for town meetings, 
&c, and has a fine portrait of James I., with the three town char- 
ters granted by him, written on a table by his side. The south 
ball, called the banquetting room, is now occupied by the Bury and 
West Suffolk Public Library, and contains well-executed portraits 
.of Edmund Jermyn, Esq , Alderman Spink, Chief Baron Beynolds, 
Jankyn Smyth, Admiral Hervey, and the first Earl of Bristol. The 
Council Chamber, in which the meetings of the Town Council, 
Guildhall Feoffees, and Paving Commissioners are held, contains 
five fine old portraits, one of John Sutton, (a benefactor to the 
town,) and another of Jankyn Smyth. 

The COUNTY COUBT is held monthly at the Guildhall, for a 
district comprising Bury St. Edmund's, and all the 46 parishes, &c, 
in Thiugoe Union, and the 12 parishes of Great Ash field, Badwell- 
Ash, Hinderclay, Hunston, Langham, Norton, Bickingh all-Inferior, 
Stowlangtoft, Thurston, Walsh am-le-Willows, and Wattisfield, in 
.Stow Union. This Court was established under a general act of 

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194 HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 

parliament, in 1846, for hearing pleas under <£20, but its jurisdic- 
tion was extended in 1851 to <£50, and with the consent of plaintiffs 
and defendants, to any amount. Iras. King Eagle, Esq., is the 
judge; J. Towuley. Esq., (of Norwich,) treasurer ; Mr. Thos. Col- 
lins, clerk ; Mr. G. H. Blake, high bailiff; and John and Robert 
Barton, bailiffs. Bury has a Borough Court of Record, established 
by the first charter of James I. for all pleas to the amount of <£50, 
and extended by the third charter of the same king to pleas to the 
amount of £200 ; but it has not been much used since the insti- 
tution of the new County Courts. 

The West Suffolk Militia Regiment numbers 1000 men, and has 
its staff at Bury, where it assembles occasionally for training. Earl 
Jermyn is the colonel ; George Deane, lieutenant-colonel ; and Capt. 
M'Gregor, adjutant. The first troop of the Suffolk Yeomanry 
Cavalry, musters here yearly for eight days' training. 

The County Gaol and House of Cokrection, which serve for 
the Borough and the extensive Liberty of St. Edmund, form exten- 
sive piles of buildings, within a large enclosure, on South gate- 
green, about a mile from the centre of the town. The Gaol, which 
has a neat stone front, wrought in rustic, was finished in 1805, and 
enlarged in 1819, for the purpose of affording a better classification 
of the prisoners, and a hospital and baths for the sick. It consists 
chiefly of four wings, 69 feet by 32 ; three of these are divided by a 
partition wall along the centre, and the fourth is parted into three 
divisions ; by which means the different classes of prisoners are 
cut off from all communication with, each other. The gaoler's 
house is an irregular octagon building, in the centre raised six 
steps above the level of the other buildings, and so placed that it 
commands inspection of all the court yards, as well as the entrance 
to the gaol. The chapel is in an upper room, and stone galleries lead 
to it from the various wings. The gaol enclosure is of an octagon 
form, 292 feet in diameter. The entrance is in the turnkey's lodge, 
on the leaded flat of which, executions are performed, The House 
of Correction stands in the centre of an enclosure of about an acre, 
adjoining and consolidated with the gaol. It is a large square 
building, having a house in the centre for the principal turnkey. 
Here is the first Treadmill of the kind ever erected, in which seventy 
men can work at one time, in four different rooms, according to 
their classes in the prison. Nield, who wrote about 40 years ago, 
speaks highly of the accommodations and regulations of this prison. 
The prisoners for the Borough of Bury are sent here in accordance 
with an agreement made between the County and Borough Magis- 
trates in 1770. Females are confined in the old part of the prison, 
which was erected in 1787 as a gaol for the Liberty of St. Edmund. 
Mr. Patrick Mclntyre is the governor ; Mrs. E. James, matron; 
Bev. Edward C.Wells, M.A., chaplain; J. E. Mclntyre, deputy 
governor ; and John Reach, schoolmaster. 

The Police Office for the Western Division of Suffolk is at the 
Shirehall, and Captain Syer is the chief constable, and Mr. Alfred 
Edwards clerk and inspector. The neighbouring County Magis- 
trates hold Petty Sessions at the Shirehall, every Wednesday, for 



HISTORY OF BURY ST. EDMUND'S. 195 

Thingoe and Thedwestry Hundreds ; and Messrs. G. A. Partridge 
and Jas. Sparke are their clerks. The Police Force for the Eastern 
Division of Suffolk was established in 1840, and that for the 
Western Division in 1845. 

The Boeough Police Station and Beidewell, on Cornhill, 
was anciently called Moyses Hall, and was long used as a Jews' 
Synagogue. It is a curious example of a dwelling-house of the 
eleventh century, with two fine transition Norman windows, under 
round arches. Prisoners are only confined here till they have been 
examined by the Borough Magistrates. In the eleventh and twelfth 
centuries, there were many rich Jews in Bury, and many of them 
resided in Hatter street, then called " Heathen-man- street" by the 
abbot and monks, who often borrowed money of them, and some- 
times left with them in pawn the sacred vessels and vestments 
of St. Edmund. 

The Municipal Coepoeation, and the charters and privileges of 
the Borough of Bury St. Edmund's, are already noticed at pages 
150 to 172. The annual expenditure of the Corporation is about 
^3000, and their present debts amount to <£5200, but are about to 
be augmented by borrowing £'4000 or <£5000 for the erection of a 
New Market, for the sale of meat, vegetables, &c. (See page 147.) 
The Corn Exchange and the Cattle Market pay them good interest 
for the outlay, and on some market days there are as many as 8000 
sheep and lambs to be seen in the latter. The Maequis of Bristol 
is Lord or Hereditary High Steward of the Borough and Liberty of 
Bury St. Edmund's ; and his eldest son, the Et. Hon. Earl Jermyn, 
and James Henry Porteus Oakes, Esq., are the present Parlia- 
mentary Representatives of the Borough. The former is a Privy 
Councillor, and has sat for Bury in seven parliaments ; and the 
latter was elected in 1853, in place of the late Fdk. Peel, Esq. The 
following are lists of the Borough Magistrates, Town Council, and 
Public Officers : — 

BOROUGH MAGISTRATES. 

Those marked thus * are also County Magistrates, 



The Mayor and Ex- Mayor. 
*James Drage Merest, Esq. 
*Thomas Robinson, Esq. 
* Francis George Probart, Esq., M.D. 
*Francis King Eagle. Esq. 
*Chas. James Fox Bunbury, Esq. 
Henry Braddock, Esq. 
*Henry James Oakes, Esq. 



Henry Le Grice, Esq. 
*John WorUedge, Esq. 
*G. T. Heigham, Esq. 
*J. H. P. Oakes, Esq., M.P. 
John Muskett, Esq. 
John Greene. Esq. 
George Moor, Esq. 
George Portway, Esq. 



TOWN COUNCIL (1853-4) AND OFFICERS. 

(For Borough Charters, Privileges, $c., seepage 150.) 

Mayor, G. P. Clay, Esq. || Recorder, Wm. Gurdon, Esq. 

Aldermen, James Lee, Henry Prigg, N. 8. Hodson, H. J. Oakes, Wm. Salmon, 
and Thomas Bridgman, Esqrs. 
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HISTORY OF BUP.i" ST. EDMUND'S. 



East Ward. 

Frederick E. Browne. 
George P. Clay. 
Thomas Ridley. 

Charles Burroughs. 
Frederick B.Hadfield. 

John P, Everard. 



We 

| John Thompson.' 
| Frederick Xunn. 

Charles Denton Leach. 

Thomas Collins. 

David Goldsmith. 

Wm. Wicks. 



COUNCILLORS. 
North Ward. 

Charles Beard. 
Capt Win. Hubbard. 
Francis King Eagle. 
John Vale. 
Henry Le G-rice. 
James Limmer. 
Town Clerk and Clark oj -'■ Peace, John Hanby Holmes. Esq. 
Clerks to the Borough Magistrates, Messrs. Frederick Wing and Rd. Durrant. 
Coroner, James Sparke, Esq. Treasurer, Mr. Win. Frewer, jun. 

Police Superintendent, Mr. John H^ekett. 
Police Inspector, Robert Smith, (and 18 Policemen.) 
Serjeants at Mace. James Fowler and Robert Simper. 
Gu i ldhall Keeper, James Wm. Ciark. 
Beadles on i T w ■ Joseph Smith and B. M. Leech. 

The Workhouse and Oncers of Busy Incorporation are named at page 1-""; 
the GuiiX'Sall Feoffees at page 184; and the Paving Commission at page 
150. G. A. Partridge. Esq . is coro; erfo the Liberty of St. Edmund. Mr. Thos. 
C. Maltby is surveyor of taxes. Henry James Oakes. Esq.. is county (re. 
for Bury Division. The Inland Re : is at the Bell Hotel, but only a 

supervisor and three district officers are stationed here. The Stamp- Off :e is 
at Mr. Steel's, 13, Butter market: and the Post-Office is at 10, Butter market. 



LIST OF STREETS. LANES, &c., IX BURY, 



Abbeygate st. Meat mkt 
Abbey Ruins. Church yd 
Albert's buildings. Westgt 
Albert street, Risbygate 
Angel hill. Abbeygate st 
Angel lane. Abbeygate st 
Bakers' lane.Southgate st 
Pauley's pi. Westgate rd 
Baxter street. (High and 

Low) Brentgovel st 
Brackland, (see Lor; & 

Short) 
Brentgovel st. Corn mkt 
Bridewell In. Charchgt st 
Butter mkt. Abbeygt. st 
Butts road. Westgate 
Cannon place. Brackland 
Cattle mkt. St Andrew st 
Chalk lane. Risbygate st 
Chequer sq. Church g ite 
Church gate. Guildhall st 
Church row. Sr J >hn's st 
Church walk.Bridewell In 
Church yard, Crown st 
College St. Churchgt st 
Com hill. Butter market 
Corn market. Meat mkt 
Cotton lane, Mustow st 
Cricketer's row. Field In 
Crown st. Angel hill 
Eastgate st. jpustow st 
Elephant ct. Whiting st 



Field lane. St Andrew st 
Friars' lane. Westgate s: 
Garland st. Brentgovel st 
Guildhall st. Meat mkt 
Hatter st. Abbeygate st 
Hog lane. Guildhall st 
Honey hill. Crown street 
He spital rd. Westgate st 
Josselyn's bldgs.Mountrd 
Lambert's row. Risby- 
gate street 
Long Brackland. 51 St. 

Joan's street 
Looms lane. Brentgovel st 
Mainwater In. South-::, s: 
Market]:!. Corn Exch tnge 
Meat mkt. Abbeygate st 
Mill lane. Field lane 
Mill place, Mill lane 
Mount road. Ea-t£Hte st 
Mustow st. Angel hill 
Northgate st. and read, 

Angel hill 
Paradise pi. Risbygate st 
Pelican court. Eastgt st 
Pig lane. Chorchgate st 
Prospect row. Field lane 
Providence court. School- 

hall street 
Prussia In. Southgate st 
Pump lane. Garland st 
RisbygatestBrentgovelsl 



Raingate court & sq 
■: s Raingate street 
Eaingate street, 6 School- 
hall street 
Salem row, Field lane 
St Andrew st. Risbygate 
St John's st. Brentgovel st 
St John's terrace. Well st 
St Mary's sq. Sparhawkst 
Schoolliall In. Garland st 
S : h thai! st. Honey hill 
Shaker's lane. Eastgt. st 
Shambles, Meat market 
Short Brackland, 10 

Brentgovel street 
Skinner lane, Corn hill 
S : ntbg ite street ic green, 

St Mary's square 
Sparhawk st. Honey hill 
Swan court, Risbygate st 
Tay-feu rd. Northgate rd 
Traverse. Abbejgate st 
Turkey court. Field lane 
Union ter. Hospital road 
Victoria pi. Northgate st 
Victoria street, Risbygate 
Vine field, 118 Eastgatest 
Well st. Brentgovel st 
Westgate street cv road, 

10 St Mary's square 
Whiting st, Abbeygate st 
Woolhall st, Meat market 



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BUET ST. EDMUND'S DIRECTORY. 

POST OFFICE at No. 10, Butter Market. Mr Henry Newson is the post* 
master, John Henry Brame and Michl. Joseph Woolley are the office clerks, and 
James Graves and Eliz. Shadwell are the letter carriers. The office opens at 7 
morning in summer, and 8 in winter, and closes at 9^ night. Money Orders 
are granted and paid from 9 morning till 5 evening. Mails are despatched 
by Railway to Ipswich, Stowmarket, Colchester, London, &c., at 7 morning, 
and to Norwich, Set., at 1^ afternoon; and by Mail Carts to Thetford, with 
letters for Lynn, Norwich, Newmarket, Peterborough, the North of England, 
&c., and to Long Melford, with letters for Sudbury, Clare, Colchester, &c, at 
4j afternoon; and to Woolpit, Ixworth, &c, at 6 morning. Village Postimen 
leave Bury at 6 morning, viz., George Double, to Hartest; Humphrey Pawsey r 
to Chevington; Thomas Walford. to Bradfield; Win. Gates, to Barrow ; Edw. 
Brown, to Rougham, fte. ; Wm. Rolfe, to Brockley ; Jas. King, to Livermere; and 
George Woolley to Lackford, and the surrounding villages. 

MISCELLANY of Cleegy, Gentry, Partners in Firms, and others not 
arranged in the succeeding Classification of Trades and Professions. 



Adams Mrs. Eliz., 68 Guildhall street 
Adams Mr "VYm., Victoria street 
Adkin John, corn inspr., 9 Hog lane 
Anderson Mrs Cath., 3 Angel hill 
Andrews John, gent.. Out Southgate 
Andrews Mr Peter, 34 Risbygate st 
Argent Edw., St George's terrace 
Armstrong Rev Mattw.. Ill Northgt. st 
Artiss Alfred, telegraph clerk, Station 
Atkins Geo., butler, 3 Josselyn's bldgs. 
Bacon Misses, "29 Crown street 
Banks Mrs Eliz., 9 Union terrace 
Bannock Thos., clerk, 27 Union ter 
Banyard Mr Jas. Spicer, 94 Northgt. st 
Barrett Geo., mail gnard, 12 Westgt. rd 
Barton John, bailiff, 2 College street 
Battley Mr John, 83 Southgate st 
Battley Mr Jno. jun., 95 Westgate rd 
Baxter Mrs My., 89 Whiting street 
Beales Mr Wm., 16 Lr. Baxter st 
Beevor Miss Harriet, Crown street 
Bellamy Mr John, 117 Northgate st 
Best Mr John, 15 Hatter street 
Betts James, 84 Risbygate street 
Bevan Wm. Rt. Esq, banker; h Sudbury 
Bidwell James, gent,, 47 Garland st 
Birdsall Mr Francis, Albert street 
Blake Geo. Harry, high bailiff of county 

court, Chapel House, Eastgate st 
Bligh Mrs, matron, E. Suffk. Hospital 
Bonfellow Mrs Eliz., Nowton road 
Borton Miss M. A., 6 Hatter street 
Potwright Mr John 12 Angel hill 
Bowen Geo., traveller, 1 Tayfen rd 
Boyle Mrs Eliz., 121 Northgate st 
Brame John Hy., post office clerk, 8 

Lower Baxter street 
Brand Mrs M. A., 31 Crown street 
Bridge Misses, 18 W T hitin<? street 
Bridgman Thos., Esq, 9 Risbygate st 
Buck Philip, gent., Paradise place 
Buckel Mrs Eliz., Guildhall street 



Bullen Miss Ann My., 52 Churchgt. st 
Bullen Mrs, cabt. mkr.; h Butter mkt, 
Bullock Misses, 3 Looms lane 
Burbidge Geo., traveller, 55 Southgt. 
Burland Mr Benj., Mill lane 
Cairns Geo., supervisor, 16 Northgt. st 
Calvert Mrs Juliana, 9 Northgate st 
Cartwright Miss M. A., Honey hill 
Challis Jno., agent, 67 Northgate st 
Chapman Jno., tailor ; h St John's ter 
Chapman Wm., tailor ; h Andrew st 
Chilton Mr Wm. John, St John's ter 
Clark Geo., tailor : h 86 St John's st 
Clark Wm., tailor ; h 20 Well st 
Clark John, sexton, 12 Honey hill 
Clarke Mrs Eliz., 112 Northgate st 
Clarke Jas.,relvng. offr., 42 College st 
Clarke Jas. Wm., librarian, &c, 80 

Whiting street 
Clarke Mr Jno. W T m., 25 Northgate'st 
Clark Mr Wm. P., 9 Guildhall st * ■ f 
Claxton Thos., charcoal manufacturer, 

111 Short Brackland 
Clodd M. C, clerk, 3 Northgate st 
Colbrant Auguste, professor of lan- 
guages, 100 Northgate street 
Cole Miss Susan, 14 Northgate st 
Collett Anthony, Esq, 4 Angel hill 
Cook Benj., gent., Salem cot., Field In 
Cooper Isc, corn mert. ; h 18 St John's st 
Cooper Geo., gent., 1 Josselyn's bldgs. 
Cooper Mrs Sarah, 71 Whiting st 
Cooper Mrs Susan, 43 College st 
Cooper Ths. White ; cashr., 12 Meat mkt 
Cornell Mrs Ann. 83 Whiting street 
Corsbie John, Esq., Crown street 
Cozens John, Shire Hall keeper 
Crack Wm., clerk of St Mary's, 10 

Honey hill 
Craske Rt., comrcl. schl.; h 38 Crown st 
Creed Misses, 23 Guildhall street 
CresswellHy., engine driver, Northgt. rd 



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BURY ST. EDMUND S DIRECTORY. 



Critchlow Jph., clerk, St George's ter 
Croft John, land surveyor, 19 Hatter st 
Cullum Rev Sir Thos. Gery, Bart.,M.A., 

F.S.A., Hardwick House 
Dalton Wm, Esq., 110, Northgate st 
Dennes Chas., steward, 75 Southgt. st 
Dennis Rev Jas. Blatch Pigott, 3rd mr. 

Grammar School ; h 62 Garland st 
Denton Ths. Chs., gent., 35 Churcbgt. st 
Dingle Mrs Eliz., 12 Northgate st 
Donaldson Rev John Wm,, D.D., head 

master of Gramr. School, Northgt. st 
Double George, carrier & postman, 5 

St Andrew's street 
Downs Mr. Geo., 32 Northgate road 
Dutton Jph., station master, Northgate 
Eagle Eras. King, Esq., judge of county 

court, 19 Whiting street 
Edwards Alfred, county police clerk, 

9 Westgate road 

Edwards Mr John, 53 Risbygate st 
Elven Rev Corals., (Bapt.,) 4Whitg.st 
Eyre Rev Chas. Jas. Phipps, M.A., in- 
cumbent of St Mary's & chaplain to 
Lord Methuen, 36 Crown street 
EarrowJno. B., gent., 4 Josselyn'sbldgs. 
Eennell Saml., gent., 2 St Mary's sq 
Filby Mrs Cath., 3 Union terrace 
Eilby Mrs Matilda, 2 Honey hill 
Einch John, gent., Out Southgate st 
Einley Mrs Susan, 116 Northgate st 
Eitt Geo., clerk, 17 Westgate road 
Eletcher Mr Robert, 54 Risbygate st 
Eordham Wm., ch. elk., 26 St John's st 
Forte Nathl., gent., 80 Guildhall st 
ErewerWm.,jun,paint.&c,4Chequersq 
ErostDanl., bookslr., &c ; h Whiting st 
Gallant Miss Mary, 10 Westgate st 
Gardner Mrs Hanh., 2 Churchgate st 
Gedge Johnson, proprietor of the Bury 

Post, &c. ; h 7 Northgate street 
George Hy. Thos., 28 Whiting st 
Goodchild Mrs Susan, 26 Northgate st 
Goodrich Mr. Thos., 16 Guildhall st 
Gowing Ellis S., traveller, 11 Looms In 
Graves Jas., postman, Whiting street 
Graves Hy. Jas., acct., 26 Southgate st 
Gray Mrs Anna Maria, 1 Northgate st 
Gray Wm., clerk, 16 Hatter st 
Greene Mr Henry, 19 Guildhall st 
Greene John, solicitor; h Abbey Ruins 
GrossWm., sec. to E . S. Hospital,Abgt. st 
Guenett Rev John Farnham, (Indpt.,) 

10 St Mary's square 
Haddock Mrs Sophia, 38 Well st 
Haggett Mr. & Mrs Har.,5 St Mary's sq 
Hammond Mr Thos., 12 Northgate rd 
Hanbury Rev Alf., S.C.L., 10 Nothgt. st 
Hardwick John Ezra, medical botanist, 

Woolhall street 
Harrald Wm., foreman, 61 Northgt. st 



Harpley John, clerk, 6 Union ter 
Harrison Misses, 4 St Mary's square 
Harvey Edmund, Esq., Southgt. House 
Harvey Jas., gent,, 64 Southgate st 
Harvey Robt., gent., 7 Westgate rd 
Hickman Rev Thos. Green, M.A., chap. 

of Suffolk Hospital, 55 Westgate st 
Hill John, gent, 57 Churchgate st 
Hillier Rev Edw. John, M.A., second 

master, Grammar Schl., 62 Westgt. st 
Hine Thos., cashier, 9 Butter market 
Hinnell Ths. Chs., drugst. ; h 16 Colge. st 
Hockett John, supt. of boro' police, 12 

Well street 
Hodson Nathl. Shirley Harness, Esq., 

A.L.S., propr. & supt. Botanic Gardens 
Hodson, Mrs. Susan, 36 Well st 
Holmes Jph. Hanby, solr., town elk., & 

elk. of the peace for the borough, 8 ; 

h 23 Hatter street 
Holworthy Mrs Sarah, 13 Crown st 
Hook John, tarpaulin manufr., 1 Short 

Brackland 
Howard Mr Wm., 20 Churchgate st 
Howe Mr. John, 99 Risbygate st 
Hubbard Mrs Ann, 15 Churchgate st 
Hubbard Capt. Wm., 18 Northgate st 
Hunter John, jun., St George's ter 
Ion Mrs Sarah, 56 Risbygate st 
Iron Mrs Eliz., 9 Honey hill 
Iron Mrs Mary, 47 Churchgate st 
Jackaman Lot, foreman, 2 Westgt. st 
Jackson John, solr. ; h 8 Hatter st 
Jackson Win. Thos., booksr.; h Angel hi 
Jannings Chas., gent., St Andrew's st N 
Jannings Robert, agent for guano and 

artificial manures, Well street 
Jarrett Rev Bernrd., ( Cath., ) 23Wesgt st 
Jones Evan Miller, solr. ; h 4 Union ter 
Josselyn John, Esq., St Edmund's hill 
Keeling Rd. Saml., elk., 82 Risbygate st 
Kerry Mrs Louisa, 18 Brentgovel st 
Lanchester Mrs, 83 Eastgate street 
Lanham Geo., blckg. manfr., 13 Whitg. st 
Last Rt. Mason, clerk, 21 Guildhall st 
Lathbury Misses, 2 Angel hill 
Lease Edw. E., clerk, 53 St John's st 
Lee Caleb, measure, hoop, and shovel 

maker, 65 Field lane 
Leech Benj. Moody, beadle, Bridewell 
Leech Miss Rachel, 23 Crown street 
Legge Thos., master of Bury Workhse., 

College street 
Leonard Jno. Wm.,elk., 13 Churchgt.st 
Lock Mrs Sarah, 2 Field lane 
Lofts Jno. W., clerk, 7 Risbygate st 
Lomax John, farmer, 27 St John's st 
Lowe Mrs Eliz., 9 Whiting street 
Lugar Misses, 82 Whiting street 
Lumley Mrs Eliz., 9 Crown street 
McDonald Miss, 83 Eastgate street 



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McGregor Capt. John, adjutant of West 

Suffolk Militia, 33 Westgate st 
Mclntyre Patrick, governor. Gaol 
McKinnon Major Wm,, Xowton road 
Makin Hy., gent.. 3 St Mary's square 
Mallows Mr Geo. Wm . 2 Eisbygate st 
Maltby Thos. Colton, surveyor of taxes, 

6 Brentgovel st; h St John's ter 
Martin Eichd., gent.. Newmarket rd 
Mason Eev Wm. Lewis, B.A.. curate of 

St Mary's. 28 Crown street 
Matthews Mrs Zliz. My., 12 Crown st 
Meller Mr John D., 14 Garland st 
Michell Mrs Eleanor.. IT Well street 
MiddkdHeh, Miss Eliza. 24 Crown st 
Middleton Wm. Laing. 70 Guildhall st 
Miller Miss Lucy. 25 Crown street 
Mills John. supt. Assembly Eooms 
Moor canker. 11 Xorthgt. st 

Mortlock Miss Gertrude.. 10 Crown st 
Mcstran Wm. Chas., town hall keeper. 

fee., S: George's terrace 
Mottram Mr Chas,. Southgate street 
Muskett John. Esq.. Abbey House 
Xeweil Mrs. Eliz., 7 Southgate street 
Norfolk Saml.. clerk, 80 Southgate st 
Norman Eobt. Briten. brush maker; h 

37 Crown street 
Xunn Edm.. clerk, 7 Guildhall street 
Xunn John Vincent, druggis:: h 13 

gate street 
Xncn Eredk.. farmer, 25 Westgate st 
Xunn Geo. Harvey, farmer, Eldo House 
OakesHy. Jas.. Esq.. banker. Xowton Ct. 
Oakes Jas. Henry Portens, Esq., M.P.. 

Court 
Oakes Eev Hervey Aston Adamson, 
M.A., rector of Xowton, St Mary's sq 
Oliver Mrs Betsy. 2 Union terrace 
Paine Mrs Mary, 113, Xorthgate st 
Palfrey Mrs Sophia, 1 Meat Market 
Parish Walter, clerk, 11 Westgate rd 
Parker Mr Chas., 69 Eisbygate street 
Partridge Geo. Anthony, solr. ^coroner 
for Liberty of St Edmund ; h 15 
Westgate b& 
Pask Thos.- agent. 21 Tavfen road 
Pate Mrs Eliza Lloyd, 8 Guildhall st 
Payne John Hervey. gent., 22 Hatter st 
Pearson Mrs Sarah. 51 St Andrew's st 
Pellew Hon & Eev Edw., M.A.. incum- 
bent of St James', 114 Xorthgate st 
Petre Capt. Charles E.. 99 Xorthgt. st 
Pettit Mrs, lodgings, 1 Chequer sq 
Poole Mrs Ann 5 Whiting sti 
Postle Mrs Charlotte, 17 Hatter st 
Portway Geo., bank mgr. : h 8 Meat Mkt. 
Potts Mrs 1., Churchvard 
Price Geo., relvg. officer, 47 Westgt. it 
Prior Edw., fanner, West Farm 
Probart Eras. Geo.. M.D.. 12 Westgt. st 



Quilter Miss Philippina, 27 Crown st 
Eamsev Mrs. Emilv, 15 Eisbvgate st 
Eashdall Eev Eobt... M. A. Encumbent of 

St John's. 54 St John's street 
Eaven Isaac, 11 Eisbygate street 
Eeach John, schoolmaster, County gaol 
Eeach Thos., actuary of Savings' Bank, 

1 Crown street 
Beeves Mrs Emma, St John's ter 
Eeffell Samuel, tobacco pipe maker. 12 

High Baxter street 
Eichardson Mrs Eliz., X'owton road 
Eiches Erancis Mapleston. master of 

Thingoe Union Workhouse 
Eidley Fdc Jan., currier: h 9 Westgt. st 
Ridley Mrs Mary. 123 Xorthgate st 
Eidley Wm., tax coir , 122 Xorthgate st 
Eitchie Eev Charles B. (^Wes. ) , 54 West- 
gate street 
Eobinson Mr Chas., 6$ Eisbygate st 
Eobinson Thomas, gent. 17 Westgt. st 
Eodgers Mrs M. E. 75 Guildhall st 
Eo dwell Eobert, estate agent & valuer. 

6 Whiting s::re: • 

Eoper Henry, clerk, 106 Southgate st 
EumbelowMr John, 13 Angel hill 
Eushbrooke Wm., Esq., West hill 
Sale Mrs Harriet. St John's terrace 
S ". ° e Mr Charles, Mill lane 
Shadwell Eliz. letter carrier, Hog In 
Shelford Mrs Emily I. 5 St Mary's sq 
SilYerstune Mr James. 17 Whiting st 
Simpson Misses, Angel hill 
Smith Mrs Eliz. 52 Westgate street 
Smith Mrs Hannah. 25 Southgate st 
Smith Mr John, 2 Westgate road 
Smith Joseph, town crier, 2 St John's st 
Smith Misses. 7 St Mary's square 
Smith Eobt. police inspector, P. Office 
South Miss Sophia. 67 Guildhall st 
Sowman John Chaplin, manager, Gas 

Works 
Sparke Mr Gregory, 44 Westgate road 
Sparke James, solr. borough coroner, 
clerk to Thingoe Enion, flee. 8 Hat- 
ter street 
Steam George, sexton of St James's, 

29 Churchgate street 
Steele Miss Eliz. S Xorthgate street 
Steele Thomas, gent. 33 Eisbygate st 
Steggles Mr Wm". 11 Whiting'street 
Stocking Misses, lodgings, 2 Xorthgt st 
Stowe Mr Thomas, Angel hill 
Stutter Mrs Catherine, 23 Well street 
Sutton Mrs A. M. 1 Union terrace 
Sutton Frederick, Esq. 56 Westgate st 
Syer Capt. Edk. C. chief constable of 
the Western Division of Suffolk; h 
Fornham 
Symonds Misses. 12 Brentgovel street 
Taylor Eobert. gent. 112 Eastgate st 



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Thompson Rev Henry Thomas, MA., 
Northgate House 

Thompson Mrs Mary, 39 Crown st 

Thompson Edward, registrar and poor 
rate collector, 33 Churchgate street 

Tozer Chas. Js. corn mert., 93 Eisbygt 

Trevethan John, town survey er, 71 
Guildhall street 

Turner Henry, curator of Botanic Gar- 
den, and lib. of Mechanics' Institu- 
tion. Hospital road 

Taylor Rev Alfred. (Independent.) 22 
Westgate street 

Tymras Samuel, F.S.A., secretary to 
the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology 
and Natural History, 16 Well street 

Vismara John, barometer maker, &c, 
94 St John's street 

Wain wright Mr Wm. 12 Risbygate st 

Walsham Sir Jno. Jam es,Bart. assistant 
poor law commissioner, Honey hill 



Walton Mr Wm. St John's terrace 
Ward Henry, compositor, 12 Westgt. st 
Warren Mary Ann, lime burner, 28 St 

Andrew's street 
Wastell Misses, 101 Northgate street 
Waterfall John S. travr., St Mary's sq 
Watson Mrs Sus. 27 Churchgate st 
Watts Jas. shopman, 17 Brentgovel st 
Wells Rev Edward Cornish, M. A., chap- 
lain of the gaol, 8 St 3Iarv's square 
Weston Miss Juliana. 11 Houey hill 
Wicks Mrs Susannah. 104 Risbygate si 
Williams Mr Wm. 8 Union terrace 
Williams Wm. colt breaker, 15 Angel hi 
Woolley Michael Joseph, clerk, 8 Lr.. 

Baxter street 
Woods Har. lodgings, 11 Angel hill 
Wright Mrs Ann, 1 Field lane 
Yates Chas. Wm. elk. 62 Churchgate st 
Young Mrs A. M. 28 St John's terrace 
Youngman Thos. clerk. Homnger rd 



CLASSIFICATION OF TRADES & PROFESSIONS. 



ACADEMIES. 
Marked * take Boarders. 
*Baker Elizabeth, 25 Angel hill 
♦Burroughs Charles, 2 Mustow street 
Chapman Ann, 13, Risbygate street 
*Clark Eliza, 22 Guildhall street 
*Death Fanny. 3 Angel bill 
*De Carle Alice, 8 Sparhawk street 
Denny Mary Ann, 26 Crown street 
Free Grammar School, Northgate street, 
Rev J. W. Donaldson, D.D. head 
master: Rev E. J. Hillier, M.A. se- 
cond ; Rev J. B. P. Dennis, B.A. 
third; and Edmund Dowland, Esq., 
M.A. fourth master. 
Godbold Susannah, 19 Brentgovel st 
Guildhall Feoffment Schools: Rt. Craske, 
Comrriercial school ; Wm. Hy. Fuller, 
Poor Boys', and Eliz. Carr, Poor 
Girls' School 
*Hagreen Misses, 18 Gaildhall st 

* Harris Miss Eliz.. St John's terrace 
Hurdle Sarah Ann, Whiting street 
*Jav Maria Eliza. 42 Southgate st 
♦Jones Charles Wm. 8 Angel hill 
*Legee Win. 10 Angel hill 
*Linders Sophia, 14 Angel hill 
Matthew Mrs Sophia, 29 St John's ter 
Partridge Misses, \-j Lower Baxter st 
Reach Sarah, 120 Northgate street 
Pudland Sophia, 90 St John's street 

* Simpson Robert, 45 College street 
St James s National School, Risbygate, 

George Tricker 
St John's Infant School, Maria Purver 



St Mary's Parochial Schools, Sparhawk 
street, Esther Ramskill and Emma 
Rhnderson 
*Ta\lor Misses. 6 Angel hill 
Webb Adelaide, 11 Whiting street 
*Winkfield Sarah Ann, 11 Westgate st 
* Young Mrs Chtte. L. 55 Churchgt st 

AGENTS. (HOUSE, kc.) 
Bullen T. G. (exors. of) 20 Butter mkt 
Fenton Reuben, 24 Meat market 
Hempsted James, 7 Union terrace 
Hunter Arthur, 24 Abbeygate street 
Ward John. 81 Risbygate street 
Whitaker Geo. Robert, 6 Westgate rd 

ALE & PORTER MERCHANTS, 
Bedells Samuel, 6 Cornhill 
Hunter John, 22 Abbeygate street 
Moor Joseph, (ale.) 52 Abbeygate st 

ARCHITECTS. 
Farrow Thomas, Churchyard 
Johnson John, 8 Whiting street 

ARTISTS. (* teach Drawing.) 
Bridgman Thomas Cooper, (pkotogra* 

pher.) 97, Northgate street 
Ladbrooke Frederick, Angel hill 
Smythe Edw. Robert, Angel hill 
Syrett Robert James, (photographer,). 

13 Hatter street 
♦Thomas Cbarles, Schoolhall street 
♦Wright Thomas, 90 Northgate st 

ATTORNEYS. 
Borton John Henry, (and clerk of the 

peace for the county,) 4 Hatter st 
Brooke Wm. Lombe, I Risbygate st 



TRADES AND PROFESSIONS, 



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Cambridge John (and clerk to borough 

guardians,) 39 Brentgovel street 
Cambridge John, jun. 39 Brentgovel 

street ; h 94 Risbygate street 
Case Edward, 21 Hatter street 
Collins Thomas, (and clerk of County 

Court,) Town Hall; h St Andrew's 

Castle 
Durrant Richard, (and clerk to Boro' 

Magistrates,) 84 Whiting street 
Greene & Partridge, Abbey ruins 
Hirmell Charles, 101 Eisbygate st 
Ion John Watling, 2 Hatter street ; h 

56 Eisbygate street 
Jackson, Sparke, & Holmes, 8 Hatter st 
King John Wardle, 23 Butter market, 

(on Wed. ;) h Walsham-le Willows 
Leech Charles Denton, 22 Crown st 
Le Grice Henry, 21 Butter market 
Salmon Wm. (elk. to the lieutenancy,) 

79 Guildhall street 
Wing Frederick, (supt. regr. and joint 

clerk to the Borough Magistrates,) 

18 Hatter street 
Wodehouse Chas. 13 Churchgate st 

AUCTIONEERS, &e. 
Brownsmith Joseph, 7 Sparhawk st 
Fenton Eeuben, 24 Meat market 
Hunter Arthur, 24 Abbeygate street 
Mann Wm., Hog lane 
Newson Henry, 10 Butter market; h 

2 Looms lane 
Salter and Simpson, Town Hall, and 

Attleborough 

BAKEES & FLOUE DEALERS. 
Allen James, 11 Rain gate street 
Baker Hannah, 2 Whiting street 
Barreil Henry, 5 Northgate street 
Borley George, 55 Raingate street 
Brewster Robert, 1 9 Westgate road 
Death Daniel, 98 Southgate street 
Death Henry, 82 St John's street 
Elam Godfrey, 82 Southgate street 
Fitch John B. 6 Risbygate street 
Gibbs Wm. 1 Cornhill 
Gissingham Stephen, 12 Angel hill 
Hennels Robert, 26 Union terrace 
Jackson George, 96 Westgate road 
Dimmer James, 62 Field lane 
Limmer John D. 91 Risbygate street 
Dimmer Wm. Fdk. 6 Guildhall street 
Lockwood James, 25 Church walks 
Major Cornelius, 8 Crown street 
Marrow Josiah, 39 Cannon place 
Moore Charles, Angel lane 
Norman John, 10 Eastgate street 
Pashler George, 26 Guildhall street 
Pawsey W. & Son, (Rt.) 61 Churchgt. s 
Pryke John, 23 Brentgovel street 
Hanson John E.73 Northgate street 
Hobinson Wm. 40 College street 



Robinson Samuel, 42 Churchgate st 
Rutter Alfred, 10 Hatter street 
Stebbing John, (56 Northgate street 
Sturgeon James, 45 Guildhall street 
Thompson Robert, 33 Abbeygate st 
Walker John, 44 Eastgate street 
Watson Wm. 11 Schoolhall lane 
Watson Wm., jun. 30 Whiting street 
Wells Samuel, 31 Long Brackland 
Wenn Wm. 53 Southgate street 
Westrup Charlotte, 28 Angel hill 
Wilson Samuel, 52 Cannon place 
Winkup Thomas, 8 Brentgovel street 
Woolnough Frederick D., Angel lane 
Wright David, 37 St John's street 

BANKERS. 
National Provincial Bank of England,- 
8 Meat market, (on London & West- 
minster B^nk,) Mr George Portway, 
manager 
Oakes, Bevan, Moor, & Bevan, Bury 
and Suffolk Bank, 9 Butter market, 
(on Barclay, Bevan, & Co.) 
Worlledge John, 11 Meat market, (on 
Barclay, Bevan, & Co ;) h Ruffins. 
Chevington 
Savings' Bank, Crown st. (open Wed. 
and Sat. from 12 till 1,) Mr Thos, 
Reach, actuary, & Thos. Stowe, elk 
BASKET MAKERS. 
Brabrook James, 35 Risbygate street 
Harrald Susan, 78 Whiting street 
Major Wm. 6 and 7 Traverse 
BERLIN WOOL AND FANCY 
REPOSITORIES. 
Button Harriet, 22 Butter market 
Lowrie Hannah, 39 Abbeygate street 
Pryor Jane, 23 Hatter street 
Youngman Sophia, 32 Butter market 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Barnard Benjamin, Butts 
Bowie Henry, 37 Garland street 
Craske George, 20 Bridewell lane 
Crick Robert, 103 Southgate street 
Fletcher Robert, Angel lane 
Hammond Edward, St Andw.'s st. N 
Judge George, 26 St Andrew's street 
Moore Robert, 10 Cotton lane 
Musk Lionel, 29 Whiting street 
Manning John, St John's street 
Smith Henry, 5 Westgate road 
Symonds Jnth. 46 St Andrew's st. N 
Weldhen Wm. 62 Southgate street 
Welton Chas. 13 High Baxter street 
BOOKSELLERS, PRINTERS, and 

STATIONERS. 
Marked * are Binders, # + Printers only, 
Armstrong Wm. 9 Cornhill 
^Barker Horace, publisher of the Bury- 
Post. 26 Hatter street 
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f Barker Wm. & Son, 26 Hatter st ; h 

29, Northgate street 
*Barton Frederick, 48 Churchgate st 
+Birchinall Edward, 33 Crown street 
Cole Alfred, 25 Butter market 
Coe John, (agent to Virtue & Co.) 

Hog lane 
Fuller Wm. Hy. 10 Butter market 
Jackson aud Frost, Angel hill 
Lankester Frederic, 17 Abbeygate st 
Pechey Robert Jose, 8 St John's st 
Robinson John, 2 Cornhill 
Thompson George, 45 Abbeygate st 

BOOT & SHOEMAKERS. 
Allen Thomas, 36 Long Brackland 
Armstrong Robert, 4 Westgate road 
Barton Robert, 15 Guildhall street 
Bird John, 7 Butter market 
Bloomfield Daniel, 120 Eastgate st 
Britton John, 89 St John's street 
Browne Fredk. Edw. 37 Abbeygate st 
Clark Matthias, 39 Guildhall street 
Clarke Robert, 8 Church walks 
Clarke Wm. 15 Cornhill 
Cobbell Robert, 25 Risbygate street 
Cooper John A. 14 Brentgovel street 
Dallison Wm. 11 Lower Baxter street 
Dallison Win. jun. 12 Mustow street 
Duglass James, 8 Westgate street 
Goodwin James, 19 Mustow street 
Gurney Frederic, 40 Guildhall street 
Harvey John, 32 Short Brackland 
Head Hy. Wm. (bird, &c, preserver,) 

18 Abbeygate street 
Head Richard, 27 Hatter street 
Houghton Wm. 15 Butter market 
Houghton Wm. jun. 62 Abbeygate st 
Hughes Thomas, 15 Mustow street 
Huscroft John, 68 St John's street 
Mayes Abraham, 92 St John's street 
Middleditch Alfred, 32 Guildhall st 
Miller Robert, 91 Long Brackland 
Parish Robert, 11 Churchgate street 
Peck Alfred, 23 Mustow street 
Perfect Epton, 35 Southgate street 
Prigg George, 35 Westgate street 
Prigg John, 81 Whiting street 
Quant Wm. 28 Abbeygate street 
Reach Thomas, 49 Southgate street 
Saunders Wm. 56 Guildhall street 
Scott Stphn. bootmaker, 47 Abbeygt. st 
Stearne Wm. Garner, 25 Whiting st 
Syrett Abraham, 1 Southgate street 
Syrett Wm. 13 Hatter street 
Tollady Dollar, 8 Abbeygate street 
Tricker Edmund, 39 Westgate street 
Weston George B. 36 Brentgovel st 
Whitman Henry, 73 St John's street 
Whiting Wm. 5 Schoolhall street 
Wright Wm. 56 Churchgate street 



BRAZIERS and TINNERS. 
Ashen Charles, 52 Southgate street 
Beard Charles, 7 Cornhill 
Brabrook James, 12 St John's street 
Crowe James, 18 Butter market 
Gale Joel, 9 Hatter street 
Goldsmith David, 4 Cornhill 
Lowes Wm. 12 Sparhawk street 
Munro George, 30 Mustow street 
Thompson Thomas, 11 Field lane 
Warren James, 59 St John's street 

BREWERS. 
Braddock Henry. 81 Southgate st 
Clarke John, 74 Risbygate street 
Green Edward, Westgate street 
Kent Edward, 20 St Andrew's st, N. 
Suttle George, 54 Guildhall street 
BRICKLAYERS and BUILDERS. 
(See also Joiners and Builders .) 
Brett James, 51 Eastgate street 
Darkin John, 94 Westgate road 
Deasley John, 33 Whiting street 
Dudley Wm. 37 St Andrew's street 
Emerson James & Son, 33 Well st 
Farrow Thomas, Churchyard 
Harvey Abraham, 3 Hog lane 
Jackson Thomas, 79 Field lane 
Kirrage George, Angel lane 
King Henry Win. 7 Looms lane 
Lock Susan, 16 Whiting street 
Reed Henry, 98 Northgate street 
Robinson James, 90 Long Brackland 
Wade Robert, 20 Brentgovel street 
BRICK and TILE MAKERS. 
Durrant Augustine, Nowton road 
Lee James, 27 Risbygate street 

BRUSH MAKERS. 
Norman Rt. B. & Benj. 40 Churchgt. st 
Wright Robert, 15 Meat market 

BUTCHERS. 
Abbott Frederick Ablitt, 19 Angel hill 
Betts Samuel, 25 Churchgate street 
Boyden Joseph, 82 Long Brackland 
Bridgman George, 25 Westgate road 
Clarke Isaac, Shambles and 31 St 

Andrew's street 
Cliff Edward, 75 St John's street 
Cooke Robt. 7 Shambles ; h Livermere 
Ellis Thos. (pork) 10 Brentgovel st 
Frost James, (pork) 17 Southgate st 
Goldsmith My. (&pork) 16 Butter mkt 
Goodliffe Wm. 51 Southgate street 
Harrald Wm. 6 St John's street 
Harrald Wm. 4 Field lane 
Head Hannah, 6 Shambles and 70 

Northgate street 
Hill Henry, 2 Shambles ; h Hepworth 
Hill James, 2 Shambles; h 6 St 

Andrew's street, North 
Jarman Isaac, 11 Southgate street 
King Samuel, 4 Shambles ; h C&ckfield 



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Leonard Barnard, 33 St John's st 
McNulty Jane, 50 Long Brackland 
Nunn Frederick, jun. 3 Shambles; h 

100 Eisbygate street 
Nunn John, 17 Eastgate street 
Nunn Thomas, 77 Field lane 
Baynham Mary, 32 Westgate street 
Butter George, 46 Guildhall street 
Sawyer James, 41 Churchgate street 
Shillito James, 8 Traverse ; h Barrow 
Turner John, Meat market 
Woollard Geo. 5 Shambles ; h Hopton 
CABINET MKBS. & UPHOLSTBS. 
Baxter Frederick, 95 St John's st 
Bradbury John, 28 Eisbygate street 
Bullen T. G. (Exors. of) 20 Butter mkt 
Candler Wm. 70 Whiting street 
Cooper Wm. 35 Well street 
Doe John, 21 Angel hill 
Fenton George, 5 and 6 Meat market 
Hunter Arthur, 24 Abbej-gate street 
Pendred Samuel, 18 Meat market and 

95 Eisbygate street 
Pettit John, 44 Churchgate street 
Sale Har. & Samuel, 78 Guildhall st 
Simper Eobert, 42 Guildhall street 
Smith John, 5(3 Westgate road 
Smith Wm. 19 Lower Baxter street 
Whiting Charles, 2 Garland street 
Young Wm. 19 Northgate street 

CANE WOEKEES. 
Spall Martha, 76 Whiting street 
Stebbing Noel, 22 Churchgate street 

CAEYEES and GILDEES. 
Fenton George, (and picture and cu- 
riosity dealer,) 5 & 6 Meat market 
Snanton Wm. 42 Abbeygate street 

^CHEMISTS and DEUGGISTS. 
Gross Wm. 16 Abbeygate street 
Hadfield Freclk. Brown, 7 Abbeygate st 
Kirkham Thomas, 34 Butter market 
Moor Joseph, 52 Abbeygate street 
Nunn & Hinnell, 12 Abbeygate street 
Owles Thomas, 8 Cornhill 
Portway John, 31 Abbeygate street 
Youngman Edward, 19 Meat market 

CLOTHES BROKEES. 
Barfield Elizabeth, 29 Guildhall st 
Childs George, 62§ Guildhall street 
Creamer John, 32 Northgate street 
Downs John, 7 Eastgate street 
Folkerd Samuel, 50 Guildhall street 
Scotchmer Mary, 55 Westgate street 
Trotman Benjamin, 14 St John's st 
Whiting Elizabeth, 17 Angel hill 

COACH BUILDEES. 
Bridges Samuel & Son, (Edw.) Spar- 
hawk street and StowmarJcet 
Clarke George & Eobert, 11 Crown st 
Coates James Steel, 3 Westgate road 
Crane Thomas, 22 Mustow street 



Hardy Wm. 25 Brentgovel street 
Spall Edward G., St Andrew's street 
Tompson Jas. Abm. 43 St Andrew's st 
COACH, GIG, & HOESE OWNERS 

AND LETTERS. 
Marked + have Hearses and Mourning 

Coaches. 
Bell Alfd. (sedan chair,) 39 Whiting st 
•f-Bridgman John, Angel hill 
Burrell Thomas, 6 College street 
Clements Samuel, 36 Churchgate st 
Holden James, 64 Guildhall street 
Irons J. (sedan chair,) Bridewell lane 
Lockwood Hy. John, 51 Churchgate st 
Meggs John, 45 St Andrew's street 
Theobald Frederick, 15 Brentgovel st 
+ Wicks Wm. 3 Cornhill 

COAL MEECHANTS. 
(See also Corn, $c. s Merchants.) 
Beeton George, 10 St Mary's square 
Braddock Henry, 81 Southgate street 
Elven Cornelius, jun. 4 Whiting st 
Guy John Hay ward, 13 Eisbygate st 
Lee James, 27 Eisbygate street 
Mann John, Northgate road 
Eidley John, 62 Nortgate street 
Wade Eobert, 20 Brentgovel street 
CONFECTIONEES, Sec. 

(See also Balcers, fyc.) 
Betts Wm. 71 St John's street 
Bird Susannah, 7 Butter market 
Death Henry. 82 St John's street 
Frost Sarah, 90 Whiting street 
Gibbs Wm. 1 Cornhill 
Gould Edward, 15 Abbeygate street 
Lock Jonathan, 55 St Andrew's st 
Pashler George, 26 Guildhall street 
Ratter Alfred, 10 Hatter street 
Snell James, 2 Guildhall street 
Sturgeon James, 45 Guildhall street 
Thompson Eobert, 34 Abbeygate st 
Westrun Charlotte, 28 Angel hill 

COOPEES. 
Hammond James, 90 Canon place 
Hammond Zachariah, 76 Canon place 
Hcwe Thomas & Eobt.87 Southgate st 
Seakens Joseph, 70 Eisbygate street 
Sore Samuel, 2 Abbeygate street 
Woodgate Thomas, St Andrew's st 

COEK CUTTEES. 
Baxter Wm. (dealer,) 89 Whiting st 
Frost Charles, 4 Traverse 

COEN, &c, MEECHANTS. 
Marked f are also Coal Merchants. 
Backhouse Henry, 17 Eisbygate street 
Backhouse James, 9 Brentgovel street 
Cooper George, 85 Eisbygate street 
tCooper & Tozer, 18 St John's st 
•f-Fenton Wm. 56 Southgate street 
Grayson Matthew, (seed) 17 Cornhill 
T Jennings Benjamin, 3 Meat market 



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•f Prentice & Hewitt. Railway station 
Ridley Morris Samuel. Town Hall 
Rolfe James. 52 St Andrew's street 
Suttle George. 11 St John's street 
-j-Tornpson Geo. & Edw. Ed. 6 College st 
Wright David, 37 St John's street 

CORN MILLERS. 
Cockrill Wm., Horringer road 
Cooke John, (and seed,) Steam Mill, 

34 Southgate street 
Fulcher Charles Elliott, Nowton road 
Limmer James. West Mills 
Plumb Wm. Henry, Xowton road 
Wright Eliza Ann, Southgate Mill 

COWKEEPERS. 
Gibson Thomas, 45 Whiting street 
Garrard Robert G., Victoria street 
Hunt Wm. 25 St John's place 
Pamment Isaac, '20 Westgate road 
Sanson Johu, 3 Garland street 
Stebbing John. 46 Churchgate street 
CURRIERS & LEATHER CUTTRS. 
Brett John. 17 Churchgate street 
Everard John Potter, 31 Southgate st 
Prost John, 5 Crown street 
Pechey Jabez. (dealer,) 19 Cornhill 
Ridley Fred. & Son, 40 St Andrew's st 
Webb & Son, 4 Whiting street 

CUTLERS. (WORKING) 
Baxter Samuel. 93 St John's street 
Bryant John Emanuel. 9 Traverse 
DRAPERS asto TEA DEALERS. 

(TRAVELLING) 
Edgar Robert. 3 Hospital road 
Flynn Wm. 68 Risbygate street 
Harrald Samuel, 4 Hospital road 
Holden John. 1 Westgate street 
Kirrage James, Horringer road 
Rae John. 58 Whiting street 

DYERS. 
Hicks Alexander, 7 Lower Baxter st 
Holmes John, 34 Crown street 
Sexton Wm. Watlinsf. Churchyard 

EATING HOUSES/ 
Borham Wm. 96 St John's street 
Limmer Lionel, 38 Brentsovel street 
ENGRAVERS and COPPERPLATE 

PRINTERS. 
Birchinall Edward. 33 Crown street 
Lankester Frederic, 17 Abbeygate st 
Last Wm. Nelson, 15 Whiting street 
Sore John, 33 Guildhall street 

FIREaxd LIFE OFFICES, 
Atlas Fire, J. W. Ion ; 2 Hatter street 
Britannia Life, J. Greene, Abbey ruins 
British Empire, E. H. Clark, 97 Ris- 
bygate street 
Cattle, J. Thompson, 14 Meat market 
Clerical, Medical, and General, T. W. 
Cooper, 12 Meat market 



Crown, Joseph Moor, 52 Abbeygate st 
Church of England, Edwd. Youngman r 

19 Meat market 
County Hailstorm. H. Barker, Hatter st 
County and Provident, E. Tompson, 3$ 

Churchgate street 
Equitable, J. H. Guy, Risbygate st 
Equity & Law, Greene fc Partridge? 

Abbey ruins 
Essex and Suffolk Equitable, C. D. 
Leech, 22 Crown street 
eneral, B. Jennings 
Globe, John Fenton 
Guardian, G.'Beeton, 10 St Mary's sq 
Hailstorm, J. Thompson. 14 Meat mkt 
Indisputable. E. Gould, 15 Abbeygt st 
Hand-in-hand, F. Lankester, Abbeygt.st 
Imperial, Robt. Rodwell, 6 Whiting st 
Legal and Commercial, E. Bonfellow ? 

Butter market 
Lancashire, J. Johnson, 8 Whiting st 
Leeds & Yorkshr., B. Bull, 9 Mustow st 
Liverpool and London, W. Salmon, 79 

Guildhall street 
London Assurance, G. and W. Clark. 

Cornhill 
Mutual, G. A. Partridge, Abbey ruins 
National Guardian, J. Cambridge, jan. 

39 Brentgovel street 
National Provincial Life, H. & S. Sale r 

78 Guildhall street 
Norwich Union, J. Thompson, 14 Meat 

market 
Norfolk Farmers' Cattle Insurance 

Company, John Thompson, jun. 
Phcenix Fire and Pelican Life, Mrs* 

Bullen,'20 Butter market 
Professional Life. Robert Kidson, 58 

Abbeygate street 
Property Protection, J.W.Ion ,'2 Hatter st 
Rock Life, Rd. Durrant, 84 Whiting st 
Royal Exchange, J. Portway, 31 Ab- 
beygate street 
Royal Farmers', W. Armstrong. 9 Corn- 
hill 
Suffolk Alliance, Gedge and Barker. 

secretaries. Hatter street 
Suffolk Amicable, J. W. King, '-23 But- 
ter market 
Sun, Jackson & Frost, Angel hill 
United Kingdom Life, Wm. Gross, 16 

Abbeygate street 
Unity Fire, W. Salmon, 79 Guildhall st 
Westminster and General, J. Hunter., 

jun. '23 Abbeygate street 
West of England, J. Croft, 19 Hatter st 

FISHMONGERS, &c. 
Clarke Jas. Johnson, 54 Abbeygate st 
Kemp Frederick, 3 Guildhall street 
Mountain Robert, 60 Abbeygate st 



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FRUITERERS. 
(See also Gardeners.) 
Balls John, 3 Abbeygate street 
Betts Win. 71 St John's street 
Caney Richd. 11 Cornhill & 5 Traverse 
Stebbing John, 2 Traverse 

FURNITURE BROKERS. 
Cat-ton Charles, 32 St John's street 
Crick Robert, 103 Southgate street 
Doe John, "21 Angel hill 
Fenton George, 5 and 6 Meat market 
Fenton Reuben, 34 Meat market 
Hackett John, 130 Eastgate street 
Scotchmer David, 37 Risbygate st 
Walliker George, 99 Westgate road 
Whiting Elizabeth, 17 Angel hill 
GARDENERS, &c, 
Marked + are Nurserymen, fyc. 
Avey John, Albert street 
tBarrett John, 1 Cotton lane 
Hall Edward, 36 Risbygate street 
-f-Harriss John, St Andrew's gardens 
Humphreys John, 46 Whiting st 
Last Charles, 2 High Baxter street 
tLord Wm. 83 Northgate street 
Smith Wm. 39 Risbygate street 
Steed Beriah, 133 Eastgate street 
GINGER BEER MANUFACTRS. 
Betts Wm. 71 St John's street 
Spooner John, (& sauce,) 2 Crown st 
Tricker Wm. 53 St Andrew's street 
GLASS, CHINA, and EARTHEN- 
WARE DEALERS. 
Cook John, 61 Abbeygate street 
Downes Jane, 3 Butter market 
Grayston Eliza, 14 Butter market 
Guttridge Thos. 10 Short Brackland 
Major Wm. 6 and 7 Traverse 
Meekins David, 26 Butter market 
Thompson John, 14 Meat market 
GLOVERS. 
See also Hosiers, fyc. 
Chapman John, 69 St John's street 
Gallant Thomas, 10 Southgate street 
Perfect Epton, 35 Southgate street 
Ranson John, 2 Eastgate street 

GROCERS and TEA DEALERS. 
Baxter John, 16 Angel hill 
Bedells Samuel, 6 Cornhill 
Bird Thos. Jesse, 23 Southgate street 
Bridge Benjamin, 53 Southgate street 
Childs George, 62 j Guildhall street 
Denovan John, 57 Abbeygate street 
Fitch John Bernard, 6 Risbygate st 
Fletcher Frederick, 105 Risbygate st 
Freelove Wm. 13 Guildhall street 
Moore Wm. Pawsey, 20 Hatter street 
Oliver George John, 11 Abbeygate st; 

h 96 Risbygate street 
Pattle Henry, 1 Traverse 
Pattle Thomas, jun. 63 Whiting street 



Phillips Frederick, 3 Hatter street 
Place Wm. 27 Churchgate street 
Pyman Jonathan, 52 Guildhall street 
Ridley Thomas 36 Abbeygate street 
Rose Sarah & Co. 37 Brentgovel st 
Steel John, (Stamp Office) 13 Butter 

market 
Theobald Frederick. 15 Brentgovel st 

GUN MAKERS. 
Norfolk Thomas, 9 Meat market 
Parker Benjamin, 9 Chalk lane 
Young Wm., 17 Meat market 
HAIRDRESSERS & PERFUMERS, 
Carter Wm. Henry, 91 St John's st 
Clark Henry, 2 Southgate street 
Clarke Alfred Michl, 46 Abbeygate sfe 
Folkerd Samuel, 50 Guildhall street 
Nice George, 21 Abbeygate street 
Sore John, 33 Guildhall street 
Sore John, 24 Churchgate street 
Southgate Wm., 31 Churchgate street 
Winkup Thomas, 10 Cornhill 

HARDWARE DEALERS. 
(See also Ironmongers, Sfc.) 
Downes Jane, 3 Butter market 
Downes Wm., 26 Mustow street 
Hine Chas. Bromley, 53 Abbeygate st 
Leech Mary Ann, 25 Hatter street 
Smith Wm. Henry. 24 Butter market 

HATTERS. 
Brown Josiah, 23 Butter market 
Chapman Wm. & John, 17 Butter mkt 
Clark John, 3 Crown street 
Cooke John, 43 Abbeygate street 
Kidson Robert. 58 Abbeygate street 
Nice Wm., 30 Butter market 
Ruffell Samuel, 37 Guildhall street 
Sawer Everard, 5 Brentgovel street 
Scholes John, 6 Butter market 

HAY AND STRAW DEALERS. 
Backhouse Henry, 17 Risbygate streeS 
Backhouse James, 8 Brentgovel street 
Bugg George, 45 St. Andrew's street 
Holden James, St Andrew's street 
Middleton Robert, 23 Eastgate street 
Nunn Mary Ann, 96 Southgate street 
Williams Wm., 15 Angel hill 

HORSE AND GIG LETTERS. 
(See Coach, fyc, Owners.) 
HOP MERCHANTS. 
Bedells Samuel, 6 Cornhill 
Beeton George, 10 St Mary's square 
Cooper George, 85 Risbygate street 
Fenton Wm., 56 Southgate street 
Guy John H., 13 Risbygate street 
Locke Wm., ( Wed £ Sat. ) 92 Risbygt. st 
Wade Robert, 20 Brentgovel street 
HOSIERS & HABERDASHERS. 
(See also Linen and Woollen Drapers.) 
Craske Charlotte, 33 Butter market 
Downes Jane, 3 Butter market 



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Eilis J: km -E Eim 
Hairs'; 5 Samuel 4 
Hine CEarEs B . •; 
Hoy James, - Ah 

Nann Waiter Josis 
Smith Win. Henrv 
HOTELS. INNS. 
Vngel Inn .- /: 

Bell -Hotel". r "E~: 

Win, Wicks. ■: l 

Black E:y.Jas.E: 

Field lane 



1':.: 
Fiee 
Box. 

Era-, 



Hare an 
King ■::' 
King's 
King's r 

Mas-j-iV 



ds ; Mary Midddeditom 
i, Abrakam Syren. 1 
Enatkan -mes. U 



:xi.4 .brent- 

mammm \ 
Seweii. ? 



Nc 



Cannon place 
Saracen's Head. John Bishop 

GuildhaE street 
Seven Stars, Win. Aldhou: 

Braekland 



lNgi it id 

iull, 9 Mnstow street 

.'.•:.' .; y '.-;■ :.E Lucy 

- Eoate s: 
_ ■-. o± 

>reen oo. Meat nikt 



Lea^s. v :sey.- 
km-." m . ilmec - 

h 13 



Three Tuns, 3 1 ~n st 

j: ::E. EErtkoate rd 

t. d: 

V ::.::im Ei;k;.rd_k. etti k 

Wag? :n, RE :-n gate sfc 

White B Soath- 

_/m street 
WhiU EErs:.. Frederick H 

- :■ Bnttei market 
" \ :..;- E. ".. E . . d. 11 

'":E;::.*. . Me a; mkt 

BEERHOUSES 
A.vis Fhonaas, " :.iE ."gate street 

I kkman Wiq , : 
Be:s:n James. ' '. Field lane 
Bisk :p James E St John's street 
I :~E Her.: ad street 

Brett Tames. E Eastgate street 
I: r: ~n Henry 44 LEEc : : - i 
Ncrtkgate read 
Clarke J:kn. E : Ris'jygate street 
C EErs Robert, E '. rldege = . 
Crane Francis 11 Rakigifr b 
Beasley Ekm E Whiting street 
I : :E ■• S inkia. E, C ::::n Ene 
Fake John, 18 Field lane 
.rEmiui- xran:is 1 BEde^eE lane 
JEemirE Ek::.i: Enic:: terrace 
H:E::s Efzia. ■ : ^ N:::::-:; street 
JarreE J:kn. 'd4 E ndeweE Ene 
Lecnard Barnard, .8 St Eons street 
Maderscn J Em ' Eo -.:.':-.., Oat 



■ 1 



SnttE Sarah. 
Wading r.Eka 
Wilkin* c i 
Long , IRON AND 
! Cornish John 
Peekev Elisha 



r. . L'-J ^rntngate street 
:ert. E; Eascrate street 
BRASS FOUNDERS, 
ic Sons. 10 Whiting st 

. ■? St John's street 



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Pritty Thomas, 63 Abbeygate street 
Syrett Thos. & Son. 61 Whiting street 
Syrett Wm., 50 Risbygate street 

IRONMONGERS. 
Beard Chas., 7 Cornhill; h Risbygt. st 
Boby Robert, 7 Meat market 
Cook John, 61 Abbeygate street 
Goldsmith David, 4 Cornhill: h 64 

Risbygate street 
Hodgson Hy. Raynor, 10 Meat market 
Munro George, 30 Mustow street 
Pritty Thomas, 63 Abbeygate street 
Ridley John, (iron mert.J 62 Northgt. st 
Syrett Robert & Son, 61 Whiting st 

JOINERS AND BUILDERS. 
Austin Rt. Manby, 46 St Andrew's st 
Brewster John, 91 Southgate street 
Bull Benjamin, 9 Mustow street 
Carlisle Charles, 15 Crown street 
Chapman Thomas. S3 St John's street 
Darkin John, 94 Westgate road 
Emerson James & Son, (Jas. jun.) 33 

Well street 
Fake Thomas, 10 Looms lane 
Fordham Fredk. 25 Bridewell lane 
Footer Wm. 9 Sparhawk street 
Frost Henry, 4 College street 
Golding Simon, 92 Field lane 
Pawsey Robert, 22 High Baxter street 
Pearson George Wm. 6 Brentgovel st 
Pettit Edward, 34 Whiting street 
Reed Henry, 98 Northgate street 
Steggles James, 20 Whiting street 
Watson Robert, 30 Crown street 
Wright Reuben, 90 Field lane 

LIBRARIES. 
Athenaum, 77 Guildhall street, John 

Reach, librarian 
Lankester Frederic, 17 Abbeygate st 
Mechanics', Town hall, H. Turner, lib. 
Public Library, Guildhall, James Wm. 

Clark, librarian 
Robinson John, 2 Corn hill 
LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS. 
Clayton Eld Edmund, 12 ; h 22 Butter 

market 
Ellis John, 62 Guildhall street 
Fyson George, 1 ; h 5 Angel hill 
Harvey Rout, 40 Abbeygate street 
Hilder Alfred, 35 Abbeygate street 
Hoy James, 38 Abbeygate street 
Jannings Wm. 48 Abbeygate street 
Newman Wm. 31 Butter market 
Parker Benj. Dowman, 5 Butter mkt 
Plumpton Wm. 9 Abbeygate street 
Richardson &Bonfellow,27 Butter mkt 
Rose Sarah & Co. 37 Brentgovel st 
Smith Wm. Henry. 24 Butter market 
Stutter Arthur, 5 Corn hill 

MACHINE MAKERS. 
Cornish John & Sons, 10 Whiting st 



Rackham Henry, 51 St John's street 
Smith Henry, 5 Westgate road 
Smith Stephen, Northgate road 
Syrett Wm. 53 Risbygate street 
Woods James, Meat market, & &tow< 
market, (attends Wednesday) 
MALTSTERS. 
Beeton George, 10 St Mary's sqnare 
Bracldock Henry. 81 Southgate street 
Clarke John, 74 Risbygate street 
Cooper & Tozer, 18 St John's street 
Fenton Wm. 56 Southgate street 
Greene Edward, Westgate 
Guy John Hayward, 13 Risbygate st 
Lee James, 27 Risbygate street 
Mc Leroth Hannah, 64 Guildhall st 
Suttle George, 54 Guildhall street 

MARINE STORE DEALERS. 
Hartley Robert, 53 Long Brackland 
Whipps George, Tayfen road 
MILLINERS & DRESSMAKERS. 
Abbott Jane, 26 Churchgate street 
Barton Martha, 48 Churchgate street ' 
Bethel Ann, 23 Churchgate street 
Byford Elizabeth, 49 Guildhall st 
Cattermole M r artha, 4 Risbygate street 
Childs Maria, 36 Churchgate street 
Claxton Sarah, 42 Westgate street 
Clodd Lucy, 3 Northgate street 
Cobbing Emma, 57 Guildhall street 
Cobbold Rebecca, IQ Meat market 
Coe Mary, 21 Westgate street 
Collier Rachel, 25 Guildhall street 
Crouch Mary Ann, 21 Whiting street 
Devereux Charlotte, 31 Risbygate st 
Ellis Charlotte, 53 Guildhall street 
Frost Mary, 90 Whiting street 
Godbold Kezia, 19 Brentgovel street 
Golding Frances, 49 Abbeygate street 
Horrex Elizabeth, 22 Well street 
Josling Elizabeth, 27 Crown street 
Kersey Caroline, 20 St John's street 
Levett Elizabeth, 55 Westgate road 
Levett Sophia, 16 Churchgate street 
Maderson Emma, 4 Crown street 
Newdick Charlotte, 24 Whiting street 
Newman Mrs. 31 Butter market 
Norman Sarah, 8 Well street 
Nunn Eliz. {& furrier) 7 Guildhall st 
Pattle Mary Ann, 1 Whiting street 
Pearce Sophia B. 25 Meat market 
Pry or Jane, 2 Hatter street 
Pyman Henrietta, 17 Guildhall street 
Reeve Sar. {baby linen) 23 Angel hill 
Scholes Mary Ann, 19 St John's st 
Stebbing Eliza, 22 Churchgate street 
Stocking Frances, 2 Northgate street 
Watling Misses, 11 Honey hill 
Watson Eliza, 89 Southgate street 
Weston Susannah, 36 Brentgovel st 



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MILLWRIGHTS. 
Harrison B ::e:'t. 9C Westgamroad 
Svrett Wm. SORisbvcrate street 
MUSIC DEALERS & TEACHERS 

(Marked t are Dealers, and \ - eoeacrs 

071??/. ) 

§ Harrington Philip, 1'2 Lwr. Raster si 
^Last James, 25 Abbey g:-'.e s&eet 

Nunn Robert & Alfred. Church yard 
Nunn Wm. PI Northgst street 
f Reeve John, 23 Angel hill 

Reeve John W. 9 Angel hill 
i-Thompson George. 45 Abbeygate st 
$ Watts Mrs. 17 Brente;v T l street 

NEWSPAPER 
Bury and Norwich Post and Suffolk 
Herald, (Tuesday evening.) Johnson 
Gedge , proprietor, k Horace I a :z i i . 
publisher. '-26 Hatter street 
NOTARIES PUBLIC 
Greene John, Abbey ruins 
Wodehouse Charles. 13 Churehgate st 
PAINTERS. PLUMBERS, ANI 

GLAZIERS 
{Marked + arc Paper Hangers also.) 
Challis Thcs. 38 Westgete road 
Coe Frederick. 5 Guildhall street 
Coe Wm. 3 Lower Baxter street 
Copping Rt. Harrison, 5 Cnion terr 
Darkin Wm. 29 Angel hill 
Frewer Wm £ Sor 4 Cheqzer sauare 
Goodwin George. 6 Northgate street 
Hayhoe James. 13 Brentgcvel street 
Kitson George. '2(3 Brentgovel street 
Mead Samuel. '20 Churehgate street 
^Palmer Thomas. 9 Field lane 
Parker Robert, 5 Chequer square 
*Spanton Wm. 4'2 Abbeygate street 
Todd George. ST St John's street 
fWeston John Wm. *2 Butter rustle^: 

h '2 St John's place 
Wicks George. 1 St Andrew's street >~. 

[son Richd. S. T4 Whiting street 
PARCHMENT MANIXFACTURER 
Mavhew Charles. S East sate street 
PATTEN & CLOG MAKERS. 
Norman Robert Briten & Ben; H 

Churehgate street 
Smith Wm. Hen:- 841 otter market 

PAWNBROKERS. 
Last Hannah, '24 Guildhall street 
Steel Wm. 3Q Guildhall street 
Weston Robt. John. 23 Meat market 
TOGRAPHERS. [Sec Artists,) 
PHYSICIAN. 
Probart Fras.Georsre. 1*2 Westgate st 

PLASTERER, 
Ear] Samuel, ' '3-uildhall street 
REGISTER OFFICES. Servants.) 
King Eliz. Marv. 4 C rown srree: 
XcrtclkEazlel" Meat market 



Prvor Miss Jane. "2 Hatter &;: 
SAI fce. 

BorehamGe* " '" -. - E breet 

Brown John. « I B ttei street 
Good:: ; a losepl - ate street 

Hales I hn i Easfgate street 

Miller Wm. gC angel bill 

Partr: ]ge Henry Rtehai m MH- 

Partridge Sophia. S Sovtagafce Street 

a.aa:z Thomas _ ; .-■ ■ 

Sheppeard Edmund. 13 Guildhall st 

S : e 2 £ a! . ; ■- - - y. . -■■ 

_ SAUSAGE iffAineit^ 
Ellis Thrmas - r>: aztgrrel street 

rt Join 44 Whitii g street 
Reach John, 33 Southgate street 
Beech Francis IS 3orn hill 
SB 3PKEEPERS 
( Grocery ; Flour, be.. Dealers. ) 
.- -'.'--■:. ':-'-''-- ^ I::: ] 
Baldwin Jarzf s ? - Field lane 
Bird Ami £ St Joa n s street 
1 renter : ::: -1 $ ztl .gate street 
I renter E:Ve:t "7 ; -z..ir :: a ;'. 

Bullock Walter 1C Ha stow street 
alte Sam-el -^ ?.air.aatf street 
Cook Georee. Lin; Brackland 
ll.iiz .";:■:: : Ling Irazklaz:; 
Lay R obert S S : a i . . a I \ e s : : e e : 
English Mary Ana 5 St John's si 
-atzerazle lizz Mi"/, lane 
Hajlr? "z. 4 St Jahzs street 
^::':s ^azia '-4 1" 
Bolden John 1 Margate road 

Las: .-.:: \- War! .Eliz 4l l~;.-._ 

za:- Btreel 
La?: Mary, l~ Ea::rt street 
L:::? 7: a:; 2: L:zz Braz-klani 
M: _ar_r- H:r_::ia :1 J-arlaaa s: 
MaiTiztt r.-iira. « Car.ti:z tls:e 
Miii:e::n Ea'tfr: 2 : las rate s: 
Murrell Wm. ; 1 6 i -^ell lane 
Xormar. Eer;aniin, 22 1 allege s; 
Jaaa rr::aa 1 : Field laze 



^rarxtt . :_a ', I ayrez ::aa 
Stevens 3-ecrre. ; F.is: 1 zn street 
Trifke: Marv; ; : S: Andrew's street 
Willis Efzzarzzz Lazalert's raw 
<'■ a.rzfr I azaes. Tl Szrrt .- razklazd 
la-ara. ir ast^atr street 
Winn Susan. 14 Eastgate street 

SOAI z: AXE'LE MAKERS. 
llaz.z "~m. zk _acar. 2> Church srat-e 



.:a.ev LTcorge. _: Lower Baxter street) 
h L: Ererjtg:vel street 



bury st. Edmund's directory. 



Z09' 



STAY MAKERS. 
Barfield Ann Eliz. 41 Guildhall st 
Biggs Isabella & Eliz. 24 Meat mkt 
Drew Harriet, 1§ Churchgate street 
Lusher Mary Ann, 69 Whiting street 
Neale Elizabeth, 24 Hatter street 
Newdick Elizabeth, 31 Whiting st 
Orvis Mary Ann, 6 Churchgate st 
Watling Misses, 11 Honey hill 
Winkup Hannah, 31 Brentgovel st 

STONE and MARBLE MASONS. 
De Carle Benjamin, 1 Sparhawk st 
Farrow Thomas, Churchyard 
Emerson James & Son, 33 Well st 
Lock Susan, 16 Whiting street 
Reed Henry, 98 Northgate street 
STRAW HAT MAKERS. 
Armes Lucy, 19 College street 
Barton Frances, 15 Guildhall street 
Devereux Charlotte, 31 Risbygate st 
Garton Amelia, 5 Churchgate street 
Graves Eliza, 37 College street 
Newman Mrs 31 Butter market 
Pearce Sophia B., 25 Meat market 
Syrett Maria, 13 Hatter street 
Tollady Mary Ann, 1 Butter market 

SURGEONS. 
Coe Thomas, 69 Guildhall street 
Dalton John, 85 Whiting street 
Dalton Rowland, 88 Whiting street 
Death Robert, General Hospital 
Hubbard George, 32 Crown street 
Hubbard George P. 32 Crown street 
Image Wm. Edmund, 4 Honey hill 
Kilner John, 74 Guildhall street 
Newham Samuel, 1 Lower Baxter st 
Smith Charles Case, 81 Guildhall st 
Wing Henry, 66 Guildhall street 
SURGEON DENTISTS,. 
Scott Mr. 2 Northgate street 
Tracy John, (Tuesday & Wednesday,) 

34 Abbeygate street 
Wayling George, Angel hill 

TAILORS. 
Marked * are Woollen Drapers, and f 

Clothes Dealers also. 
Betson James, 59 Field lane 
Betts John, 28 Churchgate street 
*+ Brown Josiah, 23 Butter market 
Byford George, 49 Guildhall street 
-t-Chapman Wm. & Jno. 1^ Butter mkt 
♦Clark George & Wm.20 Cornhill 

* Clark John, 3 Crown street 
Colchester Charles, 15 Well street 

* Graves Robert, 30 Abbeygate street 
Goshawk Robert, 49 Westgate road 
Kidson Robert. 58 Abbeygate street 
Lowrie Garen Wm. Jas. 35 Westgt. rd 
♦Madder James, 5 Risbygate street 
♦Major Josiah, 5 Abbeygate street 
♦Moore Wm. Pawsey, 20 Hatter st 



+Nice Wm. 30 Butter market 
♦Norfolk James P. 79 Guildhall st 
Nunn James, 14 St John's place 
♦Prigg Henry, 46 Abbeygate street 
Rouse David, 3 Churchgate street 
♦Salmon Wm. 29 Abbeygate street 
+Sawer Everard, 5 Brentgovel street 
Sparke James, 8 Southgate street 
Stevens George, 30 Risbygate street 
Underwood George, 2 Well street 
Whitehead Benj. 14 Long Brackland 
♦+Winn Samuel, 1 Abbeygate street 

TANNERS. 
Everard John Potter, 31 Southgate st 
Ridley John, 62 Northgate; h Eastgate- 
Webb & Son, 4 Whiting st. & Stowmkt 

TEA DEALERS. 
See Grocers, and Drapers $ Tea Dealers. 

TIMBER MERCHANTS. 
Lee James, 27 Risbygate street 
Prentice & Hewitt, Railway station 
Ridley John, 62 Nortbgate street 

TOBACCONISTS. 
Carter Wm. Henry, 91 St John's st 
Foster James, 24 Angel hill 
Hirst Joseph, (manf'r.) Whiting st 
Lamb Samuel, 10 Abbeygate street 
Lucia Thomas Francis, 8 Butter mkt 
Orsben George, 67 St John's street 
Sexton Wm. Watling, 27 Abbeygate st 
Spooner John, 2 Crown street 

TOY and FANCY DEALERS. 
Johnson Charles, 16 Cornhill 
Last Wm. Bradbury, Paris Bazaar, 41 

Abbeygate street 
Nice George, 21 Abbeygate street 
Sparke George, 4 Guildhall street 
Thompson John, 14 Meat market 

TURNERS. (WOOD, &c.) 
Glover John, 1 Looms lane 
Kemp Robert Day, 84 St John's st 
Miller H. W. 3 Whiting street 
Sparke George, 4 Guildhall street 
Wright Robert, 15 Meat market 

VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Coe Walter, 5 St Andrew's street, N.- 
Taylor Edwin, 111 Eastgate street 
WATCH and CLOCK MAKERS, 

(Jewellers, Silversmiths, fyc.) 
Baxter Thomas, 12 Guildhall street 
Biles George, 12 Churchgate street 
Clark Henry, 2 Southgate street 
Garrard Robt. Greene, 63 Guildhall st 
Glew Ann, 44 Abbeygate street 
Last Wm. B. 41 Abbeygate street 
Last Wm. Nelson, 15 Whiting street 
Pace John, 19 Abbeygate street 
Ray Wm. 2 Brentgovel street 
Tollady Dollar, 118 Northgate street 
Vale John, 14 Abbeygate street 
Weston Robert John, 23 Meat market 



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WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Edwards John. Mayne water lane 
Ellis George, 58 Southgate street 
Howard John, 121 Eastgate street 
Manning John, Northgate road 
Sibley Wm., 40 Southgate street 

WHITESMITHS. 
Beard Charles, 7 Cornhill 
Childs Joseph, 36 Churchgate street 
Cornish John & Sons, 10 Whiting st 
Crowe James, 18 Butter market 
Goldsmith David, 4 Cornhill 
Pechey Elisha, 9 St John's street 
Smith Stephen. Northgate road 
Syrett Robert and Son. 61 Whiting st 
Thompson Wm 16 Mastow street 
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. 
Beeton George. 10 St Mary's square 
Braddock Henry. 81 Southgate st 
Clay Geo. Pearson & Co. 43 Guildhall st 
Dunnell Robert. 6 Northgate street 
Hunter John. 22 Abbeygate street 
Jennings Ben], 20 Meat market 
Lockwood Mary Ann. 54 Whiting st 
McLeroth Hannah, 64 Guildhall st 
Worlledge John. St Andrew's street 

WOOLSTAPLERS. 
Everard John Potter, 31 Southgate st 
Palfrey Wm. 3 St Andrew's street 

RAILWAYS. 
The Railway Station is at the foot 
of Northgate street, as noticed at 
page 149. Trains 5 or 6 times a 
day to Haughley Junction. Norwich. 
Ipswich, &c . and also to Newmar- 
ket, Cambridge, Peterborough, Lon- 
don, &c. Mr. Joseph Dutton is the 
the station master, Messrs. George 
Brown, John Norman, and W. andT. 
Hayward booking and goods clerks, and 
Mr. Alfred Artiss telegraph clerk. 
COACHES, 
From the Angel Inn. 
To Sudbury, Long Melford, &c- at 4 

afternoon daily, except Sunday 
To Mildenhall at 4 afternoon, Wednes- 
day and Saturday 
To East Hailing, Ixworth. Botesdalp. 
&e. at 4 aftn. daily, Sunday excepted 
From the Bell Hotel 
To Thetford at 9J morning daily, ex- 
Sunday, and every Wednesday at a 
quarter to 4 afternoon 

OMNIBUSES. 

From the Inns to meet every train. 

and to Mildenhall every Wednesday 

at 4 afternoon, from the Woolpack 

CARRIERS. 

Luggage Trains from the Station daily 

to all parts of the Kingdom 



Carriers from the Ljrss. 
Marked 1, stop at the Bull; 2, Black 

Boy; 3, Castle; 4, Marquis Corn- 

wallis ; 5, Dog 4* Partridge) 6, Grif- 
fin ; 7, Half Moon ; 8, King's Arms; 

9, King's Head; 10, Masons' Arm; 

11, Queens Head; 12. Bising Sun; 

13, Grapes; 14, Star; 15, Three Goats 1 

Heads ; 16, Three Kings ; IT, Waggon ; 

18, White Horse; 19, White Lion; 

20, Woolpack ; and 21. Saracetii 

Head. 

Bf^T They arrive on Wednesday and 
Saturday mornings, and depart the 
same afternoons, unless otherwise ex- 
pressed. 

Places. Carriers. Days. 
Ampton, 19 Harvey, Wed. and Sat 
Ashley, 16 Webb, Wednesday 
Bacton, 18 Catchpole. Wednesday 
Badwell Ash, 7 Goodall, Wed. and Sat 
Bardwell, 1 Holden, and 14 Firman 
Barrow, 9 Rosbrook. daily, 9 Crack 
Barton, (Great) 14 Firman, W. & Sat 
Barton Mills, 20 Morley ; 7 Powell 
Bildeston, 20 Balls ; 5 Emerson, Wed 
Botesdale. 6 Nunn. Wed. and Sat 
Boxted, 20 Snaisell ; 9 Knopp, Mon., 

Wed., and Sat; 15 Game, Wed 
Brandon. 16 Ashman » 20 Harben 
Brockley, 21 Barton. Wed. and Sat 
Cambridge, 20 Osborne and Smith 
Cavendish, 20 Elmer ; 3 Golding, Wed 
Cavenham, 20 Morley; 7 Powell 
Chedburgh, 7 Bowers : 2 Theobald 
Cheveley, 16 Webb, Wednesday 
Clare, 20 Elmer ; 3 Golding, Wed 
Cockneld; 3 Edwards and Good; 11 

Dutton 
Cowlinge, 7 Bowers: 21 Taylor 
Culford, King, dailv. from Westgate 
Dalham, 17 Pattle : 12 Swan, Wed 
Denston ; 2Murrell; 21 Taylor 
Depden, 7 Bowers; 2 Theobald 
Dereham, 20 Reeve, Wed. and Sat 
Elmswell. 13 Pawsev : 3 Adams, Wed 
Ely. 20 Elsdon ; 16 Coe, Wed. & Sat 
Eriswell. 6 Tufts, Wed. and Saturday 
Euston & Fakenham, 13 Finnan, Wed 
Felsham. 19 Boggis. Wednesday 
Fordham, 20 Elsdon ; 13 Fletcher 
Fornham, IS Cutting; 4 Blake 
Gazeley, 20 Osborne, Mon. and Wed 
Glemsford, 15 Beeton ; 2 Copsey, Wed 
Hargrave, 17 Pettitt, Wed. and Sat 
Hartest, G. Double, from St Andrew's 

street, daily; 2 Payne; and 9 Eiopp, 

Wednesday and Saturday 
Haughley, 10 and 18 Firman, Wed 
Haverhill. 15 Ewen. Wednesday 
Hawkedon. 21 Taylor, Wed. and Sat 



CARRIERS FROM BURY. 



211 



Hawsted, 5 Farrow ; 9 Knopp 
Hengrave, King, daily from Westgate 
Hepworth, 19 Eainbird, Wednesday 
Herringswell, 7 Powell, Wed. & Sat 
Honington, Berry, from Bushell Inn 
Hundon, 2 Murrell, Wed. and Sat 
Ipswich, 20 Turner, Wed. & Railway 
Isleham 13 Fletcher 
Ixworth, 1 Holden ; 6 Nunn ; 18!Wales; 

1 Jarrold ; and 14 Firman, Wed 
Kenninghall, 3 Fiske. Wed. and Sat 
Lackford, 20 Morley, Wed. and Sat 
Lakenheath. 6 Hardy, Wed. and Sat 
Langham, 8 Palmer, Wed. and Sat 
Lavenham, 3 Good, Wed. and Sat 
Lawshall, o Farrow; 11 Howe 
Lidgate, 20 Balls, Wed. and Saturday 
Livermere, 13 Ager; 4 Blake 
Lynn, 20 Harben, Wednesday 
Mildenhall, 20 Morley; 7 Powell 
Moulton, 1(3 Webb, Wednesday 
Newmarket, 16 Webb : 3 Smith. Wed 
Norton, 13 Pawsey; 8 Diggens 
Norwich, 3 Fiske, and Railway 



Pakenham, 3Mothersole; 1 Leader 
Rattlesden, 19 Moore ; 10 Ramsbottom, 
Shimpling, 9 Knopp; 5 Farrow; and 

11 Hunt, Wednesday and Saturday 
Soham, 20 Elsden; 13 Fletcher, Wed 
Stansfield, 21 Taylor, Wed. and Sat 
Stanton, 1 Jarrold, Wednesday 
Stowmarket, 20 Turner, (Wednesday;) 

9 Frewer, (Tuesday,) and Railway 
Sudbury, 7 Plum, and Railway 
Thetford, 3 Stone; 20 Reeve, (Wed.;) 

23 Firman, (Saturday;) 13 Steward, 

(mail cart) daily 
Thurlow, 7 Bowers, Wednesday 
Thurston, 13 Pawsey; 19 Drake, Wed 
Tostock, 18 Ramsbottom 
Troston 4 Blake ; 4 Baalim 
Tuddenham, 7 Powell 
Walsharu-le- Willows, 7 Goodall ; 8 

Wales, Wednesday and Saturday 
Wickhambrook, 7 Bowers ; 20 Simkin; 

15 Simpson, Wed.; and 17 Petitt, 

and 21 Taylor, Wed. and Saturday 
Woolpit, 11 Stearn, Wed. and Sat 



SAMFORD HUNDRED. 

The followiDg is an enumeration of the 28 parishes in Samford 
Hundred, shewing their territorial extent, and their population in 
1851 :— 



Parishes.* Acres. 

*Holton St. Maryf .... 837 

*Raydont 2335. 

*Shellyt 928 

Shotley 2051 

*SproughtonJ 2393 

*Stratford St. Maryt.... 1461 

Stutton 2725 

Tattinsstone 1637 

*Washbrook 1443 

*Wenham Greatf 1123 

*Wenham Little 931 

Wherstead 2154 

Woolverstone 952 



Pop. 
192 
555 
138 
505 
580 
673 
455 
59T 
514 
269 
72 
238 
241 



Parishes.* Acres. Pop. 

Belstead 1022 308 

Bentley 2801 434 

*Bergholt (East)t ....3063 1467 

Brantham 2482 413 

*Burstall 776 243 

*Capel St. Mary 1910 649 

*Chattisham 713 234 

Chelmondiston 1627 796 

*Copdock 954 349 

Erwarton 1319 247 

Freston 1513 250 

Harkstead 1726 341 

*Higham+ .*.. 880 292 

♦Hintlesham 2828 584 

Holbrook 3153 857 Total;; .... 50,230 12,498 

{ Of the inhabitants of Sproughton 14 are in Ipswich borough. 

+ The seven parishes marked thus t are in Hadleigk County Court District, 
and the other 20 are in Ipswich County Court District. 

i| The total includes the areas of water, roads, &c. 

♦SAMFORD UNION comprises the 28 parishes in the preceding table. 
The 15 marked thus * form Capel St. Mary's Registration District, and the other 
13 form Holbrook District for the Registration of Births and Deaths. The Union 
Workhouse is at Tattingstone, and was built in 1765'-6, at the cost of about 
£8000, as a House of Industry for the 28 parishes of Samford Hundred, which 
were incorporated for the support of their poor under Gilbert's Act in 1764. 
It was altered and improved in 1819 and 1837, for the better classification of 
the inmates. It has been under the control of the poor law commissioners 



212 SAMFORD UNION AND HUNDRED. 

since 1848, and has room for about 400 paupers, but has seldom more than 0,00, 
and had only 171 when the census was taken in 1851. The expenditure of the 
Union for the half year ending Lady day, 1854, was ,£2875. 18s. 9d. Three 
guardians are elected yearly for East Bergholt, two each for Hintlesham, Hol- 
brook, Raydon, Sproughton, and Stratford St. Mary; and one for each of the 
other 23 parishes. T.B. Western. Esq., is chairman of the Board of Guardians, 
which meets every Thursday at Tattingstone. Mr. E. Lawrance, of Ipswich, is 
the Superintendent Registrar; Mr. H. and Mrs. Harris are master and matron of 
the Workhouse; the Rev. James Orford, of Ipswich, Chaplain ; and Chas. Marks 
and Susan M. Carter, teachers of the schools. Mr. Daniel Kerridge, of W ash- 
brook, is the Relieving Officer; Mr. John Mixer, of Stratford St. Mary is Regis- 
trar of Marriages ; Mr. George Bickmore, of East Bergholt, is Registrar of 
Births and Deaths for Capel St. Mary's District, and Mr. Daniel Kerridge, of 
Washbrook, for Holbrook District. 

Samford Hundred Benefit Club was established in 1840, has now about 
560 insuring and 50 honorary members ; and a stock of more than £'1900. Its 
quarterly meetings are held at the Elm Inn, Copdock. J. Josselyn, Esq., of 
Sproughton, is the honorary secretary, and Mr. D. Kerridge, of Washbrook, is 
the acting secretary. 

Samford Association for the Prosecution of Felons was established in 1823.. 
Mr. J. Gosnall, of Bentley Hall, is the treasurer, and Mr. E. Lawrance, of Ips- 
wich, solicitor. 

SAMFOED HUNDRED 

Now forms Samford Union, under the new poor law, but its 28 
parishes were incorporated for the maintenance of their poor, under 
Gilbert's Act, in 1764. It is in the Deanery to which it gives name, 
in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, and Diocese of Norwich. It has 
generally a rich and loamy soil, and is a picturesque and well-cul- 
tivated district, the south-eastern portion of which forms a fertile 
peninsula, between the estuaries of the Orwell and Stour, termi- 
nating at the confluence of those broad arms of the sea, opposite 
Harwich. It is of an angular figure, and its western side is about 
nine, and each of its other sides fourteen miles in length. It is 
bounded on the south by the river Stour, which separates it from 
Essex; on the west, by Babergh and Hartismere Hundreds; on 
the north, by Bosmere and Clayton Hundred, and the borough of 
Ipswich ; and on the east, by the Orwell estuary. It is watered by 
several rivulets, and intersected by the railway from Ispwich to 
Colchester and Hadleigh. It has no market town, but those of 
Ipswich, Manningtree, (in Essex,) Na.yland, and Hadleigh, are near 
its borders. Mr. John Brooke, of Capel St. Mary, is the High 
Constable. 

BELSTEAD, a small village four miles S.W. of Ipswich, has in 
its parish 308 souls and 1020 acres of land. Lady Harland is lady 
of the manor and owner of a great part of the soil; and the 
rest belongs to Bobt. Burrell, Esq., and a few smaller owners. The 
Goldinghams sold the manor, in 1560, to Mr. Blosse, a rich clothier 
of Ipswich ; and the heiress of his family sold it, in the early part 
of last century, to the Harlands. The Church (St. Mary) is a neat 
structure, with one side-aisle, and a tower on the south side. It 
contains a handsome monument in memory of the Blosse family. 
The rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 6s. OJd., and now at .£370, is in 
the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. E. I. Lockwood, M.A.^ 
who has a handsome new Rectory House, and 56a. 1r. 36p of glebe. 



(BELSTEAD.) SUFFOLK EASTERN DIVISION. 213 

In 1794, Charles Beding field of this parish, left =£80 for the poor, 
and it was laid out in 1754, with <£15 given by Mary King, in the 
purchase of a double cottage and 4JA. of land, now let for £20 per 
annum, which is distributed among the poor at Christmas. In 
1765, Mary King left the residue of her personal estate to the suc- 
cessive rectors of Belstead, for the relief of poor parishioners. The 
sum of £200 was derived from this bequest, but £50 was lost by 
the insolvency of a bank at Ipswich; and the remaining £150 is 
vested at 3f per cent, interest. 

Pinner John, shopkeeper 
Sheppard Eliz., farmer, Hill House 
Umpleby Mrs Maria Eliz. I., schoolrs. 
Warden Jph., hurdle and broom maker, 

and vict., Back's Horns 
Warden Edgar, hurdle maker, &c. 
Warden John, carpenter 
Warden George, woodman 



Clark Robert, farmer 
Garnbam Robert, blacksmith 
Harris John Paine, farmer 
Harwood Thomas, farmer, Hall 
Josselyn John, shoemaker 
Josselyn Thomas, wheelwright 
Lockwood Rev. Edw. Isaac, M.A., 

Rectory 
Mayhew Samuel, corn miller 



BEXTLEY is a small pleasant village near Bentley Station, at 
the junction of the Hadleigh Branch with the Eastern Union Rail- 
way; about 5^- miles S.W. of Ipswich, and X. by E. of Manning- 
tree. Its parish contains 434 souls and 2801 acres of land, including 
417 acres of woodland. W. J. Deane, Esq , is lord of the manor of 
Bentley Hall, and the Bev, C. E. B. Keene is lord of the manors 
of Bentley Chitrch House, Doclnash, and Falstails. The Tollemache, 
Grosnall, Whimper, and other families have estates in the parish. 
On the banks of a rivulet, 2 miles S.W. of Bentley, is the site of 
Dodnash Priory, which was a small house of black canons, founded 
at an early period, by one of the Earls of Norfolk, and dedicated to 
St. Mary. It was suppressed, and given to Cardinal AVolsey, to- 
wards the endowment of his college at Ipswich, in 1524, when it 
was valued at £42. 18s. 8-Jd. The manor of Bentley, the rectory, 
the advowson, and two woods, called Portland Grove and New 
Grove, were held by Trinity Priory, in Ipswich, and were granted 
.at the dissolution to Lionel Tollemache, Esq. The Church (St. 
Mary) is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £6. 2s. Ild , and 
now having 20a. of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of .£190. 15s. 
in lieu of tithes. The old vicarage house was exchanged in 1843 
for a mansion situated near the church. The Bev. C. E. B. Keene 
is patron, and the Bev. Benj. B. Keene, incumbent. The tithes 
were commuted in 1838, when the following yearly rents were 
awarded to the lay impropriators, viz., £'361. 5s. to Mr. Keene, and 
£85 to Mrs. Deane. In 1716, Tolmache Dnhe charged the Church 
House Estate with the yearly payment of £2 for a distribution of 
bread among the poor parishioners. 

Aylward John, gentleman Gosnall John Desborougk Walford. 

Bolton Robert, corn miller Esq.. Park Cottage 

Brett Robert, wheelwright, blacksmith, Hart Wm. Goodwin, maltster 

and machine maker Hearsum Samuel, shopkeeper 

Garnbam Henry, vict., Tankard Keene Rev Benj. Ruck, Vicarage 

Gosnall John, Esq., Bentley Hall Leggett William, hurdle maker 



214 (BENTLEY.) HISTORY OF SAMFORD HUNDRED. 



Long Charles, shopkeeper FARMERS. 

Moss Bartw. vict, Railway Hotel Alderton, Wm. 

Rolfe Robert, parish clerk Hart Charles 

Smith Frederick, Capel Station Master Hart Wm. G. 
Wood Wm., vict., Case is Altered | Holland John, 

YarminskiJph.,Bentley Station Master ! Dodnash 
Youngman John F. corn miller ! Lay James 

Long Charles 
i Page Gosnall, 



Bentley Lodge 
Potter Joseph 
Powell, I., bailiff 
Wood, Wm. 

Trains from 
Bentley and Capel 
Stations. 

Post from Ips- 
wich. 



EAST BEBGHOLT, a large and well-built village, with several 
handsome mansions and well-stocked shops, is pleasantly situated 
near the north bank of the river Stour, six miles S.E. of Hadleigh, 
9% miles S.W. of Ipswich, and nearly three miles W.N.W. of Man- 
ningtree Station, where the Stour begins to expand into a broad 
estuary. It formerly had a market and a considerable manufacture 
of flannel, baize, &c, but they went to decay more than a century 
ago. It has a fair for toys, &c, on the last Wednesday in July. 
Its parish increased in population from 970 souls in 1801, to 1467 
in 1851; and contains 3063a. 2k. 34f. of land. Sir Ed. Hughes, 
Bart., Peter Godfrey, Esq., C. D. Halford, Esq., Mrs. Oakes, Eev. 
J. Kowley, W H. Travis, and several smaller owners have estates 
in the parish. P. Godfrey, Esq., is lord of the four manors called 
Old Hall, Illarys, Spencer's, and St. John's, in the first of which 
the custom of Borough English prevails. These manors were for- 
merly held by the Hankeys. St. John's was given by Henry II. to 
the Templar Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, but was granted to 
the Earl of Oxford in the 36th of Henry VIII. In 1562, here were 
three water mills, but only one of them is now standing. The late 
Sir Richard Hughes, of East Bergholt, was created a baronet in 1773. 
His successor owns East Bergholt Lodge. In 1846, G. D. Halford, 
Esq., purchased the West Lodge estate. Besides these there are several 
other pleasant seats in the parish, but that called Highlands, which, 
belongs to the Oakes family, is now unoccupied, as is also the Old 
Hall. The Church (St. Mary) is a neat structure, in the decorated 
style, but its tower is only finished to the height of fourteen feet; 
the sums given towards rebuilding it, about the year 1522, being 
insufficient for its completion. The five bells hang in a sort of 
cage in the churchyard. The rectory, with that of Brantham an- 
nexed to it, is valued in K.B. at <£25. 10s., and now at £X\ 17, and is 
in the patronage of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and incumbency 
of the Rev. J. Bowley, M.A., who has about 45a. of glebe in the two 
parishes, and two yearly rent charges, viz., <£820 from East Bergholt, 
and .£500 from Brantham, awarded in 1837, in lieu of tithes. The 
ilectory House is here, and is a fine old mansion, with tasteful 
ds, on a bold eminence. In the parish is an Independent 
Chapel built in the 17th century; and also a small Primitive 
Methodi r Chapel, erected in 1838. 

East Bergho 1 *- Town Land, &c, were purchased in 1695, with part of a fund 
which had ariseu ! •'« vru benefactions in and before the reign of Elizabeth, for 
providing victuals i: > sold at a cheap rate, and for other charitable purposes. 
They were conveyed Lo new trustees in 1816, and comprise six cottages at 
Burnt Oaks, let for ^17 a year; a close of 5a. 2r. 1 p., let for £9 a year; and 



EAST BERGHOLT PARISH. 



215 



8a. 3r. of land called Cow Pasture, let for ^30 a year. The trustees have also 
^80 three per cent, annuities. The yearly income (about £58) is laid out in 
linen, which is distributed among poor parishioners on New Year's Day. In 
1720, Edward Clarke left three cottages for the residence of three poor widows, 
and endowed them with a rent charge of <£12 a year out of his farm in Tat- 
tingstone. In 1725, Joseph Chaplain left an estate, now consisting of a cottage, 
barn, and 16a. of land, to Henry Hankey, Esq., and his heirs, in trust, to apply 
the rents thereof in providing coats and shoes for five poor men ; and gowns, 
petticoats, and shoes for five poor women — such as receive no alms. This 
charity estate is let for £1 7 a year, and the number of objects has been in- 
creased beyond that specified by the donor. In 1758, Elizabeth Mitchell, in 
furtherance of the desire of her late brother, conveyed to trustees 4a. Jr. 19p, 
of land, called Annett's, upon trust, to pay the rent thereof yearly to the church- 
wardens, that they might lay it out and distribute it in bread. This land, with 
an allotment of 2a. awarded at the enclosure, is let for £10 a year, which is 
distributed in bread on Easter, Whit, and Advent Sundays, Christmas day, and 
the first Sunday in Lent. The poor of East Bergholt have also ^2. 8s. 2d. 
yearly from White's Charity, as noticed with Holton. In 1589, Edward Lamb 
conveyed to trustees a Schoolhouse and a rood of land in East Bergholt, for a 
schoolmaster, to be appointed by the lord of the manor of Illarys, the rector, 
churchwardens, and four of the chief parishioners. In 1589, Lettice Dykes, to 
provide for the education of poor children of this parish, and four of Stratford 
and Langham, conveyed to trustees various lands and tenements, some of which 
were sold or exchanged. The property now belonging to this trust consists of 
a house, barn, and about 53a. of land at Langham and Dedhani, let for ^£66 per 
annum, and <£102. 4s. 9d. three per cent, consols, supposed to have been de- 
rived from the sale of a house, the site of which is included in the grounds of 
the Old Hall. Out of the income of the school property, the trustees pay £i0 
a year to the schoolmaster for teaching 40 boys of East Bergholt as free-scho- 
lars in reading, writing, and arithmetic; £]0 towards the support of a girls' 
school; £2 each to Stratford and Langham parishes, for schooling four poor 
boys ; and after providing for repairs, they apply the surplus to the support of a 
Sunday school, and a School of Industry, for poor girls of this parish. They 
rebuilt the Free School in 1831, at the cost of ^£320. East Bergholt Heath was 
enclosed in 1815. On Buck's Elm Farm is a large Elm Tree, which measures 
28£ feet in circumference, five feet from the ground. 

EAST BEBGHOLT. I Folkard Francis, joiner and builder 

Post Office at Mrs Eliz. Kichard- I Folkard Henry, joiner, turner, and stair 



son's. Letters, via Colchester mail 
cart. 

Aldous Joseph, plumber & glazier 
Allen Mrs My. || Calvert Mrs Sarah 
Askew John, furniture broker 
Badham Bev Chas. Dd. } M.D., curate 
Batley Henry C, draper and mercer 
Bentall Wm. Bufus, corn miller and 

coal merchant, Flatford Mill 
Bickmore George, registrar, <fcc. 
Bird Eliz., plumber and glazier 
Bowen Capt. John, and Misses 
Brett Kev. Philip, curate of Ray don 
Brook Thos. & Brown Chas. policemen 
Bruce Joseph, chemist and druggist 
Church John, joiner and builder 
Constable Miss Ann, Wheelers 
Constable Mr Abm. & Miss, East Lodge 
Cuthbert Jas. shopr || Cook Mrs . 
Deaves Chas. castrator & colt breaker 
Denman Bev. W. J. curate oiBrantham 
Deynes Wm. O. gent || Miller Miss 



case builder 
Green Wm. gent || Proby Miss Martha 
Halford Charles Douglas, Esq., West 

Lodge 
Harvey Henry, carpenter 
Harvey Martha, straw hat maker 
Hearsum David, watchmaker, &c. 
Heckford Henry, carpenter and tinner 
Hughes Sir Ed., Bart. & Misses G. & A. 
Manning Frederick, surgeon 
Mecklenburgh Jacob, corn miller 
Neville Mary, milliner, &c. 
Newton RevEdw. Jones, (Independent) 
Orvis Samuel, collar and harness mkr 
Pearson, Wm., Esq., Hill House 
Peck John, cooper and basket maker 
Poole Lieut.-Colonel Skeffington, East 

Bergholt Lodge 
Balph Henry, baker and confectioner 
Beynolds James, gentleman 
Bichardson Mrs Elizabeth, Post Office 
Rose Wm., general dealer 



1216 



EAST BERGHOLT PARISH. 



Howley Rev Joshua. M.A.. rector of 
East Bergholt, Branthani, & Holton 
St Mary, Rectory 

Sage Stephen, plumber, glazier, painter, 
and parish clerk 

Spurring Jeremiah, gentlemen 

Steggall Robert, baker, &c. 

Templeton Edward, gentleman 

Tufnell Rev Wm. 

Viall John, hairdresser and stationer 

Whimper Nathaniel Henry, gent 

White Mrs Ann, news agent 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 

Hare and Hounds, Mary Church 

King's Head, Theophilus Heckford 

Red Lion, Lucy Ralph 

White Horse, Jacob Reynolds 

ACADEMIES. BRICKLAYERS. 

Batley Maria Bones Gabriel 

Clark Mary, free Boore Thomas 

Wright Emily and Pearl George 

Isabella Rudland George 
Woods Thos. free butchers. 

beerhouses. Ablewhite Thos. 

Chaplin Clark Bird Wm. 

Folkard Elizabeth Jennings Robert 

blacksmiths. King Wm. 
Heckford John farmers. 

King John Ablewhite Thos. 

Lemon Wm. Clark Wm. bailiff 

Neville Thomas Garwood John 



Green John, malt- 
ster, Buck's Eln 
Holden George 
Kedge Wm. 
King Jph., Hill fm 
King W., H. trees 
Lamb Joseph 
Lott John, Valley 
LottThos.jPaWcAs 
Lott Wm. 
Nichols Wm. 
Parker James 
Parker John 
Parker Thomas 
TyettCh&s., White 

Horse Farm 
Reynolds Jacob 
Rule Reuben 
Sallows Henry 
Taylor James 
Woollard Sarah 

GROCERS& DRAPRS. 

Bird Charles 
Cox Wm. & baker 
Folkard Elizabeth 
Hall Edward 
Harvey Elizabeth 
Harvey Wm. 
Hicks Joseph 
MansfieldCaroline 
Mecklenburgh Mt. 



Parker James 
Wells Wm. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Arnold Thomas 
Baldwin George 
Heckford Jeremh. 
Heckford Thomas 
Parker John 
Smith Benjamin 
Woods Thomas 

TAILORS. 

Clarke John 
Downing John 
Edgley Alfred Hy. 

Lower Hill hse 
King David 
Ostinelli Francis 
White John 
wheelwrights & 
hurdle makers. 
Garnham Abel 
Green Farrow 
Hearsum James 
CARRIERS 
to Ipswich, Had- 
leigh$ Colchester 
Peck John 
Randall James 
Railway Station 
at Manningtree i 
3 miles E.S.E. 



BftANTHAM, a village 9 miles S.W. of Ipswich, and 2± miles 
N. by E. of Manningtree Station, has in its parish 434 souls, and 
.about 560 acres of water, and 1922a. 2r. 20p of land, including the 
hamlet of Cattawade, on the north-side of the Stour, where two 
bridges cross two channels of that river to Essex ; one a brick struc- 
ture of three arches, and the other a wooden fabric of seven arches. 
Peter Godfrey, Esq., is lord of the manor, but the greater part of 
the soil belongs to Wm. Gurdon, Walter Clark, T. B. Western, 
Esqs., and several smaller owners. Brantham Nail, an old farm 
house, was formerly a seat of the Wingfields. Brantham Court, 
the beautiful seat of Wm. Gurdon, Esq., recorder of Bury, and a 
Judge of the County Court, was erected in 1850, '1, and 2, of red 
brick, with Caen stone dressings, in the Elizabethan style. The 
grounds are tastefully laid out, and command fine views of the Stour 
estuary and valley. William Eufus gave Brantham, with the bere- 
wicks of Bercold, Scotlege, Meelflege, and Beneletge to Battle Ab- 
bey, and they were granted to the Earl of Oxford, in the 38th of 
Henry VIII. There was anciently a chapel near the bridges at 
Cattawade, in which hamlet is Braliam Hall, formerly a seat of the 
Brahams, but now a farm ho^se. This farm was long occupied by 
Thos. Tusser, who wrote the celebrated poetic treatise entitled " Five 
Hundred Points of Good Husbandly ;" and to whose memory a 
tablet has lately been erected in the church. He is said to have 
been the first farmer who cultivated barley in this parish. He died 
in 1580, aged 65 years, and was a native of Rivershall, in Essex. 



*Martin Wm., horse dealer 
*May Wm., miller and maltster 
Parmifer Japhet, wheelwright & beerhs 
Taylor Wm., shopkeeper, Post-Office 

FARMERS. 

Cooper (j eo., Hall S? Church-house Farms 

Hammond Wm. || Welham Joseph 

Page Henry, Barham-hall 

Mason James, Samfords 

Band John jj Martin Wm. 



SAMFORD HUNDRED. 217 

The parish Church (St. Michael) is an ancient structure, which was 
newly seated in 1853, at the expense of Wm. Gurdon, Esq. It has 
recently been repaired, and a gallery erected for the Sunday scholars. 
The altar-piece is a fine painting of Christ blessing little children. 
As noticed at page 214, the rectory is consolidated with that of Hast 
Bergholt, where the Eectory House is situated. The National 
School was built in 1854. The Post-Office is at Mr. Win. Taylor's. 
Letteis via Manningtree. 

BRANTHAM DIRECTORY. 

Marked * are at Cattawade. 
* Arnold Joseph, shoemaker 
Baldwin Wm. shoemaker 
Brandell Thomas, blacksmith 
^Chambers Wm., vict., Crown 
Gibling Robert, shopkeeper 
Gurdon, Wm., Esq., Brantham Court 
Hearsum Thos., wheelgt. & parish elk. 
♦Humphreys Wm., beerhouse 
Lunnis Charles, vict., Bull Inn 

BURSTALL, a small Tillage and parish, 4| miles W. by N. of 
Ipswich, has only 243 souls, and 766 acres of land, belonging to the 
Alexander family ; J. H. L. Anstruther, Esq., and a few smaller 
owners, and lying partly in the manors of Lovetofts and Bramford. 
The manor of Harrolds, in Burst-all, was granted to Cardinal Wolsey, 
as part of the possessions of St. Peter's Priory, in Ipswich. The- 
Church (St. Mary) has a tower and three bells, and is a curacy con- 
solidated with Bramford Yicarage. The great tithes belong to the 
Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, but are held on lease by Sir Philip 
Broke. Here is an Independent Chapel, built in 1842 '3. Directory : 
Benj. Fayers, Thos. Berrett, Hall ; John Haggar, (& timber inert. ;) 
John Haggar, jun., Robt. Keene, and Norman Last, farmers ; SamL 
Garrod, bailiff; James Hardwick, vict., Half-Moon ; JohnMessent, 
shoemaker; Eliz. Shave, shopkeeper; Chas. Spalding, blacksmith; 
and ^Yrn. Wilken, carpenter and parish clerk. The Rev. Hy. Leach, 
of Ipswich, is the officiating curate. 

CAPEL ST. MARY, a pleasant village in the vale of a small 
rivulet, 7 miles S.W. of Ipswich, and 5^- miles S.E. of Hadleigh,has 
in its parish 649 inhabitants, and 1911 acres of fertile land, include 
ing 60a. of wood, 34a. of roads, and the hamlet of Cross Green, on 
the turnpike, nearly a mile S. of the village. It is in three manors, 
viz., Boynton Hall, belonging to Queen's College, Cambridge ; and 
Ohurchford Hall, and Vaux-and-Jermyns, of which J. Ansell, Esq., 
is lord. The Rowley, Goodchild, Godfrey, Brook 5 and other families- 
own part of the soil, which is mostly freehold. The Church (St. 
Mary) is a neat structure, with a tower containing five bells, and 
formerly surmounted by a spire, which was taken down in 1818. 
The rectory, valued in KB. at £18; 8s. 4cl., has had that of Little 
Wenham annexed to it since 1787, and was valued in 1835 at £6S2, 
The glebe is 22a., and the tithes of Capel were commuted in 183S 
for a yearly rent charge of ^528. The Rev. Jph. Tweed, MA., is pa- 
tron and incumbent, and has a good Rectory House, with pleasant 

K 



218 CAPEL ST. MARY. (SAMFORD HUNDRED.) 

grounds. Here is a small Wesleyan Chapel; and about a mile north 
of the village is Capel Railway Station, on the Hadleigh Branch of 
the Eastern Union line. The Post Office is at J. Hardy's; letters 
ma Ipswich. 



Alexander Geo. & Mrs., Nat. School 
Bennett James, wheelwright and yict. } 

White Horse 
Bennett Henry, wheelwright 
Cole George, corn miller 
Pinch Henry, shoemaker 
Garnham John, ostler 
Hardy Joseph, shopr. & vict., Plough 
Keeley Osborn, gardener 
Lawrence Cook, blacksmith 
May Francis, parish clerk 
Munnings John, dealer 
Ostinelli Santino, tailor 
Salmon John, butcher 
Skitter Levi, collar and harness maker 
Smith John, shoemaker 



Tweed Rev Joseioh, M.A., Rectory 

F^EMERS. 

Ablewhite Henry, Capel Grove 
Aylward Wm. Henry, Vine Farm 
Brooke John, high constbl., Cross Green 
Cole Thomas || Daking Lydia 
Everatt Isc.,(& miller) Churchford hall 
Ford Wm. || Jacobs Thomas 
Garnham Jeremiah, Brooh Farm 
Hollick Charles John, Bush Farm 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Gilbert Henry |j Haxell Jonathan 
Pinner James || Richardson George 
Railway Trains several times a day to 

Hadleigh, Ipswich, &c; Frederick 

Smith, station master 



CHATTISHAM, a village and parish, 5 miles E. of Hadleigh, 
and S.W. by W. of Ipswich, contains 234 souls, and 713a. 3r. 7p. of 
land. The manor and a great part of the soil formerly belonged to 
Wykes Priory, in Essex, and were granted first to Cardinal Wolsey, 
and then to Eton College, to which they still belong. The remainder 
belongs to Jno. Kettle Hicks, Esq., of Ipswich, and a few smaller own- 
ers. The Church (All Saints) is a plain building, with several neat 
mural monuments, and was repaired and reseated in 1851. The vicar- 
age, valued in K.B. at £'4. 13s. 7d., has 22a. of glebe, and is endowed 
with all the tithes, except of about 200 acres, which are tithe free. 
In 1840, the tithes were commuted for ^142. 10s. per annum. The 
Provost and Fellows of Eton College are patrons, and the Eev. H. S. 
Dickinson, M.A., is the incumbent. Here is a small Wesley an 
Chapel, built in 1817. The Rev. Thomas Warren, in 1769, left 
J200, after the decease of his widow, (who died in 1815) to the vicar 
of Chattisham and rectors of Hintlesham and Copdock, in trust for 
the education of poor children of Chattisham, at the free school in 
Hintlesham, where four or five free scholars are now sent from this 
parish. The legacy was laid out in £'212 15s. three per cent, reduced 
annuities. 



Allen Benjamin, farmer 

Dickinson Eev Henry Strahan, M.A., 

Vicarage 
Gathercole James, brewer 
Jolly Mary Ann, farmer 



Lambert James , farmer, Hall 
Lambert James, jun., corn miller 
Mills Frederick, blacksmith 
Moss John, boot and shoe maker 
Smith John, parish clerk 



CHELMONDISTON, a village and parish, on the south-west side 
of the broad estuary of the Orwell, 6 miles S.S.E. of Ipswich, and 
5 miles N.N.W. of Harwich, has 796 inhabitants, and about 1627 
acres of land, including the fishing hamlet of Pin-mill, which has 
about 50 boats employed chiefly in getting stone on the rocks near 
Harwich., for the manufacture of Roman cement. The soil is gene- 
rally a light sand, and is all freehold, belonging to John Berners, 
Esq., the Lucas, Eeynolds, and Walker families, and a few smaller 
owners. The Church (St. Andrew) is an ancient structure, which 



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219 



was rep e wed and thoroughly repaired about 15 years ago. The rec- 
tory, valued in K.B. at £8. 10s., and in 1S35 at £'312. is in the gift 
of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. H. Clissold, 
M.A., who has a neat Rectory House, built in 1849, but resides at 
Stockwell, Surrey, near London. Here is a National School, built 
in 1838, and also two small chapels, belonging to the Baptists and 
Wesleyans. 

Webb Thomas, wheelwright 

Webb Thos. junr.. blacksmith 
Webb Wm.. batcher 



Baldry Charles, police officer 
Brown Albert, grocer and draper 
Carpenter Eev Chas.. (Baptist) 
Curtis Jas,, victualler, Butt and Oyster 
Dale. Abdiel, butcher 
Double Chas., victualler, Bed Lion 
Dunnett Joseph, bricklayer 
Garrard George, boat builder 
Haggar Wm., boot and shoemaker 
Harrington Marianne, schoolmistress 
Hayward George, master mariner 
Hill Peter, boarding and day school 
Howlett Chas.. cement stone mercht 
King Lucas Charles, shopkeeper and 

cement stone merchant 
Mason Pp. Carrington, shopkeeper 
Neale Eev Edw. Pote, MA,, curate, 

Eectory 
Philpot Eobt, brewer and beerhouse 
Steward Charles, parish clerk 
Sulley Mr Chas. Wade Miss Susan 
Warren Eobert. butcher 



Wright Wm., boot and shoemaker 



EAEMEES. 
Carrington John 
Dunnett Wm. 
HarringtonMartin 
Ling Alfred 
Orman Wm. 
Mason Pp. Bacon 
Eichardson Chas. 
Walker lit, miller 
Webb Wm. 
BOAT OWNERS 

at Pin-mill, 
Brown Alfred 
Burrows Thomas 
Cook James 
Cooper Joseph 
Crane Mark 



Curtis James 
Dale Abraham 
Double Alfred 
Garnham Wm. 
Garrard G. and J. 
Howard G.andH. 
Howlett Charles 
King A., G. andE. 
Lucas James 
Mullett Edw. 
Webb Jas. & Wm, 
Woodcock Wm. 
CAEEIEES to 
Ipswich. 
Scarfe Samuel 
Smith Thomas 
POST fr. Ipswich. 



COPDOCK parish, between two small rivulets, from 3 to 4 miles 
S.W. by W. of Ipswich, has a pleasant village on the London road, 
containing a good inn and several handsome houses, adjoining 
Washbrook, in which parish some of the houses are situated. Cop- 
dock has 349 inhabitants, and 935a. 33p. of rich clayey land, lying 
in two manors, viz., Copdock, of which W. J. Deane^ Esq., is lord, 
and Copdock-HaU-with-Barons, of which the Eev. J. T. Hales Tooke 
is lord ; but part of the soil belongs to Eolla Bouse, Esq., Mrs. 
Syer, Mr. B Bruce, and a few smaller owners. The Church (St. 
Peter) is a neat fabric, with a tower and five bells ; and a curiously 
sculptured font. It was re-seated, and a handsome reredos erected 
in 1S53, so that the interior has now a handsome appearance. The 
rectory, valued in K.B. at £9. 15s. 8fd., has the vicarage of Wash- 
brook annexed to it, and the two united livings were valued in IS 35, 
at i*4S3 per annum. Lord Walsingham is patron, and his younger 
brother, the Hon. and Bev. Fredk. De Grey, M.A. is the incumbent, 
and has a good Bectory House, and 35 acres of glebe. The tithes of 
Copdock are commuted for 4&50. 10s. per annum. Here is a 
National School for the two united parishes, built in 1851. Post 
via Ipswich. 

Bond Mrs Emily. Copdock House 
Cook Eobt., blacksmith, Post-office 
Davis Thomas, organist 
Be Grey Hon & Eev Frederick. 31, A,. 



Rectory 



Josselyn James, Esq. 
King George, wheelwright & par. clerk 
Mayhew Samuel, corn miller 
Pallent John, thatcher 



220 COPDOCK. (SAMFORD HUNDRED.) 



Plunib Wm. & ~\Irs. National School 
Salmon George, butcher 
Shepherd George, shoemaker 
Shorten Chas. Thos. & A. J. veterinary 

surgeons, New Hall (and Ipswich) 
vYhight Robert Fdk. carpenter & Tict. 

White Elm 
Wrattislaw John, Esq. Copdock Lodge 



FABMEBS. 

Bickmore Thomas || Bruce Richard 
Edwards Henry || Shorten Alfd. John 
Marshall Stephen, Copdock Hall 
Norfolk James, Mace Hall 

Carries, Joshua Beer, to Ipswich, 
Monday, Tuesday, Thurs, & Sat. 



ERWARTON, or Arwarton, a pleasant village, on the north 
bank of the Stour, near the confluence of that broad estuary with 
the Orwell, is distant 9 miles S.E. by S. of Ipswich, and overlooks 
the harbour of Harwich, on the opposite side of the Stour. Its 
parish contains 247 souls, and 1318a. 1r. 1?p. of land, generally a 
sandy loam, and mostly freehold, belonging to John Berners, Esq., 
the lord of the manor, which was anciently the seat and property of 
tihe Daviller family, whose heiress carried it in marriage to Sir Root. 
Bacon, who, in 1345, obtained a giant for a market and fair here. 
It afterwards passed to the Calthorpes, and was purchased by Sir 
Philip Parker, Kt., of Sir D. Drury, about the year 1577. Philip 
Parker, of Erwarton, was created a baronet in 1661 ; and the last 
representative of his family, Sir Philip Parker Long, died in 1741, 
when the manor passed to his daughter, Lady Ched worth ; and after 
her death, it went to the Berners family, of Woolverstone. The 
ancient Hall, which was the seat of the Parkers, is now a farm 
house, commanding fine views of the estuaries of the Stour and 
Orwell, and having an entrance gateway, supposed to have been 
built in the reign of Elizabeth, and still in good preservation. The 
Church (St. Mary) stands on a bold eminence, overlooking the 
Stour, and is a neat structure, which was thoroughly repaired, and 
the chancel rebuilt, in 183S-'9. At the same time, the pews were 
removed from the nave and aisles, and open sittings for '250 hearers 
substituted in their place. Here are several monuments, in good 
preservation, erected to the memory of the Daviller, Calthorpe, 
Bacon, and Parker families. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £'10. 
13s. 4d., has that of Woolverstone annexed to it, and has now a 
yearly rent charge of £544 in lieu of tithes, awarded in 1S38, viz., 
£305 for the tithes of Erwarton, and £239 for those of Woolver- 
stone. John Berners, Esq., is the patron, and the Rev. Balph Ber- 
ners, M.A., is the incumbent, and has here 20a. 35p. of glebe, and 
a good parsonage house, erected about 15 years ago. The poor 
parishioners have three cottages, and 1a. 2r. of land, left by Philip 
Parker, Esq. Here is a National School, for boys and girls, sup- 
ported by subscription. 

Berners Rev Ralph. M.A., Rectory i Hempson John. Hall Farm; hStOsytli 
Button George, Church Farm Kerridge John, wheelwright & smith 

Gladwin Wm. shopkeeper & vict., I Smith Philip Clayton, gentleman 

Queen's Head I Wrinch Leonard, farmer 

Haward John, Hill House Farm ' Post from Ipswich. 



FKESTON, a small village, upon a pleasant acclivity, on the 
-western side of the broad river Orwell, 3g miles S. of Ipswich, has 
in its parish 250 souls, and 1413a. 3b. 4p. of light but fertile and 



FRESTON PARISH. 221 

well-wooded land. John Bemers, Esq., is lord of the manor of 
Freston Hall, within which is the small manor of Bonds, of which 
Sir Philip V. Broke is lord. The other principal owners of the soil 
are the Bev. A. Bond, Lady Harland, W. Eodwell, Esq., and E. B. 
Venn, Esq., of Freston Lodge, a large and handsome mansion, 
erected in 1840, on a hold eminence, commanding a fine view of 
the Orwell. Freston Hall, with the manor and advowson, was an- 
ciently vested in a family who took their name from the parish. 
The Frestons were seated here from the time of Henry III. till that 
of Henry VIII., when the manor passed to the Latimer s ; hut in 
1590, it was held hy the Goodings, of Ipswich, and afterwards hy 
the Wrights, who separated the manor and advowson, and sold their 
possessions to the Thurston, Tarver, and other families. Of the 
ancient Hall, a fine antique TOWER still remains, near the hank 
of the Orwell. This tower is a strong quadrangular hrick huilding, 
six stories high, containing as many rooms, one above another;, 
hut only 10 feet by 12, with a polygonal turret at each angle, ter- 
minating in pinnacles ; and a winding steeple staircase, projecting 
from the eastern side, and terminating in an octagonal lantern, 
The best apartment appears to have been in the fifth story, which 
is loftier and has larger windows than the rest, and was probably 
hung with tapestry, as small nails left in the wood seem to indicate.. 
There is but one fire-place, which is on the ground floor, and even 
that seems to be of modern construction, and to have no chimney; 
hence it is probable that this building was rather an occasional 
pleasure retreat, or watch tower, than a place of permanent habi- 
tation. As it is not noticed in any of the descriptions of the 
hall in the time of the Frestons, this tower was probably erected 
by one of the Latimers. Except a farm-house, at a short distance, 
there is no trace of any buildings near it. The Church (St. Peter) 
is a neat structure, with a tower at the west end. The rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £6. 7s. 6d., is in the patronage and incumbency 
of the Bev. A. Bond, who has a neat and commodious Rectory 
House. The glebe is 23a. 5p.; and in 1841, the tithes were com- 
muted for a yearly rent of ^376. About 45 years ago, several 
Anglo-Saxon coins were found here. Post via Ipswich. 
Bond Rev Alfred, rector, Rectory Sage Benj. farmer, Woods Farm 

Burch John, blacksmith Sage Joseph, joiner, Post-Office 

Coulson Charles, parish clerk Sage Thomas, shopkeeper & carpenter 

Hare George, farmer Venn Edward Beaumont, Esq. Lodge 

Hunt John, builder Waterman Henry, farmer 

Manning John and Wm. farmers Williams Hannah, schoolmistress 

Mead Aaron, vict. Boat Inn 



HARKSTEAD, a village and parish, 7 miles S. by E. of Ips- 
wich, has 34J souls, aud 1726a. 3r. 32p. of land, stretching north- 
ward to the estuary of the Stour, and belonging to John Berners^ 
Henry Hill, and E. B. Venn, Esqs. Mr. Berners is lord of the 
manor, which was held by Odo de Campania, at the Domesday sur- 
vey. The Church (St. Mary) has a tower and five bells. The rec- 
tory, valued in K.B. at £\\. 3s. 9d., and now at .£518, is in the 
patronage and incumbency of the Bev. Ralph Berners, M.A., cf 



222 



HARKSTEAD. (SAMFORD HUNDRED.) 



Erwarton, who has 55a. la. 26p. of glebe, and a yearly rent charge 

of ,£479, awarded in lieu of tithes, in 1839. Here was formerly 

a chapel, dedicated to St. Clement, and its site is still known, 

at the corner of a field called Chapel down, though it has long 

been cultivated. 

Alderton Wm. cattle dealer 

Battell Wm. carpenter & vice. Eose 

Burgess Jph. & Driver Wm. shoemkrs 

Goose Rt. & Wells Wm. shoemakers 

Gosling Rev Fras. Chas. B.A. curate 

Granger Benj. shopr. & wheelwright 

Jordan James, wheelwright 

Last Leonard, parish clerk 

Linley Thomas, shopkeeper 

Mayhew Abraham, blacksmith 

Mayhew Absolam, saddler, &c 

Pooley Wm. joiner and builder 

Rivers Charlotte, shopkeeper 



Roper Robert, gentleman 
Scott George, manager of Mr Berner's 
Brick- yard 

FARMERS. 
Abbott Abraham, Yale Farm 
Allen Samuel, Harkstead Hall 
Hart James || Kemball Robert 
Rudland Edward Wm. || Wood S. 
Rudland Thomas Marsden 
Wrinch Robert Henry, Nether Hall 

Carriers, James Alderton and Wm. 
Holden, to Ipswich, daily 



HIGHAM is a handsome village, with several large mansions, 
pleasantly situated on a gentle acclivity near the confluence of the 
rivers Brett and Stour, on the southern confines of Suffolk, 5 miles 
E. of Nayland, 5 miles S. of Hadleigh, and 10 J miles S.E. of Ips- 
wich. Its parish contains 293 souls, and 863a. 17p. of fertile and 
well-wooded land, P. P. Mannock, Esq., is lord of the manor, but 
a great part of the soil belongs to Edward Cooper, Esq., Mrs. Daw- 
son, and the Eev. A. C. Eeeve, who have neat houses here. HigJiam 
Hall, the seat of E. Cooper, Esq., is a neat white brick mansion, 
with pleasant grounds, commanding fine views of the Stour Valley. 
The Church, (St. Mary,) has a tower and six bells, and is a per- 
petual curacy, valued in K.B. at £b. 6s. 8d., and in 1835 at ^0238. 
It was appropriated to Trinity Priory, Ipswich, by Maude de Mun- 
chensi ; but the rectorial tithes were purchased by a Mr. Gibbs or 
Mr. Smith, and given to the minister. Certain trustees are patrons, 
und the Eev. A. C. Eeeve is the incumbent. The glebe is about 
50a., and in 1840 the tithes were commuted for a yearly rent of 
<£220. In the reign of Charles I., Thomas Bedfield charged his 
house and land here with the yearly payment of 10s. to the minister. 
In 1725, Thomas Glanville left a cottage here, for the relief of poor 
widows of Higham, Holton, and Eaydon. Post, via Colchester. 

Allen Ebenz. maltster & corn merclit 
Blomfield John, farmer, Pound 
Branford James, shopkeeper & brewer 
Cooper Edward, Esq. Higham Hall 
Cowles George, butcher & vict. King's 
Head 



Dawson Mrs. Eliz. Higham House 
Gnnn Wm. shoemaker 
Harris Stephen & Wm. seed crushers, 
oil millers, and farmers 



Hallock Wm. farm bailiff 
Johnson Sadler, butcher & farmer 
Martin Mrs M. A. || Sheen Mrsplary 
Mens Thomas Giles, surgeon dentist 
Eeeve Eev Abraham Chas. Parsonage 
Eeeve Eobert Luther, farmer, Green 
Smith George, brick maker & smith 
Smith Jph. joiner, & Jph. jun.par. elk. 
Welham Eobt. shopr. & wheelwright 



HINTLESHAM, a large and well-built village, 4J miles E. by 
N. of Hadleigh, and 5§ miles W. of Ipswich, is pleasantly situated 
on the road between those towns, and has in its parish 584 inhabi- 
tants, and 2828a. 3r. 24p. of land, mostly the property of James 



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223 



Hamilton Lloyd Anstrutlier, Esq., the lord of the manor, who re- 
sides at the Hall, a fine Elizabethan mansion, in the form of the 
letter H, standing in a beautiful Park of 150 acres, and containing 
many spacious apartments, and a fine collection of paintings by 
Vandyke, Gainsborough, and other distinguished masters. The 
manor was anciently held by the Talbots, and for many years by 
the Timperleys, who sold it, about 1725, to Eichard Powis, of whom 
it was purchased by Sir Eichard Lloyd, Knight, one of the Barons 
of the Exchequer. It was bequeathed to its present owner by the 
late Miss Harriet Lloyd, in 1837. The Cooke and some other 
families have small estates in the parish. The Church (St. Nicholas) 
is a handsome structure, with a tower and five bells. The nave 
and aisles are leaded, but the chancel is covered with tiles. In 
the latter are several monuments of the Timperley family, one of 
which is a tomb of blue marble, bearing the portraits in brass of 
John Timperley, Esq., and Margaret his wife. The former died in 
1400. Here is also a neat monument to the late Misses Lloyd. In 
1849-'50, the church was restored, and newly fitted with open 
benches. The western gallery was removed, and a handsome 
stained glass east window was presented by the Hon. Mrs. xAn- 
struther. Four of the chancel windows were also enriched with 
stained glass at the expense of the rector. The rectory, valued in 
K.B. at ^'33. 9s. 6d., and now at ,£477, is in the patronage and in- 
cumbency of the Eev. Wm. Henry Deane, who has 44a. of glebe, 
and a yearly rent charge of £450, awarded in lieu of tithes in 1838. 
The Free School and playground of 2tl. 12p. were built and given 
by the late Misses Lloyd, in exchange for the old playground. The 
school estate, which was purchased by the parishioners many years 
ago, with the assistance of Erancis Oolman, is copyhold, and con- 
sists of a a cottage, small bam, and about 6a. of land at Aldham, 
now let for £10 per annum, for which the master teaches seven free 
scholars reading, writing, and arithmetic. He has also £6s. 6s. 
a year for teaching four or five poor children of Chattisham, as 
noticed with that parish. Miss Harriet Lloyd, who died in 1837, 
left £10 a year for the education of five poor children, and £L0 a 
year to provide coals for poor parishioners. Here is a small Inde- 
pendent Chapel, which is used as a school for young children. Post 
via Ipswich. 



Anstruther James Hamilton Lloyd, 

Esq. Hlntlesham Hall 
Abbott John, carpenter 
Beamont Mary, post mistress 
Beer David, shopkr. & wood dealer 
Betts Henry, shopkeeper 
Deane Eev Wm. Henry, Rectory 
Deeks John, corn miller 
Doughton Eobt. "vermin destroyer," 

& East India oil manfr 
Godbold Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Kingsbury John, bricklayer 
Kingsbury John, jun. shoemaker 
Lott Wm. Shulver, vict. George 
Meadows Amos, shoemaker 



Meadows Thomas, wheelwright 
Norfolk Jas. butcher; k Wm. smith 
Kaw John, gent. The Grove 
Simpson Joseph, brick maker 
Ward Frederick, game keeper 
Woods John and Miss, Free School 
FARMERS. 



Allen John 
Beard Et. &Wm. 
Borham Eobert 
Cook Thomas 
Faires Samuel 
Finch George 
Garrod James 
Haggar George 



Hardwick John 
Hayward Charles 
Xock John 
XormanWm.X'Jno 
Xorman Thomas 
Seaman Edward 
Turner Et. Priory 



224 



SAMFORD HUNDRED. 



HOLBROOK is a large and pleasant village, with several hand- 
some houses, 6 miles S. of Ipswich, near a brook or rivulet from 
which it has its name, and which falls into the river Stour at Hoi- 
hrook Bay, near the hamlet of Holton Green, or Lower Holbrook, 
about a mile S. of the village. Its parish contains 857 inhabitants, 
and 2203a. 2p. of land, including about 370 acres of woods and 
plantations. John Berners, Esq., is lord of the manor, but the 
greater part of the soil belongs to the Harland, Eeade, Vernon, 
X>eane, Bodwell, Wilkinson, Grosnall, Western, and a few other 
families. The lordship was successively held by the families of 
Holbrook, Daundy, Clench, Thurston, and Staunton. Judge Clench, 
who died in 1607, lies buried in the church. The late John Reade r 
JSsq., of Holbrook House, who died in 1843, had been a chief judge- 
in India, and was sheriff of Suffolk in 1830. The Woodlands, a 
handsome brick mansion in the Tudor style, built in 1845, is the seat 
of Wm. Bodwell, Esq. Holbrook House and Cottage are two other 
pleasant seats in this parish. The Church (All Saints) is a large 
ancient fabric, with a tower, supported by massive buttresses. It 
was re-pewed in 1824, and has 550 sittings, one-third of which are 
free. The rectory, valued in K.B. at i>ll. lis. 3d., is in the patron- 
age and incumbency of the Bev. J. B. Wilkinson, B.D., who has 
6 acres of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of <£490. 10s., awarded in 
1838 in lieu of tithes. The Rectory House is a commodious man- 
sion, erected in 1822 by the Bev. Thomas Holmes, the late incum- 
bent. The Wesleyans have a small chapel here. The interest of 
i£30 (arising from £] given by two benefactors, and <£20 received 
in 1802, on the sale of the workhouse,) is applied in the distribution 
of coals at a cheap rate to the poor. Two National Schools, for 
boys and girls, are supported by the rector and other subscribers; 
and there are in the village two respectable boarding schools. The 
Post-Office is at Mr. James Shepherd's; letters via Ipswich* 
Those marked * are at Holton Green. 



Allen Eobert Wm. plumber & painter 
.Baker Grove, beer house 
JBrooks John, plumber, painter, &c. 
Candler John, & Bragg Sml. policeman 
Catchpole Wm. brewer 
Cossey Francis, shopman 
Cranfield Saml. veterinary surgeon, & 
agent to Cattle Insurance Company 
Curtis John, cattle dealer 
Dunnett John, bricklayer, &c 
Flory Thomas, drillman 
Goodwin Eobert, cooper 
Hare George, gentleman 
Herbert Jph. B. butcher & vict. Com- 



*Holden Mary, dressmaker 

Laker Wm. Edward, boarding school 

Longe Kobt. Bacon. Esq. Holbrook Cotg 

Lucas Luke, farm bailiff 

Mayhew John, smith ; & Susan, school 

Orman, Mr Benj. |] Pytches Mrs 

Pedder Mrs F. boarding & day school 



*Quantrill James, sweep & fireman 

Kanson Henry, corn miller 

Beade Mrs Eliz. Holbrook House 

Bodwell Wm. Esq. Woodlands 

Scott Wm. manager of Mrs. Beaded 

Brick ond Tile yard 
Smith Bev. Henry, curate 
Steggall James, blacksmith 
ToppleJohn,tailor || SawyerBt.gardener 
Vincent Wm. veterinary surgeon 
Wilkinson Bev John Brewster, B.D.,, 

Beciory 
Woods John Bloomfield, schoolmaster 



BOOT & SHOEMKR3. 

*Betts Thomas 
Hawes Samuel 
Hines John 
Levell George 

FARMERS. 

* Baker Wm. 
Cross Thomas 
Gay ford Wm. 



Keeble Bt. Brook 
Pulford John 
Sawer John 
*Vince Lionel 
Wase Edward 

joiners. 
Flick Anthony 
Spink Wm. 



HOLBROOK DIRECTORY. 



225 



SHOPKEEPERS. 

Ashford Charles 
Kerridge Charles 
Munnings Wm. 
*Paskell Edward 
Shepherd Charles 
Shepherd James 



StollingChs. beerhs 
Taylor John 

SURGEONS. 

Cutting Wro. 
Jarman Thomas 
Martin Robert 



TAILORS. 

Clark Joseph 
Shepherd James 
Topple John 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Block Wm. 



Pooley James 
Whyatt John 

CARRIER. 

Benj. Simpson, io 
Ipswich, daily 



HOLTON ST. MART, a small parish and village, U miles S.S.E. 
of Hadieigb, and 9 miles S.W. of Ipswich, contains 192 souls and 
837 acres of land, nearly all freehold, and mostly belonging te 
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and partly to Robert Lawson, 
James Rumsey, and a few smaller owners. The manor anciently 
belonged to the Fastolfs, afterwards to the Mannocks, and then to 
Sir John Williams, from whose family it passed to Sir Wm. Rowley, 
Kt. The Chiwch (St. Mary) is a Rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 
14s. 7d., and in 1835 at £'257, but now having 33 acres of glebe 7 
and a yearly rent charge of £'220, awarded in lieu of tithes, in 
1837. Sir J. R. Rowley, Bart., is patron; and the Rev. Joshua 
Rowley, M.A., of East Bergholt, is the incumbent. Here is a 
Charity School which was established and endowed by the exertions 
and through tbe pecuniary aid of the Rev. Stephen White, a late 
rector, and for some time it was supported chiefly by annual contri- 
butions, but the only subscription now regularly paid to it is £3. 3s. 
a year from Corpus Christi College. The property of the school is 
as follows : — A school-house was erected on the waste, which, with 
a garden of 10 perches, was conveyed by Sir Francis Mannock, lord 
of the manor, to trustees, in 1749. The Town Pightle, 6 acres, was 
demised in 1755, by the churchwardens and overseers to the rector 
and his successors for 99 years, for the use of the school, at the 
yearly rent of 18s., to be distributed among the poor at Easter. 
The Dock Meadow, 3a., in Stratford, let for £6 a year, was given by 
the Rev. Stephen White, in trust, that the rents should be applied 
in raising premiums, to be given in October, to the children in the 
school, or those who have been taught there, and could bring certi- 
ficates of good behaviour. Two cottages, let for £3 each, were 
built by the trustees, on the site of one granted by the lord of the 
manor, on lease, at the yearly rent of one penny. The trustees 
have also upwards of £'500 three per cent, stock, purchased with 
benefactions and surplus income. The yearly income from these 
sources is about £32. The master has £12. 12 a year, and the use 
of the school premises, for which he instructs, as free scholars, 16 
boys and 9 girls in reading, writing, and arithmetic. The remain- 
der of the income is applied in furnishing books and rewards for 
the children, and a suit of clothes for each on leaving school. The 
Town Pightle, noticed above, will revert to the poor in 1855. A 
cottage belonging to the poor was sold, in 1803, for £20, which was 
applied towards making the Town Well, towards repairing which a 
yearly rent charge is paid out of a piece of land adjoining the 
churchyard. The sum of £30, left to the poor by one Partridge 
and other donors, is lent on interest. The poor parishioners have 

K 3 



226 HOLTON ST. MARY. 

20s. yearly from Glanvilles Charity, as noticed with Higbarn. In 
1773, the Rev. Stephen White left £b00 in trust, to pay one-half 
of the interest thereof to the rector of Bolton, (provided he resides 
in the parish or neighbourhood ; if not, to the curate,) for his own 
use ; and to apply the other moiety, in four equal shares, for the 
parishes of Holton, Stratford, Nayland, and Brantharn, for distri- 
bution among the poor. This charity now consists of two sums of 
£'321. 7s., one, belonging to the rector, and the other to the poor of 
the four parishes. Post via Colchester. 



Dobree Eev Johu Gale, MA. rector of 

Newbourn and curate of Holton 
Cook Edward, farmer, Holton Hall 
Hammond John and Mrs., free school 



Hill Edward, shoemaker 
Lott John, gentleman 
Eolph Jane, shopkeeper 
Kumsey James, farmer and owner 



EAYDON, 3J miles S.S.E. of Hadleigh, is a parish containing 
two small villages, called Upper and Lower streets, about a mile 
south of Raydon Station, on the Hadleigh branch of the Eastern 
Union Railway. It has 555 inhabitants, and 2335a. In. 3p. of land, 
extending to Masons Bridge, on the river Brett, 2 miles S. by E. of 
Hadleigh, and including 41 Sa. of woodland. Walter Skirrow, Esq., and 
Dr. H. W. Thomson are lords of the manor, and owners of a great 
part of the soil, and the rest belongs to several smaller owners. 
Robert de Eaydon had a grant of a market and a fair here, in 1310. 
The manor was afterwards held by the Hastings, from whom it 
passed to the owners of the neighbouring manor of Shelly. The 
Church (St. Mary) is a plain tiled building, without a tower. The 
rectory, valued in K.B. at =£14, has 48a. 2r. 6p. of glebe, and a 
yearly rent charge of £511, awarded in lieu of tithes, in 1841. 
The Eev. Thos Reeve is patron and incumbent. In 1663, the Eev. 
John Mayler, D.D., left out of his lauds here two yearly rent 
charges, viz., 10s. for the minister, and 40s. for ten poor families. 
Five poor widows of Eaydon have 20s. a year from Glanville's 
charity, as noticed with Higham. Post from Hadleigh. 

Archer John, blacksmith 
Burrows Henry, shopkeeper 
Chaplin Robert, vict. Chequers 
Cooper Edward, station master 
Daking Robert, corn miller 
Hallier Charles Wm. vict. Fox 
King John, parish clerk. &c. 
King John, jun., wheelwright 
Potter Joseph, shopkeeper 
Reeve Rev Thomas, Rectory 
Smith John, blacksmith 



FARMERS. 
Barfield John I Lemon James 
Borham John || Martin James 
Cook Thomas || Partridge Robert 
King Maria Stubbin Robert 

Stubbin John, Paijdvn hall 
Waller James, Ponds Farm 
Railway Trains to Hadleigh, Ipswich, 

&c.j several times a day 
Carries, Robert Chaplin, to Ipswich, 

Tuesday and Saturday 



SHELLY, a small village, pleasantly situated in the vale of the 
river Brett, 3 miles S. by E. of Hadleigh, has in its parish 133 
souls, and 928 acres of freehold land, including 62 acres of wood- 
land. Mrs. Charlotte Cripps owns 650 acres, and the rest belongs 
to P. P. Mannock, Esq., and a few smaller owners. Mrs. Cripps is 
lady of the manor, impropriator, and patroness of the Church, (All 
Saints,) which has a tower and five bells, and is a perpetual curacy, 
valued in 1835 at irT 2, and now enjoyed by the Eev. Henry Jones, 



SHELLY. (SAMFORD HUNDRED.) 



007 



M.A., of Boxford. Shelly was appropriated to Battle Abbey, and 
was afterwards the seat and manor of the Applebys and Tiineys. 
It was purchased of the Kerridge family by B. Bush. Esq.. and wa3 
the property of the late Sir W. B. Bush, Kt.. from whom it passed 
to Mrs. Cripps. The Hall, now a farm house, was built in the 
reign of Edward EL and still exhibits the arms of the Tilneys, 
with a motto in Norman French, signirying — •• Hope gives me 
in." 

Benniworth Elizabeth, schoolmistress 
Branch George, shoemaker 
James Wm. shoemaker 
Keebie John, butcher 

from Had'.. 



Fas^iees. Heath 7_;l_?.= 

Meakins S : '. ■ Partridge Henry 

Partridge Robert. S h C ' sfl 
Postans Richard, land agen: I 
Worters Charles. It \ Z -. i 



; TLEY is a pleasant village and fertile parish, at the termi- 
nation of the peninsula formed by the confluence of the estuaries 
:: the QrweUand Stour, opposite Harwich, and from 9 to 10 miles 
S.E. by S. of Ipswich. It contains 505 inhabitants, and 2051a. 3r. 
;i land. The Tillage is on the bank of the Orwell : and at 
:\/- Gate, about a mile further south, is the Bristol Anns Inn, 
whence a ferry boat plies across the broad estuary to Harwich. 
Several boats are employed here in collecting stone for the manu- 
re oi Roman cement. The parish it in two manors, yiz., Over- 
HaU-with-Nefcherhall, of which the Marquis of Bristol is lord; and 
Shotley Hail, or Kirkron. of which the heirs o: - "„ Lucas, Esq., 
peloids; hat part :: the soil belongs tc Frederick Schieiber, Esq., 
G-. E. Hare.Escj., Mi*. Norman, and i few smaller owners. In the 
: Edward L, Wm, Visdelieu had ;-. ::ant for a market and fair 
lit John Spurling about 15 yeai a g : into iuced here some fine 
specimens of the D orham breed of she rt-h : i d 3 3 ; atU 3. The Ci 
SI Mazy is anan:i::.: structure, without ;. tower, situated on an 
eminence, which commands a fine yiew :: the . rwell Xhe -dory, 
valued in K.B. at £2 . and now at £604, has 54a. 3a. 14?. of glebe, 
and a yearly rent charge of £5 So, awarded in lien of tithes, in 
n 3 l£ai ;:s of Bristol is patron, and the Rev J. A. Smith, 
M.A., is the incumt eat In 1591, A xdrt : Barfooi left for the poor 
of Shotley two orchards and about 5a. of land, now let ::r i'6. 6s. a 
year. The ehnxchwardenfi have £10 a which was riven to employ 
the interest in providing bread and wine ibr the :?.:: e :ent. Here 
is a Nation aJ School, attended by about 50 children. 



Garr id Joeepi stman 

Gibb George, car,: sntc : 

Kerridge John, blacksmith. 

Marsh John, p ax ish _ '. s i k .'; 

River- I : I --. : : :m miller 

Smith Rev James Allan M _-_. Ret 

S purling John . h La 2 l 

Stephens John, vict. Bristol Arms 

Webb Robei 

Wuson Jas. and Mrs., National school 

fae: j Broornley Pvobert | 

Alderton Fisher, Croxson Wm. 
and maltster ' Hare Joseph 



MarirhatH . ' — ----■--- mBt 

Markhnm Gee HadveH Fredk. 

Ruretf 7:1:: Palmei ^fairmfi 

Ruffles 3. /: ert Wright John 

: - 1 iriiii - I shofkkee . 

Sturgeon John. Cooper Thomas 
Gibbs Rob ere 
Mudd Edward 
Post-office at Benj. Garrod's. Letters 
via Ipswich 

lkhs :: I Im Holden 

and Wm. Jaekaman. Tuesday, Wed- 



228 



SAMFOED HUNDRED. 



SPROUGHTON, a pleasant village, with several neat houses on 
the west bank of the river Gipping, 2\ miles W. by N. of Ipswich, 
and a mile from Bramford Station, has in its parish 580 souls, and 
2393 acres of light but fertile land. The Charity Farm and part of 
the house and farm of Gusford Hall are in the borough of Ipswich. 
(See page 80.) The manor and advowson were held by the Feltons, 
and passed with Shotley to the family of the Marquis of Bristol; 
hut the soil belongs to Sir Fitz-Eoy Kelly, Colonel Phillipps, Robert 
Burrell, Esq., J. Josselyn, Esq., and a few smaller owners. The 
CHAUNTEY, nearly 2 miles W. of Ipswich, is the beautiful seat of 
Sir Fitz-Roy Kelly, Kt., M.P., and had its name from the estate 
being part of the property given by Edw. Daundy, for the endowment 
of a chantry in St. Lawrence's Church, Ipswich. The house was 
erected in the early part of last century by Edward Yentriss, Esq.> 
of whose heirs it was purchased by Sir J. Barker, whose son, the 
late Sir John Fytch Barker, Baronet, resided here. It passed in 1836 1 
to its late proprietor, Chas. Lillingston, Esq., who greatly improved 
the mansion and the extensive grounds by which it is surrounded ; 
hut he sold the estate in 1852 to its present owner, who during the 
last two years has expended large sums in improving the house and 
grounds, and in the erection of an elegant Lodge and Entrance 
Gates on the Sproughton road. The mansion is in the Italian 
style, and has a profusion of ballustrades, vases, cornices, &c, well 
executed in cement. It stands on an eminence, commanding line 
views of Ipswich, the vale of the Gipping, and the surrounding 
country, and encompassed by green slopes, luxuriant shrubberieSj, 
&c. In the grounds is a fine lake, called Beech Water, formed about 
15 years ago and covering several acres. Sir Fitz-Roy Kelly, Kt. 9 
who now owns and resides at this beautiful seat, is one of the par- 
liamentary representatives for the Eastern Division of Suffolk. He 
is a highly distinguished barrister, and was solicitor-general in 1845> 
and '6, and again in 1852. He was knighted in 1845. Stone 
Lodge estate belongs to Eobt. Burrell, Esq. Sproughton Church 
(All Saints,) is an ancient structure, with several interesting monu- 
ments, and a tower and five bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
^20. 18s. 6d., and in 1835 at ^519, is in the patronage of the Mar^ 
quis of Bristol, and incumbency of the Eev. H. J. Hasted, M.A. 
In 1836, the tithes were commuted for a yearly rent-charge of i;510<, 
free from poor rates. In 1618, Elizabeth Bull left a double cottage 
here for the residence of two poor widows. For a distribution of 
"bread, the poor of Sproughton have a yearly rent-charge of 26s. out 
of a field at Whitton, left by an unknown donor. Here is a hand- 
some Parochial School, built in 1851 of black flint, with red brick 
dressings. It cost £280, and the first stone was laid by the Bishop 
of Norwich. 



Bagley John, blacksmith 

Beckett Nathan, carpenter and cooper 

Brame Enos, shopkeeper 

Brown Thomas, sexton 

Collins Eochester, bricklayer 

Crickmore Samuel, parish clerk 

Daldry Harriet, yiet, Wild Mftjj 



Dashwood Capt. George, Stone Lodge 
Garnham Ephraim, shopr. & shoemkr 
Goddard Francis, farm bailiff 
Hasted Bev Hy. Jas., M.A., Bectory 
Josselyn John, Esq 
Kelly Sir Fitz-Roy, Knight, M.P^ 
The Chauntn* 



SPROUGHTON PARISH. 229 

Knights Air Hy. ; Sproughton Cottage FARMERS. 

Knights Elizabeth, schoolmistress ! Ashford Robert. Charity Farm 

Last Thomas, hurdle maker 

Keeve Henry, corn mert. and miller 

Parker Henry, schoolmaster 

Smith John & Wm, wheelgts. & joiners 



Haward Thomas, Sproughton Villa 
Leach Arthur, Sproughton Hall 
Ranson John, Spring Vale 
Ranson George, Poplar House 



Whight Geo. boot and shoe maker ; "Ward John Thos., Sproughton Grove- 

"Weight James Fenn, carpenter Waspe Wm. Bonner, Gusford Hall 

Woodward Rev Thomas, New House Post from Ipswich 

Trains from Bramford Station 

STRATFORD ST. MARY is a pleasant and well-built Tillage 
on the north bank of the river Stour, 7 miles N. of Colchester ; 4 
miles from Manningtree and Ardleigh Stations, and 10 miles S.W. 
of Ipswich. Its parish has 673 souls ; 1432a. 1r. 26p. of fertile and 
well-wooded land; several handsome houses and good inns and 
shops; and a large corn mill on the Stour, worked partly by steam* 
It is separated from Essex by the Stour. Wm. de la Pole, in the 
7th of Eichard II., obtained a special charter for a court leet here, 
and also for a market every Thursday, and a fair on the eve y 
day, and morrow of the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr. The 
market has long been obsolete, but a fair for pedlery and pleasure is 
still held here on the 22nd of June. On an acclivity, a quarter of a 
mile SAY. of the village, overlooking the river Stour, are traces of 
an encampment, supposed by some antiquarians to be the Eoman 
station Ad Ansam, which Mr. Talbot places at Cattawacle Bridges, 
four miles below, where the river makes a small island. The parish 
is in two manors, viz., Vesseys, of which Sir J. E. Eowley is lord, and 
Spanbies-Sidyard, of which W. J. Deane, Esq., is lord; but the soil 
is mostly freehold, and the principal proprietors are Corpus Christi 
College, Cambridge ; Sir Eichard Hughes, Mr. Henry Eirmin, the 
Eev. T. Reeve, and the Back, Partridge, and a few other families. 
The Church (St. Mary,) is a handsome structure in the decorated 
style, with a tower containing five bells. The north aisle appears 
to have been built about 1500, and the porch about 1526. In the 
windows are some fragments of ancient stained glass ; and on the 
water table, now partly overgrown with moss, are inscribed the 
names of Edward and Thomas Mors and their wives, who were bene- 
factors to the edifice in the 15th century. The church has lately 
been repaired, partly re-seated, and a handsome stained glass win- 
dow inserted. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £'13, has 19a. 2r. 19p, 
of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £'325, awarded in 1839, in lieu 
of tithes. The Queen, as Duchess of Lancaster, is patroness, and 
the Rev. H. Golding, B.A., incumbent. The Church Estate com- 
prises two tenements and an acre of land, let for £l . 10s. a year, 
The Poof s Land, given by unknown donors, comprises two acres in 
Stour and Mill Meadows, let for £-1. 13s. a year, which is divided 
among the poor to assist them in buying coals. In 1735, £114, 
benefaction money, was laid out in the purchase of a house, yard, 
garden, and 2a. of land, which were conveyed to the churchwardens 
and overseers for finding linen cloth for the poor. These premises 
were let in 1777, on a lease, for 99 years, at the annual rent of £b, 
15s. 6d. The poor parishioners have also £2. 4s. yearly from 



•230 



STRATFORD ST. MARY. 



Whites Charity, noticed with East Bergholt. A customary payment 
of 5s. a year, out of a close belonging to Mr. Partridge, is earned to 
the overseers' accounts. In 1731, Robert Clarke left a yearly rent- 
charge of £b out of his lands here, for the education of six poor 
children. Three others are taught reading and wilting, under the 
charities of Lettice Dykes, (see East BergholtJ and Win. Little- 
bury, one of the benefactors of Dedham school, in Essex, on the 
opposite bank of the Stour. There is an Odd Fellows' Lodge, with 
about 100 members, at the Swan Inn. The Post Office is at Wm. 
Gray's. Letters via Colchester. 



Atkinson Robert, butcher 

Back Alfred and Octavius, corn rnerts. 

millers, and maltsters 
Baines Moses, drill and cart owner 
Barber Frederick, vict. Swan Inn 
Barber James and Wm. builders, &c 
Boore Charles, bricklayer 
Cook E. J. and G-. K. auctioneers and 

estate agents and valuers 
Cook Edw. John ; h Churchgate House 
Cook Geo. Keningale ; h Verandah Cotg 
Cross Henry, vict. Anchor 
Culpeck James, glover. &e 
Ellis J as. plumber and glazier 
Firmin Harcouri, gentleman 
Godfrey Eliz. horse, gig, &c. letter 
Golding Bev Henry, B.A., Bectory 
Goldsmith Eliza, dressmaker 
Grimwade Samuel, baker 
Groom Thos. plumber, painter, &c 
Hardy Caroline, schoolmistress 
Hollick Mrs E. Patrick Geo. clerk 
Josselyn James, estate agent 
Kerridge Packard, vict. King's Head 
Lee Samuel, coachmaker 
Mann Mary, schoolmistress 
31ixer John, baker £ regr. of marriages 
Oetzman Chas. schoolr. & par. clerk 



Pettit Daniel, blacksmith 
Phillips Mrs Mary and Mis Eliz. 
Potter James, collar and harness mkr 
BansonMrGeo. Proby Miss Mary 
Banson Thomas, fireman and sweep 
Sallows Wm. gent Scruby Mr John 
Shales Anthony, vict. Black Horse 
Spurgeon Charles, surgeon 
Stewart (Wm.) & Akers (John.) iron 

and brass founders 
Strutt Wm. birchbroorn maker 

eeb& Chisnall Henry 

Hicks AtT.Dearne. Hill John 



Hiil Farm 
Hicks Hy., Hail 
Partridge John 
lis James 
Smith Geo. Dixon 
Saver Ed. Marvin 
Wren John 

GARDENERS. 

Herbert Jacob 
Morris James 
Xickells Joseph 
Stopher Joseph 
Stopher John 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Bo well Robert 



Waynforth Wm. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Cole Ji 

Gray W 
Waller Samuel 

TAILORS. 

Waynforth Fisher 
White Frederick 
Carriees to Col- 
ir 6: Ipswich 
Peck John 
Spooner J. 
Tax to Ardleigh. 

Station daily from 

Swan Inn 



STUTTON is a picturesque Tillage and parish, on the north side 
of the broad estuary of the Stour, lh miles S. of Ipswich, and W. 
by N. of Harwich, and 4 miles E. by X. of Manningtree. It con- 
tains 455 souls, and 2138a. 3r. 32p. of freehold land, belonging to 
T. B. Western, Esq., John Tollemache, Esq., John Page Keade, 
Esq., Mrs. O'Malley, Bev. T. Mills, and the Baker, Hall, Whitbread, 
and some other families. Stutton Hall, now a farm house belong- 
ing to J. Tollemache, Esq., is in the Elizabethan style, and is said 
to have been built by Sir Edmund Jenny. Crow Hall, a large 
mansion with pleasant grounds, is the seat of J. P. Eeade. Esq.. and 
was built by one of the Latimers in 1605, but has since undergone 
many alterations and improvements. It is in the Tudor style, and 
has a large drawing-room finished in the florid style of Henry 
Seventh's Chapel, in Westminster Abbey. It overlooks the Stour, 
and commands a view of Harwich harbour and the ocean. C rep- 
lying Hall, now occupied by a fanner, was a seat of the Wingfields, 



STUTTON. (SAMFOKD HUNDRED. 



231 



and previously belonged to Colne priory, in Essex. The Church, 
(St. Peter,) is a neat structure, with a tower and five bells, and has 
several handsome monuments, two of which, belonging to the Jermy 
family, have kneeling effigies. In 1848-9, the nave and chancel 
were thoroughly repaired and newly seated. A south porch was 
also erected, and five of the windows enriched with stained glass. 
The rectory, valued in K. B. at J12. 7s. 6d., and in 1835 at .£550, 
is in the patronage and incumbency of the Kev. Thomas Mills, M.A., 
who erected a Free School here in 1838, and has a pleasant Rectory 
House, commanding beautiful views over Holbrook Bay and the 
estuary of the Stour. In the grounds is the largest cypress tree in 
the kingdom ; and also a cedar, 1 6 feet 8 inches in girth. The glebe 
is 51 acres, and the tithes were commuted in 1845 for <£615. 7s. 3d. 
per annum. The Wesley an Chapel here was built in 1840. The 
Post Office is at Isaac Webb's. Letters via Ipswich. 



Aldred Jas. shoemaker & shopkeeper 
Aldred Timothy, parish clerk 
Allsop Thomas, butcher and farmer 
Ashford Chas. grocer & draper, & Ips. 
Baker Eev George, B.A. 
Balls Fredk. carpenter and beerhouse 
Bunnett Francis S. carpenter, &c. 
Chambers Julia, schoolmistress 
Chisnall Charles, wheelwright 
Clarke Mr Gideon 
Cowles Robert, gardener 
Dale Nathl. basket maker & victualler. 

King's Head 
Haste Wm. blacksmith 
Hines James, shoemaker 
Juby Frederick, shopman 
Margetson George, postman 
Marshall John, blacksmith 



Mills Kev Ths. M, A., rector, & chaplain 

in ordinary to her Majesty, Rectory 
Mullett Edward, farm bailiff 
Eeade John Page, Esq., Crow Hall 
Sadler Cphr. Spanton, corn miller 
Webb Isaac, shopkeeper, Post-office 
Wolton Wm. butcher 

FARMERS. 
Aylward John, Argent's Mill Manor 
Boby Charles, Alton hall 
Brampton John, Church Farm 
Button Elizabeth and Bebecca 
Catt Joseph, Queecli Farm 
Packard Daniel, Crepping Dall 
Stanford George, Stutton Hall 
Watkins Joseph, estate agent, Vale 
Caeeiee, Wm. Askew to Ipswich, Tues- 
days and Saturdays 



TATTINGSTONE, a village and parish on the banks of a 
rivulet, 5J miles S.S.W. of Ipswich, and 2 miles S.E. of Bentley 
station, contains 1637a. 3r. 1p. of land, and had 597 inhabitants 
In 1851, including 171 in Samford Union Workhouse, which is 
situated here, as already noticed at page 211. Thomas Burch 
Western, Esq., is lord of the manor, and owner of most of the soil. 
He now resides at Felix Hall, near Kelvedon, in Essex, but was 
formerly seated at Tattingstone Place, a large neat mansion, with a 
well-wooded park and extensive fish ponds. It is now occupied by 
H. Eodwell, Esq., and was anciently a seat of the Beaumonts, but 
was purchased about the middle of the last century by Thomas 
White, Esq., who rebuilt it, and erected near it an ornamental 
building in the form of a church, commonly called " Tattingstone 
Wonder." Here is a Free School, built in 1841 at the cost of <£205, 
part of which was given by the Diocesan Societv, and the remain- 
der by the rector and T. B. Western, Esq. It is "supported by sub- 
scription. A house of four tenements is appropriated to the use of 
four poor families ; a cottage and an acre of land to the use of the 
parish elerk; and an adjoining cottage to the use of the sexton, but 



232 



TATTINGSTONE PARISH. 



the donors are unknown. The Church (St. Mary) is a neat struc- 
ture, with a tower and five bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. a* 
£6. 13. 4d., and now at £-414, is in the gift of Charles Elliott, Esq., 
and incumbency of the Bev. C. B. Elliott, M.A., who has a good 
residence, 39a. 14p. of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of £402 
awarded in 1837, in lieu of tithes. The Wesley ans have a chapel 
here, erected in 1800, and rebuilt in 1842. In the 10th of Edward 
IV., here was a free chapel belonging to the Earl of Oxford. The 
Post Office is at Wm. Payne's. Letters via Ipswich. 
Balls Charles, joiner arid builder 
Burch Geo. smith & vict. White Horse 
Carter Susan, workhouse schoohnrs 
Elliott Eev. Charles Boileau, M.A. and 

F.E.S. Rectory 
Pulcher James, bricklayer 
Garnhani Nathaniel wheelwright 
Harris Harman & Mrs, master & ma- 
tron, Samford Union Workhouse 
Hawes Joseph, shoemaker 
Hunt John, gardener 
Johnson Robert, porter, Workhouse 
Johnson Wm. blacksmith 
Marks Chas. workhouse schoolmaster 



Marrett Eev Clement Augustus, B.A» 

curate 
Payne Wm. parish clerk & postmaster 
Pinner James, beerhouse & shopkpr 
Pratt Jonathan, carpenter 
Eodwell Hunter, Esq., Tattingstone 

Place 
Sage Edward, shopkeeper 
Scott John, gamekeeper 
Tyrrell Samuel, shopr. and shoemaker 

FARMERS. 
Clarke Thomas Cooper, Hall 
Xorman Harriet Eist David 
Eist Isaac Waller Frederick 



WASHBROOK, a village and parish, 3% m. W. by S. of Ipswich, 
lies in the vale of a rivulet, from which it has its name, on and near 
the London road. Some of its houses adjoin and form part of Cop- 
dock village. It contains 514 inhabitants, and 1414a 1b. 1p. of land, 
of which 229 acres are copyhold. The Eev. J. T. H. Tooke owns 
about 450 acres, and is lord of the manor, and the rest belongs to 
J, Josselyn, Esq., Mrs. Syer. J. Barker, Esq., and a few smaller 
owners. Amor House, now occupied by a farmer, with a smaller 
manor attached to it, was appropriated to the abbey of Albemarle, 
in Normandy, and afterwards to Dartford nunnery in Kent ; but was 
granted at the dissolution to Sir Perceval Hart, Kt. On the same 
estate was a church called Felchurch or Velechurch, of which no 
traces now remain, The parish Church (St. Mary) is a neat struc- 
ture, in a secluded part of the valley, and is a vicarage valued in 
K.B. at <£S. 6. 8d., and endowed with all the tithes, except the great 
tithes of the copyhold land, for which a yearly modus of £52 is paid 
to Lord Walsingham, the patron of the vicarage, which is consoli- 
dated with the rectory of Copdoek. (See page 219.) The tithes of 
Washbrook have been commuted for a yearly rent charge of 
<£224. 10s. The Baptists have a small chapel here. 



Bishop Eobert, parish clerk 

Cant Wm. baker and flour dealer 

Cattermull Jonathan, police officer 

Edwards George, bricklayer 

Hay ward Edward, provision dealer 

Kerridge Danl. relieving officer & regr 

Lambert John, shoemaker 

Minter Wm. brewer, maltster, and vict. 

Swan 
Nunn Samuel, shopkeeper 
Baw John, gent,, Washbrook Grove 



Twaites John, shopkeeper 
Watcham John, painter & glazier 
Whight Thomas, joiner, &c. 

FAEMEES. 
Cotton Herbert, Amor Hall 
Dakin John ; Daking Mercy 
Game John, Birch House 
Gentry James || Trent Wm. 
Martin James Darby, Rookery 

Post and Carbiebs, see Copdoek 



SAMFORD HUNDRED. 233 

WENHAM (GEE AT) is a parish of scattered houses, from four 
to rive miles S.E. of Hadleigh, eight miles S.W. of Ipswich, and 
about two miles from Capel aud Kay don stations. It has 269 souls, 
and 1107a. 3e. 35p. of land, mostly a strong clay. Kirby calls it 
Wenham Magna, or Burnt Wenham. The manor and advowson 
were anciently held by the Vaux family, and were appropriated to 
Leigh priory in Essex, but granted in the 28th of Henry YIII. to 
K. Cavendish. J. F. Kobinson, Esq., is lord of the manor; but 
most of the soil belongs to Sir Jph. Bailey, J. Ansell, W. Golding, 
and several smaller owners. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
£8. 13s. 4d., has 16a. of glebe, (mostly in other parishes,) and a 
yearly rent-charge of <£'275, awarded in 1843 in lieu of tithes. The- 
Eishop of Norwich is patron, and the Kev. D. C. Whalley incum- 
bent. The Church (St. John) is a neat structure of early English 
architecture, with a tower, now containing three, but formerly having 
four bells. It is supposed to have been built in the 13th century, 
and was repaired and improved in 1842, when a new porch and 
vestry were built, and three windows in the church were re-opened, 
In the north aisle are some remains of a rood stair-case, and the 
lower part of a screen, and in the wall is a niche, supposed to have 
been a chrismatory. The piscina and drain are in good preserva- 
tion, and in the north wall is a singular opening, supposed to have 
been used for viewing the burning of the lights at the altar during 
Easter. A sword, helmet, and banners, formerly belonging to the 
East family, hang in the church ; and on the floor is a slab in 
memory of Gilbert East, dated 176S. In the church tower is an 
electric clock, which was erected about seven years ago, and is kept 
in motion by a current of electricity, supplied by the oxydising of 
zinc plates buried in the churchyard. It goes well, and does not 
require winding up like other clocks. 



Ansell Jph. farmer, and Mr Robert 
Beaumont Emily, schoolmistress 
Cole Abm. beerhs., and Saml. shopkpr 
Goddard Wm. & Yince Thos. farmers 



Golding Wm. gent. Wenham HillHs. 
Eist Eobt. land agent, and agent to Sun 

fire office, Priory 
Whalley Eev Danl, Constable, .Rectory 



WENHAM (LITTLE,) a small parish, lies east of Great Wen- 
ham, 6} miles S.W. by W. of Ipswich, and about half a mile from 
Capel Station. It has only 72 inhabitants, and about 930a. of land, 
belonging to Jph. Ansell, Esq., lord of the manor, and the Havens,. 
Turner, Harvey, and Leach families. Wenham Hall was anciently 
the seat of the Brewses, and afterwards of the Thurstons, but is now 
a farm house. It is still encompassed by a moat. Near it is a 
building with massive walls, dated 1569, and supposed to have been 
used as a chapel, The Church is a neat building, with a tower at 
the west end ; and among its monuments is one to Joseph Thurston, 
Esq., who died in 1732, and is supposed to have been the last of 
his family who occupied the hall. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
<£5. 8s ll^d., has been consolidated with that of Capel St. Mary* 
since 1787, as noticed at page 217. 

Ablewbite Wm. farmer, Grove Chaplin Samuel, parish clerk 

Allen Geo. farmer, Wenham Hall Giles Eobert, farmer 

Cooper Wm. Edw. farmer, Lodge Lawrence John, blacksmith 



234 SAMFORD HUNDRED. 

WHERSTEAD, a village and parish on the western side of the 
Tale of the Orwell, £| miles S. of Ipswich, has 238 inhabitants, and 
2019a. 2r. 28p. of fertile land, belonging to Lady Harland, Robert 
Burrell, Esq., and a few smaller owners. Lady Harland is lady of 
the manor and impropriator of the rectory. She is the relict of the 
late Sir Robert Harland, (see Nacton,) and resides at Wherstead 
Park, which has a handsome mansion, and delightful grounds 
descending in verdant slopes to the Orwell estuary. Gilbert de 
Beymes had this lordship in King John's time ; and in the 1st of 
Edward IV., it was granted to Sir John Howard, as part of the for- 
feited estates of John, Earl of Wiltshire. It afterwards passed to 
the famous Lord Chief Justice Coke, who often resided here. The 
Church (St. Mary) has a tower and three bells, and stands on an 
eminence, sheltered with trees, and commanding a fine view of the 
river Orwell. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £b. 6s. 8d., and now 
at <£153, is in the pntronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incum- 
bency of the Rev. F. B. Zincke, B.A., who has a good residence, 
and 18a. 37p. of glebe. In 1840, the vicarial tithes were commuted 
for £'158. 12s. 6 d., and the rectorial for £405. 8s. per annum. Post 
from Ipswich. 



Harland. Lady, Wlierstead Park 

Addison Daniel, parish clerk 

Baxter Enos Page, vict. Ostrich Inn 

Bradbrook Thos. woodman 

Calver Edward, carpenter 

Heigham Geo, Thos., Esq., The Grove 

Page Joseph, gardener 

Wilsmore Jph., blacksmith, Post-office 



Zincke Rev. F. Barbara, B.A.. vicar 

FARMERS. 
Frost Charles, Pannington Hall 
Eawes John, (bailiff,) Hall 
Sexton George, Thorrington Hall 
Sexton Robert, Bourn Hall 
Schreiber Capt. Charles, Blue Gates 



WOOLVEBSTONE, on the south-western hank of the estuary of 
the river Orwell, four miles S. by E. of Ipswich, is a pleasant vil- 
lage and fertile parish, containing 241 souls, and 551a. 2r. 39p. of 
land. John Berners, Esq., is lord of the manor, owner of nearly 
all the soil, and resides at Woolverstone Hall, a large and elegant 
mansion, in a beautiful park of more than 400 acres, well clothed 
with wood, and stocked with spotted deer ; and descending to the 
margin of the Orwell estuary, opposite another beautiful seat, called 
Orwell Park. The present hall was erected in 1776, by the late 
Wm. Berners, Esq., proprietor of the stately street in London, called 
after his name. It is built of Woolpit brick, with stone dressings, 
&c, and has a pediment in the centre of the principal front, supported 
by four Ionic columns, The wings are connected with the centre 
by colonnades. The bow front next the river commands the most 
pleasing views of the water and the opposite shore of Xacton, 
through the trees which embellish the park. The apartments are 
fitted up with great taste, and contain a fine collection of pictures. 
The stables form an ornamental building on the site of the old hall. 
At some distance from the house, in the park, stands a square obe- 
lisk of freestone, 96 feet high, with an ascent in the interior to the 
top, which is surmounted by a globe, encircled with rays. As the 
inscription upon it records, this pleasing object was erected, in 1793, 
by the late Chas. Berners, Esq., in memory of his father, Wm. 



WOOLVERSTONE PARISH. 235 

'Berners, Esq., who died in 1783. This estate, early in the last cen- 
tury, belonged to Mr. Tyson, who became a bankrupt in 1720, when 
John Ward, Esq., of Hackney, claimed it in right of a mortgage. 
The matter was brought before the Court of Chancery, and for up- 
wards of half a century the cause remained undecided. At length, 
about 1773, the property was ordered to be sold, and was purchased 
by the great grandfather of the present proprietor for ^'14,000. The 
Church (St. Michael) is a neat structure, in the park, and has a 
north aisle, which was added to it in 1832. The rectory, valued in 
3LB. at £b. 8s. 7d., is consolidated with that of Erwarton, as noticed 
at page .220. Post via Ipswich. 



Berners John, Esq., Woolverstone Hall 
Borekam Mary, post office 
Bree Bev Herbert, curate 
Dale Samuel, farmer 
Gibbs Robert, shopkeeper 



Houliston Wm. gardener 
Packard Alfred, farmer, Ralph's House 
Rogers Wm. thrashing machine owner 
Toveli Daniel, carpenter 



COLNEIS HUNDRED 

Is in the Deanery to which it gives name, in the Archdeaconry of 
Suffolk, and in Wooclbridge Union. It is one of the smallest divisions 
of Suffolk, being only from four to five miles in breadth, but extend- 
ing about ten miles S.E. from the liberty of Ipswich, along the north 
east bank of the river Orwell, to the ocean, where it terminates in 
the cliffs of Felixstow, Walton, and Landguard Fort. It is bounded 
on the east by the river Deben, and on the north by Carlford Hun- 
dred; and comprises 4812 inhabitants, and about 20,000 acres of 
land, mostly a sandy but fertile loam, encompassed on three sides 
by the tides of the Ocean, the Orwell, and the Debem Exclusive 
of several small extra -parochial places, it is divided into ten parishes, 
of which the following is an enumeration, shewing their territorial 
extent, and their population in 1851, Mr. Geo. Gobbold, of Trimley 
St. Martin, is the high constable. 
Paeishes. Pop. Acres. 

Bucklesham 318 1822 

Falkenham 271 1 958 

Felixstow* 691 2823 

Hemley 63 816 

Kirton 516 1898 

Levington 211 1098 

Nacton ; 810 2383 

* Felixstow included 110 persons in Landguard Fort, and Nation return in- 
cluded 231 in Woodbridge Union Workhouse. 

+ Stratton Hall farm is extra parochial. 

WOODBRIDGE UNION is all in Woodbridge County Court District, and 
extends over an area of 82,195 acres, divided into 16 parishes, which had 15,267 
inhabitants in 1801, and 23,776 in 1851, consisting of 11,838 males and 11,938 
females, living in 4803 houses, besides which there were 112 uninhabited houses 
and 26 building in the Union when the census was taken. The Workhouse is 
at Nation, eight miles S. W. of Woodbridge, and was built in 1756, at the cost of 
£4800 as a House of Industry for the paupers of the 28 parishes of Colneis and 
Carlford Hundreds, which were incorporated for the maintenance of their poor by 
an Act of Parliament passed in the 29th Geo. II. In forming Woodbridge Union, 
in 1835, the New Poor Law Commissioners added to these 26 parishes, Wood- 



Paeishes. Pop. Acres. 

Trimley St. Martin .... 574 2338 

Stratton Hallt 6 1434 

Trimley St. Mary 395 2208 

Walton 897 1988 



Total. 4S12 20/ 



236 



WOODBRIDGE HUNDRED. 



bridge and Charsfield in Loes Hundred, and 16 of the 17 parishes in Wilford 
Hundred. The Guardians meet at the Board Room in Woodbridge every Wed- 
nesday, at 10 o'clock. Four guardians are elected yearly for Woodbridge parish, 
and one for each of the other 45 parishes. About 33 resident magistrates are- 
ex-ofncio guardians. The total average annual expenditure of the 46 parishes 
during the three years before the formation of the Union, was ^£J 9,493, but in 
1838 it was reduced to £'13,060; in 1843, to £9862 ; and in 1851, to ±'8879. Owing 
to the high price of provisions, the expenditure of the Union for the half year 
ending Lady day, 1854, was about ^7500, including £2117 for salaries of officers 
and other common charges; £3867 for out-door relief; £355 for county and 
police rates, and £286 for maintenance of lunatics in asylums. The Workhouse 
has room for about 350 inmates, but has seldom more than 250. F. G. Doughty, 
Esq., is chairman of the Board of Guardians. Mr. Benj. Moulton, of Wood- 
bridge, is the Union Clerk and Superintendent Registrar; Mr. Wm. Jno. Andrews, 
of Woodbridge, is Registrar of Marriages ; and Mr. John Dallenger, is inspector 
of nuisances. The Relieving Officers are Mr. Thomas Lucock, of Woodbridge, 
for Woodbridge and Wilford District; Mr. Hy. Wright, of Little Bealings, for Carl- 
ford District, and Mr. Thos. Miles, of Trimley St. Mary, for Colneis District. The 
Workhouse Officers are Mr. Jno. and Mrs. Parker, master and matron ; the Rev. 
Isaac Hill, of Felixstow, chaplain ; Wm. Thorpe and Emma Spalding, school- 
master and mistress ; and James Robinson, porter. The Union is divided into 
nine medical districts, and one of the nine surgeons, (G. W. Tailer, of Buckles- 
ham,) is the W T orkhouse surgeon. The Registrars of Births and Deaths 
are Mr. Thomas Miles, of Trimley, for Colneis District ; Mr. Henry Wright, of 
Little Bealings, for Carlford District; Mr. James Lucock, for Woodbridge and 
Wilford District ; and Mr. Isaac Kent, of Dallinghoo, for Woodbridge Out Dis- 
trict. The following list of the parishes in these four districts shews their popu- 
lation in 1851 : — 



Carlford District. 

Tuddenham 425 

Culpho 63 

Witnesham 575 

Otley 616 

Clopton 390 

Burgh 296 

Grundisburgh .... 801 

Hasketon 503 

Great Bealings .... 377 
Little Bealings .... 315 

Playford 260 

Rushmere 424 

Wicks Ufford, ham. 254 

Kesgrave 86 

Colneis District. 

Brightwell 73 

Foxhall 176 



Bucklesham 318 

Nacton 810 

Levington 241 

Trimley St. Martin.. 574 

Stratton Hall 6 

Trimley St. Mary . . 394 

Walton 897 

Felixstow 691 

Falkenham 271 

Kirton 546 

Hemley 63 

Newboum 221 

Waldringfield 169 

Martlesham 477 

Woodbridge & Wilford 

District. 

Sutton 732 



Ramsholt 203 

Bawdsey 478 

Alderton 630 

Hollesley 578 

Boyton 320 

Capel St. Andrew .. 202 

Woodbridge 5161 

Woodbridge — Out Distct 

Bromeswell 226 

Melton* 1039 

Ufford 725 

Bredfield 462 

Boulge 39 

Debach 104 

Charsfield 511 

Dallinghoo 385 

Pettistree 297 



Shottisham 372 

Total population.. 23,776 
* Wicks Ufford is a hamlet in Rushmere parish, but in the borough of Ipswich. 
+ Melton included 269 in Suffolk County Lunatic Asylum, which was formerly 
a House of Industry for Loes and Wilford hundreds. 



BUCKLESHAM, a village 5 miles E.S.E. of Ipswich, has in its 
parish 318 souls, and 1822 acres of land, including 53 acres of wood- 
land and 41 acres of heath. It was anciently called Bulechanip, 
and was the demesne of Wm. de Kerdeston in the reign of Edward 
III. Miss Cartwright is now lady of the manor of Bucklesham, hut 
the hamlet of Kembroke, 1\ mile S.E. of the village, is a manor be- 
longing to Sir P. Y. Broke, Bart. ; and a great part of the parish he- 
longs to G. Tomline, Esq., C. Walford, Esq., and several smaller 



BUCKLESHAM .(COLNEIS HUNDRED.) 



237 



owners. In the crag pits here many curious petrifactions are found. 
The Church (St. Mary,) is a small antique fabric, which was re- 
pewed in 1842. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. 
at £9. Is. 7d., and now at <£566, in the patronage and incumbency 
ef the Rev. Ellis WaJford, M.A., of Dallinghoo. The tithes are com- 
muted for J524 per annum. The school was built about six years 
ago, on land given by the rector, and is endowed- with <£2. 18s. 3d. 
per annum, left by the late Rev. John Cartwright. Foot Post to 
Nacton ; letters via Ipswich. 



Ablitt Win. shoemaker 

Bennett John, vict. Shannon, Post off. 

Daniel Joseph, corn miller 

Goult Win. blacksmith 

Hoste Rev Geo. Chas., M.A. curate of 

Buckle sham, and vicar of Bar wick, 

Rectory 
Beece Simon, shopkeeper 
Steel John, farrier 



Tailer Geo. Washington, surgeon 
Ward John, blacksmith 



FARMERS. 

Cooper Benjn. 
Curtis Jas., Grove 
Daniel Win., Hall 
Dawson Joseph 
Mavhew 



Everitt Samuel 
Garrod Henry 
Kirby Wm. 
Palmer Joseph 
Reeve Wm. 



EALKEXHAM, a scattered village, about a mile west of the 
river Deben, nearly ten miles E.S.E. of Ipswich, and seven miles 
S. of \Yoodbridge, has in its parish 271 souls, about 200 acres of 
water, and 1550 acres of land, partly in rich marshes, extending 
southward to Kings Fleet, a large sheet of water, stretching eastward 
from Trimley to the Deben, and serving as a drain for the low lands 
in this neighbourhood. The Duke of Hamilton is lord of the manor, 
but a great part of the soil (both freehold and copyhold) belongs to 
Chas. Austin, Thos. Dains, and John Oilman, Esqrs., and a few 
smaller owners. The Church (St. Ethelbert) is a discharged vicarage, 
endowed with all the tithes except those of barley, which were ap- 
propriated to the priory of Dodnash, and now belong to the manor 
of Falkenbam-Dodnash. The benefice is valued in K.B. at £7, lis., 
but is now worth about £'350 per annum. The Crown is patron, 
and the Eev. Wm. Jackman, M.A,, incumbent. Here is an Inde- 
pendent Chapel, erected by Mr. T. Dains about twenty years ago, at 
the cost of £b00, and enlarged about ten years since, at the cost of 
-£200. In 1625, the Eev. John Webb left three copyhold cottages 
and 4a. 1r. of land for the relief of the poor of this parish, not re- 
ceiving parochial aid: and they are now let for £23. 10s. a year. 
Letters from Kirton, via Ipswich. 
Bl jck Samuel, shopkeeper 
Bioomneld John, parish clerk 
Colthorpe Wm. vict. Dog Inn 
Cooper Thos, blacksmith 
Dains Thomas, gentleman 
Fenton Danl. collar & harness maker 
Jackman Eev Wm., M.A., vicar, rural 

dean, & canon of Norwich, Vicarage 
May Mary, schoolmistress 



Osborne Francis, carrier 
Smith Thomas, joiner, &c 
Thompson Wm. carpenter 

FARMERS. 
Ansell Thos. || Parker Jonth. 
Ashwell Benjamin, Hall 
Fairhead John Dains Thomas 
Harper John || Sewell Frederick 



FELIXSTOW is a delightfully situated village and bathing place, 
en the sea coast, a little south of the mouth of the river Deben, 5 miles 
E.N.E. of Harwich, 12 miles S.E. by E. of Ipswich, and 10 miles S. 
by E. of Woodbridge. Its parish had 691 inhabitants in 1851, in- 



238 TELIXSTOW PARISH. 

eluding 110 in Landguard Fort. It includes about 900 acres of 
water, and 1900 acres of land, forming a narrow tract, terminating 
in bold cliffs on the sea shore, along which it extends nearly five 
miles, from the mouth of the estuary of the Orwell and Stour, to 
that-of the Deben, or Bawdsey Haven. It is said to have been called 
Felix-stow, from Felix, the Burgundian, who converted the East 
Anglians to Christianity, and became the first bishop of Dunwich, 
in 630. It has been conjectured that this saint landed, and for some 
time resided here, on his arrival in this country ; but the place was 
no doubt a part of the parish of Walton, and did not receive its pre- 
sent name till a Priory of Black Monks, dedicated to St. Felix, was 
founded here by Boger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, who gave it as a cell 
to the priory at Boehester, about a.d. 1105. He endowed it with the 
lands taken out of his manor of Walton, and it was afterwards called 
the manor of Felixstow Priory. It was one of the monasteries which 
Henry VIII. suppressed, and gave to Cardinal Wolsey, towards the 
endowment of his college at Ipswich, in 1 525, when it was valued at 
<£6. 16s. Id. per annum. It was granted in the 29th of Elizabeth to 
Thos. Seckford, and became annexed to Seckford Hall estate, in Beal- 
ings. No traces of the priory are now extant, though many carved 
stones, and " littled mitred images," are said to have been found 
upon its site about a century ago. Walton Castle stood in Felix- 
stow parish, upon the high cliff, nearly a mile south of the village, 
where its western foundations, about 1ST yards in length, were re- 
maining in 1 740, but were, some years afterwards, washed away by 
the ocean, which is slowly but constantly encroaching on this part of 
the coast. This castle occupied the site of a Roman fortification, sup- 
posed to have been built by Constantine the Great, when he withdrew 
his legion from the frontier towns in the east of Britain. Many Ro- 
man urns, rings, and coins, of the Vespasian and Antonine families ; 
of Severus and his successors, to Gordianthe Third ; and of Gallienus 
and his successors, to Arcadius and Honorius, have been found here, 
together with several dies that had been used for coining money. This 
was one of the castles of Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, which were 
destroyed in 1174, by order of Henry II., in consequence of that 
nobleman having joined the rebel princes, as already noticed at page 
55. The demolition of Walton Castle is said to have been so com- 
plete, that " to prevent its ever rising again, the stones of it were 
carried into all parts of Felixstow, Walton, and Trimley, and foot- 
paths were paved with them, on both sides of the roads." About a 
quarter of a mile west of Felixstow village, are the ruins of an exten- 
sive mansion, long known by the name of the Old Hall, and supposed 
to have been erected as the manor-house of Walton, after the destruc- 
tion of the castle. In this house, Edward III. lodged several nights, 
when on a visit to his manor of Walton, in 1339. (Seep. 56.) 
The ruins now standing are about 73 feet in length, and 32 in 
breadth, and vary from 6 to 24 feet in height. 

Landguard Fort, or Languard Fort, at the southern extremity 
of Felixstow parish, stands upon a narrow tongue of land, which 
projects into the ocean, at the mouth of the Orwell, opposite Har- 
wich, and forms the south eastern point of Suffolk. Camden, who 



FELIXSTOW PARISH. 239 

wrote before the first fort was erected here, says, that " the shore 
is very well defended by a vast ridge, called Langerston, which, for 
about two miles, lies ail along out of the sea, not without great dan- 
ger and terror to mariners. 'Tis, however, of use to fishermen for 
drying of their fish, and does in a manner fence the spacious har- 
bour of Orwell." Its name is a corruption of Langer Fort, and the 
tongue of land, on the point of which it stands, consists of a com- 
mon and marshes, which have been called Langer from time imme- 
morial, and are supposed to have been recovered from the ocean at 
some remote period, as it is evident that the estuary of the Orwell 
and Stour once extended about two miles more northward than it 
does now, to the cliffs of Walton and Felixstow. It is about two 
miles across the estuary from the fort to Harwich ; but the only safe 
entrance for shipping is by a deep but narrow channel on the 
Suffolk side, near the fort. The first fort had four bastions, called 
the King's, Queen's, Warwick's, and Holland's, and each mounting 
fifteen large guns. It was built about the beginning of the reign 
of Charles I., and its chapel was consecrated by the Bishop of Nor- 
wich, in 1628. It was demolished by order of parliament, and its 
site was converted into a burial ground, but is now partly washed 
away by the ocean. The present fort was erected in 1718, about a 
quarter of a mile further to the south, at the termination of the 
tongue of land, so that it is encompassed on three sides by the 
ocean, and on the north by a deep fosse, across which is a draw- 
bridge, opposite the entrance gate. Considerable labour and ex- 
pense were required in laying the foundations of the walls and 
batteries, upon which there are 23 guns of large calibre, and 19 
smaller pieces of cannon. During the late war, this fort had a 
numerous garrison, and the yearly salary paid to its governor was 
.£365, and that to the lieutenant-governor, £182. 10s. It has now 
only a lieutenant-governor (viz., Lieut. -Colonel Charles Augustus 
West,) and a resident garrison, consisting of four sergeants and 120 
men, supplied by the East Suffolk Militia Regiment, which is now 
formed into an Artillery Corps for the purpose of manning the forts 
and fortifications along the coast, whenever their services are re- 
quired. This regiment encamped here for a few weeks' training in 
1853 and 1854. About the year 1806, eight small towers, each 
mounting three guns, were erected on the coast near this fort, but 
three of them being undermined by the sea, were taken down in 
1826 and 1838. The Dutch, in 1667, landed 3000 men at the foot 
of Felixstow cliff, and marching under cover of some sandhills to- 
wards the fort, lodged themselves within musket-shot on two sides of 
it. After an hour's incessant firing with their small arms, they 
were put to flight by the discharge of two or three guns from a 
galliot lying off the shingle, which scattered the pebbles among 
them, and so alarmed them that they fled to then ships and left the 
coast. 

The Village or Felixstow has been much improved during 
the last 20 years, by the erection of many neat houses for the ac- 
commodation of visitors, and is now in high celebrity as a bathing 
place. It is situated more than three miles north of Landguard 



MO FELIXSTOW. (COLXEIS HUNDRED.) 

Fort, on the crown and side of a bold acclivity, commanding exten- 
sive views of the ocean and the shores of Suffolk and Essex, and 
descending to a beautiful beach, where some of the houses stand 
within a few yards of the high-water mark at spring tides. At the 
mouth of the Deben, or Bawdsey Haven, about a mile north of the 
village, is the hamlet of Felixstow Ferry. On the cliff, a little 
west of the village, is Felixstow Lodge, originally a fisherman's 
hut, which the taste of the eccentric Philip Thicknesse, when 
lieutenant-governor of Landguard Fort, converted into a charm- 
ing retreat, which is described at considerable length by Mrs. 
Thicknesse, in her Memoirs, but has since undergone many 
alterations. The arch which she mentions as being formed of 
huge stones in front of the cottage, has been removed, for the 
purpose of opening out a more extensive marine prospect from 
the terrace that winds round the edge of the cliff. This retreat is 
now a handsome mansion, with beautiful grounds, and is occu- 
pied by J. C. Cobbold, Esq., of Ipswich, but belongs to Sir Samuel 
Fludyer, Bart., whose grandfather was created a baronet in 1759. 
The spring tides now approach within about twenty yards of the 
house, though in 1800 its pleasure grounds extended more than 
200 yards between it and the beach. The late Sir Robert Harland, 
of Orwell Park, erected a handsome villa here for his occasional 
residence, in 1843. Mr. C. Meadows, of Ipswich, and other specu- 
lators, about 12 years ago, erected here neat houses and cottages, 
which are let to visitors during the bathing season. Felixstow 
House, a neat mansion, with pleasant grounds, is the residence of 
the Rev. J. R. Edgar, M.A. The Hotel was built by J. C. Cobbold, 
Esq., in 1839. Human bones have occasionally been washed up 
here by the tides; and, in 1828, an arm bone was found on the 
beach, with a gold bracelet upon it. As noticed with Bawdsey, 
the coast in this neighbourhood abounds in septaria, coprolite, and 
what is termed rough stone. There are hot and cold baths at the 
Fludyer' s Arms Inn, and on the beach are a number of bathing 
machines. Felixstow, except the small Priory manor, is in the 
manor of Walton -with-Trimley, of which the Duke of Hamilton 
is lord ; but the soil belongs to various freeholders and copyholders. 
The Church (St. Peter and St. Paul) is a small ancient structure, 
and is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £b. 9s. 7d., and united with 
Walton, in the same patronage, impropriation, and incumbency. — 
(See Walton.) The Poofs Estate, anciently left for the benefit of 
poor widows, is copyhold of the manor of Walton-with-Trimley, 
and consists of two cottages, a blacksmith's shop, a garden, and 
Ia. 3r. of laud, let for £'16. 19s. 6d. per annum, to which is added, 
a yearly rent charge of vs. out of the Town Piece. Mr. Chandler 
and others are trustees. 



FELIXSTOW DIRECTORY. 
Brumby Thomas, master gunner, Fort 
Coates John, lodgings, Martello place 
Cobbold J. C, Esq., Lodge (& Ipswich) 
Edgar Rev John Robert, M.A.., Felix- 
stow House 
Ellis Thomas, bathing machine owner 



Ensor Mr J. L. (and Ipswich J 
Gorham James, grocer and draper 
Hall Hannah, shopkeeper 
Hall Wm. boot and shoemaker 
Harland Lady, (and Wherstead) 
Newman Miss Elizabeth, boarding schl 
Rend Mrs Mary, High Row House 



FELIXSTOW DIRECTORY. 241 

Smith Edward, bathing machine owner] Fludyers' Arms, Wm. Smith, and baths 

Yalentine Rev James, c. and machine owner 

Watts Captain Wm. coprolite merchant [ Hotel. Edward Gee. (posting) 

Whayman Benjamin, blacksmith Queen Victoria, John Dowsing, and 

Farmers. shopkpr. coal mert. Sc coprolite agenfc 

Bugg Joseph, Laurel Tree \ White Horse, Geo. Hall, (shoemaker) 

Chandler John, Park farm j Post Office at Fludyers' Arms 

Cook James Gosling John I Mail Cart to Ipswich at 6§ morning 

Home Daniel Hyem Thomas I Coaches, &c, to Ipswich and Walton 

Lee Daniel || Pipe John Wroot daily (see page 144) 

Inns and Taverns. ! Carriers, Philip Fulcher and Daniel 
Canteen, Robert Kirkpatrick Courie, to Ipswich, daily ; & Wood- 
Ferry Boat, Robert Pasit'uli bridge, Thursday 



HEMLEY, a pleasant village on the west bank of the river 
Deben, b\ miles S. of Woodbridge, and 8 miles E.S.E. of Ipswich ; 
has in its parish only 63 souls, 75 acres of water, and about 750 
■acres of land. At Domesday survey it was called HemeJe, and was 
the Lordship of Odo de Campania. The soil now belongs to the 
Cooper, Porter. Eawe. and other families. The Church (All Saints) 
is a small antique structure, and the living is a discharged rectory, 
rained in K.B. at £4. 19s. Id., and now at ^£201, in the patronage 
of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. Richard B. 
Exton, B.A., who has greatly improved the Rectory House, and in- 
serted a painted window in the chancel. Wm. Wood is the clerk 
and sexton ; and the farmers are James Cooper, Wright Hunt, and 
Henry Pearl Cross, Hall. A Foot Post from Woodbridge. 



KXRTON, a pleasant village 9 miles E.S.E. of Ipswich, and 6 
miles S. of Woodbridge, has in its parish 546 souls, 85 acres of 
water, and 1*30 acres of land, including 23a. of wood, and extend- 
ing L| mile eastward to the river Deben and Kirton Sluice, where 
it has some rich salt marshes ; and nearly 1 mile X.W. to the ham- 
let of Kirton Brook-Green. It is in two manors, of which the Duke 
of Hamilton and the heirs of the late Rev. J. Cartwright are lords, 
but a great part of the soil belongs to the Goodchild, Hawkins, and 
Cook families, to Ipswich Charity Trustees, and several smaller 
owners. The Church (St. Mary) was much improved about tea 
years ago, and the living is a rectory, valued in K B. at =£10. 13s. 
•Id., and in 1835 at £400. The Lord Chancellor is patron, and the 
Rev. Erskine Xeale, M.A., incumbent. The glebe is 7a. and the 
tithe rent =£502. 2s. per annum. The Rectory House is a handsome 
mansion, erected in 1844-5, at the cost of about =£1500. Here is a 
Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1852, in lieu of one erected in 1S27. 
The Poors Allotment, about 4 acres, was awarded at an enclosure 
in the 45th of George III. to provide fuel for the poor parishioners. 
The yearly vent, i'i2. 10s., is distributed in coals. John Dardry, 
the late parish clerk, died in 1853, aged 68, after holding the office 
G6 years, during which long period he was only absent from church 
on two Sundays. The Post Office is at W. Brighteu's. Letters rip 
Woodbridge. 



242 



KIRTON. (COLNEIS HUNDRED ) 



Bristo Wm. hurdle maker 

Burge John, inland revenue officer 

Durrant Charles, wheelwright 

Fairhead Charles, joiner and builder 

Hudson Daniel, collar & harness mkr 

Kirk Francis, bailiff to Robt. Partridge 

Lanham Mrs Sarah 

Neale Rev Erskine, M.A., Rectory 

Randall Wrn. steam engine owner 

Simpson James, bricklayer 

Smith George, blacksmith 

Syred George Henry, vict. Greyhound 



BOOT & SHOEIMKRS. 

Fenton James 
Fenton Philip 
Ward Henry 

FARMERS. 

Alderton George 
Ashwell John 
Cook J., Churchfm 
Fairhead Tyrell, & 

parish clerk 
Hills James 
Laws Hy., Sluice 



Moore Henry 
Sewell Fras., Croft 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

BrightenWm.. P.O. 
Fenton Daniel 
Gooding Arthur 
Gooding Catherine 
Carriers to Ips- 
wich, Tu. 8$ Sat., 
$Woodbridge,Th 
Rattle Susan 
Wright Henry 



LEVINGTON, 6 miles S.E. of Ipswich, is a village and parish 
pleasantly situated on the north-east bank of the Orwell. It con- 
tains 241 souls, 64 acres of water, and 1033 acres of land; and near 
it is Stratton Hall, an extra-parochial farm and estate, comprising 
195a. of water and 1239a. of land, generally returned with Trimley 
St. Martin's parish, and now belonging to G. Tomline, Esq., the 
lord of the manor of Levington. A great part of the parish belongs 
to Sir P. V. Broke, and a few smaller owners. Stratton was an- 
ciently a separate parish, and had a lazar-house and a church, and 
the foundations of the latter may still be seen, overgrown with trees 
and bushes. Levington Church (St. Peter,) is a rectory, valued in 
K.B. at £'6. Is. 8d., and united with Nacton. The steeple is said to 
have been erected by Sir Robert Hitcham, who in 1654 founded siar 
almshouses here, for three poor women of Levington and three of 
Nacton, with an endowment, now affording to each inmate about 
5s. per week, and a yearly allowance of clothing and fuel, as will be 
noticed with the founder's other charities at Eramlingham. Lev- 
ington tithes are commuted for ^6243 per annum. The Church 
Estate, comprising a house, and 2\k. of land, at Trimley St. Martin, 
let for <£15 a year, has for a long period been appropriated to the use 
of Levington church. In 1718, Edmund Edwards, a farmer of this 
parish, discovered the fertilizing effects of the Crag or Shell, now so 
extensively used in Suffolk for manuring the land. Being short of 
dung, he carried several loads of crag, and spread it over part of a 
field, which, to his surprise, yielded a much better crop than those 
which he had covered with dung. This crag is a sandy stratum, 
full of small shells, and other marine deposits, and is in many places 
of considerable thickness. It is said to have been used in the west 
of England as a fertilizer of the soil, long before it was used for 
that purpose in Suffolk. The Post Office is at Nacton. Letters 
via Ipswich. 



Cook Isaac H., carpenter 
Franks Wm., shoemaker 
Pierce Chas., farrier an vict., Ship 
Robinson J., land agent to Geo. Tom- 
line, Esq., Levington House 



Simpson Mary, shopkeeper 

FARMERS. 
Dawson John, Stratton Hall 
Page Rd. Miles || Wells Joseph 
CAEETEE,Wm. Punt, to Ipswich, Tu & Sa 



NACTON, on the north-east bank of the river Orwell, four miles 
S.E. of Ipswich, is a pleasant scattered village and parish, com- 
prising 500 acres of water, 1883 acres of fertile land, and 810 in- 
habitants, including Woodbridge Union Workhouse, (noticed at page 



NACTON. (COLNEIS HUNDRED.) 243 

235 ;) the extra-parochial places called Alnesboum Priory, Pur dies 
Farm, and Halfway House ; and the beautiful seats of Orwell Park 
and Broke Hall, which have extensive pleasure grounds descending 
to the water's edge. Nacton Heath, on the north side of the parish, 
was mostly enclosed under an act passed in 1810. Sir Philip Yere 
Broke, Bart., is lord of the manors called Cow Haugh, Nacton, and 
Kembroke ; but G-. Tomline, Esq., owns a great part of the parish. 
These manors were anciently held by the Eastolf family, and passed 
in marriage with their heiress to the Brokes. Sir Richard Broke, 
Lord Chief Baron in the reign of Henry YIIL, is supposed to have 
built Cow Haugh, or Broke Hall (as it is now called) about the 
year 1526, but it was mostly rebuilt, and considerably enlarged, by 
Philip Bowes Broke, Esq., in 1767. Robert Broke, of Nacton, was 
created a baronet in 1661, but on his death, without male issue, the 
title became extinct. His daughter and heiress married his nephew, 
who left issue only by his second wife, daughter of Sir John Hewet. 
The late gallant Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Yere Broke, son of the 
late Philip Broke, Esq., of Broke Hall, was created a baronet in 
1813, after distinguishing himself as captain of the Shannon in the 
engagement with the United States frigate the Chesapeake. He 
died in 1841 , and was succeeded by his eldest son, the present 
baronet. His brother, the late Major-General Charles Broke Yere, 
3LC.B., was a highly distinguished officer, in active service from 
1799 till the battle of Waterloo, in 1815, and was one of the Parlia- 
mentary representatives of the Eastern Division of Suffolk from 
1834, till his death in April , 1843. The late celebrated Admiral 
Yerxon, the captor of Porto Bello,. fixed his residence at Nacton. 
His nephew, to whom he left most of his estate, rebuilt the house, 
and surrounded it with the extensive and beautiful grounds called 
Orwell Park, from the noble river which bounds them on the 
south. This gentleman was created a peer of Ireland in 1776, by 
the title of Viscount Orwell, and in the following year was raised to 
the dignity of Earl of Shiporooke ; but on his death, in 1783, both 
these titles became extinct, and his estates passed to his nephew, 
the late John Yernon, Esq., whose heiress carried them in marriage 
to the late Sir Robert Harland, Bart., whose father was created a 
"baronet in 1771, by the title of Sir Robert Harland, of Sproughton, 
and sailed in the same year as commander-iu -chief of his Majesty's 
fleet to the East Indies — was second in command to Admiral Kep- 
pel, in 1778, and was appointed one of the Lords of the Admiralty 
in 1782, but died in 1784. The late Sir Robert Harland died in 
1848, when the baronetcy became extinct. His estate here was 
sold to George Tomline, Esq., M.P., now of Orwell Park, which he 
much improved in 1854. Alxesbourn Priory and Purpies Earm 
comprise about eight houses, and 777 acres of extra parochial land 
belonging to Sir P. Y. Broke. They are said to have had three 
churches, viz., Hallowtree, St. Petronille, and Bixley, but their sites 
are unknown. Alnesboum Priory was a small house of Augustine 
monks, which was added as a cell to Woodbridge in 1452. The 
site of this priory is occupid by a farm house, and that of its chapel 

L 2 



1244 NACTON PARISH. 

by a ham, near which many human bones tnd. Oil 

the heath, near the Union Workhouse, are a of mounds or 

barrows, commonly called Se : Hills, and supposed to occupy the 
spot where Earl tlfketel engaged the Dane . In tb 

tumuli, human bones have : : sasic o illy "■■: m found. X acton Chukch 
is dedicated to St. Martin, and is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £& 
7s. Id., and having that of Levington annc ted .: it The tithes of 
the two parishes were commut ] 1 in 1839, for 4 i ge of 

£513. J. T. Ord and Ales. Edgell, Esqrs., are now tbi | tronsj 
■and the Eev. Harry Edgell. M.A.. is the incumbent Here is a 
"Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1889. The Post >fttce is at the Anchoi 
Inn : letters via Ipswich mail cai I 

NACTON DIRECTOKY. [ HiUen James, farmer, I \ Farm & 

■Sir Philip Vere Broke, Bart, and his Bixley Decoy Ponds 

brothers, Capt. Geo. NathL Broke, I Keen Rebecca, vie! A r.";: office) 

B.N.; Col. Horatio George Bi ke, Keei Wm : rm 1 ilifi 
(aide-de-camp to the Queen;) and LaddJoho ricklajei 
Captain C. A. Broke. RE.; Broke Lashing! d I man 

Hall. Bfillc 

Tomline Geo., Esq., M.P., Orwell Pa " Moore r::-: ; :fr 

Biomneld Charles, wheelwright 

<?ook Wrn. sliopkeeper 

Calliog Luke, gamekeeper 

Durrani Mr Joseph Elston Mrs Sai 

Edgell Eev. Harry, MA., Rectory 

Farrow Jabez. farmer 



: . ■ I l 
Parker J )hn and Emma, m - 

trc d :: W . "■" n kha 

Mr] : " W irnee Jas. I ?.:.::: 
Robinson James poi er, Workhouse 
Scarle." 



Pield Wm. schoolmaster and shopr. Skelt n Georgi 



Fuller Mr John || Grimwade Mrs 

Gooding John, carrier and shopkeeper 
Hart John, farmer. Al lesbourn 



Wei stei 1 [ary, Natioa Lsehc ilmistress 
Woe irow Mr Rt, 
Gabbier. 
Jno. jooding tc Ep3wich,Tn.Th.&Sal 

TRIMLEY St. Maktin and St. Mary, 9 miles S.E. by E. of 

Ipswich, form a Ian; village and two adjoining parishes, having 
their churches standing in the - . i b nd theii lands ex- 

tending more than a mile westward to the shores of the Orwell, and 
eastward to the King's Fleet, which trains the marshes, and extends 
three miles eastward to the river I shen. Trimley] x th was enclosed 
.about 1804 and 1808. I, . : \;- 8 ~. Martin has 2 \38 acres oi land, 
and 574 souls, exclusive of btratton Hall estate, which is usually 
returned with it, but is extra parochial, as noticed with Levingtom 
at page 242. Trimley St. Mi has 39a inhabit mts»and 2208 acres 
-of land, including Blowfield Hall. S . ther iai m s, ae 

Orwell, from one to twe miles S.W. :: the village Both parishes 
are in the Duke of Hamilton's manor of W .: „-■ ith Frimiey, cut 
.part of the soil belongs to J. Cobbold, C. Walford, ind j. Tomline, 
Esqrs., and a few smaller owners. :. M / is a venera-? 

ble fabric, with a steeple, which has long \ sen in ruins. It is sup- 
posed to have been built by Thomas de Brothei I : q . s : n : : E -award I., 
whose arms are over the door. The chancel was restored in 1854> 
and part of the ruins have been built up by the present rector. The 
living is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £16. 13s. id., and 
in 1635 at £'355; but the tithes were commuted in 184C fbj 
,£480. Gs. 9d. per annum to the rector, aud i'3. lbs. to the impropria- 



TRIMLEY. (COLNEIS HUNDRED.) 



245 



tor and vicar of Walton. The Lord Chanceller is patron, and the 
Hon. and Rev. John Horatio Nelson, M.A., brother of Earl Nelson, 
is the incumbent. St Martins Church was thoroughly repaired and 
newly seated in 1849-'50. It is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. 
at in 2. Os. 6d., and now at £±2'3, in the patronage of J. Ambrose, 
Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. John Ambrose, M.A.„ who built 
a new Rectory House in 1850, at the cost of about <£1800. A school 
is attached to each church. Alteston, formerly a parish and rectory,, 
was consolidated with Trimley in 1362, and its church is supposed 
to have stood near Grimston Hall, where many human bones were 
dug up in 1720. In the village is a Wesleyan Chapel, huilt in 1839. 
Thejwor of St. Marys have a copyhold estate, left by Ellis Ejndge,. 
in 1669, and consisting of two cottages, a garden, and 10a. 1. 14p. 
of land, let for £'20 a year, which is distributed by Mr. Ash well > one- 
of the trustees. They have also an allotment of 4a., awarded in 
1S04, and let for £S. 17s. ; and another allotment of 4a., awarded 
in 1808, and now let for £'10 ayear. The poor of St. Martin's 
have an allotment of 4a., awarded in 1808, and now let for .£10, 
which is distributed in coals at Christmas. Grimston Hall, 
now a farm house, was the residence of the Barker family, now 
extinct, one of whom was created a baronet in 1621. It was 
previously the seat of Thomas Cavendish, Esq.. who was born 
liere, and was the second Englishman that circumnavigated the 
globe. At his own expense, he fitted out three small vessels, of 120,. 
60, and 40 tons, manned by 123 men and boys, for the purpose of 
annoying the Spaniards in their American possessions. Sailing 
from Plymouth, in July, 1586, he passed through the straits of Ma- 
gellan, and entered the South Seas, where he plundered several 
towns on the coasts of Chili and Peru, and took many valuable prizes. 
He returned home by way of the Cape of Good Hope, and reached 
Plymouth in September, 1588. The success of this voyage encour- 
aged him to make a second attempt, with a stronger force ; and in. 
August, 1591, he sailed from Plymouth with five ships, but having, 
passed the straits of Magellan, in May, 1592, he was parted from his 
fleet in the night, and never heard of afterwards. 

TRIMLEY DIRECTORY. 

Those marked * are in St Martin's, and 
the others in Si Marys parish. 

Post Office at James Wood's. Let- 
ters via Ipswich. 

* Ambrose Rev John, M. A., rector of St 
Martin's, Rectoiy 

*Bligh My. & Cooper Eliz. M. schools 

*Cobbold Geo. high const.bl. Capel Hall 

Copping Wm. wheelwright 

Edgar Rev. Edw. R. chaplain of Land- 
guard Fort 

*Farnley Mrs || Recigrift W. p. clerk 

Fenn James, bricklayer 

Foreman Thomas, steward to the Duke 
of Hamilton 

*Hawes Joseph, corn miller 

Haxell George, butcher 

Miles Lieut. Thomas, relieving officer 



Nelson Hon. and Rev John Horatio,. 

M.A., rector of St Mary's 
Parker, Thomas, gentleman 
*Ruffles John, corn miller 
"Scarlett Charlotte, vict. Three Mariners 
Smith Thomas, butcher 
Spurling Wm. clerk of St Mary's 
* Woods James, plumber and glazier 
*Wright Charles, veterinary surgeon 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Green James 
Winks James 

BOOT& SKOE3IAKRS. 

Gorham Wm. 
Parker Wm. Stgn. 

CARPENTERS. 

Copping Wm. wgt 
Howard George 
*Kent Aaron 



FARMERS. 

* Brown Josiah 
*Cobbold George 
Cobbold Henry 
Cortly Charles, 

Sear son 
Cordy Chasjum 
*Da\vson John 
*Gort Wm. 



246 



TRIMLEY. (COLNEIS HUNDRED.) 



*Last Wm., Grim' 

ston Hall 
*Newman John 
*Pells Mrs Chtte. 



Pipe John 
Ruffles John 
* Williams John, 
Morton Hall 



SHOPKEEPERS. 

Finch Isaac 
Parker Wm, Stur- 
geon 
* Warner Wm. 



COACHES AND CAR- 
RIERS from Ips- 
wich and Felix- 
stowe.(Seel44.) 



WALTON, a large and well-built village, with several good shops 
and neat houses, was anciently a market town, and is pleasantly si- 
tuated about a mile from the cliffs of Felixstow, nearly two miles 
from the estuaries of the Deben and Orwell, 2 J miles N. by E. of 
Landguard Fort, and 10 miles S.E. of Ipswich. Its parish contains 
897 inhabitants, and about 2000 acres of fertile land, extending two 
miles westward, to Walton Ferry, and the small hamlet of Wadgate, ■ 
on the east bank of the estuary of the Orwell and Stour, nearly op- 
posite Harwich. Between the Ferry and Landguard Fort, (see p. 
238,) is St. Osyth Tower, now occupied by one of the coast guard 
officers. The Duke of Hamilton is lord of the manor of Walton- 
with-Trimley, which includes nearly all the parish of Felixstow , 
within the bounds of which stood Walton Castle, already noticed at 
page 238. A great part of the soil belongs to George Tomline and 
J. Morrison, Esqrs., Mr. W. Fulcher, Mrs. Abbott, and other free 
and copyholders. It has been seen, in the history of Felixstow, that 
the noble family of Bigod, Earls of Norfolk, were anciently lords of 
Walton; and one of them, Roger Bigod, obtained a charter for a 
market here, in 1288, but it has long been obsolete. The Market 
Cross, formerly used as a lock-up, was taken down two years ago. 
The Church (St Mary) is an ancient structure, and that portion used 
for divine worship is kept in good repair ; but the tower is nearly 
demolished, and nothing remains of one of the aisles except the wall, 
to the height of about a foot from the ground. The benefice is a 
discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £4. 6s. 8d., and in 1839 at 
i£290, with the vicarage of Felixstow annexed to it. Mrs. Wilkin- 
son is the patroness, and the Bev. Thomas Philips, M.A., is the in- 
cumbent. The National School was built in 1851. Here is a Bap- 
tist Chapel, erected in 1812, by a congregation formed in 1808. 



WALTON DIBECTOBY. 

Post Oefice at Mrs Page's. Letters 

via Ipswich mail cart 
Alexander Ed. Dykes, Esq., Lavender 

Cottage, and Ipswich 
Amos Mary, schoolmistress 
Ashwood Mr James || Cavell Mrs E. 
Bloomfield Patience, milliner 
Burch Samuel, farrier 
Charlton James, baker 
Chenery Cyrus, schoolmaster 
Clifford Peter, hair dresser 
Dunn Samuel, preventive officer 
Durrant Henry, cabinet maker 
Durrant Stephen, collar & harness mkr 
Elphick Capt. Jas. || Green Miss 
Goodwin Wm. Simpson, gentleman 
Grimwood Thomas, surgeon 
Hope Stephen Charles, Esq., Orwell 

House, and Ipswich 
Moore Jas. & Palmer Dd. police offs. 



Oddy Eev Thomas (Baptist) 
Pearson Edw. collar & harness maker 
Philips Eev Thomas, M.A., vicar 
Quilter Mr John [| Steel Mrs M. A. 
Eiches Wm. corn inert || Pipe Mrs 
Snow John Elliott, surgeon 
Thurman David, painter, &c. 
Woolnough Saml. & Wm. bricklayers 
Young John, parish clerk 

Inns and Taveens. 
Angel, Joseph Home 
Feathers Inn, James Chatten 
Ferry Boat, Emily Hyem, (and coal 

dealer) Walton Ferry 
Half-Moon, John Cook. 



BAKEES. 

Charlton James 
Churchman Edm. 
Girling James 

BASKET MAKEES. 

By foot John 



Coob Wm. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Chaplin John 
Smith Edw. whlgt 

BUTCHEES. 

Bloomneld Ephm. 



WALTON DIRECTORY. 



247 



Bloomfield E. jun. 
Home James 

CORN MILLERS. 

Hughes Robert 
Boby Charles 

FARMERS. 

Abbott Wm. 
Abbott Rachel 
Boby Charles 
Cobbold Horace 
Dairies John 
Fulcher Wm. 



Steel John Jaques 
Williams Wm.,Hill 

House 
Woodgate Thos. 

GROCERS&DRAPERS 

Capon Robert 
Home Wm. 
1 Page Ann Mary 
Stannard James 
Westhorp James 

JOINERS, &C. 

Jackson George 



Jackson Henry 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Baldwin David 
Home Robert 
Thurston Wm. 

tailors. 
Churchman John 

Crisp 
Emeny James 
Ewens Wm. 



COACHES 

to Ipswich and 
Felixstow. (See 
page 144.) 
CARBISRS 
to Ipswich daily 
{Omnibuses.) 
Courie Daniel 
Fulcher Philip 
Ferry Boat to Har- 
wich 



CARLFORD HUNDRED 

Is of an irregular figure, about ten miles in length, from north to 
south, and from four to six miles in breadth. It is bounded on the 
south by Colneis Hundred ; on the west, by Woodbridge, the river 
Deben, and Wilford Hundred; on the north, by Loes and Deben- 
ham Hundreds ; and on the east, by Bosmere-and-Claydon Hundred, 
and the Borough of Ipswich. It is in the Deanery of Carlford r 
Archdeaconry of Suffolk, and in Woodbridge Union and County Court 
District. (See page 235.) The southern part of it, extending from 
the bounds of Ipswich to Woodbriclge and the river Deben, has ge- 
nerally a light sandy soil, and several open heaths ; but in its north- 
ern parts a rich loam prevails, and there is a strip of rich marsh 
land, and a few small hop-yards, on its southern boundary, in the 
valley extending eastward from Bixley Decoy Ponds, near Ipswich, 
to Kirton Sluice, on the river Deben. It contains eighteen parishes, 
of which the following is an enumeration, showing then territorial 
extent, and their population in 1851. Mr. Arthur Biddell, of Play- 
ford, is high constable of this Hundred. 

Parishes. 
Bearings Great 
Bealings Little 
Brightwell .... 

Burgh 

Clopton 390 

Culpho 63 

Foxhall 1T6 

Orundisburgh 801 

Hasketon 503 



Pop. 
377 
315 
73 
296 



Acres. 

1029 

764 

965 

1201 

2074 

641 

1872 

1S97 

1665 

1610 



Parishes. Pop. 

Martiesharn 477 

Xewbourn ........ 221 

Otlev 616 

Playford 260 

SRushrnere 678 

Tuddenham 425 

Witnesham 575 

Waldringneld 169 



Total. 



6501 



Acres* 
2709 
897 
215T 
1219 
2142 
1239 
1926 
1156 

27233 



§Bushmere parish includes Wick's Ufford hamlet, which is in the Borough of 
Ipswich, and has 254 souls. 

BEALINGS, (GREAT) a pleasant Tillage and parish, 2 i miles 
TV. of TVoodbridge, has 377 souls and about 1100 acres of land. It 
was successively the lordship of the families of Petches, Tuddenham, 
Clynch, Pitts, Bridges, and Major, who resided at Bealings Hall, 
which stood near the church, and was taken down about 70 years ago. 
The heiress of the Major family married an ancester of Lord Henni- 
ker, the present lord of the manor, who resides at TVorlingworth Hall. 



248 GREAT BEALINGS PARISH. 

A great part of the soil belongs to George Moor, Esq., of Bury St. Ed- 
mund's, the Rev. E. J. Moor, and several smaller owners. George 
Moor, Esq., owns the estate attached to Seckford Hall, which 
stands about 1| mile W. of Woodbridge. This hall was the seat of the 
Seckford family from the time of Edward I. to that of Charles I., and 
was rebuilt, or considerably improved, in the reign of Elizabeth, by 
Thomas Seckford, Esq., the munificent founder of the almshouses at 
Woodbridge, as noticed at a subsequent page. The last of the Sek- 
forde or Seckford family married Dorothy, daughter of Sir Henry 
North, and settled the estate upon her. At her death, in 1673, she 
"bequeathed it to Seckford Cage, the heir- general of the Seckford fa- 
mily, by whom it was sold to the Atkinsons. Bealings House be- 
longs to the Eev. E. J. Moor, and was the residence of the Rev — 
Evanson, author of " The Dissonance of the Evangelists ;" and was 
occupied by Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, about the year 1806, when 
the late Major Moor purchased it, with the contiguous estate. Beal- 
ings Lodge, a neat villa, with pleasant grounds, is the seat of D. Gi 
Meadows, Esq. Several urns, supposed to be Rom an, have been found 
in the parish. The Church (St. Mary) has lately been thoroughly 
repaired. It is a rectory, valued in K.B. at <£10. 4s. 7d., and in 1885» 
at s£250, but is now worth <£3Q0 per annum. Lord Henniker is pa- 
tron, and the Rev. Edward James Moor, M.A., is the incumbent. 

Boon Thomas, brickmaker I Hines Wm.boot and shoemaker 

Broom Thos. boot and shoemaker | Leggett Jermh. blacksmith &par. clerk 

Brundley Wm. farmer, Hall Loom Frederick, farmer 

Carr Edward, joiner and builder Lucock Mrs Ann || Mayhew Miss 

Collins Eev Samuel (Baptist) Meadows Daniel Charles, Esq.. Lodge 

Cooper Chas. T. farmer, Seckford Hall Moor Eev Edward James, M.A., rector- 
Finch Edmund, farmer (and canon of Norwich,) Rectory 
Mory John, wheelght. & machine mkr Morling Wm., gardener & shopkeeper 
Hare Mrs., Bealings House Elvers Jph. miller and flour dealer 
Harvey Frederick, gentleman Eound Mrs, Bealings Cottage 

BEALINGS, (LITTLE) 3 miles W by S. of Woodbridge, is a 
village and parish, containing 815 souls and 764 acres of land, wa- 
tered on the north by a small rivulet. Lord Henniker is lord of the 
manor, but the greater part of the soil belongs to B. D. Colvin, Esq., 
E. N. Shawe, Esq., and several smaller proprietors. The Church 
(All Saints) is a rectory, valued in K.B. at M. 7. 3d., and in 1835 at 
il.40, but the tithes have been commuted for a yearly rent charge of 
^204. E. Smytbies, Esq., is patron, and the Eev. P. De Gruchy 
incumbent. Kesgrave District School, for 12 parishes, is here, and 
was erected in 1840, and enlarged in 1853, by Et. N. Shawe, Esq., 
of Kesgrave Hall, by whom it is chiefly supported, for about 150 
free scholars, boys and girls. 

Hullis John, gardener 

Liddiard Wm. James and Mayes Sti» 

san, School 
Mallett Robert, carpenter, &c. 
Mickleburgh James, shopkeeper, Post 

Office 
Weeding Elizabeth, shopkeeper 
Woods Henry & Wm. swine dealers, 
Wright Henry, relieving officer 



Baldwin David, organist & shoemaker 
Colvin Bazeth David, Esq., Bealings 

Grove 
Debenham Thos. vict. Admiral's Head 
Dc Gruchy Rev P., Rectory 
Pinch Edmund, farmer 
JFlory Thomas Smith, farmer 
Heard Jeremiah, farmer 
Houchell Samuel, parish clerk 



CABLFOKD HUNDRED. 24£ v 

BEIGKTAYELL, a parish of only 965 acres and 73 souls, has a 
few scattered houses on a pleasant acclivity, 5^ miles E. by S. of 
Ipswich, on the north side of the rivulet, running from Bixley De- 
coy to Kirton Sluice. It was successively the lordship of the fami- 
lies of Lamput, Jermy, Hewett, \Vingfield, Essington, and Barnar- 
diston. In 16C3, Sir Samuel Barnardiston was created a baronet, 
and rebuilt the hall at a great expense, but it was taken down in 
1760, except a portion occupied by a farmer. The manor passed 
with the heiress of the Barnardistons to an ancestor of its late owner, 
Sir John Kenward Shaw, but is now held by George Tomline, Esq., 
with the patronage of the Church (St. John,) which is a, perpetual 
curacy, valued only at =£54, with that of Foxhall annexed to it, and 
now in the incumbency of the Bev. Woodthorpe Collett, of Henley. 
The church is an ancient fabric, with a brick tower, and contains 
some fine old monuments of the Barnardiston and Essington fa- 
milies. The perpetual curacies of Brightwell, Foxhall, and Xesgrave 
only yield <£112 per annum, and are always held by one incumbent, 
for whom a parsonage house is about to he erected, on land given, 
by the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty. Towards its erection 
a lady left ^'400 in 1848, and the remainder is to be raised by sub- 
scription. Directory.— James and John Everitt, farmers, Hall ; 
Daniel Fayers, Dairy Farm ; Ed. Ward, hlachsmith ; Thomas Ward, 
wheelwright ; and Edward Welham and Thos. Lewis, gamekeepers . 

BUPiGH, a village on the Debenham road, 3^- miles N.W. of 
Woodbridge, has in its parish 296 souls, and 1201 acres of land. The- 
manor belonged to Odo, Earl of Albemarle, at the Domesday survey, 
and afterwards passed to the Uffords. Maude cle Lancaster, relict of 
Wm. de Burgh, gave it to the chantry which she founded at Campesse, 
but soon afterwards transferred to the nuns of Bruisyard. John 
Fitzgerald, Esq., is now lord of the manor, but a great part of the 
soil belongs to John Brand, B. Phillips, and J. Barthorp, Esqrs.,. 
and several smaller owners. Thistleton Hall, about a mile east of 
the village, is an ancient mansion, occupied by a farmer, and sur- 
rounded by a moat. One of its rooms has a richly carved chimney- 
piece and wainscot. The Church (St. Botolph) is a small ancient 
structure, and near it there is supposed to have been a castle or en- 
campment, either of the Bomans or Saxons. The rectory, valued in. 
K.B. at £8. 3s. 4d., and in 1835 at £2-11, is in the gift of Frederick 
Barne, Esq , and incumbency of the Bev. Hy. M. Barlow, B.A., who 
has a neat residence half a mile from the church. The glebe is 
7a. 3r., and the tithes have been commuted for ^356 per annum. 
The Town Lands, dc. } partly free and partly copyhold, are appropriated 
to the repairs of the church, the payment of public charges, and other 
public uses, and have from an early period been vested in trustees, 
chosen from time to time by the surviving trustees and the parishion- 
ers. They comprise three cottages occupied by poor persons rent 
free; 12a. 7p. in Burgh, let for about <£10 a year; and 1a. 2r. in 
Grundisburgh, let for £2 a year. 
Barlow Bev Hy. Masterman, B.A., I Broom Robt., boot & shoe maker 

Rectory I Buttrum Saml. Cutting, corn niilles 

l 3 



250 BUKGH. (CARLFORD HUNDRED.) 



Grayston John, parish clerk 
Wright Eliza, schoolmistress 
FARMERS. 

Baxter Dd., (and carrier to Ipswich.) 



Jasper Geo. Osborrow Samuel 
Roberts Thos. Symonds Win. 
Symonds Natb., Thistleton Hall 
Woolnough Xathl. Wright Wm. 



CLOPTON, a Tillage and parish on the Debenhain road, four 
miles N.W. of Woodbridge. has 390 inhabitants, and 8074 acres of 
land, including Clopton Green and several scattered houses and 
farms, extending two miles N. of the village. It is in the manors 
of Kingshall, Brendhall, Eousehall, and Wascolies, for which a 
general customary court is held yearly in July. A great part of the 
soil is held by Lord Eendlesham, Mr. Wm. Steel, and other free- 
holders and customary tenants. In the 31st of Edward I., John de 
Weyland obtained a charter for a market and fan here, but they 
have long been obsolete. The Sackvilles, "Weylands, and Bar- 
dolphs, were successively Lords of Clopton from the reign of Henry 
I. till after that of Edward III. The Church (St. Mary) is a small 
ancient fabric, and is a rectory, valued inK.B. at =£16. 13s. 4d., and 
in 1835 at £bo$, but the tithes were commuted in 1843 for i'694 
per annum. Mrs. Eliz. Taylor is the patroness, and theBev. GLW. 
Taylor, B.A., is the incumbent, and has a neat Rectory House, 
which was much improved in 1831. The Town Estate comprises 
four tenements, occupied rent free by poor families; 14a. of land, 
held since 1489, for the repairs of the church and the relief of the 
poor, and let in 1858 for <£32 a year ; and the Bell Pightle, Ha., let 
for £2. 5s. a year, which is applied in the service of the church. 
Benningfield Wm. ; parish clerk FAEVTERS. 



Crapnall Jas.. shoemkr., A: Wm. ; smith 

Day John, shoemaker 

Downing George, wheelwright 

Eish and Watkius, auctioneers 

Freeman Wm., grocer and draper 

Pipe Edward, beer house 

Taylor Rev Geo. Wm, B.A., Rectory 



Birch Joseph Steel John Page 
Burrows Ed. Steel Wm. 
Catt John Steel Wm. Jaques 
Catt Joshua, Hall , Steel Bichard 
Gooderham John Wright Jonathan 
Keeble Fras Todd Thomas 
Smith Wm. • Watkins George 
Steel Edward. Snipe Farm 



CULPHO, a small parish four miles west of Woodbridge. has 
only 63 souls, and 641 acres of land. It was given by Wm. de 
Yaloines, to Leiston Abbey, but was granted by Queen Elizabeth to 
Edward Grimstone. In 1704, it belonged to Sir John Blois, Bait., 
but B. Gurdon, Esq.. is now lord of the manor, impropriator of the 
tithes, and patron of the church, (St Botolph,! which is a small 
ancient structure. The living is a perpetual curacy, valued at jE54, 
and now eujoyed by the Eev. Thomas Mason. The poor parish- 
ioners have <£4. 14s. 2-kL yearly from Sir M. Stanhope's charity. 
(See Sutton.; The farmers are Eobt. Harris, Wm. Hunt, and Jas. 
Thompson. 

EOXHALL, a scattered village upon a gentle acclivity on the 
north side of the stream flowing from Bixley Decoy, four miles E. 
by S. of Ipswich, has in its parish .176 souls and 1872 acres of land, 
including a portion of the sandy heath on the north, and some rich 
marsh land on the south. Geo. Tomline, Esq., is lord of the manor 
and impropriator, but J. C. Cobbold, Esq., has an estate and a Iiojp 



FOXHALL PARISH. 25 1 

garden of 10a. here; and other portions of the parish belong to 
several smaller owners. The Church (All Saints) was appropriated 
by Hughe de Darnford to Trinity Priory, Ipswich, but was granted 
by Henry VIII. to Sir Thomas Pope. It was much decayed in 
1530, and for want of repairs it soon afterwards became unfit for 
Divine service. Part of it is now standing, and used as one of the 
out-houses of the old hall, now a farm house. The living is a per- 
petual curacy, which has long been consolidated with that of the 
adjacent parish of Brightwell. In a small planting of firs is an. 
obelisk, in memory of the Eev. Geo. Eouth, erected by his widow 
in 1831. Directory: — Mrs. Harriet Cobbold, Foxhall Lodge; Sarah 
Skippen, shopkeeper ; and John Burch, Frederick Laws, (Hall,) 
Wm. Eufford, James Salter, and John Steel, farmers. 

GEUNDISBUEGH, a large village on a pleasant acclivity, Si- 
miles W.N.W. of Woodbridge, and 7 miles N.E. by N. of Ipswich, 
has in its parish 801 souls, and 1897a. of land. In 1285, Hugh 
Peche claimed a market here every Tuesday, and a fair during the 
whole of Whitsun week, but both were obsolete some centuries ago. 
The manor was for many years the seat and property of the family 
of Blois, one of whom was created a baronet in 1668, and removed 
his residence to Cockfield Hall. (See Yoxford.) B. G. Dillingham, 
Esq., was seated here in 181.1, but B. Gurdon, Esq., is now lord of 
the manor, and a great part of the soil belongs to the Dawson, 
Eouse, Catt, Barker, Biddell, and other families. The Church (St. 
Mary) is a fine ancient structure, but the tower, which had fallen 
down, was rebuilt about 1731, by the executors of Mr. Eobert 
Thinge, who left an estate to be sold for that purpose. It was re- 
pewed and thoroughly repaired in 1841, and the organ, which is of 
a novel construction, by Pilcher, of London, was erected in March, 
1843, at the cost of about £"100. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
£17. lis. 3d., and now at £472, is in the patronage of Trinity Col- 
lege, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Eev. G. E. Webster. The 
tithes were commuted in 1835 for £542. 13s. 4d. per annum, and 
there is 47a. 2r. 38p. of glebe. Here is a neat Baptist Chapel, 
which was built in 1798, at the cost of £400, by the late Mr. John 
Thompson, of Culpho, and was enlarged, in 1810, at the cost of 
£600. It will seat 1000 hearers, and its congregation are scattered 
over about 36 parishes. The Eev. Samuel Collins, of Great Beal- 
ings, is the minister. The Town Estate, comprising several cot- 
tages, and about 28a. of land, is let for about £40 a year, and was 
given at an early period by the Eev. John Yate, and was vested in 
feoffees in the reign of Henry VIII., for the use and benefit of the 
town, "in such manner and form as the same had been anciently 
used and employed." The rents are applied by the churchwardens, 
mostly in the service of the church, and partly in distributions to 
the poor. In 1730, Robert Thinge left a yearly rent-charge of 52s. 
to provide for a weekly distribution of Is. worth of bread among 
the poor, and it is paid out of a farm belonging to the Stearn 
family. John Lucock, some years ago, left funds for the purchase 
of £284 four per cent, annuities, the dividends thereof to be ap- 
plied yearly as follows :— £5 for a weekly distribution of three pennj 



252 



GRUNDISBURGH FARISH. 



loaves. £o for the support of a Sunday school, hie for 

an annual distribution of bread and coals among j :or parishioners. 

Woods Henry, cattle dealers 

BLACKSMITHS. NeWSOD F. 

Mol im Jeremiah 



Cres- 
after- 



Post Office at Mrs Maria 
v,'?:0s. Letters lespatched at' 
neon, via Weodhridge. 
Acton Edward, surgeon 
Alien Major James, I E.I.C S.) 

: Jn " . iner. ic Kv.. ^AyAhO.:'.: 
Cook Mrs My. Freeland olrs 
Forsdick Henry, o. ru miller 
Garnham Mr Jas. Harris Mrs A. 
Groom Herman, joiner & parish elerk 
Groom Mrs, schoolmistress 
Hayward Wm., wheelwright 
Howard Air Wm 

Knights Wm., corn merchant, i-cc, 
Lambert John, beer house 
Mayhew Mr. Robert 
Meade John, gent., HaU 
Palmer Chas., vict., HoJf Moon 
Pipe Keeble Wilgress, c :; er. &e. 
Repington Thos., collar & harness mkr. 
Robinson Edw., '. >ardii \ -chool 
Smith Rev John Thompson 
SteggaU Jno . surgeon, & Chas.. gent. 
Syret Lieutenant James 
Taylor Wm., victualler, Dog Lin 
Webster Re? Geo. Edis ; MA., RecU ; 



BOOT & SB 

Wm, 
Smith 

'" - h JUgh 0; = . 
: RICKI - - 

Parker Jas. Upson 
Inough Wm. 

BUTCH 

Banyard J^.m c s 
L: jml 

FABMBB& 

: Ahlitt Ge >rge 

o-o pp Edwin 
Aian:.:o_ 
BedwellBenj. 
Burch [ amea 
Gi im Joseph 
Harris John 
Harris doilip 
Knights Wm. 
Mauby Henry 



- 
Turner Ise., bailiJT 
Vesej Jno., bailijf 
Wood J 

PLu::ri: ; 
L ::: 

Taylor Wm. 

SROPKEEPEJ.S. 

Ailcn Mary 

. 3 C baiiottc 
Braham Edw. 
- rnbam James 
Palmer Ch - 
tail: - 
Cressweli OMaria 
Moj e Joseph 

DSBS 1 1 

Adams James 
gfield Wm. 

ink Georse 



HASKETON, a straggling village, 2 miles X. YV. of Woodbri 
lias in its parish 503 souls, and about 1600 acres of land, including 
Thorpe Hall estate, which forms a separate manor, about a mile W. 
of the village. The rest oi the parish is in the manor of Ha ske ton 
Hall, except a small manor belonging to the rectory. Rolla Rouse, 
Esq.. is lord oi the two former, hut a great part of :1a soil belongs 
to Wm. Jenny. Esq.. Capt. Barlow. Charles Baldry, Esq., and 
several smaller owners. The CJiurch St. Andrew ; is an ancient 
fabric, wit a a tower, round at the base, and octangular at the top. 
The rectory \ valued in K.B. at £18. 6s. Sd.. and now at £3a ), is in 
the patronage and incumbency oi the Eev. Thomas Maude, ALA. 
The tithes have been commuted for a yearly rent-charge oi £570, 
of which £LJo, paid out of Thorpe Hall estate, belongs to W. Jenny. 
Esq.. the impropriator of that part of the parish, which was for- 
merly in the appropriation of Letberingham priory. A cottage and 
5a. oi land, left by Agnes Emme. in 14SS, for repairing the chureh r 
are let for =£13 a year. In EU4, Thomas Tymnn bequeathed to IS 
trustees, a house, barn, and ISa. oi land, in trust for the mainte- 
nance of two of the most impotent, poor, and aged persons of Has- 
keton : and they are now let for i'31 a year. There is also belonsring 
to this charity 1 two tenements, a blacksmith's shop, and half an 
acre of copyhold ground, purchased many years ago with money 
arising from the sale oi timber, and now let for £9, so that the two 
pensioners have each about £-20 per annum, subject to deductions 
for repairs. In 1678, Alice Osborne charged the Angel Inn. in 
Woodbridge ; with the yearly payment of 20s. for tie'raost needy 



HASKETON. (CARLFORD HUNDRED.) 25S 

poor of Hasketon. In 1776, John Rutland left a yearly rent-charge 
of <£3 out of his estate here, to provide coats for three poor men of 
this parish. In 1820, Mary Brown left the dividends of <£100 three 
per cent, consols, to he divided yearly among the poor of Hasketon, 

Barlow Capt. Fredk., Shrubbery 
Calver Thomas, wheelwright 
Last Joseph, tailor 



Lyons Richard, cattle dealer 
Maude Rev Thos., M.A., Rectory 
Moss Samuel, viet., Turk's Head 
Reynolds Isaac, corn miller 
Shimmen James, shoemaker 
Shimmen Wm., blacksmith 
Smith "Wm., corn miller 
Stannard Wm., shopkeeper 



Tillett Wm., joiner, & Edm., par. elk. 
Tye David, shoemaker 

FARMERS. 
Bromley Robt. || Walker Caleb 
Harris Robt. || Richardson Philip 
Xewson Hy. Robert, Gull Farm 
Newson Wm. Stephenson Charles 
Plant Edward, Manor House 
Smith Joseph, Thorpe Hall 
Stephenson, Edm. |] Runnacles Geo^ 



KESGRAYE parish has a few houses near the church, on the 
Woodbridge road, 4 miles E. by N. of Ipswich, and contains 86 in- 
habitants, and 1610 acres of land, belonging to several proprie- 
tors, the largest of whom is Robert Xewton Shawe, Esq,, of Kes- 
grave Hall, pleasantly situated about a mile E. by N. of the church, 
and rebuilt in 18 12. It is a large and handsome mansion, and has 
commodious out-offices, which were built in 1832. The Church is 
an ancient structure, and has a beautiful octagonal font, which was 
given by Sir W. P. Wood, Knight, in 1843. It was appropriated 
to Butley priory. Sir J. K. Shaw is now impropriator and patron 
of the perpetual curacy, which is valued at ^'58, and held, together 
with Brightwell and Foxhall, by the Rev. Woodbridge Collett, of 
Henley. For these and other parishes there is a District School at 
Little Bealings. (See page 248.) The principal tenants here are 
Robt. Cornwell, vict., Bell Inn ; and Wm. Turner and Samuel 
"Wolton, jun., farmers. 

MARTLESHAM, a neat village, near the confluence of a rivulet 
with the Deben, 2 miles S.S.W. of Woodbridge, and 7 miles E. by 
N. of Ipswich, has in its parish 477 inhabitants, and 2709 acres of 
land, partly in rich marshes washed by the tides of the Deben, and 
partly a sandy and unenclosed heath, extending about 2 miles S.W., 
and affording pasturage for numerous herds of sheep and cattle. 
About 60 acres, called the Lamb and Street Farms, belong to the 
church and poor of Woodbridge, and the rest of the parish belongs* 
to George Tomline, Esq., (owner of the Hall estate,) F. C. Brooke, 
Esq., and Robert N. Shawe, Esq. Sir J. R. Rowley is lord of the 
manor of Martlesham-cum Newbourn. Sir John Verdun was seated 
here in 1328, and his estate afterwards passed to the Noons and 
Goodwins, who occupied the hall, now a farm house. Beacon Hill 
House, the seat of General Spink, is a handsome mansion with 
tasteful pleasure grounds. The Church (St. Mary) is an ancient 
structure, except the chancel, which was rebuilt in !837. The 
rectory, valued in K.B. at £10. 18s. 9d., and in 1835 at £370, is in 
the gift of F. G. Doughty, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Thos. 
D*Eye Betts, B.A. The tithes have been commuted for a yearly 
rent-cbage of ^423. 10s. The Rectoiy House is a large and plea- 
gant white brick mansion, and the glebe is eight acres. 



254 



MARTLESHAM DIRECTORY. 



Balls Zedekiah, blacksmith 
Betts Rev Tkos. D'Eye, B.A., Rectory 
Codd Wm., corn miller 
Fletcher Charles, carpenter. &c. 
Groom Roger, brewer & vict., Red Lion 
Hudson John, shopkeeper & shoemkr. 
Kent Catherine, shopkeeper 
Kerridge Daniel, blacksmith 
Ramsey George, parish clerk 
Read George, wheelwright 



Spink Major-General Sir John, K.H.y 
Beacon Hill House 
FARMERS and GRAZIERS. 
Brighton Thos. || Codd Wm. 
Garrod Lydia || Hay ward Robert 
Gobbett Wm., Martlesham Hall 
Groom Fredk. (| Groom Roger 
Hill James |j Pollard John 
Howes James || Rampling Charles 
Runnacles Robert 



NEWBOUEN, a small village and parish, 7 miles E. by S. of 
Ipswich, has 221 inhabitants and 897 acres, extending about a mile 
southward to the bourn or rivulet, which falls into the Deben at 
Kirton Sluice. The crag -pits here, at the depth of 20 feet, are full 
of shells, fish-teeth, &c. Through this marine deposit several 
springs boil up copious streams, even in the driest seasons. Sir J. 
E. Eowley is lord of the manor of Martlesham-cum-Newbourn, 
owner of most of the soil, and patron of the Church, (St. Mary,) 
which is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 4s. 2d., and in 1835 at 
.£192, but the tithes have been commuted for a yearly rent-charge 
of .£220. The Eev. John Gale Dobree, M.A., of Holton, is the in- 
cumbent, and the Eev. Ed. Exton, of Hemley, is the curate. Near 
the hall, now a farm house, are two venerable yews, supposed to 
have braved the storms of several centuries. 

Clarke Jonathan, shoemaker 
Edgar Rev John Rt., assistant curate 
Fryatt Wm., parish clerk 
Jackson Mary, vict., Fox Inn 



Mayes Abraham, shopkeeper 
Xeal John, Church Farm 
Woltoo Samuel, farmer, Hall % Street 
Farms 



OTLEY, a large, scattered, and pleasant village, on the Deben- 
ham road, 6 miles N.W. of Woodbridge, and 8 miles X. by E, of 
Ipswich, has in its parish 616 souls and 2157a. 2n. 8p. of laud, ex- 
tending 2 miles N. and W. of the village. The Earl of Aberga- 
venny is lord of the manor, called Overhall, but a great part of the 
soil belongs to Lord Eendlesham, J. Tollemache, Esq., G. Eebow, 
Esq., and a few smaller proprietors. The manor has been held by 
the Earls of Abergavenny since the reign of Edward III., together 
with the patronage of the rectory, valued in K.B. at <£16. 6s. 5^d., 
and now at <£670, in the incumbency of the Eev. Charles B. Tayler, 
M.A., who has a handsome Rectory House, built in 1839, at the 
cost of £'1400, borrowed of the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty. 
The glebe is 72a. 2r. 9p., and the tithes have been commuted for a 
yearly rent-charge of £'670. The Church (St. Mary) has a tower and 
five bells, and was thoroughly repaired, furnished with a good organ 
and new gallery, and decorated with a stained glass window, in 1839, 
at the cost of £600, mostly contributed by the Eev. Francis Storr, 
the late rector, who also erected in the same year a commodious 
school, with a dwelling for the master and mistress, at the cost of 
£500. In the church is the monument of John Gosnold, whose 
family were long seated here in the old hall, and suffered so much 
for their loyalty to Charles I., that the Eev. Lionel Gosnold, who 
was rector here, was obliged to sell his estate. Here is a Baptist 



OTLEY. (CAELFORD HUNDRED.) 



255 



Chapel^ erected in 1806, and enlarged in 1837. Otley Green, which 
comprised about 25a., was enclosed about 1809. A yearly rent- 
charge of 20s„ left for the poor of Otley by Geoffrey Pleasants, is 
paid out of the third part of a farm here, belonging to Christ's 
Hospital, in Ipswich. 



Let 



:: Office at Win. Wil .; 
ters via Ipswich 
Armstrong Mrs 9 
B arker Jam - - i i : I White Hart 

si Samuel, shopkeeper 
Barker Wm., wheelwright 
Bigsby Thomas parish clerk 
Burch Jeremiah, grocer and batches 
Burrows Thomas, vict.. White Horse 

nancfea Rev — , (Bapt. minister) 
Fii'sdick Jermh. ic Georrry, joiners 
Lloyd Jane, schoolmis:. 
Meadows George Fdk.. surgeon 
Moore Lionel :c Ling Samuel, gents 
Ralph Daniel, bricklaye: & : 
Ralnh Wm.. bricklayer, &e. 
Tayler Rev Chas. B., M.A., Rectory 
Wilson Wm.. collar & harness maker 



ELACSSZ-nXHS. 

Ellis Robert 
Miller John 
Miller J., junior 

I .J SH0E3IXES. 

Batho Wm. 
Monser Lionel 

; :3.:::::~lzes. 
Miller John 
Wilby Wm. 

FAHMSI S 

Bolton James 
Burch Wm. 
1 :: Alfred 
Cutting Philip 
E .". aide jeo.Lord 
Emmerson Edw. 



Eorsdick Geoflry 
Garrod Mrs 
King John 
Last Rt. Warner 
Last Wm. Bidwell 
Ling Wm. ; Hall 
Peck Samuel 
Pipe Thomas 
Pipe Keeble 
Todd Charles 
Todd Wm. 
Wade Mrs 

CAEETEE. 

Burrows Thos,, to 
IpswichTm& Sat 

/ . ■:'■". an. daily 



PLAYFOED, a pleasant village 4 miles N.E. of Ipswich, has in 
its parish 866 souls, and 1219 acres of land. The Marquis of Bristol 
is lord of the manor, owner of most of the soil, impropriator, and 
patron of the Church (St Mary) which is a perpetual curacy, valued 
at £53, and now held by the Eev. TV. W. Dickinson. The late 
venerable Thomas Clarkson. Esq.. M.A., who died in 1546, and to 
whose exertions the abolition of negro slavery is as much indebted 
as to Wilberforce. resided at Play ford Hall, which was long the seat 
of the Felton family, one of whom,. Lieutenant Felton. » assassinated 
the Duke of Buckingham in 1659. Robert Playford obtained Play- 
ford by maiTying the heiress of Sir Thomas Sampson, Kt. Anthony 
Felton was knighted at the coronation of James I., and his son 
Henry was created a baronet in 1621. The title became extinct 
on the death of Sir Compton Felton without male issue, and his 
tea passed to the first Earl of Bristol, in right of his wife, 
-eorge Biddell, Es Se 
ironomer, (and Greenwich Observa- 
tory) 
Amos Elijah, grocer, dec. 
Biddell Arthur, high constable. & land 

agent and valuer 
Biddell Manfred, farmer 
Bisby Thomas, corn miller 



Clarkson Mrs, Playford Hall 

Dickinson Ptev. Willoughby W. Par* 

-.'.age 
Mann Wm. shoemkr. ,5c Dd. par. clerk 
Beeve Samuel, constable 
S:eel James, farmer 
Wooby Wm. carrier to Ipswich 
Post from Ipswich daily 



EL SHMEEE, a scattered village with many neat houses, 2 miles 
E. by H. of Ipswich, has in its parish 675 souls and 2720 acres of 
land, including a large sandy heath, on which each of the fanners and 
others having common-right depasture as many sheep and cattle as 
they think proper. Part of the parish, with °.54 of the inhabitants, 
is in the manor and hamlet of Wykes Pfford. and in the borough of 
Ipswich. ( see pp. 51 and 76. ) For a long period, it was the lord- 



256 



RUSHMERE PARISH. 



ship of the Feltons of Playforcl. The Marquis of Bristol is now lord 
of the manor of Eushmere, improprietar of the rectorial tithes, and 
owner of part of the parish ; and the remainder belongs to Sir Philip 
Broke, (ah out 1000a. ;) J. Cobbold, Esq., J. D. Everitt, G. Tomine, 
Esq., W. F. Schreiber, Esq., and several smaller owners. The 
Church (St. Andrew) is an ancient structure, with a tower, which 
was erected in 1521, with money left for that purpose by Catherine 
Cadye. Eushmere was appropriated to the priory of Christ's Church, 
Ipswich. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at <£4. 6s. 8d., and now at 
J180, is in the gift of the Marquis of Bristol, and incumbency of the 
Eev. Wm. Wigson, MA., who has a neat residence. The tithes- 
"were commuted in 1845 for ^-316 per annum to the impropriator, 
and <£173 to the vicar. BIX LEY, now only a farm in Eushmere, 
is nearly 2 miles E. of Ipswich, and was anciently a separate parish, 
with a church dedicated to St. Petronville, and was in some way- 
connected with the adjacent extra- parochial places, called Alnesbourn 
Priory and Purdies farm. (See page 243.) From Bixley Decoy 
Ponds, on the south side of the parish, a rivulet flows eastward to 
the Deben, and has near it some rich marsh land. These ponds or 
meres, aciently abounding in rushes, gave name to the parish of 
Eushmere. They now abound in icild ducks, uidgeon, teal, dc, and 
belong to Sir P. V. Broke, Bt. Round Wood is the pleasant seat 
of W. F. Schreiber, Esq., and in the parish are several other neat 
mansions. 



EUSHMERE DIRECTORY. 

Those marked * are voters for Ipswich 
Borough. 
Ablitt Nathaniel, gent. 
*Baker Thomas, vict., Greyhound 
*Barham Mr Wm. || *Birch John 
Betts Henry, corn miller, Tower mill 
Boggis Rev Wm. R. T., b.a. Cottage 
Clarke Joseph, farmer, Poplar Farm 
Crisp John, carpenter 
Dawson Wm. miller and farmer 
Durrant Cphr. Mercer, M.D. & Ipswich 
Everett Joseph David, farmer 
*Farthicg G. butcher & vict., Britannia 
Gale John, (exor, of Sar.) farmer, Hall 
Halls James, shopkeer & colt breaker 
Hillen James, Bixley Decoy Ponds 
Howes Lucy, National Schoolmistress 
Jackson Isaac, joiner, &c. 



Janson Richard, Esq., White House 
Kennell Wm. brickyard manager 
Mann Wm. shoemaker 

* New son Wm. farmer 

Parish Joshua, beerhouse, Hop Garcia',/ 
Perry Stephen, gent., Old Vicarage 
Potter James, wheelwright 
Potter Frederick, boot & shoemaker 
Schreiber Wm. Fdk.,Esq. Round Wood' 
Segger Pp., parish clerk and smith 
Segger John, blacksmith 

* Sherman Mr. Thomas 
*Shewell John Talwyn, gent. 

Skeet Robert James, Rushmere House 
Walford Thomas, shopkeeper 
Wigson Rev Wm., M.A., Vicarage 

* Wilson Pettit, farmer and beerhouse 
WoJton Samuel, jun., Bixley Farm P 

(resides at Kesgrave) 



TUDDENHAM, a pleasant village and parish, three miles N. by 
E. of Ipswich, contains 425 souls, and 1239 acres of land. Major 
Michael Turner, and J. Wrattislaw, Esq , are lords of the manor * 
"but part of the soil belongs to F. C. Brooke and other owners. The 
Trustees of the late Mrs. Lillingstone are impropriators of the rec- 
tory and patrons of the vicarage, valued in K.B. at <£10. 13s. 4d., 
and now at J112, in the incumbency of the Kev. Alex. Paton, M.A. 
The rectorial tithes have been commuted for <£220. 12s., and the 
vicarial tithes for £U0. 6s. per annum. The Church (St. Martin) 
i$ an ancient structure, formerly in the appropriation of Trinity 



TUDDENHAM. (CARLFORD HUNDRED.) 257 

Priory, Ipswich. It has recently been restored and newly seated. 
The font is ancient, and the north door is a fine specimen of Saxon 
architecture. In 1G72, George Knapp left an annuity of £5 for the 
repairs of the church. Pursuant to a decree in Chancery, £'100 was 
received in lieu of this annuity, and was vested, in 1718, in the 
purchase of a yearly rent-charge of £b, out of 19a. of land at Grun- 
disburgh. In 1738, Wm. Minter, whose family, long lords of the 
manor, left the residue of the rent of this land to be distributed 
yearly in clothing among the poor of Tnddenham. It is now let for 
about £'27 per annum. 

Amass John, vict. Fountain 
JJamant Arthur, joiner, &c 
Finch Wm. shopkeeper 
Garnham John, shopkeeper 
Hammond Wm. shoemaker, & postman 

to Ipswich 
Keer John, saddler, and Charsfield 
Kell Geo. blacksmith & beerhouse 
Luff James, brick and tile maker 
Paton Rev Alex., M.A., Vicarage 
Pace John, maltster 



Strait Miss Isabella Grace, boarding 
school, Tuddenliam Lodge 
FARMERS. 
Allen Eli Wm. || Lacey Eobert 
Betts Chas. & Fredk. j! Luff James 
Bugg Samuel ; Robinson Samuel 
Chapman Samuel, & Gosbeck 
Ling Samuel. Tuddenham Hall 
Neve John, and corn miller 
Rush David Woolnough Wm. 



WALDEINGFEELD, a small parish and scattered village, on 
the western bank of the river Deben, four miles S. of Woodbridge, 
contains 169 inhabitants, and about 1156 acres of land. G. Waller 
and R. Lacey, Esqrs., own most of the soil. The Church (All 
Saints) is an ancient structure, and near it is a good Rectory House. 
The rectory, valued in K.B. at £4=. 17s. lid., and now at at <£T87, is- 
in the patronage of Mrs. Suart, and incumbency of the Rev. Alfred 
Suart. In the parish is a small Baptist Chapel. 



Bloomfield Thomas, parish clerk 
Broomley George, farmer 
Canham Harry, gent 
Gooding Y\'m. vict. Bush 



Kersey Wm. farmer, White Hall 
Pawson Rev. Thos. Henry, (Baptist) 
Suart Rev Alfred, Rectory 
Wadley James, shopkpr and shoemkr 



WITNESHAM, 4J miles N. by E. of Ipswich, is a large 
straggling village and parish, containing 575 souls and 1996 acres 
of land, belonging to the Meadows family and a few smaller pro- 
prietors. Mrs. Edgar is lady of the manor of Cardew's Hall, and 
Mrs. Woodham, of the manor of Witnesh am- with- Cockfield. In the 
reign of Edward III., Sir Bartholomew Berghersh had a charter for 
a free warren here. The Berghersh family were long seated here 
in a moated mansion, of which there were some traces in Kirby'sv 
time. The farms called Berghersh House and Witnesham Hall, 
belong to the Rev. J. B. Meadows and D. C. Meadows, Esq., whose 
family was seated here from the time of Edward III. till a few years 
ago. The Church (St. Mary) stands near the source of the Fynn 
rivulet, and was repaired and newly seated in 1845. The east win- 
dow is enriched with stained glass, in memory of the late Daniel 
.Bust Meadows, who died in J 846. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
4-18. 13s. 4d., and now at £'630, is in the patronage of St. Peter's 
College, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Eev. Wm Potter, M.A. 
Here is a National School built in 1840, and a small Baptist Chapel, 



258 



WITNBSHAM PARISH. 



erected in 1838. In Berghersh lleadow, there was 
chapel, dedicated to St. TJwmas,h\ii all traces of it 
from Ipswich. 

Buttruni John, corn miller faidteks. 

Colvile Robert, machine maker. &c lass Maria 

Cooper John, miller and maltster . Buttrum Win. 

Cnllnm John, boot and shoe maker C atz J no JIa nor Hs 

Forsdike Samuel, cattle dealer Cooper John 

Garnham John, collar 5c harness maker Frost Henry 

Knights Thos. vict. Barlej Mow ; Gooding Isaiah 

Last Win, bricklayer Gooding Jerh. Hall 

Parker Mary Wedd. schoolmistress GoodiugWin.TT~e.7-:? 

Poppy Charles, overseer, Sec. Harris Win. 

Potter Pxev Win. M.A.. rector, & canon Hatten Robt. Hay- 

of Norwich, Rectory ward, Berghersh 

Sadler Thomas, parish clerk House 

blacksmiths. | Oxborrow John Reynolds IMary 
Knights Thomas I 



anciently a free 
are gone. Post 

Bush Charles 

joint f.s. Sic 
*are Wliedw rights. 
Colvile Bobt. 
Daniant George 
* Dam ant Temple 
x Do wing Bichard 
*Oxsborrow Edw. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Cutting Miles 
Forsdike Andrew 
Kersey George 
PyettWm. 

Sadler Mary 



SV1LF0RD HUNDRED 

Extends about 12 miles southward from Debach to Woodbridge, 
and along the eastern shores of the Dehen, to Bawdsey Haven and 
Hollesley Bay, in the German Ocean. It stretches about eight 
miles along the sea-coast, between the mouths of the Deben and 
Orford Haven, but its northern parts decrease to less than five 
miles in width, and are bounded by Cariford and Loes Hundreds. 
In the vale of the Deben, from Wickham Market to Woodbridge 
and the sea. it has some rich arable and marsh lands ; but its cen- 
tral parts, about Sutton, are sandy, and comprise some large open 
heaths, affording tolerable pasturage for sheep and cattle, and rising in 
bold undulations. It is in the Deanery of TTilford, and Archdeaconry 
of Suffolk, and comprises seventeen parishes^ of which the following 
is an enumeration, showing their territorial extent and their popu- 
lation in 1S5L All of them are in Woodbridge County Court Dis- 
trict, and they are all in Woodbridge Union, except WickhaniOdar- 
ket, which is" in Plomesgate Union. -See p. 236.) 3¥fc F. Dykes, 
jun., of Ufford, is the high constable. 



Parishes.* Pop. Acres. 

Alderton 630 2543 

Bawdsey 47S 2069 

Boulge 39 545 

Bovton 320 1533 

Bredfield 462 106? 

Broineswell 226 1803 

Capel St. Andrew .... 202 2272 

Dalims;hoo 3S5 1530 

Debach 104 464 

Hollesley 57S 4026 



Parishes.* Pop. 

Melton § 1039 



Fe:::siree 

Rarnsholt 

Shottishani ..... 

Sutton 

Ufford 

"Wickham Market- 



2P7 

372 
732 



1697 



Total 8469 

§ Melton included 269 in Su^otk Count w Hospital. 
f Wickliam Market iaehided 304 in Piowmgate Union TVorkhouse. 



Acres- 
1420 
1767 
2107 
1135 
6401 
1156 
1174 



33.012 



ALDEETOX, a remarkably neat and pleasant Tillage, about 
mile from the sea. and 7§ miles S.E. by S. of Woodbridge, has in its 



ALDERTON PARISH. 



259 



parish 630 souls, and 2600 acres of land, extending in rich marshes, 
&c. to the sea, and rising in hold undulations on the north. The 
soil belongs to the late Peter Thellusson's Trustees, (represented by 
Lord Rendleaham,] Lord Himtingheld. Mrs. Archdeckne, Colonel 
Eaper, and a few smaller owners. It is in four -manors, called 
Naunton, or Alderton Hall, Bodies, Pechys, and Alderton Comitis or 
Earl Alderton. The Bishop of Norwich is lord of the latter, and Lord 
Huntingfield is lord of the other three. Each of these manors had 
the advowson of the rectory in turn, but it has been vested with the 
family of the Eev. Wm. Addington Norton, M.A., the present irr- 
CLimbent, subject to the fourth turn of presentation by the Bishop 
of Norwich. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £LL 15s, 4d.. arid in 
1585, at £563, is now worth £'700 a year. The tithes have been 
commuted, and a large handsome Rectory House was built by the 
late Bev. Richard Frank, D.D., who held the living more than forty 
year's, and died in 1813. The Church (St Andrew) being niuch, 
dilapidated, was repaired in 1840, but its tower is still a detached 
ruin. The Bev. Giles Fletcher, a former rector, who died here in 
1623, was author of ,; Christ's Yictorie," and was distinguished for 
the elegance of his manners : as well as for his attainments as a 
scholar and poet. He was cousin to John Fletcher, who. in con- 
junction with his literary partner, Beaumont, was an eminent dra- 
matic writer. The ancient family of Naunton were seated here, and 
owned most of the parish for a long period before Sir Bobt. Naunton 
removed to Letheringham, in the reign of James I. A school for 
the education of poor children was established here in 1539. by sub- 
scription and a grant from the British and Foreign School Society. 
The rents of a house, garden, and 2x. of land, let for £19. 10s. 
per annum, have, from an early period, been applied to charitable 
purposes, by the rector and parish officers. In 1657. Thomas 
Trusson left a yearly rent charge of £o out of an estate here, to pro- 
vide for a weekly distribution of bread among the poor parishioners. 
Here is an Independent Clw.pel. built in 1536. 
Post-Office, at Henry Cuiiunrs, Let- I Sayer James, beerhouse 

Woodbridge. I Thompson Emma, blacksmith 



Balls Wm. tailor 

Beeton Samuel, plumber and glazier 

Brame George, postman and tinner 

Broome Benj. butcher and beerhouse 

Brown George, carpenter 5c builder 

Buck George, tailor & parish clerk 

Ford Mary, schoolmistress 

Laws Wm. earthenware, ice. dealer 

Mayhew James, smith ^c vict. Swan 

Moore George, butcher, ko. 

Norton Bev Wm, Addington, AT. A., 

Page Miles, corn miller [Bectory 

Parker John ic Rclleston S&mL police 

Pretyman Captain Wm. B.N. 

Eansby Walter, wheelwright 

Bod well Joshua, gentleman. Hall 



Thompson Wm. £ John, saddlers, 6;c 
Turtill James Wood, farrier 
Waif or d Bev Thomas, {Indepcniemt) 
Walker Wm. Newman, surgeon 



EAEEBS. 

Brown John 
Cullum Alfred 

BOOT & SHOEMKBS. 

Mann Robert 
Olding Wm. 
! Thompson John 

&B O CE P. S 6c DBAFE S ■ 

Bass Charles 
Cullum Henry 
Ransbv Artrfur 



FABMKBS. 

Ablitt John 
Gross Mrs Ann 
Hillen Wm, 
Roberts Robert 
Sayer James 
Cap.tuf.r. 
Joshua Seoggins, 
to Ipswich and 
Woodbridge 



BAWBSEY, a compact and well-built village on the coast oppo- 
site Hollesley- Bay, 8 miles S. by E. of Woodbridge, has in its 



260 BAWDSEY PARISH AND HAVEN*. 

parish 47 Q souls, and about 2000 acres of land, extending nearly 
three miles S.W. to the mouth of the broad river Deben, sometimes 
called Bawdsey Haven ; and nearly 2 miles E.N.E., to the hamlet 
of Shingle Street, on the fine beach of Hollesley Bay, where the- 
Life Boat Inn and several other houses were erected in 1810. 
Immense quantities of COPBOLITE are got in all the parishes on 
and near the coast from Bawdsey Haven to Boy ton. It is a valua- 
ble mineral, and is extensively used as manure and in the manu- 
facture of the finer sorts of earthenware, &c. Thousands of tons of" 
it are now shipped yearly from the Deben to various parts of the 
kingdom, and great quantities of it are burnt and used as manure 
by the Suffolk farmers. Its name, coprolite, or dung-stone, is ex- 
pressive of its fertilising qualities, which were first discovered in 
1718, by Mr. Edmund Edwards, a farmer of Levington. (See page- 
242.) Veins and ridges of it are found and got at various depths 
from two to twenty feet, and as much as £20 worth has been got 
out of a cottagers garden. It is mostly found near springs of 
crystal water, surrounded by crag and aoounding in fossils of the 
antediluvian world ; including relics of enormous species of fish, 
animals, and shells, most of which are now extinct. When thrown 
up, it is carefully sorted, washed through sieves, and laid in heaps 
ready for carting. It gives employment to many hundred hands ; 
gangs of 20 to 25 men, women, and children, being daily at work in 
many parts of the district between Bawdsey, Boyton, and Wood- 
bridge. Gold stones, used in the manufacture of copperas and 
sulphuric acid; and immense quantities of septaria or cement 
stones, are collected by numerous boatmen employed in dredging 
for them along the coast from Harwich to Orfordness. Here are a 
few fishing boats employed in catching lobsters, crabs, Sp.; and iut 
the parish are nve martello towers commanding Hollesley Bay, and 
now occupied by coast-guard-men. In the 1 1th of Edward I., 
Robert de Ufrorcl, who was twice chief justice of Ireland, obtained 
a license for a weekly market, on Fridays; and a fair on the eve, 
day, and morrow of the nativity of the Virgin Mary, at his manor 
of Baicdresey, or Bawdsey: but the market was discontinued in 
1797, and the fair in 1835. The Willoughby family held the manor 
from the reign of Henry IX. to that of Edward IV., and it after- 
wards passed to the Toilemaches. Earls of Dysart. The parish now 
belongs chiefly to John Toilemache, Esq., John George Sheppard,. 
Esq.. and the Trustees of the late Peter Thellusson, Esq. The 
Churcli (St. Mary) was appropriated to Butley Priory, by Ranulph 
Glanvile. Its venerable tower, though it has lost much of its 
pristine altitude, is still a conspicuous sea-mark. When undergoing 
repairs in 1841, some boys got upon it to exhibit fireworks, and ac- 
cidentally set fire to the church, which was completely gutted and 
the roof destroyed before the flames could be extinguished. It was 
repaired and new roofed in 1843. The vicarage, valued in KB. at 
<£6. 13s. 4d., and now at _i'193. is in the patronage of the Lord 
Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. Allott Tighe Gregory. M. A. 
and LL.B., who gives a series of interesting' evening lectures in the 
school room, during the winter season. In the parish is a smaD 



BAWDSEY. (WILFORD HUNDRED.) 



261 



Wesley an Chapel. Tiie Post Office is at Mr. Eel ward Cooper's. 
Letters are despatched at 4 afternoon by foot post to Woodbridge. 



Benhara Charles, grocer, draper, and 

carpenter 
Branch George, shoemaker and parish 

clerk 
Cooper Edw. grocer & draper, Post Off 
T)ossor Charles, boot and shoemaker 
3?ord Isaac, carpenter, &c. 
Gregory Rev Allott Tighe, M.A. and 

LL.B., Vicarage 
Xangmaid Francis, vict. Life Boat, 

Shingle street 



Lennard Daniel, bricklayer 
Ransby Edward, vict. Star Inn 
Robinson Mr Fras I; Barrows Samuel 

FABMEBS AND GRAZIERS. 

Bryant Mrs Mary, Red House 
Cavell Edward, Bawdsey Hall 
Everitt Stephen, High House 
Gross Samuel C, Manor House 
Ransby Edward |; Skipper Charles 
Carrier, Jas. Ransby, to Ipswich, Mon. 
and Woodbridge, Thursday 



BOULGE, o\ miles N. of Woodbridge, is a small parish contain- 
ing only 39 inhabitants and 545 acres. John Fitzgerald, Esq., of 
JBoulge Hall, a neat mansion with pleasant grounds, is lord of the 
manor and owner of great part of the soil. The Church (St. 
Michael) is a rectory, valued in K.B. at <£3. 1.2s. Id., and now at 
<£500, with the rectory of Debaeh annexed to it. The two rectories 
were consolidated by the Rev. Sir Wm. Bunbury, about 1730. Hy. 
Wm. Field, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. Samuel Fryer Field, M.A., 
is the incumbent, and has 4a. 1r. 31p. of glebe, and a Rectory 
House, at Debaeh. The tithes of Boulge were commuted in 1838 
for a yearly rent-charge of a£'134. Mr. Robert Todd is the parish 
clerk; and the farhers are Charles Bugg, Mrs. Harriet Baxter, 
and Samuel Crisp. 



BOYTOX, a pleasant village 4 miles S.W. of Orford, and 7^ 
miles E.S.E. of Woodbridge, has in its parish 320 souls and 1533 
acres of land, extending more than a mile eastward of Butley river 
and Orford Haven, and westward to a tract of open heath. The 
Church (St. Andrew) is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £'5. 12s. ]d., 
and in 1835 at £305. The Rev. Wm. Wogan Aldrich, B.C.L., is 
the incumbent. The advoivson and the manor were held by Butley 
Priory, but were granted by Henry Till, to Wm. Forthe and Richd. 
Moryson. They are now vested with the Trustees of Mrs. Warner's 
Charity, noticed below. Part of the parish belongs to Thellusson's 
Trustees and some smaller owners. 
Wm. Wogan, B.C.L., 



Aldrich Rev 

Rectory 
Bennington Charles £ Ed ward, farmers 

Frogs Hall and Dock Farms 
Bloomneld Francis, carpenter, &c. 
'Clouting Wm. blacksmith 
Johnson Wm. farmer 
-May Hanh. shopr || Scott John, p 

Warner's Charity.— In 1736 



ATartin George Robert, corn miller 
Miller Wm. farmer. Walk Farm 
Smith James, brewer & vict. Bell Inn 
Stollery Richard, carpenter 
Wolton Daniel, shoemaker 
Carrier, Francis Ashkettle, to Wood- 
bridge, Thursday 
elk Post from Hoilesley, via Woodbridge 

, Mary Warner gave the undermentioned 
valuable estates, &c, for the erection and endowment of an Almshouse at 
Boytox, for six poor men and six poor women, and for other charitable uses. 
After the erection of the Almshouse, she directed the trustees to apply the 
yearly income of the trust property as follows, viz. : 4s. a week to each of the 12 
jdmspeople; 50s. yearly to each,' to buy them suits of brown warm clothes; 
j£±Q a year to the minister of Boy ton. or any other persons who should be ap- 



26*2 earner's charity. 

pointed to look after the almspeople, and read prayers to them daily ; £1<) a 
year to the master of Stradrolze School, for teaching 12 poor children ; £o every 
Christmas lo each of the parishes of Dennington and Parham, for the poor ; and 
to apply the residue of the income, at their discretion, towards releasing in- 
solvent debtors, in the county of Suffolk, whose debts should not amount to more 
than ,£'10. This charity did not come into operation till 17-57, after the death 
of Mrs. Warner, when an almshouse for 12 poor people was erected by the 
trustees at Boyton. The income being much greater than the expenditure, 
various schemes and orders have been sanctioned by the Court of Chancery, 
since 1790, for extending the various branches of the charity. In 1802, it was 
ordered that four new apartments should be added to the Almshouse, so as to 
Increase the number of the almspeople from 12 to 16, and that each of them 
should have a weekly stipend of 7s., and a yearly allowance of £'2. Ids. for 
clothing; £2. 5s. for firing, and £L Is. towards the expense of their washing. 
Pour new apartments were added in 1835, and four more in 1847, so that there 
are now 24 almspeople, 12 men and 12 women ; each receiving 7s. a week and 
the yearly allowances named above. It was also ordered in 1802 that the 
nurse, (who occupies a house near the almshouse, and acts as servant to the 
almspeople,) should also have 7s. a week, and the same allowance for clothes 
and firing, as well as Is. 6d. per week for heating the common-oven ; that £12. 
12s. a year should be paid to a surgeon for attending the almspeople, and sup- 
plying them with medicines ; and that the annuity paid to the master of Strad- 
roke School should be increased to £lb. The surgeons yearly salary has been 
increased to £2±, and the other branches of the charity have been considerably 
extended since 1829, when the charity estates were let for £'1129. lis. 5d. per 
annum, besides which the trustees receive yearly £202 from the dividends of 
^£1000 Navy five per cents, and £4000 new four per cent, annuities, purchased 
"with the savings of former years. The perpetual advowson of the rectory of 
Boyton also belongs to this charity; and its other property given by Mrs. 
Warner comprises the manor and quit rents of Boyton. (worth about £15 a 
year,) Boyton Wood, 7 a. 3r. 3p. ; two farms in Boyton, containing 1012 acres ; 
two cottages and afarni of 162a. 3e. 3p., at Stradbroke. and a farm of 69a. 17p. 
at Dennington. The Almshouse contains 24 sets of rooms, with a small garden 
to each. Sir E. S. Gooch, the Earl of Stradbroke, Sir Charles Blois, Charles 
Tyrell, Esq., and others, are the trustees. 



BKEDFIELD, a scattered village 3 miles N. of Woodbridge, has 
in its parish 462 inhabitants and 1067 acres of land, partly in Loes 
Hundred. Wm. Jenny, Esq., is lord of the manor, but a great part 
of the soil belongs to John Wood and Francis C. Brooke, Esqrs. 
The Church (St. Andrew) is a fine ancient structure, with a flint 
tower, containing four bells. The nave and chancel have a beauti- 
fully carved ceiling. A small gallery was erected in 1838, at the 
cost of Edw. Jenny, Esq. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £±. -4s. , 
and now at <£249, is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and 
incumbency of the Bev. George Crabbe, M.A., who erected a new 
Vicarage House in 1836, at the cost of ^1400. The glebe is 80a.; 
and in 1837 the tithes were commuted for a yearly rent-charge of 
^325. Six acres of copyhold land, let for £7. 10s. a year, have 
been held by the parishioners from an early period for charitable 
and public uses, but the rent is all expended in the service of the 
Church. Here is a small Independent Chapel, erected in 1813. 
Bredfield White House, still the property and formerly the seat of 
the Jenny family, is now occupied by B. K. Cob bold, Esq. From 
several urns and other antiquities discovered in 1843, it is supposed 
there was a Roman Encampment about a mile north of the Church. 
High House is a fine specimen of ancient brick work, with orna- 



BREDFIELD. (WILFORD HUNDRED.) 



26S 



mental chimneys. The parish school is a small building, erected in 
1B53-4. Foot Post from Woodbridge. 



Clarke Henry, carrier to Ipswich. &c. 
Clark John, carpenter, ^ce. 
Cobbold Robert Knipe, Esq,, White Hs 
Cone Samuel, shopkeeper and saddler 
Crabbe Rev George. M.A., Vicarage 
Crane George, bricklayer, Sec. 
Cnthbert James, gardener 
Diggins Charles, tailor 
Fiske Leonard, grocer and draper 
Godbold Wm. boot and shoemaker 
Grimwood Win, brush maker 
Jasper Elizabeth, schoolmistress 
Lyons John, parish clerk 
Marjoram Win. carter, ifec. 
Oxborrow Edward, jun. com miller 



Pemberton John, joiner ,5c wheelwright 
Smith Simon, gardener 
Smith Thos. blacksmith & wheelwght 
Snell James, hurdle maker & beerhs 
Woolnough John, vict. Castle Inn 
Wright Win. boot and shoemaker 

FARMERS. 
Ashford Thomas Randall Samnel 

Burrows David Seaman Wm. 

Garrod Mary Ann Seaman George 

Gibbs Charles Welton Nathaniel 

Grimwood Thomas, Bredfield Place 
Oxborrow Edward, senior 
Seaman Charles W., High House 
Smith George. Manor House 



BBOMESTVELL, a straggling village on the east side of the 
river Deben, 2 miles X.E. of TVoodbridge, has in its parish 226 
souls and 1803 acres of land, mostly the property of the Marquis 
of Bristol and the heirs of the late Sir Charles E. Kent. The 
former is patron of the rectory, valued in K.B. at =£4. 15s. 7-kl., 
and now at £150, in the incumbency of the Eev. B. H. King, who 
has a new Rectory House. The Church (St. Edmund) is a small 
ancient edifice, which was new-roofed in 1820, and the chancel re- 
built a few years ago. The tithes were commuted in 18-42 for i'2T0 
per annum. The School was built in 1846. The parish is in the 
manor of Staverton-with-Bromeswell. (See Eyke.) The Town Lands, 
let for £12, comprise 3a. 2e., in this parish, and 1a. in Ufford, and 
have been vested from an early period, for the relief of the poor, but 
the rents have for many years been applied with the church rates. 
The poor of Bromeswell have £'4. 14s. 8d. yearly from Sir M. Stan- 
hope's charity. (See Sutton.) 



Burrows Charles, shoemaker and shop- 
keeper 
Cook Thomas, shopkeeper 
Goodchild Eobert, parish clerk 
Xing Eev Eobert Henry, Rectory 



Parker Eobert, vict. Cherry Tree 
TThaley Mrs. schoolmistress 

faidjxrs. Fairs Samuel 

Burrows John Fairs Wm. 

Dennington George Gobbitt Airs 



CAPEL ST. AXDBEW is a small scattered village and church- 
less parish, nearly 4 miles W.S. W. of Orford, and 7^ miles E.S.E. 
of TVoodbridge. containing 202 inhabitants, and 22?2~acres of land, 
belonging to the trustees of P. Thellusson, Esq., and extending a mile 
eastward to Butley river, and westward to the sandy heath, near Tang- 
ham Farm and Cap el Folly. The church was" standing in 1529, 
and was appropriated to Butley Priory, but all vestiges of it are 
gone. It stood on the site of a farm house, where many human 
"bones have been dug up. The parish has for a long period been 
connected ecclesiastically with Butley. A cottage and 1a. 9b. of 
land at Butley, have from an early period belonged to the poor of 
Capel, and are let for £6 a year, which is added to the poor rates. 
The farmers are James Button, (shopkeeper.) James Cable, John 



264 

Lucock, John 
Whitmore. 



Vv'ILFORD HUNDRED. 
Mrs. Pratt, James Stebbings, 



and Thomas 



DALLIXGHOO, a scattered village on an eminence, 4J miles X. 
of Wood bridge, has in its parish 385 souls and 1530 acres of land, 
partly in Loes Hundred. Here was a handsome hall, built by Wm. 
Churchill, and for some time the seat of his son-in-law, Francis 
Negus, Esq., but it was burnt down in 1729. Here are two manors, 
of which John V\ T ood and Andrew Archdeckue, Esqra., are lords, but 
part of the soil belongs to the Wade, Jarrold, Schreiber, and other 
families. The Church (St. Mary) is an ancient fabric, remarkable 
for having its steeple at the east end. The living is a rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £13. 6s. 8d., but now at £384, in the patronage 
-and incumbency of the Rev. Ellis Walford, who greatly improved 
the Rectory House in 1832. The glebe is 37 acres, and the tithes 
were commuted in 1844 for £421 per annum. Schools were built 
here for Dalliughoo and Charsfield parishes in 18-17, at the cost of 
<£600. DallingJwo Church and Poor Lands, dec, comprise 12a. 3r. 
Op., and seven cottages, partly copyhold of the manors of Dalliughoo 
and Wickham-cum-Membris. Part of this property was given by 
Thomas Shawe, in 1070, for the church and poor, and some of the 
cottages were built with £'100 received by the parish in 1827, on the 
dissolution of the Hundred House of Loes and Wilford. One cot- 
tage is occupied, rent-free, by the parish clerk, and the rest of the 
property is let to different tenants, at rents amounting to £30. 15s. 
a year. This income is applied, as far as necessary, in repairing 
the church, and the residue is distributed in bread and coals among 
the poor. Xew trustees were appointed in 1824. The poor par- 
ishioners have also £8. 6s. 7d., yearly from Kersey s Charity (see 
Charsfield,) and it is distributed in bread and coals, together with 
the following yearly doles, viz., 10s. left by one Roe; 20s. from 
Wills Charity (see Framlingham) ; and 10s. left by Henry Dade. 
Post Office at Mr. I. Kent's. Letters 



via Woodbridge, foot post 
Girling Wrn. shopkeeper 
Kent Isaac, registrar, Post Office 
Leggett Wm. boot and shoemaker 
Motum John, machine maker and 

wheelwright 
Perkins Henry & Louisa and Margt. 

Eobinson, Church Schools 
Walford Rev Ellis, rural dean & rector 

of Dalliughoo oc Bucklesham, Rectory 



Wright Wm. boot and shoe maker 

KingSarnuel.Cr/'org 
Reeve Wm. 



FARM ESS. 

Blake Arthur 
Burrows David 
Buxton Hubert 
Drew James. Hall 
Elliott Mrs Eras 
KellSamuel : Z??-09A- 
Kentlsasc 
Kent John 



Runnacles Maria 
Tve ~Eam.,Jloat 
Woolnough Saml. 

carrier. 
Wm. Grayston to 
Ipswich, Sat.. & 
Woodbridge, Tb. 



DEBACH, 5 miles N.X.TY. of Woodbridge, is a small scattered 
Tillage and parish, containing only 104 inhabitants and about 500 
acres of land, mostly the property of the Eev. Osborne Eeynolds. 
The Church (All Saints.) is a small ancient fabric, and near it is a 
neat Pvectory House, which was much improved in 1818, The church 
Las lately been restored and refitted with oak benches. As noted 
at page 261, the rectory is consolidated with that of Boulge. The 
" Town Lands" comprise about 2?a., including the site and gardens 
■of four cottages, belonging to the same trust The cottages are oc- 



DEBACR PARISH. 



265 



eupied by poor families at small rents, and the land is let for i;40 a 
year. From old deeds, it appears that part of the land was anciently 
held in trust for payment of tenths and fifteenths for the parish of 
Debach, and for the relief of the poor, and the reparation of the 
church ; and that the other part thereof was purchased with money 
arising from the sale of the eighth-part of a ship, left for the poor, 
by Richard Francis. About one -third of the rent is distributed 
among poor parishioners in coals, &c, and the remainder is mostly 



applied to the use of the church. 
Field Eev Samuel Pryer, M.A., rector 

of Boulge and Debach, Rectory 
Mannell George, corn miller 
Marjoram Stephen, shopkeeper 



Reynolds Eev Osborne, master of Ded- 
ham Grammar School, Essex, occu- 
pies a farm here. 

Todd Thos. & Bickers Thos. farmers 



HOLLESLEY is a well-built village, pleasantly situated on the 
banks of a rivulet, about a mile and a half from Orford Haven and 
Hollesleij Bay, 6 miles S.W. of Orford, and 7 miles S.E. of Wood- 
bridge. Its parish coutains 578 souls, and 4026 acres of land, ex- 
tending southward to the sea, and northward to a large, sandy, un- 
enclosed heath, of which it comprises about 800 acres. Sir Charles 
E. Kent, who died in 1854, was lord of the manor, but part of the 
soil belongs to J. Barthorp, Esq., Thelluson's Trustees, Mrs. Brook, 
Mrs. Waller, and several smaller owners. The Church (All Saints,) 
lias a lofty steeple, which is a conspicuous sea mark from Hollesleij 
Bay, where as many as 200 vessels may sometimes be seen at anchor. 
It was thoroughly repaired in 1852. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
4>12. 16s. 2d , and now at £'943, is in the patronage of James Young, 
Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. H. J. G. Young, m.d., who has a 
bandsome Rectory House, built in 1845, in the early Tudor style; 
The glebe is 31 acres, and the tithes were commuted in 1842 for 
£943 per annum. The poor have £4. 16s. 8d. yearly from Sir M. 
Stanhopes Charity. (See Sutton.) During the late war, Hollesley 
Bay was often visited by ships of war. In 1804, two very ancient 
und curious pieces of cannon were found here. 



Post Office at W. Hay ward's. Letters 

via Woodbridge, foot post 
Barthorp John, Esq., Red House 
"Broom Thomas, carpenter, Sec. 
Buttram Wm. corn miller 
€apon Sarah, schoolmistress 
Dosser Thomas, grocer, &c. 
Folk Wm. cooper 
Hayward Wm. grocer and draper 
Levitt John, blacksmith 
Lennard Edward, bricklayer 
iUanthorp Wm. general dealer 
Martin John, vict., Fox Inn 



Turtle Benjamin, corn miller 
Waller Mrs Mary Ann, The Grove 
Warren George, carpeuter, &c. 
Wright Wm. Balls, farrier 
Young Bev H. J. G., :.r.D., Rectory 



BOOT & SH0EMKR3 

Sharman Bobert 
Skeet John 
Thompson Wm. 

FARMERS. 

Barthorp John 
Blofield Abraham 
Capon Samuel 



Hayward John 
Stebbing Thomas 
Williams John 
Carriers to Wood • 

bridge, Thursday 
Field James, and to 

Ipswich, Sat. 
Kemp Benjamin 



MELTON is a large, pleasant, and well-built village, on the west- 
ern side of the river Deben, about a mile N.E. of Woodbridge. Its 
parish increased its population from 501 in 1801, to 1039 in 1851; 
including 269 in Suffolk Lunatic Asylum. It comprises about 1410 
acres of land, stretching southward to the suburbs of Woodbridge, 
from which the navigation of the Deben has been extended up to 



266 MELTON PARISH. 

a quay which was constructed here about 15 years ago. The soil 
belongs chiefly to Capt. Aplin, C. Walford, Mrs. Buckingham, Mrs. 
Bland, E. Jenny, T, Pytches, and J. Jeaffreson, Esqrs. ; and a few 
smaller owners. Foxburgh Hall, the beautiful seat of Charles Wal- 
ford, Esq., stands on a commanding eminence in the midst of taste- 
ful pleasure grounds. Melton Lodge, the seat of Capt. Aplin, has a 
beautiful park, &c, extending over 48 acres. There are several 
other neat mansions in the parish, and also a large ironfoundry and 
machine works. The Dean and Chapter of Ely are lords of the 
manor and patrons of the Church (St. Andrew,) which is an ancient 
structure, in a large burial ground, a mile from the village. The 
rectory, valued in K.B. at £9, 6s. 8d., and now at ^6347 is in the 
incumbency of the Rev. Christopher George Watson, who resides 
at Woodbridge, and is also rector of Salcott, in Essex. The tithes 
have been commuted for a yearly rent charge of <£395. The National 
JSchool was built in 1845, at the cost of <£250. The Church and 
Poors' U state is partly freehold and partly copyhold, and consists of 
seven cottages, at low rents; 2a. 1r. 12p. of land called Greenman 
Meadow, let for about ^10 a year, given to the poor many 
years ago by one John Jenner ; two cottages and 24a. 1r. 4p. of land 
in several enclosures, appropriated at an early period to the repairs 
of the church, and now let for about £'35 a year; and 15a. 6p., worth 
.£19 a year, given at some remote period by persons named Halifax, 
Cook, and Histed, for providing fuel, &c, for the poor. Wilford 
Bridge, which crosses the Deben, near Melford, was rebuilt by the 
County in 1539. 

Suffolk Lunatic Asylum, which stands in a healthy and airy 
situation, near Woodbridge, but in Melton parish, was originally 
erected as a House of Industry for the parishes of Loes arid Wilford 
Hundreds, which were incorporated for the maintenance of their 
poor in 1765, but disincorporated in 1827, when the building was 
purchased by the county magistrates, chiefly for the reception of 
pauper lunatics. Whilst a workhouse, it had sometimes as many as 
250 inmates, and there are now within its walls about 260 patients 
labouring under that worst of human maladies — insanity. They are 
all Suffolk paupers, for whom their respective parishes pay at the 
rate of 7s. 6d. per week per head. This useful and well-regulated 
establishment, including the purchase of the grounds and the original 
buildings, and the subsequent alterations, enlargements and im- 
provements, with the furniture, &c, had cost about <£30,000 in 1844, 
but since that year the asylum has been considerably enlarged and 
improved. Though it is not so imposing in external appearance as 
some of the modern County Asylums, its internal arrangements and 
domestic economy are of the highest order. It was one of the first 
asylums in which the non-restraint system in the treatment of in- 
sanity was introduced ; indeed its skilful and humane superintend- 
ent (Dr. Kirkman,) has never resorted to personal restraint for more 
than twenty years — his active agents for the restoration of mental 
sanity being kindness and a happy blending of employment and 
recreation, suitable to the varied diseases and tempers, or fancies, of 
his patients. About 30a. of land is attached to the asylum and cul- 



WILFORD HUNDRED. 



267 



tivated as garden, farm, and pleasure grounds by the patients. The 
grounds to which the patients have free access, are tastefully laid 
out and planted, and have raised mounds in the centre, command- 
ing full prospects of the surrounding country over the boundary 
walls, which have recently been lowered. Though the asylum has 
now accommodation for about 260 patients, it is generally full, and 
there are in various parts of the county from 200 to 300 lunatics, 
idiots and imbeciles, either in Union Workhouses or residing with 
their friends, most of whom ought to be sent to this asylum, where 
it is hoped encreased accommodation will soon be provided. The 
government Commissioners inspect the asylum yearly, and in their 
report of 1852 they say. about 200 of the patients are pretty con- 
stantly employed ; the men chiefly in gardening and farm labour, 
the women at the needle and household work; and that " the 
various galleries and dormitories, and single sleeping rooms, are 
clean, well ventilated, and altogether in good order." The total 
number of patients admitted since the opening of the asylum in 
January. 1S29, to December, 1853, was 1971, consisting of 89T 
males and 1023 females. The annual charge for each patient in 
1829 was £22, 19s. lOd. ; in 1833-4, 5, and 6, £14=. 15s. 9d. ; and in 
1853, 4>18. 15s. 4jd. These charges vary with the price of provi- 
sions. A committee of the visiting County Magistrates meet at the 
asylum every alternate Friday. Dr. John Ivirkman is the, physician 
and superintendent ; the Eev. Thos. W. Hughes, chaplain ; Mr. Geo. 
Durrant, steward ; and Mr. Henry Pizey. clerk. 

MELTON DIRECTORY. , Hunt John, gent || Kirkman Mr Hy. 

Post Office at Mr Wm, Skoulding's. Kirkman John, M.D. supt. Asylum 



Letters desp. 7 eveng. to Woodbridge 
Adderson Mr Joseph, Retreat 
Anderson Wm. Hennesey, saddler 
Aplin Capt. Richard, Melton Lodge 
Ashford Alfd. clerk || Gwyn Mrs 
Asten James, beerhouse 
Baker Mr James || Bilby Mrs Sarah 
Barrell George, parish clerk 
Bennington Xathl. corn merchant, etc. 
Booth George, tailor 
Brooke Cooper Chas. solicitor, Grove 
Buckingham Mrs Matilda Sophia 
Capon Francis, butcher 
Carthew Wm. Morden,Esq. 
Churchyard James, gent 
Collins Thos. millwright & Mrs Eliza 
Cook Wm. brick & tile maker, Wilfard 

Bridge 
Cullum Samuel, gardener and florist 
Durrant George, steward, Asylum 
Durrant Mrs. milliner 
Fisher Henry, hay and straw dealer 
Gillingham Isaac, vict, Red Lion 
Girling Horace, iron founder, &c. 
Goldsmith John, farm bailiff 
Hayward Alfred, miller and corn and 

coal merchant 
Hughes Rev. Thomas Williams, B.A., 

chaplain at Asylum 



Last Rt. builder Leech My. midwife 
Moss John, joiner, builder, plumber, &e 
Pratt Ishmael, horse dealer and vict., 

Horse and Groom 
Osborn Jeremiah, shoemaker 
Page and Girling, ironfounders, engi- 
neers, and agricultural implement 
manufacturers 
Page James, ironfounder, &c. 
Provart Mr Pp. Patrick Xoah 
Pytches Major Thomas, (deputy lieut.) 
Read Elizabeth, schoolmistress 
Reeve Robert Ashby, solr., Fern Villa 
Riches John, baker, etc. 
Sawyer Edward, baker and brewer 
Schreiber Wm. Fdk. jun.. Esq., Hill Hs 
Shemmin David, farm bailiff 
Skoulding Wm. grocer and draper 
Smith Edward, vict, Coach & Horses 
Thompson Sc Bennington, corn & coal 

merchants, seedsmen, & maltsters 
Thompson George Edw. ; h Woodbridge 
Walford Charles, Esq.,Foxburgh Hall 
Walker John, corn miller 
Waller Mrs Maria, gentlewoman 
Wood John, sen. Esq., Melton Hall 
FARMERS. {Marked * are Oumers.) 
Frost Francis |] * Miller Thomas 
m2 



-268 MELTON PARISH. 



"♦Jeaffreson Cphr. Edward, Decoy Farm J *ChapIin Wm. || *Moss J-Am 
^Newson John || Snjith Bilby 

"Eout Win., Valley Farm OmniSus and Carriers to Hai?swortb, 

WheelwbIghts. (* are Blacksmiths.)} / Ipswich, Woodbricige, &c. call at the 
Caiver Thomas || CulpitJohn | Inns. (Seep. 144.) 

PETISTPiEE, or Pettistree, a small pleasant village, 4 miles 
X.N.E. ofWoodbridge, has in its parish 297 souls, and 1767a. 3r. 7p. 
of fertile land, including the small hamlets and manors of Loudham 
and Bing. The latter, (now only a farm) claimed a market in the 
14th of Edward L, and was afterwards given with Petistree to Camp- 
sey Priory. The Duke of Hamilton is now lord of these manors, 
but Loudham belongs to J. W, C. Whitbread, Esq. ; and Lord Een- 
dlesham, Mrs. Brook, and some smaller owners, have estates in the 
paiish. Loudham Hall, now unoccupied, is a handsome mansion, 
in a beautiful park, 3 miles X.E. of Woodbridge. and was rebuilt by 
Charles Wood, Esq., a descendant of Sir Henry Wood, Knt., to whom 
the estate passed from the Loudhams and Blenherhay setts. The 
rectorial tithes of Petistree and Bing belong to Pemberton's Charity, 
as noticed at page 96. The Church, (St. Peter and St. Paul.) is a 
small ancient structure. The vicarage, called " Loudham-cum- Pet- 
istree^ is valued in K.B. at £6. 10s., and now at <£93,in the patron- 
age of the Lord Chancellor and incumbency of the Eev. George 
Crabbe, of Bredneld. The Town Estate comprises a house occupied 
by paupers, and 7a. of land, let for £26 a year, which is applied, 
conformably to old usage, in the service of the church. For a dis- 
tribution of bread, every other Sunday, the poor have a yearly rent- 
charge of c£5, left by John Jessup, in 1717, out of land now belong- 
ing to the Dykes family. They have also 5s. quarterly in bread 
from Mills Charity. (See Framlingham.) 



Boon Ezekiel, brick and tile maker 
Brook Mrs Mary Ann, Petistree Lodge 
Dykes Mr Pp. || Simpson Mrs M. E. 
Johnson Eobert, gardener 
Richards Mrs, Java Lodge 
Savers John, vict., Three Tuns 
Smith Wm. joiner & vict., Greyhound 



Studd Mrs Mary, Ivy Cottage 

FARMERS. 
Butcher Robert || Jacobs Benjamin 
Churchyard Isaac, Bing Hall 
Knights Bachel |] Tice Edward Wm. 
Stephenson Henry j! Walker Wm. 
Threadkell Wm. and Sarah 



BAMSHOLT, on the east bank of the river Deben, opposite Kir- 
ton Sluice, 5 miles S. by E. ofWoodbridge, is a village and parish, 
containing 203 souls and 2107 acres, including an old farm house, 
.more than a mile east of the village, called Peyton Hall, anciently a 
seat of the Peytons, who in the reign of Henry III. assumed the 
name of Ufford- Joseph White, Esq., of Sutton Hall, Cheshire, is 
lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to the trustees 
of the late Peter Thellusson, Esq.. and several smaller owners. The 
Church (All Saints) is a perpetual curacy, which has been augmented 
with Queen Anne's Bounty, and is now worth £'70 per annum. C. 
Pennington, Esq., is impropriator and patron, and the Rev. Eobert 
Field, M.A., of Sutton, is the incumbent. The tithes have been 
commuted for £'458 per annum. Directory : — Thomas Dunn, vict , 
'Dock Inn ; Lieut. George Pretyman, Pi.N. ; Charles French, farmer ; 
Wm. Last, Peyton Hall farm ; and John Pretyman, Church farm. 



WILFORD HUNDRED. 269 

SHOTTISHAM, a scattered village, 4| miles S..E of Woodbridge, 
on the banks of a rivulet flowing eastward to the Deben, has in its- 
parish 372 souls, and 1135 acres of sandy land, including part of an 
open heath. Mrs. E. Darby and Miss M. Kett own the manor and 
most of the soil, and have the patronage of the Church, (St Mar- 
garet,) which is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £±. 16s. Jd., and now 
at £250. The Rev. Eclw. Francis, M.A , is the incumbent. The 
Glanviles and Wingfields were anciently lords of the manor. A 
cottage and an acre of land have from an early period been vested' 
for the repairs of the church. The poor have £2 yearly out of an 
estate belonging to T. Waller, Esq., left by Sarah Clarke, in 1708. 



Bedwell Thomas, grocer and draper 
Bird Win. blacksmith 
Cull am James, collar & harness maker 
Edwards Robt. Vertue, gent. Hall 
Eairhead James, wheelwright, &c 
Pletcher Frederick, corn miller 
Francis Rev Edw., M.A.. Eectory 
Gooch Thos. tailor and parish clerk 
Hudson Wra. shoemaker 
Kemp Thomas, butcher 



Kett Miss Miriam, gentlewoman 

Laws Joseph, shoemaker & beerhouse 

Manthorp Sus, vict. Sorrel Horse 

Masters Mr. Thos. James Poole 

Symonds Wm. shoemaker 

Stollerv John, farmer 

Post Office at J. Fairhead's. Letters 

via Woodbridge 
Carries, Wm. Kemp, to Woodbridge, 

Mon. & Thurs., & to Ipswich, Sat. 



SUTTON, a scattered village, from three to four miles S.E. of 
Woodbridge, has in its parish 732 inhabitants, and 6400 acres of" 
land, including nearly a thousand acres of open sandy heath, called 
Sutton Walks, on the north ; Fen Rail and Wood Ball, about one- 
mile south, and the small hamlets of Methers gate, Little Hough, 
&c, on the east bank of the river Deben, from one to three miles 
S.S.E. of Woodbridge; and Sutton street, nearly a mile east of the 
church. Thos. Waller, Esq., is lord of the manor of Sutton Hall ; 
Henry Edwards, Esq , of Wood Hall; and Chas. Austin, Esq., of 
Fen Hall; but part of the parish belongs to E. K. Cobbold, Thellu- 
son's Trustees, and a few smaller proprietors. The Bacons and 
Chapmans were formerly lords of the two first-named manors, and 
the Burwells were seated at Fen Hall, from the reign of Elizabeth 
till about 1730. Fen Hall, now a farm house, is a fine old mansion 
in the Elizabethan style, but has lately lost many of its external 
ornaments. The Church (All Saints) is a small fabric, and the 
living is a vicarage, valued in K B. at £8. 2s. Id., and now at £'431. 
The Rev. Eobert Field, M.A., is patron and incumbent, and has 
30a, of glebe. The vicarage-house was burnt to the ground by an 
accidental fire in 1.831, and has not been rebuilt. Here is a small 
Baptist Chapel, erected in 1813. Sir Michael Stanhope, in the 16th 
of James I., granted to trustees, in fee, certain yearly rents, amount- 
ing to £'48, out of the demesne lands of the manor of Valence, in 
Blaxhall ; upon trust for the relief of the poor of this and about 
nine other parishes. The portion belonging to Sutton is £4 per 
annum. In 1687, Susannah Burwell left a yearly rent-charge of 
£b. 4s. out of her lands in the manor of Staverton-with-Bromeswell, 
for a distribution of 2s. worth of bread every Sunday at Sutton 
church, among the poor of the parish. The vicar receives 20s; 
yearly for sermons on St. Thomas's day and Good Friday, and the 



270 



SUTTON. (WILFORD HUNDRED.) 



poor 2s. 6d. on each of those days, in bread, pursuant to the bequest 
of a Mr. Bloss. 



Post Office at Jas. Skipper's. Letters 

via Woodbridge 
Berrett Robt. farmer, Little Hough 
Edwards Henry, Esq., Wood Hall 
Eairhead J., carpenter, & parish clerk 
Field Rev Robert, M.A., vicar 
Freston George, blacksmith 
Garrod Robt. & Mayer Thos, bailiffs 
Girling — , Fenhall farm, & Rendham 
Rett Wm. Kell, surgeon 



Large Rev. Wm. (Baptist) 
Nichols James, corn miller 
Roper Chas. farmer, Yale farm 
Skipper James, shopkeeper 
Solomon Robert, vict. Plough Inn 
Walker Isaac, farmer, Cliff 
Walker Nathan, farmer, Ferry 
Waller Thomas, Esq., Sutton Hall 
Wolton Robert, shopkeeper 



UFFORD is a well-built village, in two parts, called Upper and 
Lower Streets, distant nearly half a mile from each other, and 2\ 
miles N.N.E. of Woodbridge, near the Deben, but above tbe point 
to which that liver is navigable. Its parish contains 725 souls, and 
1157 acres of laud, under which is an abundance of that fertilising 
marine deposit called cragg and coprolite. The principal owners 
of the soil and lords of the manors are J. W, C. Whitbread, Esq., 
the Worsley family, and F. C. Brooke, Esq., of Ufford Place, a 
neat mansion with pleasant grounds, formerly the seat of the Ham- 
monds. The Peytous, when they removed here from Peyton Hall, 
in Ramsholt, assumed the name of Ufford. Robert de Ufford was 
made Chief Justice of Ireland in 1269, and his son, of the same 
name, was created Baron Ufford in 1308. Robert, the second 
Baron, was created Earl of Suffolk in 1337, but on the death of his 
son William, without issue, in 1382, both titles became extinct. At 
one period, the Uffords were possessed of the castles of Orford, Eye, 
Framlingham, Bungay, Mettingham, and Haughley, which passed 
to Robert, fourth Lord Willoughby de Eresby, in right of his mother, 
the heiress of Robert de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk. Their seat in this 
parish stood about two furlongs north of the church, near the farm- 
house belonging to Mills' Charity. Part of Ufford forms the manor 
of Soge?ihoe, where there was anciently a chapel, near an acre and 
a half of land, which is encompassed by a moat or ditch, and is 
supposed to be the site of a castellated mansion. The Ottleys 
had a seat and estate here, and one of them, Wm. Ottley, was Lord 
Mayor of London in 1434. The Church (St. Mary) is a neat struc- 
ture, with a lofty tower, built of flint. It was re-pewed and 
thorougly repaired in 1840 and '41, and has an organ which was 
purchased in 1837. The interior was once highly ornamented, but 
suffered much from the puritanical Vandals of the 17th century. 
The visitors sent here by parliament, in January, 1648, took up six 
inscriptions in brass, broke thirty pictures, and gave directions for 
the destruction of 37 more pictures and 40 cherubims of wood. 
Their instructions not being obeyed, they returned again in August 
following, to finish their work with their own hands, which they did 
after some obstruction from the churchwardens, but they appear to 
have spared what they described as a " glorious cover over the font, 
like a pope's triple crown, with a pelican on the top picking its 
breast, all gilt over with gold." This cover still remains, and was 



UFFORD PARISH. 



271 



repaired some years ago, at the expense of the Antiquarian Society. 
It is elaborately executed, and rises pyramidically to the roof. The 
Rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. 5s. and now at <£376, is in the 
patronage of Fras. Capper Brooke, Esq., and incumbency of the 
Bev. Wni. Pochin Larken, "who has a good residence near the church. 
The Rev. Richard Lovekin was rector here from 1621 till 1678, when 
he died in his 111th year. This venerable divine did all the duties 
of his function, even to the Sunday before his death. During the 
civil wars he was plundered of everything he possessed, except one 
silver spoon, which, he hid in his sleeve. The late D. E. Davy, 
Esq., of Ufford, who died in 1851, made large collections for a 
General History of Suffolk, and his manuscripts are now at the 
British Museum. The Towx Estate consists of a double cottage, 
occupied by paupers, and a cottage and 41a. of land in Ufford and 
Melton, let for £bb a year, which is applied in the service of the 
church. The Almshouse, for four poor men of Ufford, was erected 
by the Bight Bev. Thomas Wood, Bishop of Lichfield and Coven- 
try, who, in 1690, endowed it with a yearly rent-charge of £16, out 
of his manor of Barham, which he also charged with the repairs of 
the almshouse, and with providing a coat once in two years, for each, 
of the almsmen. Smock Meadow ', 3a. 3k., was given to the poor by 
a Mr. Sayer, and is let for £8 a year, which is distributed partly in 
bread and partly in shifts for poor women. For distributions of 
bread, the poor parishioners have 40s. yearly from Mills Charity, 
(see Framlingham,) and an annual rent-charge of £3, left by one 
Ballett, out of three meadows, now belonging to Mr. Gross. 



UFFORD DIRECTORY. 
Marked -f are in Upper street. 

Post Office at Isaac Lambert's. Let- 
ters via Woodbridge 

Barrell Robert, sawyer 

+ Beaumont John, gent 

Brooke Fras. Capper, Esq., Ufford pi 

fButton Alfred, cattle dealer 

Carr John, carpenter 

Dove Chas. bricklayer & parish clerk 

-f-Fenton Wm. butcher & vict. Crown 

-l-Foulger Wm. policeman 

Fuller George, corn miller 

-j-Garrett Charles, blacksmith 

Garrod Wm. gardener, & vict. White 
Lion 

tGowing James, corn miller 

Griffiths Mr John || Brundell Wm. 

•fHawes Jas. thrashing machine owner 

Johnson Mrs. F. and Miss Lott, ladies' 
school, Church Villa 

+ Johnson Misses Ellen & Hanh. school 

Kemp John, butcher 



Larken Rev. Wm. Pochin, Rectory 
Minter Sarah, schoolmistress 
-i-Xethergate John, thrashing machine 

owner 
Noy James, surveyor & Mrs Mary Ann 
tParker Captain Charles Allen, R.M. 
Patrick Jonathan, bricklayer 
Plumley Walter, tailor 
Thompson Wm. Rawlings, agent to 

F. C. Brooke, Esq. 
Trott John, gentleman 
i-Upson Charles, gardener 



BOOT & SHOE MKS. 

Garrett Wm. 
Trusson Wm. 

FARMERS. 

Betts Letitia 
f Burrows Richd. 
+ Button Edm. 
Churchyard Henry 
Clarke Wm. 
Crow Edward 
•f Lines John 



Manby Eliz. 
Waspe Jas.RedHs. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Garrett George 
-t-KellHerbert,regr 
Lambert Isaac 
i-Scarfe Eliz. 
Smith Isaac 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

tFisher John 
fForsdick Thos. & 
garden chair mkr 



WICKHAM-MARKET, on an eminence near the river Deben, 
five miles N.N.E. of Woodbridge, and eight miles S.W. of Sax- 
mundham, is a small ancient town, which had a weekly market, but 



272 WICKHAM MARKET. 

it has been disused more than two centuries. The parish contain? 
1174a of land, and had 1697 inhabitants in 1851, including 304 in 

JPlomesgate Union Workhouse, which was erected here in 1836-7. 
(See Plomesgate Union.) Wickham-Market was formerly of such 
consequence, that it had a Shire Hall, in which quarter sessions 
were held; but they were removed to Woodbridge many years ago, 
and the hall was taken down by the lord of the manor, and the 
materials used in the erection of a farm house at Letheringham* 
The archdeacon of Suffolk still holds his visitations here for the 
.Deanery of Wilford. The Duke of Hamilton is lord of the manor, 
but a great part of the soil belongs to A. Arcedeekne, Esq., and 
several smaller owners. The L fiord family gave the manor and 
church to Campsey priory, and Henry VIIL granted the former tc 
Anthony Wingfield The Church (All Saints) is a handsome struc- 
ture, with an octagonal tower, surmounted by a leaded spire, and 
containing six bells, a clock, and chimes. It was repaired and 
newly ceiled in 1847, when a piscina and sedilia were discovered in 
the chancel wall. It stands upon a hill, and its steeple is a con- 
spicuous sea mark, though only about 70 feet high. From the top 
of the tower, nearly 50 churches may be seen. The aisle or chapel 
en the north side, was built by Walter Fulburn. who was buried there 
in 1469. The Vicarage, valued in K.B. at £6. 16s. Sd., and now at 
<£208, is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency 
of the Eev. Weeden Butler., M.A., who has a good Vicarage House,. 
which was much improved in 1850. The Rectory belongs to Pern- 
berton's Charity, as noticed at page 96. The tithes have been com- 
muted for yearly rent charges, viz., £105 to the vicar, and £195 to the 
impropriate rectory. The Independents have a small chapel here. 
The Town Lands comprise one acre of freehold land in Haeheston ? 
and about 37a. in this parish, now let for about £119 per annum. 
About 17 acres, called the Old Town Lands, have for a long period 
been appropriated to charitable and public uses. The remainder 
of the estate, called the New Town Lands, was purchased with £320, 
of which £*300 was left by Mrs. Ann Barker, in 1730. Pursuant 
to a decree of the Court of Chancery, in 1838, the Town Lands are 
now vested with seven trustees, and the rents are applied yearly as 
follows : — One-half for the good of the town, or the relief of the poor. 
as directed by a majority of the parishioners at an annual meeting ; 
two tenth parts for the education of poor children, at the National 
School, built in 1842 ; two tenths in repairing the church : and the 
remaining- tenth in apprenticing a poor boy or girl. In 1690, the 
Plight Plev. Thos. Wood, Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, by his 
will, after reciting other charitable bequests, charged his manor of 
Barbara with the payment of <£T5 per annum, for equal division 
among four poor men of Wickham-Market, and with providing each 
of them with a gown once in two years, marked with the letters 
H.W r . The testator's heir, Henry Webb, neglected to pay these 
charges till 1705, when it was ordered by a decree of the Court of 
Exchequer, that the estate of Barbara Hall should be charged with 
the further yearly sum of £6, as interest of the arrears, so that the 
four pensioners each receive £5. 5s. per annum, and a gown once 



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273 



in two years. The poor parishioners have 5s. worth of bread every 
three months from Mills Charity. (See Framiingham.) John 
Kirly, who wrote the " Suffolk Traveller;' resided here, as noticed 
at page 89. The Toicn Hall was built in 1846, by Mr. John Wbit- 
rnore, at the cost of £200. Here are two fire engines, one belonging 
to the parish and the other to Mr. Whitmore, who employs here 
about sixty hands in manufacturing mill machinery, Sc. The town 
has two Mutual Benefit Societies; a Book Club, established forty 
years ago ; and an Association for the Prosecution of Felons. 

WICKHAM MARKET. INNS AND TAVEENS. 

Post Office at Mr. George Fish's. Chaise and Pair, Mary Foreman 
Letters despatched at eight evening, j Chequers, Elizabeth Nickels 
via Woodbridge mail cart j Crown, Jeremiah Woods 

Barclay Janies Pringle, solicitor George, George Turtel 

Bird John, tinner and brazier | Vine, Wm. Jackson 



Bunn Edw. druggist, bookseller, and 
agt. to Scottish Provincial Insce. Co 
Butcher Wm, gent. |;Brooke Mrs My. A. 
Butler Bev Weeden, M.A., Vicarage 
Catton John, gent |] Chenery Jno. 
Churchyard Isaac, farrier 
Clarke Beeve, gent || Downes Mrs 
Coates Danl. maltster & corn chandler 
Dale George, marble and stone mason 
Downes Wm. music & dancing master 
Drew Bev Heriot S. curate of Petistree 
Durant Edw. police officer 
Edwards Benj. cooper || & Miss Mary 
Goffe Bev Chas. (Independent) 
Griffiths Jas. gent || Gonner Miss H, 
Haldy Miss Amelia, French teacher 
Hill Jesse, parish clerk and sexton 
Howard Mr John |] Howie tt Mrs 
Jackson Wm. wine & spirit merchant 
Leech John, thatcher 
Leek Stphn. basket maker & game dlr 
Lynn Major James, B. E. 
Mayhew Isaac, cart owner 
Moore John & Mrs. Susan, master & I 
matron of Plomesgate Union House | 
Moore Geo. solicitor, & Woodbridge 
Motum Wm. Ferdinando,rate collector 
and regr. & agt. to Sun Fire Life Office 
Oxborrow Wm. coach builder, &c 
Poole Chas. Andrew, surgeon's assist. 
Backhaul Wm. 3 joiner, &c. 
Bead Chas. Henry, auctioneer, sur- 
veyor, & clerk & supt. registrar of 
Plomesgate Union 
Smith James, porter of Workhouse 
Taylor Mrs Bridget |] Osborne Mrs 
Thurlow Mrs Sus. || Thurkettle Mrs 
Walker Mrs Anna || Thurston Jas. elk 
Wheildon Isaac, gentleman 
White Mary, dyer || Williams Sirs 
Whitmore John, millwright, engineer, 
ironfounder, and agent to Suffolk 
Alliance Insurance Co. &c 



White Hart, Susan Chase 



ACADEMIES. 

* take Boarders. 
Bellingham Bd. & 

Ann, Nat. School 
*Downes George 
*Downes Misses, 

Limetree Cottage 
*Earl Magdalene 

Anne, Belle Tue 

BAKERS. 

Thurkettle George 
Todd Edwin 
1 Wade Wm. 

ELACKSMITHS. 

i Hill Jesse 

: Howell Wm. 

| Leggett S.& Isc. 

. BOOT & SHOE MKS. 

' Bunn Andrew 
Drane Charles 
Jordan Simon 
Smith Henry 
Wade John 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Denny George 
Fulcher Bobert 
Grayston Wm. 
Webber Samuel 

BUTCHERS, &C. 

Frost Wm. 
Heffer Wm. 
Taylor Wm. 

CABINET MAKERS. 

Hill David 
Bouse W. Bransby 

CORN MILLERS. 

Tacon John 
Walker Ephraim 
Woolnough Chas. 

FARMERS. 

Budd Johu Peyto 
Churchyard Isaac, 
& farrier 
m3 



cV 



King John 
Mavs James 
Thurlow Wm. 
Tice Edward 
Welton Cornls, 
estate agent 
Whitmore John 

GROCERS & DRPRS. 

BrandWm.Jermyn 
Churchyard Chas. 
Girling Wm. 
Smith Alfred 
Till Joseph 

HAIR DRESSRS. &C, 

Lay David 
Licence Isaac, & 
horse clipper 

MILLINERS, &C. 

Bow Ann 
Watkins Mrs 

PLUMBERS, &Cv 

Motum George 
Smith Wm. 

SADDLERS, &C". 

Kirby Bobert 
Backham John 
Bow James 

SURGEONS. 

Cochrane George 
Keer George 
Muriel Wm. 

TAILORS. 

Cunnell John 
Garrod Frederick 
Leek Isaac 

WATCH, &C MARRS, 

Girling James 
Hawke Chas. Holy 
White James 

WHEELWRIGHTS^ 

Nickels Alfred 
Welton Bobert 



274 WICKHAM MARKET. 



Coaches, Omnibuses, & Ca.eb.iers 
call at the inns daily from Ipswich, 
Woodbridge, Aldeburgh, Framlingham, 
Saxmundham, Yoxford, Lowestoft, &c. 
See pages 144 and 145 



Mail Carts daily to Woodbridge, Yar- 
mouth, Stradbroke, Orford, &q 

Danl. Maybe w, carrier to ^Yoodbridge, 
daily 



WOODBKIME. 



Woodbridge, a well-built market town and port, is pleasantly- 
situated on the western bank of the Deben, about nine miles above 
the mouth of that broad river, eight miles E.N.E. of Ipswich, 11 
miles W. of Orford, 13 miles S.W. of Saxmundham, 11 miles S. of 
Framlingham, and 77 miles N.E. of London. Acts have been 
obtained for making railways from Ipswich to Woodbridge, and 
thence to Halesworth, &c, and it is hoped they will be completed 
in a few years. The population of Woodbridge amounted, in 1801, 
to 3020 ; in 1811, to 4332 ; in 1821, to 4060 ; in 1831, to 4768 ; in 
1841, to 4952; and to 5161 souls in 1851. Its parish comprises 
1053a. 3b. 13p. of fertile land, forming a detached member of Loes 
Hundred, from which it is separated by Wilford Hundred. It gives 
name to the Woodbridge Union, which has its Board-room and prin- 
cipal officers here, but its Workhouse is at r> acton, eight miles from 
the town, as already described at page 235. It is a polling place at 
the election of the parliamentary representatives of the Eastern 
Division of Suffolk, and may be considered the capital of the Liberty 
of St, Ethelred, which comprises the neighbouring Hundreds of 
Loes, Colneis, Carlford. Wilford, Plomesgate, and Thredling, com- 
monly called the Woodbridge Division, for which Quabteb Sessions 
are held here in January, April, June, and October; and Petty 
Sessions every Wednesday. The manors of Woodbridge-Hasketon 
and Woodbridge-late-Priory belong to Mrs. E. S. Smith, and Rolla 
and Wm. Bouse, and John May, Esqrs. R. House, Esq., is the 
steward. The parish is partly in three other manors, of which the 
following are the names and lords, viz., Woodbridge-Ufford, J. 
Cuddon, Esq.; Thorpe Hall, G. T. Corbett, Esq; and Kingston, 
Wm. Hartcup, Esq. The other principal land owners are the Rev. 
P. Bingham, Rev. E. J. Moor, C. N. Hastie, Esq., and J. Cobbold, 
Esq. In Domesday Book, this town is called Udebryge, of which 
its present name is no doubt a corruption ; though some writers 
have asserted that it derived its name from a wooden bridge, built 
over a hollow way between two parks, near the road to Ipswich, 
where, in Kirby's time, there was a house called Dry Bridge. On 
the south side of the church, formerly stood a PRIORY of Augus- 
tine canons, founded by Sir Hugh Rous, or Rufus, and endowed 
with the church, one of the manors of Woodbridge, and many other 
possessions. It stood near the house now called the Abbey, and 
within it were interred many individuals of the knightly fami- 
lies of Rouse, Breos or Brews, and Weyland. On its dissolution, 
in the 33rd of Henry VIII. , it was valued at ^50. 3s. 5£d. per 



WOODBRIDGE. 275 

annum, and was granted, with the advowson of the church, to John 
Wingfield, and Dorothy his wife, in special tail male ; and on his 
death without issue, it was granted in fee to Thomas Sekforde, Esq., 
the founder of the richly endowed almshouses here. In his family 
it remained till 1673, when it passed, hy the will of Mrs. Dorothy 
Seckford, into the family of the Norths, of Laxford, from whom it 
passed to the Garthews. After the decease of the Rev. Thomas 
Carthew, in 1791, the Priory estate was divided and sold, at which 
time the mansion called the Abbey, was purchased by Francis 
Brook, Esq., of UfTord; hut it is now the seat and property of the 
Rev. Peregrine Bingham, who purchased it in 1853, and has recently 
restored the house and embellished the grounds with great taste. 
In 1666, Woodbridge was visited by the plague, which carried off 
the minister, his wife, and child, and upwards of 300 of the inhabi- 
tants. The parish of Melton forms a handsome suburb of Wood- 
bridge, and in it is situated Suffolk Lunatic Asylum, already described 
at page 266. 

The Town has been much improved during the last twenty years 
by the formation of several new streets, and the erection of many 
neat houses, and several handsome public buildings. The eminence 
on which it stands commands a pleasant view down the broad river 
Deben, which falls into the sea at the distance of nine miles, and is 
navigable for vessels of 120 tons burthen up to the town, where 
there are two commodious quays, extensive warehouses, and a ship- 
yard with a patent slip. The principal streets called the Thorough- 
fare and Cumberland street, extend nearly a mile in length, and the 
Market-place is spacious and has in its centre a Shiee Hall, built 
in the reign of Elizabeth, in which the Quarter and Petty Sessions 
and the County Court are held ; but the prisoners are sent to the 
House of Correction at Ipswich, the old Bridewell here being now 
only used as a police station, and a place of temporary confinement, 
though it has twelve cells and accommodations for forty prisoners. 
The cross streets, though some of them are narrow, contain many 
good houses, and are well paved ; and lighted from Gas Works, 
established in 1815, at the cost of about £'6000, and now belonging 
to twelve shareholders, to whom Mr. B. Gall is agent and collector. 
Chas. Austin, Esq., is chairman of the quarter sessions for "Wood- 
bridge Division, and Mr. John Wood, jun., is clerk to the magis- 
trates. Mr. Edward Fitzgerald is the police superintendent, and 
under him here are three police constables, viz., Thos. Preston, Robt. 
Kettle and Rt. Barnard. The Commissioners of Assessed Taxes 
meet at the Shire Hall. Mr. Hemy Pizey is tax collector. 

The town stands on a salubrious eminence, and is surrounded by 
pleasant walks, commanding fine views of the Deben, on which a 
Yacht Club hold sailing and rowing matches frequently; and hi 
July there is a grand Regatta, terminated by fireworks and festivities 
in the evening. The Market was held on Wednesday till July, 
1854, when the market day was changed to Thursday, pursuant to 
the decision of several large meetings of the inhabitants, and the 
farmers, &c, of the neighbourhood, who considered that the de- 
clining state of the market during the last twenty years was owing 



276 WOODBRIDGB. 

chiefly to its being held on the same day as that at Bury, to which 
town there is a direct railway from Ipswich, whilst Woodbridgc 
still without a Railway. The corn market is held in the grom 
story of the Shire Hall. Here are two annual Fairs, viz., on the 
first Tuesday in April, for cattle, horses, &c. ; and October 12th, for 
toys and pleasure. Salt was formerly made here, and ships of war, 
of small magnitude, were built here about eighty years a^o ; but 
one of the docks, then in use below the Common Quay, has been 
filled up. During the late war, there were barracks for about 6000 
soldiers, about a mile from the town, near the Ipswich road. Two 
Ferry Boats cross the river to Sutton. The commerce of Wood- 
bridge has much declined of late years, but there are still belonging 
to the port about 70 vessels, having an aggregate burden of about 
5000 tons. The number of coasting vessels, which arrive and sail 
with cargoes, is about 400 year.y, and their aggregate burden about 
20,000 tons, and from 10 to 15 foreign cargoes arrive yearly. The ex- 
ports consist chiefly of corn, flour, and malt; there being in the town 
extensive granaries, and several mills and malt kilns. The imports 
are chiefly coal, timber, wine, spirits, groceries, drapery, and iron 
wares. Here are bonded warehouses for timber, wood goods, wines, 
and spirits; and the merchants trade regularly with London, New- 
castle, Huil, Liverpool, and occasionally with the continent of 
Europe and the Baltic. The Customs collected here in 1834 
amounted to £2263, in 1840 to £4315, and in 1853 to £1565. This 
decrease is owing to the great reduction of duties. The Custom 
House is in Quay lane, and the officers are Mr. Thomas M. John- 
stone, collector; Mr. Peter Fawcett, comptroller ; and Mr. Hemy 
Fisher, locker and tide waiter. Win. Henry TVilliams. R.x., is chief 
officer of the coast guard at Woodbridge Haven ; and Captain D. 
Robertson is the inspecting commander. The Inland Revenue 
Office is at the Bull Inn, and the Port is in the Ipswich collection. 
(See page 63.) Mr. Jno. Gr. Sargent is the supervisor and port surveyor, 

Woodbbedge CouHTY Couet is held here monthly, at the Shire 
Hall, for a district comprising ail the 4S parishes, &e., in Wood- 
bridge Union, (see page 236;) and 16 parishes in Plomesgate Union, 
which see. Fras. King Eagle, Esq.. is the judge ; Thomas Collins,, 
of Bury, chief clerk ; Robert A. Beeve, assistant clerk; and Alfred 
Taylor, bailiff. The office is in the thoroughfare, 

The Parish Church (St. Mary) is a spacious and handsome struc- 
ture of black flint and free stone, supposed to have been built in the 
reign of Edward III. by John, Lord Segrave. and his wife, Margaret 
de Brotherton, whose arms are yet to be seen over the door of the 
large and lofty quadrangular tower which has, in the upper part, the 
stone and flints beautifully intermixed in various devices. The roofs 
of the nave and aisles are supported by ten beautiful Gothic pillars 
and four demi ones. The north portico is decorated in front with 
the representation, in relievo, of Michael, the arch-angel, encounter- 
ing the Dragon. In 1840-'41 the late George Thomas Esq., at his 
own expense, laid out nearly <£1000 in repairing and beautifying this 
noble edifice, which he decorated with several beautiful stained glass 
windows, and improved by the erection of a new porch. Here were 



WOODBRIDGE. 277 

formerly altars of St. Anne and St. Saviour, and a celebrated image 
of our Lady ; and in the north aisle was a chapel, dedicated to St, 
Nicholas. Adjoining the north side of the chancel is a private 
chapel, erected by Thomas Sekforde, Esq., one of the Masters of 
the Court of Bequests, and Surveyor of the Court of Wards and 
Liveries in the reign of Elizabeth, and the founder of the alms- 
houses here. This munificent benefactor of Woodbridge was in- 
terred in this chapel, under a large altar tomb, which was stripped 
of its brass inscriptions, &c, in 1643, by Dowsing, the Parliamentary 
visitor. Mr. Sekforde, or Seckford, was not less distinguished in 
the profession of the law, than in the other polite accomplishments 
of the age in which he lived ; and to his patronage to his servant 
Christopher Saxton, the public was indebted for the first set of county 
maps, which were engraved by his encouragement, and at his ex- 
pense. He built the Session House at Woodbridge, giving the 
upper part of it to the use of the county for ever. He represented 
Ipswich in three Parliaments, and died without issue in 1588, aged 
72. The steeple and some other parts of the church were repaired 
about the middle of the 15th century, as appears from numerous 
legacies left for that purpose. Here is a mutilated inscription of 
John Albrede, a " twill- weaver," who left 20 marks towards repair- 
ing the steeple, and was at the expense of carving, gilding, and 
painting the rood-loft, in which were the pictures of the cross and 
crucifix, the Virgin Mary, and several arch- angels, saints, and mar- 
tyrs, figured, as we are told, to the life, but all destroyed by Dowsing 
in 1643. The benefice is & perpetual curacy, which was certified at 
^45, and is now valued at i'500, in the patronage and incumbency 
of the Rev. Thomas Wm. Meller, M.A., who purchased the advow- 
son and the impropriate rectory for £'550 in 1842, and has a com- 
modious residence, called the 4 ' Rectory," near Sekforde's Hospital, 
of which he is the chaplain. His curates are the Rev. T. Batchelor 
and the Rev. A. E. Marshall Mr. W. S. Causton, is the organist^ 
Mr. W. G. Chappel, clerk ; and Jas. Cutting, sexton. 

St. John's Church was erected in 1842-3, to supply that lack of 
church- room which had long been felt in this town. It is a fine 
specimen of the simple, yet beautiful early English style, and cost 
about ^93500, raised by subscription. It has about 800 sittings; 
and an elegant spire, rising 138 feet, and terminated by a finial of 
Caen stone, forming two crosses intersecting each other diagonally ? 
and docorated with foliage thrown out in bold relief. The foundation 
stone was laid, June 30th, 1842, by George Thomas, Esq., one of the 
principal contributors to the fabric, and the event was celebrated by 
a splendid procession of Free Masons, but the church was not con- 
secrated till August, 1846. Mr. J. M. Clark, of Ipswich, was the 
architect, and Mr. A. Lockwood, of Woodbridge, was contractor for 
the building. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the 
Church Patronage Society, and incumbency of the Rev. Joseph 
Moss Rowley, B.A., who has a neat white brick Parsonage House 7 
erected in ] 853, at the cost of <£850, raised by subscription and grants 

Here are two Independent Chapels. That in Quay lane was 
built in 1805, but both it and the burial ground were enlarged some 



278 WOODBRIDGE. 

years ago, and a new organ erected. That in Chapel lane was built 
in 1841 , at the cost of .£1400. The Eev. F. B. Brown is minister of 
the former and the Rev. John Ross of the latter In the town are 
also three other chapels, belonging to Baptists, Wesley ans, and the 
Society of Friends. 

Woodbridge Literary and Mechanics' Institution was esta- 
blished in 1835, and now occupies a neat building in St. John's 
street, built in 1852, at the cost of about .£300, by a company of 
shareholders, who also erected the Lecture Hall which adjoins 
it. The latter is a large and handsome building of white brick, and 
cost £1100, raised in £5 shares. It is let for various purposes, and 
will accommodate 500 persons. The institution has about 150 
members, and a library of about 3000 volumes. F. C. Brooke, 
Esq., is the president, Mr, S. Gravely, secretary, and Mr. Robert 
Bird, librarian. Woodbridge Horticultural Society has a numerous 
list of members, and generally has its annual shows in the Abbey 
grounds. Mr. J. G. Sheppard is the president, and Mr. J. Loder, 
jun., secretary. There are circulating libraries at the four book- 
sellers' shops; and at Mr. Smith's, in the Market place, is a News 
Room. In the town are several Religious, Charitable, and Friendly 
Societies; a richly-endowed Hospital; and several schools and 
charities for the education and relief of the poor. The Depot of the 
Christian Knowledge Society is at Mr. W. M. Marsh's, and of the 
Tract Society at Mr. J. D. Munro's. 

Free School. — In 1662, Robert llarryott conveyed to certain 
trustees his copyhold messuage in Woodbridge, and the buildings, 
yards, garden, and orchard thereunto belonging, in trust for the use 
and residence of a schoolmaster. By the same deed, four rent- 
charges, amounting to £25 per annum, were settled upon the master 
for teaching ten poor children — viz., £5 given by the said Robert 
Marryott, out of land called Braves, in Bredfield ; £5 given by 
Fras. Burwell, out of a messuage at Sutton ; £5 given by Dorothy 
Seckford, out of land at Great Bearings ; and £10 given by the 
feoffees of the town lands, out of the Lamb Farm. By a decree of 
the Court of Chancery in 1800, it was ordered that the schoolmaster 
and the ten free scholars should be elected by the perpetual curate, 
the churchwardens, and six of the principal parishioners ; and that 
the master should charge only £3 a year each for teaching other 
children of Woodbridge, but might make his own tenns for those 
sent from other parishes. The free scholars are selected from the 
poor families of Woodbridge. They are instructed with the other 
scholars in writing, arithmetic, mathematics, and mensuration, and 
also in the Latin and Greek Tongues, when required. Besides the 
use of the school premises, and the £25 per annum noticed above, 
the master has 2a. 3r. 36p. of land, left by Francis Willard, in 1679, 
and now let for £8 a year. The school and master's house were 
repaired and partly rebuilt in 1835, at the cost of about £'500. Here 
is also a National School, built in 1812, at the cost of about 
.£1500, and having room for about 100 children of either sex ; and 
in Castle street is another large School, in two apartments, con- 
nected with the British and Foreign School Society, erected in 



WOODBRIDGE. 279 

1840, at the cost of about £'900, and now attended by about 100 of 
either sex. The Infant School in the Old Workhouse has about 
50 pupils. 

The Town Lands are situated in the parish of Martlesharn, ad- 
joining that of Woodbridge, and consist of the Lamb Farm, com- 
prising three tenements, out-buildings, and 51a. 20p. of copyhold 
land, given by JohnDodd, in the reign of Henry TIL, for the main- 
tenance of the poor and the benefit of the town ; and the Street 
Farm, containing 9a. 2r. 39p. of copyhold land, given by Jeffery 
Pitman in 1687, for the reparation and maintenance of the church. 
They are let for =£90 a year, out of which <£10 a year is contributed 
towards the support of the free school ; and the remainder, after the 
payment of <£5. 6s. 4d. for land tax and quit rents, is applied in the 
service of the church. In 1660, the churchwardens and principal 
parishioners let on lease for 999 years, at the yearly rent of 10s.; 
the Town Common (about 11a.) which had been used from time 
immemorial by the parishioners ; and also for the same term, at the 
annual rent of 2s. 6d., about a rood of land, which had been left to 
the poor by John Sayer. This property now comprises a dockyard, 
shipyard, quay, &c«, let by the present lessee for about <£400 a year, 
out of which he pays only 10s. yearly to the churchwardens for what 
was formerly the town common, and 2s. 6d. yearly for the site of a 
house standing on the land given by John Sayer. The Poor's 
Houses comprise a house in Pound street, given by Wm. Bearman 
in 1668, and long used as the parish workhouse, but now used as the 
Union Board Room and an infant school : two bouses and a garden 
belonging to the parish, and formerly used as pest-houses ; a house 
in New street, formerly used as a Bridewell, and purchased by the 
parish in 1641 ; two houses in Turn lane, given by Wm Smith and 
Jeffery Pitman, in 1608; and two houses in the Thoroughfare, also 
given by "Wm. Bearrnan. These premises, except the old workhouse, 
are occupied rent-free by paupers or poor persons. Two pieces of 
land belonging to two of the houses, are let for £2. 4s. 6d. a year, 
which is carried to the poor-rates, out of which the cost of repairing 
the houses is paid. 

SEKFORDE'S HOSPITAL.— Queen Elizabeth, in the 29th 
year of her reign, by letters patent, gave license to Thos. Sehforde, 
Esq., (Master of the Requests.) to found an almshouse of the seven 
tenements lately built by him at Woodbridge, for the constant resi- 
dence of thirteen poor men, twelve of them to occupy six of the 
tenements, and one to occupy the seventh, and to be called the 
Principal; and her Majesty thereby ordained that the Chief Justice 
of the Common Pleas, and the lord of the manor of Se'kforde Hall, 
(see page 248,) if he should be the heir-niale of the body of the late 
Thomas Sekforde, Esq., — if not, the Master of the Polls of the 
Court of Chancery, — should be governors of the almshouse, and of 
the lands and possessions thereof; and that they should be a body 
corporate, and should have power to make statutes anc! ordinances 
for the government of the almspeople. In 1587, the founder or- 
dained that the thirteen almsmen should have the use of the 
gardens, and about three acres of land near the almshouse, and of 



280 WOODBRIDGE. 

the well or fountain in his newly enclosed park of Woodbridge ; and 
that they should have a yearly supply of fuel and gowus, and each 
an annual stipend of £5, except the Principal, who should have 
.£6. 13s. 4d. yearly. He also gave a tenement called Copt Hall, 
and two acres of land, for the use of three poor widows, to be- 
nurses to such of the poor men as should be sick or infirm, and to 
have each a yearly stipend of £2. 13s. 4d. By his will in the same 
year, he endowed the almshouse with various houses, buildings, 
yards, gardens, and other pieces of land in the parish of St. James, 
Clerkenwell, London, then of the yearly value of .£112. 13s. 4d. 
This estate is now one of the most improving parts of the metropo- 
lis, and had increased, in 1768, to the yearly value of £563. In 
1826, an Act of Parliament was obtained to enable the governors of 
the almshouses to grant building and other leases, to take down 
many of the old buildings, to erect new premises and repair and 
alter old ones, and to lay out new streets on the charity estate in 
Clerkenwell, which now comprises Sekforde street, Woodbridge 
street, Suffolk street, one side of St. John street, Aylesbury street, 
St. James' walk, Prison walk, and Corporation row. This estate, 
including the buildings upon it, belonging to the almshouse, pro- 
duced in 1830 a rental of more than £'3000 per annum; but as a 
great part of the most valuable building sites in the new streets 
were then unlet, the yearly rental is now more than £4000, and the 
Governors have a funded stock of about £8000 for the future 
extension of the charity. The Charity Commissioners, in 1830, 
were informed by the governors' soliciter that no alterations had 
been made in the allowances to the almspeople, or other payments, 
since 1768, when the rental of the estate was only .£563 per annum, 
hut that it was the intention of the governors, as soon as the build- 
ing ground was let, to apply for an Act of Parliament for the future 
regulation of the charity funds; and that the sum of £3456, three 
per cent, stock, and all other savings of the income, had been ex- 
pended in obtaining the Act of Parliament of 1826, in redeeming 
the land tax — in building new sewers, drains, and arched cellars — 
in forming new roads, and in otherwise improving the Clerkenwell 
estate. In 1838, the yearly rental of this estate, and the accumu- 
lated stock of unapplied income, had so greatly increased that the 
governors determined to double the number of the almspeople ; and 
for their reception they commenced in the same year the erection 
of a large and handsome NEW HOSPITAL, in a pleasant and 
elevated situation, on the two acres of land called Copt Hall, near 
the Old Almshouses, which were new fronted in 1824, and are now 
divided into tenements, which are let at low rents to poor families^ 
The New Hospital was finished about 1840, and cost about £1 7,000, 
including the expense of furniture, laying out the grounds, &c. 
It is in the Elizabethan style, and is a fine specimen of ornamental 
"brick work, reflecting great credit on the architect, Mr. Cockerel!, 
and on the builder, Mr. George Thompson, of Woodbridge. The 
principal front is 337 feet in length, and has an elegant chapel in 
the centre, on either side of which is an open arcade, under which 
are the entrance doors to the almshouses. The chapel has oak 



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fittings, including stalls for the governors, churchwardens, and alms- 
people, as well as accommodation for some of the parishioners. In 
some of the principal apartments are fine portraits of the founder 
and other members of the Sekforde family. Each of the 32 alms- 
people has two comfortable rooms and a plot of garden ground. 
The terrace in front of the Hospital is 560 feet long, and the ele- 
gant iron entrance gates are richly emblazoned in bronze and gold 
with the arms of the founder ; of the late governors ; and of the 
governors at the time of rebuilding the Hospital, viz., Lord Lang- 
dale and Sir Nicholas Tindale ; — the governors of the charity being 
the Master of the Eolls and the Lord Chief Justice for the time 
being. Behind the hospital is a cemetery, with an ornamental 
brick and stone entrance. The grounds are tastefully laid out, and 
at the eastern gate is a lodge for the gardener and porter. The 
yearly stipends now paid to the almspeople are £20 to each of the 
six women and £2b to each of the 26 men, except the Principal 
who has <£80 a year, and has the superintendence of the other 
inmates, under the direction of the chaplain and churchwardens, 
who appoint the almspeople. The Chaplain or " Minister" is the 
perpetual curate of Woodbridge Parish Church, and he has now a 
yearly salary of ^£100, for reading prayers and performing divine 
service in the Hospital Chapel. The two churchwardens are each 
allowed £2b per annum for superintending the affairs of the Hos- 
pital. The inmates are also provided with clothing, coals, and 
medical attendance. In these salaries, allowances, repairs, &c, the 
governors expend in Woodbridge upwards of .£1500 per annum, 
and they distribute certain sums yearly among the poor of Wood- 
bridge, Clerkenwell, &c. The Eev. T. W. Meller, M.A., is chaplain 
to the Hospital, and Mr. Wm. Kemp is the principal. 

John Sayer, in 1637, left 15a. 2r. 26p. of land at Melton, in 
trust, that the rents thereof should be applied in a weekly dole of 
15 twopenny loaves, and a yearly distribution of clothing among 
the poor of Woodbridge. The land is partly copyhold, and is let 
for about £30 a year, which is distributed by the churchwardens in 
bread, of which 42 threepenny loaves are given every Sunday 
among the aged poor attending the church. A yearly rent charge 
of 40s. left by Alice Osborn, in 1622, out of her messuage called 
the Malting Office, is distributed among the poor parishioners in 
coals. For a distribution of bread on Candlemas-day they have a 
yearly rent charge 20s., left by George Carlow, in 1738, out of a 
house in New street. In 1781, John Rudland charged his estate 
at Hasketon with the yearly payment of <£3 to the pastor and 
deacons of the Congregational Meeting House in Woodbridge, to be 
laid out in three gowns for three poor widows of the parish, on the 
2nd of April. 

Woodbridge Savings' Bank was established in 1818, and is open 
every Monday morning from 9 to 12 o'clock, at Mr. B. D. Gall's, 
dniggist,in the Thoroughfare. In November, 1853, it had a separate 
surplus fund of ,£1099, and deposits amounting to £55391, belong- 
ing to 1737 depositors, 49 charitable societies, and 28 friendly socie- 
ties. F. G. Doughty, Esq., is the secretary ; Mr. B. Gall, actuary; 



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and Messrs. J. Loder and B. D. Gall, are the cashiers* Here is a 
Branch of the Ipswich Freehold Land Society; and also several 
other Provident Institutions, including Lodges of Freemasons, Odd 
Fellows, Druids, and Foresters, and several sick clubs, friendly socie- 
ties, &c. Woodbridge Shipwrecked Seamen s Benevolent Society was 
founded in 1840, under the patronage of Lord Henniker, Lord 
Eendlesham, Sir E. S, Gooch, Major Spink, and many other gen- 
tleman of the neighbourhood. It has now upwards of 163 sea- 
faring members, and pays about <£94 a year to 22 widows. Mr. 
Wm. Keeble is the secretary. The East Suffolk Hand-in- Hand 
Benefit Society and Sickness Club has stewards at Woodbridge and 
other places, and has now about 100 members, and a stock amount- 
ing to £578. Mr. H. Stirling is steward for Woodbridge. The 
want of a Dispensary, for supplying the poor with medical and 
surgical assistance gratuitously, or for small family payments, has 
long been felt at Woodbridge. 



WOODBRIDGE DIRECTORY. 

The POST OFFICE is in Church street, and Mr. John D. Munro is the 

post-master. Letters are despatched by mail carts to Ipswich, London, and all 
parts at 11§ night; to Saxrnundham, Yarmouth, &c, at 2 morning; and to 
Framlingham, Wickham market, Stradbroke, Orford, &c, at 5f morning. Foot 
Postmen are despatched to the surrounding villages at 6 morning. Money Orders 
are granted and paid. 

The Contractions occasionally used are Cumbd. st. for Cumberland street 
Thfare. for Thoroughfare; and such as are named at pages 102 and 105. 

Miscellany of Gentry, Clergy, Partners in Firm, and others, not arranged in 
the Classification of Trades and Professions 



Aldous Mr Wm., Sekforde street 
Alexander Fdk., Esq. banker, Church st 
Allen Miss Lydia, Theatre street 
Allen Et. solicitor's clerk, Castle st 
Allen Wm. clerk, and Mrs. corset mkr. 

Cumberland street 
Amos Mr James, Castle street 
Amos Mrs Sarah, Cumberland st 
Anderson Thos. Hallowell, sail maker, 

Quay 
Bailey Mrs My., St John's Church st 
Baldry Mrs Mary, Church street 
Barber Samuel, farmer, Kingston whf 
Barritt Cornls. gent. Cumberland st 
Batchelor Kev Thomas, curate, Dry- 
bridge hill 
Betts John, gent. Thoroughfare 
Bingham Kev Peregrine, Abbey 
Bird Henry, shopman, St John's st 
Bird Eobert, tailor, St John's street 
Blandon Jonas, bird preserver, Castle st 
Bloomfield Edward, porter, Doric pi 
Blowers John, whiting manufacturer, 

and bone merchant, Quay lane 
Blyth Isaac, manager, Thoroughfare 
Braham Mrs Ann, Foundry place 
Brighten Clarke, gardener, Hospital 



Brook Abrm. spirit mert ; h Cumbd. st 
Brook Hy. Wm. stock & share broker, 

&c. Church street 
Brooke Arthur Geo. gent. Thorofare 
Brooke Cooper Chas. solr ; h Melton 
Brown Rev Frs. B. (Indpt.) Cumbd. st 
Brown Mr James, Sekforde street . 
Buckmaster Mark, accompt. Castle st 
Bullard Mr John, Drybridge cottage 
Burch Mrs John, Doric street 
Burrows Chas. pawnbroker, Church st 
Cana Wm. appraiser, Sekforde st 
Carthew Mrs Charlotte, Cumbd. st 
Causton Wm. Smith, professor of mu- 
sic, North hill 
ChappellWm. Geo. par. elk. Church st 
Christopher Miss Rebecca, Quay lane 
Clarke Mrs Charlotte, Bredfield st 
Cook Wm. gent. Brook street 
Cutting James, sexton, Sekforde st 
Dallenger John, comss. agent, accompt. 

and nuisance inspector, Thorofare 
Daniels Geo. manager, Gas Works 
Disbury John, pilot, Doric place 
Doughty Fdk. Goodwin, Esq. Cumbd. st 
Dunnett Edward, farmer, Gazeboo Farm 
Dunne tt Ed. hay, &c. dlr. Bredfield st 



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Fawcett Peter, comptroller, Theatre st 
Fish Thos. sheep dresser, Sekforde st 
Fisher Henry, tide waiter, Custom hs 
FitzGerald Edw. police supt. Station 
Frost Isaac, general dealer. Cumbd. st 
Gall Benj..high constable of Loes Hun- 
dred, &c. Cumberland street 
Gall George, sub-distributor of stamps, 

Church street 
Gammage Mrs Mary, Quay lane 
Garrard Wm. boat builder, Brook st 
Garrard Win. agent, Thoroughfare 
Garrett Mr Wni. 5 Sekforde street 
Garrod John, waiter, Drybridge hill 
Giblin Ellen, Berlin wool, &c. dealer, 

Thoroughfare 
Gissing Mrs Ann, Cumberland st 
Godbould George, veterinary surgeon, 

Thoroughfare 
Goldsmith Misses, Brewers' lane 
Goodwyn Reason, clerk, St John's st 
Gravely Stephen, clerk, Quay lane 
Gray Mrs Marv, farmer, Sun lane 
Griffiths Rev David, St John's st 
Grimwood Thos. Wm, farmer, Kingston 
Grimwood T. W. and G. A. timber, 
slate, &c. merchants, Thoroughfare 
and Snape Bridge 
Grimwood George Augustus; h St 

John's street 
Grimwood Mrs Rosetta, St John's st 
Gross Fdk. wine niert ; h Church st 
Gross Alfred, clerk. Sekforde st 
Gross James, bank agent and wine, &c. 

merchant, Thoroughfare. 
Gross Mrs Sarah, Cumberland st 
Hambly Parmenas, clerk, Castle st 
Hayward Jas. house agent, Albert ter 
Hayward Robert, farmer, Kingston 
Head Mrs Mary, New street 
Heard Mrs Maria, Castle street 
Hillen Robert, gent. Quay side 
Houghton John, clerk and sexton of St 

John's, Castle street 
Hughes Rev Ths. Williams, B.A. chap- 
lain of Suffolk Asylum, Cumbd. st 
Hunt Mrs Harriet, St John's street 
Jackson John D. clerk, St John's st 
Johnston Misses Lucy and Mary, Sek- 
forde street 
Johnstone Thos. Meredith, collector of 

customs, North hill cottage 
Keeble Wm. ship and custom house 
agent, Swedish and Norwegian vice- 
consul, &c. Quay ; h Castle st 
Kemp Benoni, agent and bailiff, Dry- 
bridge hill 
Kemp Wm. principal of Sekforde Hos. 
Lankester John Rivers, street surveyor, 

&c. and Mr Robt., Cumberland st 
Lawrence Wm, farrier, Quay 



Lee Thomas, gent. Theatre street 
Leggatt Mrs Mary, Thoroughfare 
Linstead John, gent. Castle street 
Loder Mr Chas. and John, jun. Thfare 
Loft Mrs Ann, Doric place 
London Wm. clerk, Thoroughfare 
Long Mrs Martha, Sekforde street 
Lucock Thomas, relieving officer and 

registrar, Castle street 
Marsh Wm. Nathan, piano and music 

seller, Market place 
Marshall Rev Alfred Ethelwolf, curate, 

Sekforde street 
Martin Wm. gent. Thoroughfare 
Meadows Daniel Charles, solicitor; h 

Great Beatings 
Meller Rev Ts.Wm. M.A., Rectory Hs 
Moiiey Mr Wm., Thoroughfare 
Moulton Benj. union clerk, supt. regr. 

auctioneer. &c. Thoroughfare 
Moyse Mrs Rebecca, Doric place 
Naden Samuel, clerk, Thoroughfare 
Norton Wm. gent. BurJcett Lodge 
Nunn Mrs Hannah, St John's st 
OxborrowWm. mole catcher, Ipswich rd 
Peckham Alfred S> relieving officer, 

Sekforde street 
Pepper Lionel, gent. Church street 
Pitcher John, clerk, New street 
Pleasance Mrs Sophia, New street 
Pleasance Wm. hay, &c. dlr. Castle st 
Pulham Jas. Brook, gent. Sekforde st 
Read Mrs Rachel, Sekforde street 
Reynolds William R. revenue officer, 

Brewery lane. 
Richards Mrs Esther, Melton road 
Ross Rev. John (Indpt.) Castle st 
Rowley Rev. Joseph Moss, B.A. in- 
cumbent of St. John's, Parsonage 
Salkeld Fras. gent. Cumberland st 
Sargent John George, supervisor and 

port surveyor, St John street 
Shaw Thos. tailor, Cumberland st 
Sheming Thos. and Fenn, gentlemen, 

Cumberland street 
Smith Job, fanner, Burkett road 
Smith Wm. pilot, Quay lane 
Spalding Mrs Eliz., Cumberland st 
Sparkes Mrs., Queen's head lane 
Stannard Mr John, Cumberland st 
Stevenson Mrs Mary Ann, Sekforde st 
Stimpson John, sawyer, Castle st 
Taylor Alfred, court bailiff, New st 
Taylor Rev Henry, (Indpt.) Angel In 
Taylor George, porter, Deben road 
Thirkettle Isc. lath render, St John's st 
Thompson George, county surveyor, 

Doric cottage 
Thompson Geo. Edw. bank agent and 

wine, &e. mert; h Thoroughfare 
Toll Miss Hannah, Sekforde street 



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Turner Jonth. milk dealer, Bredfield st 
Turner Mrs Mary, St John's, Ch. st 
Turner Robert, farmer, Barrack Farm 
Vertue Simon, gent. Brewer's lane 
Wainwright Misses Rachel and Eliza- 
beth, Thoroughfare 
Watson Rev Christopher Geo. rector 

of Melton, Church street 
Whisstock Fdk. rate coir. Sekforde st 
"Wilson Hon. Miss Mary, Doric House 
Wilson Wm, town crier, Angel lane 
Woodfin Rev Richd. (Wes.) New st 
Woodrow Mr James, Castle street 
Woods Mrs Elizabeth, Market place 
Wright John, bird preserver, Brook st 
Wright Miss, Foundry place 
Youell James, horse breaker, Chapel In 
ACADExMIES & SCHOOLS. 
Marked * take Boarders. 
Drage Mary Ann, (Infant,) Theatre st 
*Fenn Mary Ann, Cumberland st 
*Goodwyn Miss Susan, Church st 
British School, Wm. Radburn and Mrs 

Emma Abbott, Castle street 
* Grammar School, Rev Postle Jackson, 

M.A., Sekforde street 
Green Mary, New street 
Hitchcock George, Sekforde street 
*Horner Mrs Maria, Doric place 
*Knight Mrs Anne and Daughter, 

Brook House, Cumberland street 
*Last Jane and Emma, Castle st 
National School, Godfrey Gurney, Bur- 

kett road 
Smyth Leah. Frances, Bred field st 
* Whisstock Mrs Mary and Misses, St 

John's street 
*Wolton Ellen and Cath., Church st 
ARCHITECTS. (See Surveyors, $cj 

ATTORNEYS. 
Churchyard Thos., Cumberland st 
Meadows and Brooke, New street 
Moor Chas. and Son, Cumberland st. 

(Charles is treasurer of Woodbridge 

Division, and Geo. inspector of corn 

returns) 
Reeve Robert Ashley, (county court 

clerk,) Thoroughfare ; h Melton 
Wood John, jun. (coroner, clerk to 

magistrates, &c.) Church street; h 

Thoroughfare 

AUCTIONEERS, 
And Estate Agents and Valuers. 
Cana Robert, Cumberland street 
Moulton Benjamin, Thoroughfare 
Pizey Henry, (and collector of taxes,) 

Cumberland street 
BAKERS AND FLOUR DEALERS. 
Barritt James, Church street 
Carr John, Castle street 
Daniels Wm., Cumberland street 



Dowsing W. (corn & flour dlr.) New st 
Fisher Wm., New street 
Gammage Benjamin, Thoroughfare 
Gammage James, Cumberland street 
Goldsmith Thomas, Market place 
Mayhew James, Market place 
Oxx Amos, Thoroughfore 
Palmer Henry, Sekforde street 
Richardson Thomas, Thoroughfare 
Scrutton Wm., Brook street 
Tye James, Market place 
Tye Wm., New street 
Wade David, Thoroughfare 
Whayman Matthias;, New st.& StJohn's 
Wright John, Bredfield street 

BANKERS. 
Alexanders & Co., Church street, (on 

Barnetts, Hoares. & Co.) 
Bacon, Cobbold, & Co., Thoroughfare, 

(on Glyn & Co.) James Gross and 

Geo. E. Thompson, agents 
Savings' Bank, Thoroughfare, (open 

Mondays, from 9 till 12,) Mr B. D. 

Gall, actuary 

BASKET MAKERS. 
Gross Jas. (&rod mert.) Thoroughfare 
Smvth Win., Bredfield street 
BLACKSMITHS. 
Dowsing Wm., Chapel lane 
Ellis Jonathan. Sun lane 
Fisher Richard. Quay ; h Brewer's lane 
Leggett Wm. Jeremiah, Theatre st 
BOOKSELLERS, PRINTERS, &c. 

Stationers and Circulating Libraries. 
Loder John, (publisher,) Thoroughfare 
Munro John Donald, [Post Office,') 

Church street 
Pizey Philip, (regr.) Cumberland st 
Pite Edward, (publisher of JVoodbridge 

Monthly Advertiser,) Church street 
BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS. 
Allen John, Theatre street 
Alexander Wm., Drybridge hill 
Bowles James, New street 
Braham Robert, New street 
Broodbank Wm., St John street 
Butters John, Castle street 
Butters and Smith, Thoroughfare 
Carr James, Thoroughfare 
Giles George, Thoroughfare 
Gillingham Wm., Sekforde street 
Hunt James, Thoroughfare 
Martin Wm., Sekforde street 
Moss Frederick, Sekforde street 
Stanton Robert, New street 
Syer Wm., Cumberland street 
Turner Wm., Bredfield street 
Webb James, Thoroughfare 
Welton Nathaniel, New street 
Woods Charles, St John's street 
Wright Wm., Church street 



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BRAZIERS AND TINNERS. 
Cage John, New street 
Culharn Win. gas fitter, Thoroughfare 
Meadows Walter Mills, New street 
Moore Martin, (engraver,) Thorofare 
Neeve John, Thoroughfare 
Nunn James, New street 
BREWER. 
Lockwood Wm. (& London Porter and 

Burton ale mercht) Castle Brewery 
BRICK AND TILE MAKERS. 
Prentice Frederick, Burkett road 
Peake Thomas, (white) Curnbd. st 

BRICKLAYERS. 
Brickels John, Castle street 
Catchpole James, Brediield street 
Cullingford Joseph, St John street 
Cousins Wm., Sekforde street 
Dove Benjamin, Castle street 
Eisk John, Dry bridge hill 
Eosdike John. Brediield street 

BUTCHERS. 
Marked * are Pork Butchers, and + are 

Cattle Dealers. 
* Balls Mrs Maty Ann, Sekforde st 
■f-Brinkley Wm., Church street 
•f Cole Jacob, Church street 
*Culham John Lewis, New street 
*Hammond James, Church street 
Middleditch George, Market place 
Osborne Ambrose, Market place 
*Trafford Edward, Sekforde street 
*Eevell Wm., Cumberland street 
Smith Robert, New street 
+ Turner George. Thoroughfare 
^Turner John, Thoroughfare 
CABINET MKRS. & UPHOLSTRS. 
Eisher John, Cumberland street 
Eisk Samuel & Son, St John's street 
Gennills John, (turner,) Castle street 
Goodwin Wm. Bezant, Thoroughfare 
Head Mary. New street 
Scrutton John, Thoroughfare 
Simpson Thomas. Thoroughfare 
Syei John, Cumberland street 

CART OWNERS, &c. 
Harper John, St John's street 
Howard James, Brediield street 
Naunton Wm., Chapel lane 
Newson David, Cumberland street 
Rouse Benjamin, Cumberland street 
CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
JBetts John, Thoroughfare 
Gall Benj. David, (and soda water, &c. 

manufacturer,) Thoroughfare 
Smith James Russell, Market place 
"Tuck Chas., Church st; h Sekforde st 

CHIMNEY SWEEPERS. 
^Catchpole James, Breclfield street 
Goodwin Wm., New street 
Smith Wm., New street 



CLOTHES BROKERS. 
Matthews Wm., New street 
Mickleburgh Emma, Market place 
Turner Wm., Brediield street 

COACH MAKERS, See. 
Cook Thomas, New street 
I Downing Edward, Thoroughfare 

CONFECTIONERS. 
j Barritt Jas. (fruiterer & biscuit mfr.) 

Church street 
j Fisher Wm., New street 
I Gammage Benjamin, Thoroughfare 
Gammage James. Cumberland street 
Mayhew James, Market place 
Richardson Thomas, Thoroughfare 
Yv'ade David, Thoroughfare 
Whayman Matthias, New st & St John's 

COOPERS. 
Brightwell James, Brewer's lane 
Erost Wm., Thoroughfare 
Last Edward, Cumberland street 
CORN AND SEED MERCHANTS. 

Marked * are Coal Merchants also. 
*Cobbold John, Quay, and Ipswich; 

W. Rogers, agent; h Thoroughfare 
*Ed wards Henry. Thoroughfare 
Edwards Henry, jun. (and emigration 

agent,) Church street 
*Hart Daniel, Quay; h Quay House 
*Manby Geo. Edwards, Thoroughfare 
*Tills, Wm., Thoroughfare 
Thompson Geo. Edward. Thoro'fare 

CORN MILLERS. 
Osborne Saund?r, Theatre street 
Ruffles John, Tide mill, and Trimley 
Trott Pierce, Burkett road 
Welton Rbt.jun., Mill hills & Wickham 

Market 
CURRIERS & LEATHER CUTRS 
Carr James, Thoroughfare 
Hunt James, Thoroughfare 
Smith Thomas, Thoroughfare 

DYERS AND SCOURERS. 
Francis Wm., Cumberland street 
Wright Mrs Harriet, Thoroughfare 

EATING HOUSES, &c. 
Hammond James, Church street 
Southsate Henry, Church street 

FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. 
Accidental Death, H. Pizey. Cumbd. st 
Argus, John Wood, jun., Church street 
Atlas, Robert A. Reeve, Thoroughfare 
Church of England, H. W. Brook, Cht 
City of London, W. G. Chappell, Ch. st 
County Fire and Provident Life, J. W. 

Issitt, Thoroughfare 
Crown, Moor & Son, Cumberland st 
Eagle, John Loder, Thoroughfare 
English and Scottish Law Life & Globe 

Fire, Meadows & Brooke, New st 
Essex Economic, W. J. Andrews, Mkp 



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Esses & Suffolk, Jno. Loder,Thoro'fare I 
General, J. D. Munro, Church street 
Guardian, and Law Fire, J. Wood, jun., 

Church street 
Legal & Coml., Bnj. Kemp, Drybridge 
Leeds & Yorkshire, T. Peake, Curubd.st 
Life Association of Scotland, J. Betts, 

Thoroughfare 
London and Provincial and Medical, J. 

Wood, jun., Church street 
Mutual Life, J. Burditt, Thoroughfare 
Norwich Equitable, Bnj . Gall, Cumbt st 
Norwich Union, Rot. Cana, Cumbd. st 
Phoenix and Pelican, H. Neale, Tfare. 
Protector, W. G. Chappell, Church st 
Royal Farmers, H. Edwards, jun., Cht 
Royal Exchange, G. E. Manby, Tfare. 
Royal Liverpool, W. J.Andrews, Mkp 
Suffolk Alliance, Charles Moor & Son, 

Cumberland street 
Sun, Benjamin Moulton, Thoroughfare 
Times Life & Guarantee, Fred. Whis- 

stock, Sekforde street 
Union, Robert Cana, Thoroughfare 
United Kingdom, B. D. Gall, Tfare 
Yorkshire, Wm. Whincopp, Market pi 
FISHMONGERS, &c. 
Marked * are Licensed Game dealers. 
Drake John, Sekforde street 
*Oxx Amos, Thoroughfare 
Richardson John, Castle street 
Smith Henry, Thoroughfare 

FURNITURE BROKERS, &c. 
Bardwell Elmer, Cumberland street 
Head Mary, New street 
Taylor Alfred, New street 

GARDENERS, &c. 
Marked * are only Green Grocers, 
Banyard Edward, Chapel lane 
Crouch Wm., Thoroughfare 
Day Wm., Ipswich road 
Day Wm. Henry. Sekforde street 
Foreman John, New street 
Hunting Wm. (huckster,) New street 
Jeffries John, Castle street 
Leach Wm., Castle street 
Reeve Sarah, New street 
* Skinner John, New street 
Spall John. St John street 
Scoulding Philip, Thoroughfare 
Woods John and Son, (nurserymen.) 

Cumberland street 
Wright James, Bredfleld street 

GINGER BEER, &c, MFRS. 
Baxter Isaac, Sekforde street 
Smith Thomas, Queen's Head lane 
Whayman Matthias, New st. & St John's 

GLASS, CHINA, &c, DEALERS. 
Morley Joseph Roberts, Thoroughfare 
Thompson Robert, Thoroughfare 



GLOVERS, &c. 
Bays Thoma?, (& hosier, &c.) Mkt.pl 
Goodwin Robert, Market place 
GROCERS AND TEA DEALERS. 
Andrews Wm. John, (registrar of mar- 
riages) Marketplace & Thoroughfare 
Bardwell Elmer, Cumberland street 
Beecroft Wm., Market place 
Crowe Davy, Church street 
Easto & Stananought, Cumberland st 
Gross Jas. & Co. (wholesale) Thorofare 
Hayward Robert, St John's street 
Kemp George, Cumberland street 
Mickleburgh Emma. Marketplace 
Neale Horace, Thoroughfare 
Oxx Amos, Thoroughfare 
Revell Wm., Cumberland street 
Trafford Edward, Sekforde street 

GUN MAKER, &c. 
Berry Sharman West, Market place 
HAIRDRESSERS & PERFUMERS. 
Brighten George Frederick. Quay side 
Dunnett Philip, Market place 
Green Robert. New street 
KeebleWm. (tobacconist,) Thorofare 
Marsh Wm. Nathan. Market place 
Wade George, Cumberland street 
HARDWARE & TOY DEALERS. 
Catchpole John, (and tea, stationery. 

&c.) Thoroughfare 
Issitt John Webster, Thoroughfare 
Mayhew Samuel, Thoroughfare 

HATTERS. 
Bays Thomas, Market place 
Brown Joseph James, Thoroughfare 
Footman & Co., Thorofare and Ipswich 
Goldacre Deborah, Thoroughfare 
Towler John, (furrier,) Thoroughfare 
HORSE, GIG, &c, LETTERS. 
Garnham John, Thoroughfare 
Hartridge Wm. (posting,) New street 
Page George, Market place 
Pleasance Wm., Castle street 
Pooley Samuel, New street 
Salmon John, Market place 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Anchor, Wm. Dowsing, Quay lane 
Angel, John Westrup, Theatre street 
Bell, Wm. Stannard, New street 
Boat. John Flow, Quay side 
Bull Inn, (commercial,) Jno. Salmon, 

Market place 
Cherry Tree, James Lucock, Cumbd. st 
Cock & Pie, Samuel Pooley, New st 
Cross, Henry Cork, Church street 
Crown Hotel, John Salmon, Thorofare 
Horse & Groom, Hy. Adams, Cumbd. st 
King's Arms, Sophia Augusta Charters. 

Thoroughfare 
King's Head, Alex. Cranmer, Mkp. 
Lion Inn, Wm. Law, Thoroughfare 



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Mariner's Arras, Win. Wilmhurst. Nst 
Queen's Head. Geo. Page, Sekforde st 
Eoyal Oak. John Garnharn, Thorofare 
Ship. ^Vm, Laurance, Quay 
Sun, George Godbould, Thoroughfare 
Tankard. Wm, Matthews. New st 
Waggon & Horses, George Quadling. 

Bredneld street 
"Wellington, Saml. Bond, Curuberld. st 
White Horse, Wm. Scolding, Mkp. 
White Swan. Wm. Eisk. Market place 

BEEE HOUSES. 
Allen John, Theatre street 
Brigbtwell James, Brewer's lane 
Cole James, Cumberland street 
Daniels Wm., Cumberland street 
Day Wm. Henry. Sekforde street 
Giliinghani George, Market place 
Gowing Samuel. Brewer's lane 
Lincoln James, Castle street 
Osborne Ambrose, Market place 
Southgate Henry. Church street 
Steel Wm., North hill 
Wood Timothy, Castle street 
Woods Bobert, Bredneld street 
IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS. 
And Agricultural Implement Manufrs. 
Bendall James, (stove grates, &e.) 

Thoroughfare 
Goldsmith Thomas, (agent for Ban- 
somes and Sims,) Market place 
IRONMONGERS. 
(See also Hardware Dealers.) 
Culham Wm., Thoroughfare 
Gall George. Church street 
Issitt John Webster, Thoroughfare 
Kemp Win,, Market place 
Silver Thos. Temple ft Son. Church st 

JOINERS AND BUILDERS. 
Andrews Jonathan, St John's street 
Berry George, Cumberland street 
Brickels John, Castle street 
Brookbank Wm., New street 
Cullingford Joseph, St John's st 
Frost John, St John's street 
Peake Thomas, Cumberland street 
Seaman James. Thoroughfare 
LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS. 
Bays Thos. (hosier. 5cc. N ) Market place 
Barnes Chas. (mercer, kc) Thoro'fare 
Blosome Joseph, Church street 
Brown Joseph James. Thoroughfare 
Cullingford Samuel, Thoroughfare 
Freeman Charles, Thoroughfare 
Footman & Co. (carpet wareh-se, &e») 

Thoroughfare, and Ipswich 
Hayward Robert. St John's street 
Pite G. A.. Church street 

MALTSTERS. 
Cobbold John, Quay, and Ipswich. 
Edwards Henry, jun, Church street 



Hart Daniel. Quay House 

Manby George Edwards. Thoroughfare 

Sworder John. Church street 

MASTER MARINERS. 
Those marked * are Ship Owners, 

* Allen Thomas, Castle street 
*Amos James, Castle street 

* Amos Wm. Quay lane 
Barnes Robert, Thoroughfare 
Bardwell George Salter, Quay lane 
Bridges Wm., Quay lane 

Bull John. Brook street 
Cooper Benjamin, Brook street 
Chatten Charles West, Quay 
Chatten Wm. Henry, Quay lane 
Crosby James, Sun lane 
*Dowsing James, Melton road 
Drake Robert, Brook street 
Fitch James Norris, Brook street 
Gammage Wm., Castle street 
Garrard Charles, Brewer's lane 
Garrard George, Brewer's lane 
Garrard James, New street 
Gibbs Wm. Giles, St John's street 
*Hart Daniel, Quay 
*Grimwood Thos. Wm.. Thoroughfare 
Hunt George. Quay lane 
Knight Robert, Castle street 

Loder Charles, Thoroughfare 

Marsh John, Quay lane 

Marsh Wm., Brook street 
*Moor John, Castle street 
*Nunn Geo. Sparrow, St John's street 
Pasifuil Edward. St John's street 
Pasifull James, Quay lane 
Purkiss Joseph, Brook street 
Read George, Quay lane 
Skipper Charles, Quay 
Smith R. sen. & jun. & James, Quay In 
*Trott George, Castle street 
*Trott Win., Quay lane 
Warren Charles, New street 
Woodroffe Wm., Brewer's lane 
Woods Samuel. St John's Church st 
MILLINERS & DRESS MAKERS, 
Baxter Harriet, Doric place 
Baker Susan, (corset) Sekforde street 
I Bird Emma, St John's street 
i Brookbank Rosa, New street 
Cracknell Mrs Sarah, St John's street 
Calver Elizabeth, Burkett road 
I Cullingford Anna, Thoroughfare 
~ Gibbs Susan, St John's street 

Gissing Mary Ann, Sekforde street 
, Green Mary Ann, New street 
; Kemp Hannah C. & Susan, Thoro'fare 
Last Mrs Eliza, St John's Church st 
! Mallett Mary, Market place 
i Moyse Sarah, Doric place 
Moss Rosamond, Sekforde street 
Newson Mrs Mary Ann. St John's st 



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Olding JMrs Mary Ann, Thoroughfare 
Pite Mrs, Church street 
Simpson Francis Ann, New street 
Scott Mrs Thomas. Thoroughfare 
Stanford Harriet, Thoroughfare 
Turner Catherine, New street 
Waspe Mrs Marv Ann, St John's st 
PAINTERS, PLUMBRS & GLAZES. 
Allen Loder, Church street 
Oumey John, Cumberland street 
HefTer John, New street 
Jeffries Alfred, glass cutter, Thoro'fare 
Iveil Robert, New street 
Mallett John, Sekforde street 
Mallett Wm., Market place 
Moore Wm. Christopher, New street 
Salter Robert, Bnrkett road 

ROPE AND TWINE MAKERS. 
■Cork Henry, Church street 
Giles John, New street 

RAG, HAIR, &c, DEALERS. 
Issitt John W., Thoroughfare 
Mayhew Samuel. Thoroughfare 
REGISTER OFFICES (Servants.) 
Ellis Benjamin, Thoroughfare 
Last Edward, Cumberland street 
Wade George, Cumberland street 
SADDLERS & HARNESS MKRS. 
Dwrrant Isaac, Thoroughfare 
Ship Joseph, St John's street 
SHOPKEEPERS. 
Barnes Robert, Thoroughfare 
Baxter Isaac, Sekfoide street 
Brickies Margaret, Castle street 
Dickerson Wm., Cumberland street 
Dowsing Wm. (flour, &c.) New street 
Frost Wm., Thoroughfare 
Goldsmith Thomas, Market place 
Harris Wm., Chapel lane 
Hartridge Wm., New street 
Horkins John, Castle street 
Lincoln James, Castle street 
Mickleburgh Emma, Market place 
Pipe James, Theatre street 
Quinton Richard, Drybridge hill 
Sawyer Christian, Chapel lane 
Smyth Daniel, New street 
Smith Elizabeth, Sekforde street 
Woods Robert, Bredfield street 
Woolnough John Smith, Bredfield st 
Wright James, Bredfield street 

STAY MAKERS. 
Allen Mrs, Cumberland street 
Quinton Elizabeth. Brewer's lane 
STONE AND MARBLE MASON. 
.Smyth James, Thoroughfare 

STRAW HAT MAKERS. 
Cullingford Anna, Thoroughfare 
Moore Eliza, New street 
Moss Rosamond, Sekforde street 
Pite Mrs Edward, Church street 



Scott Mrs Thomas, Thoroughfare 
Spore Caroline Rachel, Castle street 
Wade Martha, Cumberland street 
Wood Mrs Jane, New street 

SURGEONS. 
Gissing John Stearn, Market place 
Jones Richard, Church street 
Marshall Charles Geo., Thoroughfare 
Moore Nathaniel, Church street 
Moore Wm. Hibbit, Cumberland st 

SURVEYORS (IAKD, &c.) 
Moulton Benjamin, Thoroughfare 
Pattisson Wm. t (architect) St John's st 
Peake Thomas, Cumberland street 
Thompson George, (county) Doric pi 

TAILORS AND DRAPERS. 
Balls Edward, Thoroughfare 
Bodgener Henry, New street 
Brown Jph. Jas. outfitter, Thoroughfare 
Bond Samuel, Cumberland street 
Chappell Wm. George, Church street 
Freeman Charles, Thoroughfare 
Mallett Jonathan, Market place 
Roper Robert, Theatre street 
Whisstock Wm., Thoroughfare 
Wright Jeremiah, Church street 

TALLOW CHANDLERS. 
Easto & Stananought, Cumberland st 
Gross James & Co., Thoroughfare 

TOY DEALERS. (See Hardware Dlrs.) 

UMBRELLA MAKERS. 
Gillingham Emma, Sekforde street 
Green Robert, New street 
Revett Brady, (cutler) New street 

WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS, 

3ilue>smiihs and Jewellers. 
Baker James, Thoroughfare 
Burditt John, Thoroughfare 
Ellis Benjamin, Thoroughfare 
Hildyard John, Thoroughfare 
Naunton Wm.jufi. Chapel lane 
Norris George, Market place 
Squirrell Samuel. New street 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Calver Charles, Drybridge hill 
Pipe James. Theatre street 
Quadling George, Bredfield street 

WHITESMITHS, &c. 
Baxter Sarah, Brook street 
Dowsing Wm., Chapel lane 
Fisher Richard Quay 
Owles Charles, New street 
Stananought John, New street 
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. 
Brook Abraham and Son, Church st 
Edwards Henry, Thoroughfare 
Gross James and Co., Thoroughfare 
Whincopp Wm., Market place 



WOODBRIDGE DIRECTORY. 



289 



COACHES & OEfcNXBUSES 

from the Crown Hotel, Royal, Oak and 

other Inns. 
To Ipswich, to meet the Railway Trains 

and Steamers for London. fyc, six 

times a day. (See page 144.) 
To Saxmundham, at 7 evening 
To Halesworth, Aldbro', and Saxmund- 
ham, at 3 afternoon 
To Framlingham, Halesworth, and 

Norwich, at 1 afternoon 
To Southwold, Lowestoft, Yarmouth, 

Saxmundham, "Wickham Market, &c, 

at 1 afternoon 
Mail Carts. (See page 282.) 
CARRIERS. 

Marked 1 stop at the Anchor, 2 Boat, 
-3 King's Arms, 4 Lion, 5 Royal Oak, 6 
Sun, 7 Wellington, 8 White Horse, 9 
-Crown, and 10 White Swan Inn. 

(jf^ 3 All attend on the Market day, 
'(now Thursday) unless otherwise ex- 
pressed. 

Places. Carners. Days. 

5 Alderton, J. Scoggins, Tu. Th. & Sat 
3 Bawdsey, Ransbury, and 4 Beeton, 

Monday Thursday, and Saturday 
3 Blaxhall, T. Cooper, M. Thu. & Sat 
■5 Boy ton, F. Ash kettle, Thurs. & Sat 
S Brandeston, Olding, and 1 Pratt, 

Monday and Thursday 
1 Dallinghoo, W. Grayston, M. & Thu 
30 Easton and Earl Soham, Meen and 

Mail Cart and Coach daily 



2 Framsden, Flick, Thursday 

5 Fressingfield, E. Hart, Thursday 
Grundisburgh, Adams, from the Angel, 
5 Halesworth, J. Sawyer, and 3 Coates 

& Blomfield, Mon. & Thurs. & Coach 

&c, daily 
5 Hollesley, B. Kemp, and 4 Clark and 

Field, Monday and Thursday 
Ipswich, 4 & 5 Railway Co.'s Waggon, 

&c. and Rice, Grayston, and Harris, 

daily 
8 Kirton & Trimley, Wright, Thursday 
Leiston. (See Saxmundham.) 
1 Marlsford, Matton, Thursday & Sat 
5 Orford, W. Fisk, 3 Pead, & 4 Mann, 

Monday, Thursday, and Saturday 
1 Rendham, C. Snelling, Saturday 

3 Saxmundham, Rouse and Nichols, 
Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday; 
and coach, &c, daily 

5 Shottisham, Kemp, M. Thurs. & Sat 
5 Snape, Friston, &c, Knight, Th.& Sat 

4 Stradbroke, Meen, Tuesday & Sat. 
and Mail Cart daily 

5 Trimley, Fulcher, Thursday 

5 Tunstall and Snape, Sawyer, and 4 
King & Fulcher, Mon. Thurs. & Sat 

8 Walton & Felixstow, Fulcher, Thurs 

Wickham Market, 5 Tyler ; and 3 & 4 
Mayhew; & Coach & Mail Cart daily 
TRADING VESSELS 

sail weekly to London, and occasionally 

to other ports. 



BLYTH1NG HUNDRED. 

This is the largest Hundred in Suffolk, and lies on the east side 
4of the county, extending nearly twenty miles along the sea coast, 
&nd having its two other sides nearly of the same length, projecting 
westward and forming an irregular triangle, bounded on the south 
by Plomesgate Hundred ; on the west by Hoxne Hundred; on the 
north, by Wangford and Mutford Hundreds ; and on the east by 
the ocean. It is in Blything Union, in the Deanery of Dumvich, 
Archdeaconry of Suffolk, and Diocese of Norivich, and in Hales- 
worth County County District. It constitutes a baronial Liberty, 
of which Lord Huntingfield is bailiff, and Harry White, Esq., stew- 
ard; and for which a Court (formerly having cognizance of debts 
under 40s.) is held yearly at Oovehithe. It is watered by the river 
Blythe (from which it has its name,) and many smaller streams, 
flowing eastward to the sea, and some of them forming " broads" or 
small lakes, near the coast, which rises in many places in bold precipi- 
tous cliffs. The western parts form a high district of hill and dale, and 
■have a strong fertile clayey soil ; but on the eastern side, near the sea, 



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BLYTHING HUNDRED. 



. a light sand prevails, and there are still some unenclosed sheep-walks. 
It is in all parts picturesque, and includes the thriving market town 
of Hales worth ; the decayed borough and port of Dumcicli ; and the 
rising port, borough, and town of Southwold, an important fishing 
station and fashionable bathing place. Its creeks and fishing sta- 
tions were formerly more numerous than at present, some of them 
having been choked up or washed away by the ocean, which is 
slowly but constantly wasting many parts of the coast. It is divided 
Into 46 parishes and one township (Henham,) of which the following 
is an enumeration, shewing their hamlets, their territorial extent, 
and their population in 1851. It will be crossed by a Railway. 
now making from Halesworth. to Haddiscoe, and from Halesworth 
to Ipswich, via TYoodbridge. Mr. D. Fulcher, of Southwold, is the 
Mgh constable. 



Pakishes.* 



Acres. 



*Aldringham 1783 

Benacre 1660 

•Blythburgh J 4116 

Blythford 947 

•Brarufield 2546 

Brampton 2002 

•j-Chediston 2378 

^Cookley 1704 

Cove (South) 1214 

Covehithe 1553 

^■Cratneld 2085 

*Darsham 1550 

*Dunwich 1465 

Easton Bavents 381 

Frostenden 1310 

-}• Halesworth 1445 

^Heveningham 1659 

Henstead ) . . -, q^ 

Hulverstreet, hamlet j .. 

Holton 1130 

i-Huntingfield 2134 

*Knodishall 1843 

•Leiston 4640 

•fLinstead Magna 1304 

fLinstead Parva 554 

•Registration Districts. — 
Registrar's District. 



Pop. 

467 
223 

1118 
194 
740 
281 
434 
275 
194 
195 
673 
462 
294 
3 
456 

2662 
422 
279 
280 
516 



Parishes. Acres. 

*3Iiddleton 2024 

•fPeasenhall 1995 

Pieydon 2727 

+Rumburgh 1468 

-t-Sibton 2861 

Sotherton 1085 

Southwold 566 

+ Spexhall 1484 

Stoven 797 

*Tkeberton 1954 

*Tkorington 1800 

tUbbeston 1212 

Uggeshall 1473 

*Walberswick 1960 

+Walpole 1750 

Wangford ) 851 

Henham, hamlet j 1752 

Wenhaston 2326 

Westhall 2316 

* Westleton 6103 



Pop. 
629 
820 
337 
432 
501 
252 

2109 
196 
172 
591 
157 
208 
293 
357 
563 
713 
101 

1008 
49& 
993 
490 

1026 

1272 



411 ' +Wissett 2259 

432 Wrentham 2303 

1580 *Yoxford 2724 

100 J 

200 I Total 88,507 26,598 

All are in Blything Union and Superintendent 
Those marked * are in Westleton Registration District : 
those marked f are in Halesworth District; and all the others are in Wenhaston 
District. 

|j Many men and boys were absent in fishing boats from Sonthwoid when the 
census was taken. 

% The Union Workhouse is at Bulcamp, in Blythburgh parish, and had 523 
inmates in 1801 ; 215 in 1841 ; and 511 in 1851. when the census was taken. 



BLYTHING UNION comprises all the 47 parishes of Blything Hundred, 
and also Carlton and Kelsale parishes, which are detached members of Hoxne 
Hundred, and are in Westleton Registration District. These 49 parishes ex- 
tend over an area of 92,097 acres, and had 27,883 inhabitants in 1851. All the 
parishes in Blything Hundred, except Dunwich, were incorporated by an Act 
of the 4th of George III. ^1764,) for the maintenance of their poor, in a House 
of Industry, erected in the course of the two following years at Bulcamp, in 
Blythburgh parish, nearly in the centre of the Hundred. The sum of £'12,000 
was borrowed on the credit of the poor rates, for the erection of this Work- 



BLYTHTNG UNION. 291 

house, and was repaid by annual instalments, the last of which was paid in 
1791. This house was so unpopular among the poor, that before it was com- 
pletely finished, it was partly destroyed by a riotous mob, which was dispersed 
by the military. It was opened Oct. 13th, 1766, on which day 56 paupers were 
admitted. It had 352 inmates in April, 1767, and the average number during 
the following years was— 214, in 1790 ; 281, in 1795; 331, in 1800; 335. in 
1810; 533, in 1817; 558, in 1818; 551, in 1820; 445, in 1825; 401. in 1830; 
345, in 1835; 192, in 1840; and 264, in 1843. In July, 1851, it had 511 inmates. 
The Directors and Acting Guardians dissolved the incorporation in July, 1835, 
and at their request the present Union was formed under the control of the 
Kew Poor Law Commissioners. In the following year ^91000 was expended in 
altering the Workhouse, so as to admit of a better classification of the inmates. 
The total average annual expenditure of the 49 parishes for the support of their 
poor, &c, during the three years ending 1834, was ,-£'26,780, but during the last 
five years it has only amounted to <£'13,3~9 so that their poor rates have been 
reduced fifty per cent, since they became a Union under the new poor law. These 
averages include about ^'2500 per annum, paid for County and Police Rates. 
Three Guardians are elected for Halesworth, two each for Kelsale, Liston, 
Peasenhall, Southwold, Walpoie, Wenhaston, Westleton, Wrentham, and Yox- 
ford; and one for each of the other parishes. There are a number of ex-officio 
guardians, and the Earl of Stradbroke is chairman, and Andrew Johnston, Esq., 
vice-chairman. Mr. Daniel Forman is the union elerk and superintendent registrar. 
Mr. Charles White, of Wenhaston, is registrar of marriages, and Mr. Charles 
Bryant, of Halesworth, is his deputy. Mr. George and Mrs. Funnell, are master 
and matron of the Workhouse, and the Rev. T. Harrison, chaplain. The Re- 
lieving- Officees and Registrars of Births and Deaths are Mr. Anthony Fisher, 
of Cratfield, for Halesworth District ; Mr. Charles White, of Wenhaston, for 
Wenhaston District, and Mr. Thomas Tuthill, of Blythburgh, for Wesileton 
District, 



ALDRINGHAM, a small village, 2± miles N. by W. of Aide- 
burgh, and 5 miles S.E. of Saxmundham, has in its parish 1783 
acres of land, and 467 inhabitants, including THORPE, which has 
about 1100 acres, and 140 souls, and is a hamlet and fishing sta- 
tion on the sea coast, H mile E. of Aldringham. and had a chapel, 
which was in use after the Reformation, and of which some vestiges 
still remain. Haino de Masey, in the 12th of Edward II. obtained 
a charter for a market and /air at Aldringham. The former has long 
been obsolete, but two small fairs are now held here on Oct. 11th 
and Dec. 11th. The soil is partly a rich loam, but generally a light 
sand, and 250a. form an open common. It belongs mostly to 
Thellusson's Trustees, but Lord Huntingfield is lord of the manor, 
and the Shuldham and Schreiber families have estates here. The 
Church (St. Andrew,) was appropriated to Leiston Abbey by Ranulph 
Clan vile, the founder. It is an ancient structure, and had a tower, 
which fell to ruin many years ago, but its remains were not cleared 
away till 1843, when the church was repaired, and a small belfry 
erected at the west end. The impropriation and advowson were 
granted in the 28th of Hen. YIII. to the Duke of Suffolk, and are now 
beW by Lord Huntingfield, who has now a yearly rent charge of 
^205 in lieu of tithes. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, not in 
charge, valued at only ^59, in the incumbency of the Rev. Richard 
Bond, of Pulham, Norfolk. The Rev. H. T. Dowler, of Aldeburgh, 
is the officiating curate. Here is a Baptist Chapel, built in 1812. 
Post from Saxmundham. 

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BLYTHBURGH PARISH. 2£3 

obsolete. The decline of Blythburgh is attributed to its river be- 
coming s: choked up as to be navigable to the town only for small 
barges" and to the suppression of its Priory. In 1079. many of its 
houses, with then z: ids and furnitiue. were burnt by an accidental 
fire, and the damage was estimated at £18,030. A dreadful thunder 
storm ha] pened here on Sunday. August -4th, 1577, during divine 
St:::: when the lightning did great damage to the church, and 
struck down 2( people, of whom two were killed and others scorched- 
Xbe spire and part of the steeple were thrown down, and other parts 
of the church weir " rent and torn by the tempest, which took its 
course to Bungay, where it did much mischief/ 3 Several Roman 
coins and urns have been disc svered here ; and it is said that A ana, 
:": Z tt Angles^ and Firminus, his son. who were slain 
ngh:::__ igainst Penda, King of Mercia, in I let _ fc est, wen 
buried here in 654. About forty yards east :: the church are some 
ivy-mantled remains :f a small Priory of El nek Canons, The re- 
Tenues of the church of Blythburgh being given by Henry I. to 
She _:l convent of St Osyth, in Essex, they soon aiter- 

. :1s founded this priory, which was endowed by Richd. Beauveys. 
Bishop of London, and ::V_er benefactors. It was suppressed in the 
26th of Henry Till., when it contained only jive canons, and::? 
revenues were valued :.: £48. Bs 10<L per annum. It was granted 
to Sir Arthur Hopton, then lord of the manor. Here was anciently 
a building ealled Holy Rood Chapel, of which there were some re- 
mains in 1760. West-wood, formerly a large park, contained the 
ancient mansion of the former lords :: Ihe :/\ which is now- 

held., with the manor?.::.", i [great art :: the soil in this and the 
LT:r;: : :::::i: parishes, by Sir Charles Blois, Bart.: but Col. Bene 
Col. Baper. the Earl of Stradbroke. and several smaller owners, have 
estates here The ancient hall having, as : ::: : eetore 3 from various 
relics' found on its site, been destroyed by fire, the present edifice, 
":«:~::: L::::, 2 miles S. of Blythburgh^ :■; l_ :e::: iin g a 
pleasant see view, was erected about the middle of the 17th century 
by John Brooke , Esq . from whom it leg een le 1 to the family of Bl : is 
I: has long been let with a large farm, and is now occupied by 
ATr. Cooper, a celebrated breeder :: sheep and cattle, who has here 
annually an ez::u5:~e stc sk sale. The BUfthe is navigable up 

to Halesworifa for surah I arges, end below it forms a lar^e ,; broad? 
extending two miles to the new quay and lime-kiln at Walbersicick, 
vrhenre it runs, in a straight and deepened sb annel, a: :ut two miles 
in length, to the pier south of Southwold. and forms a harbour 
Go that sea-port for vessels of 100 tons burthen. Several hundred 
- :: fine marsh land, on the banks of the Blythe. have been 
: : during the las: 6( years. 'The CHURCH 
(Holy Trinity is a large ancient structure, which has been ex- 
tremely beautiful., but has been much mutilated by time and inju- 
dicious reran s. The windows are numerous, and have been richly 
decorated with painted glass and tracery, most of which have given 
place to unsightly m esses ::' crick. Internally the fir red work 

has been covered with many ate if whitewash : and the carvings 
on the roof, consisting of angels iring shields, have so long been 



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BLYTHBURGH PARISH. 



in a decayed and mouldering condition, that many of them have 
fallen down. The porch is still decorated with grotesque heads, 
and at each corner stands an angel with expanded wings. In 1442, 
John Greyse left 20 marks towards rebuilding the chancel. The 
tower, which formerly had a spire, is of inferior workmanship to the 
nave and chancel. There were two chapels at the east end dedi- 
cated to the Blessed Yirgin and her mother, St. Anne ; and in the 
church were several altars, and a great number of images of saints. 
In the 30th of Henry VI., John Hopton, Esq., founded a chantry 
here, dedicated to St. Margaret. At the east end of the north aisle, 
is shewn a tomb, said to be that of Anna, King of the East Angles; 
and in the chancel, another, for his son Firminus ; but their re- 
mains are said to have been removed to the abbey church of Bury 
St. Edmund's. Upon an altar monument in the chancel have been 
raised two clumsy columns of brick, which has occasioned the re- 
mark, that the person whom it covers, whatever he might have been 
in his life- time, is now a firm supporter of the church. In front 
of two pews near this tomb, are eighteen small figures, represent- 
ing the apostles and other scripture characters ; and at the west 
end of the middle aisle, is the figure of a man, which used to strike 
time on a bell, now cracked, in the same manner as those at St 
Dunstan's, in London. The benefice is a perpetual curacy , not in 
charge, in the patronage of Sir Charles Blois, Bart., who is also im- 
propriator of the tithes, out of which he allows about .£45 a year to 
the incumbent, now the Rev. Thomas Harrison, of Walberswick. 
The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel here, built in 1837. 
The Church Land is in two pieces, called Thistley Meadow and 
Penny Pightle, let for <£19 a year. In 1701, Thomas Neale left, out 
of an estate at Bramfield, a yearly rent- charge of £3, and directed 
£2. 10s. thereof to be applied for teaching five poor children of 
Blythburgh to read, and 10s. for buying bibles and other religious 
books for young persons. The poor of Blythburgh and Bulcamp 
have a yearly rent-charge of 20s. left by an unknown donor, out of 
land belonging to the Earl of Stradbroke. Post via Halesivorth. 



Marked 1, reside at Bulcamp ; 2, at 
Hinton ; and the rest at Blythburgh . 
Bickers Wm. millwright 
Elmy Esau, parish clerk 
1 Funnell Geo. & Mrs. master & matron 

of Blythburgh Union Workhouse 
Hatcher James, wheelwright & beerhs 
Patman Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Tuthill Thos. relieving officer and regr 
Trueman Henry, coal merchant and 

vict. White Hart 
Whincup Charles, blacksmith 

BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS. 

Burton James 1 Dodd Eichard 



FARMERS. 

2 Cole James 
Cooper Jno. Eous, 
Westwood Lodge 
1 Ling Wm. 

1 Lyon John 

O shorn Jno. Ezkl. 

2 Spratt James 

2 Stanford Adlphs. 
2 Tacon John 
Trueman Henry 
Tuthill Geo.&Wm. 
2 Wigg Joseph 



Woods John, and 
corn miller 
grocers, &c. 
Atta Bobert 
Catchpole James 
Fairhead James 
Coach & Carriers 
&c, to Ipswich 
&Yarmouth,call 
daily at theWhite 
Hart 
Mail C art toHales- 
worth at 3 aftrn 



BLTTHFORD, or Blyford, a scattered village, on the north 
bank of the Blythe, 2J miles E. by S. of Halesworth, has in its 
parish 194 souls, and 947 acres of land, rising in gentle undula- 
tions from the river. The Church (All Saints) was appropriated to 



BLYTHFORD. (BLYTHING HUNDRED.) 295 

Blythburgh Priory before the year 1200, by Ralph de Ciiketot. It 
retains some fine specimens of Norman architecture, and the living 
is a donative, in the patronage, impropriation, and incumbency of 
the Eev. Jeremy Day, of Hethersett, Norfolk, for whom the Eev. W. 
French, of Wangford, officiates. The Eev. J. Day is also lord of 
the manor and impropriator of the tithes, now commuted for a 
yearly rent-cbarge of =£411. 18s. He owns most of the soil, and the 
rest belongs to the Earl of Stradbroke, and a few smaller owners. 
Croft Wm. plumber, painter, and vict. 

Queen's Head 
Cullingford Wincup, grocer, &c, 
Edwards John, parish clerk 
Hilling Epbraim, grocer, &c. 
Philppoo James, shoemaker 



Puttock Edward, bricklayer 

faemees. |! Deck Edward, Hall 
Block Wm. [| H ambling Wm. 
Hayward Jabez || Prime Piichard 
Thompson Margaret 
Tyrell Abraham and Son 



BEAMFIELD, a large and well-built village on the turnpike, two 
miles S. of Halesworth, and eight miles N. by E. of Saxmundham, 
has in its parish 740 souls, and 2546a. 3r. 25p. of land, exclusive 
of roads. The manor was given by Sir John de Norwich, in the 
reign of Edward III., to the college wbich he founded at Metting- 
ham. At the dissolution, it was granted to Thos. Denney, from 
whom it passed to the Eous family. The Earl of Stradbroke is now 
lord of the manor of Bramfield-cum-Brooh Hall, but a great part of 
the soil belongs to Colonel Bence, the Eev. B. Eabett, Miss Tat- 
lock, and several smaller owners. Brook Hall is now the residence 
of Mr. J. G. Cooper, a celebrated cattle breeder; Bvamfield Hall, a 
fine old mansion, with beautiful grounds,,near the church, is the resi- 
dence of the Eev. Eeginald Eabett, whose family has long been 
seated here. The Church (St. Andrew) is an ancient structure, with 
a round tower, detached at the distance of twelve yards, and con- 
taining five bells. In the chancel is an elegant monument to Arthur, 
third son of the celebrated lawyer, Sir Edward Coke. On the pave- 
ment are many black marble stones, for the two ancient families of 
Eabett and Nelson. It has a richly carved screen, a sedilia, a 
crocketted piscina, and an ancient helmet and cuirass. The vicarage, 
valued in K.B. at £6. Ts. 6d., is in the patronage of the Lord 
Chancellor, and incumbency of the Eev. N. Simons, who has a 
yearly rent-charge of <£'210, in lieu of the vicarial tithes, awarded a 
few, years ago, when the great tithes, now in the impropriation of 
Mr. E. Haward, were commuted for =£420 per annum. Here is a 
small Independent Chapel, built in 1341, at the cost of £'250, and 
also a small Primitive Methodist Chapel. An Almshouse, for eight 
poor parishioners, was built here in 1723, pursuant to the will of 
Thos. N~eale,who, in 1701, left directions for its erection, and charged 
his real estate with the yearly payment of =£3, for one of the alms- 
people to teach six poor children to read the Bible, and 10s. a year 
to provide them with Bibles and religious books. The testator's 
widow, Mary Foivle, in 1708, left £100 to be laid out in land, the 
rent thereof to be applied for repairing the almshouse, and when 
not wanted for that purpose, to be distributed among poor widows 
of the parish. This legacy, with £'80, left by Eliz. Archer, in 1716, 
for schooling poor children, and finding them Bibles, was laid out, 



296 



BRAMFIELD PARISH. 



limoos Rer. Niflfe : bfl ": : 1 1 

Tatlock His Helen and Miss 

JzV.I'r.l ' " IV. SI 

~:':'z :/:,-.•::. Jr.s. X Y:\:r.rs Wig lealers 
H:o:;am Warn. A. 



La 1727, in the purchase of a boose and LOa 5i jf land, at Met- 

field, now let for £12 a year, of which about £8 H ■• : lied in re- 
lieniug the aknspeople and repairing the ifanshc 

mainder is paid to the schoolmaster, together irtth the a':: ove-named 

re::: charges of £3. and 10a fin teaching 13 poor children 

finding them with 20s. worth of Looks yearly. The 

and belonging to the almshouse is let for 80s. a year. The School 

was built and is repaired by the parishioners. 

Bailey Sophia, schoolmistress 

Barker John, vie: Queen's Head 

Batterham Margaret, sbopkeepei 

B urrell S am 1 . vi ;• : . Swa n 

Cattermull Benj. grocer ind draper 

Clowe Sarah, schoolmistress 

Cooper Mr James Grinling. B^ookHdU 

Cr:s;- Elam. cooper & shopkeepei 

Easthangh John, wheelwright 

jgastbaogh Samuel, saddler, fee 

Haward Bolt, gent Denny Mr.Thos. 

Higham Wm. Aldis. brewer £ maltster 

Hewlett Horace, horse lealex 

Kemf James bricklayer 

Kerridge John, Udloi & beerhouae 

Lock Hy. tailor ic parish :1k. Pc : _-;-: 

Lock Samuel Wright, taUoi & colleetoi 

Marsden Bnfos If. sarpentei 

Rabet: Pwev Eegir-ali. M.A.. vioar :: 

Thornton^ in Leieestexshire, Bram- 

fordHall 
Row Francis shopkeeper 



Hah lei : hn 

Wright ^a, 

E ' : I .': =H ZZIKS. 

- . g I . : : . '. 
'1 ap| bi Artfaui 

Bow .James 

Andrews Wm. 
Archei John 
Barn a 07 James 
I irgess Thomas 
I I DO t B a 
Traake Wm. 
Cross Ji met 
E-.':: . 

Haward hadea 



Hurren Wrn. 
Lei C ^ 

Matthews Robert 
I t ■ ". Fames 

Riches 

Sper.ce .- . 

" ": r.te: " "v. 
Woodvard Wm. 
I >st Oftics atH, 

Look's. Letters 

• Halrsw ■ r:h 

C jXCB.Sc L'aJ.0.0Z0.£- 

daily to I| Bwicll 

and Haleswcrth 



BBAMPTON, on the Becclesroad, 1 4| miles NJE. of Haleswortb 
is a pleasant village and parish, containing iSl souls, and ^OO^a. 

1e 5p. of fertile land. A great par: of the soil ana the advowson 
have been held by the Lemans since 1000. and now belong :: the 

Rev. Geo. 0. Leman. of Brampton Hall, a handsome, red brick 
mansion, in a small but well-wooded park, erected after the old hall 
had been destroyed by fire, in 1733. The Earl of Gosford, Mr* 

Henry Jex. Thus' Farr, Esq., and several smaller owners, have es- 
tates ::: :he parish, ana part of it is a small manor, called Hales 

Hall, Ike Clw.rcr. St. Peter is a smah -:n:::a:e. -vi:h a : wee and 
five bells, and has lately been renovated. The rectory, valued in 

EkB. at iVh ana now at i'i34. is in the patronage :: the Rev. G. 
O. Leman. ana incumbency of :he Rev. Thos. O. Leman, M.A.. 
who has a good residence. 11a. of glebe, ana a yearly rent-charge :: 
.£420 in lieu of tithes. Tne Town's Reuses and about 3a. ef marsh 
land, let fori'S. ana a house in four tenements, let for i'3 a-year. are 
vested with the churchwardens for the relief :: the peer. About 
12a. of meadow land, called the Toicn T-.v, is let fcr ihh a-year. una 
(he rent is applied in the service :f the church. The original ac- 
quisition of the property is unknown, A >ui ' ■ :':' here has 
£9. 6s. Sid. yearly from Lemans Charity. See Crauteid., Post 
from Wangfc 

Leman Br v 3-eo. Dr=riII. incumbent cf Leman Lev Thos. Or gill, 31. A., rector 
.Stoven. Brampton Hall ■ and rural aean. Bectorj 



BRAMPTON. (BLYTHIN'G HUNDRED.) 



297 



Todd Henry, shopkeeper 
Wright James, blacksmith 
FARMERS. 
Balls Widow || Fuller Samuel 
Chipperfield John || Gibson J. 
Cleveland John || Squire Win. 
Cunningham J. j| Warnes Charles 
Hunter John Isaac, Old Hall 
Jex Henry, The Grove 
"Woods George 



Botwright Mary, schoolmistress 
Cleveland John & Wm. vety. surgeons 
Cornish Joshua, blacksmith, drill and 

dressing machine maker, and vict. 

Dog Inn 
Dugdale George, shoemaker 
Lay Wm. wheelwright ic smith 
Quadling Chas. wheelwright & smith 
Suggate Hy. tailor, & Austin, par. clerk 
Suggate Charles, shopkeeper 

CHEDISTOX, a small village, near one of the tributary streams" 
of the Blythe, two miles W. of Halesworth, has in its picturesque 
parish 434 souls, several scattered farmhouses, and 2378 acres of 
land, of which nearly two-thirds are arable, and have a rich loamy 
soil. The manor and a great part of the soil belong to the trustees 
of the late Geo. Parky ns, Esq., who purchased the estate of the- 
Plumer family about nine years ago, and resided at Chediston Park, 
which he enlarged and beautified. The Hall was built by Wm. 
Plumer, Esq., and is a large and elegant mansion in the Elizabethan 
style, standing on an elevation in the park, and ornamented with 
towers, pinnacles, and an embattled pediment. It is now the seat 
of Thos. Rant, Esq. The Bishop, Pattisson, Crabtree, Robinson, 
and some other families, have small estates in the parish. The 
copyholds pay arbitrary fines. In a field, called the Grove, two 
miles "W. of the church, are two moated sites, in one of which, a 
sword and two coins of the reign of Edward II. were found a few 
years ago, when the mound was levelled, and the trees cut down. 
The Church (St. Mary) is an ancient fabric, and the living is a 
vicarage, valued in K.B. at £Q. 6d., and united with Halesworth 
rectory, in the patronage of A. Johnston, Esq., and incumbency of 
the Rev. R. E. Hankinson, M.A., who has here 60a. 2r. 15p. of 
glebe, and an old Parsonage, divided into cottages. The Trustees 
of the late G. Parkyns, Esq., are impropriators of the rectory, and 
receive a yearly rent-charge of £"230, in lieu of the tithes chargeable 
on those estates in the parish which do not belong to them. The 
Town Estate, consisting of a farm of 30a. let for £26 a-year, has 
been vested in feoffees since the reign of Henry VII., for the repairs 
of the church and other charges to be imposed on the parishioners". 
The Almshouses for five poor families were given by Henry Claxton,, 
in 1575, and rebuilt in 1832. Attached to them is a piece of land 
let for 20s. The poor parishioners have an annuity of 20s. out of 
land at Cookley, left by the Rev. Thos. 8 agar, and about <£17 a year 
frorn Henry Smith's Charity for distributions of bread. Post from 
Halesworth. 



Baker Wm. vict. Wellington 
Balls Robt. jun. wheelwright 
Bishop Thos. land agent & valuer 
In gate John, corn miller 
Lines John, shoemaker 
Bant Thos., Esq., Chediston Park 
Wilson Rev. John, curate 
FARMERS; 
Balls James I Balls Robert 

Balls John I Beckett J. 



Bishop Thomas 
Bryant Thomas 
Burrows Charles 
Burrows James 
Crabtree John 
Gibson Wm. 
iDgate Charles 
Ingate John 
Ingate Wm. 
N 3 



Matthews John 
Read Samuel 
ReadT.Cracknell 
Read Thomas 
Robinson George 
Soanes John 
Soanes Mary 
Turner Xesling 
Woolnough Geo*. 



298 BLYTHING HUNDRED, 

COOKLEY, a small village on an accclivity, 2^ miles W.S.W. of 
Halesworth, has in its parish 275 sonls, and 1704 acres of land. 
Lord Huntingfield owns the greater part of the soil, and is lord of 
the manor, but Coohley Grange is a small manor now belonging to 
the trustees of the late George Parky ns, Esq., and formerly held by 
Sibton Abbey. Lady Sheaffe and several smaller owners have farms 
here. The copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines. The Church 
(St. Michael) is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £6. 13s. 4d., 
and united with Huntingfield', which see. The Town Estate, con- 
sisting of two houses, a homestall, and 4a. of land, is let for £V3 
a-year, which is applied for the repairs of the church, but when not 
wholly wanted for that purpose, the surplus is divided among the 
poor. In 1701, Thos. Neale charged his estate here with the yearly 
payment of £o, for teaching six poor children to read the Bible, and 
10s. to supply them with Bibles, &c. Post from Halesworth. 



Bedingfield TVm., shopkeeper 
Crockford, Kev Francis E., curate 
Hurren Joseph, shopkeeper 
Bobinson George, blacksmith 
Soanes Wro.. parish clerk 
FARMERS. 
Bird Edward || Mayhew Edw. 



Everett Jereuih. Morris Robert 
G-arrould James |] No tie v Alfred 
George Wei. [| Westgate Wm. 
Havrard Charlotte |] "Winter James 
Higham Samuel SteggaJl, Bock Farm 
Lincolne Zach., {Executors of) 



COYE, (SOUTH,) a small scattered village, 3J miles N. of South- 
wold, and N.E. of Wangford, has in its parish 194 souls, and 
1197a. 2r. 26p. of land, extending eastward to the sea coast, where 
a rivulet forms a large " broad" before it falls into the ocean, south 
of Covehithe. Sir E. S. Gooch owns most of the soil, and is lord of 
the two manors, called South Cove with Xorth-Hales, and Polfrey, 
or Bluefloiy-Cove. He is also patron of the Church, (St. Lawrence,) 
which is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £'6. 2s. lid., and 
now at £274=, in the incumbency of the Rev. Chas. John Gooch, of 
Toppesfield, Essex, for whom the the Rev. J. J. Ellis, of Southwold, 
officiates. The tithes have been commuted for a yearly rent-charge 
of <£267. 10s., exclusive of £2. 10s. on the glebe. The Poors 
Allotment consists of 12a. awarded at the enclosure, and now let for 
<£*12 a-year, which is distributed in coals. The poor parishioners 
have also a yearly rent-charge of 3s. -Id., left by Simon Gisieham, 
out of a farm here. Directory : — John Beamish, parish clerk; Jas. 
Cady, vict., Five Bells; and Stephen Candler, Rt. Hitcham, Rt. 
Kent, Benjamin Pipe, and Edw. Saunders, farmers. Post from 
Wangford. 

COVEHITHE, or NORTH HALES, a small village on an emi- 
nence near the coast, 4J miles N=N.E. of Southwold, and 10 miles 
S.E. of Beccles, has in its parish 186 souls, and 1523a. 2k. 25p. of 
land, stretching a mile eastward to Covehithe Ness, on the German 
Ocean, and southward to Covehithe Broad, a large pool of fresh 
water within a short distance of the beach, now emptying itself into 
Easton Broad, a little further to the south, and having a hithe or 
quay for loading and unloading vessels, in the time of Edward I., 
when the manor was held by John and Walter Cove, and had a 
grant of a fair on St. Andrew's day, now disused. Sir E. S. Gooch, 



COVEHITHE PARISH. 299 

Bait, is now owner of the soil, lord of the manor, impropriator of 
the rectory, and patron of the vicarage, which is valued in K.B. at 
£5. 6s. 8d., and consolidated with the rectories of Benacre and 
Easton Bavents, in the incumbency of the Be v. Wm. Gooch. (See 
page 292.) The Clvurcli (St. Andrew) which has a tower and five 
bells, had a large nave and chancel, but was suffered to fall to ruin 
many years ago, except the tower and a small part of the nave. The 
outer walls of the rest of the fabric are still standing, and display 
some fine arches and rich tracery. JOHN BALE, author of " Be 
Scripteribus Britannicis" a work of great erudition, was bom here 
in 1495, and became a Carmelite friar at Norwich. Having em- 
braced the doctrines of the Beformation, he was exposed to the per- 
secution of the Catholic clergy, against whom he was protected by 
the Earl of Essex; but on the death of that nobleman, he was 
obliged to take refuge in the Netherlands, where he remained till 
the accession of Edward VI., by whom he was advanced to the 
bishopric of Ossory, in Ireland. But on the king's death, he was 
obliged to flee, and resided in Switzerland during Mary's reign. 
Beturning to England after the accession of Elizabeth, he obtained 
a prebend at Canterbury, and died in 1563. The Poofs Allotment, 
awarded at an enclosure, comprises about 40a., let for £24. 10s. 
a- year, which is distributed in coals ; together with about £3 per 
annum, paid by Sir E. S. Gooch as the rent of 7a. of old poor's 
land, which is partly waste. Directory: — John Hunting, victualler, 
Anchor ; Edmund Cottingham and Wm. Pepper, fanners; and 
Shadrach Welsh, yarisli clerk. ■ Post from Wangforcl. 

CBATEIELD, 6^ miles W.S.W. of Halesworth, and 9 miles N. 
by E. of Framlingham, is a }3leasant parish, with its houses mostly 
scattered round the four Greens named below. It contains 673 
souls and 2085 acres of land. Balph Barnard held Cratneld at the 
Domesday survey. It was afterwards held by the families of St. 
Liz and Abbeni, and one of the latter gave a third of it, with the 
church, to the monks of St. Neot. In 1835, John Lany, Esq., gave 
the Bectory House, with 2a. of glebe, and all the tithes, except the 
corn tithes, to the vicarage ; together with the yearly rent-charge of 
20 marks out of the rectory. It is now in two manors, of which 
Lord Hunting-field and Sir B. S. Adair are lords ; but the Bev. G. 
O. Leman and others have estates in the parish. The Cliureli (St. 
Mary) is a neat structure, with a tower and six bells, and is situated 
at Bell Green. It has recently been repaired, and the east window 
enriched with stained glass. The living is a discharged vicarage, 
valued in K.B. at £'5. 7s. lid., and now at £116, in the patronage 
of the Bev. E. Hollond, and incumbency of the Bev. M. F. Dudgeon. 
The tithes were commuted in 1843 for the yearly rents of £'115 to 
the vicar, and £295 to S. Bignold, Esq., the imjyrojmator. The 
Vicarage House was built in 1852, at the cost of £800. Here is an 
Independent Chapel, erected in 1811. The Towx Estate consists 
of the Town House, and nearly 2a. of land adjoining; two farms, 
containing 116a., in this parish ; the third part of a manor, called 
Bucenhams ; and a house and 17a. of land in the parish of Horharn. 
The rents produce a yearly income of about £180, exclusive of the 



300 



CRATFIELD PARISH. 



Town House and Ha., of garden ground, which are occupied rent 
free by poor families. The income is applied chiefly in paying the 
expenses incidental to the office of churchwarden, and in other- 
common uses for the parishioners, but about £80 is distributed 
yearly in coals among the poor. The property at Cratneld was 
granted by the lord of the manor in the 9th of Elizabeth, in con- 
sideration of £'70 given by the parishioners. The other property- 
appears to have been conveyed to the trustees by Thomas Pooley, 
in 1710, in consideration of £171. The whole was conveyed to new 
trustees in 1797. Mary Leman, in 1805, left £600 to be invested 
for the support of Sunday Schools at Cratneld, Brampton, and Redi- 
sham, and it was laid out in the purchase of £933. 6s. 8d., three 
per cent, consols, so that eaca parish receives about £9 per annum, 
A neat School has lately been erected near the church by the Eev. 
E. Hollond. The four greens are all enclosed, but the poor have -lb 
small allotments at low rents. 



CRATFIELD. 
Marked 1, live on Bell Green; 2, North 
Green; 3, Siluerlace Green; and 4, 
Swan Green. 

Betts Daniel, grocer and draper 
Beits Win., bricklayer 
Bullock Robert, corn miller 
Colling Wm., parish clerk 
Dudgeon Eev Michael Fox, B.A., 
vicar, and chaplain to Lord Keane, 
Vicarage 
4 Felgate Alderman, blacksmith 

2 Fisher Anthony, relievg. officer &regr. 
1 Girling John, gentleman 

3 Girling Robert, wheelwright 

] Haddock Robert, grocer & draper 
Hooper Henry, schoolmaster 
Horrox Thomas, blacksmith 
Mintei Geo., tailor & vict., Bell 
Philpot James carpenter 
Bansby Stephen, shoemaker 

1 Beeves James, wheelwright 

1 Short Wm., corn miller 



1 Smith Samuel, carpenter 

1 Wayne Rev John Wm., ( Baptist, y 

preparatory boarding school 
4 Wright Wm., vict., Swan 



FARMERS. 

2 Aldrich Elisha 
2 Ad kin James 
4 Balls James 

1 Bayles John 

Crac knell 

2 Birch Jeremiah 
2 BrinkleyGeo. 

2 Bullock Mary 
| 2 Bullock Robert 
I 4 Churchyard and 

Goddard 
| 4 Dunnett Ann 
I 2 Dunnett Jo nth. 
'. Fairweather Dd. 
I 2 FisherW., Exors. 
I 4 Green Henry 

1 Gunns James 
; 4 Jillings Thurgl. 



4 Jillings Wm. 
4 Jillings W., juriv 
4 Kent Richard 
4 Meen Samuel 

1 Moore Joshua 

2 Morris Wm. 

4 Short Ezekiel 

3 Smith V>". } Exors, 
3 Sprunt James 

2 Tacon Henry 
2 Tacon Wm. 
Thirkettle George 
2 WoolnoughGeo. 
1 Wright Benj. 

Post Office at 
Robt. Haddock's. 
Letters via Hales- 

worth 



BARSHAM, 5J miles N.N.E. of Saxmundham, and 3f miles W. of 
Dunwich, is a parish of scattered houses, containing 462 souls and 
1495a. of land, including Bristle Green, which was enclosed in 1851. 
Wm., son of Roger Bigod, gave the manor and rectory to the monks 
of Thetford, about the year 1110, and at the dissolution they were 
granted to the Duke cf Norfolk. It is now in four manors, viz., 
I)arsham-cum-Yoxford, Abbots, Austins, and Garrards, of which the 
Earl of Stradbroke is lord ; but part of the soil belongs to E. Purvis. 
Esq., and several smaller owners. The late Earl of Stradbroke, 
when only Baron Rous, resided occasionally at Darsham Hall, now 
a farm house, half a mile S.W. of the village. The Church (All 
Saints) is a small structure, with a tower and four bells. The living 
is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £*4. 10s. J0d., and now 
at £"85. The Earl of Stradbroke is impropriator and patron, and 
the Rev. T. R. Mayhew, M.A., of Wetherton, is the incumbent. 



DARSHAM. (BLYTHIHG HUNDRED.) 302 

The Town Estate consists of eight cottages and a piece of land in 
this parish, and a cottage and about half an acre in Theberton, let 
at rents amounting to £29. 12s. a-year. It is not known how this- 
property was acquired. The rents are applied in the service of the 
church, except £± a-year towards the support of a Sunday school. 
A new school was built in 1854, at the cost of <£80. Post from 
Saxmundham. 

Collings Joseph, wheelwright. 
Hurren George, vict.. Fox 
Markham Harley, carpenter 
Packard Rev. Harrison, M.A., rector of 

Fordley, fyc. 
Purvis Chas., Esq., Darsham House 
Smyth George, corn miller 
Smyth James blacksmith 
Stanford, Fredk,, Esq., Darsham Cottage 



Thurrell Jno., tailor &beerhs.; &Mr G. 
Wink Walter, hurdle maker 



BOOT & SH0E3IKRS. 

Alfred John 
Bezant John 

FARMERS. 

Balls Wm. 
Capon ThsM. t HaU 
Clutton Samuel 



Girling Philip 
Hadingham Root, 
Kemp Simon 

SHOPKEEPERS> 

Crisp John 
Starkey John 



DUNWICH, on the sea coast, 4£ miles S.W. by S. of Southwold,. 
and nearly eight miles N.E. of Saxmundham, andS.E. by E. of Hales- 
worth, is a decayed and disfranchised borough and parish, now hav- 
ing only 294 inhabitants, and 1334a. 3r. 37p. of land, nearly half of 
which is open heath and sea beach. It was the capital of East 
Anglia, and the see of a bishop, and formerly held no inconsiderable 
rank among the commercial cities of the kingdom. Its market, 
which was held on Monday, is now obsolete, but it has still a plea- 
sure fair, on the 25th of July. Though now only a small village, 
standing on a bold cliff, overlooking the German Ocean, it is said 
to have been a large town, with six or eight parish churches, and a 
great number of chapels and monastic institutions, all of which, ex- 
cept the ruins of All Saints Church, and some remains of the chapel 
of St. James' Hospital and the Maison Dieu, have been washed 
away by the incursions of the ocean. It sent two members to par- 
liament, from the 23rd of Edward I., till disfranchised by the Reform 
Act of 1832. The privilege of returning the members was vested in 
32 electors, most of whom were resident in distant parts of the 
country. The constitution of the borough was based on annual 
elections and universal suffrage among the resident freemen, in all 
matters of corporate interest. At the time of the municipal enquiry,, 
the number of resident freemen was reduced to nine, and the non- 
resident to about 18, and they still elected yearly their own rnagis* 
trates and officers, consisting of two bailiffs, a recorder, coroner, <kc. T 
who occasionally held an admiralty court, granted by charter of 
Edward VI., but the local jurisdiction was nearly obsolete; there 
was no borough gaol, and the corporation could suggest no reason 
for any longer retaining a separate jurisdiction, consequently the 
borough was not included in the Municipal Reform Act of 1835 ; 
but as the corporation possess property and rents yielding an annual 
income of <£150 (including a heath of nearly 300a., on which the 
burgesses have the right of cutting fuel), two bailiffs and other offi- 
cers are still elected yearly, and the same persons are generally re- 
elected. The present bailiffs are John Robinson, Esq., and the 
Hon. T. Yanneck. Frederick Barne, Esq., owns a great part of the 



302 DUNWICH. 

borough, and has a pleasant seat here, called the Grey Friars, but 
resides chiefly at Sotterley. On all coals landed on about six miles 
of sea beach, claimed by the corporation, they levied a toll of 3d. 
per chaldron some years ago ; and they claim small sums for wreck, 
fines, and fees ; but about 22 years ago, they incurred a debt of 
J1000 in a legal dispute with the corporation oi Southwold, about a 
puncheon of Scotch whiskey, which had been removed from the Dun- 
wich beach by the water bailiff of Southwold The Dunwich cor- 
poration established their right to the whiskey, but incurred this debt 
for the payment of costs. The sea is perpetually encroaching on 
the borough and parish, and during the last ten years upwards of 20 
acres have been lost. In 1833, flood gates were erected for the pro- 
tection of the marshes. The town has a few boats employed in the 
herring and sprat fishery . The present parish Church (St. James), 
was built by subscription, at the cost of <£1600, in 1830, in lieu of 
the ancient church of All Saints, which has been in ruins and dis- 
used about 80 years. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, worth only 
about <£52 per annum, in the patronage of Frederick Barne, Esq., 
and incumbency of the Eev. T. B. Mayhew, of Westleton. Here is 
a coast guard, consisting of a lieutenant and seven men. 

Though many of the traditional accounts relating to Dunwich are pro- 
bably fabulous, it is unquestionably a place of great antiquity. It is con- 
jectured by some to have been a station of the Romans, from the number of 
their coins discovered here. So much is certain, that in the reign of Sige- 
bert, king of the East Angles, Felix, the Burgundian bishop, whom that 
monarch invited hither to promote the conversion of his subjects to Chris- 
tianity, fixed his episcopal see at Dunwich, in the year 630 ; and here his 
successors continued, as is related under the ecclesiastical history of the 
county, for more than two hundred years. When an estimate was taken 
of all the lands in the kingdom by Edward the Confessor, there were two 
carves of land at Dunwich, but one of these had been swallowed up by the 
sea before Domesday Survey, when it was the manor of Robert Malet, and 
contained eleven Bordarii, twenty-four freemen, each holding forty acres of 
land, 136 burgesses, 178 poor, and three churches. It became the demesne 
of the crown about the beginning of the reign of Henry II., at which time 
it had a mint, " and was a town of good note, abounding with much riches, 
and sundry kinds of merchandizes." The annual fee farm rent then paid 
by it was £120. 13s. 4d., and twenty-four thousand herrings. This was 
probably the period of its highest prosperity. Under Richard I., Dunwich 
was fined 1060 marks, Orford 15, Ipswich 200, and Yarmouth 200, for un- 
lawfully supplying the king's enemies with corn. These sums may afford 
some idea of the relative importance of those towns at that time. King 
John, in the first year of his reign, granted a charter to Dunwich, by which 
its inhabitants were empowered, among other things, to marry their sons 
and daughters as they pleased, and also to give, sell, or otherwise dispose 
of their possessions in this town as they should think fit. This charter, 
dated at Gold Cliff, 29th June, 1 John, cost them three hundred marks, 
besides ten falcons, and five ger-falcons. In the reign of Edward I., after 
this town had considerably declined, it had eleven ships of war, sixteen fair 
ships, twenty barks or vessels, trading to the North Seas, Iceland, &c, and 
twenty-four small boats for the home fishery. In the 24th year of the same 
reign, the men of Dunwich built, at their own cost, and equipped for the 
defence of the realm, eleven ships of war, most of which carried 72 men 



D0NWICH PARISH. 303 

each. Four of these vessels, with their artillery, valued at £'200, were taken 
and destroyed by the enemy, while on service off the coast of France. In 
1347, this port sent six ships, with 102 mariners, to assist in the siege of 
Calais ; but during the war with France, most of the ships belonging to it 
were lost, together with the lives of about 500 townsmen, and goods and 
merchandise to the value of £'1000. A still greater loss, however, was sus- 
tained by the town in the removal of its port, a new one being opened with- 
in the limits of Blythburgh, not far from Walberswick Quay, near South- 
wold. This circumstance, while it greatly increased the trade of these 
places, caused that of Dnuwich to decline in the same proportion ; and, 
combined with the ravages of the ocean, gradually reduced this town to 
poverty ; in consideration of which, the fee farm rent paid to the crown 
was abated at various times, till Charles II. fixed the amount of it at one 
hundred shillings per annum. But the present decayed state of this once 
flourishing place, is owing chiefly to the repeated encroachments of the 
ocean. Seated upon a hill composed of loam and sand of a loose texture, 
on a coast destitute of rocks, it is not surprising that its buildings should 
have successively yielded to the impetuosity of the billows, breaking against 
and easily uudermining the foot of the iDrecipices. The following general 
view of their principal ravages is abridged from Gardners Historical Ac- 
count: — A wood called East Wood, or the Xix&'s Foeest, extended several 
miles south-east of the town, but it has been for many ages destroyed by the 
sea. The land must consequently have stretched far out, and have formed 
the southern boundary of the bay of Southwold, as Easton Xess did the 
northern. In a furious irruption of the sea, in 1739, its impetuosity ex- 
posed the roots of a great number of trees, which appeared to be the ex- 
tremity of some wood, which was in all probability part of this submerged 
forest, which also had another wood called West Wood. We have already 
seen, that out of two carves of land, taxed under King Edward the Confes- 
sor, one had been washed away at the time of the Conqueror's survey. The 
sea, agitated by violent east or south-east winds, continued its conquests 
quite to the town, for whose preservation, Henry III., in the 6th year of his 
reign, not only required assistance of others, but himself granted £'200 to- 
wards making a fence to check its inroads. Dunwich suffered considerable 
damage on the night of January 1st, 12S6, from the violence of the winds 
and sea, by which several churches were overthrown and destroyed in dif- 
ferent places. In the first year of Edward III., the old port was rendered 
entirely useless, and before the twenty-third of the same king, great part of 
the town, containing upwards of four hundred houses, which paid rent to 
the fee farm, with certain shops and windmills, had fallen a prey to the 
waves. After this, the church of St. Leonard was overthrown, and in the 
-course of the same century, the churches of St. Martin and St. Nicholas 
were also destroyed. In 1540, the church of St. John Baptist was de- 
molished, and before 1600, the chapels of St. Anthony, St. Francis, and St. 
Katherine, together with the South gate and GUden gate, were swallowed up. 
so that not one quarter of the town was then left standing. In the reign of 
Charles I., the Temple buildings yielded to the irresistible force of the 
surges, and the sea reached to the market place in 1677, when the towns- 
men sold the materials of the cross. In 1680, all the buildings north of 
Maison Dieu Lane were demolished; and in 1702, the sea reached St. 
Peter's church, which was dismantled and soon undermined. The Town 
Hall shared the same fate. In 1715, the jail was absorbed, and in 1720, the 
farthest bounds of St. Peter's churchyard were washed away. In December, 
1740, the wind blowing very hard from the north-east, and continuing for 
several days, occasioned terrible devastations, Great part of the cliff wa6 



304 DUNWICH PARISH. 

carried away by the violence of the waves, which destroyed the last remains 
of the churchyard of St. Nicholas, together with the great road formerly 
leading from the quay to the town, leaving several naked walls, the tokens 
of ancient buildings. King's Holm, otherwise called Leonard's Marsh, then 
worth £100 per annum, was laid under water, and covered with such quan- 
tities of shingle and sand, as to be ever since of very little value. The 
Cock and Hen hills, which, the preceding summer, were forty feet high, had 
their heads levelled with their bases, and the ground about them was so rent 
and torn that the foundation of the chapel of St. Francis, situated between 
them, was exposed to view. The remains of the dead were washed from 
their repositories, and several skeletons appeared scattered upon the beach, 
A stone coffin, containing human bones covered with tiles, was also seenj. 
but before it could be removed, the violence of the surges broke it in two 
pieces. Near the chapel, were found at the same time the pipes of an aque- 
duct, some of which were of lead, and others of grey earth. The following 
year, in digging a trench for the purpose of draining the marshes overflowed 
the preceding winter, were discovered several old coins and other curiosi- 
ties, of which Gardner has given a representation in his History. Dunwich 
had but one church in the time of Edward the Confessor, but in the reign 
of the Conqueror two more had been added. The erection of the former is 
ascribed to Felix, the first bishop of Dunwich, to whom it was dedicated* 
It was farther reported that this saint was buried here iu 647, but that his 
remains were afterwards removed to Soham, in Cambridgeshire." After- 
wards, Dunwich contained six, if not eight parish churches. 

St. John's Church, a rectory, was a large edifice, and stood near the great 
market place, in the centre of the town. In a will dated 1499, there is a 
legacy of ten marks for some ornaments for this church, with the following 
clause : — " If it fortune the church to decay by adventure of the sea, the ten 
marks to be disposed of by my attornies (or executors) where they think 
best." About 1510, two legacies were given towards building a pier against 
St. John's church. The last institution to it was in 1537. The inhabit- 
ants, to prevent its beiug washed away by the sea, took it down about the 
year 1540. In the chancel was a large gravestone, under which was dis- 
covered a stone coffin, containing the corpse of a man, that fell to dust 
when stirred. On his legs, we were told, " were a pair of boots, picked like 
Crakows," and on his breast stood two chalices of coarse metal. He was 
conjectured to have been one of the bishops of Dunwich. St. Martin's, like- 
wise a rectory, is thought to have stood on the east side of the town. The 
last institution to it was in 1335. St. Leonard's was an impropriation. It 
probably stood eastward of St. Johns, and was early swallowed up by the 
sea; for in a will dated 1450, the testator devised his house in the parish,, 
anciently called St. Leonard's. St. Nicholas', a cruciform structure, was 
distant twenty rods south-east of the Black Friars. The last institution to 
this rectory was in 1352. The utmost bounds of its cemetery were washed 
away in 1740. St. Peter's, also a rectory, stood about sixty rods north-east 
of All Saints, and had a chapel on the north side of it, called St. Nicholas's* 
This edifice, on account of the proximity of the sea, which daily threatened 
its overthrow, was, by agreement of the parishioners in 1702, stripped of the 
lead, timber, bells, and other materials. The walls, which alone were left 
standing, being soon afterwards undermined by the waves, tumbled over the 
cliff. The churchyard was swallowed up by the devouring element, not 
long before Gardner published his History, in 1754. All Saints' is the only- 
church of which any portion is now standing. It is built of flint and free- 
stone. The square tower is still pretty entire, but of the body of the churchy 
nothing but the greater portion of the exterior walls remains, and cattle 



DUNWICH PARISH. 305 

graze within its area. It appears from Gardner, that about the year 1725, 
part of this edifice was demolished, and its dimensions considerably re- 
duced. In the south aisle, which was then pulled down, were magisterial 
seats, decorated with curious carved work, and the windows were adorned 
with painted glass, which, through the carelessness of the glazier, was broken 
in pieces. Most of the gravestones had brass plates with inscriptions, all 
of which were embezzled by the persons employed in the work. We find 
that, in 1754, divine service was performed here once a fortnight, from 
Ladyday to Michaelmas, and monthly during the rest of the year ; but it 
was discontinued a few years afterwards. Recent inscriptions in the church- 
yard shew that it is still occasionally used as a place of interment. 

In the time of the Conqueror, all the churches then erected, or to be 
erected, in Dunwich, were given by Robert Malet, to his priory at Eye, in 
his charter of endowment. The prior and convent accordingly presented 
to all instituted churches, and had tithes out of most of them, together with 
all the revenues of such as were impropriated, finding a secular priest to 
serve the cures. According to the Register of Eye, Dunwich had two 
other churches dedicated to St. Michael and St. Bartholomew, which are 
there recorded to have been swallowed up by the sea before 1331; when the 
prior and convent of Eye, petitioned the Bishop of Norwich to impropriate 
the church of Laxfield to them, alleging, among other reasons, that they 
had lost a considerable part of their revenues at Dunwich, by the irruptions 
of the ocean. Besides these churches, Weever mentions three chapels?, 
dedicated to St. Anthony, St. Francis, and St. Katberine. The site of the 
first is unknown. The second stood between Cock and Hen Hills, and, as 
well as St. Katherine's, which was in St. John's parish, is supposed to 
have fallen to decay in the reign of Henry VIII. Here was a house be- 
longing to the Knights Templars, and afterwards to the Hospitallers, en- 
dowed with a considerable estate in Dunwich, and the contiguous hamlets 
of Westleton and Dingle. To this establishment, belonged a church dedi- 
cated to the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, built for the use of the 
tenants of the manor, whose houses were distinguished by crosses, the badge 
of the Knights. Here were also two monastic institutions, belonging to the 
Franciscans and Dominicans, or Grey and Black Friars. The first was 
founded by Richard Fitz- John, and Alice, his wife ; and its revenues were 
afterwards augmented by Henry III. The area encompassed by the walls 
of this house, part of which yet remains, is upwards of seven acres. They 
had three gates ; one of these, the eastern, is demolished ; but the arches 
of the other two, standing close together to the westward, continue nearly 
entire. They have nothing remarkable in their construction; but, being 
covered with ivy, form picturesque objects. The largest of these gates 
served for the principal entrance to the house, and the other led to the 
church. The Black Friary was founded by Sir Roger de Holish. In the 
eighth year of Richard IL, the sea having washed away the shore almost up 
to this house, some attempts were made to remove the friars of Blythburgh. 
They nevertheless continued here till the dissolution, when the site of this 
house, as well as that of the Grey Friary, was granted, among other posses- 
sions, to John Eyre. Both of these monastic establishments had handsome 
churches belonging to them. Two other ancient religious institutions here 
were the Leprous Hospital of St. James and the Alahon Dieu, noticed below, 
and of which there are still some remains. 

St. James's Hospital and the Maison Dieu were very ancient hos- 
pitals, which went to decay many years ago, but what remains of their en- 
dowment has long been consolidated as one charity, under the government 
of a master, for the support of aged widows and poor persons of Dunwich, 



306 DUNWICH. (BLYTHING HUNDRED.) 

and particularly such as are afflicted by insanity, or loss of speech, or 
labour under any peculiar affliction. The master is appointed by the cor- 
poration and other principal inhabitants, by yearly election, but the same 
person is generally re-elected. He receives the rents, selects the objects, 
and dispenses the benefits of the charity, and exhibits his accounts at a 
public meeting on May-day. The charity estate, by means of various ex- 
changes, was much improved some years ago, and now consists of two 
double cottages, a fish house, several out-buildings, and 96a. 23p. of land, 
at Dunwich, and 23a> 2r. 33p. at Hevingham. The rents amount to 
about £93 per annum, which, after paying for repairs and other incidental 
expenses, is dispensed in weekly stipends of from 2s. 6d. to 6s. among nine 
or ten pensioners, except about £5 paid for medical attendance, and a few 
pounds distributed in small sums among the general poor of the parish. An 
annuity of 30s., used formerly to be paid out of 30 acres of land at Bran- 
deston, supposed to have anciently belonged to St. James's Hospital, which 
was founded by Walter de Eiboff, in the reign of Richard I., for a master 
and several leprous brethren and sisters, and had extensive possessions, the 
greater part of which were lost many years ago, through the encroachments 
of the sea, and the rapacity of the successive masters, as was the case with 
the revenues of the Maison Dieu, or God's House, which was dedicated 
to the Holy Trinity, and was abundantly endowed as early as the reign of 
Henry III., for a master, six brethren, and several sisters. There are still 
some small remains of the chapels or churches which were attached to these 
hospitals. 

The land called Pot Break and North and South Cliff Pieces, is let for 
s621. 6s. per annum, and is described in the terrier as belonging to the pa- 
rishioners, without any declaration of trust. The rents are applied in the 
service of the new church. In 1566, John Page, alias Baxter, bequeathed 
his estate at Carlton to be sold subject to the yearly payment of £3 to the 
poor of Dunwich, and £2 to the poor of Laxfield. His executors, in the 
11th of Elizabeth, conveyed the estate to trustees, for the poor of these pa- 
rishes, and for a long period it has been under the joint management of 
the corporation of Dunwich and the churchwardens of Laxfield; the for- 
mer receiving five-ninths, and the latter four-ninths of the annual pro- 
ceeds. It consists of a farm of 43a. 2r. 37p., at Carlton Colville, let for 
£76 a year, subject to some deductions for land tax, &c. The five-ninths 
of the clear rent received by the corporation of Dunwich have been uni- 
formly, as far as is known, applied as part of their private revenues, with- 
out any reservation for the poor, among whom they ought to distribute at 
least £3 a year. 



DUNWICH DIRECTORY. 
Barne Frederick, Esq., Grey Friars, 

(and Sotterley) 
Backhouse Edward, blacksmith 
Burslem Lieut. G. J. coast guard 
Butcher Wm. parish clerk 
Easy Wm. land agent and Jas. shopkpr 
Fisher Charles, vict. Ship Inn 



Robinson John, Esq. Cliff House 
Spall Jacob, shoemaker 
Watling Hamlet, schoolmaster 

FARMERS. |! Dix Jph. sen.&jun 
Dix George, and coal merchant 
Wade John | Wade Wm. 
Post from Saxmundham. 



E ASTON BAYENTS, a decayed parish on the cliff, l\ mile 
N.N.E. of Southwold, has now only one house, three inhabitants, 
and 381 acres of land; having suffered, like Dunwich, from the en- 
croachments of the ocean, which threatens at no distant period to 
completely engulph it. Formerly it was an extensive parish, and 
was returned as having 770 acres of land, as late as 1815. A large 



EASTOX BAVENTS PARISH. 307 

and bold promontory, called Easton Xess. anciently projected here 
more than two miles into the ocean, and formed the northern bounds 
of Southwold Bay, and the most eastern point of the English coast. 
In the 9th of Edward I,, it was the lordship of Thomas de Bavent, 
one of whose descendants, in the 4th of Edward III., had a grant 
for a weekly market here on "Wednesday, and a fair on the eve. day, 
and morrow of the feast of St. Nicholas. What remains of it now 
is the property of Sir E. S. Gooch, and is in one farm occupied by Mr. 
John E. G-rimsey. A cottage, and about 60 acres of land, went 
down into the sea about 1G years ago. The Church fSfc Nicholas,) 
was standing in 1638, and had a chapel dedicated to Si. Margaret, 
but all vestiges of it are gone. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £12, 
is consolidated with Ben acre. 



_ EEOSTEXDEX, a scattered village, 4 to 5 miles N. by W. of 
Southwold, and 8 miles E.N.E. of Halesworth, and S.S.E. of Bec- 
cles, has in its parish 456 inhabitants, and 1310 acres of fertile land. 
The manor was formerly held by the De la Poles, afterwards by the 
Howards. Morses, and Glovers, and now by the Dean and Chapter 
of Westminster : but part of the soil belongs to the Vincent, Carlos, 
and other families. The Hall, a neat residence/is occupied by Mr. 
S. C. Goodwyn. The Church All Saints,) is an ancient fabric, with 
a round tower; and the living is a discharged rectory, valued in 
K.B, at £12, and now having 26a. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge 
of ^372. Thos. Barne. Esq., is patron ; and the Eev. Eichd. Gooch 
incumbent. The Church Land. 11a. 1b. 24p., is let for £26. 15s. a 
year, which is applied towards the repairs of the church. The Poor's 
Allotment, 4a. 2e., awarded at the enclosure in 1799. is let for £7. 
10s. a year, which is applied in distributions of coals among the 
poor parishioners. ~Post from Wangford. 

Andrews Samuel, parish clerk 

Artiss Joseph, brick, tile, drain pipe 

and earthenware manufacturer 
Baker Wm. bricklayer 
Carlos Mia . 7 9ek tden Grove 



Eeies Mrs Eliza. Ivy Cottage 
Farr Eev John, curate of Benacre 
Gooch Eev Eichd. rector of Erosten- 

den and North Cove, Recti 
Hall G-eorge Green, shoemaker 
Hall Mary, shopkeeper 



Pells Wm. wheelwright 

Pritty Henry, shopkeeper 

Eiches Daniel, ship owner, land agent, 

and surveyor 
Wade Robert, gardener 
White Miss Sophia 

FARMERS. Bullen George 
Goodwyn Samuel C. Hall 
Hammond Chas. Eiches Daniel 
Perrv John Perrv Wm. dealer 



HALES WOE TH is a thriving market town, in the picturesque 
valley of the small, but navigable river Blythe. 9 miles S. by E. of 
Bungay, 9 miles S. by W. of Beccles. 10 miles X. of Saxmundham, 
9 miles W. of Southwold. 31 miles X.E. by X. of Ipswich, and 100 
miles N.E. of London. Its parish contains 1445 acres of land, ex- 
clusive of roads, I generally a rich light loam, and rising in bold un- 
dulations from the river and several tributarv streams. It had 1676 
inhabitants in 1801 : 1810, in 1 511 : 2166. in 1821; 2437. in 1S31 : and 
2662, in 184J and 1551. It is & polling -place iov the Eastern Division 
of Suffolk; and the magistrates hold. Petty Sessions, at the Angel Inn, 



308 HALESWORTH. 

every alternate Wednesday. The town is well built, and consists of 
one long street and several short ones, extending in a curved line 
from both banks of the River Blytlie, which is here crossed by a good 
bridge, and receives in the neighbourhood several tributary streams. 
Under an act passed in 1756, this small river has been made navi- 
gable up to the town for barges of from 20 to 30 tons burthen, of 
which there are about a dozen belonging to the merchants here, em* 
ployed in carrying out corn, malt, &c, and in bringing in coal, tim- 
ber, &c. The river flows about 9 miles eastward to the sea, near 
Southwold, as already noticed at page 293. Here is a large iron and 
trass foundry and agricultural implement manufactory, established in 
1803, and now belonging to Messrs. T. Easterson and Son, who 
employ a considerable number of hands in the manufacture of 
ploughs, thrashing machines, turnip cutters, chaff engines, iron fencing' 
and gates, &c. Here is also Mr. Sami. Brown's large Coach and Har- 
ness Manufactory, chiefly for the London market, and employing 
about 60 hands. Here are likewise several large malting houses, and 
an extensive Brick, Tile, and Drain Pipe Manufactory. Hales- 
worth, Beccles, and Haddiscoe Bailway is now constructing, and 
will be completed in 1855. This line will open a direct communi- 
cation from Halesworth to Norwich, Yarmouth, and Lowestoft; and 
an act has been obtained for another railway from Halesworth ta 
Woodbridge and Ipswich. When these lines are completed, Hales*- 
worth will enjoy great facility of railway transit, and a consider- 
able impetus will thus be given to its trade and commerce. The 
Market is held every Tuesday, for the sale of corn, &c. A hand- 
some public room, 800 feet long, 34 broad, and 22 feet high, was- 
erected in 1841, behind the Angel Inn, and is used as a Corn Ex- 
change, Assembly Room, &c. Once a month, Mr. G. P. Freeman, 
auctioneer, has a large sale of Horses, Cattle, &c, at his extensive 
Bepository. Fairs for pleasure are held on the Tuesday in Easter 
and Whitsun weeks; and for the sale of Scotch cattle, &c, on the 
29th and 30th of October. Here is also a Hiring for Servants, on 
the last Tuesday in September. The Gas Works were erected in 
1838, at the cost of ^18,000, in £6 shares, and have one gasometer,, 
capable of holding 60,000 cubic feet of gas. Mr. Wm. Garrod is- 
secretary to the company, who have usually derived a yearly profit 
of 7-J per cent, on the invested capital. Halesworth County Court 
District comprises all the 49 parishes, &c, ofBlything Hundred 
and Union (see page 290,) and the court is held mostly at the An- 
gel Inn. F. K. Eagle, Esq., is the judge ; Mr. Bt. B. Baas, assistant 
clerk; Mr. E. Muskett, of Bury, high bailiff ; and Mr. John Sea- 
mon, bailiff. The Police Office is in Quay street, and an inspector 
and two police constables are stationed here. 

Halesworth is a place of considerable antiquity, though little is 
known of its early history. Bichard de Argentin, who was lord of 
the manor in the reign of the Henry the Third, obtained a charter 
for a weekly market, (formerly held on Thursday,) and an annual 
fair on the feast of St. Luke. From the Argentin s, the manor de- 
scended to the Allingtons. Afterwards the family of the Betts had 
it, but sold it to Wm. Plumer, Esq. John Crab tree, Esq , is now 



HALESWORTH. 809 

lord of the manor of Halesivorth and Dame Margery s ; but here is 
a small manor belonging to the rectory, and a great part of the soil 
belongs to Chas. Wood by, Esq., the Eev. J. Day, and a number of 
smaller free and copyholders. Most of the houses are built on the 
latter tenure, and are subject to arbitrary fines. Sir Robert Beding- 
Held, who was lord mayor of London in 1707, was a native of Hales- 
worth. Great quantities of hemp were formerly grown in the 
neighbourhood, and many of the inhabitants were employed in the 
manufacture of Suffolk hempen cloth but the trade was discontinued 
many years ago. It once gave employment to about 1000 hands in 
the town and neighbourhood. In Pound street is an ancient Eliza- 
bethan house, with a finely carved wood portico. At Castle hill, 
Mr. Harvey has a highly respectable boarding and day school. 

The Chukch (St. Mary) is a large and handsome Gothic struc- 
ture, with a lofty tower containing eight bells and a good clock. It 
has a spacious nave, chancel, and side aisles, and was enlarged on 
the north side many years ago. Most of the windows are in the 
perpendicular style, but one of them is in the decorated style of the 
reign of Edward III. The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued 
in K.B. at £20, and in 1885 at £450, with the vicarage of Chediston 
annexed to it. A. Johnston, Esq., is the patron ; and the Eev. It. 
E. Hankinson, M.A., is the incumbent, and has a large ancient 
Rectory House, about 13a. of glebe, and a small manor. The Inch- 
pendents, Baptists, and Methodists have chapels here, and the first 
named have had a congregation in the town since 1794; but their 
present chapel was built in 1836, and has 900 sittings. The Church 
School for Boys was rebuilt in 1854, at the cost of .£550, and has 
room for 120 scholars. The Church Schools for Girls and Infants 
form a handsome building, erected by subscription in 1835, at the 
cost of £'800, in memory of the late highly-esteemed Mrs. A. Johnston. 
They have room for 70 girls and 150 inmates. These schools 
reflect much credit on the builder, Mr. E. Balls. Halesivorth Insti- 
tute for Moral and Intellectual Improvement was established Dec. 
4th, 1850, and has a reading room and a library of 800 volumes. 
The Eev. E. E. Hankinson, M.A., is the patron, and Messrs. W.H. 
Aldred and F. B. Parslee are the secretaries. Halesivorth Farmers* 
Club has a numerous list of members, and holds its meetings at the 
Angel Inn. Mr. Thomas Bishop, Jun., is the secretary, and Mr. T. 
Tippell, librarian. The Town and Charity Estates, belonging to 
Halesworth, produce a yearly revenue of nearly £400, as will be 
seen in the following account of the several trusts. 

The Town Estate is vested in trustees for the public uses and 
general benefit of the parishioners, and consists of premises for- 
merly called the Guildhall, a stable, and about 58a. of freehold and 
copyhold land, let at rents amounting to about £211 per annum, 
which is applied in repairing the church, paying salaries to the 
organist, parish clerk, sexton, dc, in providing sacramental bread 
and wine, in supporting the almshouses, in lighting the town, and 
occasionally in supplying the poor with coals at a cheap rate. Part 
of the property is of unknown acquisition, and the remainder was 
purchased at various periods. The ALMSHOUSES are six small 



310 HALESWOKTH. 

harases near : riven by Wm. Carey, and two cottages 

- Down : nor. Th e - upied by 14 poor widows, 

arh - from the following charities and the 

peer rates. En 1611, Rorkri L&ob m for the use of the 

n:::ieiy:;;; enl :; —as la: a :::: in tre y art-has^ 
of copyhold Ian .'. in - he manor of Sonthelmham, now let for £ 
a yc ar. The sum :: - . . ai-rer. 1 y 

given 5 a j z I htllh s were laid out in the purchase of a cot- 
tage and 11a. 1b. oop. of copyhold land, in the manor of Melles, in 
Wenhf )w let fer ihl ayea: I is ana the yre:ea:n: rzz.r 

r e :- ensed in weeHy doles of bread, together with an annuity of 
3 - left by Matthew Walter in 1589, :: _ estate at Holton, 

belonging to the Rev J.Day Ed I . FAMES 1111 Lh left for 
the poor, the BelFs Pighfle, -'_::'. ■ sd :_ 181 " . fat 7a. 

re. 28p. :: land, sailed Holton Cannmaa Piece, now let for about 
£1'2 a yeee. :: :w hi ;h £6 is fisfcri hated in bread on St. Thomas's 

I i i i m m kr is : i ? e n to poor parishioners in sic k 
I b : : :asion requdres In 1653 JOHN KEBLE bequeathed for the 
relief of poor widows, and Hie ng of poor children, a 

h : z ~ r . barn, star: le, : 18p. of free and copyhold lands, 

in He 1: : z d w I e : : e a e I £10C per annum, about four acres being 
garden ground. One-he Hie nsnte is divided among 20 poor 

vidows by the rectors :hureh wardens, and the other half is 

given in ipprentice fees, if a be oi do each. The legacies of J^SO, 
given F Burroughs £2( given by Matthew Mann, and 

^100 given by IF .e ;: h',. -vere laid out in the purchase 

c : M if i n the hamlet of Melles, now let fee £14 17fl 

per annum, which is divided in quarterly payments among poor 
Widows In 17 Oh the sure :: i'':' ; ' . r^ee I V. 1 :ei : the 
educati a : en was laid out, with other funds, the whole 

amounting : : £220. in tl e g use :f a house and land, forming 
part of the town i state, but the feoffees pay yearly d£S for the school- 
iz a : : siz poor children, who have a yearly rent-charge of 10s., left 
fey e e s ezee enor, towards buying them books. In 170 L, Richabd 
i v rent-charge of J17. 6s. 8d., out of a farm here, 
for a schoolmaster and schoolmistress to teach 20 poor boys and 20 
poor girls to read, and the latter also to knit. In 1816, John Hatcher 
gave :: the ree;:i azl ?hzz::h-araezs e ye~ en the see:;:: gallery :: 
the church, in trust t: apyly hue rent 11= t:~ eras tire sere::- ;: 
the C 

BzYzeeiNr Hrzre.zr >.-_~y:-s rrjzzz is in 1'zay s::ee: ee is :yen 
on the last Wednesday ;:' every ni:n:h. rr:m eleven;; three :le:k 
In November, 1858, its ley sits mounted :: £g M49, belonging to 
7"- iepositers.il Charitable S::ie:ies. ani eight Friendly >e::eties. 
The Earl of Stradbroke is president; Andrew Johnston, Esq 
tream t 1. re:- Esy n:-r-:: v_l Me. Iz:zras Tip r ell. 

c'-: r - : e t provident institutions in the town, are several 

Friendly S : rieties 



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HALESWORTH DIRECTORY. 

The Post Oeeice is in the Thoroughfare, and Mr. John Foreman 
is the postmaster. Letters arrive by mail cart from Ipswich, Yar- 
mouth, &c., at 6J morning and &J evening. Foot postmen to sur- 
rounding villages are despatched every morning. Money orders 
are granted and paid from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. 

Steeets : — Those marked 1, are in Bridge street ; 2. Bungay road ; 
3, Chediston street : 4, Market place ; 5, MiUhitt; 6, Pound street; 
7, Quay street ; S, Quay terrace ; 9, Wissett street ; and the others in 
the Thoroughfare, or where stated. 



2 Allex Captain Peter, police supt. 

6 Appleton Robt., architect ic surveyor 

Atthill Bev. Lonib. Bridge street 

Baas Bob! Beales, Esq... solicitor 

6 BadsleyMisiesChtte., Maria sScLouisa 

IBailey Airs Susan. Soaphonse hill 

6 Balis Suite, s:one and marble mason 

6 Barker James, organist. See. 

4 Bayfield Eiiz,, Berlin wool. &e., dlr. 
Biiney Sarah, stay maker 
Eland'on Misses. Beccles road 
Bloomfield Mr Jas. 6 Booth Mr Wm. 

7 Bryant Chas., law clerk and registrar 
of marriages 

5 Buller Benjamin, well sinker 
Bunyan Mr Jno., Bridge street 
Calver Bainbird. clerk. Parson's lane 
Carncva Peter, jeweller, dbe. 

8 Carnson Bev. Bd. Thompson (Indpt.) 

2 Chapman Mi Win. S. and Mrs Ann 

3 Chilvers Wm„ musical instrument 
maker and teacher; and Mi Samuel 

1 Clarke Mr. John 6 Cloake 3Jrs 
Coates Thos.. carrier. Chediston street 
7 Cone Chas. and Cook Jas.. policemen 

6 Coogan David, inland revenue officer 
Crabtree Misses. Bungay road 
Crabtree and Cross, sol 

Crabtree John. Esq.. solicitor 

Cross Fdk.. solr. and elk. to magistrates 

4 Easterson Thos. and Son. iron and 
brass founders and agricultural imple- 
ment and machine manufacturers 

2 Edmonds Jonathan, supervisor 

7 Farrow Jph, timber mert. (v Bungay) 
Fisher Chas. Edward, rate collector 
Forman Daniel, clerk and supt. regr. of 

Blything Union. Beccles road 
Freeman Geo.- P.. auctioneer, law agent, 

Arc. : h Wang ford 
Garrard Mr. Seaman. Beccles road 
G-arrod Wm, law clerk, London road 

8 Gilbert Wilkinson John, artist 
Gooding Rev. J. W. (Baptist) 

3 Goodwin Philip, glover. &c. 
Gunter Mr. Thomas. Pound street 
Hankinson Bev. Robert Edwards. M.A., 

rector, Rectory 



Hatcher Mrs, Beccles road 

3 Hazard Mrs Sarah 5 Haxell Miss 

James Henry, bank clerk, Quay street 

Jarmy John, sexton, and Thos., beadle 

Jarmy Mrs. Parson's lane 

Johnston Andrew, Esq. 

7 Langley Thomas, surveyor of taxes 

Lcckwood James, gardener, Quay st 

Lunnis Mr. Wni., Quay terrace 

Miller James, town crier 

Moore Mrs, Bungay road 

1 Musk Edw. toy and fancy warehs. 
Parslee Fdk. Burrell, back clerk 

2 Paul Joseph Meek, maltster, &c. 
Prime Mr Edward, Bungay road 

6 Bead, John, Esq. solicitor 
o Bingwood Mrs Eliz. and Budge Mrs 
Sawyer James, carrier, Quay street 
Scraggs Mr David. Chediston street 

3 Scraggs James, dyer and scourer 
Seaman John, bailiff, Parson's lane 
Smith Bobt. & John, brick and tile mfr$> 
Smith Robert, policeman, Bridge street 
3 Sparrow John, umbrella maker 
Stanford Wm., clerk. Quay street 

5 Stagoll John, land surveyor, £c. 
Stevens Wrm, clerk, Market place 

6 Stevenson Rev. David, B.A., curate 
3 Strathern Fairley B., maltster, kc, 
Taylor Mr. Robert. Chediston street 
Trivett "Wm., green grocer, Parson lane 
Turner Rev Samuel Blois, B.A., in- 
cumbent of Linstead, London road 

Tuthill Miss Martha, Beccles road 
Ungless W. H. bank clerk 
Upton Wm. auctioneer, estate agent 
and tarpauling. cart grease, and ma= 
nure manufacturer, Broadway Villa 
3 Watts Thomas, inland revenue officer 
Wigg Joseph, dealer. Pound street 
Wild Thomas, bank clerk, Bungay road 
6 Woodward Francis J. bank clerk 
Woods Wm. bank clerk. Quav street 
WooUard Mr. Millhill 

BANKERS. 
East of England Bank (on London and 
Westm. Bank ;) Mr. Josiah Humph- 
ries, agent 



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Gurnets i: Co., Market place (on Bar- 
clay & Co. ;) A. Johnston, Esq , agent 

Harvevs & Hudson (on Hankeys and 
Co. ;) Mr Thos. John Bird Bedwell, 
agent 

Savings Bank (open last Wed. in each 

mouth :) Mr Thomas Tippell, clerk 

FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. 

■Crown, Robert Beales Baas 

Eagle, John Crabtree 

Hope Mutual, G. P. Freeman 

Law, Wm. Garrod 

Norwich Equitable, and Clerical and 
Medical, T. J. B. Bedwell 

Norwich Union, Thomas Tippell 

Phoenix, John Read 

Fioyal Exchange, Daniel Forman 

Royal Farmers, R. Howard, Spexhall rd 

Suffolk Alliance, Miss Allcock 

Sun, Charles Bryant, Quay street 

Unity, E. E. Fisher 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 

Angel Inn, Wm. Atmer, (excise office) 

f 6 Crown and Anchor, John Dale 

3 Eagle, Isaac Mills 

1 Hawke, Susan Cooper 

Kings Arms and Commercial Inn, 
George Goldsmith Tavlor 

7 King's Head, Ann Waters 

3 Queen's Head, John Jolly 

3 Rose and Crown, George Flegg) 
] Ship, Robert Simon 

•Q Swan, Thomas Neeve, (vety surgeon) 

4 Three Tuns Inn, Thomas Butler 
Wherry, Wm. Watson, Quay 
WTiite Hart, Wm. Chambers 

6 White Lion, Rt. Barber, corn dealer 



ACADEMIES. 

* take Boarders, 
8 *Boyden Sus. 
oChappell Frances 
Church Schls , Geo. 

Crowder, Amelia 

Mace, and Lucy 

Bird 
7 *Elworthy Sarah 
*Harvev Jph.B enj . 

Castle hill 
-5 Mannall John 
6 Wade Sarah 
4 * Wilson Caroline 

BAKERS. 

* are Confectioners. 
♦Baker Mary Ann 
3 * Baker Wm. 
3 Baker R. 
6 *Denison David 
*2 Fisk Frederick 
1 *Kenip Samuel 
3 Miller James 



1 Page Thomas 
6 Squire Wm. 
*Tooke Robert 

BASKET MAKERS. 

6 Buller Wm. 

7 Took Adam 

BEERHOUSES. 

6 Alexander Wm. 
3 Archer Wm. 
Chaplin Jonathan 
2ChipperneldNtn. 

2 Howlett Wm. 

7 Kent Thomas 
7 Mills Thomas 

7 S carle Catherine 

3 Took Peter 

6 Woodward Chas. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

2 Finch John 

3 Jarmy John 
Smith George 

1 Symonds Robert 
6 Tilney Henry 



BOOKSELLERS, 

Printers^ Stationers 
7 Day John 

7 Rackham Robert 
Tippell Ths.£ Son, 

Stamp Office 

BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

Bonwell Wm. 
4 Chapman John 
3 Cowles John 
Cowles Wm. 

3 Croft Daniel 
Crowe Matthew 

2 Cullingtbrd Titus 

4 Green Lucy 

1 Johnson Jonth. 
9 Kindred P. W. 

8 Robinson Wm. 

1 Shade Nathaniel 
4 Wilson George 

BRAZIERS. 

And Tinners. 
Burgess Nathaniel 

4 Taylor Joseph 

1 VeseyThos.Augs. 

brewers, &c. 
♦ Ale -V Porter Alerts. 
♦Burleigh Rbt. W. 
4*CracknellThos. 

5 Gipson Wm. 

3 Self Samuel 

6 Tilney Henry 

2 Strathern & Paul 

BRICKLAYERS. 

3 Newson Samuel 
3 Newson Stephen 

9 Silvester John 

6 Woodyard Chas. 

BUTCHERS. 

Brown Mary 
3 Collett James 

7 Forman James 
1 Kemp Samuel 
7 Seaman George 
3 Took Peter 

CABINET MAKERS. 

Collett George 
Godbold George 
Tillett Samuel 

CHEMISTS &DRGTS. 

Rackham Robert 
Reynolds Wm. 
3 Rudland George 
Harrington 

COACH MAKERS. 

1 Brown Samuel, 
& harness maker 

6 Collett Wm. 

COAL MERCHANTS. 

7 Burleigh Rbt. W. 
Caiiiell Win. 



6 George Thomp- 
son. & lime mert 

Easterson Sc Son 
2 Strathern & Paul 
Tippell T. & Son 

COOPERS. 

7 Kent Thomas 
Wade Denny 

6 Wade Thomas 

CORN MERCHANTS. 

7 Burleigh Rbt. W. 
6 George Thomp- 
son 

2 Strathern & Paul 

CORN MILLERS. 

Kett Wm. S. 
Youngs Henry 
Woods — 

CURRIERS. 

1 Crowe Wm. 

5 Hugman Benj. 

EARMERS. 

2 Butcher Isaac 
George Wm. 
Haward Robert 
Johnson J. Exors. 
Ling Wm. 
Punchard Thomas 
Smith Rt & John 
Spall David 
Webb John Julius 
Woo-lyard Wm. 

FARRIERS. 

6 Neeve Thomas 

3 Smith Sidney 

FURNITURE AND 
CLOTHES BROKERS. 

3 Croft Daniel 

3 Spore James 

GARDENERS. 

5 Hill Wm. 

9 Lockwood James 

Moore Moses 

GLASS, &C.,DEALRS. 

7 Dav John 
Tippell T. & Son 

4 Wilson George 

GROCERS & DRAPRS. 

Aldred Wm. Hy. & 
tallow chandler, 
&: salt. &c, inert 

3 Bedwell John 

1 Botham B.W. 
7 Brown Samuel 
Chambers Edm. 
oChilvers Ambrose 
Foreman John 

1 Taylor Robert. <fc 
hardware dealer 

GUN MAKERS. 

4 Rignali Wm. 



HALESWORTH DIRECTORY. 



313 



1 Thompson Wm. 

HAIR DRESSERS. 

7 Croft George 
1 Fisher Edward 
3 Miller James 
Swan Wm. 

IRONMONGERS. 

Burgess Nathaniel 
Easterson & Son 
3 Jarmy John 

JOINERS. 

5 Keeble Francis 
3 Smith James 

L. & W. DRAPERS 
AND HATTERS, &C. 

Aldred Wm. Hy. 
IBothamBerrj.W. 
7 Brown Samuel 
3 Chilvers Ambs. 
Davy Thos. Palmer 
Dyer Joseph 
Foreman John 
London Jn. Farley 

MALTSTERS. 

Atmer Wm. 
Burleigh Et. VT. 
€racknell Thomas 
George Thompson 
3 Self Samuel 
2Strathern&Paul 

MILLINERS. 

5 Mannall Eliz. 
Backham M. A. 
1 Taylor Caroline 
Wigg Caroline 



. PLUMBERS, GLZRS., 

AND TAINTERS. 

Chappell Wm. 
! Smith George 
: 6 Wright James 

SADDLERS. 

7 Crisp Wm. 
Hopson Wm. 

i Terry James 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

\ 3 Barber Emma 
I 3 Croft Daniel 
> Farrington Robert 
J 3 Gooeh J. 
! Grice James 
; 1 Kemp Samuel, 
(register office) 
| 6 Muttitt Wm. 
| 3 Nicholson Eobt. 

1 Page Thomas 

1 6 Peachey Robert, 
and rope, yc. mkr 
3 Spore James 

2 Taylor Elizabeth 

SURGEONS. 

Beales John 
I 7 Ha ward FJk. 
: Pedgrift Shfd. 

3 Eudland George 
Harrington 

TAILORS. 

[ (* Drapers also.) 
| Bedwell John 

8 Botham Benj. 
Butler Wm. 
♦Dyer Joseph 

*i Fisher Edward 



*Gobbett Hy. G. 1 Simonds Robert 
* Sutton Pa. Tallent whitesmiths. 

watchmakers, &c. 6GirdlestoneO wen 

Dowsing Wra. 3 Jarmy John 

Ellis Wm.. cutler 3 Newson Robert 

Newson Nelson W. wine and spirit 

Wigg Wm. MERCHANTS. 

wheelwrights. 4 Cracknell Thos. 
Howlett Wm. Taylor Geo. Gr. 

COACHES daily to Woodbridgt and 
Ipswich ; the Shannon from the Angel, 
through Yoj-ford, and the Union, from 
the White Hart, through Peasenhall. 

CARRIERS. 
Marked 1 stop at (he King's Arms, and 3 

at the White Hart. 
Places. Carriers. 

Beccles, Ann Waters, from King"s 

Head, and P. Took, from Chediston 

street, Wed. and Sat. 
Ipswich, Thomas Coates, from Chedis- 
ton street, Mon. and Fri. 
Laxfield, 2 Lockwood, Mon. and Fri. 
Lowestoft, Jas. Sawyer, from Quay st, 

Thurs. ; T. Page, from Bridge street, 

Wed. ; and 1 W. Newson, Mon.&Thu. 
Norwich, James Sawyer, from Qaay St., 

Tue. and Fri. ; and 1 James Hogg, 

Mon. and Fri. 
Saxmundham, 2 Bloomfield and J. 

Hogg, and J. Sawyer, Mon. and Fri. 
Southwold, 1 Newson, Mon. and Fri. ; 

and C. Bedingneld, Wed. and Sat. 
Woodbridge, Jas. Sawyer and Thomas 

Coates, Mon. and Wed. 
Yarmouth, 1 W. Newson, Mon. and 

Thursday. 



HENSTEAD, a small scattered village, b\ miles S.E. of Beccles 
and 7 miles 8.W. by S. of Lowestoft, has in its parish 1920 acres of 
land, and 559 souls, including the hamlet of HULVERSTREET, 
or Huluers, which has 230 inhabitants, and about 800 acres of land, 
and has usually been returned with Wangford Hundred, within the 
-eastern boundary of which it is situated, though only a mile W. of 
Henstead church. In the Conqueror's time, the manor of Hen stead 
was held by Robert de Pierpoint, and it continued in his family till 
1340. It afterwards passed successively to the Cloptons, Sydnors, 
Brooks, and Holodays. The Rev. Thos. Sheriffe, M.A., owns a 
,great part of the soil, and is lord of the manors, and patron and in- 
cumbent of the rectory, valued in KB. at £12, and now £423. He 
resides at Henstead Hall, a large and elegant mansion, with beauti- 
ful pleasure grounds. The Earl of Gosford, Sir E. S. Gooch, F. 
Barne, Esq., aud a few smaller owners, have estates in the parish. 
The Church (St. Mary) is a handsome edifice, in the style which 
prevailed in the reign of Edward III.; but it was completely reno- 

o 



314 



HENSTEAD (BLYTHING HUNDRED.) 



Tated in 1842-3, when new windows were inserted at the cost of the 
present rector. The Rectory House is occupied hy the curate. The 
Wesley ans have a small chapel in Hy About two acres of 

land, let for £o a year, and a yearly rent-charge of CAs.. are appro- 
priated to the repairs of the eiiurch. In 1599, Henry Brandon left 
his tenement, and three roods of land, and directed the rent to 
divided as follows — one-half to the poor of Henstead : 6s. Sd. of the 
other half to the poor of Rushmere. and the remainder to he applied 
towards the repairs of Henstead church. The tenement went to 
decay many years ago, and ahout 1788, the land was let on lease 
for 99 years, at the annual rent of 17s., the lessee covenanting :<: 
.erect a new cottage. On the enclosure of Sotterley Common, partly 
in this parishj an allotment of 14a. was awarded to the poor o'f 
Henstead. and it is now let lor $1$ a year, which is distributed in 
coals. 



Marked * are in Hulver street, and the 

rest in Henstead. 
*Botwrigkt John, gardener 
Bridges James, schoolmaster 
Candler Mary, blacksmith 
Clarke Rev. Charles, curate. Iu-: 
Cooper John, parish clerk 
Fish James, shoemaker, Post Office 
*Fuleher Harriet, schoolmistress 
*Howell Mary, beerhs. and shopkpr. 
*Julings Ann, shopkeeper 



*King Wm , tailor and shopkeeper 
Mendham David, shoemaker 
*Nobbs Wm. vict. Gate 
Sheriffe Rev. Thos.. M.A. rector, and 
Thos. jnn.. Esq.. Henstead Hall 
FARMERS. 
Colman Jae Pfeak Samuel 

Fiatman J. Pi ope Mark 

Fletcher John Smith Wm. 

x Leman Edgar Said Job 

Post . . . TVangford 



HE YE XIX G-H AM. or Haveningham. a pleasant scattered village, 
b\ miles SAY. of Halesworth, arid RJ miles N.JT.W. of Saxmund- 
ham. has in its parish 422 souls, and" 1659a. 2r. 9p. oi land. The 
manor was held by Walter Eitz-Eohert. who. in 119S. gave the ad- 
Towson of the church to St. Xeot's priory. It was afterwards the 
lordship of a family of its own name, and passed from them ahout 
1700 to that of Bence. It afterwards passed to the predecessor 
of Sir Joshua Vanned', who. in 1796. was raised to an Irish peer- 
age hy the title oi Baron Humingfidd, of Hevcninglianu and died in 
1816, when he was succeeded by his son, Joshua Yanneck, the late 
Lord Huntingfield -, who was born in 1778. and married a daughter 
•of G. Arcedeckue. Esq., in 1810, and in 1817 a daughter of Sir 
Charles Blois. The late Lord died in 1S44. and was succeeded 
by his son, the Sight Ron. Chas. Andreu: Vanned: . the pre sent Lord 
Huntingfield. who was born in ISIS, and married the only daugh- 
ter of the late Andrew Arcedeckne. Esq. Sir E. S. Adair and a 
few smaller owners have estates in the parish. Heye sing-ham 
.Hall, the magnificent residence of Lord Huntingfield. stands in an 
extensive park, which is partly in the adjoining parish of Hunting- 
field, and distant about four miles SAY. of Halesworth. The pre- 
sent mansion was commenced about 17 7 v , by Sir Gerard Yanneck. 
elder brother of the first baron, from the designs of Sir Robert Tay- 
lor, but finished by Mr. James TVyatt. The west end, erected from 
the designs of the latter, is in a much more tasteful style than the 
other parts of the edifice. The front, about 200 feet in length, is 



HEVENINGHAM PARISH. 315 

adorned with Corinthian columns, and otherwise chastely orna- 
mented. The whole building is covered with a composition which 
has the appearance of very white freestone. Seated on a rising 
ground, it appears to great advantage from various parts of the 
park, which comprises more than 600a. , and abounds in fine planta- 
tions. The rivulet, which is one of the principal sources of the 
Blythe, divides the park into two nearly equal parts, and forms a 
noble sheet of water in front of the house. The interior of the 
mansion contains a fine collection of paintings of Dutch, Flemish, 
and other masters, and the avenue that leads to it from the porter's 
lodge is of great length and uncommou beauty. The ancient man- 
sion, which stood on the Huntingfield side of the park, was a ro- 
mantic baronial residence, with a gallery continued the whole length 
of the building, and opening upon a balcony over the ]3orch. Its 
great hall was built round six straight, massy oaks, which upheld 
the roof as they grew, and upon which the foresters and yeomen of 
olden times used to hang their cross-bows, hunting poles, &c. 
Queen Elizabeth was entertained here by Lord Hunsdon, and near 
its site is Queens Oak, under which she is said to have shot a buck 
with her own hand. This venerable oak, now verging fast to decay, 
at the height of seven feet from the ground, has measured nearly 
eleven yards in circumference ; being now hollow, it has shrunk 
considerably, and is " bald with dry antiquity." The first Lord 
Huntingfield ornamented the whole country round his residence 
with plantations of oak, beech, chesnut, and other trees. The Church 
(St. Margaret) is a handsome structure with a tower and five bells. 
The nave was slated in 1833, and the whole fabric has lately been 
completely renovated, and two of the windows have been enriched 
with painted glass by the rector's lady. The benefice is a dis« 
charged rectory, valued in K.B. at <£11. 6s. 8d., and now at £'550. 
The patronage is in the Crown, and the Rev. Henry Owen, M.A., 
is the incumbent, and has a good residence and 40a. of glebe. The 
Town and Poors' Estate have been vested from an early period for 
the reparation of the church and highways, the relief of the poor, 
and such other public and charitable uses as to the trustees should 
seem meet. They comprise five tenements and gardens, let for 
£14; and 4a., let for £5 ; and a farm of 52a. in Badingham. let 
for £63 a year. The rents aie applied in the service of the church ; 
in payment of the clerk's salary; £10 towards the support of a 
School, and in occasional distributions among the poor parishioners. 
The trustees have also a rent-charge of 10s., and another of 3s. per 
annum, from building sites belonging to the trust estates. 

IjORBKvsTTSGTiEL-D.IIeueninghcnnHan 
Fisk John., tailor, Post Office 
Goldsmith Geo. brick and tile maker 
Harding Thos. & Greyston W. smiths 
Howard John, boot and shoemaker 
Kindred Sarah, schoolmistress 
Owen Eev, Henry, Al.A.. Rectory 
Prime George, grocer and draper 
Rodwell Wm. bricklayer 



Squire Geo. butcher & vict. White Lion 

FARMERS. 
Cole George Kent Robert 

Dale William Moore Robert 

Fisher Garnham | Neeve John 

Goodwin Wm. Read James 

Jewell Susan Walne Robert 

Post to Saxmundham, at 5 morning 



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316 BLYTHING- HUNDRED. 

HOLTOX. one mile E. of Halesworth. is a pleasant village and 
parish, containing 516 souls, and 1132 acres of land, mostly in the 
manor of Wissett le Eosse, but chiefly the property of A. Johnston, 
Esq., H. Dawson, Esq., the Executors of the late F. Robinson, and 
a few smaller owners. Holton Hall, a neat mansion, with pleasant 
grounds, is the property of A. Johnston, Esq., but is now unoccu- 
pied. The Church (St. Peter) is an ancient structure with a round 
tower. The living, a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £'10. 
13s. 4d., and now at ^'310, is in the patronage of the Lord Chan- 
cellor, and incumbency of the Rev. J. C. Eeynolds, B.A. The 
late rector erected a neat Rectory House, in the Elizabethan style, 
in 1838, at the cost of about £800. Here is a National School, 
built, in 1814, by the Eev. J. B. Wilkinson. The Town House 
and four rods of laud, let for £A per annum, have belonged to the 
church from time immemorial. The Lord Nelson Public-house did 
belong to the parish: but in 1786, the churchwardens granted it 
on lease for 99 years, to a brewer, for a premium of £80, and no 
rent appears to have been reserved. The churchwardens are now 
taking legal steps for the recovery of this house. 

Alexander Mrs Baxter John, shopr. I Self Wm. joiner, &c. 
Beckett Henry, wheelwright ' Smith Mr Jas. Spall .[ Dunnett Miss 

Brister Wm. vict. Cherry Tree '. Wade Wm. cooper, and Emily, school 

Butcher Daniel, vict. Duke i Wei ton Charles, smith and vict. Nelson 

Butcher Geo. & Co., oil and colourmen, White John, shopkeeper 

seed merchants, and cart grease. Youngs Edward Gotta, corn miller 
sack, and waterproof tilt ruanirs. FABMEBS. 

Fiske Ebenezer, shoemaker i Balls Bt. James Barter Hy. dealer 

Foster John, farrier : Butcher Isaac Davis Thomas 



Francis John, shoemaker 

Keable John, "butcher 

Leggitt John, blacksmith 

Mingay Harriet, beerhouse 

Kewson John, joiner, ^ce. 

Eeynolds Rev John Collett,B.A. Rectory 



Fiske Joseph | Godbold George 
Jail in gs Bobert Pleasance John 
Prime Wm. : Smith George 

Caerieks to Halesworth, &c, call at 
the Nelson and Duke Inns. 

Bost from Halesworth. 



HUNTIXGFIELD, a straggling village in the vale of one of the 
tranches of the river Blythe, four miles S.W. hy W. of Halesworth, 
has in its parish -ill souls and 2134 acres of land, including 
part of Heueningham Park, the seat of Lord Huntingjield, who is 
lord of the manor, owner of most of the soil, and deiives his title 
from this parish, though an Irish peer. (See page 314.) The 
manor was, for a considerable time after the Norman conquest, the 
estate and residence of an ancient family of its own name, one of 
whom founded Mendham Priory, in Stephen s reign. It afterwards 
descended to the de la Poles. Earls of Suffolk, and in the time of 
Queen Elizabeth, was the property of Henry Lord Hunsdon. It 
was next the estate of that great oracle of the law, Sir Edward Coke, 
by whose descendant, the Earl of Leicester, it was sold to Sir Joshua 
Yanneck, grandfather of the present proprietor. Geo. Bates, Esq., 
-and a few smaller owners, have estates in the parish, and here is a 
small rectorial manor. The Church (Virgin Mary* is an ancient 
structure, with a tower and rive bells, and having been recently 



HUNTINGFIELD PARISH. 



317 



renovated, it has now a clean and neat appearance. The rectory r 
valued in X. B. at £13. 6s. 8d., and now at £1054, with that of 
Cookley annexed to it, is in the patronage of Lord Huntingfleld and 
incumbency of the Be v. Wm. Holland, who has a good Beetory 
House, 150 acres of glebe, and two yearly rent charges in lieu of 
tithes, viz., £538 from Himtingfield, and £405 from Cookley 
parish. The Town Estate consists of seven cottages and 17a. 2b. 
18p. of land in this and the adjoiniug parishes of Ubbeston and 
Heveningham, let for about £'40 a year, and mostly purchased with 
benefaction money in the reign of Charles I. The rents are applied 
mostly in aid of the church, and in relieving the poor. In 1725-^ 
Berry Snelling left for the education of poor children a yearly rentr 
charge of £4 out of a farm now belonging to Lord HuntingflelcL 
The School was built in 1849. Post from Halesworth. 

Balls John, wheelwright 
Balls Robert, corn miiler 
Barrell Wm. corn miller 
Chaston Wm. shoemaker 
Holland Rev Wm.. Eectory 
Kerry Wm. vict., Himtingfield Arms 
Mattin George, shoemaker 
Minter Robert, tailor 
Mower John, parish clerk 
Mudd James, blacksmith 



Owles Edward, plumber and glazier 
Owles Jas. shopr. and Thos. shoemkr^ 
FARMEES, 



Balls Francis 
Clutton Wm., Hall 
Cooper John Rous, 
Dunnett John 
Goldsmith George 
Kirby John Cole 



Mattin Jonathan 
|; Cadda John 
Valley Farm 
Read Stephen 
Taylor George 



KXODISHALL, or Knodclishall, has a number of scattered 
houses, and the village of Coldfair Green, from 3i to 4§ miles S.E. of" 
Saxmundham, and N.K.W. of Aldborough. It has in its parish 432" 
souls and 1829 acres of land, including Btixlow, or Buxlee, which 
was anciently a separate parish, and had a church, the site of which 
Is now a garden. The manor of Knodishall was for a long period 
laeld by the Jenny family, and now belongs to the Rev. G. A. Wil- 
kinson, but part of the soil belongs to Lord Himtingfield, and the 
Yemon, Girling, Bloomfield, and other families ; and a small part 
of the parish is in the manor of Leiston. The Church (St. Lawrence) 
is an ancient structure, which was thoroughly renovated in 1846. 
The rectory of Knodishall, with Buxlow curacy annexed to it, is 
valued in K.B. at ^611, and now at £486, in the patronage and in- 
cumbency of the Bev. G A. Whitaker, ALA. , who has 15a. of glebe,, 
and a commodious Eectory House, built in 1838. At Coldfair Green 
is a small Primitive Methodist Chapel, erected in 1853. 



Marked * are at Coldfair Green. 
*Cockrell John, blacksmith 
*Cockrell Nathaniel, butcher and vict. 

Butchers' Arms 
*Gibbs Mary, shopkeeper 
Gildersleeves Wm. blacksmith 
*Goddard Henry, corn miller 
* Howard Samuel, tailor 
*Munnk>gs Joseph, shoemaker 
*Nunn George, shoemaker 
*Potter George, blacksmith 



* Scarlett Wm. parish clerk, &c. 

* Smith Samuel, shoemaker, Post offics 
*Welton Joseph, carpenter 
Whitaker Rev Geo. Avton,M.A., Beetory- 

FARMERS. 
Brady Robert Johnson Henry 

Crane John Oclee Joseph 

Girling Edward Henry, Hall 
Kersey Frederick, Bed House 
Sewell John, Manor House 
Post fro m Sa torn undham. 



318 BLYTHING HUNDRED. 

LEISTON is a large and well built village. 2 iniles from the sea, 
4 miles M. by W. of Aldborougb, and E. by S. oi Saxmundharu. If 

miles S.S.E. of Yoxford, and 93 miles X.E.'of London. Its parish 
comprises 4966 acres of land, and encreased its population from 
1177 in 1841, to 1580 in 1851, and to about 1700 souls in 1854. owing 
to the great extension of the large machine works here. The parish 
includes the hamlet of SIZE WELL, which has GO inhabitants, and 
1000 acres, on the sea coast. 4 miles X. of Aldborougb. and had a 
chapel as late as the reign of Elizabeth, though no traces of it now 
remain. At SizeweU Gap. there is a fishing boat and coast guard 
station, and the cliffs rise precipitously from the beach. The parish 
extends three miles N. of the church, and includes part of the 
Minsmere Level, as noticed with Theberton. Leiston Iron Works, 
established in ] 77*. by the grandfather of the present proprietors. Bd. 
Garrett di Son, is one of the largest manufactories of agricultural im- 
plements in the kingdom, and they are now patentees of various im- 
proved machines. They give employment to about 600 persons in the 
manufacture of all kinds of agricultural implements: thrashing and 
reaping machines, drills, horse-hoes, steam engines, &c., &c. Messrs* 
Garrett and San manufacture more agricultural implements than 
any other firm in the world, and they have earned off a large por- 
tion of the prizes awarded during the last twenty years at agricul- 
tural and other exhibitions in various parts of the kingdom. Their 
works have lately been much enlarged, and now extend over about 
eight acres of ground. Their machinery is driven by three power- 
ful steam engines, and their gas works also light many of the houses 
Se. 3 in the village. In 1840 they contracted for the better drainage 
of the Minsmere Level, and they have succeeded in stopping those 
frequent inundations which had previously rendered this tract of 
about 1500 acres of low marshy land, almost valueless. See Theb- 
erton.' An ABBEY of Premonstratension canons, dedicated to the 
Blessed Virgin, was founded in the parish about the year 1182. by 
Eanulph de Glanville. who endowed it with the manor of Leiston, 
conferred upon him by Henry II.. and also certain churches, which 
he had previously given to Butley Priory, and which that convent 
resigned in favour of this abbey, which stood originally in a marshy 
situation, near the sea and the" Minsmere river, where there are still 
some small ruins called Leiston Chap d, near Minsmere Haven, 
more than 2 miles X.X.E. of the village of Leiston. The situation 
of the first house being unwholesome, Robert de Ufford, Earl of 
Suffolk, about the year 1-3(33. built a new abbey on a larger scale, 
upon an eminence about a mile N. of Leiston church, to which 
the monks removed. This edifice was destroyed by fire before 138^ : 
but being rebuilt, it continued to flourish till the general dissolution, 
when it contained 15 monks, and its annual revenues were valued 
at £181. 17s. 1-H. Great part of the church, several subterraneous 
chapels, and various offices of the monastry. are still standing, and. 
applied to the purposes of barns, granaries, &c. The length of the 
abbev church was about dfi yards, and it appears to have been a 
handsome structure, decorated with ornaments, formed by an ad- 
mixture of black squared flints and freestone. In the walls of the 



LE-ISTOX- PARISH, - 319, 

church, and other buildings, are many biicks, thinner and longer 
than those used at present. Near the west end is a small tower 
entirely of brick, but having various ornaments which have been 
formed in moulds. The outer walls of this abbey enclosed a great 
extent of ground, but they have been removed for tbe sake of the 
materials. The old abbey, near tbe sea, appears to have been used 
by some of the monks till the dissolution; and in 1331, " John 
Grene, relinquishing his abbaice by choice, was consecrated art 
anchorite at the chapel of St. Mary, in the old monastery near the 
sea." In the 58th of Henry YIIL, the site of the abbey, and the 
manor ofLeiston, were granted to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, 
and afterwards passed to the Herveys. They now belong to Lord 
Huntingfield, who has a neat house here, called the Cupola, which 
he occasionally visits. The other principal landowners in the parish 
are the late J. P. Thellusson, Esqrs.'s Trustees ; Edw. Fuller, Esq.,' 
Capt. Rowley, and Mr. J. Grirnsey. The abbot obtained a charter 
for a market and fan at Leiston, in 1312, but both have long 
been disused. The Abbey House is the seat of the Dowager Lady 
Rendlesham, relict of the second Lord Rendlesham, and daughter of 
are late TV. Tatnall, Esq... who was seated here. The parish Church 
(St. Margaret,) was rebuilt, except the tower, in 1854, at the cost of 
about £2500, mostly contributed by Miss Thellusson, Lady Rendle- 
sham, the Incumbent, and the parishioners. It has a spacious 
nave, transept, and chancel, built of Kentish rag stone and flint, 
with Caen stone dressings, in the decorated style of the time of 
Edward III. The old Church was a long thatched fabric of great 
antiquity. The living is a, perpetual curacy, valued at £'376, in the 
alternate patronage of Christ's Hospital and the Haberdashers 
Company, London, and the incumbency of the Rev. J. C. Blaith- 
wayt, M.A. The benefice has been endowed by the patrons 
with all the tithes, which were commuted in 1310 for £-435 per ann. 
Here is a Wesley an Chapel, built in 1848, and an old Friends Meet- 
ing House. The National School was built in 1837, at the cost of 
£'350, and has room for 170 boys and girls. Here is also an Infant 
School, supported chiefly by Lady Rendlesham. Here is also a 
well-conducted Mechanics' Institution and Mutual Improvement 
Society, established in 1850, and having a news room, a library of 
1100 volumes, and a numerous list of members. During the winter 
months it has frequent evening lectures. Richard Garrett, Esq., is 
the president, and Mr. Wm Heard, secretary. In 17.21, Thomas 
Grirnsey left a farm of 38a., at Westleton, to provide clothing for 
poor widows and children of Leiston, and it is now let for £-46 a 
year. The same donor left £200, to be invested by the church- 
wardens, for a distribution of bread among the poor, every Sunday, 
-at the church. Of this legacy £150 was placed out on mortgage, 
and the residue was laid out in the purchase of a cottage on Cold- 
fair green, which lies south ofLeiston, and is mostly in Knodishall 
parish. This cottage lets for £6, and another cottage derived from 
the mortgage is let for £7 a year. 



320 



BLYTHING HUNDRED. 



LEISTON PARISH. 

Those marked * are in Sizewell. 

The Post Office is at Joseph Gib- 
son's. Letters are despatched at a J- 
before 8 evening, via Saxmundham. 
Aldis John, tailor 

Allen John Edward, vict., White Horse 
Arnold John, vety. surgeon & druggist 
Bell Fredk., surgeon, and at Aldeburgh 
Blakeley Robert, vict., Black Horse 
Blathwayt Rev John Calvert, M.A., 

incumbent 
Brown George, boarding school, Albert 

House 
Cavell Hannah, boarding school 
Cock Robert, police officer 
Debney Richard, seed merchant 
Garrett Richard & Son, ironfounders, 

engineers, agricultural machine end 

implement manufrs. ; boiler makers 

and wholesale ironmongers 
Garrod George, parish clerk, &c. 
Garrod James, plumber, glazier, &c. 
Gibbs Joseph, furniture broker 
Gildersleeves George, brewer & beerhs 
Goldsmith Charles, saddler, &G. 
Gooch and Geater, waterproof^overcoat 

manufacturers 
Harding Wm. baker and flour dealer 
Hardy Wm. bricklayer 
* Johnson Wm. coast guard officer 
*Kell Chas., plumber, painter, &c. 
Kemp Wm. bricklayer & rate collector 
Morling Isaac, baker 
Reeve Henry Fredk., hair dresser 
Rendlesham Dowager Lady, Abbey 

House 
Riggs Miss Rachel || Wyatt Mr Jas. 
Smith Emma, dress maker 



Smith Samuel, cart grease, sheep net, 
waggon cloth, &c. manufacturer, and 
oil dealer 

Smith Hy. &Eliz.. National School 

Starkey Robert, gardener 

Taylor Jonathan, cooper 

Walsingham Mr Andrew 

♦Woolnough David, vict. Vulcan 



♦MerrellWm- 
Porter George 
Tuffield John 
Wain wright Thos, 
Woolnough David 

GROCERS & DRAPRS- 

Curtis Jemima 
Curtis Sarah 
Geater Charles 
Holden Charles 
Johnson Thomas 
Kerridge James 
Neave Gundry, & 

insurance agt. 
Sawer Samuel 

JOINERS & BLDRS. 

Cunnell Wm. 
Riggs John, cabt. 

maker 
Wyatt Henry 

STRAW HAT MAKRS> 

Brown Augusta 
Farrington Maria 
Garrod Jane 
CARRIERS 

to Saxmundham*. 
Ipswich, &c, Mon, 
Wed.& Fri. (See 
page 145.) 

Coach from Sax- 
mundham. (Se& 
page 144.) 

LINSTE AD MAGNA is a parish of scattered houses, from 4 to- 
5 miles W.S.W. of Haleswortb, comprising only 100 souls, and 1804a. 
of land, besides about 6a. of roads. Lord Huutingfield is lord of tbe- 
manor, but part of the soil belongs to J. P. Scrivener, Mr. G. Bates,, 
and several smaller proprietors. The Church (St. Peter) stands in a, 
field nearly in the centre of the parish. It was partly appropriated 
to Mendham priory, by Roger de Huntingfield. Lord Huutingfield 
is now impropriator, and also patron of the perpetual curacy, valued 
ata£97, and now enjoyed by the Rev. S. B. Turner, B.A., of Hales- 
worth, together with Linstead Parva. His Lordship has a yearly 
rent charge of £'315 in lieu of tithes, out of which he pays <£'82to the 
incumbent. The FARMERS are — Geo. Bates, Mr. Burgess, John 
Holmes, Robert B. Lee, Joshua Moore, George Read, Sarah Read, 
Wm. Read, Robert Smith, and the Executors of the late Edward 
Woods. Wm, Flatt is the parish clerk. Post via Halesworth. 

LINSTEAD PARYA, or Lower Linstead, is a parish, with its> 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Baldry Jas. beerhs 
Cutts W. wheelgt 
Wyatt George 

BOOT & SHOEMERS. 

Andrews Nathl. 
Chandler John 
Coleman Wm. 
Sewell John 
Watling Wm. 

BUTCHERS. 

Chaston James 
Halls Pearl 
Morling George 

CORN MILLERS. 

Crane James 
Curtis George 

FARMERS. 

Backhouse Wm. 

Barker Daniel 

Cottingham Lewis 
0. agt. to Farm- 
ers' Ins. Co. t Hall 

Crane Wm. 

Crisp Bobt., Abbey 

Driver John 

Gibbs Isaac 

GirliugJames 

Grimsey John 

Hillen Benjamin 

Johnson Thomas 

Last Wm. 



LINSTEAD PARVA. 321 

houses scattered near three Greens, from 4 to 5 miles W. of Hales- 
worth. It has 205 inhabitants, but only 554a. 1r. 24p. of land, ex- 
clusive of roads. Its three Greens comprise 33a. 3r. 20p., and are 
called Blacksmith's, Morrell Haugh, and Collijjys Greens. The 
manor anciently belonged to Sibton abbey, and the church to Mend- 
ham priory. Lord Huntingfield is now lord of the manor, impro- 
priator, and patron of the Church (St. Margaret,) which is a small, 
structure, with a belfry. The living is a perpetual curacy, valued , 
in 1835, at £78, and now in the incumbency of the Rev. Samuel 
Blois Turner, B.A., of Halesworth, together with that of Linstead 
Magna. James Norgate, Samuel Nicker, and the Eev. J. Day, and. 
a few smaller owners, have estates in the parish. A copyhold house, 
garden, and nearly 2 acres of land, have been held from time imme- 
morial for the reparation of the church, and are now let for £9 per 
annum. Post via Halesworth. 



Adams John, butcher & vict, Greyhound 
Bryant Thomas, blacksmith 
Chipperfield Wm. tailor 
Godfrey Felix, thrashing machine ownr 
Hammond Daniel, parish clerk 
Hurren Wm, boot and shoemaker 



Short Eobert, cooper 

FARMERS.— Nicker Samuel 
Bryant Thomas || Ingate Tallent 
Cutts Wm. | Philpots Samuel 
Dye Charles || Taylor Charles 



MIDDLETON, a well-built village, on the south bank of the river 
Minsmere, 4 miles N.E. by N. of Saxmundham, has in its parish 
620 inhabitants, and 2024 acres of land, of which 603 acres are in 
the hamlet of FORD LEY, which was formerly a separate parish^ 
The united parishes are now commonly called Middleton-cum-Ford- 
ley, and in ecclesiastical matters, Fordley -ivith- Middleton, the former 
"being a rectory and the latter a vicarage. Part of them is in the 
low marshes of the Minsmere level, (see Theberton,) and they are in 
three manors, viz., Middleton Chickering and Fordley, of which the 
the Trustees of the late Rev. C. M. Doughty are lords; and Mid- 
dleton-Austin, of which the Rev. E. Hollond is lord ; but part of the 
soil belongs to Lord Huntingfield, Mr. G-. Randall, and several 
smaller owners. Middleton Church (Holy Trinity) is a small fabric,, 
with a tower, containing five bells, and surmounted by a leaded 
spire. The roof is thatched with reeds. Fordley Church, of which 
no vestiges remain, stood in the same churchyard, and was a smaller 
edifice, which was suffered to go to decay many years ago. In 1620, 
complaint was made to the Bishop of Norwich, that when service 
did not begin and end at both churches exactly at the same time, 
the bells and steeple of one disturbed the congregation of the other. 
To remedy this inconvenience, the bishop directed that the same 
minister should serve both and officiate in them alternately, Fordley 
is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £5, and now at £569, with 
the vicarages of Middleton and Westleton annexed to it, in the patron- 
age of the Rev. E. Hollond and incumbency of the Rev. H. Packard, 
M.A., who resides at Darsham. His tithes in this parish are com- 
muted for £16.1. 10s. per annum ; and he has also £8 a year from 
the great tithes of Middleton, which belong to the Rev. E. Hollond, 
and are commuted for £344 per annum, besides about £95 a yeaiv 

o 3 



322 



MIDDLETON. (BLTTflING HUNDRED.) 



payable to other impropriators. Middletou was appropriated to 
Leiston Abbey by Eanulph Glanvile, and was granted by Henry 
VIII. to Charles Duke of Suffolk. The poor have eleven small 
ground rents, amounting to <£'3. 9s. per anuum, but the donors are 
unknown- The Wesley an sha,\e a chapel here, built in 1828. The 
Church School was built in 1850, by the Eev. Edmund Hollond, at 
the cost of £400. 

Marked 1, live on Middleton Moor, 
and 2, in Fordley. 
Arnold Ann, schoolmistress 
Barber Jas. land surveyor, and Mrs E. 
Barham John, gardener 
Bridges John, nursery and seedsman 
Brown John, bricklayer 
Clarke John, joiner and builder 
Davy John, schoolmaster 
Foulsham Robert, wheelwright 
Mills George, vict. Bell 
Randall G-eorge, gentleman 
Savage Richard, gardener 
White Rev. Joseph, curate, Rectory 
"Whitehead John, corn miller 

blacksmiths. | Wilson James 
Bedwell Wm. I boot & shoemkp.s. 



j Crisp Christopher 
Kewson J. par. elk 
Rouse Richard 

FAEMERS. 

* are Owners. 
Backhouse Phmn. 
* Barnes Jacob 
Benns Philip 
Birt Wm. 
Buckingham John 
2*Chandler Sus. 
Foulsham Noah 
*Free Win. 
lGeater Thomas 
*Hunt Keziah 
2Knights James 
NoIlerWm. 



Peck James 
Prior Thomas 
Pulham Samuel 
* Randall George 
Raynor Jonathan 
2Richbell Lucy 
Sewell Wm. 
Warn Isaac 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Broom Joseph 
Masterman Wm. 

TAILORS. 

Adams Wm, 
Masterman Thos. 
Masterman Wm. 

Post from Sax- 
mundham. 



PEASENHALL is a well-built village, in a pleasaut valley, on 
the south side of the small river Minsmere, 5 miles N.N.W. of Sax- 
mundham, 7 miles S.S.W, of Halesworth, and 3 miles W. of Yox- 
ford. Its parish has 820 inhabitants, and 1972a. 1r. 37p. of land. 
J W. Brooke, Esq., is lord of the manor, but the greater part of the 
soil belongs to J. Budkin, Esq.,Mrs.Sheriffe, J. F. P. Scrivener, Esq., 
and several smaller owners. In the reign of Edward I. the manor 
was held by Eoger Bigod, and in that of Edward II. by Nicholas 
de Segrave. The Church (St. Michael) is a small ancient edifice, 
with a tower and five bells. The perpetual curacy, valued in 1835 at 
^£117, was consolidated with the vicarage of Sibton till about the 
year 18.18, when it was made a separate cure in the patronage of 
the vicar of Sibton, with the " privity" of the parishioners. The 
Eev. Harrison Packard, M.A., of Darsham, is the incumbent, The 
principal land owners are impropriators of the great tithes, which 
were commuted in 1840, when the small tithes were also commuted 
for the yearly payment of £123. 2s. 6d. to the perpetual curate, and 
£9. 12s. 4d. to the vicar of Sibton. The Wesley ans have a chapel 
here, built in 1809. The Chuech Land comprises a garden and Ia. 
in Peasenhall, let for £Q. lbs., and a cottage and 5a. 37p. of land, in 
Sibton and Peasenhall, let for £20. 14s. a year. Except an allot- 
ment of about one acre, this land was devised to trustees by E.Kempe, 
in 1490, partly for superstitious uses, and partly for the reparation of 
Peasenhall church. The rents are wholly absorbed in liquidating 
the expenses of the churchwardens, though, according to the deed 
appointing new trustees in 1807, part of the income should be disr 
tributed among" the poor parishioners. About 14 acres of copyliold 
land in Peasenhall parish, and manor of Bruisyard, has been held 



PEASENHALL PARISH. 



323 



in trust from time immemorial, for the exoneration of the parishion- 
ers from king's taxes, and for the relief of the poor. It is let for 
£14,. 17s. 6d., and the rent, after deducting 24s. 6d. for land-tax and 
quit-rent, is distributed in weekly allowances to the aged poor. A 
cottage and garden in this parish, but in the manor of Sibton, were 
left by Robert Louffe, in 1580, for the relief of the poor of Peasenhall 
and Sibton, but the rent (£5) is wholly distributed among the former, 
who have also a yearly rent-charge of 52s. left by Edmund Cutting, 
in 1639, for a weekly distribution of Is. worth of bread. It is paid 
out of Hubbard's land, in Sibton. Messrs. James Smith & Sons, have 
here an extensive Agricultural Implement Manufactory, which was 
established in 1800. They are inventors and patentees of the 
celebrated Suffolk Drill, and have recently greatly enlarged their 
works. 



Bannister Wm. schoolmaster 
Cole John, corn miller 
Dennison Mr John || Brown Mrs Mary 
Ford John, baker and flour dealer 
Gardener Ann, straw hat maker 
Gibbs Chas. bricklayer & vict. Angel 
Gibbs Henry, bricklayer 
Girling & "White, auctneers. & land agts 
Green Rev Chas. Henry, curate 
Hunt Thomas, cooper, &c 
Jefferys Bev Thomas, (Wesleyan) 
Lay Joseph John, M.D. 
Moore James, saddler, &c 
Pipe Wm. schoolmaster 
Robinson Wm. wheelwright 
Bose Wm saddler & vict, Swan 
Salter Alfred, plumber, painter, &c 
Smyth Jas. &• Sons, agricultural imple- 
ment and patent corn, seed. & manure 

drill manufacturers 
Tillett Thomas, parish clerk 
White Ths. auction*. &c. ( Girling & W.) 
White Mary, boarding school 



White Thos. grocer, draper, maltster, 

cart grease mfr. & Insurance agent 
Wright Jasper, furniture broker 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Bloomfield Wm. 
Howard Chas. 
Ludbrook Wm. 

BOOT & SHOE IvIES. 

Baiber Charles 
Gilbert Wm. 
Hurren John 

BUTCHERS. 

List John 

Pipe Wm.& Thos. 

FARMERS. 

Burreil Wm. 
Capon Thomas 
Cole John 
Freeman Thomas 
Girling Wm. 
Holmes John 
Kemp James 
Moore Wm. 
Plant Christopher I 



Ramsey Philip 
Shelley Benjamin 
Squires Jeremiah 
White Thos. G. 

JOINERS, &C. 

Ludbrook Edw. 
Ludbrook E. jim. 
White John 

TAILORS. 

Brown Wm & Geo. 
& hair dressers 
Crisp Wm. 
Godbolcl Simon 
Bow Charles 
%>QBT OFFICE 

at Mr T.White's. 

Letters via Sax- 

mundham 

31X13 US & CAK- 

riers daily to Ips- 
wich tt Hales wth. 



REYDON, a scattered village, two miles N.N.W. of Southwold, 
and seven miles E. of Halesworth, lias in its parish 337 souls and 
2727 acres of land. It was anciently a place of importance, and 
had a market and a park. The hall in the latter was taken down 
in 1684. The old house, now called Reydon Hall, is occupied by 
those well-known literary ladies Mrs. and Misses Strickland , authors 
of the " Queens of England," and other popular works. On a 
branch of the Blythe, called WoocTs-end Creek, are vestiges of a 
wharf, which probably fell to decay in the reign of Henry III., in 
consequence of the rising prosperity of Southwold, said to have been 
formerly a part of this parish. On the same rivulet is Wolsey Bridge, 
which was converted into a sluice for draining the low lands, by Sir 
John Eous, in ] 747. This bridge is erroneously stated by tradition to 
have been built at the expense of CardinalWolsey, The Earl of Strad- 
broke is now lord of the manor of Reydon, but part of the land belougs 



324 EEYDON. (BLYTHING EUND.) 

to T. Barne, Esq., and a few smaller owners. The Church (St. Margaret) 
is a small ancient structure, and is said to have had a chapel, which 
stood a mile further to the east. The benefice is a discharged 
vicarage, valued in K. B. at ,£18. 6s. 8d., and in 1835 at £220. The 
Earl of Stradbroke is patron, and also impropriator of the great 
tithes; and the Rev. Win, French, M.A., is the incumbent. He is 
also incumbent of Wangford, where he resides. The tithes have been 
commuted for yearly moduses of <£410 to the impropriator, and .£218 
to the vicar. The Church and Poor 's Land comprises about 9a. 24p., 
let for £9. 8s. per annum, which is applied in aid of the church and 
poor rates; together with the dividends of £731. 5s. three per cent. 
Bank Annuities, left by the late Earl of Stradbroke, who died in 
1827. Part of the land (3a. 2r. 9p.) is called Gravel Pit Piece. At 
the enclosure of the parish, in 180O, an allotment of 22a. was awarded 
to the poor, and is now let for about £]S a year, which is distributed 
in coals. Post /row Southivold. 



Cole J. joiner || Freeman Mr F. Gr. 
Gayfer Samuel, corn & coal merchant, 

miller and maltster, Meydon Cottage 
Jillings Jas. fish mercht. & vict. Bear 
Hackhani Henry, parish clerk 
Smith John, vict. Quay 
Strickland Mrs & Misses Eliz. & Agnes, 

Bey don Hall 



FARMERS. 
Adams Wm. || Grey Edward 
Alexander Frederick |] Keen John 
Chilvers Robert || Newbury Wm. 
Freeman George P. (a?idat Wangfordy 
Freeman Thomas, Executors of 
Leatherdale William John 
Whitmore Thomas || Leatherdale Wm. 



RUMBURGH, a scattered village and parish, four miles N.N.W. 
of Hales worth, and 6 J miles S. of Bungay, contains 432 souls and 
1418 acres of land, rising gently between two tributary streams of 
the Blythe. The executors of the late Mrs. Weebing are lords of 
the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to Mr. John Grim- 
sey, Mr. J. Manby, Sir R. S. Adair, Mr. G. Calver, the Rev. J. 
Holmes. Mr. Thomas Ling, and several smaller free and coyholders- 
The latter pay arbitrary fines. Here was a Benedictine Priory? 
founded about 1065, by the monks of Hulme, and dedicated to St. 
Michael and St. Felix. Stephen, Earl of Brittany, made it a cell 
to St. Mary's Abbey, in York. It was suppressed and given to 
Cardinal Wolsey, towards the endowment of his college, in Ipswich, 
in 1528, when it was valued at i:10. 1 2s. llfd. It was afterwards 
the property of the Earls of Oxford, and passed from them to the 
Cobbold, Jessup, and other families. The Church, (St. Michael,) 
which adjoined the priory, is an ancient structure, which has under- 
gone many reparations, and has a short tower, with a spiral roof. 
The benefice is a perpetual curacy, valued in 1835, at .£130, with 
the vicarage of South Elmhani St. Michael annexed to it. G. Durrant,, 
Esq., is patron and impropriator of part of the great tithes; and 
the Rev. Samuel Penrose Downing, who resides at Southelmham, is 
the incumbent. The Wesley ans have a neat chapel here, built in 
1836. The To wn Estate was conveyed to new trustees, in 1758, 
and again in 1826, upon trust that the rents should be yearly dis- 
posed of for such use and advantage of the parish as the trustees 
should judge " necessary and convenient," except the rent of 14a., 
called Warpullocks, which should be disposed of towards discharging 



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325 



all tenths and fifteenths imposed on the parishioners; and the over- 
plus, if any, to he divided among the poor. This estate comprises a 
messuage, &c, called the Bears, and 18a. of land in Southelmham 
St. Peter; a close of 14a, called Warpullocks ; a close of 7a., in 
Southelmham St. Michael; and a close of 5a., at Spexhall. The 
rents produce about <£67 per annum, and are dispensed partly for 
the reparation of the church, and the support of a Sunday school, 
and partly in distributions of coals to poor parishioners. The Eev. 
J. B. Wilkinson, Rev. John Holmes, Edgar Woolward, and J. 
Howlett, are the trustees. The churchwardens and overseers are- 
trustees of the following property, viz., the Buch Inn, let for £'15 
per annum ; the Town House Cottage, let for <£11 ; the Town Pigli- 
tle, let for £2 ; the Acre Piece, let for 5s. ; and a yearly rent-charge 
of 8s. 4d. out of Daniel Sayer's Mill. The rents are applied in aid 
of the church and poor rates, and other general expenses of the 
parish. It is not known how the property was acquired. Post from 
Halesworth. 
Aldous Samuel, butcher 
Aldrich Abishai, vict. Buck 
Blowers John, parish elk. & schoolmr 
Chipperfield Charles, shopkeeper 
Chipperfield Richard, tailor 
Cracknell Thos. maltster; h Halesworth 
Cracknell Robert, maltster 
Garrod Wm. carpenter, &c 
Green Mattw. & Son, (Oakley John,) 
wheelwrights, smiths, & coach mkrs 
Sadler Wm. bricklayer 
Sayer Daniel, corn miller 



Winter Wm. blacksmith 

farmers. Mayhew John 

* are Owners. 
Aldred Wm. 
Banks John 
Carver John 
♦Carver Samuel 
Fairhead Jonth. 
Garwood George 
Girling Wm. 
Ling Edmund 
*Ling Thomas 



Oldring Garrould 
Reynolds Wm. 
Sadd John, Albeit, 
ThompsonGibbon 
Winter Henry 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Baker David 
Buggs Charles 
Sadler Benjamin 



SIBTON is a pleasant straggling village, on an acclivity S. of the 
river Yox, or Badinghani, 2 miles W. of Yoxford, 5 miles N. hy W. 
of Saxmundham, and 7 miles S. of Halesworth. Its parish contains, 
501 souls, and 2861a. of fertile land, including the hamlet of Sibton 
Green, more than a mile N. of the village ; and several neat scat- 
tered houses. Wm. de Casineto, or Cheney, founded a Cistercian 
Abbey here about the year 1150, and dedicated it the Blessed Virgin. 
It was so richly endowed, that at the dissolution its revenues were 
valued at ^250. 15s. 7jd. per annum. It was granted by 
the abbot and convent themselves to Thomas Duke of Norfolk, 
Anthony Eous, Esq., and Nicholas Hare, in 1536. The Abbey 
Ruins consist of the walls of the refectory, and a portion of the 
chapel ; and other remains of this once splendid abbey, may be seen 
in the walls of the Abbey House. A long terrace and the poor 
which supplied the abbey with water still remain. J. F. P. Scrivener, 
Esq., is lord of the manor of Sibton with its members, and Lord; 
Huntingfield is lord of the manor of Sibton Hall, now a farm- 
house ; but a great part of the parish belongs to other proprietors, 
the largest of whom is J. W. Brooke, Esq , of Sibton Pari', whose 
mansion is a large and handsome structure, erected about twenty- 
five years ago, and standing on a pleasant eminence nearly in the 
centre of a fertile estate of about 1000 acres, (partly in Yoxford,) 
a large portion of which is laid out in beatifuMy timbered pnrk meft- 



320 SIBTOX PARISH. 

dows. pleasure grounds, and gardens, and i y a tine lain,, 

well stored with risk. The grounds nave recent, much im- 

proved. The Church St. Peter} is a tine Gothic fa uric, with a tower 
and five bells. It has a finely carved roof and presents several 
interesting specimens of Norman and Early English architecture. 
The benefice is a vicarage, valued in K.B. at £&. Ss. 4cL, andnowat £200. 
J. Wl Brooke, Esq.. is patron, and the Eev. S. M. TVesthorpe, M.A., 
is the incumbent, and has a good residence and ten acres of glebe. 
The tithes were commuted in 1 843 ; but the great tithes belong to 
the landowners. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel 
here, built in 1836. The Towy Estate consists of a house called 
the Town Rouse, let in four tenements for =£12 a year: Ia. Lb. ?f., 
adjoining the glebe, let for £1. los. ; 11a. 1r. oOp. in Hunting- 
rield, let for £1? : and a house and 3a. 3r. --24p. in Badingharn, 
let for £14 a year. The latter was purchased in 1658. with. 
i£52 derived from a bequest to the poor by Edmund Culling, in 
1639. and £28 belonging to the parishioners. After paying £2. 12s. 
a year to provide bread for the poor, in consideration of Cutting's 
Charity, the rent? ere applied with the church rates. In 1110. John 
and 1 Scrivener settled an estate of 32a. Ob. S&p. in Sibton 

and Peasenhall, and directed one-half of the yearly rent thereof to 
be paid to the Vicar of Sibton, for reading, pray " Wednesday, 

Friday, paid holy-day in the year, and the other half to be employed 
in teaching poor children reading, writing, and arithmetic; and 
putting out apprentices. The estate is let for i'oo per haU 

of which is paid to a schoolmaster and mistress for teaching 12 
poor boys and 12 poor girls. A new School was built in 1^40. by Mr. 
Scrivener. ~Post from Saxmundh 
MarTced ^ live on Sil - 



• x Atloii Abner. shopkeeper 

Brooke John Wm., Esq., S bton Pari 

Groddard Win. shoemaker 

Heywood John, blacksmith 

Pipe Wm, schoolmaster anol vici. 

White Horse 
Poweis James, parish clerk, o^: 
Spink Mrs Hannah. Abbey House 
Turner John, corn milhr 
Westhorpe Eev, Sterling oloslev, AX. A. 

Vicarage 



White 

Whincnp Aim blaoksmi 

FABSTEBS. 
Brown M m. Pipe Rot :- 

- : a Iwin John Pipe 6e : .. 

-.h::Oi; bona 
Moor e G- e orge S o :- rkes J olin 
Payne George, Ha:i Wrighl 
White '. irles .-_" ' ej farm 
Winter Hem-. Hill farm 



SOTHEKTOX, a scattered village, near one of the tributary 
streams of the river Biythe. 4 miles EVHLE of Kalesworth. has in 
its parish 222 souls, and 10S4 acres oi land. The Ear] of Strad- 
broke is lord of the manor, but part of the soil belongs to the 
Xewson, Stane. Sharpen, and other families. The Church St 
Andrew) was completely rebuilt in 1853-4, at the cost of about i'1000, 
raised by subscription and grants. It is a small but neat struc- 
ture in the decorated style : and the living is a discharged rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £5. 6s. Sd., and now at £667. with that of Egges- 
hall annexed to it. The Earl of Stradbroke is patron, and the Eev. 
W. C. Edgell. ELA, of E^geshall. is the incumbent. The 



SOTEERTO". (BLYTEING HDND.) 327 

tithes of Sothenon have been commuted for £27 b per annum. 
Directory : — Mr. Wm. Wallace Bardwell : James Koberts, parish 
clerk : Henry Searle, vict Cross Boas ; and Geo. Betts, Eliz. Clarke, 
James Drake. John Gibson, Bloornneld Hammond. Dd. Piobinson, 
John Stanford, Mary Ann Sowter, and Wm. Underwood, farmers. 

SOCTHWOLD is a small market-town, municipal borough, sea- 
port, lathing place, anal fishing station, pleasantly situated on an 
eminence, overlooking the German Ocean ; nine miles E. of Hales- 
worth, rive miles X.E. by X. of Dunwich, 13 miles S. by W. of Lowes- 
toft, 12 miles S.S.E. of Beccles, and 105 miles 2s. E. of London. 
The town is well built, and consists of one long street, with several 
short ones ; and many of its houses are neat and commodious, and 
have gardens, &c, extending to the edge of the cliff, and command- 
ing extensive marine prospects. It is nearly encompassed by water; 
having the sea on the east. Buss Creek on the north, and Blythe 
Havai near the south end of the town, where two piers were erected 
at the mouth of the river in 1749 and 1752, under the powers of an 
act of Parliament for the improvement of the harbour, under a 
body of local commissioners, who lengthened and repaired Black 
Shore Qu-ay, at the entrance to Buss Creek, in IS 05. Vessels of 120 
tons burthen can be safely moored either in the Blythe or in Buss 
Creek; and the latter has its name from being the resort of fishing 
boats, formerly called busses. The parish, which is co-extensive 
with the borough, contains only about 600 acres of freehold land, 
belonging to various proprietors. It increased its population from 
luoi souls in 1S01, to 4369 in 1S11 : 1676, in 1S2I : 1573, in 1S31 : 
and to 2109 in 1851, exclusive of about 200 sailors and fishermen, 
who were absent when the census was taken. Here is a market for 
provisions every Thursday, and a. Cattle fair oil Trinity Monday. 
The GasWorks were erected in 184U, at the cost of £1550, raised in 
£b shares. Soutlurold Bay, sometimes called Sole Bay, is memor- 
able for a sanguinary naval engagement, which took place in 1672, 
between the combined Heets of England and France on one side. 
and that of the Dutch on the other. The British fleet was com- 
manded by the Duke of York, afterwards James II. The combatants 
were parted in the darkness of the night, during which the Dutch with- 
drew their shattered fleet : which the British, being equally shattered. 
were unable to pursue. In this sanguinary contest the Earl of Sand- 
wich and several other distinguished naval commanders lost their 
lives. The Dutch lost only three ships of war; one burnt, another 
sunk, and a third captured. Then loss in men was great, but never 
published. The French sheered off in the middle of the action, and 
left the English and Dutch to fight it out. The former had two 
ships burnt, three sunk, and one taken, and about 2000 of then men 
were killed or wounded. South wold is not of such high antiquity 
as Dunwich, Blythburgh, and some other neighbouring places; but 
its inhabitants were enabled not only to enter into competition 
with those towns, but in time to surpass them in navigation and 
traffic. Alfric, Bishop of the East Angles, who possessed this 
lordship, gave it, among other donations, to the Abbey oi Bury St. 



328 SOUTHWOLD. 

Edmund's, by which it was held as one manor for the victualling of 
the monks. It had half, and a quarter of the other half of the "sea 
"belonging to the manor, before the Conquerors time paying 20,000 
herrings: but after the conquest, 25,000. From the dimensions of 
this manor given in Domesday survey. Gardner calculates that the 
sea has since gained upon this coast one mile, one furlong, and 19 
perches. In the 43rd Henry III . the manor of South wold was ex- 
changed by Simon, abbot of Bury, tor other possessions, with 
Richard de Clare, Earl of Gloucester, who, in the year ibllowing, 
obtained permission to convert his house in this town into a castlt. 
By his son's wife, Joan of Acres, daughter of Edward L. it was 
carried, on her second marriage, into the family of Mounthermer, 
which had been invested with the earldom of Gloucester and Hert- 
ford ; but in 12th Edward III., some part of the manor was annexed 
to the priory at Wangford, and is now held by the corporation of 
Southwold. of the Earl of Stradbroke. to whom the priory belongs. 
In the tenth of Henry IV., Southwold was exempted from the pay- 
ment of any customs or tolls, for their small boats passing in or out 
of the river, or port of Dunwich. Henry VII.. in consideration of 
the industry and good services of the men of Southwold, made the 
town a free burgh, or corporation, to be governed by two bailiffs, a 
recorder, and other inferior officers, to whom, and the commonalty, 
he gave his lordship of the same, called Queen s demesne revenues? 
and also the privilege of admiralty, for the annual payment of £14* 
He moreover granted them exemption from all dues and customs 
payable to Dunwich. and conferred ou the town the rights of a haven, 
which probably caused the denomination of the port of Dunwich to 
be changed to that of Southwold. Henry VIII. not only confirmed 
all his father s grants, but added to tbem many gifts, franchises, and 
immunities. These royal favours gave great encouragement to the 
trade and navigation of the town, of which the fishery constituted 
no small part; being earned on by merchants, who annually fitted 
dut numerous vessels, tradition says upwards of fifty, for taking cod 
and other fish in the North Sea. The herring fishery off their own 
coast was also highly conducive to the prosperity of the town. 
Though Southwold was sensibly affected by the emancipation of the 
country from the papal supremacy, still it retained an extensive 
trade, and exceeded all the neighbouring towns in shipping and 
commerce. But the greatest calamity thar ever betel this place, 
was on the 25th of April, 1659. when a fine, whose destructive fury 
was heightened by a violent wind, consumed, in the space of four 
hours, the town-hall, market-house, market-place, prison, granaries-, 
shops, warehouses, and 238 dwelling houses, and other buildings. 
The greatest part of the moveable goods, nets, and tackling, of the 
inhabitants for their fishery, and ail their corn, malt, barley, fish-, 
coals, and other merchandise, were destroyed in this conflagration, 
the total loss by which exceeded £40,000, to the ruin of men than 
300 families. By this disaster, many substantial persons were 
obliged to seek habitations elsewhere, so that the town never re- 
covered its former importance either in trade or buildings. All the 
court-baron rolls were destroyed on this occasion, in consequence of 



SOUTHWOLD. 329 

which, all the copyholders of the corporation are "become freeholders. 
About the middle of the last century, the commerce of Southwold 
received a fresh impulse. The entrance of the haven, on the south 
side of the town, was subject to be choked up, till an act of parlia- 
ment was obtained for repairing and improving it. Accordingly, 
one pier was erected on the north side of its mouth, in 1749, and 
another on the south, in 1752. The establishment of the Free- 
British Fishery, in 1750, also contributed greatly to the prosperity 
of the town, where two docks were constructed, and various build- 
ings erected for the making and tanning of nets, and for the de- 
positing of stores. As the beach at Southwold partakes of the ad- 
vantages enjoyed by other towns on this coast for sea bathing, it has : 
of late years derived considerable benefit from the strangers who 
resort to it during the summer season for that purpose, and for 
whose accommodation here are several bathing machines, a num- 
ber of commodious lodging houses, and three good inns. On Gun 
Hill, near the lofty cliffs, are six pieces of cannon, and many neat 
Tillas. The air is highly salubrious, and the walks, drives, and 
Tiews in the neighbourhood are beautifully diversified and pic- 
turesque. After its first incorporation in the 4th of Henry VII. „ 
the town received several royal charters. Until 1835, the governing 
charter was that of William and Mary, under which the COKPO- 
EATION was styled " the bailiffs and commonalty of the town of 
Southwold," and consisted of two Bailiffs, twelve Aldermen, a High- 
Steward, a Coroner, Town Clerk, and other officers. The bailiffs 
were appointed magistrates of the town, judges of its civil court* 
and admirals of the port. By charter, a court of record, an ad- 
miralty court, and a court leet, were appointed to be held, but the 
court of record was discontinued more than a century ago. The 
Borough Gaol was erected in 1819, at the cost of <£570, and com- 
prises only a small airing yard, two cells, and an upper chamber. 
Southwold never enjoyed the privilege of sending representatives ta 
parliament. Under the Municipal Act of 1835, it is included in 
schedule B, amongst boroughs not to have a commission of the 
peace, unless on petition and grant; and under section II. of that 
schedule amongst those the old municipal boundaries of which are- 
to be taken till altered by parliament. The borough is appointed 
by this act to be governed by a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve 
councillors. The new corporation, elected under this reform act, de- 
termined to get rid of their large and long-accumulating debt, by 
the sale of corporate property, which they sold to the amount of 
.£'5670, in 1840 ; when they discharged debts and interest to the 
amount of £6541. 3s. Their receipts for the year ending March, 
1854, amounted to ^530, and their expenditure to £'516. The Earl 
of Stradbroke is chairman of the Harbour Commissioners, and 
the following are the Town Council and Public Officers of the 
Borough : — 

CORPORATION AND OFFICERS. (1854.) 
Mayor, Alfred Lillingstone, Esq. || High Steward. Rt. Wake, M D. 
Aldermen, Peter Palmer, Joseph Artby, James Williams, and Alfred tilling; 
stone, Esqrs. 



330 SOUTHWOLD: 

Councillobs, Messrs. Moses Starkie, John Sawyer, Wm. Sutton, Thomas, 
Bounce, Daniel Fulcher. John L. Ewen. Saml. B. Howard, Edm. Child, John 
Lowsey, Wm. C. Simmons, George E. Child, and John King. 

Justices, the Mayor and Bobert Wake. D. Fulcher, J. Williams, and Alfred 
Lillingstone, Esqrs. 

Town Clerk, Mr. Jonathan Gooding. 

Clerk to the Justices, Mr. Jonathan Eobert Gooding. 

Police Inspector. *<;<:.. Mr. Charles Spurgeon. 

Sergeant at Mace, Mr. Chas. Naunton. 

Fen -Reeve. Mr. Charles Anthony Everett. 

Clerk of llarket. Wm, Fox Bellman, Samuel Strange. 

Petty Sessions for the borough are held on the first Wednesday of e?ery 
month, at the Town Hall; — a large building which is partly used as a police 
station. 

The old Guildhall, which stood in front of the church, was taken 
down in 1815, and a more commodious building erected in its stead, 
at the cost of <£757. 3s. 9d. The ancient Market Cross was sold for 
439, and taken down in 1809. The vane which surmounted it was 
dated 1666. The Custom House is a small building at South Green, 
but Southwold, is now a creek under the port of Lowestoft. Mr. 
Thomas Durrant is the principal coast officer, statioued here. Capt. 
F. TV. Ellis. B.N., is surveyor of the harbour. Here are four pilot 
boats, 13 pilots, and a large new life boat. The latter was pur- 
chased by subscription in 1853, in lieu of one bought in 1841. 
Here are a few coasting vessels, and about 190 fishing boats em- 
ployed along the coast in catching cod, soles, herrings, shrimps, sprats, 
and other fish. Several large boats have recently been built by a 
company for the Yarmouth Herring Fishery. The fish is nearly all 
sold at Lowestoft, which is now rising rapidly in importance, whilst 
Southwold is rather declining. Here are extensive salt works, 
(with warm and cold baths attached,) a fish curing house, two 
breweries, two malthouses, an ironfoundry and an engineering establish- 
ment. The latter belongs to Mr. £. Child, who has erected gas 
works in several small towns, on the most scientific principles. The 
coast guard stationed here consists of an officer and 13 men. 

The first chapel in Southwold was probably built in the reign of 
King John, by the prior and monks of Thetford, who,jn right of 
their cell at Wangford, were patrons of the church of Keydon, to 
which Southwold was then a hamlet. This chapel was destroyed by 
fire about 200 years after its erection. The present parish CHL ECH 
(Saint Edmund,) is supposed to have been commenced soon after 
the destruction of the old chapel. It was considered a parochial 
chapel till 1751, when, being endowed with ^"400 of Queen Anne's. 
Bounty, and a like sum raised by subscription, it was separated 
from Pteydon, and made a distinct perpetual curacy. The church is 
a large and handsome fabric, 143 feet six inches long, and 56 feet 2 
inches broad. Its side aisles are separated from the nave by seven 
arches and six pillars of elegant workmanship. The clerestory has 
36 handsome windows, and the fine open roof is supported by highly 
caiwed hammer beams, rising from corbels of grotesque beads and 
and figures. The tower, which contains a peal of eight bells, is 
about 100 feet high, and is a fine piece of architecture, beautified 
with freestone, intermixed with flints of various colours. The porch, 



SOUTHWOLD. 331 

erected about 1500, is highly ornamented, and bears the name of 
the patron saint, in large Gothic letters, over each of which is 
placed a crown. The north door has a niche on either side, with a 
figure in each, resembling an angel with prodigious wings, in a kind 
of pulpit. The pillars supporting these niches rise from grotesque 
heads. The mouldings between the receding arches of all the doors 
are ornamented with foliage, flowers, grotesque heads, and figures ■; 
as is also the fillet that runs round the body of the church, above 
the windows. The interior has been more highly ornamented than 
the exterior. It contained several images, and the carved work of 
the rood-loft, and seats of the magistrates, now somewhat defaced* 
originally bore a great resemblance to those in Henry the Seventh's 
chapel, at Westminster. Every old pew in the church was likewise 
decorated with representations of birds, beasts, satyrs, or human 
figures, except a few on the north side of the north aisle, and others 
concealed by the folding doors opening into the chancel ; but all 
the pews were removed from the body of the church in 1850, and 
re-placed by handsome open benches, at the cost of £'460. In 1852 
the pulpit was renovated, and a new lectern erected. The chancel 
ceiling is handsomely painted, as is likewise that over the screen in 
the nave. A gallery, containing 140 sittings, was erected in 1837, 
so that the church now contains seats for nearly a thousand hearers, 
of which about 300 are free. The organ was given by Solomon, 
Grout, Esq., in 1825, when a gallery was enlarged for its reception, 
and for providing 100 additional sittings, in consideration of a grant 
from the Society for Building and Enlarging Churches. The altar- 
piece was erected by Mr. Palmer, in 1826. On altering one of the 
pews in the latter year, several coins were found, one of which was 
a silver penny of Edward I., coined at Dunwich. The perpetual 
curacy, valued at £'60, is in the patronage of the Earl of Stradbroke, 
and incumbency of the Eev. John Paistat Crowfoot, M.A. In the 
churchyard lies buried with his two wives, Honor and Virtue, that 
celebrated antiquary Tlws. Gardiner, the historian of Dunwich and 
South wold. On his gravestone is inscribed, " Between Honor and 
Virtue, here doth lie, The remains of Old Antiquity." 

The Independents, who have had a congregation here since 
1695, erected a large and handsome chapel in High street, in 1837, 
at the cost of £'2100. It is of white brick, in the Doric style, and 
has 700 sittings. Here is also a small Baptist Chapel, built in 1821, 
and a Wesleyan Chapel, erected in 1835. 

The Poor and Town Estate, which has long been held in trust for 
the use of the poor, and of the bailiffs and commonalty of the bo- 
rough of Southwold, in equal shares, consists of nearly 20a. of land, 
at Eeydon, let for £31. 10s. a year, and taken in exchange from 
the late Sir Thomas Gooch, for about 18a, of land at Benacre, which 
had been purchased with £100, belonging, one-half to the poor, 
and the other half to the town. The sum of £200 was also paid by 
Sir Thos. Gooch, as a bonus on the exchange, and half of it is still 
vested at interest with the Corporation. One-half of the rent of the 
land is applied in distributions of bread and coals, in winter, among 
poor parishioners, chiefly of the sea-faring class. Besides the £100 



332 



SOUTHWOLD BOROUGH. 



just mentioned, there is a sum of £144. 12s. 3d., held by the Cor- 
poration for the use of the poor, at 5 per cent, interest, being the 
amount of moneys formerly raised by the sale of timber off the 
Benacre land. The interest of both sums is distributed among the 
poor, with the rent of the poor's land. There is also a sum of 2 150 
in the hands of the Corpoation, (at 4 per cent.,) given by John Steel r 
the interest thereof to be distributed yearly among poor widows of 
Southwold. In 1816, John Sayer left <£200 four per cent, consols, 
towards the support of the Burgh School, which is now consolidated 
with the National Sclwol, which is attended by about 140 boys and 
70 girls. On Gun hill, in a picturesque situation near the cliff, is 
an octagonal building called the CASINO, erected in 1810, and 
occupied as a subscription news room, &c. The Southwold Medical 
and Surgical Institution was commenced in 1837, for the relief of 
lying-in women and other sick and infirm poor ; and attached to it 
is a Self-supporting Dispensary, which, for small weekly or monthly 
contributions, affords to the contributors such medical and surgical 
aid as they or their families may require. The Earl of Stradbroke 
is president of this useful institution. 



SOUTHWOLD DIRECTORY. 

Post Office at Miss Emily Bye's, Queen street. Letters are received at 7 in the 
morning, and despatched at 6 in the evening, by foot post to Wangford. 

Marked 1 are in Backstreet; 2, Cliff; 3, East street: 4. Gun hill ; 5, Market place; 
6, Meetinghouse lane ; 7. Queen street : 8, South green; 9, Park lane; 10, Green. 
lane; and the others in High street, or where specified. 

8 Gooding Jonth., solicitor and town elk 
Gooding Jonth. Robt., solicitor, clerk to 

magistrates, and fire, life, and marine 

insurance agent 
Haken Hy., saddler and leather cutter 
Harveys and Hudsons, hankers (on 

Hankeys & Co. 3 ) Mr. J. R. Gooding, 

agent 
Hawes Mrs. Jane Goff Mrs 

Hopkins Rev Wni. (Indpt.) East In 
6 Hotson Mr. Ed. || Hunt Miss 
4 Huntsman Rev Edni. B.A., curate oi 

Wangford 



Allen Robert, stone mason 
Arthy Joseph, chemist and druggist 
Baggot Fredk. and Win., farmers 
Burwood Benjamin, lapidary 
Chapman Joseph, sawyer 
Child Edmund, ironmonger, iron- 
founder, engineer, and gas apparatus 
manufacturer 
Child Geo. & Geo. Edw., engineers, &c 
Chipperfield Saml., marine store dlr 
1 Crisp John, maltster 
J Crisp William, chiropodist 
Critten James, boat builder 
Crowfoot Rev John Rustat, M.A., incbt 
Diver Thos. Owen, manager, East gn 
Durrant Thos., principal coast officer 
8 Ellis Capt. Fras. Wilson, R.N.. sur- 
veyor of the harbour, agent to Lloyds, 
and receiver of droits of Admiralty, 
Hill House 
Eirmin Rev. Robt. MA. (& Yoxford) 
8 Fisk Chas., agent to Freemasons' and 

Genl. Life Assurance Co. 
French Mr. Saml. || Gayford Mrs. P. 
Gayfer Samuel, brewer, maltster, corn 

miller, coal inert., &c. East gn 
Goff John Johnson, miller, and corn and 
coal merchant 



6 Kill wick Mrs My. Ann '' -i Laws Mrs 
2 Ladd Henry, boat builder 
Lillingstone Alfred, Esq. The Lodge 
Lloyd John, brewer, Church street 
Maggs Jas.. auctioneer and estate agi 

S Martin Mr Wm. || 6 Magub Mrs E. 
Newson James, carrier, North gTeen 
4 Norton Mrs Clara Palmer Mrs E. 
Palk Thos. Nicholas, china. &c. dlr 
Palmer Benj., gas works manager 
Pead Charles, salt works manager 
Prestwidge Thomas, lapidary 

7 Rayley Captain Charles, R.N. 

8 Robilliard Mr Nathaniel 
Sheriffe Miss Harriet, Centre Cliff 



SOUTHWOLD DIRECTORY. 



333 



■Shrimpton Mrs L. |j Smith Mr T. B. 
8 Simmons Lieut. Wm. C, R.N. 
"Spurgeon Chas., police inspector, &c. 
Starkie Mr Moses, Albert place 
Thompson Mrs Betsey, Park lane 
8 Turner Mrs Eliz. | WiggJas., sexton 
Vanneck The Hon. Thompson 
Yertue Francis Henry, surgeon 
Wake Robert, M.D. Queen street 
5 White James, watchmaker, &c. 
Widgery John, coast guard officer 
Wilkinson and Littleboy, salt mfrs. and 

coal and coke merchants 
Williams James, surgeon 
8 Yarborough Mrs. Elizabeth 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Crown Hotel, Sarah Hall 
.Fishing Buss, John Dandy Strowger, 

Black Shore 
King's Head, William Goldsmith 
3 Lord Nelson, Thomas Penny 
5 Old Swan and Royal Hotel, Elizabeth 

Bokenham 
S Pilot Boat, James Woodard 
8 Red Lion Inn, Lydia Martin 
South wold Arms, Rd. Ruius Boniwell 



ACADEMIES. 

Critten Hannah 
Diver — 

Hopkins RevWm. 
Hotson Jane 
Isaacs Joseph 
Jermyn Louisa 

BAKERS, FLOUB 
DLRS . & CONEECTR3 

7 Bales John 

8 Chapman Rd. 
1 Lee James 

5 Lincoln Wm. 
1 Naunton Thos. 
8 Sones John 
5 Strange Samuel 

BASKET MAKERS. 

Money William 
Newson John 
Perfect Joseph 

BEERHOUSES. 

10 Battram Geo. 
Chapman Wm. 
Doy Thomas 
10 Goldsmiih Eliz 
Garrod Henry 
Sayer Henry 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Blowers William 
Downing Wm. 

BOOKSELLERS, &C. 

7 Bye Emily 
7 Drewall Robert, 
and printer 



2 Lowsey Lydia 

BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

3 Balls Samuel 
Haken Henry 

7 Lincoln James 
10 Naunton Geo,, 

and coal dlr 
Nunn William 
Patman Robert 
3 Wells Francis 

BRICKLAYERS AND 
PLASTERERS. 

1 CarterB.Howard 

8 Carter Charles 
Carter Robt. parish 

clerk 
3 Sutton Wm. 

BUTCHERS. 

Everett Chas. A. 
5 Oldring Lydia 

CABINET MAKERS. 

3 Mayhew Fredk. 
Wright Jonth. 

COOPERS. 

Crisp B. Church st 
King John, and 
sail maker 

FISH MERCHANTS. 

Jillings J. Reydon 
Lawrence Hugh, 

JValberswick 
Stern Daniel 
Stern Danl. jun. 
Woodard James 



GARDENERS. 

Pearl Robt. Barna- 

by green 
8 Smith John 

GROCERS &■ DPRS. 

3 Benstead John 
Bond George 
Debney Rt. John 

and Son (Hy. 

John), house 

agents, &c. 
Denny Fdk. Wade 
8 Garrod Henry 
5JeilicoeThos.Hy. 

and insurance 

agent 
5 Moore William 

HATR DRESSERS. 

3 Cable Walter 
Mayhew George 

JOINERS & BLDRS. 

Boniwell Rd. R. 
Fulcher Daniel 

3 Palmer Peter 
Sawyer John, Al- 
bert place 

LODGINGS. 

(Also at many of the 

Tradesmen s.) 
2 BuckinghamJno. 
8 Carter Charles 
2 Craigie John 
8 Garrod Eliz. 
Hotson Mary 
8 Pearl James 
8 Sones John 
2 Sones Mrs 

4 Stannard Geo. 
2 Waters Sus. 

2 Williams Saml. 

MASTER MARINERS. 

(* are Pilots.) 
3*Aldrich Wm. 
2*Aldrich W. jun. 
2*Bokenham John 

3 Easey Wm. 

3 Elmy George 
3 Form an Daniel 
6*Girling Wm. 
Herrington Benj. 
3 Jams Thomas 
3 Land William 
2 Lilley Wm. 
2*Lowsey John 
Magub George 
8 Magub John 
Magub William 
2*Montagu John 
8 Palmer John 



2* Reeve J. 
7* Rogers John 
3*Simpson Wm. 
8 Smith Henry 

8 Sones John 

9 Stannard Fras. 

10 Taylor Edw. 

3 Twaddle Marshl, 
3*Warnes George 
3 Waters William 

2 Wavthe Edw. A. 
9 Waythe Fras. 

MILLINERS, &C 

Hotson Chtte. 

3 Mayhew Isbla. 

7 Rogers My. Ann 
7 Sawyer Priscilla 
1 Smith Emily 

7 Stammers B. 

PLUMBERS, GLZRS., 
AND PAINTERS. 

Boyce James 

8 Bounce Thomas 
1 Taylor George 

ROPE, &C. MKRS. 

Goodwin Jasper 
Oldring Henry 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

1 Baxter Benj. 
Burcham Mary 
7 ChittleburghMy. 
Greenard Mary 
3 Haylock Robt. 
3 Palmer Peter 
1 Smith Robert 

TAILORS. 

Botham Henry 
Cordel John 
5 Denny Wm. 
Newson Richard 

COACHES. 
To Ipswich and 
Lowestoft daily, 
and to Yarmouth 
Mon., Wed. and 
Saturday. 

CARRIERS. 
Jas. Newson and 
Rt. Bedingfield, 
to Halesworth, 
Y a r m o u t h, 
Lowestoft, &c. 

STEAMPACKET 
for London and 
Yarmouth, calls 
off the beach. 



334 BLYTHING HUNDRED. 

SPEXHALL, 2 miles N. by W. of Halesworth, is a scattered 
parish, containing 196 souls and 1484 acres of land, rising in bold 
acclivities from one of the tributary streams of the Blythe. The 
principal proprietors are, Messrs. W. and J. Garrould (owners of the 
Hall and Grove farms), Wm. Long, Esq., Sir E. Kerrison, Thomas 
Morse, Esq., and Mr. Girling. The Poor's Land, given by an un- 
known donor, consists of five acres at Holton, let for <£15. The 
Church (St. Peter) is a small ancient structure, and the benefice is 
& discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at <£14, and now having 45 
acres of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of <£297. 15s , in lieu of 
tithes. The Lord Chancellor is patron, and the Eev. Chas. Craven, 
M.A., is the incumbent. 



Baker John and Henry, shoemakers 

Craven Rev Charles, M.A., Rectory 

Finch Joseph, blacksmith 

Reynolds David, vict. Huntsman and 

j Hounds 

Post from Halesworth. 



farmers: — Adams James 
Cady Samuel || Claxton Henry 
Coates Hy, B. || Covell William 
Garrould James, Grove, and Wm. Hall 
Garland Francis || Girling Edw. 
Moor John ]| Palmer Jonathan 
Saunders Benj. || Reynolds Dd. 



STOVEN, a small scattered village and parish, 5 miles N.E. by 
E. of Halesworth, and 2\ N.W. of Wangford, has 217 souls and 
797 acres of land, mostly freehold. Earl Stradbroke is lord of the 
manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to W. B,. Bevan, Esq., 
Frederick Barne, Esq., and a few smaller owners. The Church (St. 
Margaret), is a line antique structure of Norman architecture, but 
a great part of it has recently been rebuilt, at the cost of <£l 100. It 
was appropriated to Wangford Priory, and at the dissolution the 
rectory was granted to the Duke of Norfolk. The benefice is a per- 
petual curacy, valued at £69. The Eev. George Orgill Leman, 
M. A, of Brampton Hall, is impropriator, patron, and incumbent, 
and has a yearly rent charge of <£200 in lieu of tithes. A cottage* 
called the Town House, let to three tenants for M. 6s. per annum ; 
and about two acres of land, let for £2. 5s., have been held by the 
churchwardens from time immemorial for the relief of the poor. 

tDavy John, carpenter 
Moore Groves, parish clerk 
Smith Edgar, shopkeeper 
Smith William, blacksmith 
"Young Wm., vict. Cherry Tree 

THEBERTON, a pleasant village on an eminence, 6 miles N. by 
W. of Aldborough, and 3 miles N.E. by E. of Saxmundham, has in 
its parish 591 inhabitants, and 1954 acres of land, bounded on the 
north by the river Minsmere, which empties itself through a small 
'haven into the sea, about 3 miles E. of Theberton. In 1810, an act 
of parliament was obtained for draining the low marsh lands, called 
the Minsmere Level, and lying within the parishes of Leiston, The* 
berton, Dunwich, Middleton-cum-Fordley, and Westleton. This 
'level comprises 1459 acres, and is now well drained and cultivated, 
as noticed with Leiston, at page 318. Theberton includes the ham- 
let of East Bridge, 1 mile E. ofithe church. The executors of the 



FARMERS. 

Andrews Alfred Eockhill Isaac 

Evans Wm. || Eockhill John 
Gooch Thomas [| Eockhill Thos. 
Post from Wangford 



THEBERTON PARTSH. 335 

late Eev. Charles Montagu Doughty, B.A., are lords of the manor 
of Theberton. The Hall, a handsome white brick mansion, in a 
small but well wooded park, was built in 1792, by the late George 
Doughty, Esq., but is now unoccupied. A great part of the soil 
belongs to Lord Huntingfield and the Eight Hon. Milne r Gibson, 
M.P. The latter is one of the representatives of Manchester, and 
resides at Theberton House, 1 mile E. of the village, a commodious 
stuccoed mansion, which was much improved in 1830, and has a 
Tbeautiful lawn, pleasure grounds and gardens, comprising about 50 
acres. The Church (St. Peter) is a small antique fabric, with a 
round tower, containing four bells. A gallery was erected at the 
.west end in 1841. The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in 
3LB. at <£26. 13s. 4d., and now at i^354. It is in the patronage of 
the Crown, and incumbency of the Eev. Henry Hardinge, B.A., who 
ias 13a. 3p. of glebe, and a good residence. The patronage was 
formerly in Leiston Abbey. An Infant School was built here by 
subscription in 1838, at the cost of <£120. There is a small Primi- 
tive Methodist chapel at East Bridge. Post from Saxmundham. 

Rivers George, land surveyor, &c. 
Rouse James, beerhouse 
Tongate Wm., grocer & dpr., Post office 
Walker William, shopkeeper 
Waller John, corn miller 

FAEMEKS. 



Bailey Jph. and Thos., blacksmiths 

Burley Saml., shoemkr. and shopkpr 

Clarke Henry, bricklayer 

Eade William, land agent 

Gibson Et. Hon. Milner, M.P., Theher- 

ton House 
Halls Edmund, butcher and vict. White 

Lion 
Hardinge Eev. Hy., B.A., Rectory 
Hill Hammond, gardener 
Pipe Wm., shoemkr. and parish clerk 



Agissing Margaret || Burley John 
Ablet John |] Johnson John 
Barber James || Newson Wm. 
BedingfieldJ. || Thurlow — 
Brown Eobert || Webb James 
Geater Daniel 



THOBINGTON, 8 miles N. by E. of Saxmundham, and 4 miles 
S.E. of Halesworth, has in its parish 157 souls, and 1374a. 1r. 2p. of 
land, exclusive of roads and a lew acres of common. Its houses are 
scattered. Col. Henry Bence Bence, of Thorington Hall, owns 
nearly all the parish, and is lord of the manor, which is called Thor- 
ington Wimples, and was anciently the demesne of Walter de Nor- 
wich. It afterwards passed to the Uffords and Cokes, but has been 
long held by the Bence family, one of whom, about two centuries 
ago, fixed his seat at the Hall, which was rebuilt in 1820, at the cost 
of about <£1 6,000, and stands in a pleasant park of nearly 200 acres, 
near the Beccles road, 6^- miles N.N.E. of Saxmundham. It is a 
handsome mansion of white brick, with a noble Ionic portico, and 
many elegant apartments. The Church (St. Peter) is an ancient 
edifice with a round tower, and was repaired and repewed in 1836, 
at the cost of ^200 The living is a discharged rectory, valued in 
K.B. at £7, and now having 11a. 2r. 17p. of glebe, and a yearly 
rent charge of ^283 in lieu of tithes. Col. Bence is patron, and the 
Bev. T. S. Bence incumbent. The Church Land is let for £2 per 
annum. No Where House, within the bounds of Thorington, is 
extra parochial, but is now only an unoccupied cottage. Post from 
Saxmundham. 



336 



THORINGTON PARISH. 



Bence Henry Bence, Esq. Hall 
Bence Bev Thos. Starkie, B.A., Rectory 
Bond Eobert, land agent 
Clarke John, gardener 
Marshland Samuel, gamekeeper 



Noy James, parish clerk 

FARMERS. 

Catling Samuel || Coborn Chas. G. 
Catling Wm. || Peek James 
Chambers Fras. || Bush James 



UBBESTON, near one of the sources of the river Blythe, 6^ miles 
S.W. of Halesworth, N.W. of Saxmundharn, and N.N.E. of Fram- 
lingham, is a scattered parish containing 208 inhabitants, and 1207a. 
1b. 14p. of land. Lord Huntingfield is lord of the manor, but part 
of the soil belongs to the Bev. E. H. Frere, Sir B. S. Adair, and 
several smaller owners. The manor was held by St. Neots priory, 
and was granted at the dissolution to John Pope, Esq. It was for 
a long period the seat and property of the Sones, whose heiress car- 
ried it in marriage, in the 17th century, to the ancient family of 
Xemp, who for some time occupied the Hall, now a farm house. 
The Church (St. Peter) is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at 
£6. 13s. 4d., but endowed with the rectoiial tithes by Mrs. Mary 
Sone, in 1685. The glebe is nearly 7a., and the tithes have been 
commuted for a yearly rent charge of £316. 16s. The Bev. E. Hol- 
lond is patron, and the Bev. Samuel Badeley, LL.B., of Yoxford, is 
the incumbent. The Poofs Estate consists of two cottages, a gar- 
den, and a blacksmith's shop, let for £17. 10s. a year. 



Burgess John, corn miller 
Garrard Hatsel, grocer 
Jewell John, smith & vict. Wheaf Sheaf 
Threadgale Joseph, wheelwright 
Post from Saxmundharn. 



FARMERS. 

Ashford Pp. | 
George Henry 
Kemp James 
Mann John I 



May Joseph 
Oldridge James 
| Prime William 
j Roberts John 
Shaw Henry, Hall 



UGGE SHALL, a parish and scattered village, 1 mile N. of 
Wangford, and 5J miles E.N.E. of Halesworth, and N.W. by W. 
of Southwold, contains 293 souls and 1473 acre's of land. The Earl 
of Stradbroke is lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil be- 
longs to Mrs. Allen, Kev. J. Borton, Bev. B. Chapman, and a few 
smaller owners. The Church (St. Mary) is a small ancient struc- 
ture, but the tower went to decay about a century ago. The nave 
and chancel were repaired, and a new east window inserted, in 
1853-4. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £13. 6s. 8d., and in 1835 at 
£614, with that of Sotherton annexed to it, is in the patronage 
of the Earl of Stradbroke, and incumbency of the Bev. W. C. 
Edgell, M.A., who has here a neat residence, and 42a. of glebe. 
'The tithes of Uggleshall have been commuted for a yearly rent 
charge of £392. The poor have a cottage given by one of the 
Platers family, let for £3, and an allotment of 4a. 37p. awarded 
at the enclosure in 1799, and now let for £6. 6s. per annum. 
They have also 10s. a year out of land called Ganders Hill, given 
"by an unknown donor. Post from Wangford; and carriers to 
Southwold and Yarmouth from the Buck. 



Baxter Samuel, shopkeeper 
Edgell Kev Wm. Chas., MA., Rectory 
Kent Wm., wheelwright and parish elk 
Mitchell Henry, postman 



Eockhill William, corn miller 
Watson William, blacksmith 
Wright Jas. smith and vict. Buck 
Youngman Mrs. Ana 



UGGLESHALL. (BLYTHING HUNDRED ) 337 



FARMERS. 

Bard well Charles, Manor House 
Churchman Edw. || Eade Wm, 
•Gilbert Isaac || Gray Samuel 



Girling James, Uggeshall Hall 
Hadingham Geo. || Jennings Wm. 
Leman Timothy |J Young John 
Youngman William 



WALBEESWICK, an ancient village, near the sea, on the south, 
side of the river Blythe, li mile S.S.W. of Southwold, and 3^ miles 
^N.N.E. of Dunwich, has in its parish 357 souls and 1960 acres of 
land. It is a place of great antiquity, and was once a considerable 
town, which carried on an extensive commerce both by land and 
■sea, especially in fish ; having, in 1451, thirteen barks trading to 
Iceland, Ferro, and the North Seas, and twenty-two fishing boats 
employed off this coast. The alteration of the port, which ruined 
the town of Dunwich, proved a source of increased prosperity to 
Walberswick, which continued to thrive till the middle of the six- 
teenth century, when the alteration made in the established religion 
proved highly detrimental to this, as well as to many other towns 
on the coast, whose principal support was derived from the fishery. 
Erom that time Walberswick began gradually to decline, and re- 
peated and destructive conflagrations hastened its ruin. Before 
1583, it suffered severely by fire ; in 1633, a great part of it was 
burned ; in 1683, it was again visited by a similar scourge ; and in 
1749, about one-third of the small remains of the town was con- 
sumed. Here is now a quay for vessels of 100 tons, and a lime- 
kiln, built in 1839, by Mr. Samuel Gayfer, the present proprietor. 
'Sir Charles Blois, Bart., is lord of the manor, which is mostly free- 
hold, and the other principal landowners are Mr. Wm. Borrett and 
Oharles Peckover, Esq. The Church (St. Andrew) was rebuilt by 
the parishioners, who commenced the new fabric in 1473, and 
finished it in 1493. It was a large and handsome structure, and 
contained a chapel of Our Lady, and images of the Holy Trinity, 
the Eood, St. Andrew, and several other saints. Though it suf- 
fered considerably from the puritanical visitors of the 17th century, 
it continued nearly entire till 1696, when the inhabitants, unable to 
support the charge of repairs, took down the greater part of it. re- 
serving only the south-west angle for divine service, but the tower 
and some of the outer walls of the chancel are still standing. When 
entire, the church was 124 feet long, and 60 broad. The tower, 
which is 90 feet high, was partly blown down in 1839, but was 
repaired in the following year. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, 
valued at <£41, and enjoyed by the Eev. Thomas Harrison, together 
with that of Blythburgh. Sir Charles Blois is patron, and also im- 
propriator of the tithes, which were commuted, in 1840, for a yearly 
rent-charge of <£193. The late Sir Charles Blois gave the present 
neat Parsonage House. Here is a small Independent Chapel, erected 
in 1831, and a Primitive Methodist Chapel, erected in 1846. Lamp- 
land Marsh, let for M per annum, has been held from time im- 
memorial for the reparation of the church. Upon 34 acres of 
enclosed marsh, every householder has a right to turn one head of 
cattle. On 40 acres of salt marsh, all parishioners have a right 

p 



338 



WALBERSWICK PARISH. 



to turn what stock they choose, and the poor avail themselves 
of the privilege by feeding upon it great quantities of geese. A 
heath of 84^- acres is an open pasture for all resident parishioners, 
who have also the liberty of cutting furze, turf, ling, ccc. The 
tenant of "Westvvood Lodge (see page 293) has also the right of 
turning sheep upon this heath, adjoining which is 3^- acres of 
open marsh, stocked in the same manner. This marsh might be 
enclosed and improved at a small expense. Post and Carriers 
from Southwold. 



Banks John, boot and shoemaker 
Chapman Rachel, dressmaker 
Cleveland Win. shopkeeper 
Cullingford Piobert, bricklayer 
Crisp Isaac, vict. Blue Anchor 
Gayfer Samuel, lime burner and corn 

and coal merchant ; h Reydon 
Harrison Rev Thomas, incumbent 
Lawrence Hugh, fish mert. & vict. Bell 



Osborne Wm. shopkeeper 
Threadgale Rachel, schoolmistress 
Thrower Samuel, parish clerk 
Whincop Charles, blacksmith 
Wright Henry and Henry Jonathan,, 
master mariners 

farmers. I Borrett "Win. 
Galer Jas. I! Wigg Edw., Manor House 
Leverett John | Wright Benjamin 



WALPOLE, a village on a pleasant acclivity above the small 
river Blythe, 2J- miles S.S.W. of Halesworth, has in its parish 
563 souls and 1652a. 3r. 22p. of land, in the manor of Walpole- 
with-Chickering, of which Lord Huntingfield is lord, but part of 
the soil belongs to the Cooper, Tatlock, Jay, Raymond, and other 
families. The Church (St. Mary) has been rebuilt of white brick, 
and has a wooden steeple. The rectory was appropriated to the 
nuns of Redlingfield, but the whole parish is now tithe-free, except 
a yearly rent- charge of £37. 7s. 10d., payable to Lord Huntingfield. 
The perpetual curacy, valued at only £Sb is in the gift of the Church 
Patronage Society, and incumbency of the Rev, Robert Kemp, of 
Wissett. Here is an Independent Chapel, erected in 1647. Its walls 
are of timber frames, filled up with laths and plaster, and it contains 
three galleries. The Parish School here was built in 1823. The 
Town JEJ state, held from a remote period for tbe general benefit 
of the inhabitants, consists of 3a. of land let for £b. 10s. per an- 
num; the site, yards, &c, of the old town-house, let in 1824 on a 40 
years' lease, at 7s. 6d. per annum, the lessee covenanting to erect a 
new house ; an acre of land called Clink, let in 1800 on a 99 years' 
lease, at the yearly rent of £1 ; and three small ground rents, 
amounting to 4s. 6d. a year. The rents are applied with the church 
rate. In 1701, Thomas Neale left out of a farm at Cookley, now 
belonging to Mr. Saunders, the yearly rent-charges of £2. 10s. for 
schooling five poor children, and 10s. to buy them books. 



Auger Richard, veterinary surgeon 

Blaxhill Samuel F. wheelwright 

Ingate Eobert, corn miller 

Kemp Charles, tailor 

King James, basket maker 

Larter Wm. jun. parish clerk 

Lewis Rev John Fleetwood (Indpt.) 

Morse Daniel, saddler, &c. 

Page Ths. gent |] Sampson Rt. school 

Stanford Philip, builder and beerhouse 



White James, gardener and beerhouse 
Woods Wm. vict. Bell 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Hancer Edmond 
Rendlesham Wm. 

BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

Ludbrook John 
Salter Coleby 

FARMERS. 

Bootman Robert 



Chapman John 
Goddard Samuel 
FiskeFdk.,Hillhs 
Pashley Daniel T. 
Philpot Francis 
Roper Robert 
Smith James 
Stofer Wm. 



BLYTHIXG HUNDRED. 339 



ThurlowJohn 
White Jeremiah 
Winter John 



Wright Samuel 

GROCERS, &C, 

Bensteacl Samuel 



Bishop Thos.tailor 

Butcher John 
Xotley Alfred 



Post from Hales- 

worth 



WAXGFORD is a large village, with a Post Office, on the Yar- 
mouth road, near a tributary stream of the river Blythe, 4 miles 
N.W. of Southwold, 5^ miles E. by X. of Halesworth, &| miles S. 
byE. of Beccles, and 12 miles X.X.E. of Saxmundham. Its parish 
is in two townships — WAXGFORD and HEXHAM, the former of 
which has 829 acres, and 713 souls: and the latter 101 souls, and 
about 1500 acres of land, nearly half of which is in the extensive 
Parle of Henham Hall, the elegant seat of the Earl of Stradbroke, 
who owns most of the parish, and is lord of the manors. Wang- 
ford had formerly a Priory, or Cell of Cluniac monks, subordinate 
to Thetford, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It is said to have 
been founded before the year 1160, by Doudo Asini, steward of the 
King's household. It was often seized during the wars with France 
as alien, but was made denizen in the 17th of Richard H. At the 
general dissolution its revenues were valued at <£30. 9s. 5d. per 
annum, though it had then only a prior and two monks. It was 
granted, together with the monastery of Thetford, to Thomas, Duke 
of Xorfolk, whose sod sold it in 1612, to Sir John Rous, Knight, 
an ancestor of the Earl of Stradbroke. its present owner. It stood 
on what is now called the Abbey Lands, but no vestiges of it are 
extant. Petty Sessions are held at the Angel Inn on the first Tues- 
day of every month. Mr. F. Cross, of Halesworth, is clerk to the 
magistrates. The Church (St. Peter) is a small structure, built 
partly of flints and partly of brick, and has a modern spire steeple 
rising from the north-east angle, and containing five bells. The 
interior is neatly fitted up, and has several handsome monuments 
in memory of the late Earl of Stradbroke and several of his prede- 
cessors. The organ was purchased in 1839. The Earl of Strad- 
broke is impropriator of the tithes, and those due from land not 
belonging to him were commuted in 1848 for <£93 per annum. He 
is also patron of the perpetual curacy, valued in 1835, at <£'79, and 
now enjoyed by the Rev. Win. French, M.A. The National School 
was established in 1844. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, 
built in 1827, and an Independent chapel, erected in ] 831. The 
small bridge, at the west end of the village, was built in 1843, after 
two unsuccessful attempts to obtain a good foundation. The Town 
House, consisting of two small tenements, occupied rent-free by 
poor widows, has been vested for the use of the poor from time im- 
memorial. The poor parishioners have a yearly rent-Gharge of £5, 
left by an unknown donor, out of a farm in Wangford, belonging 
to the Earl of Stradbroke. 

Henham township, generally called a hamlet, adjoins Wangford on 
the west, and has 101 inhabitants, and about 1500 acres of land, of 
which 806 acres are in Henham Park, which is well- wooded, and 
has many large oaks, though 1100 of the latter were cut down in 
1842, and sold for £8S00. The roads from Blythburgh to Beccles 



840 



HENGHAM. (BLYTHING HUNDRED.) 



-and Lowestoft bound the park for about two miles on the east and 
west; and in the northern part of it, on a pleasant eminence, 4 
miles E. by N. of Halesworth, and W.N.W. of Southwold, stands 
Henham Hall, the seat of the Earl of Stradbrohe, whose family 
has resided here more than three centuries, The present hall is of 
modern erection, having been built after the destruction of the old 
mansion by fire, in May, 1773, the loss on which occasion was 
estimated at <£30,000. Ealph Baynard had the lordships of Hen- 
ham and Wangford at the Domesday survey. In the time of 
Edward I., they belonged to Eobert Lord Kerdeston. About 1440, 
they passed to the De la Poles ; and in the time of Henry VIII. , to 
the ancient family of Rous, who removed hither from Dennington, 
where they had long been seated. In 1660, John Rous, Esq., of 
Henham, was created a baronet, and one of his descendants, Sir 
John Eous, the 6th baronet, was created Baron Rous, of Denning- 
ton, in 1796, and Viscount Dunwich and Earl of Stradbrohe, in 1821. 
He died in 1827, and was succeeded by his eldest son, the present 
Right Hon. John Edward Gornwallis Rous, Eabl of Stradbroke, 
&c, who was born in 1794. His brother, the Hon. Admiral Henry 
John Rous is heir presumptive of the estates and titles, and resides 
at Worsted House, Norfolk. 



WANGFORD PARISH. 

Marked * are in Henham. 

Post Office at Read & Tyler's., Let- 
ters desp. at 7 evening by Ipswich 
and Yarmouth Mail Cart. Money 
Orders granted and paid. 

'Earl of Stradbroke, Lord-Lieuten- 
ant and Vice- Admiral of Suffolk, 
Henham Hall 

Baldry James, watchmaker 

Barber Elizabeth, straw hat maker 

Baxter Stephen, wheelwright 

Bicker John, timber mert. (Snell &B.) 

Boyce Wm. saddler and parish clerk 

Cleveland Robert, veterinary surgeon 

Cleveland Harriet, dressmaker 

Court Thomas, schoolmaster 

Croft John, builder 

Crowe Thomas, corn miller 

Freeman George Philip, auctioneer, 
valuer, and estate & insurance agent, 
(and at Halesworth) 

* Freeman Thomas, land agent 

French Rev Wm., M.A. incumbent 

Fryett Peter, shopkeeper 

Fuller Robt. baker || Gooch Mr Wm. 

Garrod Daniel, hairdresser 

Herring John and Son, painters, plum- 
bers, &c. 

Howse Edward, shopkeeper 

Kennedy Clark, vict. Angel 



King Henry, beerhouse 

Newberry Wm. vict. Swan 

Perry Wm. cattle dealer 

Rackham Wm. A. surgeon 

Read (Ezekiel) and Tyler (John,) gro- 
cers, drapers, and agents to Norwich 
Union Fire Office, Post Office . 

Reeve Robert, butcher 

Rolfe John, tailor 

Smith John, glover 

Snell (John) and Bicker (John), Eng- 
lish timber merts., & dealers in sawn, 
stuff for wheelwrights, coopers, &c. 

Stimpson Samuel, beerhouse 

Taylor Mr Jas. || Tann Henry, shopr 

Terry James, saddler 

Terry Mr Wm. || Wade W. police 

Tink Denny, carpenter 

Wales Sarah, grocer and draper 

Wright Matthias, vict. Lion 

Woolnough John, bricklayer 



BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

Barber Wm. 
Beets John 
Welton Henry 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Andrews Richard 
Cutts Robert 

FARMERS. 

Easthaugh Jonth. 



& maltster, Elm 
Mayhew Geo. Ling 
Phillipio Wm. 
* Reeve Richard 
*Saunders John 
COACH and CAR- 
RIERS to Ips- 
wich, Yarmouth, 
&c, daily 



WENHASTON, a large straggling village, on an eminence over- 
looking the vale of the river Blythe, 3 miles S.E. by E. of Hales- 
worth, has in its parish 2L93a. 2r. 16p. of land, and 1008 inhabit- 



WENHASTON PARISH. 341 

ants, of whom about 110 are in MELLES, or Mells, a hamlet of 
scattered farms and a few cottages, on the south bank of the Blythe y 
2 miles E.S.E. of Halesworth, where there are considerable ruins 
oiMelles Chapel, which was dedicated to St. Margaret. Wenhaston- 
was held by Sibton Abbey, and was granted at the dissolution ta 
Thomas, Duke of Norfolk. It afterwards passed to the Sparrow, 
Leman, and other families. It lies mostly in the manors of Wen- 
haston Grange and Thorington Hall, of which the Bev. Jeremy 
Day is lord ; and partly in Col Bence's manor of Thorington Wim- 
poles. The manor of Melles and a great part of the soil in that 
hamlet belongs to the trustees of the late — Collison, Esq. It was 
held by Mettingham College, and was granted at the dissolution to 
Thomas Denney. N. Micklethwaite, Esq., Henry Bead, Esq., and 
the Youngs, Burgess, and some other families have estates in the 
parish. The Church (St. Peter) stands on an eminence, command- 
ing a view of the sea, and is an ancient structure, with a tower and 
six bells. It has several monuments of the Lemans, who were 
formerly seated at the Hall, now occupied by a farmer. The living 
is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £'6. 0s. 10d., and now at 
.£'110, in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency or: 
the Bev. Thomas Greenland, B.A. B. K. Cobbold, Esq., is impro- 
priator of the rectorial tithes, which were commuted for a yearly 
rent-charge of <£378. 2s. 3d. in 1839, when the vicarial tithes were 
also commuted for £142 per annum. Here is a Wesley an Chapel y 
built in 1822, and enlarged in 1835. Here is also a small Primi- 
tive Methodist Chapel. The Town Estate, let for £54 a year, 
which is applied with the church rate, comprises a building in four 
tenements, anciently called the Guildhall, granted by the prior of 
Blythburgh ; 4a. of land, vested at a remote period for the use of 
the church and poor ; and about 16a., formerly waste land, granted 
by the lord of the manor of Blythburgh, in 1770. Wm. Pepyn, 
in 1562, bequeathed for the schooling of poor children, property 
now consisting of a dwelling, called the School-house, and 3a. 2k. 
26p. of land, let for £14 a year. In 1563, Reginald Lessey left for 
the same purpose 3a. of copyhold land, near Blythburgh, now let 
for £10 a year. The rents and interest are paid to a schoolmaster 
for instructing 21 poor children in reading, writing, and arithmetic. 
In 1680, Mary Collen left a yearly rent-charge of £3, for repairing 
her monument and the relief of six poor widows. A hiring of ser- 
vants is held at Wenhaston on October 12th. 

WENHASTON PAKISH. 

Marked * are in Melles hamlet. 
Baker Mrs Maria 



Benstead Hy. saddler, & Harriet, baker 
Brunning George, bricklayer 
Butcher George, corn and coal mert 
Cullam Jonas, baker and flour dealer 
Dickenson James, hairdresser 
Everitt James, schoolmaster 
Friend Samuel and Sarah, beerhouse 
Greenland Rev Thos., B.A. incumbent 
Lambert Wm. thatcher 
Marsden Elizabeth, schoolmistress 



Mortimer James, bricklayer 
Mortimer Harriet, schoolmistress 
Plant John, farrier 
Wallage George, tinner and brazier 
Watling Frederick, vict. Compasses 
White Chas.jun., relieving officer, regr., 
and inspector of weights & measures- 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Danford James 
Swaine .Robert 

BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

Friend Samuel 
Harper Samuel 



Hubbard James 
Lndbrooke Robert 
Peck Wm. 
Smith Henry 
Tuthill John 



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WEXHASTON PARISH. 



BUTCHEES. 

Hubbard Benj. 
Raven Rbt. beerhs 

COEX MILLERS, 

Andrews Wm. 
*Higham Samuel 

FARMERS. 

*Adams Robert 
*Blowfield Robert 
Burgess Thomas 
Butcher Francis 
Butcher George 



Friend Wm. 
Garrard Seaman 
Geater John. Hall 
Lay James 
*Lay Robert 
*Spall David 
Wade Samuel 
* Wells James 
Youngs John 

grocers, &c. 
Adams Joseph 
Brunning John I 



Cole Wm. 
Danford Robert, & 

drill maker 
Hubbard Benj. 
Ludbrooke Robert 
Nesling James 
Richardson Jermh. 

JOINERS, &c. 

Cole Wm. 
Watling Frederick 
Webb Robert 



TAILOBS. 

Butcher Matthew 
Peck Joseph 
White Cs.ojpar.clk 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Xunn James, and 

millwright 
Peck James 
POST OFFICE 

at G. Butcher's. 

Letters via 

Halesworth 



WESTHALL, 3 miles N.E. of Halesworth, has in its parish 412 
inhabitants, 2194 acres of land, and many scattered houses, stretch- 
ing more than two miles N.W. of the church to the source of a 
rivulet; and mostly situated on the margins of four greens or com- 
mons, which comprise 125 acres, on which all the parishioners have 
a right of pasturage, according to the extent of their farms. Robt. 
de Burgh, Earl of Kent, had a grant of the manor in the 13th of 
Henry III. From the reign of Henry Till, till the latter part of 
last century, it was held by the Bohun family, one of whom, Edmd. 
Bohun,Esq., who resided here, was a voluminous writer of the 17th 
century. The most noted of his works were, a Geographical Dic- 
tionary, and a History of King James the Seconds Desertion. Sir 
E. S. Adair is lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs 
to the Foster, Farr, White, Penrose, Tacon, Manning, Carlos, 
Newson, and other families. The Church (St. Andrew! is a small 
ancient structure, with a tower and five bells, and exhibits interest- 
ing specimens of Norman and other styles of architecture. The 
font has the seven sacraments and the Transfiguration of Our 
Saviour carved upon its eight sides. The prior and convent of 
Norwich bought the advowson and the appropriation of Humber- 
stone Abbey, Lincolnshire. The Dean and Chapter of Norwich 
are now appropriators of the rectory, and patrons of the vicarage, 
valued in K.B. at <£10. 2s. 3Jd., and in 1835 at ,£195, and now en- 
joyed by the Bev. Eichd. Buck Matthews, who resides at Hingham, 
Norfolk. The rectorial tithes have been commuted for £'478. 10s., 
and the vicarial for £150 per annum. A cottage and two acres of 
land, let for <£9, and two ground rents, amounting to 6s. per annum, 
have been vested for a long period for the repairs of the church. 
The parish has also two yearly rent-charges of £1. 6s. and £L. 12s., 
left by the Rev. Gregory Clarke, and Ann his wife, in 1717 and 1726, 
for schooling poor children. They are paid to a schoolmistress, for 
teaching five children to read. A National School is about to be 
erected here. 



WESTHALL. 
Marked 1, live on Bacon Common ; 2, 

Cox Green; 3, Mill Common; and -4, 

Nethergate Green. 
Baker Horace, wheelwright 
Baker Wm. boot and shoemaker 
Bedingfield Cornelius, tailor & shopr 
1 Blaxhill Horace, corn miller 



Burgess Henry, shoemaker & par. elk 
3 Coleby Joseph, boot and shoemaker 
3 Driver Adam, vict. Greyhound 
3 Garrod Jonas, blacksmith 

2 Green Wm. wheelwright and builder 

3 Miller Edmund, joiner, wheelwright, 
and beerhouse 



WESTHALL. (BLYTHIXG HUNDEED.) 



343 



2 Murrell Francis, shopkeeper, & vict. 

Eace Horse 
Noott Eev John Fredk., B.A., curate 
Robinson Eobert, carpenter 



FAR3IZRS. 

3 Aldred James 
2 Balls James 

2 Bates John 

3 Clarke Eobert 
1 Davy Emily 



1 Davy John 

3 Driver Henry 
3 Ellis James 

2 Fiddomont Jas. 
2 Gibson Joseph 



Green Wm. 
2 Haddingham W. 
sen and jun. 

2 Hammond Saml. 

3 Hart Anthony 
2 Howlett John 
Hunt James 
Leman Eobert 

2 Miller Edmund 



4 Xewberry Eliz. 
2 Norman Maria 

2 Pedgrift John 

4 Eackham Eoger 
4 Sallows Thomas 
SpelmanFdk.,Hali 

3 Turrell Eobert 
Post from Hales- 

worth 



WESTLETOX, a pleasant village, on the north side of the 
Minsmere Level, 2J miles W. S.W. of Dunwich, and 5j miles 
N.E. by N. of Saxmundham, has in its extensive parish 993 
souls, and 6103 acres of land, including a large portion of 
open sandy heath on the north ; some salt marshes near the 
coast; Minsmere Haven, extendiDg more than three miles south 
east of the village ; and several fertile farms in Dingle hamlet, 
which is watered by a small rivulet, running three miles northward 
from Dunwich, within half a mile of the sea coast. Dingle had for- 
merly a chapel. The parish is in four manors, of which the follow- 
ing are the names and lords : Whistleton- with-its-Menibers and 
Whistleton Grange, H. S. Montagu, Esq. ; Whistleton Cleves, J. 
Crabtree, Esq. ; and Whistleton Minsmere, Lord Huntingfield. 
The other principal proprietors of the soil are N. Micklethwaite, 
Esq., Eredk. Barne, Esq., Hev. J. Day, and Charles Purvis, Esq. 
Westleton Grange anciently belonged to Sibton Abbey, and was 
granted at the dissolution to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk. The Church 
(St. Peter,) is an ancient structure, which formerly had a large 
tower, containing eight bells, but it fell down in 1770. Its only bell 
now hangs in a wooden turret. The vicarage, valued in KB. at 
£8, is consolidated with Middleton and Eordley, in the incumbency 
of the Eev. Harrison Pickard, of Darsham. (See Middleton.) N. 
Micklethwaite, Esq., is impropriator of the rectory. The great 
tithes of Westleton have been commuted for .£690, and the small 
tithes for <£325 per annum. Here is a Primitive Methodist Chapel, 
built in 1835, and a National School, erected in 1842, at the cost of 
£'430. The Church Land, 18f a., is let in 38 allotments, for £27. 
15s. a year, but the donor is unknown. In 1722, Thomas Grimsby 
left about 12a. of land to provide clothing for poor widows and chil- 
dren of this parish, and it is now let for £lb a year. S. A. Woods 
and E. Girling, Esqrs., are the trustees. The Post-office is at W. 
Salter's. Letters via Saxmundham. 



Gardiner Rev Jas. Wm., B.A. curate 

Gillespie Hy. & Lucas Wm, policemen 

Groom Jas. and Mrs., National School 

King Samuel, baker, &c 

Mayhew Rev Tbos. Rabett, M.A. vicar 
of Darsbam and incumbent of Dun- 
wich, Grange 

Maybew Scarlett, joiner, &c 

Rous James, corn, flour, seed, and coal 
merchant, and tax collector 



Eouse James, carpenter 
Tbirkettle Phoebe, straw bat maker 
Vince George, vict. Crown 
Ward John, saddler 
Woods Saml. Alexander, sen. and jun. 
Esqrs., Vale House 

BLACKSMITH. I BOOT & SHOE MKS. 

Noller Jobn I Blowfield John 

Noller Cbs. beerbs I Carver Wm. 
Woolnougb Jas. A. I Easy Frederick 



344 



WESTLETON. (BLYTHING HUNDRED.) 



House Robert 
Spall Esau 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Etheridge Win. 
Parnali John 

CORN MILLERS. 

Balls John 
Balls Joseph 



Oclee Susan 

FARMERS. 

Briggs Benjamin 
Capon Thos. sen 
Etheridge John 
Foulsham Chester 
Girling Fredk. 
Girling Richard 



Kersey John 
Spalding Thomas 
Moore, Red Hs 
Woods Samuel A. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Fish Hy. beerhs 
Knights Reason 
Marjorum Eliz. 



Salter Wm. 

TAILORS. 

Brown Wm. 
Mayhew Henry 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Fish Samuel, pa- 
rish clerk. 
Threadkell Thos. 



WISSETT, a pleasant village, in a narrow valley, on one of the 
tributary streams of the Blythe, 2 miles N.W. of Hales worth, has in 
its parish 490 souls, and 2260 acres of land. In the reign of Henry 
III., it was the lordship of the Earl of Richmond, and it afterwards 
passed to the Earl of Savoy, and from him to John de Vaux, whose 
two daughters and co-heirs married Wm. de Nerford and Thomas,, 
Lord Boos, or Ross. Sir W. E. C. Hartopp, Bart., is lord of the 
manor, called Wissett le Roose, but the greater part of the soil be- 
longs to the Parkyn, Tacon, Wilcox, Bence, Micklethwaite, Crab- 
tree, Peclgrift, Button, Pattisson, and other families. The Church 
(St. Andrew) is a small antique fabric, with a round tower- The 
north entrance is under a fine Saxon arch. The east end was re- 
paired seven years ago, and the interior was new pewed in 1843, 
when a gallery was erected at the west end. Sir W. E. C. Hartopp 
is impropriator of the rectory, and patron of the vicarage, valued at 
^£105, and now in the incumbency of the Rev. Robert Kemp, for 
whom a new Vicarage House was built in 1843, at the cost of about 
^£800, towards which the patron gave ^£100, and the Governors of 
Queen Anne's Bounty <£200. The tithes have been commuted for 
yearly rents of .£452. 10s. 2d. to the impropriator, and £90 to 
the incumbent. A house and garden have been vested in trust,, 
from an early period, for the reparation of the church, and were let 
in 1774, on lease for 99 years, at the annual rent of £ls. 5s. 4d., the* 
lessee covenanting to lay out a large sum in rebuilding the house. 
Here is a School, supported by subscription, for the instruction of 
about 30 poor children. In the village is a small Independent Cha~ 
jpel, erected in 1841 . Post via Halesworth. 

Aldrich John, bricklayer & whiting mfr 
Algar Jas. C. tailor and shopkeeper 
Berry Jph. shoemkr. & parish clerk 
Bryant Samuel, corn miller 
Durrant George, auctioneer 
Green Robert, blacksmith 
Hill Jesse, vety. surgeon & vict. Swan 
Howard Saml. boot and shoe maker 
Howlett Lenny, auctioneer & estate agt 
Kemp Rev Robert, vicar of Wissett and 

incumbent of Walpole 
Pedgrift Wm. Henchman, surgeon, 

Wissett Place 



Woods Wm. beerhouse & shopkeeper 

FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
Atmer Wm. jun. (and Halesworth) 
♦Banks James || Kitt Samuel 
Bootman Eliz. || Lenny Charles 
*Button John, Brook Hall 
Durrant Horace || Moore Jas., Lodge 
Durrant Wm. || *01dring John 
Gibson Joseph || Salter Wm. 
Goldsmith Jas. |] * Stanford Adolphs, 
Howlett Jonathan || Walker John 
*Self Thomas, and gardener 
* Tacon Richard, Red House 



WBENTHAM, a large and well-built village, partly on the Yar~ 
mouth road, 4 miles N.N.E. of Wangford, 5 miles N. of Southwold, 
and 8 miles S.E. by S. of Beccles, has in its parish 1026 souls, and 
2303a. 3r. 10p. of land. At the Domesday survey, Eobert de Pierre- 



WRENTHAM PARISH. 345= 

point "held the manor of the famous Earl "Warren. It afterwards 
passed to the Poinings. In the reign of Edward VI., it was pur- 
chased by the Brewsters, who built the Hall, which was taken down 
in 1810, after the manor had been sold to the father of Sir E. S. 
Gooch, Bart., its present lord. Part of the soil belongs to the Dean 
and Chapter of Westminster, and several smaller proprietors. J. F. 
Vincent, Esq., is the lessee of the Dean and Chapter's estate. The 
Church (St. Nicholas) is a neat and ancient structure, with a tower 
and five bells. In 1831-'2, it was repewed, repaired, and furnished 
with 312 additional sittings at the cost of nearly <£700, towards 
which the Society for Building and Enlarging Churches gave a£250> 
and £243 was levied by rate on the parishioners. The remainder 
and the organ were contributed by the late incumbent, who in 1842 
erected a new Ptectory House, at the cost of £'1000, and lately re- 
novated and beautified the chancel, added a north aisle with a beau- 
tiful stained glass window in memory of his wife, and also erected 
a finely carved oak altar screen, &c. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
«£21. 6s. 8d., and now at £'483, is in the incumbency of the Rev. E. 
M. Clissold who succeeded his father, the Rev. Stephen Clissold, in 
1853, after he had held the living 23 years. Sir E. S. Gooch is the 
patron. The tithes have been commuted for a yearly rent-charge of 
£580. The late worthy rector still lives, but resigned in favour of 
bis son. The pious Bishop Heoer resided many years at the old 
Rectory House. Here is an Independent Chapel, built in 1778, by a 
congregation which originated in 1647 ; and also a small Primitive 
Methodist Chapel, built in 1841. A Mutual Improvement Society, 
with a news room, was established here in 1854. The National 
School, for children of both sexes and infants, is a neat building, in 
two large rooms, with a dwelling for the teachers, erected in 1834, 
at the cost of £745. 14s. 5d., subscribed by the lord of the manor, 
the rector, and other contributors, except ill 31 granted from her 
Majesty's treasury, and i;80 given by the National School Society. 
About 100 children attend, and each pay Id. per week. Here is also a 
school connected with the British and Foreign School Society, erected 
in 1837, at the cost of £'200, and attended by about 50 children, 
The Town Meadow, three acres, let for £2, has also belonged to the 
poor from an early period; and they have £3 a year from the Bull 
Fen, given in 1632, and an Allotment of 25a. Ik. 18p., awarded at the 
enclosure, in the 37th of George the Third, now let for £37 a year. 
They have also a yearly rent-charge of 20s., left by Robert Edgar, 
out of that part of the Frostenden estate situated in Wrentham pa- 
rish, and belonging to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The 
income from these charities is applied in distribution of coal, &c. 

WRENTHAM. 

Marked * reside at West end. 
Post Office at Mr Allgar's. Letters 



desp. at 1\ evening, via Wangford 
Allgar Robt. baker, flour, dealer, &c 
Baxter Mr Wm. || Chester Mr Charles 
Blackham Mr Henry || Cole J. police 
Browne Rev John, B.A. (Indpt.) 



Candler George, corn miller 

Cox Stephen, wheelwright 

Cox Thos and Crisp Hy. pork butchers 

Clissold Rev Edward Mortimer, B.A. 
rector, Rectory 

Clissold Rev Stephen, M.A. (late rec- 
tor,) Rectory 

Dade John, pump makr. & well sinker 
p3 



346 



WRENTHABf. 



Farrer Frederick, druggist 

Fish Pdchard George aud Fisk Louisa. 

National School 
Gardiner John, watch & clock maker 
Harnier Alfred, surveyor 
Haselup Samuel, tailor and draper 
Hillary — Joiner | Eous BEz Samuel 
Hingston James, gentleman 
Hollingsworth Mf Samuel 
Holmes John, parish clerk 
Howgego Christopher, gardener 
Howlett Robert, butcher 
Johnson Henry, butcher 
Kiddali Root, miller and maltster 
Lambert John, beerhouse 
Lilley Wm. and Son. plumbers, paint- 
ers, &c 
Mealing John, cooper 
Bead Robt. baker Leman Miss Sus. 
Roberts Harriet. British schoolmrs. 
Bob ens Samuel, carpenter 
Scarlett Mary Ann. vict. Eagle 
Sevrell Susan, straw hat maker 
Smith Mary Ann, toy. £c. dealer 
Smith Sidney, veterinary surgeon 
Thompson Chtte. schoolmistress 



Tooke Chas. Wilson, tailor 8c draper 
* Vincent John Fras., Esq. Field Cotg 
Waters John, wheelwright 
Wright Edw. collar and harness rnkr 
Wroot Jas. tailor a n d hairdresser 

blacksmiths. Girling Thomas 
Burcham Thomas, GoffJohu 

ironmonger 
Llovd James 



* Wilson Wm. 

BOOT & SHOE :MKS. 

Allgar Alfred 
Pritty James 
Woolnough John, 
and beerhouse 

FAPOIEES. 

Aftiss Js. bricklr 
Balls Samuel 
*Benns Wm. 
Candler James 

* Crisp Barker 
*Cottingham Wol- 

fran 

* Denny Robert 
Fletcher George 



Rendlesham Pratt 
Smith Wm. 
Tacon John 
*Wigg Xeriah 

GROCERS AND DPR5. 

Allgar Wm. 

Gunn John 

Lincoln Et. Saml. 

Martin John, and 
agt. to Norwich 
Union Fire off 

Eead John 

COACHES and 
C A E E I E E S 
pass daily to Ips- 
wich, Yarmouth, 
South wold, &c. 



YOXFORD is a large and remarkably neat and pleasant village, 
seated in a fertile vale, sometimes called M The Garden of Suffolk" 
on the banks of the small river Yox, or Minsmere, on the Ipswich 
and Yarmouth road. 4 miles X. by E. of Saxmundham. 5j miles S. 
of Halesworth, and M miles X.E. of London. Its parish increased 
its population from Sol souls in 1801, to 1272 in 1551, and comprises 
2724a. 2r. L4p. of land, and several large and handsome mansions. 
Petty Sessions are held ewry Wednesday, at the Three Tuns Inn. 
Mr. Cross, of Halesworth, is clerk to the magistrates. Besides the 
manor of Darshani-with-Yoxford. which belonged to the monks of 
Thetford, here is also another manor, which belonged to Sibton Ab- 
bey. The Earl of Stradbroke is lord of the former, and Sir Charles 
Blois of the latter; but a great part of the parish belongs toother 
proprietors, the largest of whom are TV. Walter, Esq., J. W. Brooke, 
Esq., Miss Davy, and Mr Robert Barker. Cockfield Hall, on the 
north side of the village, is the seat of Sir Chas. Blois, Bt., and is a 
large mansion in the Elizabethan style, pleasantly seated on a gentle 
elevation in a well wooded park, watered by the river Yox, or Mins- 
mere, and approached through handsome gates with neat lodges. 
On the north side is an ancient ivy-mantled gateway. The east side 
of the house was new fronted in the Tudor style by a late baronet. 
It was formerly the seat of the Brook family, and passed from them 
to Sir Charles Blois, of Grundisburgh. who was created a baronet in 
16S6, and sood afterwards made Cockfield Hall his chief residence. 
The late Sir Charles Blois died in Hon. Geove House, a large 
mansion, in a small park, on the south side of the village, belongs 
to Miss Davy, and was the residence of the late Lord Manners, but 
is now unoccupied, as also is the Rookery, which was the seat of 



YOXFORD PARISH. 



347 



the- late Eobert Colrner, Esq , and is now the property of W Wal- 
ter, Esq. The Church (St. Peter) is a neat structure in the perpen- 
dicular style, with a'tower containing six bells, and surmounted by a 
leaded spire. It was enlarged in 1837, at the cost of a£1200, a great 
part of which was contributed by the Society for Building and En- 
larging Churches, who stipulated that about 400 of the 935 sittings 
should be free. It contains many neat mural monuments of the 
Blois family, whose vault is at the east end of the south aisle. The 
vicarage, valued in K.B. at £6. 14s. 2d., and now at <£230, is in the 
incumbency of the Rev. Eobert Firmin, M.A., and patronage of the 
Earl of Stradbroke, who is also the improprietor. The tithes were 
commuted in 1839 for yearly rents of <£284 to the impropriator, 
and £171 to the vicar, who has also 5a, of glebe, five cottages, and 
a small parsonage let to the schoolmaster. Here is a small Wesley- 
an Chapelt built in 1834, and a National School, erected in 1837, at 
the cost of <£400, and having two large rooms for boys and girls. 
The Town Land, about IJa., let for £2. Is. a year, is by ancient 
usage appropriated to the service of the church. In 1651, Robert 
Sillett left a yearly rent-charge of M out of 10a. of land, (now 
belonging to Miss Davy, for providing clothing for the most 
needy poor of Yoxford. A legacy of £50, left for the poor by An- 
thony Bedingfield, was laid out in 1716, in the purchase of a rent- 
charge of £2. 10s. a year, out of two closes in Darsham, now belong- 
ing to the Purvis family. Yoxford Farmers Cliib, established in 
1837, meets at the Three Tuns. Yoxford Mechanics Institution, 
established in 1850, has a library of more than 500 volumes, and 
about 70 members. The Rev. R. Firmin, M.A. is the president, and 
W. Dalby and W. Spalding, jun., are the secretaries. 

YOXFORD DIRECTORY. 

Marked 2 are in Little street. 
Post Office at Mrs Emraa Bird's. 
Letters are desp. at 8 evening, via 
Saxmundham. Money Orders are 



granted and paid. 
Arnold John, farrier, &c 
Badeley Rev Samuel, LL.B. vicar of 

Ubbeston, Red House 
Balls Mr Joseph, Red Cottage 
Barlee Mrs Margaret, Grove Cottage 
Barmby Mrs Julia, Vine Villa 
Barnes Eliz. vict. Three Tuns Inn 
Bird Emma, bookseller and druggist 
Blois Sir Chas., Bart., Cockfield Hall 
Borrett Geo. brewer and vict. New Inn 
Brown Ts. coachmkr. (& Halesworth) 
Bullard Charles, vict. Griffin Inn 
Cavell Alex. solr. (and Saxmundham) 
Clayton Mr Freeston|| Barker Samuel 
Clayton John, cooper, &c 
Cottingham Mr || Davy Mrs Lucy 
Cowles Robert, hairdresser 
Crow Wm. currier, &c 
Cuningham Mrs Lucy 
Dalby George, sexton 
Dunnell Mr Wm. || Fearon Mrs 



Firmin Rev Robert, M.A. vicar 
Gayfer Saml. miller, &c ; h Reydon 
Gough Wm. Henry, druggist 
Howlett Mrs || Lane Thos. foreman 
Lanchester Thos. W., M.D. surgeon 
Lenny David, beerhouse 
Ludbrook Mr Joshua M. 
Ludbrook Wm. corn, seed, and coal 

merchant, and insurance agent 
McGregor Mr Alexander 
Ralph Joseph, basket maker 
Row Geo. collar and harness maker 
Seaman Kirble, ale and porter mert 
Spalding Mr Wm | Wilson Mrs C. 
Wallace Mrs | Wendon Mrs Margaret 
2 Wright Edgar, farrier 
Wright James, gamekeeper 



ACADEMIES. 

Allen Caroline 
Jonas Chas. Paul, 

(boarding) 
Jonas Mrs Susan 
Sillett and Clow, 

(ladies) 
Rickards Thos. & 

Mrs., Natl. Sch. 



BAKEKS 

And Flour Dealers. 
Claybin Thomas 
Dennison Wm. 
Fisher Robert 
Hurren Simon S. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Balls Henry 
Dalby Jeremiah 



348 



YOXFORD DIRECTORY. 



Dalby Wm. 

BOOT & SHOE MKS. 

Borrett J. beerhs 
Chambers Wm. 
2 Cooper John 
Curtis Robert 
2 Payne Thomas 
Spalding Wm. 

BRICKLAYERS, 

Calver Wm. mason 
Mountain John 

BUTCHERS. 

Foulsham Jph. 
Smith Robert 
Spalding George 

FARRIERS. 

* are Owners. 
Asker Robert 
^Barker Et., Wol- 

sey Farm 
Case Barnabas 
Davy Thomas 



Foulsham Chester 
Girling Fredk. 
Howlett Saml. 
Newson John 
Saunders W. 
Sewell Joseph 
Smith Wm. 
Spall SI, Hill Fm 

GROCERS AND DPRS. 

Or ford John, (and 

insurance agt 
Symonds Ntl.Wm. 
Wythe Wm. 

IRONMONGERS. 

Dalby Wm. and 
smith, &c 

Wincop Welling- 
ton, k turner 

JOINERS & BLDRS. 

Clayton Alderman 
Cotton Ezra 
Lunnis Wm. 



milliners, &c. 
Mayhew A, and E. 
Row Mary Ann 
Symonds Sus. 

PLUMBERS, GLZRS., 
AND PAINTERS. 

Fisk Henry 
Stapleton Thos. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Arnold John 
Dale Mary Ann 
2 Danford John, 

and brewer 
Sewell Phcebe 

TAILORS. 

Barber Freeman 
Bezant James 
Masterson John 
Ward George 

WATCHMAKERS. 

Hall John Fredk. 
| Smyth Luke 



WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Elmy John, beerhs 
2 Miles Edward 
2 Phillips John 

COACHES and 
CARRIERS 
call daily at the 
Inns from Ips- 
wich, Hales- 
worth, South- 
wold. Lowestoft, 
Saxmundham, 
&c Seep. 144 & 
146 

The Railway Co.'s 
Buss to Ipswich 
every Mon.Wed. 
and Fri. at 4j 
morning, from, 
the Griffin 



LOES HUNDRED 



Is in the Deanery of Loes, and Archdeaconry of Suffolk, and is of s 
very irregular figure, varyiug from 6 to 2 miles in breadth, and 
extending about 15 miles southward, from its broadest part, around 
the town of Framlingham, and near Debenham to the estuary called 
Butley river. It comprises 18 parishes, and is in the Eastern 
Division of Suffolk. The river Deben winds through it by a circuitous 
route from Cretingham, southward to Ufford, where it crosses Wil- 
ford Hundred to Woodbridge, and there becomes navigable for large 
vessels. The flourishing town and port of Woodbriclge is detached, 
at the distance of three miles, from the rest of Loes Hundred, which 
is bounded on the east by Plomesgate Hundred; on the north, by 
Hoxne Hundred ; and on the west and south-west by Thredling, 
Carlford, and Wilford Hundreds. It is a picturesque district, of hill 
and valley, watered by the Deben, the Ore, and their tributary 
streams; and having generally a good loamy soil, highly cultivated r 
and well suited to the growth of barley, wheat, and beans. The 
following is an enumeration of its 18 parishes shewing their terri- 
torial extent, and their population in 1851 . Messrs. B. Gall, of Wood- 
bridge, and G. Goodwyn, of Framlingham, are the high constables* 
As noticed with Melton at page 266, Loes and Wilford Hundreds 
were incorporated for the support of their poor, but were dis-in- 
corp orated in 1827. 



LOES HDNDEED. 



349 



Parishes,-!- Acres. Pop. 

Brandeston 1224 508 

*Butley 1941 375 

♦CampseyAsh 1813 371 

*Charsfield+ 1299 511 

Cretingham 1638 423 

EarlSoham 1944 729 

Eastern 1462 404 

*Eyke 2749 529 

*Hacheston 1726 510 

Eramlingham 4657 2450 



PAEiSHES.f Acres. 

Hoo 1185 

Kenton J 1208 

Kettleburgh 1435 

Letheringham 1134 

*Marlesford 1277 

Monewden 1088 

♦Eendlesham 2020 

*Woodbridget 1059 



Pop, 
195- 
301 

348 
206- 
428 
220 
359 
5161 



Total.... 14,028 30,859* 



\Woodbriclge and. Kenton are detached members of Loes Hundred, which also 
includes parts of Bredfieid and Dallinghoo. Glevering is a hamletin Hacheston 
parish. 

+Charsfield and Woodbridge are in Woodbbidge Union, and all the others 
are in Plomesgate Union; which see. 

*County Courts. The eight parishes marked thus * are in Woodbridge 
County Court District, and the other ten are in Framlingham County Court 
District. 



BRANDESTON, a pleasant and well-built village, on a bold 
acclivity on the eastern side of the river Deben, nearly 4 miles S.W, 
of Framlingham, 5 miles S.E. of Wickham Market, and 6 miles 
E.S.E. of Debenham, has in its parish 508 souls, and 1195a. Ik. 26p„ 
of fertile loamy land. In the Conqueror's time, the manor was held 
by Odo de Campania, whose successors granted it to the Burwells, 
from whom it passed to the Weylands, Tuddenhams, and Beding- 
fields. Andrew Bevett purchased it in the reign of Elizabeth, and 
built Brandeston Hall, a large brick mansion, which was long occu- 
pied as a farm house, but it was purchased with the manor and 
estate, about ten years ago, by Charles Austin, Esq., the well-known 
barrister, who commenced the restoration of the old Hall, which 
was a fine Elizabethan mansion. In April, 1847, when still under 
the workmen's hands, the Hall was nearly all destroyed by fire ; the- 
porch and the outer walls of the east wing being all that was left 
standing. The rebuilding of the mansion was soon afterwards 
commenced, in the same style but on a larger scale than the old 
one. Such portions of the latter as remained were restored, and the 
hall is now a large and elegant mansion, surrounded by beautiful 
grounds. Many of the apartments are lined with richly carved oak 
wainscot, and the style of the Elizabethan age is earned out even in 
the minutest fittings, such as locks, hinges, fenders, &c. C. Austin ? 
Esq., is lord of the manor and owner of most of the parish. Two 
farms belong to Lord Bendlesham and Mrs. Carthew. These and a 
few other holdings are mostly copyhold, subject to arbitrary fines, 
The Church (All Saints) was appropriated to Woodbridge Priory by 
Sir Thomas Weyland, about 1290. After the dissolution, the ad- 
vowson of the vicarage and the impropriation of the great tithes, 
were given to the Seckford family, but were vested many years ago 
in certain trustees, for the support of some dissenting chapels in 
London, These trustees have lately sold the patronage of the- 
vicarage and the rectorial tithes to the Rev. J. Smyth. The vicarage 
is valued in K. B. at dG9. 16s. 8d., and is now worth about £130 
per annum, in the incumbency of the Rev. Thos Broadhurst, M.A., 



350 BRAXDESTON PARISH. 

who has a small glebe and good resilience: The Parsonage lz 
for Hoo and Letberingham parish-- Is bene, and in the villas -. 
small Independent Clvapel. erected in 183$ and :dious 

school, erected in IS 52, by C. Austin. Esq., and chierly supported 
by him, for the children *of this parish and the adjacent parts or 

ugham and Kettleburgh. The poor of Bran ie stan have 1 
of land given by an unknown donor, and abc 
Mary Eevett, for apprenticing poor children. 
Austin Charles. Esq., Brandeston Hall Quinton Georr- lUk Irilff 
Bedwell James, wheelwright - ^ilox 

Bedwell Sainnel, vict, Quer B Button Edg.^. 

Boon Geo= brickmaker. & Eliz. bee 
Bradlaugh John, blacksmith 
Broadhnrst Rev Thomas. MA., i 
Broadhurst Thomas Mitchell gent. 
Burt Rev John, MA., incumbent c: -r Nesting "."m.. dealer 

Hoo and Letberingham 
Clarke Edward, grocer and In 
Cook Isaac, boot and shoemaker 
Dykes James, corn miller and mei 
Edwards John, plumber. ( & E. Soham] 
Emeney John, bricks 
Garrod Robert, saddle] 
Leeds Samuel, parish clerk 
Markbam Thomas, batcher 
Qldring Wm. C. shoemaker 
Pipe Jeremiah, grocer and draper 



^^.:;L v:_. rarrifr 

FABMEI 9 
Baldry David Drew John 
Benham Sarah rleed Ellis 



BoonElisha I 
- ; i d I : n J ohn Bmjrtfc taorge 
Sinmpl 3«aftai -r::hant 

POST OFFICE 
at Mr J. Pipes, Letten edat 

o even ~~ickham Market and 

Woodb ridge. 

BSKBSi Allen Brown and W 

'. '..: ... -. .'...' lues ani Sa: 



BUTLEY, a scattered village, at : ha m a&eni B aiwBj 
Hundred, on the west side of Butley Biier. 4 miles from 
miles W. of Orford, and 7 miles EL c: Wc : abridge has in - 
375 souls, and about 1941 acres of land, including a large open 
sheep-walk, which forms part of the sandy hr :-.::. : -forward 

nearly to Woodbridge and Button. Btilzt Jhssom :ed to 

the Blessed Virgin, was founded for Black Canons : Angastine, hi 
1171, by Ranulph G-lanville. a famous lawy:: iftenwn is ?MeJ - 
tice of England, who endowed it with many churches and es: ito. 
Being removed from office, the founder, in a fit of disco:.: tl: 
joined the crusaders under Richard I., and was present ;-.: the siege 
of Acre. Before he set out to the Holy Land, be fijaafe I his esfa ttes 
among his three daughters: and to Maud, the eldest, whs ma 
William de Auberville, he gave the patronage :: :'_::- v ::::". 
at the dissolution, was valued at £51 8. 17s. 2d. Its site w 
in the 3*2nd year of Henry V ILL'., to I.: »mas, Data :: 
the 36th of the same reign it was gi^en : : W Foxthe, in wi : se family 
it long continued. It afterwards passed to the Hyafa an 1 the Wi igh Is 
In 1737. George Wright, Esq.. fitted ofj : be 'rite-home and I 
ditional buildings and various alteration^ eonverted if bit* a hand- 
some mansion. Mr. Wipgfat left :: :: his ran whom it de- 
scended to John Clyatt. a watchman, in I 
sold to Mr. Strahan. printer to George III. I: was arte: 
property of Lord Hamilton, by whom i: was sold, wftfc : 
sham estate, to Peter Lsaa<: T) Es whose son was 
created Lord Rendl-esham. and under whose singular w:' 



BUTLEY. (LOES HUNDRED.) 351 

sent Lord Rendlesham now enjoys this and other valuable estates, 
subject to the control of trustees, called " The Trustees of P. J. 
Thellusson, Esq." (See Eendleshaui parish at a^ subsequent page.) 
These Trustees are lords of the manor of Butley, owners of most 
of the parish, and patrons of the Church, (St. John.) About 15 years 
ago they repaired the mansion formed chiefly out of the Priory 
Gate-house, for the residence of the incumbent. The whole front of 
what was the Gate-house is embellished with coats of arms finely 
cut in stone ; and between the interstices of the freestone are placed 
square black flints, which, by the contrast of their colour, give it a 
beautiful and rich appearance. South of the house are some re- 
mains of several buildings, particularly of an old chapel, in which, 
Grose was informed, a chest of money was found arched in the wall. 
Some vestiges of this once large and magnificent priory may also be 
seen in the out-buildings of what is now called the Abbey farm, where 
several stone coffins were dug up in 1822, and one of them still re- 
mains in the farm yard. In the priory church was interred the body 
of Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, who fell at the battle of Agin- 
court. A gallery for the Sunday scholars was erected in the church 
in 1843. The perjjetual curacy of Butley, with that of Capel St. 
Andrew annexed to it, is now valued at £'149 per annum, having 
been augmented by the patrons, arid by grants from Queen Anne's 
Bounty, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The Rev. Robert 
Boyd Kidd, B.A., is the incumbent. The school was built by sub- 
scription in 1842, at the cost of £'275. Here is a small Wesleyan 
chapel. Post via WoocTbridge. 



Malster James, wheelwright 
Osborne Richard, schoolmaster 
Eeed TVm. joiner 
Sewell John, corn miller 



Bridgman Hannah, shopkeeper 

Burch James, blacksmith 

Clarke Samuel, shoemaker 

Cable Thomas, tailor 

Crosley John, blacksmith 

Fisk Benjamin, vict, Oyster FAKMEES. 

Kidd Rev Robert Boyd, B.A., incum- j Catlin Thomas, Abbey Farm 

bent, Butley Priory j Clark Wm. j; Cooper Elizabeth 

Last Wm., parish clerk | May Edward || Webb James 



CAMPSEY-ASH, a pleasant but widely scattered village, on the 
east side of the vale of the river Deben, 2 miles East of TVickhani 
Market, and 6 miles N.X.E. of Wood bridge, has in its parish 37.1, 
souls, and 1814a. of fertile land, lying in several manors, and be- 
longing to the Thellusson Trustees, the Hon. Mrs. North, Andrew 
Arcedeckne, Esq., J. W. K. Whitbread, Esq., J. G. Sheppard. Esq., 
and a few smaller owners. Here was a Nukneby for a prioress and 
nuns of the order of St. Clare, founded by the direction of Theo- 
bald de Yaloines, who gave the estate to his two sisters, Joan and 
Agnes, for that purpose, in the reign of King John. It was dedi- 
cated to God and the Virgin Mary, and was enriched by many sub- 
sequent benefactors. Maud de Lancaster, Countess of Ulster, ob- 
tained a license from Edward III. to found a chantry of five secular 
priests, to pray and sing mass in the church cf this nunnery for the 
souls of Wm. de Burgh and Ralph de Ufford and their wives, but 
it was afterwards removed to Bruisyard. At the dissolution, the 



352 CAMPSEY-ASH PARISH. 

Nunnery was valued at <£182. 9s. 5d. per annum, and it was granted 
in the 35th of Henry VIII. to Sir Wm. Willoughby, who sold it to 
John Lane. It was purchased of the Lanes by Frederick Scott, 
who sold it to Sir Henry Wood, of Loudham, near Petistree, and it 
now belongs, with Loudham, to J. W. C. Whitbread, Esq. The 
farm-house, called Ash Abbey, is occupied by Mr. Walker, with the 
adjacent water mill; and belongs to Mr. Whitbread. Six stone 
coffins were dug up near this house in 1842, and some remains of 
the abbey may be seen in the barn. Park House, which was at- 
tached to the Nunnery, and was, perhaps, the chantry house, was a 
seat of Theophilus Howard, Earl of Suffolk, and afterwards of the 
Brahams, or Brames, but is now occupied by a farmer. In one of the 
rooms is a beautifully carved chimney-piece, executed in the reign of 
King John. High House, now the seat of J. G. Sheppard, Esq., was 
built by John Glover, sometime servant to Thomas, Earl of Nor- 
folk; but his successors removing to Frostenden, sold it to the 
Sheppards. The Church (St. John the Baptist) is an ancient struc- 
ture, with a tower and four bells, and contains several neat marble 
tablets, one of which is in memory of Lieut. Frederick Sheppard, 
who distinguished himself in the late wars, and died in 1812, of a 
wound which he received at the storming of Badajos. The rectory , 
valued in K.B. at <£14. 5s., and now at <£430, is in the patronage of 
the Trustees of P. J. Thellusson, Esq., (represented by Lord Ben- 
dlesham,) and incumbency of the Bev. J. Pratt, M.A. The tithes 
have been commuted for £'432 per annum. The " Parish Estate" 
has been appropriated to the service of the church from an early 
period, and consists of two tenements, and a piece of land let for 
^013, and a piece of waste land in which there is a sand-pit. On 
this waste, two poor persons were allowed to build cottages some 
years ago. Post via Wooclbridge and Wichham Market. 

Sheppard John Geo. Esq., High House 

FARMERS. 
Burch Walter. Ash-moor Hall 



Pish &Watkins, auctioneers, Park Hse. 
Kerridge Geo., boot & shoemaker 
Lee Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Mawson Thomas, grocer and draper 
Newson Benjamin, corn miller 
Paternoster Samuel, blacksmith 
Paternoster Wm., saddler, &c. 
Pratt Rev. Jermyn, M.A., rectory 
Riches James, vict., Buck's Head 
Self Edward, gardener 



Fish Geo., (^& auctioneer,) Park House- 
Goodwin Maria, Low Farm 
Jay Samuel, Ash Green 
Newson Wm., (farm bailiff) 
Tillett Henry || Sawyer John 
Walker John, miller, Ash Abbey 



CHARSFIELD, 6 miles N. of Woodbridge, and 5J miles S.S.W. 
of Framlingham, is a scattered village, on a pleasant eminence, and 
has in its parish 511 souls, and 1299a. of land. Earl Howe is lord 
of the manor, which was held by Wm. de Weyland in the time of 
3£ing John, and afterwards by the Bedingfields and Lemans ; but 
part of the soil belongs to A. Arcedeckne, Esq. The Church (St. 
Peter) has a tower, five bells, and a handsome porch, over which 
are the arms of the Wingfields. It was new roofed in 184] , and 
was appropriated, in monastic times, to Letheringham Priory. The 
benefice is a perpetual curacy, worth only about <£60 a-year, of 
which £21 arises from Queen Anne's Bounty. Earl Howe is 



CEAESFIELD. (LOES HUNDRED.) 



353 



patron and impropriator, and trie Bev. W. B. Eransby is the in cum- 
tent, and has an ancient residence, called the Bectory House. The 
rectorial tithes of the land not belonging to the impropriator, have 
"been commuted for <£'160 per annum. Here is a Baptist Chapel, 
built in 1808, at the cost of £'400. In 1816, Joseph Kersey left 
^'800, to be invested in the purchase of stock, and the dividends to 
be distributed in bread and coals among the resident industrious 
poor of Charsfield, Earl-Soham, Dallinghoo, and Marlesford. With 
this legacy, <£832. 18. 4d. new four per cent, annuities were pur- 
chased, so that each of the four parishes receives £8. 6s. 7d. yearly- 
There is a National School and a Post-office at Dallinghoo for this 
and other parishes. Post via Woodbridge. 

Eransby Eev Wra., Blomefield, incum- Wright Wm., boot and shoemaker 

bent of Charsfield, and chaplain of farmers. 

Plomesgate Union, Rectory Button Ezekiel 

Garrett Jeremiah Wase, miller Clutten Henry 

G-rayston Bartholomew, blacksmith Hodgson Ed., Hall 

Keer John, saddler & parish clerk Hambling James 

Leggett George, wheelwright Hammond Edw. 

Leggett James, farrier Leggett George 

Leggett John, bricklayer Leggett James 

Marjoram Fanny, vict.. Horse Shoe l3IayhewJno,Esors 
Mann Thos., thatcher,&Wm.,bricklr. iPage Wm. 

Motum Thos., blacksmith | Smith Wm. 

Unnnacles Eev John, (Baptist.) | Threadkell Thos. 



Threadkell Wm, 

•JOIXERS, &C. 

Pemberton James 
Pemberton Saml. 
Pemberton Wm. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Clarke Chas, Abt, 
Eead Wm. 
Wright John 

TAILORS. 

Leech David 
Leech Fredk. 



CEETINGHAM, nearly 5 miles W.S.W. of Framlingham, and 
E.S.E. of Debenhain, is a village and parish, containing 423 souls,- 
andl639 acres of land, lying in three manors. Thos. Chenery, 
Esq., is lord of the manor of St. Peter, and impropriator of the 
rectorial tithes, which were commuted, in 1841, for £S2\ per annum, 
The manor of Tijes belonged to the Bevetts more than 250 years, 
and was purchased with the Brandeston Estate by its present owner. 
Chas. Austin, Esq., together with the manor of Kettlebars; in 
Cretingham, which was anciently held by a family of its own name ? 
and afterwards by the Mulso and Cornwallis families. The parish 
is partly free and partly copyhold; and the other principal proprie- 
tors are the Thellusson Trustees, W. Bigsby, Esq., and N. G-. Bar- 
thropp, Esq., who has a handsome mansion here, erected about 15 
years ago. The Church (St. Andrew) has a lofty tower and five 
tells, and was in the appropriation of St. Peter's Priory, in Ipswich. 
The vicarage, valued in K.B. at M. 10s. 10d., has 22a. of glebe, 
and a yearly rent charge of £\1S, awarded in 1841 in lieu of tithes. 
The Lord Chancellor is patron, and the Bev. R. B. Exton is the in- 
cumbent. The Town Lands, &c, were principally settled or given 
in or about the third of Elizabeth, by Arthur Penning and Wm. 
Barwick, for keeping the church in good repair, and for the general 
benefit of the parishioners. They were conveved to ten new trus- 
tees, in 1826, and comprise 7a. 26p. of land, let for about £20 per 
annum ; the Bell Tnn, let for £13 ; a cottage and blacksmith's shop, 
let for £'10; a cottage, built at the expense of the parish, about 
1826, let for d£6. 10s., and three cottages occupied bv poor persons. 
at small rents. In 1819, the Bev. Joseph JeaffresonMt 2a. of land. 



354 CRETINGHAM. (LOES HUNDRED.) 

in augmentation of the vicarial glebe, but subject to a yearly rent- 
charge of 40s. for the poor. Foot Post daily to Earl Soham. 

Letters via Woodbridge. 

Barthropp Nathl., Geo., Esq., Rookery 

Borrett Isaac, grocer and draper 

Crapnell Joseph, vict, Bell 

Emmerson Robert, parish clerk 

Exton Rev Richd. Brudenell, rector of 
Athelington, vicar of Cretingham, 
and chaplain to the Earl of Claren- 
don, Vicarage 

Jay e Wm,, tinner Juby W., smith 

Oxborrow Edw., corn miller 



Skeet Saml., grocer & draper 
Smith John, boot & shoemaker 
Warren John, wheelwright 
Wightman George, shoemaker 

FARMERS. 
Allsop Thos. B. ;, Juby Edw. 
BnckBenj. | JubyWm. 
Garrod Thos. , Peck John 
Harsant Martin || Pulham Samuel 
Jeaffreson Jph. |j Willis Eliz. 



Rice Isaac, maltster | Murrell Henry, Sparks Farm 



EAEL-SOHAM, a large and well-built village, pleasantly situ- 
ated at the junction of two vales, 3^- miles TV. of Frainlmgharn, and 
4 miles E. of Debenbam, is distinguished for its extensive lamb and 
stock fair, held July 23rd and 24th ; and has in its parish 729 in- 
habitants, and 1944a. 2r. 3Sp. of fertile loamy land. It is called 
Earl Soham from its being anciently held by the Earls of Norfolk. 
In the 20th of Edward L, Eoger Bigod had a grant for a market 
and a fair here, but the former has been long obsolete, xlbout 12 
years ago, John Crabtree, Esq., solicitor, of Halesworth, purchased 
the manor, which is partly copyhold, subject to arbitrary fines; but 
the principal landowners are Lord Henniker. and the Bigsby, Good- 
win, Henchman, Harsant, Eaw, Cavell, Kent, Scotchmer, and a few 
other families. Soham Lodge, belongs to the Executors of the late 
Et. Bigsby, and is an old, irregular brick building, surrounded with 
a brick wall and large moat. It was formerly the seat of the Corn- 
wallis family, one of whom left it to the Corderoys, from whom it 
passed through various proprietors to the Aytons and Cullums. 
The Cliurcli (St. Mary) is a neat but ancient fabric, and the liviug is 
a rectory, valued in K.B. at £10, and now at <£515. The Eev. J. 
H. Groome, M.A., is patron and incumbent, and has a neat resi- 
dence and 35a. 3r. 16p. of glebe. The tithes have been commuted 
for a yearly rent-charge of <£484. 15 s. The Wesley cms and Baptists 
have each a chapel here. The Chanty Land, which has been vested 
in trust from an early period, for the relief of the poor parishioners, 
is copyhold, and comprises 46a., lying in various parts of the 
parish, and let at rents amounting to £'62. 4s. a-year. On one 
parcel of the estate are rive tenements, let for £9. 10s. a year. The 
rents are applied in occasional relief, and in regular distributions of 
money, clothing, groceries, &c. In 1677, Robert Wyard left a yearly 
rent-charge out of his lands in Tvorlingworth, to be paid to this parish, 
as follows, viz., on the 25th of February and on the 23rd of April, 
10s. for a sermon, 25s. for the poor, 5s. for ringing the bell, and 
10s. for a dinner for the churchwardens, kc, on each of these days. 
The poor have also £'8. 6s. 7d. yearly from Kersey's Charity, | see 
Charsfield,) and £6. 16s. from £195 three and a half per cent, an- 
nuities, bequeathed by the Rev. Mr. Capper, in 1818, for a weekly 
distribution of bread. The Post Office is at Mra Mary Pettit's. 
Letters despatched at 7J evening, via Woodbridge Mail Cart. 



EARL-SOHAM PARISH. 



355 



Bailey Thos. gent ; Cook Geo. gent 

Barker George, basket maker 

Bedingfield Thomas, sexton 

Boutell Eev Chas.,Al.A. Groome Mrs 

Downing John Cole, gent 

Edwards John, plumber and glazier 

Groome Rev John H.m(Les ) 'M.X.,Bectory 

Gross Edward, surgeon and registrar 

Harsant Mrs Lucy |; Hammond Mrs 

Harsant Martin, brick maker ; house 
Cretingham 

Harvey Thomas, bricklayer 

Haward. Mrs Mary Wilgress 

Henchman Rev Wni. White 

Pettit George, wheelgt & machine mkr 

Pettit John, wood turner 

Pickering Richard, Esq. 

Pickering Rev H\. Valentine, incum- 
bent of Ashfleld and curate of Bran- 
deston 

Rice Robert, maltster 

Trevanion Mrs Susan, Soham Lodge 

Turtill Charlotte, vict. Falcon 

Turtill Wm. surveyor and overseer 

Vesey George, farrier 

Walpole John, butcher 



Wincop Misses C 
Woods Geo. whip 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Barker Devereux 
Cole Samuel 

BOOT & SHOEMKBS. 

Hill Wm. 
Leggett Wm. 
Rogers Clement 
Taylor George 
Wightman Wm. 

CORN MILLERS. 

Cattermcle Wm. 
Smith Wm. 

FARMERS. 

Bailey Thomas 
Bond Geo., Lodge 
Cattermole Wm. 
Goodwin Samuel 
Hambling James 
Holmes Robert 
Kent Wm. Mann 
Nesting Robert 
Pipe Amelia 
Reeve Thomas 



& P. school 

maker and barber 
Scotchmer George 
Taylor David 
Wincop George 

GROCERS & DEAPES. 

Elliott Wm. 
Hammond John 
Knights George, 
parish clerk 

JOrXERS, &c. 

Buck Robert 
Clark Wm. 
Scrutton George 

TAILORS & DRAPERS. 

Calver Samuel 

Norton Charles 

Reeve Isaac 

CARRIERS to 
Ipswich, Wood' 
bridge, frc^Tices., 
Thursday, $ Sat 

Baldry Henry 

Pratt Charles 

Wade Daniel 



EASTOX, a neat village on a bold acclivity on the east side of 
the river Deben, 3^- miles S. of Eramlinghani, and 7 miles N. of 
Woodbridge, has in its parish 404 souls, and 1462 acres of land, 
mostly the property of the Most Xoble Win. Alexander Hamilton 
Douglas, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, who is lord of the ma- 
nors of Easton and Martley Hall, and whose mother, the Dowager 
Duchess, holds Easton estate for life, and resides occasionally at 
Easton Park. His Grace resides generally in Scotland, where he 
has three seats; and sometimes at Ashton Hall, near Lancaster. 
A. Arcedeckne, Esq., has an estate here, and part of the parish 
belongs to smaller owners. Easton was formerly held by the 
ancient family of Charles, from whom it passed to the Wingfields. 
Anthony Winqfield, who was created a baronet in 1627, built the hall, 
and made it his seat, but one of his successors sold this and other 
neighbouring estates to Wm., Lord of Zuilestein, who was created 
by William III. Earl of Rochford. William, the fourth Earl, sold 
this estate about 1760 to Ins younger brother, the Hon. R. S. 
Nassau, who married Grace Duchess-dowager of Hamilton, and 
whose son, the Earl of Rochford, died here in 1830, and left this 
and other estates to the Duke of Hamilton. Previous to his death, 
the late Earl thoroughly repaired the hall, which is a large mansion, 
in a beautiful park of 150 acres. Martley and Bentress Halls, now- 
occupied by farmers, are ancient moated mansions. The Church 
(All Saints) has a tower and four bells, and is a rectory, valued in 
K.B. at -£10. 13s. 6d., and in 1835 at £'242. The Duke of Hamil- 
ton is patron, and the Rev. Henry Worsley, M.A., incumbent. The 
glebe is 18a. and the tithes have been commuted for a yearly rent- 
charge of £321. 5s., to which the pasture lands pay at the "rate of 



356 



EASTON PARISH. 



from 2d. to 4d. per acre. The Parish School, with a house for the 
teacher, was built by the late Duke of Hamilton in 1851-2. Post 
Office at Samuel Tuthill's. Letters via Wickham Market. 



Dowager Duchess of Hamilton, Easton 

Park, (here occasionally) 
Arey Wm. carrier and shopkeeper 
Beard (Jandlr, cooper and parish clerk 
Bedwell John, wheelwright 
Clark James, grocer and draper 
Gray Wm. tailor 
King George, shopkeeper 
Leeder George, boot and shoemaker 
Minter Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Newson David, vict. White Horse 
Norton John, brick and vase manfr 
Smith David, land agent 
Snell Eobert, hurdle maker 



Stearn Samuel Geater, gentleman 

Tuthill Samuel, boot and shoemaker 

Ward James, blacksmith 

Worsley Rev Henry, M.A., Rectory, 
FARMERS. 

Catchpole John Hill John 

Crisp Nathan || Smith David, jun. 

Hunt Mr., Martley Hall 

Kersey John Cooper, Bentress Hall 

Stearn John Cooper || Rushbrooke J. 

CARRIERS.— Wm. Arey and Charles 
Pratt, to Ipswich, Saturday, & Wood- 
bridge, Thursday 



EYKE, a village and parish 3% miles E.N.E. of Woodbridge, con- 
tains 529 souls, and 2749 acres of sandy land, including Stdverton,. 
formerly a large park. Lord Eendlesham and the Marquis of 
Bristol own the greater part of the parish, but N. Barnardiston,, 
Esq., is lord of the manor of Staverton with Bromeswell, which 
was held by Butley Priory, and was granted in the 32nd of Henry 
VIII. to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk. Here is a small manor belong- 
ing to the rectory, which is also endowed with a house and land at 
Woodbridge, and is valued in K.B. at £lb, but is now worth about 
£bS0 per annum. The Earl of Stradbroke is patron, and the Bev. 
W. A. Norton, M.A., of Alderton, is the incumbent. The tithes 
were commuted in 1838 for <£530 per annum. The Church is a 
small ancient structure, dedicated to All Saints. Here was a chantry, 
called Bennet's Chantry, of the yearly value of £8. The lands be- 
longing to it, in Eyke and Eendlesham, were granted in the 3rd of 
Edward I. to Sir Michael Stanhope and John Delle. The Town 
Lands, comprising 12a. in Eyke and 7a. in Bromeswell, are let for 
^28 a year, which is applied in the reparation of the church, &c„ 
and when there is any surplus, it is added to the poor rates. It is 
not known how the property was acquired. The Poors Land, 
3a. 2r., was given by James and Henry Mason, in 1620, and is let 
for £6. 19s. a year, which is distributed on Easter Tuesday by the 
Churchwardens, together with a yearly rent-charge of <£10 from Sir 
Michael Stanhopes Charity. (See Sutton.) The Post Office is at 
Mr. George Chaplin's. Letters by foot post, via Woodbridge. 

Ackfield Robert, grocer and draper 
Baker Wm. blacksmith, wheelwright, 

and timber merchant 
BrightwellJohn, vict. Elephant & Castle 
Chaplin George, corn miller 
Cossey John, shopkeeper 
Gray James & Wm. bricklayers 
Keeble Charles, shoemaker 
Manthorp John, shoemaker 
Manthorp Richard, tailor &parish clerk 
Manthorpe R. blacksmith 



Minter Wm. & John, joiners 

Parker Wm. shoemaker 

Radcliffe Rev John Randall, B.C.L.>. 

curate 
Sawyer Francis, cattle doctor 

FARMERS. 
Buck Wm. || Largent George 
Cable Charles || Ling Edward 
Goddard Edward || Pooley Samuel 
King Robert || Rowe Henry 
Lincoln Wm. 



LOES HUNDRED. 357 

FBAMLINGHAM, a small, well-built market town, distinguished 
for its stately church and the extensive remains of its ancient castle, is 
pleasantly situated 18 miles N.N.E. of Ipswich ; 10 miles N. of Wood- 
bridge ; 8 miles W. of Saxmundham; 8 miles E. of Debenham; 
13 miles S.E. of Eye ; and 87 miles N.E. of London. It is partly 
on the west and mostly on the east bank of the small river Ore, 
upon an acclivity, about three miles below the source of that river, 
which flows south-east and joins the Aide, near Snape, from which 
place it is supposed to have been anciently navigable for small 
craft to this town. The Parish increased its population from 1854 
souls in 1801, to 2450 in 1851 ; and comprises 4657a. 1r. 16p. of 
land, mostly having a rich loamy soil, and including the small 
hamlets of Apsey-Green, 1| mile W. ; Brahling-Green, 1 mile S. ; 
Voles Green, 1J mile S.W. ; Lampard Brook, 1 mile S.W. ; and a 
number of scattered farms. The Master and Fellows of Pembroke 
Hall, Cambridge, as Trustees of Sir Robt. Hitcham's Charities, are 
lords of the manors of Framlingham and Saxted, and owners of 
the demesne land — about 1300 acres. The other principal land- 
owners are the Peirson, Hotham, Moseley, Field, Sheriffe, Wise, 
Cooper, De Horsey, Turner, and Corrance families. The custom of 
these manors is " Borough English" by w r hich the youngest son 
inherits when a copyholder dies intestate ; but if the latter has no 
issue, his copyhold passes to his elder brother or other heir-at-law. 
There are in Framlingham about seventy burgage holders, about as 
many freeholders, and a third class called " coliarholders," who pay 
small fines and render suit and service. The market place is spa- 
cious, and had an ancient cross, which was taken down many years 
ago. The market, held here every Saturday, is well supplied with 
corn and provisions. The Corn 'Exchange is a large room, adjoining 
the Crown Inn, erected in 1847. Here are also two annual fairs 
for pedlery, pleasure, &c , held on Whit-Monday and Tuesday, and 
on Old Michaelmas-day and the day following. Framlingham 
Division, formed in 1830, comprises 33 parishes, for which petty 
sessions are held at the Crown Inn every alternate Friday. Mr. 
Charles Clubbe is clerk to the magistrates. By the Reform Act of 
1832 Framlingham was made a Polling Place for the Eastern 
Division of Suffolk. Here is a Police Station, with an inspector and 
four men. The Parish Fire Engines are at the Castle, and Mr. Wm. 
Fisk is superintendent of the fire brigade. The Gas Works were 
constructed in 1850, at the cost of =£1200, raised in <£5 shares. Mr. 
Joseph Barker is superintendent of the works. In 1853 a large 
Steam Corn Mill was erected here by John Peirson, Esq. 

Framlingham County Court Dtstrict comprises 40 parishes, 
viz., Aldeburgh, Athelington, Badingham, Bedfield, Bedingfield, 
Benhall, Brandeston, Bruisyard, Brundish, Cransford, Cretingham, 
Bennington, Earl-Soham, Easton, Farnham, Framlingham, Friston, 
Great and Little Glemham, Haslewood, Hoo, Horharn, Kenton, 
Kettleburgh, Laxfield, Letheringham, Monewden, Monk Soham, 
Parham, Rendham, Saxmundham, Saxted, Snape, Southolt, Stern- 
tield, Stratford St. Andrew, Swelling, Tannington, Wilby, and 
Worlingworth. The Court is held monthly at the Castle. F. K. 



358 FRAMLINGHAM. 

Eagle, Esq., is judge, and Thomas Collins, Esq., of Bury, is the 
chief clerk. Mr. Charles Clubbe, of Framlingham, is the assistant 
clerk. Edward Muskett, Esq., of Bury St. Edmund's, is the high 
bailiff, and Mr. Chas Gibbs, of Framlingham, is the sub-lailiff. 

Framlingham Castle, on the south side of the town, was one of 
the most magnificent and formidable baronial castles of the Saxon and 
Norman eras, and was surrounded by a thickly- wooded park of nearly 
700 acres. Though now a mere shell, it has, when viewed from a dis- 
tance, the appearance of being entire, its outer walls being nearly all 
standing in their pristine proportions, except one of the thirteen tow- 
ers, which fell down Sept. 1st, 1831. Its form is an irregular curve, 
approaching to a circle, and the wails, which are 44 feet high and eight 
thick, are composed of flints and stones of all shapes and sizes, held 
together solely by the strength of the cement, in which they are im- 
bedded. The towers which flank the walls are 14 feet higher than 
the ramparts, and are square, but vary much in size and architecture, 
and in their distance from each other. An ancient wreathed chimney 
rises from eight of the towers, and three others project from the walls. 
These chimneys are fine specimens of early brick work, and are all 
cylindrical, but variously decorated. The entire parapet is embattled, 
and in all parts of the walls are chinks of various shapes. The prin- 
cipal gateway is on the south side, and over it are the arms of the no- 
ble families of Howard, Broth erton, Warren, Mowbray. Segrave, and 
Breos, quartered in one escutcheon, with lions for supporters, and 
above a lion passant, resting upon a helmet. Of the western outworks 
and eastern postern, enough remains to enable the antiquary to dis- 
cover their construction and extent. Within the walls, which enclose 
an area of 1a. 1b. Up., not a room, and scarcely a vestige of one, re- 
mains. The interior was destroyed about 1650, by the trustees of Sir 
Ptobt. Hitcham, as will be seen in the account of his charities ; and 
so complete was the demolition of ail the apartments, that though 
many thousand loads of rubbish have been removed duiing the pre- 
sent century, not a single foundation has been discovered in a state of 
preservation, sufficient to ascertain the interior arrangements. Even 
the cellars, the dungeons, and subterraneous passages, of which tra- 
dition has preserved the memory of several, appear to have undergone 
the same fate with the upper apartments, since the whole appeared 
upon excavation to be one uniform mass of building materials. The 
mortices that received the timbers of the floors, the marks of ancient 
roofs, the windows and fire places still indeed prove the former exist- 
ence of numerous apartments : but except the situation of the chapel, 
which may be easily known from its east window yet remaining, all 
is buried in complete confusion. The trustees just named destroyed 
the whole interior chiefly for the purpose of selecting the best parts of 
the materials for the erection of the adjacent almshouses, and a work- 
house, pursuant to the will of Sir Eobt. Hitcham. Camden observes 
that " Framlingham is a very beautiful castle, fortified with a rampire, 
a ditch, and a wall of great thickness, with 13 towers : within it has 
very convenient lodgings." Sampson, Loder, and some other histori- 
ans have noticed several sumptuous apartments which appear to have 
been elegantly decorated and hung with rich tapestry. This castle was 



FRAMLINGHAM. 359 

strongly fortified both by nature and art, being effectually defended on 
the west side by a lake or mere, fed by the river Ore (formerly exten- 
sive, but now choked up,) and on the other sides by two broad and 
very deep ditches. To these means of security were added various 
outworks, of which some remains may yet be traced, especially those of 
the barbican, a strong fortification, which stood between the two 
ditches, and served to flank the grand draw-bridge. This, together 
with a strong machicolated and embattled gate and portcullis, the 
grooves of which are still to be seen, formed a sufficient defence against 
all the modes of attack employed before the invention of fire arms. 
Thepai'k, which extended more than a mile north of the castle, is 
now divided into fertile farms, belonging to Sir Kobert Hitcham's 
Charity. It was formerly celebrated for its noble forest trees. Eve- 
lyn says Suffolk, and particularly Frauilingham, was famous for 
producing the tallest and largest oaks, perhaps, in the world; and 
Miller informs us that the oak, which afforded the beams of the Eoyal 
Sovereign, grew at Framlingham, and was four feet nine inches in 
diameter, and yielded four beams, each 44 feet long. 

The origin of this castle is lost in obscurity. It is conjectured to 
have been first built in the time of the heptarchy, by some of the first 
Saxon kings of the East Angles; and is generally ascribed to Eed- 
wald, who began his reign in 593, and resided generally at Kendlesham. 
St. Edmund, the king and martyr, fled to this castle in 870, from the 
invading Danes, and was here besieged by them. Being hard pressed, 
and having no hopes of succour, he endeavoured to escape, but was 
overtaken in his flight and put to death by his enemies, who took pos- 
session of Framlingham and the rest of East Anglia. About 50 years 
afterwards, Framlingham was recovered by the Saxons, and in their 
possession it remained till the total subjection of England by Canute. 
After the Norman Conquest, this castle was considered of so much im- 
portance that it was retained by the first two monarch s; but was 
granted by Henry I. to Boger Bigod, to be held of the king incapite. 
His grandson, Hugh Bigod, was created Earl of Norfolk by king 
Stephen, because he attested that Henry had, on his death- bed, de- 
clared his nephew Stephen his successor, in preference to his daugh- 
ter Maude. By this nobleman, the castle was either rebuilt, or much 
repaired, but it was partially dismantled in 1176, by order of Henry 
II., because the Earl had favoured the pretensions of his rebellious 
sons, as noticed at page 54. The king, nevertheless, restored his 
possessions on condition, that on the failure of heirs to the family 
of Bigod, they should revert to the Crown ; a circumstance which 
actually took place in the third of Edward II., when that monarch 
appointed John de Botetourt, governor of Framlingham Castle, but 
removed him in 1312, when he conferred all the possessions of the 
Bigods on his brother Thomas Plantagenet, surnamed de Brother- 
ton, whom he created Earl of Norfolk and Marshal of England 
This nobleman repaired the castle, and procured a license for a/air, 
and a charter oifree warren for all his demesne lands in Framling- 
ham. He died in 1338, and his only son followed him to the grave 
in the same year. Alice, his daughter, married Edward de Monta- 
cute; and their daughter Joan carried Framlingham, and the other 



360 FBAMLINGHAM. 

estates of her family, in marriage to William de Ufford, afterwards 
Earl of Suffolk, who died without issue in 1382, after which Frain- 
liugham passed to the wife of John Lord Mowbray, who was the 
daughter of Margaret de Brotherton and Lord Segrave. Her son, 
Thomas Mowbray, inherited the estates, and was created by Richard 
II. Earl of Nottingham in I3S3. and BiCke of XorfolJx in 1397, but 
was banished in the same year, and died at Venice in 1413. His 
son Thomas was beheaded at York in 1405, when Framlingham 
was given to the Prince of Wales, but was restored in 1413 to John 
Mowbray, who in 1424 was also restored to the dignity of Duke of 
Norfolk. 

The Howards succeeded to the honours and a great part of the 
estates of the Mowbrays in 14S3. and with them the title of Duke of 
Norfolk still remains ; but they have had many reverses of fortune, as 
is well know to every reader of English history. John, the first Duke 
of Norfolk of the Howard family, was slain in the cause of Richard 
the Third, at Bosworth field, in 1485, and being attainted, all his 
honours were forfeited ; but his son Thomas was restored to the 
earldom of Surrey in 14S9. and was created Duke of Norfolk in 1514, 
after gaining a signal victory over the Scots at Flodden field. He died 
full of years and honours, at his Castle of Framlingham, in 1 5--21. By 
the attainder of his son Thomas, a few days before the decease of 
Henry the Eighth, this castle and manor were again forfeited to 
the Crown, in which they remained dming the reign of Edward VI. 
On the death of that prince, his sister Mary, who was then at Ken- 
ninghall, in Norfolk, repaired for greater safety to Framliugharn 
Castle, where she remained till she went to London to take posses- 
sion of the Crown, after the powerful partisans of Lady Jane Grey 
Lad been put down. The Duke of Norfolk, who had so narrowly 
escaped the executioner's axe by the death of Henry Y1IL. was re- 
leased from the Tower by Queen Mary, and restored to his honours 
■and possessions. He died here in 1554. Thomas, the next duke, 
was beheaded in 1572, for taking part with Mary Queen of Scots ; 
and this castle and manor once more reverted to the Crown. James 
I., immediately after his accession, granted them, with other de- 
mesnes, to Thomas Lord Howard. Baron of Walden, and his uncle 
Lord Henry Howard. 

The latter soon after resigned his moiety to his nephew, who had 
in the meantime been created Earl of Suffolk, and whose son Theo- 
philus in 1035 sold Framiington. and ail his rights in the Hundred 
of Loes. to Sir Robert Hitcham, for i'14, 000. u The title to the 
estate was so perplexed that, had he not had a strong brain and a 
powerful purse, he could never have cleared it, of which he was S3 
-sensible that, in thankfulness to God for his wonderful success, he 
settled it for pious uses on Pembroke Hall, in Cambridge." This 
he did by will dated August 8th, 1636. by which he devised the 
castle and manor of Framlingham. together with the manor of Sax- 
ted, (then of the yearly value of £1000,) to the master and fel- 
lows; £'100 to be expended for the benefit of the said college; and 
the remainder to be appropriated for the foundation of Almshouses 
at Levington and Framlingham ; for the foundation of a school at 



FRAMLINGHAM. 361 

the latter place, for the education of the poor of Framlingham, De- 
benham, and Coggeshall, (in Essex,) and for other charitable uses 
in these parishes and in Nacton. He farther directed all the castle 
of Framlingham, " saving the stone building," to be pulled down, 
and the materials to be employed in the erection of an almshouse 
for twelve poor people, a workhouse, and a school for the poor of 
Framlingham, Debenham, and Coggeshall. Seven days after he 
had executed his will, Sir Eobert died, but his heir-at-law contrived 
to keep the college out of possession of the manor and lands till 1653, 
when an ordinance was published by order of Cromwell, then Lord 
Protector, for settling and confirming them agreeable to the inten- 
tion of the testator, but directing separate schools and workhouses 
to be erected at Debenham and Coggeshall, which were at too great 
a distance to derive any benefit from those of Framlingham. The 
Master and Fellows of Pembroke Hall, instead of dividing the rents 
as directed . by this ordinance, severed the estates, which have ever 
since been in the hands of distinct trustees for each of the towns. The 
Framlingham Trust extends over about 820 acres of the demesne 
lands of the manor, and produces a yearly income of about i>920. 
The Rector and the Reader of prayers of Framlingham, for the time 
being, with G. and W. Edwards and Wm. JeafFreson, Esqrs., and 
some others have the admistration of the trust, subject to the con- 
trol of the Master and Fellows of Pembroke Hall, who in 1730, 
purchased a house for the residence of the Reader, who is also Trea- 
surer of the trust. The Almshouses are occupied by six poor men 
and six poor women, (widows and widowers,) who have each 6s. per 
week, a yearly supply of clothing and coals, and medical assistance 
when required. The Boys' Free School was originally kept in a room 
i over the Market Cross, which was taken down in 1 788, when a new 
school was built near the almshouses, which stand at the western 
extremity of what was the castle mere. The Workhouse, formed 
out of the Castle ruins, as noticed at page 358, has (since Framling- 
ham was joined to Plomesgate Union) been converted into public 
rooms, in which assemblies, the County Court, &c. are held. Ad- 
j joining it is a Girls Free School, which the trustees established 
| some years ago. The two schools now afford gratuitous instruction 
j to about 100 boys and 80 girls. The schoolmaster has a yearly 
salary of .£50 ; the schoolmistress <£35 ; and her assistant <£18. 
After providing for the support of the almspeople and the schools, 
the reparation of the buildings, and the payment of salaries and in- 
cidental expenses, the surplus income is distributed in weekly sti- 
pends and occasional allowances of clothing, among the poor 
parishioners, or in apprentice fees. The Rev. T. J. Brereton is the 
"reader, and has a yearly salary of £2>0, with an addition of ,£15 
for superintending the schools, and a further allowance as treasurer 
'of the trust. 

^ The mansion called the Guildhall, on the north side of the Market 
hill, belongs to J. Peirson, Esq., and occupies the site of a hall which 
belonged to the Guild of the Blessed Virgin Mary, founded here at 
an early period, and dissolved about 1537. In digging the founda- 



362 FRAMLINGHAM 

lions of houses at a place called the Hermitage, on the Dennington 
road, several human skeletons were found some years ago. Fram- 
lingham was anciently considered a borough, aud had its own bailiff, 
who served all writs and processes within its own limits, to the ex- 
clusion of the sheriffs bailiff, as was shewn by a survey made in the 
reign of Edward VI. Antiquaries differ as to the origin of its name, 
some deriving it from the Saxon w ords fremdlingham. (the habita- 
tion of strangers :) and others, affirming that the Ore was in olden 
time called Fromus, consider that it has reference to that river, 
which is said to have anciently been navigable, and still expands 
itself into a broad sheet, a mile below the town, called Broad-water, 
An anchor, two elephant's tusks, and large masses of petrified clay 
and water, with vegetable substances, shells, &c. imbedded in them, 
have been found in the sand pits, below the present channel of the 
river; and one of the latter being cut and polished, exhibits a 
perfect section of a snake stone, seven times coiled, and ten inches 
in diameter. 

Framlingham Church (St. Michael) is a large and handsome struc- 
ture, chiefly of black flint, with a tower 96 feet high, containing a 
clock, chimes, and eight bells. The nave and aisles are 64 feet long 
and 50 broad; and the chancel and aisles, 61 feet in length and 681I- 
in width. The nave is 44, and the chancel 37 feet high. The in- 
terior is in the Gothic style, and is well paved and pewed, and con- 
tains a good organ, presented by the patrons in 1708. The nave is 
supposed to have been built by the Mowbray s; but the chancel is 
of later date, being the work of the Howards, of whom here are 
several splendid monuments. In the north aisle of the chancel is a 
magnificent tomb of black and white marble, on which lie the figures 
of Henry, Earl of Surrey, and bis Countess, with the palms of their 
hands conjoined; the former in his robes of state, over armour. 
but without his coronet, which, as he was beheaded, is placed on 
the tomb by his side. Their heads rest on double cushions, curi- 
ously wrought and gilt; and at a little distance from the east and 
west end of the pedestal are kneeling effigies of their two sons and 
three daughters, the former habited as their father, and the latter 
in robes of state, over mourning, like their mother. The Earl was 
the most learned nobleman of his time, and was brought to the 
block by the false accusations of the minions of Henry Till., only 
nine days before the death of that monarch. This monument was 
erected in 1614, by his second son, Henry, Earl of Northampton ; 
and a little to the east of it, is a small tomb of freestone, adorned 
■with seven fluted pilasters of the Ionic order, and erected in memory 
of Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, who died in 
her infancy. Still farther eastward is a spacious monument of free 
stone, enriched with the effigies of two of the duchesses of the last 
named duke, lying in their full proportions in robes of state, one 
resting her head on a horse couchant, and the other on a tiger col- 
lared and chained. The tomb is enriched with Corinthian columns 
coats of arms, lions seyant, &c. South of it is another spacious 
tomb of freestone, erected for Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond 
the natural son of Henry YHI. It is 9 feet 2 inches long, and I 



FRAMLINGHAM. 363 

feet 2 inches wide. The top is plain, but has four small images 
standing erect at the corners, each supporting a trophy of the pas- 
sion. The lower part of the four sides is adorned with 16 fluted 
Ionic pilasters, and between them are the duke's own arms, impaled 
and differently quartered with those of Howard. In small panels 
above, there are represented, in basso relievo, several of the most 
remarkable events in the Old and New Testament, with cariatides 
between them. On the south side of the altar is a stately tomb of 
freestone, 9 feet long, 6 wide, and 5 high, bearing recumbent effigies 
of Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, who died in 1524, and one of 
his duchesses, in robes of state, with coronets on their heads. The 
sides of the tomb are ornamented with columns of the Composite 
order, and figures of the apostles and evangelists, finely executed in 
alto-relievo. The helmet and crest are on the north side of the tomb, 
upon an iron fastened in the wall. On the south side of the chan- 
cel is the monument of Sir Robert Hitcham, Kt., a distinguished 
lawyer and judge, and a munificent benefactor to Framlingham and 
other parishes, as already noticed. It consists of a table of black 
marble, supported at the four corners by four angels of white marble, 
with gilt hair and wings, each having one knee on the ground. 
Under a plain gray stone, in the south aisle, lies interred Mr. Robert 
Haives, who compiled the greater part of the " History of Framling- 
ham," published by Mr. Loder, of TVoodbridge, in 1798- A very 
interesting Stranger's Guide to Framlingham has lately been pub- 
lished by Mr. Richard Green, bookseller. 

The Rectory of Framlingham has # Saxted curacv annexed to it, and 
is valued in K.B. at MS. 6s. 8d. In 1835, it was valued at £1201, 
but the tithes have since been commuted for a yearly rent charge 
of ^91250 in Framlingham, and £'340 in Saxted ; besides which 
the incumbent has about 70a. of glebe, and a good residence, in the 
Gothic style. The Master and Fellows of Pembroke Hall, Cam- 
bridge, are the patrons, and after the death or resignation of the 
Rev. George Attwood, M.A., the present incumbent, they intend to 
| separate it into two rectories, and to present that of Saxted to the 
i senior fellow of their college. The Unitarian Meeting house (for- 
merly Presbyterian,) was erected in 1717, by a congregation com- 
_" posed of Baptists and Nonconformists, the former of whom dated 
their origin from the preaching of Mr. Thomas Mills, who died in 
1703; and the latter from the ministry of the Rev. W. Sampson, 
: who had officiated as rector here ten years, but was ejected from the 
J church on the restoration of Charles II. Adjoining this chapel is a 
J house for the minister, purchased in 1756. Here are two other 
: chapels, viz., a Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1808 ; and an Indepen- 
ydent Chapel, erected in 1823. The Wesleyan Reformers meet at the 
j Corn Exchange. There are in the town several institutions for the 
^ Promotion of Christian Knowledge, a Mutual Improvement Society, 
A a Parochial Library, an Horticultural and Floral Society, esta- 
D Wished in 1848 ; a Farmers' Club, established in 1843 ; a Lying-in- 
I Charity, commenced in 1826 ; and a Penny Clothing Club, esta- 
blished in 1833. The Farmers' Club meets monthly at the Crown 



S64 FRAMLINGHAM. 

and Anchor, and David Smith, jun., Esq., is its secretary. A com- 
pany of Volunteers was formed here for internal defence in 179S, and 
disbanded at the peace of 1801, but formed again in 1503, and re- 
mained embodied till 1814. Besides the Almshouses and Schools 
supported by the munificent Charity of Sir Bit. Hitch am. as noticed 
at page 360, Framlingham has eight almshouses, and charities for 
the education and relief of the poor, founded by Mr. Thos. Mills. 
The Town Lands comprise about 32 acres, in various parcels, and 
were vested before the time of Edward VI. for the general benefit of 
the parish. They are let for £61 a year, which is applied with the 
church rates In 1701, Richard Porter charged a house, formerly 
the Griffin Inn, with the weekly distribution of IS twopenny loaves 
among the poor parishioners: who have also 18 two-penny loaves 
weekly, left by one Warren, out of Parham House. 

In 1703, Thomas Mills bequeathed all his messuages, lands, and 
hereditaments in Suffolk, for the erection and endowment of an 
ALMSHOUSE at Framlingham. for six poor people ; the yearly 
payment of 40s. each to Framlingham and Ufford, and 20s. each to 
Petistree, Wickkani, Dallinghoo, Parham. and Dennington, for dis- 
butions of bread in those parishes ; and the residue for the educa- 
tion of children of Framlingham, or the relief of the poor, as his 
executors should think meet. He also gave £300 for the erection 
of the Almshouse, which was built in Feak's Pightle, pursuant to the 
testator's directions, with the addition of two other sets of rooms, so 
that it is occupied by eight poor people, who have each a small gar- 
den, and an equal interest in the adjoining orchard, which is let for 
,£4 a year. The estates belonging to this charity comprise two farm 
houses and 166a. 2k. 39p. of land in Ufford: a farm of 113a. Lb. Gp. 
in Petistree; a farm called Old Hall, in Dallinghoo, containing 
46a. 2a. 36p. of land in Parham; a house, barn, and about TOa. of 
land in Framlingham; and a farm of 23a. 1b. 6p. in Dennington. 
They yield an annual income of about £640. The eight abnspeopm 
have each a weekly stipend of 5s., and about £"24 worth of coals and 
£'10 worth of clothing are distributed among them yearly. They 
are also supplied with medical assistance, and are permitted each of 
them to take a nmse to reside with them, to whom the trustees 
allow about 5s. per quarter. Bread is supplied for the poor of the 
several parishes, in the quantities mentioned in the will. Exercising 
the discretionary power given them by the testator, the trustees pay 
yearly £19. 5s. to a sclwolmaster , for teaching poor boys; and they 
distribute among the poor parishioners about £7, 10s. weekly, and 
supply them with about £20 worth of blankets yearly, besides sup- 
plying them with 80 chaldrons of coals, at reduced prices. There is 
a considerable annual expenditure in repairs of the farm buildings, 
and the almshouse ; and a great part of the estate being copyhold, 
a sum of from £300 to £400 has to be paid for lines, &c., on every 
renewal of the trust. Mr. Thomas Mills, the founder of this valua- 
ble charity, was originally a tailor at Grundisburgh, and afterwards 
followed the occupation of a wheelwright at Framlingham. where he 
"became a preacher among the Baptists, and married Mrs. Groorne 
a widow lady possessed of considerable property, who died before 



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him, leaving him all her estates, which he devoted to charitable 
uses, as stated above. At his own request, he was buried in his 
garden, near the almshouses, under a neat tomb-house, now taste- 
fully decorated with ivy, jessamine, &c. This building has small 
lancet-shaped windows, and on the side next the road is a tablet of 
black marble, with the following in scrip tisn ; — " In memory of 
Thomas Mills, (who died January 13th, 1703, aged 80,) founder of 
the adjoining almshouses, and donor of several estates to charitable 
purposes; also, of his faithful servant, William Mayhew." The 
latter was one of the founder's trustees : and at his death, in 1713, 
he desired his remains to be laid beside his master's. 

Framlingham Savings Bank was established in 1819, and is open 
on the first Thursday of every month, from 11 to 2 o'clock. Its de- 
posits in Nov., 1853, amounted to <£21,412, belonging to 656 depo- 
sitors, 21 Charitable Societies, and 5 Friendly Societies. It has also 
a surplus fund of <£214. Mr. George Edwards is the cashier, and 
Mr. Wm. Edwards, secretary. Loes, Hoxne, Thredling, and Plomes- 
gate Hundreds' Provident Society and Sickness Club was established 
in 1846, and has local agents in thirteen different parishes, Mr. W\ 
D. Freeman, of Framlingham, is the secretary, and the committee 
meet at his house, on the last Friday of every month at 12 noon. 
At the Crown Inn is an Odd Fellows Lodge, and in the town are 
several other provident institutions. 

Clutten James, fellmonger, Bridge st 
Collins Wm. millwgt, Dennington r& i. 
Cooper Miss Maria, Church street 
Cooper Rev Thos. (Unitn.) Bridge str 
Cottingham John, relieving officer and 

registrar, Fore street 
Creasey, John Braham, police inspr., 

Double street 
Crick Rev Henry Wm., M.A. curate of 

Dennington, Saxted road 
Edwards George, maltster, Castle st 
Field Edw., Esq., The Oaks (&c London) 
Garlett Emma, Berlin wool and fancy 

depot and shoe whs., Market hill 
Gibbs Charles, court bailiff, Fore st 
Goodwyn Goodwyn, high constable, 

Fairfield House 
Goodwyn Mrs Martha, Hermitage pi 
Gray Jno. inland rev. offr. Wellclose sq 
Green James, cattle dlr., Wellclose sq 
Howard Mr John, Dennington road 
Jeaffreson Wm. surgeon, Market hill 
Keer Mr. Davie, Kettleburgh road 
Kersey Miss Hannah Maria, artist 
Kersey Mrs Ann, Great Lodge 
Manning Mr. Robert, Double street 
Marjoram George, farrier and horse- 
breaker, Double street 
Marshall James, hosier, Double street 
Peirson John, Esq., Broadwater 
Peirson Misses My. & Mgt., Market hill 
Read Thomas, fishmonger, Castle st 
Runnacles Wm. policeman, Double s& 



FRAMLINGHAM. 

The Post Office is at Mr. Richard 
Green's, Church street. Letters are 
despatched at 7 J evening, and received 
at 7 morning, via Woodbridge mail cart. 
Money orders are granted and paid, and 
foot posts are despatched to Brandish, 
Cransford, Dennington, Laxfield, Sax- 
ted, and Tanning ton. 
Alston Bev Edward Constable, Guildhall 
Attwood Rev Geo., M.A. rector, surro- 
gate, and rural dean, Rectory 
Baldwin Thomas Wardley, auctioneer, 

estate agt., valuer, & regr.of marriages 
Barker Jph. supt. of Gas Works, &c. 
Benmgton Miss Louisa, Double street 
Bloom Samuel Hingeston, bank agent, 

Fore street 
Bloss Miss Mary Ann, Wellclose sq. 
Blumfield Chas. saddler, Wellclose sq 
Brereton Rev Thos. Jph., B.A. curate 
Brown William, brewer and maltster, 

Castle Brewery 
Browning Rev Samuel Alex. (Indpt.,) 

Kettleburgh road 
Burrows Wm. gun maker, Double st 
Cage Mrs Aun, Bridge street 
Carr Rt. par clerk, and Henry, sexton 
Catchpole George, sweep, Horn hill 
Clare George Feveryear, law clerk and 

insurance agent, Woodbridge road 
Clutten Henry, jun. stone and marble 

mason, Bridge street 



§66 



FRAMLINGHAM DIRECTORY. 



Smith Joseph, veterinary surgeon. 

Castle street 
Smith Susan, fishmonger. Fore street 
Thompson Henry, gent.. Church street 
Willson John, surgeon, Dennington rd 
Wyatt Misses C. & K.. Market hill 
ACADEMIES. 
Marked * take Boarders. 
*Boult Rachel, Double street 
Bridges Sarah, Market hill 
Fairweather Mary Ann, Double street 
*Hill Wm., Double street 
Newson Elizabeth, Castle street 
*Oseland Misses Mary k Emma, Ivy 

Cottage 
Hitcham's Charity Schools, Saml. Lane, 

Dinah Tucker, and Ann Prettv 
ATTORNEYS. 
Clubbe Charles, (clerk to magistrates 

and county court,) Market hill 
Edwards Wm., Church street 
Shafto John Cuthbert, Hermitage place 

RANKS. 
Gurneys & Co., Market hill (on Bar- 
clay & Co..) J. Hart £ Co., agents 
Harvevs and Hudsons. Church street, 

(on'Hankey & Co.,) S. H. Bloom, 

agent 

Savings Bank (see p. 365.) 

BAKERS & FLOUR DEALERS. 

Harked * are Confectioners also. 

Addous John, Double street 

*Gravlin Thomas, Double street 

*Leek Spencer, {and basket maker.) 

Well close square 
*Middleton Rt. Buckingham Mkt. hill 
Newson Charles. Mount Pleasant 

BLACKMITHS. 
Bridges Edward. Double street 
Bridges Frewer, Fairfield road 
Godbold John, agent for Ransomes ic 

Sims's imnlements,) Wellclose sq 
BOOKSELLERS, PRINTERS, &c. 

And Circulating Libraries. 
Bayes Geo. (and toy dlr.) Double st 
Freeman Wm. Dove (and tax, &c, 

coir.) Stamp Office, Double street 
Green Richard. Church street 

BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS. 
Chatten James. Wellclose square 
Cone Charles, Castle street 
Farrow Joseph, Church street 
Freeman James, Castle street 
Garlett John, Market hill 
Hammond James, Horn hill 
Johnson Henry. Fore street 
Leggett Francis, Horn hill 
Mayhew George, Market hill 
Newson Samuel, Wellclose square 
Pvead Paul, Fore street 
Scotchmer Wm., Fairfield road 



BRAZIERS AND TINNERS. 
Harding Wm., Fore street 
Pratt James, Fore street 
Simmons Henrv. Wellclose square 

BRICKLAYERS, &c. 
Drake Robert, Double street 
Hall Wm.. Woodbridge road 
Mallows Stephen. Mount Pleasant 

BUTCHERS. 
Bilnev Francis. Fore street 
Collins Wm. Market hill 
Kerridge John. Bridge street 

CABINET MAKERS. 
Butcher George. Saxted road 
Dale Thomas. Market hill 
Leech Wm. Wright. Double street 

CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
Gooch Henry. Market hill 
Manning Sarah. Double street 

COOPERS. 
Vice Wm.. Fore street 
Waters Charles, Castle street 

CORN MERCHANTS. 
Abbott James, jun.. Hermitage place 
Kindred Fdk. (.* coal) Wellclose so 

CORN MILLERS. 
Kindred Frederic, Steam Mill 
Whitehead Reuben, Mount Pleasant 
Woods Samuel. Saxted road 
CURRIERS, &B. 
Garlett John, Market hill 
Read Elizabeth, Fore street 

DYERS AND SCOURERS. 
Noble Mary, Fore street 
Wells Thomas. Double street 

FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
Abbott James Cooper. Little Lodge 
Allen Win.. Cherry Tree 
Barker Thomas. Badingham road 
Barnes John, Manor Farm 
Bennington Nathaniel, Lampard Brook 
Bilnev Francis, Fore street 
♦Barrett Alfred, Grove 
Capon Charles, Red House 
Carr Francis Botwright, Eookery 
^Edwards George, Castle street 
-Girling MattheV Brabling Green 
Gobbett James, Countess Wells 
Gooch Edward, Durban? 
*Goodwyn Goodwyn, Faimeld House 
*Goodwyn John, Saxted road 
*Goodwyn Samuel. Saxmundham road 
Holmes Nicholas, Dennington road 
Kersey Fredk. Cooper, and Mrs. Ann. 

Great Lodge 
Larratt James, Saxmundham road 
Larratt Henry. Castle street 
Laws Wm., Dennington road 
Rivers John, Pitman's green 
Smith Joseph. Castle street 
Stannard Ephraim, Rookery 



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367 



Taylor Joseph. Castle Brooks 
Turner James, Saxted road 
Turner Richard, Saxted road 
*W hitehead Reuben, Saxted road 
Whitmore John & Wm., Dennington 
corner 

FIBE AND LIFE OFFICES. 
Accidental. S. H. Bloom. Church st 
Essex and Suffolk Equitable, "William 

Edwards, Church street 
European, Henry Gooch, Market hill 
Legal and Commercial, and Manches- 
ter, J. C. Shafto 
London and Liverpool, M. Keer 
London Professional, W. D. Freeman 
Norwich Equitable. W. D. Freeman 
Norwich Union, Pachard Green 
Eoyal Farmers, W. Bloss, of Brandish 
Scottish Provincial, and Life Associa- 
tion and Accidental Death, S. H. 
Bloom, Church street 
Scottish Equitable. John G arlett 
Suffolk Alliance, J.' Hart & Co., Mkp 
Temperance ic General. W. Eobinson 
GARDENERS. 
* are only Green Grocers. 
*Bishop Thomas, Castle street 
Carr Henry, Castle street 
Harsant Wm. Saxmundham road 
*Hearn Wm. Bridge street 
*Ludbrook Daniel, Castle street 
Mann John. Woodbridge road 

GLASS, CHINA, &c, DEALERS. 
Freeman James, Castle street 
Wightman Jesse. Wellclose square 

GLOTEES. 
Eow John, Castle street 
Watlmg Charlotte. Fore street 
GEOCEES AND DRAPERS. 
Marked * are Tallow Chandlers. 
*Baxter Joseph. Fore street 
*Garrard Hatsell, Market hill 
Hart Jonathan & Co.. Market hill 
Kindred Frederic, Wellclose square 
Eobinson Wm., Double street 
Wightman Jesse. Wellclose square 

HAIEDEESSEES, (fee. 
Gibbons Geo., Crown and Anchor lane 
Lay Eichard, Market hill 
Moyse John. Wellclose square 

INNS AND TATEENS. 
Crown Inn, Wm. Collins, Market hill 
Crown & Anchor Inn, Charlotte Bloss, 

Church street 
Hare and Hounds, William Burrows, 

Double street 
Queen's Head, Cath. Sheppard, Mkthill 
Waggon and Horses, Francis Bilney, 

Fore street 
White Horse, Mary Brunning, Well- 
close square 



BEEEHOUSES. 
Brown Wm. (brewer) Church street 
Thurston George, Market hill 

IEONMONGEES. 
Barker Samuel Keer, Market hill 
Barker Jph. (and smith, gas fitter, and 
inspector of weights and measures) 
Double street 
JOINEES AND BUILDEES. 
Bridges Wm., Fore street 
Clutten Henry, Bridge street 
Dale Thomas, Market hill 
Dalleston Henry, Fore street 
Wightman John. Double street 
LINEN £ WOOLLEN DEAPEES. 

( See also Grocers and Drapers.) 
Clodd and Earner, Wellclose square 
Nichols Wm. Double street 
Eobinson Wm.. Double street 

MILLINERS, &c 
Abbott Mrs, Kettleburgh road 
Barker Elizabeth, Church street 
Cooper Ellen, Market hill 
Farrow Mrs Eebecca, Church street 
Middleton Delilah, Castle street 
Eunnacles Eliza, Double street 
I Smith Charlotte & Harriet, Castle st 
! PAINTERS, PLUMBERS, &G LZES 

risk Wm.. Castle street 
; Woolnough Constantine. Bridge street 

SHOPKEEPEES. 
Capon Jonathan, Market hill 
j Cooper John, Mount Pleasant 
| Dalleston Daniel {and broker) ditto 

Fairweather Samuel, Dennington road 
I Ludbrook Daniel. Castle street 
Middleton Josiah, Castle street 
j Newson Samuel, Wellclose square 
1 Noble Wm., Saxmundham road 
[ Smith Samuel, Fore street 
i Waters Charles, Castle street 
j Woods Samuel, Wellclose square 
Wright Samuel. Fore street 

" STEAW HAT MAKERS. 
Bridges Mrs Job, Double street 
Farrow Eebecca, Church street 
Leek Ann. Wellclose square 

TAILORS AND DEAPEES. 
Capon Jonathan, Market hill 
Clodd and Earner, Wellclose square 
Dorling Charles, Bridge street 
Farrow Joseph, Church street 
Eowland Jas. Buckingham, Castle st 
Wright Samuel, Fore street 

WATCHMAKERS. &C 
Barker Samuel Keer, Market hill 
Tavlor Samuel, Bridge street 

WHEELWEIGHTS. 
Leggett Henry, Double street 
Moore John. Hermitage place 



368 



FRAMLTNGHAM. (LOES HUNDRED.) 



■^Yightman Samuel [and coach) Well- 
close square 
WINE 1- SPIRIT MERCHANTS. 

Keer Manning. Market hill 

Lankester Edward. Church street 

COACH AND OMNTBUS 
From the Inns daily to Ipswich. Wood- 
bridge. &c., at 5 morning, and to 
Halesworth at two afternoon. 

CARRIERS. 
Alfred Hart, to Ipswich.. Mon., Wed... 



and Ffi, and to Fressingneld. Wed.. 
from the White Horse. 
Win. Meen, to Ipswich, Woodbridge, 
&&, Men. and Wed., and Norwich. 

lues, and Sat. 

Wm. Coates, from the Crown to Nor- 
wich. Tues. and Sat. 

Jas. Sawyer, to Ipswich. Mom. Wed., 
and Fri.. and to Halesworth, Tues., 
Thnrs . and Sat., from the Crown 
and Anchor 



HACHESTON. a scattered village on the Woodbridge road, four 
miles S. by E. of Erarnlingham. has in its parish 510 souls, and. 
17:26 acres of land, including the hamlet of Gleiering. which is dis- 
tant nearly six miles N.N.W. of Woodbridge, and has only 11 in- 
habitants. Gl tiering Hall, a large and handsome mansion, in an 
extensive park on the north-east bank of the river Deben. was the 
seat of the late Andrew Arcedeckne, Esq.. who owned a great part 
of the parish. Bloomville Hall, a neat white-brick mansion, belongs 
to the Duke of Hamilton, and is occupied by a farmer; and Mr. T. 
Gregory has an estate and a neat house, near the church. Haches- 
ton has &fair. chiefly for pedlery, &c., held on the 12th and 13th of 
November, pursuant to a charter granted in the 2nd of Henry III., 
to the Prior and Convent oi Hickling, in Norfolk, who were appro- 
priates of this parish, except Glevering, which was given to Leis- 
ton priory. The Church ('All Saints ) is an ancient structure on a 
bold eminence, and near it is a small mausoleum, belonging to the 
Arcedecknes. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at =£6. Is. 11-kl., is 
consolidated with Parham vicarage. Eredk. Corrance. Esq.. is 
patron and impropriator, and the Piev. C. T. Corrance is the incum- 
bent. The rectorial tithes have been commuted for £-278. 12s. 6d. 
per annum, and the vicarial tithes for £169. 3s. 9d. The Toun 
Lands, 14a., let for £2fi a year, have been vested front an early 
period for parochial and charitable uses. The rent is carried to the 
account of the poor rates, and partly distributed in coals and cloth- 
ing, by way of addition to the ordinary parochial relief. A house, 
occupied by paupers, was built on part 'of the estate many years ago, 
The poor have the following yearly rent charges, viz., i'2. 14s., left 
by Mrs. Warner for a distribution of bread once a fortnight ; two of 
JS1. 6s., left by Maximilian Smyth and Edmund Coleman for weekly 
distributions of bread; and one of 13s. 4d., and another of 12s., 
given by unknown donors, and distributed on Easter Tuesday. In 
1701, Eichard Porter left a cottage for the residence of a School- 
master, and a yearly rent-charge of £12 out of his estate here, for 
the education of 12 poor boys of Hacheston and Parham. The 
schoolhouse was rebuilt in 1825. The churchwardens and princi- 
pal inhabitant? appoint the master, and his annuity is paid out op 
an estate belonging to the Earl of Eochford. Here is also a School, 
which was built by the late A. Arcedeckne, Esq., and now chiefly 
supported by his widow. 



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369 



Arcedeekne Andw.,Esq.. Glevering Hall 
Arcedeckne Mrs Harriet, gentlewoman ; 

house 1, Grosvenor square, London 
Martin Major M. F., Glevering Hall 
Barker Charles, sweep and beerhouse 
Barker John, blacksmith 
Barker Wm, coachbuilder, See. 
Barthropp Miss Mary 
Cotton James, cattle dealer 
Felgate George, tailor 
Gregory Thomas, gentleman 
Hill James, vety. surgeon and vict., 

Queen s Head 
Hill James Taylor, thatcher 
Scarlett Elizabeth, schoolmistress 
Thompson & Bennington, maltsters 
Titshall "\Ym. parish elk. and schoolmr 



Tricker Pp. wheelgt 

BOOT & SH0EMXB& 

Blaxhall Francis 
Cornish Edmund 
Haselton Charles 

CORN' MILLERS. 

Titshall Richard 
Woolnough Chas. 

FARMERS. 

Chandler William 
Barnes. Bloom- 
ville Hall 

Cracknell Thomas 

Eade James 

Hall Charles 

Keer John 



and coach builder 
Thurlow "William,. 

Bridge 
Walker Thomas 

GROCERS & DPES- 

Comyn Thomas 

Handy Hy. ; Post 
Office 

COACH and CAR- 
RIERS from Ips- 
wich to Hales- 
worth, &c, call 
daily at the Inn. 

Post from Wood- 



HOO, a small scattered village on the southern side of the vale 
of Deben, 4 miles S.S.W. of Framlingharn, has in its parish 195 
souls, and 1185a. of fertile land, mostly the property of the Duke of 
Hamilton, (lord of the manor,) A. Arcedeckne, Esq., and the Bev. 
Ellis Watford. Hoo Hall, now a farm house, anciently belonged to 
the Earls of Norfolk and Suffolk; and an estate called Goodwins, 
belonging to a family of that name, and was afterwards a seat of 
the Wingrields. Here were formerly Guilds, dedicated to Holy 
Trinity, St. Mary, St.Peter, St. Andrew, and St. John. The Church 
(St. Andrew and" St. Eustachius) was appropriated to Letheringham 
priory in 1470. by the Duke of Norfolk. It is a perpetual curacy, 
consolidated with that of Letheringham, and valued at ^'130 in the 
gift of the Church Patronage Society, and incumbency of the Bey. 
John Burt, M.A., who has his Parsonage House at Brandeston. 
(See p. 349.) The rectorial tithes have been sold to the landowners. 
A neat School House, for the two parishes, was built by subscription 
in 1843, on land given by A. Arcedeckne, Esq. The 'Farmers are 
Edw. Brook, Arthur Birch, Ellis Leather Gleed, Hall; Sebbrort 
Gomer, Ann Gooderham, and Jeremiah Gosling, Goodwin place ~ 
Myra Crawford, schoolmistress ; and Pp. Hill, shopkeeper, 



KENTON, a pleasant village, nearly U miles N.NJE. of Deben- 
ham, and 6 miles N.E. of Stonham, has in its parish 301 souls, and 
1435a. of land, forming a detached member of Loes Hundred. It 
was formerly the property of the Kentons, who resided at Kenton 
Hall, a large ancient mansion, encompassed by a double moat, and 
now occupied by a farmer. This hall, with the manor to which it 
gives name, now belongs to Wm, Mills, Esq. Suddon Hall, another 
old mansion and manor, is the property of Dr. Hayward. Mr. J. 
Freeman owns Kenton Lodge, and W. Adair, Esq., has an estate in 
the parish, which is partly in the manors Blood Hall and Crows 
Hall. (See Debenham.) The Church (All Saints) was appropriated 
to Butley priory, but was granted to Fras. Franlingham in the 34th 
of Henry VIII. Lord Henniker is now impropriator, and also 
patron of the vicarage, valued in K.B. at £$, and now in the in- 



370 



KENTON. (LOES HUNDRED.) 



cumbency of the Rev. Hy. White. The tithes have been commuted 
for a yearly rent-charge of £'154. 14s. 6d. to the impropriator, and 
£lbO. 5s. to the vicar, who has also 33a. lor of glebe, and a dilapi- 
dated Vicarage House, but it is proposed to erect a new one. The 
Church and Parish Lands, dc, comprise a double cottage and half 
an acre, occupied rent-free by the sexton and parish clerk : and a 
house and 6a. of land at Bedfield, and 10a. at Monk Soham. let to- 
gether for £20 a year. In 1684, Wentwarth Gameys bequeathed a 
house, cottage, and 22a. of land here, to the ministers, church- 
wardens, and overseers of Kenton and Debenham, for the time 
being, in trust that they should distribute the rents yearly among 
the poor of those parishes. This property is let for £i5. 



Bennett Win., gent 
Cupper Henry, vict., Crown 
Moyes Lionel, blacksmith 
Plant Robert, shoemaker 
Shearing Wm.. shoemaker 
Shnlver John, wheelwright 
Simpson James, parish clerk 
Steward Win., shopkeeper 
White Rev Henry, vicar 



FARMERS. 
Clarke Lncy Steward Wm. 
Cupper Saml. Page Eliz. 
G-arneys Emma Reynolds Dd. 
Gooderharn Jno. Shearing Wm. 
Hammond John Edgar. Lodge 
Kersey Clement 
Symonds Robt., Kenton Hall 
Post from Sior '■ 



KETTLEBURGH, or Kettlehorougli, a small village in a plea- 
sant vale, 2\ miles S.S.V^. of Framlingbam, has ill lie parish 348 
souls, and 1435a. of land. The Duke of Hamilton is lord of the 
manor, but the principal proprietors of the soil are A. Arcedeekne, 
Esq., Chas. Austin, Esq., and the Tollemasbe and Garrett families. 
Kettleburgh Hall, an ancient mansion, is the seat of Mrs. Garrett. 
Henry III., in 1265, granted a market and fair here, but they were 
disused several centuries ago. TheChwrck St. Andrew is an 
valued in K.B. at £16, and in 1S35 at £290, but the tithes have 
been commuted for £'410 per annum. Thos. Mayhew. Es 
patron, and the Rev. G. T. Turner, M.A.. is the incumbent. ~The 
Town Estate comprises five tenements, and 4|a. of copyhold land, 
let for £17. 10s. 6d., and a double cottage let for i'4. 2s. per annum. 
The rents are distributed in coals and money among the poor 
parishioners. Here is a large malthouse and brewery. Posi 
Office at the Chequers Inn. Letters via Woodbridge. per foot post 
to Brandeston. 



Abbott John, shopkeeper 

Cullum Edk. Wm., com miller 

Garrett Mrs Sarah. Kettleburgh Hall 

Girling Abraham, shoemaker 

Grant John, gentleman 

Grant James Brighten, brewer and 

maltster 
Hill J as., blacksmith & vict., Chequers 
Jackson Wm.. collar & harness nikr. 
Jeafireson Wm.. surgeon, & Franilgm. 
Kent Henry, tinner & brazier 



Smyth George, tailor 
Stokes John, shoen 
Turner Rev Geo. Thos.. M.- 
Wright James, parish clerk. 

FARMERS. hos. 

Aldrich Edgar Sheppard Jno. 
Boon Edward. Hill Farm 
Green ard Geo. Smith Phcebe 
Smith Wm.. Haii-Tsv House 
Walker T., Rookery. (A Hacheston. ) 



LETHERINGHAM, on the river Deben. 3% miles S. by W. of 
Framlinghain, is a village and parish containing £06 souls, and 
1134a. of. land. The Duke of Hamilton is lord of the manor, hut 



LETHERINGHAM PARISH. 371 

a great part of the soil belongs to A. Arcedeckne, Esq., and several 
smaller proprietors. The knightly families of Wingfield and Nauntort 
were formerly seated here. The Lodge, an ancient mansion now 
occupied by a farmer, is still encompassed by a moat. Here was a 
small priory of Black Canons, founded by Sir John Bovile, as a 
cell to St. Peter's priory, in Ipswich. It was valued at the disso- 
lution at =£26. 18s. 5d., and was granted first to Sir Anthony Wing- 
field, and afterwards to his daughter, Mrs. Eliz. Naunton. Sir 
Mobt. Naunton, secretary of state in the reign of James L, converted 
it into a good mansion, to which he removed from Alderton, and 
his successors resided here for several generations. One of them 
suffered much for his loyalty to Charles I., for whom he fought 
under Sir Thos. Glemham. In 1760, their estate devolved on Win. 
Leman, Esq , who, about 1770, pulled down most of the old man- 
sion, which contained a fine collection of paintings. What remains 
of it is now a farm house. Sir Anthony Wingfield, who lived in the 
reigns of Henry Till, and Edward VI., had a seat here and at Ipswich, 
(see p. 64,) and one of his family, of the same name, was seated at 
Goodwins in the adjoining parish of Hoo, and was created a baronet 
in 1627. The Church (St. Mary) is a small ancient structure, which 
was repaired and re-pewed in 1797, except the chancel, which had 
long been in ruins, though it contained several elegant monuments 
of the Bovile, Wingfield, and Naunton families. Of this chancel, 
but few traces are now extant. A fine brass effigy of Sir John 
Wingfield, executed about 1399, was removed from the church many 
years ago, but has recently been restored by the Marquis of North- 
ampton, after being in various hands. The benefice is a perpetual 
curacy, consolidated with that of Hoo, as stated at page 369. Near 
the water mill in Letheringham, several skeletons were found in 
1842, in the miller's garden. The Farmers are James Catchpole, 
Abbey; Moses Orisp, (M MeM; Mrs. Eliz. Cuthbert, Wm. Toller, 
Lodge; and Mrs. L. Walker. Jas. Stanton, corn miller ; Wm. 
Birch, blacksmith ; and Edmund Cuthbert, parish clerk. Post from 
Woodbridge. Wm. Borley, carrier to Ipswich. 



MARLESFORD, in the vale of the river Ore, 5 miles S.S.E of 
Framlingham, and 2. miles N.E. of Wickharn Market, is a pleasant 
village and parish, containing 424 souls, and 1267a. of fertile land, 
lying in several manors, and including an open common of 30 acres. 
Miss Shuldham owns a great part of the parish, and is lady of the 
manor of Marlesford. Her father, the late Wm. Abm. Shiddham, 
Esq., died at the Hall in 1845, aged 102 years. W F. Schreiber, 
Esq., the Hon. Mrs. North, the Bev. G/Crabbe, A. Arcedeckne, 
Esq., and a few smaller owners, have estates in the parish. The 
Church (St. Andrew) is a rectory, valued in KJB, at £9. 6s. 8d., and 
in 1835 at £285 ; but the tithes have been commuted for a rent- 
charge of £'362. Andrew Arcedeckne. Esq., is patron, and the Rev. 
G. H. Porter, M.A., is the incumbent, and has a good residence and 
50a. of glebe. Sir Walter Devereux, in the 8th of James I., left a 
yearly rent-charge of M, for the relief of the poor, out of a house 
and land here, now belonging to G. Bates, Esq., and formerly called 



372 MARLESFORD. (LOES HUNDRED.) 

Mapes's. The poor parishioners have also £S. 6s. 7d. yearly from 
Kersey's Charity, (see Charsfield.) and a yearly rent-charge of 52s. 
left by John Smith, in 1693, for a weekly distribution of Is. worth of 
bread, at the church. 



Beedon Thomas, carpenter 
Bloss Robt., broker & shopkeeper 
Bolton Thos., gent, Hill House 
Clarke Charles, job gardener 
Cornish Titus, -wheelwright 
IMinter Rebecca, vict., Bell 
Pawsey Isaac, blacksmith 
Paternoster Wm„ harness maker 
Porter Rev. Geo. Hy., M.A., Rectory 
Rouse Jacob, parish clerk 
Shuldham Hiss Louisa, Hall 



Solomon John, shoemaker 

Stannard Benj , corn miller 

Wadling James, shoemaker 

FARMERS, i; Burt Robt. 

Boon Henry || Largent Henry 

Cracknel! John & Henry, Milestone 

Wilkinson Eliz. || Walker Russell 
Post from Wiekham Market 
Carrier, Edw. Malton, to Ipswich; 

Sat., and to Woodbridge Thurs. 



MONETVDEX, a village and parish 5| miles S.W. of Fram- 
lingham, and 6 miles S.E. of Debenham, contains 220 souls, and 
about 1088a. of land. Wm. Adair, Esq., owns a great part of the 
soil, and is lord of the manor, which was called Mungaden at the 
Domesday survey, and was then held by Odo de Campania, and 
afterwards by the Hastings and Currys. The Church (St. Mary) 
has a tower and three bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
^68. 13s. 4d., is in the gift of A. Arcedeckne, Esq., and incumbency 
of the Eev. H. B. Longe. The tithes have been commuted for 
a yearly rent- charge of £292. The common was enclosed in 1832, 
and a portion of it awarded to the poor. 

Catchpole Mary, schoolmistress 
Fulcher Chas., shopkeeper & carrier 
Howe Wm., miller & shopkeeper 
Hunt Thomas, shoemaker 
Jephson Rev. JohnM., ~B.k., curate 
Leech Joseph, thatcher 
Longe Rev. Hy. Browne, rector 
Shulver Joshua, wheelwright, shop- 
keeper, and parish clerk 
Ward Ann, blacksmith 



FARMERS. 
Blofield Abm. Kersey, Hall 
Cracknell Fras. Keeble Wm. 
Catchpole Allan j Kitson Wm. 
Emeny Allan || Keeble Robert 
Freeman Edw. || Peck James 
Garnham Eliz. || Gooderham Wm. 
Gooderham Geo., senior & junior 

Post via Woodbridge 

Caeeiee, Chas. Fulcher, to Ipswicby 
Tuesday and Saturday 



RENDLESHAM, a pleasant scattered village, 5 miles N.E. of 
Woodbridge, and 3 miles S.E. ofWicfcham Market, has in its parish 
325 souls, and about 2065a. of land, all (except 50a. of glebe), the- 
property of Lord Rendlesham, the lord of the manor, who is now 
only 14 years of age. His family seat, Rendlesham Hall, is a large- 
and handsome mansion, of flint and stone, delightfully situated in 
an extensive park, and erected since Feb. 2nd, 1830, when the old 
hall, called Rendlesham White House, was burnt down by an acci- 
dental fire, which originated in one of the conservatories, and de- 
stroyed most of the furniture, books, and pictures. The old hall 
stood about quarter of a mile from the site of the present mansion. 
The parish is supposed to have had its name from Rendilm, one of 
the Saxon monarchs of East Anglia. Eedwald, another king of the 
East Angles, kept his court here, and received Christianity; but be* 



EENDLESHAM PARISH. 373 

ing afterwards seduced by his wife, he is said to have had in the 
church an altar for the religion of Christ, and " another little altar 
for the sacrifice of devils." Sudhelrn, also King of the East Angles, 
was afterwards baptised here by Cedda, archbishop of York. An 
ancient silver crown was found here in the beginning of last cen^ 
tury, weighing about sixty ounces, and supposed to have belonged 
to some of the East Anglian kings; but it was sold for old silver, 
and melted down. Edward I. granted Hugh Fitz-Otho the privilege 
of a market and fair here. Hugh de Naunton had a grant of free 
warren in Eendlesham, in the second of Edward II. Eendlesham 
House, which was a stately mansion, in the Tudor style, became the 
property of the Spencers in the reign of Edward VI., and continued 
in that family till it was vested in James, the fifth Duke of Hamil- 
ton, by his marriage with Elizabeth, daughter and heiress of Edw. 
Spencer. The Duchess resided here after the death of her husband. 
At her decease the estate descended to her son, the sixth Duke, who 
sold it to Sir George Wombwell, from whom it was purchased, for 
^£51,400, by Peter Isaac Thellusson, Esq., who was born at Paris, 
in 1735, and settled in London as a merchant, with a fortune of 
J10,000. He was naturalised by act of parliament, in 1762. He- 
died in 1797, and after providing for his three sons and three 
daughters, he left about .£600,000 in trust for accumulation during 
the lives of his three sons, and the lives of their sons, born at the 
time of his decease, or in due time afterwards. This singular trust 
was contingent on the lives of nine persons, the last of whom, it is 
calculated, may survive till 1870. After the death of the survivor, 
the accumulated property will go to the eldest male lineal descend- 
ants of the testator's three sons, or the survivor of them ; and should 
there be no male heirs (which is not likely to happen), the estates 
are to be applied to the use of the Sinking Fund, in such manner 
as may be determined by act of parliament. His eldest son, Peter 
Isaac Thellusson, Esq., was raised to an Irish peerage in 1806, by 
the title of Lord Eendlesham, and greatly improved Eendlesham 
Hall. The late Lord Eendlesham succeeded to the title in 1839, 
and died in 1852, when he was succeeded by his only son, Fredk. 
IVm. Brook Thellusson, the fifth and present Lord Eendlesham, 
who was born in 1840. His guardians are Fras. C. Brook and Chas, 
Austin, Esqrs. ; and the heir presumptive to the title is his uncle, 
the Hon. Arthur Thellusson, of Aldeburgh, whose death will ter- 
minate the above named accumulating trust. Eendlesham Churek 
(St. Gregory), is a small ancient structure, and the living is a rec- 
tory, valued in K.B. at £4,. 13s. 4d., but has now 50a. of glebe, and 
a yearly rent charge of £420. The patronage is in the Crown, and 
the Hon. and Eev. Lord Thomas Hay is the incumbent. The Toicn 
Estate was appropriated at an early period for the reparation of the 
church and the relief of the poor; but all the rent has for many years 
been applied with the poor rates. On five roods of the land, four 
cottages, occupied by paupers, have been built. The other land 
consists of 1a. 2r. 26p., in Eendlesham, let to the rector for £2 ; and 
11a. 1b. 33p. in Snape, let for <£12 a year. A commodious school 
was built here, by the late Lord Eendlesham, in 1840. 



374 



RENDLESHAM PARISH. 



Lord Bendlesham, Rendlesham Hall 
Hon. and Bev. Lord Thos. Hay, rector, 

and rural dean, Rectory 
Rev. James Williams, Rendlesham Hall 
Allen William, gardener 
Betts Wm. farmer, Red House 



Bucke Rev. Benj. Walter, curate 
Last Mr Geo. || Slaney Geo. schoolr. 
Rackham Rt. farmer, High House 
Read Thos. farmer, Naunton Hall 
Post via Woodbridge. 



WOODBBLDGE town and parish is a detached member of Loes 
Hundred, and its history and directory are already inserted at pages 
274 to 289. 



HOXNE HUNDRED 

Is in the eastern division of Suffolk, in the Deanery of Hoxne, Arch- 
deaconry of Suffolk, and Diocese of Norwich. It has two detached 
parishes (Carlton and Kelsale) in Bly thing Union, and its other 24 
parishes form Hoxne Union, and constitute a fertile district, aver- 
aging about nine miles in length and breadth; bounded, on the 
north, by the river Waveney, which separates it from Norfolk ; on 
the east by Wangford and Blything Hundreds; on the south, by 
Plomesgate, Loes, and Thredling Hundreds ; and on the west by 
Hartismere Hundred. It is watered by several rivulets, flowing 
northward to the Waveney ; and on its southern side are the 
sources of the river Aide, and near Laxfield the chief source of 
the Blythe. It has generally a strong loa,my soil, well cultivated, 
and rising in picturesque undulations, but subsiding in a cham- 
paign tract, in the vale of the Waveney. It has only one small 
market town (Stradbroke), but those of Framlingham, Saxmund- 
ham, Eye, and Harleston, are near its borders; and it has within 
its limits several large villages. The following enumeration of its 
26 parishes shews their territorial extent, and their population in 
1851. The high constables are Mr. Alfred Bead, of Syleham, and 
Mr. Joseph Blomfield, of Badingham. 

Parishes. Acres. Pop. 

*OIetneld§ 2162 651 

Monk Soham 1569 448 

Saxted 1202 441 

Southolt 798 209 

*Stradbroke J 3702 1822 

*Syleham§ 1603 374 

Tannington 1602 243 

*Weybread§ 2476 745 

Wilby 1844 620 

*Wingfield§ 2441 654 

*Withersdale§ 880 199 

Worlingworth 2446 811 



Parishes. Acres. Pop. 

Athelmgton , . 487 117 

Badingham 3172 794 

Bedfield 1268 372 

Bedingfield 1753 312 

Brandish 2077 510 

Carlton«[ 543 128 

♦DenhamJ 1267 318 

Dennington 3262 1047 

*Fressingfield§ 4560 1491 

Horham 1433 436 

♦Hoxne J 4257 1262 

Kelsale^f 3047 1157 

Laxfield 3630 1147 

♦Mendham, part of§ . . . . 2200 586 



Total 56,625 16,894 



j- Mendham parish is partly in Norfolk, and contains 887 souls and 3144 
acres. 

^[ Carlton and Kelsale are detached members of Hoxne Hundred, and are in 
the Westleton District of Blytlung Union. 

X Denham and Hoxne parishes are in the parliamentary borough of Eye. 

§ The seven parishes marked thus § are in Harleston County Court District ; the 
three marked J are in Eye County Court District ; and the other 14 are in From- 



HOXNE UNION. 375 

lingham County Court District, except Carlton and Kelsale, which are in Hales- 
worth District. 

* HOXNE UNION comprises all Hoxne Hundred, except Carlton and Kel- 
sale. The ten parishes marked thus * are in StradbroJce Registration District; 
and the other 14 are in Dennington District. Hoxne Union comprises 53,035 
acres, and had 15,900 inhabitants in 1851. The Workhouse is at Stradbroke } 
and had 120 inmates in 1841, and 314 in 1851, when the census was taken. It 
was built in 1834-5, at the cost of about ,£10,000, and has room for about 350 
inmates. It is a large cruciform building, admirably adapted for the most im- 
proved system of classification ; and within the same enclosure is a fever ward, 
erected at the cost of £600. The total average annual expenditure of the 24 
parishes, for the support of their poor, during the three years before the forma- 
tion of the union in 1834, was £19,930 ; but during the following year it did 
not exceed £12,000; and for the year ending March 20th, 1854, the total expen- 
diture was only £10,013, including about £1400 paid to the county rates, about 
£800 paid for salaries of union officers, and about £800 for other common 
charges, registration fees, &c. The Board of Guardians meets every alternate 
Monday, and the Rev. J. Hodgson is the chairman. Mr. J. L. Moore, of Hoxne, 
is the union cleric; and Mr. Benaiah Bryant, of Stradbroke, is superintendent re- 
gistrar. The Bev. John Knevett, of Syleham, is chaplain; Mr. Edm. Monsey, 
master, and Mrs. Mary Wright, matron, of the Workhouse. The Relieving 
Officees and Registrars of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, are Mr. Wm. Bloss, of 
Brandish, for Dennington District ; and Mr. Thos. Thurston, of Stradbroke, for 
Stradbroke District. Capt. Francis Wilson Ellis is auditor of the union. 



ATHELINGTON, or Allington, 4 miles S.E. of Eye, is a small 
parish of scattered houses, containing only 117 souls, and 4^?a. 
36p. of fertile land, nearly all freehold, and belonging to the exe- 
cutors of the late Thomas Greene, Esq. The Hall is a neat resi- 
dence, occupied by a farmer. The Church (St. Peter) is a small 
ancient structure, with a tower and three bells. The benefice is 
a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £6. 14s. 2d., and now 
having a yearly tithe rent of £150, and 13a. 3e. 12p. of glebe, of 
which 1a. is in Horham. The Lord Chancellor is patron, and the 
Bev. E. B. Exton, of Cretingham, is the incumbent. Before the 
Eeformation, the prior and convent of Butley were patrons. Free 
scholars are sent from this parish to the endowed school at Woe- 
lingworth. The principal inhabitants are — Thomas Betts, maltster 
and brick and tile maker; Eras. Baldry, Grove Farm; JohnBayles, 
carpenter and wheelwright ; Mrs. Celia Garrard, Hall Farm ; Bobt, 
Hawes, farmer; and John Pettit, tailor and shopkeeper. Post 
from Eye. 



BADINGHAM, a widely scattered village, having several assem- 
blages of houses, near the sources of the river Aide, from 3 to 4| 
miles N N.E. of Framlingham, has in its parish 794 souls, and 3172 
acres of fertile land, in the manors of Badingham Hall, Colston Hall. 
and Oahenhill Hall. J. W. Brooke, Esq., is lord of the two former : 
and James Gower, Esq., of the latter. They each hold general 
courts baron, at which the copyholders, and all owing suit and ser- 
vice, are summoned to attend ; but a great part of the parish is free- 
hold. W. A. Stanford, Esq., has an estate and neat seat here, called 
the White House ; and the Peckover, Moxon, Alderson, Thellusson, 
and several other families, have estates in the parish. Badingham 



376 



BADINGHAM PARISH. 



Hall, now a farmhouse, was loug the seat of the Rous family; and 
Colston Hall formerly belonged to the Holts. The Church (St 
John) is an ancient structure, with a tower and five bells. The 
chancel was rebuilt of white brick, by the Rev. T. F. Chevallier, the 
late rector and patron, and contains several monuments of the Rous 
family, and one bearing effigies of Wm. Cotton, his wife, and two 
children, erected about 1622. The font is antique, and richly carved. 
The rectory, valued in K.B. at £22. 16s. 8d., and in 1835 at £b82 r 
is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Robert Gorton, who- 
has a commodious rectory house, with beautiful pleasure grounds, 
which he much improved about 15 years ago. The School was 
"built, and is chiefly supported by him. The Primitive Methodists 
have a small chapel in the parish. In 1715, Elizabeth Rous left 
^'52 to provide for a weekly distribution of bread among the poor ; 
and in 1735, Dorothy Rous left £'150 for the same purpose. These 
legacies were laid out in the purchase of about 10a. of land, called 
Old way Pieces, in Framlingham, now let for £M a year. The 
churchwardens distribute 8s. 6d. worth of bread every Sunday, and 
the remainder of the rent is divided among the poor at Whitsuntide. 
They have also <£'56 arising from the sale of the old poor house. 
The Post Opfice is at the Bowling Green Inn. Letters via Sax- 
mundham. A coach from Ipswich to Halesworth, &c, passes daily, 
Blomfield Joseph, high constable, &c. 
Day George, bricklayer and vict. Bowl- 
ing green 
Day Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Doylan David, vict. White Horse 
Etheridge Wm. carpenter and shopkpr 
Fleming Hannah, beerhouse 
Gorton, Eev Eobert, Rectory 
Hefier John, wheelwright 
Ingate George, plumber and glazier, 

and grocer 
Kerridge Elizabeth, schoolmistress 
Kindred John, shopkpr. and miller 
Last William, gardener 
Laughlin Thomas, police officer 
Rudd William, bricklayer 
Smith John, carpenter 
Smith Peter, brick and tile maker 
Stanford Wingfleld Alexander, Esq., 
White House 



Welton John, blacksmith 

Welton Et. Winter, veterinary surgeon- 

boot & shoe^ikrs. , *GMingJ.Bullock, 



Copping Robert 
Cook Daniel 
Gissing Eobert 

CORN MILLER. 

Girling John 
FAEMEES. 
(* are Owners.) 
Ashford Thomas 
Barham John 
Bird James 
Blomfield Jph. 
Carley Mary Ann 
*Castell Damant 
Cracknell John 
*Doggett Jennh. 



(and miller). 
Caston Hall 
Goddard James 
♦Gower James, 
Bridge Place 
; Hamlen Wm. 
' * Holmes Wm. 
! Ingate George 
j Mann John 
i Mann Samuel 
I Moore Hy. Hall 
j Moore Mary Ann,. 

Bed House 
! Stanford Samuel 
; Symonds Joseph 
I Welton Et. Winter 



BEDFIELD, a straggling Tillage, 4 miles W.N.W. of Framling- 
ham and E.N.E. of Debenham, has in its parish 372 souls, and 
1268a. 3k. 14p. of land. The manor and advowson formerly be- 
longed to Eye Priory, and were granted, in the 36th of Henry YIII. r 
to Sir John Rous, they now belong to the Earl of Stradbroke, but 
the Hall estate is the property of Lord Henniker; and F. G. 
Doughty, W. Cupper, and W. Creasy, Esqrs., own farms here. The 
copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines. The Church (St. Nicholas) 
is an ancient structure, with a tower, containing five bells. The- 
benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £14, and now 
having a yearly rent-charge of £383 5 awarded in 1842 in lieu of 



BEDFIELD. (HOXNE HUNDBED.) 



377 



tithes, and including £Q on the glehe. The Rev. John Day, M.A., 
is the incumbent. Two houses, occupied rent-free by poor persons- 
and a bam and 39a. of land, let for £56 a year, are vested in trust 
for the relief of poor parishioners, but the original acquisition of 
the property is unknown. The rent is distributed by the church- 
wardens in coals and clothing. 



Abbott Charles, shoemaker and shopr 

Bacon Henry, corn miller 

Cole Harriet, grocer 

Curtis Benjamin, wheelwright 

Day Rev John, M.A. rector 

Ellett Bobert, carpenter 

Gillings James, wheelwright 

Groom George, vict. Dog Inn 

Stammers John, blacksmith 

Stannard Wm. beerhouse 



Wright Lemuel, blacksmith 



FABMEBS. 

* are Owners. 
Aldous Wm., Hall 
Bacon Charles 
Bolton Lewis 
Bolton George 
Cole Bobert 
Cup per Alfred 
*Cupper Wm. 



Jams Bobert 
*Ling George 
*Moulton Joseph 
Pepper Lemuel 
*Bunnacles Wnu 
WalpoleWm. 
WarneWm. 
Warne Wm.jun, 



BEDINGFIELD or Bedingfeld, a scattered village, near the 
source of a rivulet, 4 miles S.S.E. of Eye and N. by E. of Deben- 
ham, has in its parish 312 souls, and 1753a. 1r. 7p. of fertile and 
well-wooded land, in the manors of Bedingfield and Bucks Green. 
Sir H. B. P. Bedingfeld, Bart., is lord of the former, and H. D, 
Hemsworth, Esq., of the latter ; but the soil belongs chiefly to John 
L. Bedingfeld, Esq., Lord Henniker, J. Freeman, Esq., and the 
Shulver, Percy, and a few other families. The Bedingfelds, of Nor= 
folk, took their name from the parish, and were formerly seated 
here. The manor was held by Snape Priory, and was granted first 
to Cardinal Wolsey, and afterwards to Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, 
and in the 7th of Edward YI. to Thomas and George Golding. It 
passed soon after to the Bedingfelds, who were seated at Flemings. 
Hall, an old moated house, now occupied by a farmer. Bedingfield 
Hall, the property of Lord Henniker, is another ancient farm 
house, still encompassed by a large moat, which was cleansed in 
1821, and had a drawbridge till about 20 years ago. The Church 
(St. Mary) is an ancient fabric, and the benefice is a discharged 
rectory, valued in K.B. at <£8, and now having a yearly modus of 
«£400. 10s., awarded in 1839 ; about 3a. of glebe ; and a neat Bec~ 
tory House, in the Elizabethan style. J. L. Bedingfeld, Esq., is 
patron, and the Bev. James Bedingfeld, M.A., of Debenham, incum- 
bent. The Town Estate consists of 23a. 1r. 30p. of land in Deben- 
ham and Kenton, let for <£35 a year ; and it has been held in trust 
from an early period, for the general benefit of the parish, the pay- 
ment of fifteenths, &c. It is under the management of the church- 
wardens, with the consent of the trustees and parishioners. The 
rent is applied in paying the expenses incidental to the offices of 
churchwarden and constable. In 1547, Stephen Pake left 4£a. of 
land, called Denton s, for the relief of the poor, and it is let for <£10 
a year. In 1673, Philip Bedingfeld, in satisfaction of i!50 left by 
his uncle Anthony, devised a yearly rent-charge of £3 for the relief 
of the poor, out of his estate here, still belonging to his family. 
This annuity is distributed at Christmas. Foot Post to Bishangles. 
Letters via Eve. 



378 



BEDINGFIELD PARISH. 



Cracknell Syer, corn miller 

Creasy Lionel, parish clerk 

Dearing Samuel, shoemaker 

Fisk Benj. bricklayer and parish clerk 

Moore Fenn, shopkeeper 

Patrick John, tailor 

Peck Joseph, carpenter and beerhouse 

Self Charles, blacksmith 

Shulver, Samuel, vict. Lion 



FARMERS. 
Andrews John |j Capon Robert 
Colthorp Charles, Church Farm 
Colthorp Mary, Plash Farm 
Cracknell Thomas, Red Home 
Edwards George, Flemings Hall 
Freeman John, Esq. II Freeman Jane 
Johnson John, Bedingfield Hall 
Punchard James, Oak Farm 
Shulver James |j Shulver James, jun. 



BRUNDISH, a widely scattered village, near the source of the 
river Aide, from 4 to 5 miles N. by W. of Framlingham, has in its 
parish 510 souls, and 2077a. 1r. 1p. of freehold land, belonging to 
various owners, each having the manorial rights of their own estates*. 
Here was a famous chantry, founded by Sir John Payshall, rector of 
Caston, and one of the executors of Robert de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk, 
in the 7th of Richard II., for six chaplains to pray for the soul of 
the said Earl. It was valued, at the dissolution, at £'13. 0s. 7^d. 
per annum, and granted to Richard Fulmerston. The Chantry 
Farm is now held of the Crown. Brundish Lodge belongs to 
Charles Austin, Esq., but is occupied by James Chaston, Esq., who 
owns the house and most of the land in St. Edmund's Farm. The 
rest of this farm belongs to Mr. Robert Edwards. Brundish Hall, 
now a farm house, belongs to the Goocb family. The Earl of 
Stradbroke, Sir R. S. Adair, and the Bloss, Chandler, Coote, and 
other families have estates here. Sir Frederick Adair Roe, formerly 
residing here, was created a baronet in 1836. The Church (St. 
Lawrence) is a neat structure, with a tower and three bells, and 
contains several ancient monuments. The benefice is a curacy, 
consolidated with the vicarage of Tannington, in the patronage of 
the Bishop of Norwich, and incumbency of the Rev. Stanley Miller, 
of Dennington. The great tithes of Brundish have been commuted 
for <£470, and the small tithes for <£105 per annum. The former 
belong to the Bishop of Rochester, but are held on lease by Mrs. 
M. A. Waller, of Hollesley Grove. The glebe here is 9a. 19p. 
Post from Framlingham. 



Bloss Wm. relieving officer & registrar, 
agent to the Farmers' Insurance Co. 
and secretary to East Suffolk Agrl. 
Protective Society, Brundish House 

Braham Benjamin L. shopkeeper 

Branch Benjamin, wheelwright 

Chaston James, Esq., Brundish Lodge 

Cook Nathan, carpenter and grocer 

Dearing John, corn miller 

Fenn Wm. cooper] 

Freeman James, grocer and draper 

G-oleby Wm. bricklayer 

Green Thomas, shopkeeper and miller 



Kemp Samuel, blacksmith 

Spurling Jas. carnenter & vict. Crown 

FARMERS. 
Baker Benjamin || Barber Anthony 
Bloss Wm. j| Brady John 
Chandler Edm. || Coote Wm, 
Clutten Edward, Brundish Hall 
Garrard James || Girling Anthony 
Garrard Robert, (auctioneer and land 

agent,) Brundish Grove 
Gooch John, Brundish Cottage 
Lenney Simon || Martin Wm. 
Wells George, Chantry Farm 



CARLTON, a scattered village, 1 mile N. of Saxmundham, has 
in its parish 128 souls, and 548 acres of rich loamy land, forming, 
with Kelsale, a detached member of Hoxne Hundred. A Chantry 



CARLTON. (HOXNE HUNDRED.) 



379 



was founded here, about 1330, by John Eramlingharn, rector of 
Kelsale, for three chaplains to pray for the soul of Alice, the first 
wife of Thomas de Brotherton, Earl of Norfolk. It was granted in 
the 36th of Henry VIIL to Wm. Honing. Edward Fuller, Esq., 
who has been many years abroad, owns most of the soil, and is lord 
of the manor; but his seat, Carlton Ball, a large handsome man- 
sion, in an extensive and well-wooded park, is occupied by Lieut- 
Col. H. F. Bonham. There is another handsome seat here, called 
The Rookery, belonging to Mr- Fuller, and occupied by John Hat- 
ton, Esq. The Be v. E. Hollond, Colonel Dove, and Mr. S. Howlett, 
have small estates here, and part of the parish is copyhold of the 
manor of Kelsale. The Church (St. Peter) is a small fabric of flint 
and stone, with a brick tower, and stands on an acclivity near the 
Hall, embowered in wood. The living is a rectory, valued in K.B. 
at <£3. lis. 0^-d., and consolidated with that of Kelsale, which see. 
The sum of iMO, left for the poor of Carlton by Stephen AlcocTc, and 
£&, given by Wm. Feveryare, were laid out, in 1659, in the pur- 
chase of 2Ja- of land at Sweffling, vested in trust to pay 20s. yearly 
for a sermon, and to distribute the remainder of the rents among 
poor parishioners, on the 5th of November. In 1716, Stephen Eade 
charged his land here (now belonging to Mr. Fuller,) with the pay- 
ment of £± yearly, as follows : — 50s, for distributions of bread, 20s. 
for a distribution of money among the poor, and 10s. for a sermon. 
The Town Estate has been held from a remote period for the repa- 
ration of the church and the payment of other parochial charges, 
and consists of a farm of 36a. 2r. 10p., let for £'55 a year. About 
11a. of it is freehold, and the remainder is copyhold, in the manors 
of Carlton, Kelsale, and Benhall. Post from Saxmundham. 



Bonham Lieut-Col. Hy. Fredk., Hall 
Backhouse John, Home Farm 
Barber James, farmer 
Hatton John Esq., chief constable of 

the Eastern Division of Suffolk, 

Rookery 



Button Wm. farmer 
Hurren Thomas, gardener 
Faiers George, farmer 
Fairweather Samuel, Trust Farm 
Kerridge George, bricklayer, &c. 
Whiting Wm. farmer 



DENHAM, a scattered village and parish, 3 miles E. of Eye, con- 
tains 318 souls, and 1259a. 1r. 38p. of land. It has been added to the 
Parliamentary borough of Eye, as noticed at a subsequent page. It 
is in Sir E. C. Kerrison's manor of Denham with Flem worth, and he 
owns all the soil except about 20a. belonging to Mr. N. Scott ; and 
is also impropriator of the rectory, and patron of the vicarage, 
which is valued in K.B. at £6. 0s. 10d., and united with Hoxne. 
The Church (St. John) is a small neat fabric, and the Hall, now a 
farm house, is an ancient moated residence. Post from Eye. 

Bendyshe Rev Richard, curate Clutten James Dalliston John 

Cook John, Green Man beerhouse Cracknell Edwin, Moore Rachel 

Mutimer Edward, carpenter College Farm Mutimer Elijah 

Newby Robert, corn miller Dalliston George Newby Robert 

Stannard Robt. blacksmith & par. elk Kerry Thos. Rod- Stanley James 

Whatling John, grocer and shoemaker well, Denham Wilson John 

FARMERS. Hall Wilson Robert 

JBayles John I Beckett James 



380 EOXXE HUNDRED. 

DENNINGTOH", a large pleasant village, in the vale and near 
the source of the river Aide. ->\ miles N. of Frarulingham, has in 
its parish 1047 souls, and 3262a. 1p.. 32p. of fertile land, rising in 
bold undulations, and well cultivated. It was anciently the seat 
and manor of the Phelip family, of which Sir John Phelip served 
with great distinction under Henry V. in France. His Boecessoi 
Sir William, acquired the title of Lord Bardolph by marrying the 
heiress of the Bardolf or Bardolph family. In the 5th of Henry 
VI., he founded a chantry in the church here, for two priests to 
celebrate mass daily at the altar of St. Margaret, for the welfare of 
himself and wife during their lives, and for their souls after their 
decease. By his will, he bequeathed his body to buried with those 
of his ancestors before the said altar, and directed a thousand 
masses to be said for his soul, by the monks of Norfolk and Suffolk. 
as soon as possible after his death, allowing them fourpence for each 
mass. He also gave to the church, a certain mass-book, called a 
gradual, a silver censer, and a legand : but by a codicil ordered his 
body to be interred in the churchyard. He left only one daughter, 
who carried her estates in marriage to John, Viscount Beaumont. 
The Hall, (how a farm house, ) the manor, and a great part of the 
soil, belong to the Earl of Stradbroke, the present head of the 
&neient family of Rous, who were formerly seated here, as noticed at 
page 340. Leland says, " All the Rouses that be in Suffolk come, 
as far as I can learn, out of the house of Rous of Bennington," 
where " divers of them lie in the church under flat stones." Lord 
Huntingneld, and the Capon, Smith, Greenard. Lernan, King, 
Gooch, and other families, have estates in the parish, and the 
copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines. Roman and other coins 
and antiquities have been found here at various periods. The 
Church (St. Mary) is a large antique fabric, with a tower and five 
bells. It formerly had two chantries, one at the altar of St. Mar- 
garet, noticed above, and valued at the dissolution at £26. 4s. 7d., 
and the other at the altar of St. Mary, valued at £9. t s. T^d. Both 
of them were granted to Richard Fulmerstone. It contains several 
monuments of the Bardolph, Phelip, and Rous families. The 
benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £'36. 3s. Gd.. and in 1835 at 
<£84L; but now having a yearly rent-charge of ^01092, awarded in 
1838 in lieu of tithes ; 152a. 2r. 2Tp. of glebe ; and a large and 
handsome Rectory House. Edward Daniel Alston. Esq., is patron. 
The Hon. and Rev. Frederick Hotha?n, M. A., (a younger son of 
the late Lord Hotham, and a prebendary of Rochester.) has been 
the incumbent since 1808. His eldest son. Sir Charles Hotham> 
K.C.B., is a distinguished Captain in the Royal Navy, and was 
created Knight Commander of the Bath in 1846. He was ap- 
pointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Argentine Confederation 
in 1852, and was made Lieut. -Governor of Victoria in 1853. 

The property, called the TOWN LANDS, is under the manage- 
ment of the churchwardens, and is let for about i'oO a year, of which 
.£14 is applied in repairing the church, and the remainder, after 
providing for repairs of the buildings, and other incidental expenses, 
is distributed in coals and money among the poor. This trust estate 



DENNINGTON PARISH. 381 

comprises 11a. 21p. of land, called Cannons and Cobalds, and set- 
tled before the year 1483, for the reparation of the church, or such 
other public uses as the trustees should think expedient ; a house, 
cottage, and 14a. 2k. 2p. of land, called Goldings and Sowgates, con- 
veyed to trustees by the Rev. Edward Green in 1606, for the relief of 
the poor ; and the Queen's Head public-house, with out-buildings, 
yards, and gardens, purchased in 1694, with some old benefactions, 
and other money belonging to the poor, and vested in trust for the 
payment of taxes, &c, levied on the town lands, and the relief of 
poor parishioners, except 20s. to be paid yearly towards the expenses 
of the inhabitants at their Easter meeting. Nathan Wright, Esq., 
left <£102, which was laid out in 1657, in the purchase of 7a. Up. of 
land at Kettleburgh, for apprenticing poor children. The sum of 
i£50, given by Eobert and Nathan Wright, was laid out in the pur- 
chase of 3a. 34p. of copyhold land in Framiingham, now let for about 
£9 a year, which is applied in a supply of coals to the poor at re- 
duced prices, In 1688, John Paul left one-third of the rent of his 
lands in Cratfield to the poor of Dennington, who now derive from 
this charity £7. 15s. a year, which is applied in distributing 1 s. worth 
of bread weekly, and in a yearly distribution of coats to six poor 
men. A yearly rent charge of 10s. has been paid to the churchwar- 
dens since 1764, in lieu of the rent of the Bell Acre Land, which is 
undefinably intermixed with land, called Wells' Tenement. The 
poor of Dennington have also 5s. worth of bread four times a year 
from Mills Charity, (see Framiingham :) and ten poor families not 
receiving parochial relief have divided among them <£'10 yearly from 
Warners Charity. (See page 261 .) 

Miller Eev Stanley, B.A. vicsr of Tan- 

nington and Brandish 
Miller James, corn miller 
Smith George, tailor and draper 
Stndd Wm, carpenter 
Wightman Churchyard, gent 
Wright Joseph and Wm. blacksmiths 

FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
*Brown George (| Cook Daniel 
*Capon Thomas || Capon Mrs 
Capon John, Elm Hall 
Capon George, Dennington Hall 
*Cook Edw. G., Dennington Place 
Hayes Robert || Pindal Charles 
Sheldrake Charles || Pindal Folkard 
*Snowling John || * Ton gate Wm. 
Whitmore Rt. & Wm.|| Wells Jph. D. 
Post via Framiingham 



DENNINGTON. 
Hotham Hon. and Rev Fredk., M.A. 
canon of Rochester and rector of 
Dennington and Burnham St Albert, 
Rectory 
Crick Rev H. W. curate ; h Framiing- 
ham 
Baldry Matthew, shoemaker 
Baldry Isaac, shoemaker 
Capon Thomas, corn miller 
Cattermole John, shopkpr. & shoemkr 
Cook Edward, vict. Queen's Head 
Dunthorne Harriet, grocer and draper 
Garrard Joseph, grocer and draper 
Gissing John, boot and shoe maker 
Godbold George, beerhouse 
Leeder Rebecca, shopkeeper 



FBESSINGFIELD, a large and well-built village, on a pleasant 
acclivity, 3J miles N.N.E. of Stradbroke, 4J miles S. of Harleston, 
and 9 miles W. of Halesworth, bas in its parisb 1491 souls, 4564 
acres of fertile land, the hamlets of Chepenhall Green and Ufford 
Green, from 1 to 2 miles S.E. of the village, and many scattered farm 
houses, several of which are large ancient mansions, formerly the 
seats of the owners of the four manors, of which the following are 



382 FRESSINGFIELD. (HOXNE HUNDRED.) 

the names and lords, viz.. Chep^nhoU. Sir R. S. Adair : Ujford Hall. 
Lord Henniker ; Whittingham Hall. Henry Newton Heale. Esq.; 
and VaUs Hall, the Be v. Augustus Cooper. The Frere, Scrivener, 
Montgomery, Holmes, Rant, and other families have estates in the 
parish, which anciently belonged partly to the De la Poles, and 
partly to Bury Abbey and Eye Priory, by gift of persons named 
Swartiugstone and Thirketel. That excellent prelate. Dr. TT/> 
croft. Archbishop of Canterbury, was bom at Uftord Hall in this 
parish, where he resided after he had sacrificed to conscientious sera- 
pies the high dignity which he enjoyed. He was interred in the 
churchyard, under a handsome monument, and perpetuated his 
name in his native parish, by several benefactions, as noticed below. 
The Church (St. Peter and St. Paul.) is a large antique structure, 
with a tower and eight bells. The benefice is a vicarage, valued in 
KB. at £17. ITs. Id., and in 1835 at £597, with the :f Wi- 

thersdale annexed to it. The Master and Fellows of Emauuel Col- 
lege, Cambridge, are patrons ; and the Eev. Win. Royde Colbeek, B.D., 
is the incumbent, and has here a good residence. The tithes were 
commuted in 1^40 for yearly rent-charges, viz., those of Withersdale 
for £330: the vicarial tithes of Fressinsrfield for £3199. l' ! s. : and the 
rectorial tithes for £919. Is. H. X. Heale. Esq.. of Hemel-Hemp- 
stead, in Hertfordshire, is impropriator of the latter, except Whit- 
tingham Hall farm, which was sold in 1858 to Mr. Montgomery, of 
Garboldisham. Norfolk. Here is a neat Baptist Ch :-d in 

1835, and having seat-room for 700 hearers. The Feoffment 
Estate comprises three tenements, given by Edward Bohun, in the 
13th of Henry VII . and occupied at small rents by poor fam_. 
and the Guildhall and 8a. Lb. 32p. of land, given by Wm. Soncroft, 
JEsq., in 1704, for the benefit of the parishioners. The Guildhall is 
now a public-house, the Fox and Goose. | and is let with the land 
for about dE50 per annum, which is applied to the service of the 
Church. In 1655, Dr. Wm. Sancroft. Archbishop of Qmtttf 
settled upon the Vicar of Fressingfield certain fee-farm rents, amount- 
ing to £b'2. 17s. 10fd. per annum, for increasing his maintenance, 
but subject to the yearly payment of £L0 to the master of the school 
for teaching five poor boys to read, write, and cast accounts; and i'6 
to the parish clerk, for whose residence the same donor also gave a 
house on the west side of the church-yard. In compliance with the 
desire of the same Archbishop. Wm. Sancroft, Esq.. in 1703, gave a 
yearly rent-charge of £3 17s. out of the manor of Ufford Hall, for 
distribution among the poor of the parish. In 17 22. the Rev. John 
Slwpheard left £20, and directed the yearly interest thereof to be 
given in bibles and prayer-books, on Good Friday, to such boys as 
can crive the best account of the catechism, responses. && The 
National School was erected in 18-16 at the cost of £375, raised by 
subscription and grants. 



FRESSINGFIELD. 

Post Office at Pa. Churchyard's. Let- 
ters via Harleston 
Marked + are at Chepenhall Green. 

Balls Thomas, parish clerk 



Barber Henry, sexton 
Barkway Charles, schoolmaster 
Barkway Chas. Edw. printer, land sur- 
veyor, and deputy registrar 



FKESSINGFIELD DIRECTORY. 



383 



Brown C. H. saddler and harness mkr 
Chapman Lewis, bricklayer 
Chappell Lucy Eliz. boarding school 
Chase Miss Har. Rope Mr Eichd. 
Clarke Wm. police constable 
Clutten Miss Mary Ann 
Colbeck Rev TVm. Royde, B.D. Vicarage 
Dunnett John, plumber and glazier 
Durrant Richard, painter 
Heaton Cath., National School 
Holdron Henry, tailor and draper 
Mott James, vict. Fox and Goose 
Pretty George Win. surgeon 
Scrivener Edward Kerr, watchmaker 
Smith George, vict. Swan 
Smith John, postman 
Spratt Rev Geo. Denny, (Bapt.) 
Strathern and Paul, maltsters ; house 

Halesworth 
Thurston Jas. veterinary surgeon 
Vincent Robert, gardener 
"Wightman John, vict. Angel 



bakers, &c. 
Borrett Sarah 

MottTTm. confecr 

BEERHOUSES. 

Etheridge Lewis 
Watson Lot 

BLACKSMITHS, 

Aldous Edgar 
Aldous Henry- 
Barber James 

BOOT & SHOE MKRS. 

Barber Hy. Edw. 
Borrett Daniel 
Meen James 



Vincent John 

BUTCHERS. 

Day Henry 
Mott James 

CORN 3IILLERS. 

Meen Robert 
Welton Wm. 

DRESSMAKERS. 

Larter Eiiz. 
Smith Chtte. 
Welton Harriet 

FARMERS. 

(* are Owners) 
tBalls Charles 



Barber George 
Borrett Thomas 
*Buskard Chas. 
* Clutten W., Pear 

Tree House 
Cocks Jermh. 
*Dunnett John 
Ebden Jas., Whit- 

tingham Hall 
EbdenW.J.,Esors. 

of, Woodlands 
Etheridge John 
Fisher John, Hall 
tGedney John 
Gissing Anthy. 
Gooch George 
Goodchild Wm. 
Gower George 
Green David, Exe- 
cutors of 
Green Thomas, 

UffordHall 
*Hines John 
Larter John 
Larter Thomas 
Leftley Saml. Jas. 
tMeen S\., Rookery 
Moore Robt. John 
+Parsley Wm. 
Pashley Daniel 

Thompson 
Pearce Charles 
Pyett Charles 
Read Robert 
Reeve John 



Ringer Wm. B. ; 

White Hall 
+Rope John 
Rush Thomas 
RushWm. & tim- 
ber mercht.) 
Saunders Saml. 
* Seaman Jno., Esq. 
Seaman Mrs 
Tubbs John 
Vincent John 
+*Watling Geo. 
*Wightman John 
Wright Robert 

GROCERS & DPES. 

Barfield Abm. 
Bond Henry 
Churchyard Robt- 
Engledow Wm. 
joiners, &c, 
Etheridge John 
Etheridge Lewis 
Vincent Wm. 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Smith George 
Welton Edmund 

CARRIERS. 

Alfd. Hart to Ips- 
wich Mon. and 
Norwich Fri. 

J. Curson to Diss, 
Tues. and Fri. 

Postman to Harles- 
ton daily 



HORHAM, a scattered village, 5 miles S.E. of Eye, and 1\ miles 
N.X.E. of Debenham, has in its parish 436 souls, and 1433a. 2b. 
Up. of land. Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart., is lord of the manors called 
Horham, Thorpe H all- with- Wooten, and Horham Jernegans ; but a 
great part of the soil belongs to the Green, Denovan, Naylor, and 
several other families. Sir Herbert Jernegan, who died in 1239, had 
Ms seat here ; but his son removed to Stonham, and the grandson 
of the latter to Somerleyton. The Church (St. Mary,) is a neat 
and ancient structure, with a large embattled tower, containing 
eight bells. The south porch has a handsome Norman arch, and the 
east window is richly decorated with stained glass, of which there 
are also some fragments in the other windows. The font is a much 
admired relic of antiquity; as also is the Parish Chest, which is 
entirely covered with iron plates and hoops. Two handsome me- 
morial windows have recently been inserted by the widows of the 
Revs. Wm. and Wm. B. Mack, the late patron and rector. The rec- 
tory, valued in K.B. at <£12. 17s. Id., has a handsome and commo- 
dious residence, 23 acres of glebe, and a yearly rent of £452. 10s., 
awarded in 1838, in lieu of tithes. The Rev. E. H. Frere, M.A., is 



384 HORHAM. (HOXNE HUNDRED.) 

patron and incumbent. The Baptists have a small chapel here. 
The parish has had, from time immemorial, about 4a. of land in 
Debenharn, now let for £l a year, which is applied by the overseers 
towards the support of the poor. The following yearly rent-charges 
are distibuted in bread among poor parishioners, viz., 10s., left by 
Richmond Girling, out of land at Stradbroke ; (is. Sd.. left by the 
Mev. John Clubbe in 1693 ; and 40s., left by Lewis Hynton in 17 0':'). 
The two latter are paid out of land in this parish. Post Office at 
at Chas. Beeeroft's. Letters [via Eye and Woodbridge mail cart. 

Thomdike John, skopr. 6: blacksmith 
Wkatling James, boot and shoe maker 



Baldry Win. carpenter, wheelwright 

and vict. Green Dragon 
Beecroft Chas. shopkpr. Post office 
Clarke Geo. boot and shoe maker 
Cook Abel, boot and shoe maker 
Curtis Daniel, shopkeeper 
Frere Edward Hanbury, 31. A. Eectory 
Galpine Bev Jas. (Bapt. minister) 
Mnllenger John, shopkeeper 
Mattock John. vict. Eight Bells 
Plant Hy. agricultural machine mkr 
Boe Bobert, corn miller 
Bope John, carpenter and wheelwgt 



Wright Henrv. blacksmith 
FARMERS. 

Beecroft Charles | Jennings Sarah 
Bolton John | Mutimer Ephraim 
Bolton Mrs | Plant Henry 
Cossey Bichard | Sheldrick Thomas 
Cunnell Joseph | Turner James 
Greenard 3Iartha | Boe Bobert 
Jennings James | Plant Henry 
Jennings Bobert | Wadley Wni. 



HOXNE is a large and well-built village, pleasantly situated on 
the south side of the river TVaveney, near its confluence with the 
small river Dove, o\ miles X.E. of Eye, 5 miles E.S.E. of Diss, and 
6 miles S.W. of Haiieston. Its parish has been added to the Parlia- 
mentary borough of Eye, and comprises 425 7 a. £b. Up. of fertile 
land, and encreased its population from 97:2 souls in 1801, to 1262 
in 1851. It has a fair for cattle and pedlery on Dec. 1st. It gives 
name to Hoxne Hundred and Union, but the workhouse for the lat- 
ter is at Stradbroke. Hoxne, anciently denominated Eglesdune, is 
the place to which king Edmund fled after his last unsuccessful en- 
counter with the Danes in 870, as noticed at page 154. " Tradition 
relates that, in the hope of escaping his pursuers, he concealed him- 
self under a bridge near the place, now called Gold Bridge, froni 
the appearance of the gilt spurs which the king happened to wear, 
and which proved the means of discovering his retreat. A newly- 
married couple returning home in the evening, and seeing by moon- 
light the reflection of the spurs in the (water, betrayed him to the 
Danes. Indignant at their treachery, the king is said to have pro- 
nounced a dreadful curse upon every couple who should afterwards 
pass over this bridge in their way to the church to be married." Such 
was the regard paid to this denunciation that, until the bridge was 
rebuilt about 25 years ago, most couples, going to the church to be 
married, never failed to avoid it. even if they were obliged to take a 
circuitous rout. Here also the remains of the unfortunate " king 
and martyr" were first interred. Over his grave was erected a 
chapel, composed of trees sawn down the middle and fixed in the 
ground, with the interstices filled with mud and mortar, and a 
thatched roof. Erom this rude structure, the body of the reputed saint 
was removed, about 30 years afterwards, to its niore splendid recepta- 
cle at Bury. (Tide p. 152.) Some years afterwards, the chapel here 



HOXXE PARISH. 385 

was converted into a cell or priory, inhabited by seven or eight 
monks of the Benedictine order, governed by a prior, nominated by 
the prior of Norwich, and called the cell or chapel of the blessed St. 
Edmund, king and martyr. In 1226, Thomas de Blundeville, bishop 
of Norwich, confirmed all revenues to God. and the chapel of St. 
Edmund, at Hoxne. which, at the dissolution, was valued at about 
J40. per annum, The Hall, manor, rectory, and advowson of the 
vicarage of Hoxne. belonged to the bishops of Norwich, who fre- 
quently resided here, till 1535, when they were given up by act of 
Parliament to Henry YIIL, who granted them to Sir Robt. South- 
well. They afterwards passed to the Maynard family, who erected 
on the site of the cell or priory, a neat mansion, in the Italian style, 
Charles, the last Lord of Maynard who resided here, died in 1775, 
and the estate afterwards passed to the late Sir Thomas Maynard 
Hazlerigg, Bart., and from him to the late M. Kerrison, Esq., 
who purcased the Oakley. Brome, and other estates in this neigh- 
bourhood, from the last Marquis Comwaliis. His son, the late 
General Sir Edward Kerrison, K.C.B., and G.C.H., was born in 
1774, and was created a baronet in 1821. He was a distinguished 
general officer, and sat in Parliament forty years. He represented 
the small borough of Eye, from 1832 till J3852, when he was suc- 
ceeded in that honour by his only son. He died in November, 1853, 
when his title and estates descended to his son, the present Sir 
Edward Clarence Kerrison, Bart.. M.P., who resides at Oaklet 
Park, which comprises about 500 acres of land, more than half of 
which is on the western side of the small river Dove, in Oakley 
parish ; but the mansion, formerly called Hoxne Hall, is on the 
eastern side of the valley, in Hoxne parish, and was nearly rebuilt 
by the late worthy baronet, from a design by Sidney Sniirke, Esq. 
It is a spacious and elegant Grecian structure, and its principal 
apartments are of noble proportions, and finished with exquisite 
taste. A gallery 80 feet long is supported by eight Italian marble 
columns of unrivalled beauty, The Banqueting Hall is filled with 
fine statuary. The Saloon, Library. Dining-room, &c., contain many 
fine paintings, by Tandycke, Rubens, and other distinguished mas- 
ters. The furniture is magnificent, and mostly in the style which. 
prevailed in the age of Louis XIV. The mansion stands on the 
western side of the park, nearly half a mile south of the village, 
overlooking the lovely valley of the Dove, and surrounded by fine 
terraces and pleasure grounds, laid out in the Italian style, and 
ornamented by statuary of stone and marble In 1842, a beautiful 
Gothic cross was erected on the park terrace, called St. Mary's Cross, 
to commemorate the late General Kerrison's favourite " charger, 
which carried him in the campaigns of Holland, the Peninsular War, 
and in the Battle of Waterloo." The park is richly clothed with 
noble oaks, beech, and other trees, and that portion' of it lying hi 
Oakley parish was added to it by the late Baronet, whose two daugh- 
ters married Lord Henniker and Lord Mahon. The present Sir 
Edw. C. Kerrison, Bart., was bom in 1 821, and married the voungest 
daughter of the third Earl of Ilchester, in 1844. His mother, the 



HOXNE PARISH. 



Dowager Lady Kerrison, resides at Bichmond Hill, Surrey. He is 
lord of the manors of Hoxne Hall and Priory, and owner of the 
greater part of the parish, and the remainder belongs to G. E. 
Irere, Esq., and a few smaller owners. Thorpe Hall, three miles 
S.S.E. of the village, and many other scattered farm houses, are in 
Hoxne parish, as also is the small hamlet of Hilton, which is con- 
nected with it by a long and narrow strip of the parish, and lies 
near Athelington, five miles S. of Hoxne village. The Church (St. 
Peter and St. Paul) is a handsome structure, consisting of a nave, 
chancel, north aisle, and a lofty tower, in which is a peal of five 
bells. The chancel was rebuilt in 1853, and the tower was restored 
in 1847. The benefice is a vicarage, with that of Denham annexed 
to it, valued in K.B. at £12. 3s. 6id., and in 1835 at £450. Sir 
E. C. Kerrison, Bart., is patron, and the Eev. John Hodgson, M.A.. 
is the incumbent, and has a neat residence near the church. The 
great tithes of Hoxne parish were commuted in 1843, for the follow- 
ing yearly payments — viz., £785 to Miss Doughty, the principal 
impropriator; £9. 16s. to the Hector of St. Helen's, Ipswich; and 
£5. 4s. to Sir E. C. Kerrison. The two latter payments are from 
58a. 1r. 35p., called Pountney Land, from its having been appro- 
priated to the chapel of St. Edmund-a-Pountney, in Ipswich. The 
vicarial tithes of Hoxne were commuted at the same time for a 
yearly rent-charge of £405. 

Certain fee-farm rents, amounting to £5. 3s. 6d. per annum, have 
"been paid for the use of Hoxne church from an early period, under 
the name of Halloicmass Rents. The Town Estate is vested in 
trustees, and is copyhold of the manor of Hoxne Hall, but how it 
was acquired is unknown, except some cottages and about 4a., 
which were purchased by the parishioners. It comprises about 50a. 
of land, five cottages, a barn, and a garden, let at rents amounting 
to about £82 a year, which is mostly expended in the service of the 
church, and partly in relieving the poor. It is supposed to be 
charged with an annuity of 20s., left to the poor, in 1710, by John 
Hobart. In 1734, Thomas Maynard devised his real estate in 
Hoxne, to Charles Lord Maynard, upon trust that he should lay out 
£300 in erecting houses for a schoolmaster and schoolmistress to 
reside in, and that he should pay yearly out of the rents of the 
estate £40 to the master, and £10 to the mistress, for teaching freely 
all the boys and girls of the parish that should be sent to them, in 
reading, writing, and arithmetic, and the girls also in needlework. 
This devise was considered void under the statute of Mortmain, but 
Chas. Lord Maynard erected two dwellings and two schoolrooms, and 
conveyed them to trustees in 1742, together with a yearly rent-charge 
of £54 out of the manor of Hoxne Hall, to be paid as follows : — 
£40 to the schoolmaster, £10 to the mistress, and £4 for providing 
coals for the two schools. About thirty boys and twenty girls are 
instructed as free scholars. 

HOXNE DIEECTOEY. Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison, Bart., 

Post Office at E. and T. Cracknell's. M.P., Oakley Park, and 13, Great 
Letters via Scole Stanhope street, London 



HOXNE DIRECTORY. 



387 



Barkway James, carpenter, &c 

Barkwav Stephen, carpenter, & r c 

Bloomfield Geo. wine & spirit mercht 

Botwright John, parish clerk 

Browning Wm, butcher 

Cracknell ITr Chas. || Hart Lewis R. 

Cracknell Mrs C. schoolmistress 

Cracknell Thos. agent to London As- 
surance Company 

Farron John, plumber, glazier, &c 

ITlatman John, poulterer 

Hodgson Rev. John, M.A., Vicarage 

Huggins Robt. & James, bricklayers 

Kent Alfred, vict. Bed Lion 

Moore John Lines, auctioneer, land 
agent, surveyor, & clerk to Hoxne 
Union & Tax Commissioners 

Mutimer Henry, vict. Grapes 

Payne John Page, surgeon 

Pipe John, farrier 

Scctt Nathaniel, Esq., Hoxne Place 

Stollery Wm. tailor 

Walker Simon, vict. Swan 

Ward Herbert, free schoolmaster 



bakers, &c. 
Bennett Maria 
Ellerd Robt. Wm. 
(& confectioner) 
Thrower John 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Butcher John 
Freeston, Isaac 
Potter Hy.beerhs 
Wright Stephen 



BOOT & SHOE 3IES. 

Aldred Charles 
Rayner Jabez 
Rayner George 

CORN MILLERS. 

Bayles Daniel 
Chase John 
Seaman James C. 

DRESSMAKERS. 

Bayles Hannah 
Barkway Sophia 
Barkway Mrs E. 

FARMERS. 

Bayles Thomas, 

ThorpeHall 
Bendall George 
Burrows Joshua, 

Park Farm 
Colby James 
Cracknell George, 

Fairstead 
Cracknell Henry 
Dalliston James 
Feveryear Thomas 
Fennell SI. & Hy. 
Girling Richard 
Hall John, Slades 
Harper James 
Huse Wm. White 

House 



Huse Wm., jun. 
i Marshall Robert, 

Gissing Farm 
: Moore J. L., Elm 
House 

Mutimer Moses & 
John 
, NotleyW.,RedHs 

Read Harriet 

Read Xoah 

Rush Charles 

Rush Charles, jun. 
; Rush Robert" 

Rush Samuel 
' Sparrow Dd. Hill 

Taylor Robert, 
Chickering Farm 

Walker Simon 
; Wilson Jno. Abbey 

Wright Stephen 

; GROCERS &DRAPRS. 

; Bunn John R. 
CracknellRd.&Ts. 
Ellerd Robt. Wm. 
White Mary 

SADDLERS. 

| Moore Robert 
Sowter Jonth. 

Carriers, &c. 
From Scole $ Eye 



KELSALE is a large neat village, picturesquely situated on an 
acclivity in the vale of a small rivulet, 1-J mile N. of Saxmuudham, 
encompassed by boldly rising bills, and having in its parish 1157 
inhabitants, 3047 acres of fertile land, many scattered farm-houses, 
and the hamlets of East Green, North Green, Cullar Green, and part 
of Carlton Green, extending from 1 to 1^- mile nortb, east, and west 
of the church. John, Duke of Norfolk, obtained Kelsale in mar- 
riage with the heiress of the Marescbals, but being attainted for 
siding with the house of York against Henry, Duke of Richmond, 
it was seized by the Crown, and given to John de Yere, Earl of Orford. 
In 1545, it was again in the Duke of Norfolk's family ; and in the 
reign of James L, it was held by Sir Thomas Holland. Since the 
reign of Charles II., the manor has been held by the Bence family. 
Colonel Henry Bence Bence, of Thorington Hall, is now lord of the 
manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to many other proprie- 
tors, and a large portion is copyhold, subject to arbitrary fines. 
Kelsale Lodge, an old seat, 2^ miles N. of Saxmuudham, occupied by 
a farmer, is the property of Sir Charles Blois, Bart. Kelsale House, 
a neat mansion, more than a mile N. by W. of the village, is the 
seat and property of Stephen Capon, Esq., who owns several farms 
here. Maple House, one mile E. by S. of Kelsale, belongs to the 
Garrod family, but is occupied by a farmer. The Church (St. Mary) 
is a neat structure, with a tower at its south-west angle, contain- 
ing a peal of eight bells, two of which were aided in 1831, when a 



388 KELSALE HUNDRED. 

new clock and organ were given by S. Clouting Esq. Among the 
monuments is a fine altar tomb to one of the Russell family. The 
rectory of Kelsale, with that of Carlton consolidated with it, is valued 
in K.B. at £20. Os. 5d., and has now 58a. 2e. 3^p. of glebe, a com- 
modious residence, and a yearly rent-charge of £714. 10s., awarded 
in 1843 in lieu of tithes. Colonel Henry Bence Bence is patron, 
and the Eev. Lancelot Robert Brown, M.A., incumbent. Here is 
a small Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in 1851. The Chaeityt 
Estate, belonging to Kelsale parish, comprises vaiious free and 
copyhold lands, &c, which have been derived under various old 
grants and surrenders, the trusts and purposes of which can in few 
instances be distinctly ascertained. A general deed of trust, com- 
prising all the freehold parts of the estate, was made in 1765, and 
the trusts thereby declared are, that the rents should be employed 
for the maintenance of a Free School for ten or more poor children, 
to be instructed in reading, writing, accounts, and grammar learning; 
for apprenticing poor children of the parish, or maintaining some 
of the grammar scholars at the University of Cambridge, as the 
trustees shall think fit; for repairing the church, and the surplus 
for the relief of the poor and the general benefit of the parish. The 
copyhold parts of the estate are held of the manors of Kelsale, !Mid- 
dleton, and Westleton, and were given at an early period for the 
use of the town and the poor; but in 1714, that part of the manor 
of Kelsale was surrendered upon trust to pay a yearly sum of not 
more than £30 to the schoolmaster, and to dispose of the remainder 
of the rents in repairing the church and the tenements on the 
estate, and in relieving the poor. New trustees were appointed in 
1852, and the charity estates invested with them consists of the 
Guildhall, (occupied by poor families,) a house, blacksmith's shop, cot- 
tage, garden, a farm of 79a. 2b. 19p., a farm of 63a. 1r. 19p. called 
Palmers, 8a. of other land, and a School, with a house and garden 
for the master, all in Kelsale ; a house and 52a. Ok. 2p. of land in 
Middleton-witli-Fordley, and a house and 4a. 3r. 37p. of land in 
Peasenhall. The yearly income derived from these sources is about 
.£'341, which after payment of land-tax. quit-rents. &&, is dispensed 
in repairing the church, supporting the free school, supplying 
coals and clothing for the poor, paying weekly pensions to poor 
widows, and in apprenticing poor children. The Schoolmaster has 
>a yearly salary of £50, for which, and the use of a house and garden, 
he teaches about 90 children (mostly boys'i in reading, writing, 
English grammar, arithmetic, &c., and is also required to teach the 
scholars of a Sunday school. For weekly distributions of bread, 
the poor have 52s. a year out of land at Peasenhall. left by Edmund 
Cutting, in 1639, anolthe interest of £100, left by Thomas &rimsi>y, 
in 1754. They have also two annuities of 40s. each, left by Stephen 
Eade (in 1716) and Sir Beversham Filmer, and the rent of a house, 
left some years ago by Mr. Edmund Turner, and now let for £6 
■a year. These are added to a yearly subscription of £20 or £30, 
and distributed in clothing and money among the most destitute 
parishioners. The school just noticed, is commonly called the 
grammar School Here is also a Free School for j)oor girls, sup- 



HOXNE PARISH. 



389 



ported by the rector, and now held in a house given by the late Samuel 
Clouting, Esq. 



KELSALE DIRECTORY. 
Marked 1, are at East Green; 2, Carlton 
Green; 3, Cullar Green; 4. Xorth 
Green ; and the rest in Kelsale Village, 
or where specified. 

Andrews Potter John, watchmaker 
Bedwell Alfred, ■wheelwright 
Bedwell James, cooper 
Penstead Charles, collar & harness mkr 
Brown Rev Lancelot Robt.,M. A., rector 

of Kelsale & Saxmundham, Rectory 
Capon Stephen, Esq., Kelsale House 
Cooper George, gentleman 
Eaves Win. coal, Sec dealer 
Goddard Wm. farm bailiff 
Manning Thomas, gardener 
3Ieadows Robert, pork butcher 
Sillett Lionel, butcher 
Thompson Benjamin, brewer & vict. 

Eight Bells 
Whatling Henry, free schoolmaster 
Whiting Thomas, tailor 
Woods Emma, schoolmistress 



BEERHOUSES. 

9 Brady Thomas 

Dennington Wm, 

(& glover) 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Elmy Hannah 
Fisher Joseph 



BOOT & SHOE MKS. 

Coleman John 
Dalby James 
Drew Hy. par elk 
Fisher Charles 
Warne John 
Woolnough £dw. 



BRICKLAYERS. 

Fisk Wm. 
Kerridge George 

BRICK & TILE MKS. 

Collings Chas. 
Smith John 

CORN 3IILLERS. 

Harvey Wm. 
Skoulding Thos. 

DRESSMAKERS. 

Carr Mrs 
Oldring Mary Ann 

FARMERS. 

(* are Owners.) I 

BlakeAndw., Grove i 

Button Wm. 

*Capon Stephen 

Chambers Wm. 

1* Cooper Edm. 

Denny John Har- 
vey, Parkgate 

1 Denny Sarah 

4 Goddard George 

* Gooda Thomas, 
Clay hill 

Hammant Thos., 
Maple House 

Harvey Wm. 

Hurren Anthony 

Hurren Davy 



2 Jasper Wm. 

Keable Robert 

Knights Charles,. 
Church Farm 

Markham James 

l*Marshlain John 

Mentla John 

2*Xoy Richard 

Sillett John 
; Skoulding Fras- 
| 1 Smith David 
! 1 Smith Wm. 

Spark Wm. 
| Whiting Wm. 
| Wilkinson Hus- 
kisson 

1 Wright Wm. 

Wright Sl.,Fargt 

GROCERS & DRPRS. 

Aldous Robert 
Chapman Mark 
Cooper Edward 
Cooper H. 
Hurren Ths. tailor 
Kerridge Hannah 

JOINERS & BLDRS. 

Denny Thomas 
Goddard Henry 
3 Page Wm. 
Post & Carriers 
from Saxmundhm, 



LAXFIELD, a large and pleasant Tillage, near the source of 
the river Blythe, 6 miles N. by E. of Framlingliam, arid 4 miles 
E.S.E. of Stradbroke, has in its picturesque parish 1147 souls, and 
3650 acres of land, including many scattered farm houses,, and the 
hamlet of Banyards Green. It is in three manors, one of which ,. 
with the rectory and advowson, was granted by Robert Mallet to 
Eye Priory, and was granted, in the 28th of Henry YIIL, to 
Edmund Bedingfield. Another manor was granted, as part of the 
possessions of Leistou Abbey, to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, 
in the same year. John Wingfield, in Edward IY.'s reign, obtained 
a grant for a weekly market here, which was formerly much resorted 
to, and still the neighbouring farmers meet a number of buyers 
every Saturday, alternately at the Royal Oak and General Wolfe 
Inns, for the purpose of selling corn by sample. Two large cattle 
and sheep fairs are held here annually, on May 12th and Oct. 25th. 
Thos. Mayhew, Esq., is now lord of the manors of Laxfield and 
Laxfield Rectoiy, which comprise all the parish, except the small 
manor of Staclhaugh, which belongs to Smith's Charity, as after- 
wards noticed. A great part of the parish is copyhold, subject to 
arbitrary fines ; and among the other principal proprietors are, Sir 
E. C. Kerrison, Rev. E. Hollond, and the Green, Hines, Lewis, and 
Parnther families. John Xoyes, a shoemaker of Laxfield, after suf- 



390 LAXFIELD PARISH. 

fering imprison ment at Eye and Norwich, for his adherence to the 
reformed religion, was brought back to his native place, and burnt 
at the stake, on Sept. 22nd, 1557. Wolfren Dowsing took a con- 
spicuous part in the affairs of the parish at the time of Noyes' mar- 
tyrdom ; and from a brass inscription in the church, it appears his 
daughter married John Smyth, then seated at Parkfield, now a 
farm-house. The Church (All Saints) is a large and handsome 
structure, with an embattled tower, containing six bells, and 
crowned by four large and elegant pinnacles. Towards building 
the steeple, many legacies were left about the middle of the L5th 
century. The chancel was rebuilt of white brick about 13 years 
ago, when a new Yicarage House was erected of the same material. 
The benefice is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £9. 13s. 4d., 
and now at £220, in the patronage of the Eev. E. Hollond, and in- 
cumbency of the Rev. John Dallas, who has a good residence, and 
13a. of glebe. In 1841, the great tithes were commuted for £'617. 
10s., and the small tithes for £220 per annum. Lord Huntingfield 
is impropriator of the former. The Baptists have a small chapel 
here, and the parish has schools and several valuable charities for 
the poor. The Parish and Charity Estates are under the 
management of the churchwardens, and comprise the following pro- 
perty ; viz., the Town House and a cottage, occupied rent-free by 
poor parishioners : a farm of 28a. 2r. 38p. in Wilby and Brundish, 
let for £'39 a year, and vested for the use of the church and poor ; 
a house, barn, and 9a. 2r. 9p. of land in YTeybread, let for £18. 10s., 
and purchased hv the parish, in 1629 ; four-ninths of a farm of 
43a. 2r. 37p., in Carlton Colville, bequeathed, in 1586, by John 
Page to this parish, and that of Dunwich, partly for the poor ; two- 
thirds of 14a.~ of land at Cratfield, let for £23. 7s. a year, and given, 
in 1688, by John Paul to this parish and Dennington, for the poor; 
3^-a. of land in Laxfield, let for £6, and left by John Smith, in 
1718, for a weekly distribution of bread ; and a yearly rent-charge 
of £2. 12s., given by John Borrett, to be distributed in bread, and 
now paid out of an estate here, belonging to Lord Huntingfield. 
The yearly income derived from the above property is about £130, 
and has usually been blended in one account with the church- 
rates ; but from £20 to £30 is distributed yearly among the poor 
in bread, coals, blankets, &c. A yearly rent-charge of £25 is now 
received in satisfaction of Page's gift to this parish. In 1718, John 
Smith left his manor of StaclJiaugh, in Laxfield, and all his freehold 
lands in this parish, to the churchwardens and overseers, in trust 
that they should apply the rents of the first year towards building 
a School, and afterwards pay £40 per annum to a schoolmaster, for 
teaching 20 poor boys of Laxfield to read, write, and cast accounts; 
and £40 per annum towards putting out apprentice eight of such 
20 poor boys to some good handicraft trade, and dispose of the over- 
plus rent in keeping the estate and premises in good condition, or, 
when not wanted for that purpose, in augmenting the apprentice -fees. 
The estate consists of a farm of 112a. 1r. 2 op., let for £168 a year : and 
the profits derived from the manor of Stadhaugh yield from £3 to 
£5 per annum. The schoolmaster teaches from 25 to 30 free scho- 



HOXNE HUNDRED. 



391 



BRICKLAYERS. 

Gibson John 
Lockwood Wm. 



dress makers, &c. Mills BeDjamin 



Hines Thomas 
Huson Cecilia 
Knights Henry 



lars, and for instructiDg them he receives £2 per head per annum 
from the trustees, who also pay yearly about £8 to a schoolmistress, 
for teaching 20 poor girls ; and £S towards the support of a Sunday 
school. Apprentice fees of from £lb to £20 are given with each 
apprentice, and the trustees also occasionally supply clothing to the 
boys during their apprenticeship. In 1721, Ann Ward charged 
her estates in Laxfielcl (lately belonging to the Earl of Gosfordj with 
the yearly payment of <£*30, in trust to pay £20 thereof to a school- 
master for teaching 10 poor boys to read and write ; and ^10 to a 
schooolmistress for teaching 10 poor girls to read, knit, and sew. 
The latter are instructed with the girls sent to school under Smith's 
charity, and the former with other boys attending the National 
School, built by subscription, in 1843, at the cost of about £100, on 
land purchased for nearly £\ 00. This school is in the Gothic style, 
and is attended by about 50 boys and 30 girls. In 1455, Wm. Gar- 
neys charged his estates here with a yearly rent-charge of £2. 6s. 8d., 
but only 20s. a year has been paid since 1782, and distributed 
among the poor. This annuity (20s. ) is paid out of Parkfield Farm. 

LAXFIELD DIRECTORY. 

Post-Office at Mr. A. Brightly's. 
Letters via Framlingham. 
Beck John, gardener 
Brightly Adolphus, printer ; bookbinder, 

stationer, druggist, &c, Post-o_ffi.ee 
Carley Robert Row, surgeon 
Chaston Ann, beerhouse 
Cook Wm. carpenter & parish clerk 
Dallas Rev John, vicar, Vicarage 
G-odbold Robert, butcher 
Goodwin John, master of Smith's 

Charity School 
Goodwin Mrs. ladies' school 
Haward Wm. plumber, glazier, painter. 

and gilder 
Hughman Jph. day & boarding school 
Ives Charles, currier, &c 
Leckonby Richd. inland revenue officer 
Lomax James & Mrs. National School 
Read James, sen. estate agent & valuer. 

Parkfield 
Runacres George, glover & hairdresser 
Smith Wm. gent. Rose Cottage 
Thurston John, farrier 
Totman Rev James, (Baptist) 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
General Wolfe, Henry Chandler 
King's Head, Henry Woods 
Royal Oak, Jane Lockwood 
White Horse, Maria Balls 



BAKERS, &C. 

Garrard Joseph 
Smith Mary 

BOOT & SHOE 3IKS. 

Betts Wm. 
Bickers James 
Bickers Wm. 
Oann Wm. 



Elnaugh Thomas 
Lockwood John 
Morgan Wm. 
Ransby Richard 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Aldred Peter 
Felgate Henry 
Thirkettle George 



Bickers, Mary A. 
Borrett Emma 
Cullingford L. 
Flatman Fanny 
Godbold Harriet 
Woods Emma 

COEXZtfTLLERS. 

Bloomfield Robert 
Browne Robert 
Newson Robert 

FaRjIERS. 

Aldred Peter 
Aldridge Wm. 
Brown Robert 

maltster 
Capon George 
Churchyard Henry 
Crouch John 
Crouch Wm. 
Dalliston George, 

Rookery 



Pepper James, 
Banyards green 

Randall John 

Read James, jrin., 
Parkfield, 

Read Thos. Ban- 
yards green 

Read Thos. Siad- 
hough 

Bounce John 

iScace Ann 

jScoggins Isaac 

Smith Jephtha, 
Sc Wood Farm 

Stearn Henry B., 
Willow Farm 

Wells John 

Wells Fdk. Jacobs 

Wells Samuel 

Wigg Joseph 

GROCERS & DRAPES. 



Fisher Garnham, 'Aldridge Robert G. 

Manor House |Backhouse Saml. 
Flatman Jno. Moat Brightly Adolphus 



Garrard Jonathan, 

Blue House 
Garrard Jonth.jun. 

Bolton s 
Garrard Joseph 
GoddardJohn.-HV^Z 
Goodram John 
Grinling John 
Grinling John. jun. 

Dowsings 
Grinling Mrs Sus. 



Crowe John 
Ea?.y Wm. tailor 
Turner Abraham 

SADDLERS, &C 

Pead George 
Wilson Edward 

TAILORS. 

Cracknell John 
Easv Wm. 
Godbold Charles 
Kemp Joseph 



392 MENDHAM. (HOXNE HUNDRED.) 



WHEELWRIGHTS, 

<§* Carpenters. 
Cook Wm. 
Flatman Henry 



Hines Thomas 
Pepper James 
CARRIERS. 
Thos. Elnaugh & 



Jph. Lockwood, 
to Halesworth , 
Tues. & Friday 



Samuel Sharman 
and J. Mulliner, 
to Diss, Tues. & 
Friday 



MENDHAM, a neat and pleasant village, on the south bank of 
the river Waveney, nearly two miles S.E. of Harleston, eight miles 
S.W. of Bungay, and 10 miles W.N.W. of Halesworth, has in its- 
parish 887 inhabitants, and 3144 acres of land, of which 301 souls 
and about 994 acres, are on the north side of the Waveney, in Nor- 
folk, forming a suburb to the town of Harleston, and including 
Dove House, several farms, and Sliotford Bridge, which crosses the 
river by three arches, one mile S. of Harleston. Near the church,., 
in the Suffolk part of the parish, was a Cluniac Priory, founded by 
"William, son of Roger cle Huntingh'eld, in the reign of Kin£ 
Stephen, dedicated to the blessed Virgin, and subordinate to Castle- 
Acre Priory, in Norfolk. It was granted, at the dissolution, to 
Richard Frestoti and Ann, his wife, and some remains of it may 
still be traced in a farm-house standing on its site. The parish is 
in three manors, called Walsham Hall and Mendham King's Hall 
and Priory* The trustees of the late Wm. Sancroft Holmes, Esq., 
are lords of the first, and Sir R. S. Adair of the two latter manors ;. 
but a great part of the soil is copyhold, subject to arbitrary fines,, 
and belongs to Lady Beresford, the trustees of Bethel Hospital, 
Norwich ; the Rev. T. W. Whitaker, and the Chaston, Denny, 
Portman, and Scrivener families. A large estate here, which had 
been forfeited by the attainder of John, Earl of Oxford, was granted 
to Sir John Howard, in the 15th of Edward IV. An estate or 
manor here, called Winclienden, was granted to Richard and Wm. 
Freston, in the 1st of Edward VI., as parcel of the possessions of 
Holy Trinity Priory, Ipswich, which had a share of the rectory, by 
gift of Robert, the son of Angat. The Church (All Saints) is an 
ancient structure, with, a tower and six bells ; and the benefice is a 
discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at M. 5s. 2d., and in 1835 at 
£122. The Re v.Thos.Wright Whitaker, M.A., is patron, and the Rev. 
A. H. Brereton, is the incumbent, and has a neat Vicarage House,, 
erected in 1851, and 25 acres of glebe. The rectorial tithes of the 
greater part of the parish have been purchased by the landowners^, 
and Sir R. S. Adair is impropriator of the remainder, which were- 
commuted for a yearly rent of <£270, in 1841, when the vicarial 
tithes were commuted for £52. 8s. per annum. Here is an Inde- 
pendent Chapel, belonging to a congregation formed in 1796, and 
also a place of worship for the Wesleyans. In 1725, Wm. Denning- 
ton charged his estate at Shimpling, in Norfolk, with the yearly 
payment of 12s. for a monthly distribution of 12 penny loaves 
among 12 poor people of Mendham ; and with 2s. a year for the 
sexton, for looking after his grave in the churchyard. 



MENDHAM PAEISH. 

Those marked * are in the Norfolk part 
of the parish, mostly in Harleston. 
Post from Harleston. 
*Aldis Thomas, boot and shoemaker 



* A] lured Alfred, tailor 
*Barnaby James, estate agent 
Brereton Rev A. H. vicar, Vicarage 
♦Brett Thomas, plumber, glazier, &(V 
*Brooks Thomas, patten maker 



MENDHAM. (HOXNE HUNDRED.) 



393 



Buckingham Samuel, blacksmith 
Buckingham Edward, parish clerk 
*Bunn Wm. surgeon 
*Caley John, auctioneer, &c, Post Off 
*Chilton Eev Geo. curate of Redenhall 
*Donnison Rev James Watson, M.A., 

Dove House 
Downes James, gardener 
*Edwards Thomas, vict. Magpie 
*Everson J. banker's clerk 
Elatman Eastgate, carpenter 
Godbold Robert, agricul. machine mkr 
Goodwin Eliza, vict. Red Lion 
* Jacobs Mary, ladies' school 
Jay Edward, boot and shoemaker 
*Laidler Rev Stephen (Independents 
Mobbs Samuel, musician, &c. 
Nichols F. B. schoolmaster 
*Norman Wm. gent. White House 
*Orford Thomas, shopkeeper 
*Smith & Buck, drapers, mercers, &c. 



* Smith Chas. collar and harness maker 
Stammers Joseph, corn miller 
♦Warren James, bricklayer 
*Webdale Wm. corn chandler 
Woods John H. grocer, &c. 

FARMERS. 
♦Beaumont John, Shoiford Hall 
Beaumont John James, Mi 'ddleton Hall 
Broughton Wm. || Dordery Wm. 
Calver George, Oak Farm 
Chaston Chas. Benj., Esq., Red House 
Denny John Harvey, Mendham Hall 
Freston George | Gedney Frank- 
Gedney George || Nichols Wm. 
Gedney Elizabeth, Walsham Hall 
Hunter Thomas Wilcox || Rant Edwv 
Middleton John || Rant Frederick 
2 Mayhew Elias || Shearing Damaris 
Riches Henry, Thorp Hall; & Mrs. 
Post & Carriers from Harleston 



METFIELD, a large village, 8 miles S.S.W. of Bungay, 5 miles 
E.S.E. of Harleston, and 7 miles W. by N. of Haleswortb, has in 
its parish 651 souls, and 2160 acres of land, including a common of 
41a. Capt. Charles Eayley, E.N., is lord of the manor of Metneld, 
but part of the parish is in the manors of Mendham and Walsham 
Hall. Captain Eayley owns a large estate here, and Metfield Hall,. 
a moated farm house, which was rebuilt about live years ago. The 
rest of the parish belongs to Sir B. S. Adair, E. Freston, N. Mickle- 
thwaite, Esq., Lord Henniker, Lady Beresford, and several smaller 
proprietors. Mrs. Susan Godbold, who was born at Flixton, died 
here in 1847, in the 108th year of Iter age. The Church (St. John) 
is an ancient structure, with a tower and three bells, and the bene- 
fice is a donative, valued, in 1835, at £'69. The parishioners are 
the patrons, and the Eev. J. B. Meadows is the incumbent, and 
has about 45a. of glebe, and a neat Parsonage House, about a mile 
from the church ; but he has only a yearly modus of £11, in lieu of 
small tithes. N. Micklethwaite, Esq., is impropriator of the great 
tithes, which were commuted in 1843 for a yearly rent-charge of 
.£400. A rent-charge of 6s. 8d. per annum, left by fhos. Maplehead, 
in the 33rd of Henry VIIL, for the repairs of the church, is paid 
out of land called Rooks. The poor have two yearly rent-charges 
of 20s. each, for distributions of bread, left by James Scarlet and 
EichardKnapp, in the 43rd of Elizabeth and 1762. John Welton, 
in 1556, left for the poor of this parish, about 3 acres of land in 
Withersdale ; but it is undefinably mixed with other land now be- 
longing to Mr. Burkett, and all that the poor derive from it is the 
yearly sum of 30s. Post Office at W, J. Rayner's. Letters via 
Harleston. 



Aldis Richard, surgeon 
Aldous Samuel, butcher 
Bryant Samuel, tailor 



ICatchpole Emily, grocer and draper 
Cock Jeremiah, gent. Metfield Cottage 
Collins Robert, schoolmaster 
s 9 



394 



METFIELD PARISH. 



Collins Samuel, bricklayer 


More Robert 


Hatten Wm. 


Freeman Edward, shopkeeper 


FARaTERS. 


Keable John 


Kemp Wm. blacksmith and parish elk 


Barrett Colin 


Keable John. jun. 


Meadows Rev John Brewster, incmbt 


Brown Joseph 


Lambert Jonathan 


Page Arthur, police officer 


Britton John 


More John, Hall 


Poppy Eliz. vict. Huntsman & Hounds 


Britton Wm. 


More Wm. 


Rayner Wm. John, grocer and draper 


Carley John 


Nunn Robert 


Self Wm. wheelwright 


Cropton Wm. 


Riches Wm. 


BEERHOUSES. 


Godbold George 


Edwards Alfred 


Rumsey James 


Poppy Charles 


Wiles Robert 


Fisher Jas. Gibbon 


SHOEMAKERS. 


Squire Wm. 


CORX AHLLERS. 


Flaxman — 


Easthaugh John 


carpenters. ] Godbold George 


Godbold George 


Freeston Wm. 


Easthaugh John 


Meen John 


Green George 


Moss Frederick 



MONK-SOHAM, a village, near the source of a rivulet flowing 
to the Debeu, 3 miles E. by X. of Debenharn, and 6 miles W. by N. 
of Frarnlingham, has in its parish 448 souls, and 1569a. 2e. 33p. of 
land. It formerly belonged to the monks of Bury, by gift of Alfric, 
Bishop of East Anglia, It was granted, in the 37th of Henry 
VJJJL, to Anthony Rous, and sold by Thomas Rous, in the 3rd of 
Elizabeth, to Lionel Tolmach. W. Deane, Esq., is now lord of the 
manors of Monk-Sofwm Hall, and Bloinvilles, or Woodcroft Hall, 
the latter of which extends into the adjoining parishes. Both halls 
are ancient mansions, now occupied by farmers. Most of the parish 
is copyhold, subject to arbitrary tines, and belonging to Lord Hen- 
niker, and the Randall, Creasy, Garneys, and some other families. 
The Church (St. Peter) is a large, neat structure, with a tower and 
five bells; and the benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £1^. ">s 
2-J-d., and now having 82a. 3r. 16p. of glebe, and a yearly rent- 
charge of £'445, awarded, in 1840, in lieu of tithes. The Rev. John 
H. Groome, of Earl Soham. is patron, and the Rev. Robert Hindes 
Groome, II. A., is the incumbent, and has a neat Rectory House, 
built in 1846. Here is a National School, erected in 1850. The 
Town Lands are vested in trustees for the relief and support of poor 
parishioners, and comprise a messuage called the Guildhall, two 
cottages, and a garden, all occupied rent-free by poor persons ; 
20a. 1r. 29p. of land, called Towes ; 18a. 3r., called Eulgood ; and 
9a. In. 6p., in various parcels. The rents amount to about £80 a 
year, and after paying for the repairs of the tenements, &c. are 
applied in providing 2s. worth of bread for distribution every Sun- 
day at the church, and in yearly distributions of coals and money 
among the poor. Post via TVoodbridge. 

Abbott John, shopkeeper 

Bond John, boot and shoemaker 

Brett Amelia. National schoolmistress 

Groome Rev Rbt. Hindes, M.A., Rectory 

Kemp Lucky, grocer and draper 

Noble John, machine maker 

Plant Robert, shoemaker and vict. 

White Elm 
Bead John, corn miller and beerhouse 



Bings John, gardener 

FABMEBS. (* are Owners.) 
Capon Robert *Hall John 

Cook Wm. Hammond James 

*CreasyWrn. Pepper Henry 

Edwards Geo., Hall J Pepper Thomas 
*Garneys John Grant James 
Hammond John, Wooderofl Hall 
Woods Isaac. Church Farm 



SAXTEAD, or Saxted, a scattered village, 2 miles N W. of 
Framlingbam, has in its parish 441 souls, and 1202 acres of land, 



SAXTEAD. (HOXNE HUNDRED.) 395 

including the hamlet of Saxtead Green, 2 miles W. by N. of Fram- 
lingham. The soil is a strong fertile loam, on a substratum of flint 
and gravel. The manor and the greater part of the soil belong to 
Sir Robert Hitchams Charity, of which the Master and Fellows of 
Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, are trustees, as already noticed at page 
360. About one-third of the parish is copyhold, subject to arbitrary 
fines, and the custom of Borough English. The Crabtree, Meadows, 
Webber, Holmes, and a few other families, have estates here. The 
Church (All Saints) is a small ancient fabiic, which had an embat- 
tled tower, but it fell down July 8th, 1805, and part of the materials 
were used in building a vestry, with a small belfry over it. Thomas 
de Broth erton, Earl of Norfolk, who died in 1307, is supposed to 
have founded or rebuilt the church. The benefice is a rectory, con- 
solidated with Framlingham, as already noticed at page 363. The 
tithes of Saxtead have been commuted for a yearly rent of <£340. 
In 1831, some labourers, in digging a drain behind the Volunteer 
Inn, found a human skeleton, the remains of a wooden coffin, a two- 
penny-piece of Henry YL, and a gold ring weighing 2dwts. 21grs., 
and bearing emblems of the Trinity, a figure of the Virgin Mary, 
and round the inside, the inscription, " de ton euer" in Old Eng- 
lish characters. The Town Estate comprises a cottage, occupied by 
labourers, and 15a. 2r. 5p. of copyhold land, let for <£36 a year. It 
has been held from a remote period, in trust, for the reparation of 
the church, and the residue for the relief of the poor. Post from. 
Framlingham. 
Bloomfield Benjamin, dealer | Thrower Jacob, boot and shoemaker 



Borrett Joseph, blacksmith 

Cattermole John, shopkpr. & shoemkr 

Cook Wm. vict. Volunteer Inn 

Davy John, wheelwright 

Holmes "Win. corn miller 

Hurren Eliza, shopkeeper 

Perry Jonas, carpenter 

Pizzey Robert, boot and shoemaker 

Reeve Benjamin, boot and shoemaker 

Storer Thomas, shopkeeper 

Taylor Jas. schoolmaster & parish elk 



FARMERS. (j-are Owners.) 
Ashford Henry fLanceter Samuel 

Ashford Arthur Sutton, Church Farm 
•f-Holmes Geo. Wm. tTTebber Wm. 
t Holmes Robert || Wightmaii Charles 
f Meadows Geo. (and com merchant) 
fMeadowsHenrietta || tWightrnanJohn. 
tPipe James [] Wightman Clement 
t Smith Andrew |] \Tightman Louisa 
Taylor Penelope, Frithwood Hall 
t"W«bber Amos, Red House 



SOUTHOLT, a smail village scattered round a green, 5 miles 
N.N.E. of Debenham, has in its parish 209 souls, and 798a. 2r. 12p. 
of land. Edgar Chenery, Esq., is lord of the manor, and owner of 
a great part of the soil; and the remainder belongs to F, Clark, 
Esq., Lord Henniker, E. A. S. Adair, Esq., Mr. John Johnson, the 
executors of the late Sir James Flower, and a few smaller proprie- 
tors. The Church (St. Margaret) is a curacy, consolidated with the 
rectory of Worlin g worth ; and the incumbent has here a yearly 
rent-charge of i&37. 10s., in lieu of the great and small tithes." The 
Town Lands, vested with 14 trustees, comprise a house and 28a. Br. 
37p. of land, in this parish, and 22a. 2r. 29p., in Bedfleld. The 
rents amount to about £60 per annum, and are applied towards the 
payment of the churchwardens' expenses, the support of a Sunday 
school, the purchase of clothing for the poor, and the reparation of 
some houses occupied by poor families. 



396 SOUTHOLT. (HOXN'E HUNDRED.) 



Brondell John, carpenter 

Clarke John & Samuel, shoemakers 

Copping Maria. National s :-hc Dlmistress 
Grant I ': art, wet Ploogh 

r m. I U sksmith 
Smith John, earpentei 



IRS. 
Bark-: John I I F«m 
Clarke I : eart ShylverWm. 

I :: :kne'J E e _: - ; .A .": H2V 
Creasy I lis e C hs i lotte, Paradise H 
Johnson Jchn Barker : Z7 

Bead Wm, i?= 23c LeggattWm. 



STEADBEOKE, or STRADBKOOK, a small i 
the tirle of Earl to th '- Rous family, els noticed at | and is a 

polling place for the Eastern Division of Suffolk, pleasantly aftual 

near the source of a rivulet, 7 miles E.S.E. of Eye. 8| miles X. by- 
TV. of Framlingham, and 9 miles N.E. byX. of Debenham. It con- 
sists chiefly of three streets, and its parish comprises icres 

of land, and had L822 inhabitants in 1851, including ITS paupers 
in H:r\; V V house, which is situated here, is noticed at 

page 375. Many :: tl e houses and cottages aw a;l round 

several small greens, v b enclosed about 40 years ago, viz.. 

Ashfield Green, \\ mile E. : Barley Green, half a mile S.E. : Battle 
sey Green, l^mrle N. : PixeyGreen, H mile X.E. : and Wbotten Grt 
half a mho S. ofthe town. Stradbroke had rket every Fr\ : 

pursuant to a charter of Henry III.. -_\ more than 

a century ago. During the last fifteen years, a corn market has 
been held here every T iring formers and dea- 

lers, who attended at the two inns alternately to t isiness 

till 1S54, when a Corn Hall was erected at the ::st :: £560, raised in 
one pound shares and donations. During Spring and Summer, a 
market is held here every Monday for the sale o: Ine, 

Here is ah? a fair for cattle and pedlery, :n the third Monday in 
June, and a srs ; i:n :i hiring for servants ::: the 2nd : : October 
Petty Ses . .: held svery alternate Tuesday in the Corn Hall. 
where public meetings are also held. The parish sent at :r.: 200 pau- 
per emigrants to America from 1831 to 1843. It is in two manors, viz, 
Stradbrol \th-S\ croft and SMton Hall th-Wilby. Sir E. C. 
Kerrison is Lord of the former; andThos. Geo. Gorbett, Esq., of 
Elsham Hall. Lincolnshire, is lord of the latter. Barley HaU and 
Hill HaU. now farm houses, formerly gave name to twr small ma- 
nors the writings of which were lost many years ago. Lord Henni- 
ker. Sir E. S, Adair. LordBemers. and the Crabtree. Holmes. Whites 
Jeffries, and other families, have estates in the parish. Sbelton was 
anciently the -eat of a family of its own name, and had a chapel, 
which was in use from 13 A till 1455. The De la Poles held Strad- 
broke in the 14th and ] 5th centuries, anil it passe ; a them to the 
Howards. Robert Copley, or Grossette, tar A- arm: a and pious bishop 
of Lincoln, who died in 1353. was born here, and was such an ad- 
versary": the unl Ay proceedings oi Eire Inurcent IV.. that his 
holiness wished to have his t :dy taken up ana burnt. The G i :?> 
(All Saints is a large ancient fabric, with a tower and six bells. 
and was renewed and thoroughly repaired in 15A3-"4. when the late 
vicar, the Rev. Wm. White, whe had an estate here, railed the east 
window with bf intiful stained glass at the cost of ^'100, and placed 
over the communion table a fine painting of Christ, taken down from 



STBABBROKE PARISH. 397 

the cross, which he purchased in Italy. The organ was purchased 
by subscription in 1885, at the cost of £150. In the chancel are 
several neat monuments, and the ceiling is finely groined aud carved. 
Some of the windows were restored, and the wails repaired in 1853-'4. 
The benefice is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £9. 18s. 4|d., 
but it is endowed with the rectorial tithes, which were granted to the 
see of Ely in the -42nd of Elizabeth, and to the incumbent in the 
reign of Charles II., subject to the payment of a yearly rent of £S r 
and a fine of i'60 every seven years to the Bishop of Norwich, who 
is also patron of the vicarage. The Rev. J. T. Allen, M.A., is the 
incumbent. The tithes were commuted in 1840, for a yearly rent- 
charge of £1050 : and there is 6a. 1b. 2p. of glebe, and a neat vicar- 
age house. The Baptist Chapel here was erected in 1814, and re- 
built in 1841 ; and attached to it is a school for poor girls. Here is 
a Book Society, established in 1836 ; an endowed school, and seve- 
ral other charities : and in 1843, the parishioners purchased a fire- 
engine at the cost of £106. 

The trust deeds relating to the Charity Estates of Stradbroke 
have been lost, and the estates and charities are now under the ma- 
nagement of the churchwardens. The Town House, partly used for 
a school and partly for the residence of the poor, was given by Mi- 
chael Wentworth, Esq., the lord of the manor, in 1587. Win! Grin- 
ling in 1599 left a farm of 76a. 2b;, in Westhall, (now let for £90 a 
year,) to the feoffees of Stradbroke, in trust for the reparation of the 
church, the relief of the poor, the payment of five marks each per 
annum to the minister and schoolmaster, and lire marks towards 
repairing the highways, In 1625, £200 town stock was laid out in 
the purchase of a house and 16a. of land at Syleham, now let for 
£24 a year, and vested in trust for binding poor children apprentice 
to trades, and for such other purposes as should be thought most fit 
for the benefit of the parish. In 1667, Giles Borrett gave 3a. 2b. 
of land for the relief of the poor, and it is now let for £6. 8s. a year. 
The rents of the above estates are carried to one account, and the 
following sums are paid thereout yearly, viz., £3. 6s. 8d. to the vicar, 
£3. 6s. 8d. to the surveyor of the highways, and £5 to the school- 
master; and the remainder is applied mostly in defraying the ex- 
penses attending the office of churchwarden, and partly in appren- 
tice fees, and the relief of the poor. The church was new pewed 
about 1823, and the expense was paid out of the rents of these cha- 
rity estates. In 1698, John Borrett charged his lands here, called 
Lawrence Meadow and Wall hill, with a yearly rent- charge of £5. 
12s., to be applied as follows, viz., 52s. for a weekly distribution of 
1 s. worth of bread among six poor parishioners ; and £3 to supply 
the said poor people with clothing, twenty days before Christmas. 
The poor parishioners have the following yearly doles, viz., 20s. left 
by Henry Austin, in 1661; 16s. left by Nicholas Borrett, in 1668; 
and 30s. left by Eichmond Girling, in 1658. The schoolmaster 
teaches five poor children for £5 a year, received from the above- 
named charity estates; and twelve tor the yearly sum of £15, paid 
to him by the Trustees of Warner's Charity, (see 'Boy ton.' by whom 
and the parishioners he is appointed. The poor derive considerable- 



398 



STRADBROKE DIRECTORY. 



benefit from 52 a. of land, let to tb 
of £2 per acre. 

STRADBROKE. 

Those marked 1. live in Chapel street ; 2. 
New street; 3, Queen's Head street; 4. 

Ashfield green; 5. Barley green; 6\ 
Battles ey green : 7. I and 8, 

a^ Wooiten : 
Post Oeeice at the Queen's Head. 

Maria Aldous. postmistress. Letters 
are despatched at 5§ evening . 

TT"; ■.■■.■'" "■''".";: lo~ :1 ear", 
Allen Rev John Taylor. M.A. Vicarage 
Bayles Mr Et, Sc Rachel straw hat rakr 
3 Betts Fdk. hosier, haberdasher, sta- 
tioner, tea dealer.. & fancy warehs 

2 Bradneld Chas. agent to the Suffolk 
Alliance Assurance Company 

3 Brown Jas. postman to Harleston 
Bryant Benaiah, schoolmaster, & supt. 

registrar of Hoxne Union 

Bryant Mrs. ladies'' school 

Ballard John, crier so. '.irk 

Calver Robert., gardener 

Catchpole John. wine, spirit, and por- 
ter merchant 

Edwards Gteorge, police officer 

Elvin John, pork butcher & Mr Thos, 

Eyre Rev John. (Baptist) 

Farrington Mrs Emma, schoolmistress 

Eox Francis, mail cart driver 

2 G-alpine Rev Jas., (Particular Bapt.) 

2 Girling Abraham, tax collector. ecc. 

3 G-ooda Matilda, dressmaker. obe 

2 Houghton Geo. R, brazier 5c tinner 

Larter Win. porter. Wbrkht 

MeKain Archibald, free schoolmaster 

2 Markwell Henry, basket maker 
Mayhew Geo.. Esq. Rectory House 
S Mayhew Jonathan, gardener. ebc 
Mayhew Wil, gardener 

Mousey Edmund, master of Hoxne 
Union Workhouse 

3 Mullinger Thos. C, hairdresser 
Newson Shadrach. vict. White Hart 

2 Palmer Harriet, fancy warehouse 
Read George, assistant overseer 
Percy Charles, watchmaker, ice 

*2 Powell Thos. druggist and stationer 
Pipe John. vict. Queen's Head 

3 Pryke George, cabinet maker 
1 Robinson John, leather dealer 
3 Roper Anthony, farrier 

1 Rush Wm. butcher 

Seagon Wm.. Worths, schoolmaster 

8 Thurston Thos. relieving officer and 

registrar .. 

1 Wilkins Martha, hosier., ice 

3 Woods Mr James 

Wright Mrs My. Lorn, matron. Wafkha 



em in small allotments, at the rate 



BAEEZS. ate 

3 Davy Jonth. 
1 Parsons Cphr. 
3 Taylor Samuel 

BEERHOUSES- 

3 Girling Win. 
3 Spaul Hy. maltsr 
8 Shulver James 

BLACKSMITHS. 

1 Beeeroft Robert 

3 Cockerell Hy. & 

ironfounder 
3 Knott Henrv 

3 Pendell Edward 

1 : : roc shoe mxrs. 
3 Borrett Daniel 

3 Edwards Geo. 
Flegg John 

2 Mills Simon 

] Mulles Samuel 

1 Rose - 

i iner Wm. 

BRIOZZZZZ-. 

a Charles 
t soige 

LockwoodXemh. 

CATTLE II. 

: f R:bert 
Basfcl : 

: "0 o izrzzzzz 
Bayles 7. . ': ert 
Davy Robert 
Farrow Robert 

EAP.LZZZ: 

Adams Geo.. Hall j 
B Aldred Robert 

4 Baldry Sol gri 

5 Barfoot CkatirS 

3 Barnes txeorge 
o Bayles Charles 
3 Bayles Mrs Ts. 
B Borrett Susan 
Chandler Henry.. 

Bool 
£ Chandler 1 
B Chase Robert 
C lark Hy,. North In' 
Cockerell Maurice 
Craekneil Jane 
Davy John 
3 Davy Jonth. 
Garrod Robert. 

Hill Hall 
Girling Abraham | 

6 Girling Richd. I 



:es Seaman 
mgs Saml. 

5 Knights John 
4 Larter James 

4 Meen Wm. 

1 NewBOai Shadrh. 
' 4 Pendell Wm. 
j 3 Pipe John 
; 4 Pipe Susan 

6 Rush Charles 

7 Rush John 
1 Rush Wm. 
Seaman John 
Stone Edward 

7 Thurston Geo. 
Wharton Jonth. 
Wharton Mrs E., 

BowUmHoU 
7 Waiting John 
Wightman Chas.. 
i by HI 

5 Wilson Samuel 

isvard Jnth. 

CtBocees ic DPES. 

3 Barnes Geo. and 

3 rwich 

Union ire office 

fcs George 
Carlton 

1 Alfd. 
NHHBHS, OCC. 

3 Brewster Edw. 
ping Chas. 

PLUOLZZZ-. 

en Hagien 

3 Fisk Leonard 
1 Freeman Jas. 
■ransBBft 

3 Aldous Robert. 
ironmonger 

i Wilson Robert 

sue >e :>>->. 
: jooch J :. s Wyard 
s. Geo, 

TAME ! I 

1 Bayles Charles 
and Son 

3rtson Wm. 

2 Wilson Wm. 

JIWEIGHTS. 

Beecroft John 
1 Forsdyke Caleb. 

and gig maker 
1 Puiham Chas. 

CARRIERS. 

tri to Wood- 
bridge daily 



HOXNE HUNDRED. 399 



foot Post to Har- 

leston 
Win. Meen to Ips- 



wich and Wood- 
bdg. 3Ion ; to 



Norwich ft Diss 
Tues and Fri 



OMNIBUS to 
MeOk Station 
daily ex. Sunday 



SYLEHAM is a scattered village on the south side of the river 
TVaveney. which separates it from Norfolk, £§ miles X. by W. of 
Stradbroke, and 4 miles S.W. by S. of Harleston, Its parish con- 
tain^ 374 souls, and 1603 acres of fertile and well-wooded land. 
Here is a good bridge, which crosses the river to Brockdish ; and 
also an extensive water corn mill, the greater part of which was 
converted into a linen and cotton manufactory, about fifteen years 
ago. The low mar sixes, near the river, are now well drained, but 
were formerly so swampy that the ignis fatui, commonly called 
Syleham lights, were frequently seen, and often led benighted tra- 
vellers astray. Miss Taylor is lady of the mauor of Syleham Comitis, 
which anciently belonged to the De la Poles, Earls of Suffolk. 
Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, had lands here, which he obtained 
in exchange from Bishop Herbert, and settled upon the monks of 
Thetford, from whom the estate obtained the .name of Monks Hall. 
The parish is mostly leasehold, and partly free and copyhold. The 
principal proprietors are Henry Septs. Hyde vVollaston, Esq., T. 
Dyson. Esq., Rev. A. Cooper, Rev. W. Manning, Thos. Bridge, 
Esq.. Sir E. C. Kerrison, and J. H. Erere, Esq. The Church (St. 
Mary i is an antique fabric, with a round tower, containing three 
bells. The living is & perpetual curacy, valued at ^'66, and now in 
the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Augustus Cooper, B.A., 
of Syleham Hall, a large and handsome mansion, with well-wooded 
pleasure grounds. About half the parish is tithe-free, and Miss 
Doughty, and George and Edward Press, Esqrs.. are impropriators 
of the great tithes of the remainder, which were commuted for 
£'•245 per annum, in 1842. Post from Scole. 

Barrett Bobert. parish clerk Titlow Robert, boot and shoemaker 

Betts James, beerhouse 

Bryant John, corn miller 

Cooper Bev Augustus. B.A. incumbent 

of Syleham and rector of Billingford, I PABMEBS. 

Syleham Hall j Blake Bobert Bead James 

Fish Alfred, brick and tile maker Creasy Noah Bush James 

G-odbold Charles, carpenter & wheelgt j Hart Bichard Bush Bobert 

Knevett Bev John, incumbt. of Xeed- j Juby Bobert Stanford John 

ham. & chaplain of Hoxne Union Bichards Bobert Bichards Stephen 

Mullinger Mary, shopkeeper BeadAlfred.high constable. 31onk'sHalI 



Warne Henry & Son, linen & cotton 
sheeting, shirting, drabbett, <£<?., 
manfrs., Syleham Mill 



Bichards Henry, vict. White Hon 
Bush Edward, blacksmith 



Stannard Henry. Red House 
Bead John Wall George 



TANNIXGTOX, a village scattered round an oyen green of nearly 
nine acres. 4 miles X.E. of Franilingham. 7 miles W.N,W. of Deben- 
ham, and 5 miles S. of Stradbroke, has in its parish -243 souls, and 
1600a. 1r. 26p. of land, all freehold, belonging to the Earl of Strad- 
broke, (lord of the manor.) Lord Henniker, Sir Robert S. Adair, 
and the Meadows, Whitbread, Sutton, and a few other families. 
The Dades had formerly a seat and estate here. The Church • St. 
Etbelbert) is an ancient structure, with a tower containing five 



400 TANNINGTON. (HOXNE HUNDRED.) 

bells. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at 
£12. 10s. 2|d., and in 1835 at £196, with the curacy of Bnmdish 
annexed to it. Tha Bishop of Norwich is patron, and the Rev. 
Stanley Miller, B.A., of Dennington, is the incumbent. Mrs. 
Waller, of Hollesley, is impropriator of the great tithes, which were 
commuted for a yearly rent-charge of £'-320. 18s. 6d. in 1841. when 
the vicarial tithes were commuted for £83. 10s. per annum. The 
glebe in Tannington is 4a.. 1r. 30p. The Town Estate is vested in 
trustees for the repairs of the church, and the relief of the poor, 
and consists of 27a. 1e. 8p. in Tannington and Brundish, let for 
£34 a year; 18a. 3r. 26p., at Worling worth, let for £22 ; and a cot- 
tage and garden given by Benj. Dunn, and let for £4 a year. Most 
of the rents are expended in repairing the church and supporting 
the Sunday school, and the remainder is distributed in coals and 
clothing. Two cottages, given by one Godbold, are occupied by 
poor families. Post via Framlingham. 

Aldridge Philip, corn miller 

Allen James, boot and shoemaker 

Butcher James, grocer and draper 

Howlett John, gardener 

Noble Syer, blacksmith, parish clerk, 

& vict. Three Horse Shoes 
Pendell Edward, wheelwright 



FARMERS, (* are Owners.) 
Ashford Walter, Braisworth Hall 
*CaponJohn Read John Chandler 
Carley Robert Stearn Chas. Place 
Pattle Robert Turner Richard 

Ray Wm, Ray Win. jan. 

*Satton Harsant, Esq. Lodge 



WE Y BEE AD, a large and well built village, pleasantly situated 
on the southern acclivity of the vale of the Waveney, 2% miles 
S. by W. of Harleston, and 8| miles E.X.E. of Eye, has in its, 
parish 745 souls, and 2476a. 2b. 35p. of land, including roads, &c. 
Here are two large corn mills on the Waveney. and a little below 
is Shotford Bridge, crossing the river to Brockdish, in Norfolk. 
The parish is in four manors, of which the following are the names 
and lords : — Weybread Rail, Mr. Jennings Booty; the Rectory 
Manor, Henry Crahtree, Esq.; Hoblins, Win. Cook, Esq.; and 
Instead, Mr. Wm. Richards; but the greater part of the soil be- 
longs to other proprietors, the largest of whom are Mrs. Cotton, R. 
Clark, Esq., Wm. Adair, Esq., and Messrs. H. and T. Drane, Robt 
Tibbenham, T. G, Brown, and J. Yipond. Instead Manor House, 
anciently the seat of the Hobarts and Astleys, and now occupied 
by a farmer, has several of its apartments lined with fine old oak 
wainscot. The Inghams and Coleman s were formerly lords of the 
manor of Weybread Hall, another fine old mansion, occupied by- 
Mr. J. Booty, its present owner, and formerly encompassed by a 
moat. Mrs. Cotton, R. Clark- Esq., and a few other owners, have 
neat houses here. The Church (St. Andrew) is an ancient struc- 
ture, with a round tower containing three bells. The living is a 
discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £4. 15s., and now at .£129, 
in the patronage and incumbency of the Eev. Wm. Dewe, B.A., 
who has 9a. Ik. Up. of glebe, and a neat white brick residence, 
built in 1838, at the cost of about £1000. In 1840, the vicarial 
tithes were commuted for £90. 6s.. and the rectorial tithes for 
£543. Is. per annum. The latter belong partly to the Rev. Robert 
Ward, and mostly to the principal land owners. The Poors Land 



WEYBREAD PARISH. 



401 



8a., is let for ^£12 a year, and the rent is distributed in clothing among 
the poor parishioners, who have also a yearly rent-charge of 25s. ? . 
left by a Mr. Harling, in 1731, out of laud called Potters Pits. A 
large and handsome National School, in the Gothic style was built,, 
here in 1842-'3, at the cost of about <£500. Towards the erection 
of this school, J100 was granted by Government, <£65 by the 
National School Society, and .£50 by the Diocesan Society ; and 
the remainder was raised by subscription. Post from Harleston. 



Aldous Thomas, vict. Heath house 
Clarke Robert, gent. Rose Cottage 
Clarke Samuel, millwright, &c. 
Cotton Mrs Alice, Weybread house 
Daniel Mrs A . Weybread Cottage 
Dewe Rev Wm., B A. Vicarage 
Edwards Sampson, wheelwright, &c 
Jennings Mrs Maria, Holiday house 
Matthew Allan, tailor 
Parr Rev Thomas, curate 
Taylor Zillah, schoolmistress 
Vincent Thomas, gardener 



BEERHOUSES. 

Gostling George 
Grimwood Geo. 
Preston Richard 

BLACKSMISHS. 

Barber James 
Gostling George 
Smith Thomas 

BOOT & SHOE MKRS. 

Bayles Charles 



Bridges Wm. 
Gostling Jonth. 

CARPENTERS. 

Bezant Wm. 
Gostling George 
King John 

CORN MILLERS. 

Bacon Robert 
Drane Henry 
Pollard John 



FARMERS. 

(+ are Oivners.) 

Adams John 

+Bond Robert 

+Booty Jennings, 
Hall 

Borrett Thomas 

+Brown Ts, Gold- 
smith, Ivy Hs 

Bryant Wm. 

fCarpenter Thos. 

Chapman Cphr. 

+Clarke Robert 

Crisp Wm. 

+ Drane Henry 

fDrane Thos. P. 

Elliott John 

+Elliott Wm. 

Feaveryear J. 

Goldspink Edw. 

f JefTes Leonard 
Palmer 



+Larter Eliz. 
Matthews Daniel 
Matthews Wm. 
Mayhew Thomas- 
Edgar 
Millican Charles 
Rush Mr 
Spinkney Saml. 
Stevenson James 
tTibbenham Rt. 
fVipond John 
+ Wright John 

SHOPKEEPERS- 

Gooch Philip 
Smith Emily 
Theobold Mary 

CARRIERS. 
James Gardiner to 

Norwich, Wed* 

& Saturday 
John Clutten, to 

Yarmouth, Sat. 



WILBY, a neat -village, 1J mile S.S.E. of Stradbroke, and 6 miles^ 
N.N.W. of Frainliugbara, has in its parish 620 souls, and 1846a. 
Jr. 20p. of land. T. G. Corbett, Esq., of Elsham Hall, Lincoln- 
shire, is lord of the manor of Wilby-with Shelton Hall,hui the soil be- 
longs to various free and copyholders, the latter subject to arbitrary- 
fines. The largest owners are the Rev. T. B. Stane (lord of a small 
manor called Russells,) Sir B. S.Adair, Lord Henniker, Sir E. C. Ker- 
rison, and the Collinson, Burch, Green, Smith, and Wilkinson fami- 
lies. The Nevils and Wingfields were anciently owners of most of 
the parish. The Church (St. Mary) is a handsome structure, with a 
tower and six bells ; and in its windows are some beautiful frag- 
ments of stained glass. The south porch is highly enriched, and 
the architecture of the whole fabric is much admired. The bene- 
fice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at i>26. 6s. 10|d,, and now having 
52a. 2r. 4p. of glebe, a neat and commodious thatched residence, 
and a yearly rent-charge of ^£506, awarded in lieu of tithes. The 
Be v. George Mingaye, M.A., is patron and incumbent. The 
present gross annual value of the parish is J3152. lis. 6d. The 
Town Estate, comprising two houses and 48a. 2r. 2p. of land in 
Wilby, 2a. 1r. 16p. in Hoxne, and a house and 3a. 3r. 13p. in Bed- 
field, are let for about <£70. per annum, and are all freehold, except 
about 1\ acres. There is no account of the original settlement of 
these estates for charitable or public uses, except the property in- 



402 



WILBY. (KOXNE HUNDRED.) 



Bedfield, which appears to have been given by persons named Wade 
and Borrett, in the reign of James L, for the relief of the poor of 
Wilby. The rents are received by the trustees, and paid over to 
the churchwardens, who expend the greater part in liquidating the 
charges incidental to their office, and pay the remainder to the 
overseers, who apply it with the poor rates. Post from Stradbroke, 
via Woodbridge. 



Allurn Dinah, shopkeeper fae^iees. 

Bloomfield Thomas, vict. Swan Aldous James 

Chase Wm. beerhouse Aldridge James 

Chenery Chas. Dallenger, Esq. Russell Borrett John 

Lodge BrvantBenaiah,(& 

Copping George, carpenter Stradbroke) 

Feaveryear Edmund, blacksmith ; BuxtonErnilv,iJa^ 

Godbold Thomas, carpenter Clark Joseph 

Lockwood James, tailor & shopkeeper ; Cunningham Ann, 
Newson Henry, shopkeeper Moat House 

Noble Alfred, carpenter & wheelwright Darby Wm. Redhs. 
Page Thomas, tailor '■ Gooch Thomas 

Plant John, farrier Greenard William, 

Wardley George, shopkeeper Church Farm 

Jeffries Bobert 



Lenny John 
Lenny Bobert 
Lenny Bobt. jun. 
Oaks Bobert 
Pipe John, Manor 

House 
Bumsev John 
Bush George 
Scace Barnabas 

Gibson, Green 
Seaman George C. 

Rookery 
Stannard Wm. 
Williams Benj. 
Wilson Bobert 



WINGFIELD, a pleasant but widely scattered village, with seve- 
ral neat houses, 2 miles X. of Stradbroke. 4J miles S. by W. of Har- 
leston, and 7 miles E. by X. of Eye, has in its parish C54 souls, and 
2442a. 3r. 38p. of fertile land, mostly free and partly copyhold, and 
lying in the manors of Chiekering-uith-Wingfield, of which Sir E. 0. 
Kerrison is lord ; and Wing field Castle and Hall, of which Lord 
Bemers is lord. The greater part of the soil belongs to other pro- 
prietors, the largest of whom are Sir R. S. Adair, J. Wright. Esq., 
Rev. S. Cook, Mrs. L. Walker, Mrs A. Cotton, Robt. Butcher, Esq., 
Rev. A. Cooper, and the Rev. R. A. Arnold. Early in the 14th 
century, Richard de Brews was seated at Wingfield, and he obtained 
a grant for a fair here in 1328. The Wingfields, who took their name 
from the parish, had a seat here from the time of the Xorman Con- 
quest till their removal to Letheringham and Easton, in the 14th 
century. (See pp. 355 and 371.) In the reign of Henry YIIL there 
are said to have been eight or nine knights of the Wingfield family % 
all brothers, and two of them invested with the order of the (5-arter. 
By the marriage of Katherine, daughter and heiress of Sir John 
Wingfield, to Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, about the year 
1370, the estates of the Wingfields, in this parish, passed to that 
nobleman, who obtained a license to convert the manor-house into 
a Castle, of which there are some considerable remains, about half 
a mile north-west of the church, in rather a low situation. This 
castle appears to have been a large and handsome structure, with- 
out any earthworks for its defence, except the moat which is crossed 
by an old drawbridge. The south front, or principal entrance is 
still tolerably entire, and the west side is now a farm-house, but 
was the property and residence of the late Robert Leman, D D., who 
died here in 1779, and to whose family the estate descended from 
the Catalynes, who held it for several generations. At the south- 



WINGFIELD PAEISH. 403 

east comer of the church-yard, a College was erected about 1362, 
by the executors of Sir John Wingfield, for a provost or master, 
and nine priests. It was dedicated to St. Mary, St. John the Bapt- 
ist, and Sr. Andrew, and was valued at <£50. 3s. 5jd. at the suppres- 
sion, after which it was granted by Edward YI. to the Bishop of 
Norwich. It was a quadrangular building, and some remains of its 
western side may still be seen in the farm-house now standing on 
its site. The Church (St. Andrew) which was appropriated to the 
College, is a large and handsome structure, with a tower and six 
bells. Being built of flint and stone of different colours, it exhibits 
a singular and beautiful appearance. The chancel is in a rich style 
of architecture, and contains some splendid monuments of the 
Wingfields and de la Poles. Upon one are recumbent effigies, in 
alabaster, of Michael de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, and his countess, 
who died in the reign of Richard II. Upon another are figures of 
John, the second Duke of Suffolk, and his duchess, sister of Edward 
IV. The effigy of Wm. de la Pole, the first Duke of Suffolk, lies 
alone upon his altar-tomb, his duchess being buried at Ewelme, in 
Oxfordshire. He was created Marquis of Suffolk, in 1444, and 
Duke of Suffolk in 1448. Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, was said 
to have been murdered by him at Bury, as noticed at page 171. 
This and other atrocities were signally avenged in his own untimely 
fate : his head being struck off on the gunwale of a boat, in Dover 
roads, and his body thrown into the sea; but being cast on shore it 
was brought and "buried here in 1450. The founder of the De la 
Pole family was a rich merchant of Ravenspurn, at the mouth of 
the Humber, who after that port had been ingulphed in the ocean, 
in the early part of the 14th century, removed to Hull. His family 
rose from obscurity to the greatest splendour and the highest offices 
of state, but suffered many reverses of fortune. By the attainder of 
Edmund de la Pole, Duke of Suffolk, in 1513, all his honours and 
estates were forfeited to the Crown, and the family became extinct 
in the male line by the death of his brother Richard, who fled to 
Italy, and was killed at the battle of Pavia, in 1525. On the north 
wall of the chancel is a tablet, in memory of the Rev. John Backer, 
the late incumbent, who died in 1836, and was buried under the 
pavement of the National School, in the churchyard, which was 
built in 1834, at the cost of ,£'200. The benefice is & perpetual cu- 
racy, valued at <£142. The Bishop of Norwich is appropriator and 
patron, and the Rev. Hunting Jollye is the incumbent. The living 
has been augmented with 34a. of land at Syleham. The Parsonage 
House was built in 1848. The tithes were commuted in 1840, for 
a yearly rent charge of £'698. 3s. 3d., and are held on lease of the 
Bishop of Norwich by Lord Berners. About 200 acres of the Castle 
and College farms are tithe-free. The former belongs to the Rev. 
T. C. Hughes, and the latter to Rt. Butcher, Esq. The Town 
Estate consists of a house and garden occupied by the poor, and a 
farm of 35a., called Trower's, let for £'45 a year. It was bequeathed 
by John Trower, in 1513, and was conveyed to new trustees in 
1816, upon trust that the rents should be yearly employed in the 
relief of the poor parishioners, the reparation of the church, and in 



404 



WINGFIELD. (HOXNE HUNDRED.) 



other public uses. For a distribution of bread, the poor have a 
yearly rent charge of 25s., left by a Mr. Harling, in 1731, out of a 
farm belonging to the Walker family. Post from Harleston. 

Aldis Mary Ann, shopkeeper FARMERS. 

Barber Charlotte, shopkeeper Bollock Henry 

Barber Elijah, parish clerk Bolton James 

Brown Sophia, schoolmistress Bond Thomas 

Bryant John, corn miller Britton W., Park 

Burrows Maria, grocer, &c. Crisp John, Hall 

Davy Jonathan, blacksmith Farrow My. Ann 

Feaveryear Absalom, carpenter Feaveryear Absa- 
Fisk David, tailor and beerhouse lorn, sen. & jun. 

Grice Christopher, wheelwright, &e. Filby Isaac 

Jollye Rev Hunting, incumbent Gowing Robert 

Mobbs Mary Ann, dressmaker Harris SI. Lodge 

Precious Wm. blacksmith Hart Jonathan 

Soanes John, vict., King's Head Hinsby Robert 

Watson Henry, boot and shoemaker Keely Samuel 



Kerry Lionel, 

Chickering Hall 
Ling Wm. Abbey 
Mobbs Benjamin 
Pretty Geo. Fenn* 

College Farm 
Rayner Frederick 
SelfWm. 
Sheldrake John 
Tacon Jph. Castle 
Whatling Henry 

Caeriers & Buss 
from Stradbroke. 



WITHERSDALE parish comprises 199 souls, 880 acres of land,, 
in several detached portions intermixed with other parishes; and a 
pleasant village, which has a suburb in Mendham parish, and is dis- 
tant 3 miles S.E, of Harleston, and 6^- miles N.E. by N. of Strad- 
broke. Charles B,ayley, Esq., is lord of the manor, but part of the 
soil belongs to Lord Henniker, Nathaniel Micklethwaite, Esq., Lord 
Huntingfield, C. Chaston, andT. Rant, Esqrs. ; Mr. G. Barham, and 
a few smaller owners. The copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines* 
The Church (St. Mary) is a small antique fabric, with a wooden 
belfry, in which hang two bells. The living is a discharged rectory,, 
valued in K. B. at £6. 16s. 8d., and consolidated with the vicarage 
of Fressingfield, as already noticed at page 382. The tithes here 
were commuted in 1840, for a yearly rent-charge of <£230. The 
Poors Land, 2 acres, let for £3 a year, was conveyed to new trustees 
in 1805, upon trust, to apply the rent for the benefit of the poor 
parishioners. Post from Harleston. 



Ablett George, boot and shoemaker 
Aldous Samuel, vict. Golden Cross 
Buckingham Thomas, blacksmith 
Edwards Arthur, tailor 
Jackson Lucy, shopkeeper 
Short Henry, boot and shoemaker 



Wiles Samuel, wheelwright 
Wilkinson John, blacksmith 

FARMEES. 
Barham George, (owner,) Hall 
Gowing Hannah || Mark James 
Mark Henry || Spaul Wm. 



WORLINGWORTH, a large and well-built village, pleasantly 
situated near the source of a rivulet, 5 miles N.W. of Framlingham ? 
and 6^- miles N.E. by E. of Debenham, has in its parish 786 souls ? 
and 2446a. 2r. 6p. of fertile land. A large common here was 
enclosed in 1831 '2. Lord Henniker is lord of the manor, and 
owner of about half of the soil ; and the remainder belongs to 
Sir E. S. Adair, T. W. E. V. Wentworth, Esq., and William 
Woods, Esq., and several smaller owners. It is mostly free, and 
partly copyhold. Worlingivorth Hall, now occupied by a farmer*, 
was the seat of Sir John Major, Bart., who died in 1781, and whose 
son-in-law, John Henniker, Esq., succeeded to his estates and was 
created a peer by the title of Lord Henniker, as noticed with Thorn- 



WORLINGWORTH PARISH. 405 

liam Magna, where the present Lord Henniker has his seat. Bishop 
Alfric gave the lordship of Worlingworth, and the advowson of the 
church, to Bury Abbey ; and they were granted, in the 31st of Henry 
Vill-j to Anthony Rous. The Church (St. Mary ) is a neat fabric, 
with a tower and six bells, and contains a beautiful Gothic /ow£, 
which ouce adorned the abbey church at Bury. It contaius some 
handsome monuments of the Henniker family, and was repaired in 
1847. The benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £19. 12s. 3§d., 
and now at £933., with the curacy of Southolt annexe'd to it. The 
tithes here were commuted in 1838 for a yearly rent charge of £680 ; 
and here is a good Bectory House, and 52a. 2k. 15p. of glebe. Lord 
Henniker is patron, and the Rev. F. Ffrench is the incumbent. The 
Town Lauds, &c., of Worlingworth, were conveyed to new trustees 
in 1817, but the original acquisition of them is unknown. They 
comprise several cottages, occupied rent-free by poor persons; a 
fami of 49a. 2r. 15p., let for £65 a year ; 7a., called Blakeland, let 
for £'10 a year ; a cottage and garden, let for £3 ; a house, barn, and 
6a. 2e. of land at Tannington, let for £10 : and a house, barn, and 
37a. 2r. 24p. of land at Bedfield, let for £43 a year. The rents, 
amounting to £131 per annum, are applied in the payment of <£4 
to Baldry's charity; £5 to Godbold's charity; in the repairs of 
poor's tenements, the church, &o. ; in the payment of the salaries of 
the parish clerk and sexton ; in the payment of £7 a year for the 
support of a Sunday school ; and in a distribution of coals among 
poor parishioners. In 1689, John Bdldry bequeathed his copyhold 
anessuage, and 20 acres of land, in Monk Soham, (now let for £28 
-a year,) to the feoffees of Worlingworth, in trust for the support of 
a schoolmaster, to teach poor children of this parish to read, write, 
and cast accounts ; and his land, called Gardener s Pightle, in Bed- 
iield, he left for the relief of the poor. This pightle is let with the 
Town Lands, but the feoffees pay for it £5 a year. In 1698, Wm. 
Oodbold left £120 for increasing the salary of a schoolmaster to 
teach the youth of Worlingworth and Atlielington in grammar, 
writing, and arithmetic ; and he gave to the use of the poor of Wor- 
lingworth two messuages and 1a. 2b. 5p. of land, (now let for £13 a 
year,') to the intent that the churchwardens should distribute two 
shillings' worth of bread every Sunday at the church, and distribute 
the remainder on Ash-Wednesday, except 10s. to be paid to the 
minister for a sermon on that day. The £120 was laid out in the 
purchase of 9a. 2r. 3p. of land, now let for £13 a year, which is paid 
to the schoolmaster, who has also, after payment of repairs, &c., 
the rent of the farm of 20a. at Monk Soham, noticed above. A 
School was erected some years ago, out of the endowment, and a 
house for the master was built in 1825, at the expense of Mr. John 
Cordy, of Woodbridge, on land belonging to the parish. The school 
is free to the children of all parishioners of Worlingworth and Athel- 
ingtou, who occupy tenements not exceeding £10 per annum. Two 
free scholars are sent to it from Southolt parish, in consideration of 
the master's house, built by Mr. Cordy. 



406 



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they Lad increased to 21,110 souls, of whom 10,497 were males, and 
10,613 females, residing in 4320 houses, besides which there were 
160 uninhabited houses, and 12 building, when the census was 
taken. Its expenditure for the support of the poor, in 1838, was 
.£7768, and in 1840, £7754. 9s. The average annual expenditure 
of the 34 parishes, during the three years preceding the formation 
of the Union, was £ 14,9 19. The total expenditure of the Union 
for the half-year ending March 25th, 1854, was £5491. The Union 
Workhouse, standing on an eminence in the parish of Onebouse, 
more than 1% mile W. of Stowmarket, was erected in 1781, as a 
House of Industry for the 14 parishes of Stow Hundred, which were 
incorporated under Gilbert's Act. It cost more than £12,000, and 
was described in 1810 as having more the appearance of a gentle- 
man's seat than a receptacle for paupers. Its internal arrangement 
has been considerably altered since the formation of the present 
Union, in 1835, to afford a better classification of the inmates, of 
whom it had 235 in 1821, 189 in 1831, 91 in 1841, and 225 in 1851, 
when the census was taken. Each parish in the Union returns one 
guardian, except Stowmarket, which returns two. The Board of 
Guardians meets at the Workhouse every Saturday, and the Rev. 
Thos. Anderson is the chairman. Edw. Peter Archer, Esq., of 
Stowmarket, is the union clerk and superintendent registrar. Mi\ 
Edward and Mrs Eliza Ablitt are master and matron of the Work- 
Jiouse ; the Eev. Edk. Wm. Freeman, M.A., is the chaplain; and 
Mr. Edmund Ablitt, schoolmaster. The Relieving Officers are 
Mr. Chas.B. Law, for Stowmarket District ; Mr. Edwd.Knevett. for 
Matthsden District ; and Mr. Chas. Manby Burcham, for Walsham 
District, The two latter are also registrars of births and deaths for 
then respective districts : and Mr. Spencer Freeman, for Stowmarket 
District. Mr. TVrn. Feltham is registrar of marriages for Stowmarket 
and Rattlesden Districts, and Mr. C. M. Burcham for Walsham 
District. The union surgeons are Messrs. S. Freeman, J. C. Slaytor. 
H. R. Cooper, Wm. Ebden, B. A. Hading, W. Kent,, R. Luffing- 
ham, and P. H. Harris. 

The following is an enumeration of the parishes in the three Sub- 
Districts of Stow Union, with their population in 1851 : — 



Walsham District. 

Hinderclay 394 

Bickingh ail Inferior 460 

Wattisfield 603 

Walsham le Willows 1297 

Badwell-Asb 478 

Great Ashfield .... 455 

Hunston 142 

Langham 281 



Rattlesden District. 

Tostock 348 

Thurston§ 759 

Beyton 394 

Hessett 487 

Drinkstone 543 

Woolpit 1071 

Wetherden 541 

Shelland 91 



Stowlangtoft 186 I Rattlesden 120, 

Norton 927 Gedding 163 

Elmswell§ 779 | Felsham 402 

Bushall 560 

Onebouse 432 



Stoic market District. 
Great Finborough§ 436 
Little Finborough§ 64 

Combs§ 1148 

Creeting St. Peter§ 255 

Stow Uplands 966 

Stowmarket§ 3306 

Gipping§ 98 

Harleston§ 80 

Hanghlevi 971 

Old Newton § .... 792 

Total Pop 21,110 



* Stowmarket parish includes Cbilton hamlet. 

The 12 parishes marked thus § are in Stowmarket County Court District; and 
the other 22 are in Bury St. Edmunds County Court District. 



408 



STOW HUNDRED. 



BUXALL, a pleasant village, 3 J miles W. by S. of Stowmarket, 
Las in its parish 560 souls, and 2523a. 1r. 25p. of land, now rated, 
with the buildings, at the yearly value of £'3465. 10s. It is mostly 
freehold, and lies in four manors, viz., Buxhall, belonging to the 
Eev. Coppinger Hill ; Cockerells Hall, belonging to Edw. Bennett, 
Esq., of Buxhall Lodge; Fen Hall, belonging to Sir J. R. Rowley, 
Bart. ; and Leffey Hall, belonging to John Fuller, Esq. The other 
principal owners of the soil are Lord Ashburnhaui, Lieut. Grarnham, 
B.N., of Buxliall Vale; R. Hillhouse, Esq., Capt. Parker, Robert 
Osborn Fuller, Esq., of Whalebone Cottage ; and Messrs, T. Stearn, 
W. Spink, and J. Hopson. The manor of Buxhall was the property 
of Sir Win. Coppinger, Lord Mayor of London, in 1512, who was 
born here, and at his death left half his property to charitable uses, 
and the other half to his relations, who long flourished here, and 
became so famous for hospitality that " to live like the Coppingers" 
was long a proverbial expression in this neighbourhood. The Church 
(St. Mary) is an ancient structure, and the living is directory, valued 
In K.B. at <£20. 0s. 5d., and now having a yearly rent charge of 
«s£680, in lieu of tithes, and a neat residence. The Rev. C. Hill, M.A., 
Is patron and incumbent. The Rev. Henry Hill, a late rector, patron, 
and lord of the manor of Buxhall, successfully practised here the 
drilling of wheat in rows at the distance of 18 inches. In 1615, 
Mark Salter left a yearly rent-charge of 20s. for the poor parishioners, 
who have also <£4 8s. lOd. yearly from <£*148 three per cent, consols, 
left by the late Mrs. Eliz. S. Garnham. Post- Office at Thomas 
Richer's. Letters via Stowmarket. 



-Bennett Edw,, Esq., Buxliall Lodge 
Clover Samuel, corn miller, Steam and 

Smock Tower Mills 
Fuller Robt. Osborn, Esq., Whalebone 

Cottage 
Gage John, butcher 
Garnham Lieut. John, E.N., Buxhall 

Vale 
Harvey Wm., boot and shoemaker 
Hill Rev. Coppinger, M.A.., Rectory 
Pike Mrs. Mary, Buxhall Cottage 
Purr James, blacksmith 
Pdcher Thos. wheelwright & shopkpr. 
!Ihoroughgood Ellinor, schoolmistress 



Thurlow Frederick, 
Williams Benjamin, 

FAEMEES. 

Barnes Mrs Eliz. 
Bradbrook Jas. 
Brook Isaac, Leffey 

Hall 
Dykes James Wm. 

Noalis Ark 
Dykes Susanna 
Kemball William, 

Maypole farm 
Kemball Wm. jun. 



carpenter 
shopkeeper 
MeltonFdk.Rands, 

Farsborn hall 
Nunn Samuel 
Pettit Robert 
Pike Ann 
RuffellJohn,CW&. 

erelVs hall 
Spink Wm. Fenn 

hall 
White Wm. John, 

Wasp hall 



COMBS, a large straggling village, 1 mile S. of Stowmarket, has 
in its parish 1 148 souls, many scattered farm-houses, and about 
2745 acres of land, rising in bold undulations, extending southward 
to the vicinity of Battisford, and bounded on the north by the river 
Gipping, which is here crossed by a brick bridge, which was widened 
and repaired in 1842. In the 43rd of Edward III., it was the lord- 
ship of Eobert de Ufford, and it afterwards passed to the Willoughby 
de Eresby family, and from them to Charles Brandon, Duke of 
Suffolk. It was after possessed by the Daundys, and was for some 
time the seat of the Bridgmans, one of whom rebuilt the Hall, which 
was sold by his heirs to Mr. Crowley, and was pulled down about 
1730. Part of the parish was granted to Dartford nunnery, and 



COOMBS PARISH. 



409 



given at the dissolution to Richd Gresham, Kt. The Earl of Ash- 
burnham is lord of the manor of Combs ; but part of the parish is 
in the manor of Bevants, of which the Rev. Richard Daniel, M A., 
and F.S.A., is lord. The other owners of the soil are Sir Hy. Earn. 
Austen, Kt., Lady Hothain, Richard Hillman Daniel, Esq., (owner 
of Edgar House, &c.,) Jph. Antrim Webb, Esq., Mr. John Durrant, 
and several smaller proprietors. Edgar House, a pleasant residence, 
is now occupied by Richd. Beck, Esq. Here is a large tannery, dc, 
belonging to J. A. Webb and Sou., who employ 100 hands, and 
during the last two years have been boring an artesian well, and 
have now got to the depth of 900 feet without finding the soft water 
for which they are searching. The bore is ten inches in diameter at 
the surface, and many interesting geological specimens have been 
extracted. The bleak hill between the Ford and the Tannery has 
been much improved by the Rev. Richd. Daniel, who has recently 
erected upon it a row of model cottages, which are much admired for 
their commodiousness and neat appearance. The Church (St. Mary) 
is an ancient structure, and the benefice is a rectory, valued inK.B. 
at £'25. 17s. 8Jd., and now at £380. The Earl of Ashburnham is 
patron, and the Rev. Richd. Daniel, M.A., is the incumbent, and 
has a neat Rectory House. The Church land is let lor about £3 a 
year The School was built by the rector, in 1854. Post from Stoic- 
market. 



COMBS DTRCTORY. 
Marked 1 are at Ford and 2 at Upper 

Town. 
Beck Richard, Esq., Edgar Home 
J Bickers Thomas, chimney sweeper 

1 Bone Susan, blacksmith 

2 Brook Wm, corn miHer 

2 Brook Henry Hayward, corn miller 
2 Chapman Thos. foreman at tan yard 
Daniel Re? Richd., MA, and F.S.A. 

Rectory 
Daniel Richard Hillman, Esq. ditto 
2 Fraser Jas. Oliver, bookkeeper 
Gostling Robert, bricklayer 

1 Green Joseph, wheelwright, &c. 

2 Haxell Wm. beerhouse 
Miller William, gardener 

2 Meakins Sarah, vict. Punch Bowl 
Orridge Thomas, parish clerk 
Miller W T m. gardener 
Pilbrow Maria, schoolmistress 
Southgate Thomas, parish clerk 
Webb Jph. A. & Son, tanners, curriers, 
fellmongers, manure mfrs., wool- 
staplers, &c, Combs Tannery, and 
Stowmarket 
Webb Lankester, corn and coal mercht., 

maltster, &c., Tannenj 
1 Webb Robt., jobber and beerhouse 



1 Webb Thomas, vict., Magpie 
Wood Thos., Fowler, Esq., Cedars 



FARMERS. 

2 Baker Edm. 
Baker Elizabeth 
Baker Jas., Edgars 
Boulter Wm. 
Cobbald Jno. Cotg. 
Cooper Alfd., Rose 

Cottage 
Crosse Hy. {High 

Constable, & auc- 
tioneer) 
Denny George 
D arrant Jno., Moat 

Farm 
Godbold Martha 
Goymour Henry, 

Pot kiln Farm 
Green John 
Grimsey R bt. Be- 

v ant's Hall 
Groom Spencer, 

Kimbely Hall 
2 Maidwell Wm. 
Mattock Zach. 
2 Pry or Thomas 
Ranson John, Jaclc 

lane 



liobiuson J cob & 

Enoch 
Southgate Robt. 
Southgate Thos. 
Spink Wm., White 

House 
Taylor Wm.,Keeble 
Taylor Wm., sen. 
Theobald Thos. 
Webb Bajdey 
Willden Saml. 
Williams Wm. 
Woods Thos. F. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Dickenson Danl. 
1 Heyward Thos, 

1 Jessop John 
Welh am John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

2 Bamford Edwd. 
MayhewMy beerhs. 
Koper John 
Southgate Samuel 
Welham John 
Trains and Carriers 

&c, from Stow- 
market 



GREETING ST. PETER, a village and parish Similes E.S.E. 
f of Stowmarket, has several scattered houses, 255 inhabitants, and 



410 CREETING ST. PETER (STOW HUND.) 

1335a. or. 31p. of land, and lies west of three other Creetings T 
as afterwards noticed, from which it is sometimes called West Creeting. 
It is mostly freehold. Sir W. B. Proctor. Bart., is lord of the manor. 
but Sir Wm. F. Fowle Middleton, Bart., Mdk. Lonsdale, Esq., Lady 
Nightingale, J. G. Hart, Esq., E. and E. Willoughby, Esqs., and 
several small owners, have estates here. The farms of Raydon and 
Braziers Halls, two ancient houses, are the property of Mr. W. 
Worlledge. The Church (St. Peter) is an aucient fabric, and the 
living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at ,£10. 2s. 6d., but now having a 
yearly rent-charge of £'401. 10s., awarded in lieu of tithes, in 1839. 
The Rev. Edw. Paske, MA., is patron and incumbent, and has a 
handsome residence, with pleasant grounds. Post from Needham 
Market, via Ipswich. 



Catchpole Wm., boot and shoemaker 
Meakings James, carpenter 
Paske Rev. Edward, M.A., Rectory 
Seaman Joseph, blacksmith 

FARMERS. 
Burman Martha || Mumford Maurice 



Edwards W. (Exors. of) Hill Farm 
Jennings Chas., Raydon Hall 
Lodge Sophia, Creeting Hall 
Mudd Thos., Creeting Grove 
Noble Alfred. Howe Farm 
Raynham John, Braziers' Hall 



FINBOROUGH, (GREAT) a pleasant village, near one of the 
sources of the river Gipping, and 3 miles W. by S. of Stowmarket> 
has in its picturesque parish several scattered farm houses, 436 in- 
habitants, and 1631a. 15p. of fertile land, partly copyhold. The 
manor and hall, with about half of the parish, belong to Lady 
Hotham, but at her decease tbey will devolve to R, J. Bussell, Esq., 
nephew of R. Petti ward, Esq., her late husband. The rest of the 
parish belongs to the Hattan, Crosse, Webb, Eade, Hunt, Mudd, 
and other families. The descendants of Ranulf Glanville gave pos- 
sessions here to Butley priory, which had the rectory and advowson 
of the vicarage till the dissolution; but in 1559, they were granted 
to the Bishop of Ely, in exchange. Ralph Lord Pipard held the 
manor in the reign of Edward II. FINBOROUGH HALL, a large 
and handsome mansion, in a beautiful park, is occupied by Captain 
Robert and Robert John Bussell, Esqrs., aud will become the pro- 
perty of the latter on the death of his aunt, Lady Hotham. It was 
built by Roger Pettiward, Esq., the late proprietor, in 1795, under 
the direction of Mr. E. Sandys. It is of Woolpit brick, and in the 
centre of the front is a projecting bow, adorned with a pediment, 
supported by four columns likewise of brick, formed in moulds made 
expressly for this purpose. The park comprises about 200 acres? 
and gently slopes from the mansion into a valley, which nearly 
forms a circle from west to south, and is watered by a rivulet, which, 
after a winding course, joins the Gipping below Stowmarket- Beyond 
the rivulet, the park again rises to the north, and is skirted by a 
wood. It is diversified by clumps of large trees; and behind the 
hall is an embowered walk winding to the church. In the parish is 
a large oak plantation, called America, from the circumstance of its 
having been planted by some disbanded soldiers who had returned 
from the wars in North America. The Church (St. Andrew) is a 
small antique fabric, containing several handsome monuments of 
the Wollastons and Pettiwards. One is in memory of the Rev. Wm. 



GREAT FINBOROUGH. 



411 



Wollaston, a late lord of the manor, and author of the " Religion of 
Nature Delineated" of which upwards of 10,000 copies were sold 
within a few years after its publication ; though it exposed him to 
the censure of many zealous christians, some of whom considered 
him as belonging to Dr. Clarke's fourth class of Deists. He was 
born at Coton Clanford, in Staffordshire, and died at London in 
1724, after publishing a variety of other works, distinguished by the 
display of powerful abilities and great erudition. The Bishop of 
Ely is appropriator of the rectory, (held on lease by Lady Hotham,) 
but the Bishop of Norwich is patron of the vicarage, which is valued 
in K.B, at £6. Is. 3d., and has now 7Ja. of glebe, and a yearly rent- 
charge of ,£146. 2s. 9d., awarded in 1841, when the rectorial tithes 
were commuted for £284. 14s. per annum. The Eev Frederick 
Herbert Maberley, M.A. (of Stowmarket,) is the present vicar. 
Here is a small Independent Chapel. The Town Estate, which has 
from time immemorial been vested in feoffees, in trust for the bene- 
fit of the parishioners, consists of two cottages, a farm house, and 
about 60a. of land, let for about £65 a year, which, after paying 
for repairs, is distributed among the poor parishioners. Roger 
Pettiward, Esq., the late lord of the manor, who died in 1833, be- 
queathed £666. 1 3s. 4d. three per cent. Consolidated Annuities, in 
trust to apply the dividends thereof, in the purchase of six brown 
great- coats for six poor widowers, and six good red cloaks for six 
poor widows of this parish ; and the surplus, if any, to be distri- 
buted in coals among the said poor people on New Year's Day. 
In 1835, the late Mr. Hatten, of Boarded Barn Farm, left the divi- 
dends of £100 three per cent, consols, to be divided at Christmas 
among six poor men and six poor women of this parish. Post 
from Stowmarket. 



FINBOROUGH (GREAT.) 
Bussell Capt.Bobt. & Robt. John,Esqs. 

Finborough Hall 
Abbott Charles, wheelwright & joiner 
Andrews George, vict. White Horse 
Archer Charles, boot and shoemaker 
Chaplin Chas. shopr. & Hannah, school 
Edgar Miss My. Ann |] Halls Mr. Josa. 
Erost James, shopkeeper 
Mudd Elizabeth & Emma, school 
Purr John, blacksmith 
Sheldrake Jerry, gentleman 
Southgate Wm. gardener 
Spink John, shopkeeper 



Terry Eev Chas. M.A. rector of Harleston 
Thurlow Jeremiah, joiner & builder 
Walker Kev Hy. curate of Buxhall 
Whitehead Cornelius, corn miller 
FARMERS (•*• are Owners.) 
Barham Daniel | Bird John 
Davis Henry, Valley Farm 
Easlea George, Dairy Farm 
f Hatten Charles, Finborough Place, or 

Boarded Barn 
fHatten George | fHalls Joshua 
tHunt Mary || Lusher Denis 
fMudd Lucy, MillhiU 
Boyton Hall Farm, (late H. Crosse) 



FINBOBOUGH (LITTLE,) a small parish, 3±- miles S.W. of 
Stowmarket, has only 64 souls, and 367 acres of land, belonging 
to Messrs. W. and H. Crosse, Mrs. Turner, Mr. J. Durrant, and a 
few smaller owners ; and mostly occupied hy Mrs. Sarah G-orham, 
of the Hall farm ; and Mr. J. Durrant, of Combs, who owns and 
occupies Hill farm. It is in the manor of Bricett, and was appro- 
propriated to Bricett Priory, which was given at the dissolution to 
King's College, Cambridge, to which the manor, the rectory, and 

s 2 



412 LITTLE FINBORQUGH. 

the patronage of the perpetual curacy, (valued at only <£ll,) still 
belong. The Rev. Fdk. W. Freeman, M.A., of Stowmarket, is the 
incumbent. The Church (St. Mary) is a small thatched building, 
without either a steeple or belfry. The tithes, belonging to King's 
College, have been commuted for a yearly rent-charge or' £96. In 
1671 , Wm. Foiver left for the benefit of the poor parishioners, a house 
called Bennett's, and about 6a of land in Ringshail, let for £]2; 
and the site of a house in this parish. Post from Stowmarket. 

GIPPING, a well-wooded aucl picturesque parish, four miles 
N.N E of Stowmarket, is so called from its being near one of the 
three springs which give rise to the Paver Gipping. (See page 65.) 
It is sometimes called a hamlet to Old Newton, or Stowmarket, and 
contains 98 souls, and about 1144 acres of land, in six farms, which 
have commodious houses. Chas. Tyrell, Esq., of Polstead, owns 
most of the soil, and is lord of the manor, impropriator, and owner 
of Gipping Hall, a large ancient brick mansion, in a park of 60 
acres, which was long the seat of his family, but is now unoccupied. 
The Tyrells are descended from Sir Walter Tyrell, Kt., who was 
lord of Langham, in Essex, at the Domesday survey. Wm. Tyrell, 
Kt., of Gipping, was father to James Tyrell, who was captain of 
Guisnes, in France, in the reign of Henry TIL The Church, or 
Chapel, stands near the hall, and was built by the Tyrell family. 
It is an ancient Gothic structure, and its north wall is finely mantled 
with ivy. The living is a donative, in the patronage of Charles 
Tyrell, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev James R. Oakes, M.A., of 
Tostock, for whom the Rev. G. A. Paske, M.A., of Needham Market, 
officiates. The Rev. W. H. Crawford and Dr. Beck have each a ma- 
norial right over a small part ot the parish ; and the Rebow, Falkner, 
and Fisher families have small estates here. In the 9th of James I., 
Margaret English conveyed to trustees a cottage, barn, and 11a. of 
land, in trust to pay yearly 20s. for the poor of Old Newton, and 
30s. to the poor of Stowmarket, and to distribute the residue of the 
rents among the poor of Gipping. The estate is let for £14 a year, 
so that the poor of Gipping derive from it about <£9. 10s. per annum, 
which is distributed in coals, blankets, &c, together with a yearly 
rent-charge of <£3. 6s. Rd., left by the same donor, out of an estate 
belonging to C. Tyrell, Esq. Directory : — James Miller, carpenter; 
Wm. Ellis, parish clerk ; and the following farmers : — Edmund 
Baker. James Hunt; Jeremiah Oxer, Roohery ; Richard Scotchmer, 
Pound Farm ; Robert Steggall, Rail Farm ; and Wm. Turner, Chapel 
Farm. Post from Stowmarket. 



HARLESTON, three miles N.W. of Stowmarket, is a small parish 
containing only 90 souls, and 620 acres of land, partly copyhold, 
and partly in the manors of Haughley and Dagworth, but mostly 
in the manor of Harleston Hall, which belongs to Lady Hotham, 
who rebuilt the Hall in the Elizabethan style, some years ago; but 
it is occupied by a farmer. Charles Tyrell, Esq., has an estate 
here. The Church is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £7, 
and in 1835 at .£175. It has 11a. of glebe in Shellaud parish, and 



KAKLESTON. (STOW HUNDRED.) 413 

is in the gift of the Trustees of the late E. Pettiward, Esq., and in- 
cumbency of the Eev. Charles Terry, M.A., of Great Finborough. 
The Farmers are, Jacob Bradley Cooper, Hall; James Davis, 
White House; Spencer Peddar, Moor Farm; and Eobert Move, 
Gipping Green. 



HAUGHLEY, an ancient village, was formerly a market town, 
and is picturesquely situated on a declivity three miles N.N.W. of 
Stowmarket, near Haugliley Junction Railway Station, where the 
line to "Bury St. Edmund's branches from the Eastern Union Eail- 
way. Its parish contains 971 souls and 2518 acres of land, in- 
cluding an open common of 120a., and the small hamlets of New 
Street- and Haugliley Green. The Eev. Wm. Henry Crawford is 
lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to Charles 
Tyrell, Esq., (owner of the seat called Plashivood, now occupied by 
Mrs. Marshall,) the trustees of the late E. Pettiward, Esq , the Eev. 
E. Ward and James Ward, Esq , of Tot Hill; and several smaller 
owners. Haugliley Park, the pleasant seat of the Eev. W. H. and 
the Misses Crawford, was held by Charles Brandon, Duke of Suf- 
folk, and passed to the Crown by purchase or exchange. It was 
afterwards granted to Sir John Sulyard, by Queen Mary. In the 
early part of the present century, it was the seat of the eldest son 
of Sir W. Jerningham, who married the daughter and co-heiress of 
the late Edw. Sulyard, Esq. The estate was sold for .£27,840, in 
1811, and the advertisements of the sale described it as " The manor 
of Haughley Park, extending over 2442 acres, 22 dwelling-houses, 
and 28 messuages, with the spacious mansion-house and offices, 
and a park and land containing about 396 acres." The lord of this 
manor formerly possessed a jurisdiction of Oyer and Terminer, try- 
ing all causes in his own court, of which instances are on record so 
late as the 31th of Elizabeth. At a court held in the 15th of 
Edward IV,, it was ordered that the abbot of Hales, in Gloucester- 
shire, to whom the parish was appropriated, should erect a new 
gallows in Luberlow field ; and at the same time, William Baxteyn 
held lands here by the service of finding a ladder for the lord's 
gallows. The copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines. Some small 
portions of the parish are in the manors of Dagworth and Pulham 
Hall. The market anciently held here was of a more early origin 
than that at Stowmarket, but it was disused some centuries ago. A 
fair for toys, pleasure, &c, is held here on the 26th of August. 
Near the church are the remains of a very strong CASTLE, sup- 
posed to have been a Saxon structure, and to have been the fortress 
called Hageneth Castle, which was in the custody of Ealph de Broe ? 
and was stormed and demolished in 11 73, by the army of Flemings, 
under the Earl of Leicester. It afterwards belonged to the Uffords, 
and De la Poles, Earls of Suffolk. The site of this castle is consi- 
dered by some antiquarians to have been the Eoman camp Sitoma- 
gus, which others place at Woolpit. Its form may still be distinctly 
traced, and approaches to a square, fortified with a deep ditch or 
moat. Towards the north, upon a high artificial hill, of steep ascent, 
and also surrounded by a deep moat,"stood the keep, or strong tower, 



414 



HAUGHLEY PARISH. 



the foundation of which now remaining is very thick, and apparently 
circular. On the west side of it is a large oblong square, that 
seems to have been an outwork of the castle, bounded by a smaller 
moat, except on the east, where it abuts on the castle moat. The 
ground occupied or enclosed by all these works exceeds seven acres. 
The Church (St. Mary) is a large ancient structure, of early Eng- 
lish architecture, consisting of a nave, chancel, and south aisle, with 
a tower at the west end of the latter, which has in one of its win- 
dows the arms of Hales Abbey, in stained glass. It is about 110 
feet long, and 50 broad, and contains some neat monuments of the 
Crawford, Smyth, and other families. The Dean and Chapter of 
Westminster, as trustees of Dr. Triplett's Charity, are impropriators 
of the rectory, and patrons of the vicarage, valued in K B. at £¥. 
19s. 2d. The Rev. Edward Ward, M.A.. is the present vicar. In 
1842, the rectorial tithes were commuted for £463. lis., and the vi- 
carial for £201 per annum. The Town Lands, under the manage- 
ment of the churchwardens, overseers, and feoffees, consist of a 
garden and four tenements, formerly called the Guildhall and now 
the Town House, let for <£'7. 7s. a year: two meadows, containing 
4a. 2r. ; and Broom Hall Field, 3a. Be., in the Manor of Dagworth- 
with-Sorrel, let at rents amounting to i'10 a year; and about a rood 
of land, formerly the site of a house. The poor have also 15s. a 
year, left by Thos. Ballard, in 1599, out of land called Shacherys. 
Marked 1, live at Haughley New Street : and 2, at Haughley Green. 

The Post Office is at Jasper Pritty's. 
Letters via Stowmarket. 

Aldrich Mr Robert 

Andrews John, assistant station master 

2 Andrews Frederick, beerhouse 

Andrews Wm, joiner and builder 

Baker Francis, corn miller 

Barnes Jno. land surveyor, &c. Haugh- 
ley House 

Barnes Wm. baker and parish clerk 

Barritt Alfred, tailor 

Clark Tbomas. joiner and builder 

Cleveland Mr Wm. Cooper Jermh. 

Crawford The Misses : and the Rev 
Wm. Hy„ M.A., Fellow of St Peter's 
College, Cambridge, Haughley Park 

Denny John, shoemaker & vict. Cock 

Ebden Wm. surgeon 

Edwards Mr J. H„ Old Bells 

1 Edwards Robert, jobber 

Elmer John, collar and harness maker 

Faiers John, boot and shoemaker 

Faiers Simeon, shoemaker and vict. 
King's Arms 

Frost Charles, vict. Fox Inn 

Gladwell Chenery, beerhouse 

Gladwell Chenery, jun. beerhouse 

Gladwell Joseph, beerhouse 

Gladwell Stephen, vict. Railway Inn- 
Green John, shoemaker 

Grimwood George, beerhouse and malt- j 
ster, Dagworth I 



Grimwood Thomas, shopkeeper 

Jacobs Mrs Ann. S 

Lait Ann, schoolmistress 

Laws J. station master 

Luckey Robert Freeman, veterinary 

surgron 
Marshall Mrs, Plash Wood 
3 Munton Chas. grocer and blacksmith 
2 Munnings & Ruffell, cattle dealers, kc. 

1 Xunn George, vict. White Horse 

2 Pawsey John Robert, corn miller 
Pawsey Mrs Sarah ' Winwood Mrs 
2 Plummer Amos, tailor 

Pritty James, corn miller 

Pritty Jasper, shopkeeper 

Pryke George, cooper 

Pryke Mary, shopkeeper 

Pryke John, shoemaker 

Pye John, shoemaker 

Quinton Samuel, blacksmith 

Ruffell E'iward. butcher 

2 Ruffell Wm. blacksmith 

Rye Samuel, rake maker 

Sheppeard Samuel, harness maker 

Sore George, maltster and brewer 

Stedman Edward, jobber 

Tydeman Mr George 

Ward Rev Edward. M A. vicar. Tothill 

Ward James, Esq . Tothill 

Welham James, jun. corn miller 

FARMERS.' I Baker Edm., Castle 
[I are Owners.) I jBaker Francis 



HAUGHLEY. (STOW HUNDRED.) 



415 



Barnes John 
Bobv John 
{Clark Caudle 
Enefer Robt., Mere 
Felgate John 
2 Frost Charles 



2 } Hammond Hy. 

and Robert 
2 J Kerry Jeremiah 
{Mannings James, 

and cattle dealer 
Pawsey Joseph 
2 Pritty George 



Pryer John, Bells 
2 Ruffell Thos. & 

cattle dealer 
Rush Edward 
2 Saunders James 
Syrett John 
2 Welham James 



2 Welham Joseph 

RAILWAY 

Trains to Bury, 
Norwich, Ips- 
wich, &c. 5 five 
times a day 



OLD NEWTON, a straggling village, picturesquely situated ou 
the boldly rising banks of one of the sources of the river Gipping, 3 
miles X. by E. of Stowrnarket, has in its parish 792 souls, and 
2348a. 1r. 32p.of land, including Dagworth hamlet, which had 169 
inhabitants in 1841, and was anciently a chapelry, and the founda- 
tions of its chapel may still be traced. Hops are grown on about 
30 acres at Dagworth, where a few of the houses are in Haughley 
parish. G. Tomline. Esq., is lord of the manor of Newton ; S. T. 
Dawson. Esq., is lord of Nether Hall manor; and the manor of 
Dagworih-with-Sor rel is held by Mrs. Haggitt, as lessee of the 
Bishop of Norwich. Part of the parish lies in other manors. A 
great portion of the soil is freehold, and the copyholds are subject 
to arbitrary fines. Newton Hall belongs to Gordon Eebow, Esq., 
and the other principal landowners are C. Tyrell, J. G. Hart, H. 
Kersey, and C. S. Tinling, Esqrs , and the Rev. A. G. H. Hollings- 
worth. Newton was one of the estates belonging to Margaret, 
Countess of Salisbury, whom Henry Till, iniquitously, and without 
trial, condemned to the block, in the 70th year of her age. Eor 
some time after the Norman conquest, it was held by the Boytons. 
The Church (St Mary) is an ar.cient structure, and was appropriated 
by Henry II. to the abbey of St. Osyth. in Essex. The living is a 
vicarage, valued in K.B. at £7. 15s. 5d. 5 in the patronage of the 
Rev Win. Burgess, and incumbency of the Rev. W. H. Bull, M.A., 
who has a neat residence and about 10a. of glebe. The tithes were 
commuted in ]840, the vicarial for 4T68, and the rectorial for about 
£414 per annum. Of the latter, i'45 belongs to Mrs. Haggitt; 
£18 to J. G. Hart, Esq.; and the remainder to G. Faulkner, Esq. 
The poor have 20s. a year from English's charity, as noticed with 
Gipping. The Town Land, 4Ja. 3 is let for 4-6. 10s. per annum, 
which is distributed in coals among the poor. Here is^a National 
School, and a small Methodist Chapel. Post from Stowrnarket. 

Marked 1, live in Dagworth ; 2, Ward Green; 3, Brown Street ; and the 
rest in Old Xewton, or ivhere specified. 



3 Adams Mr Ebt. || Turner Mrs Mary 

1 Armstrong Wm. hop grower 

Baxter James, blacksmith 

Bridges Reuben, steward 

Bull Rev Wm. Howie, M.A., Vicarage 

Carr James, blacksmith 

Clabon John, blacksmith 

Clamp John, shopkeeper, £c. 

Clark John, shopkeeper 

Diaper Jonathan, shoemaker 

Faiers George, shoemaker 

Francis Robert, bricklayer 



1 Grimwood Geo. maltster & beerhs 
Grimwood Thomas, beerhouse 
Hay ward Wm. wheelwright 

Head Jeremiah, carpenter. &c. 

2 Roper Henry, corn miller 

3 Steggall John, poulterer. Sic. 
Steggall Philip, corn miller 

Thing Thos. vict. Shoulder of Mutton 
Thurston Richard, wheelwright 
Wicks Edmund, chair maker 

FARMERS, {lore Owner*.) 
Baker Fras., Bed Hs 2 Jennings Rt, 



416 



OLH NFWTON PARISH. 



Blowfield Peter Kersey, Eookyard 
3 Coleby Joseph 

Davy Samuel || jNunn Thomas 
Farrow Jeremiah || Warne Thomas 
Goulding Daniel, Ivy House 
^Harvey James jj Woods Thomas 
^Lankester Wm., Bridge Farm 



3 £ May hew George & John 
tNottidge Ralph, White Hall 
^Turner John, Old Xewton Hall 
Turner Pp., Nether Hall and Hill Farm 
1 Woodward Thomas, (hop grower.) 

Dag worth Hall 
Railway Trains from Haughley Statn 



ONEHOUSE, 2 miles W. by N. of Stowmarket, is a small parish 
of scattered bouses, containing 865a. 1r. 17p. of well-wooded land, 
and 432 inhabitants, including 225 in Stow Union Workhouse, which 
is situated here, and is already described at page 407. In the reign 
of Edward III., it was the seat and estate of Bartholomew de Burg- 
hersh, who was one of the twelve barons to wbose care the Prince of 
Wales was committed at the battle of Cressy. He died here in 1300, 
•without male issue, and his sole daughter and heiress married Ed- 
ward, Baron Dispenser. On the site of the old hall, encompassed by a 
moat, a commodious faun house was built many years ago. The 
grandeur and solitary situation of the ancient mansion probably 
gave name to the parish, which, little more than two centuries ago, 
was covered with wood, except a narrow strip, which ascended from, 
the valley to the hall. Queen Elizabeth, in one of her " progresses" 
through this county, breakfasted at Onehouse. The parish still 
abounds in fine timber trees, and on the glebe adjoining the secluded 
Rectory House is a wood of ten or twelve acres. Lady Hotham is 
lady of the manor, and owner of the greater part of the soil, and the 
remainder belongs to J. Garnham, Esq., (owner cf Onehouse Lodge,) 
and a few smaller owners. It is mostly freehold. The Church (St. 
John,) is a small ancient fabric, with some remains of Saxon archi- 
tecture. The tower is circular, and the font is of unhewn stone. 
The rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 2s. 6d., and now at i:246, has 
84|a. of glebe. Lady Hotham's Trustees, or rather the Trustees of 
the late Roger Pettiward, Esq., are the patrons, and the Rev. T. M. 
Pyke, M.A., is the incumbent. Post from Stowmarket. 



Ablitt E-iward & Mrs Eliza, master and 

matron of Stow Union Workhouse 
Ablitt Edmund, schoolmaster, ditto 
Martin John, corn miller 
Pollard Elizabeth, schoolmistress 
Pyke Rev Ts. Massingberd, M A. rector 
Riley Jas. brewer, maltster, and vict. 
Shepherd and Dog 



Sparrow Erancis, builder 
FARMERS. 
Crosse Wm., Esq., Onehouse Hall 
Green Jacob, Star Home, (and Sow- 
market) 
Matthew James, Chilton House 
Phillips Uriah || Riley James 
Wilson John, Onehouse Lodge 



SHELLAND, a small secluded village and parish, near one of the* 
sources of the river Gipping, 4 miles W.N. W. of Stowmarket, has 91 
inhabitants, and 509 acres of well-wooded land, rising in bold undu- 
lations, and belonging to Chas. Tyrell, Esq., except 20a. belonging 
to J. Garnham, Esq , and about two acres belonging to the glebe of 
Harleston and Onehouse. C. Tyrell, Esq., is lord of the manor, im- 
propriator of the tithes, (commuted for 4'125 per annum,) and patron 
of the Church, which is a donative, valued at 4>40, and enjoyed by 
the Rev. Wm. Steggall, M.A., of Thurston. Shelland was held by 
the Bouchier and Devereux families, and was sold in 1591, by that 



SHELLAND. (STOW HUNDRED.) 417 

great, but unhappy favourite of Queen Elizabeth, Robert Devereux, 
Earl of Essex. Rockylls, now a farm, was held by the Drury fami- 
ly, and afterwards by the Rays. The poor have a yearly rent- charge of 
50s , left by Wm. Kent in 1712, out of a house and orchard on Shel- 
land Green. The principal inhabitants are Wm. Brett, blacksmith ; 
Thomas Sparrow, bricklayer ; Wm. Clark, farmer; Eliz. Oxer, New 
Farm ; and Wm. Peddar, Rockylls Farm. 



STOW MARKET, a small, but thriving market town, has a Sta- 
tion on the E 'astern Union Railway, and is pleasantly situated nearly 
in the centre of Suffolk, at the confluence of two branches of the 
Gipping ; on the road from Ipswich to Burv St. Edmund's ; 12 miles 
N.N.W. of the former; 14 miles E.S.E. of the latter ; 3 miles N.W. 
of Xeedham Market ; 13 miles X. by E. of Hadleigh ; and 81 miles 
N.E. of London. Including the small hamlet of Chilton, half a 
mile W. of the town, its parish contains about 1240 acres of land, 
mostly freehold, and belonging to the Eev. Richard Daniel, John 
Geo. Hart, Esq., Henry Jas. Oakes, Esq., and several smaller pro- 
prietors. It had 1761 inhabitants in the year 1801 ; 2006, in 1811; 
2252. in 1821; 2GT2, in 1831; 3043, in 1841; and 3306, in 1851, 
when its number of males was 1576 and females 1730, and its num- 
ber of houses 718, of which 39 were empty when the census was 
taken. It was in a declining condition during the last century, till 
the Gipping was made navigable to it from Ipswich in 1793, since 
which it has more than doubled its buildings and papulation, and 
has enjoyed a considerable traffic in com, malt, coal, &c, being 
nearly in the centre of the county, and there being no other naviga- 
tion within the distance of many miles. As already noticed at page 
65, the Gipping rises from three rivulets which unite at Stowmarket 
whence it flows to Ipswich by a winding course of 16 miles, in which 
it has fifteen locks, each 60 feet long and 14 broad, three built with 
timber and twelve with brick and stone. The construction of this 
canal cost about ^27,000. Independently of its utility, it is a great 
ornament to the town, there being an agreeable walk from the basin 
along the towing path, nearly a mile in length, winding through 
fertile meadows, &c. The town has been much improved since the 
opening of the Railway in 1846 ; and its Station is one of the hand- 
somest in the county, and has an electric telegraph, by means of which 
messages can be sent to most parts of England in a few minutes, 
Adjoining the Station is a commodious Hotel and Eefreshment 
Rooms. Many neat houses, &c, have been erected in the town dur- 
ing the last few years ; and Violet Hill is now a handsome modern 
suburb. Several new streets have been laid out, and a new Bridge 
and a large Steam Corn ZSTill erected. Here are two branch Banks, 
and several extensive corn merchants, kc. ; and the town has many 
well-stocked shops and good inns and taverns, especially about the 
Market place, which is spacious, and has a handsome Corn Exchange 
and Assembly Room, built 20 years ago, at the cost of £3000, raised 
in £2'j shares. The Com Exchange has now a roof of glass and 
iron, and will hold 800 people. The Gas Works, by which the town 



418 STOWMABKET. 

is now brilliantly lighted, were constructed in 1835-'6, by a specula- 
tor, who afterwards sold them to a company of shareholders, who 
have let them on lease to Thos. Prentice and Co. The Market, held 
every Thursday, is extensively supplied with com, and numerously 
attended by farmers from a considerable distance; and being well 
situated for the barley trade, there are in the town a number of large 
malting houses. Two Fairs are held here annually, viz., on June 
10th for toys, pleasure, &c, and on August 12th for sheep and lambs, 
of which as many as 30,000 are sometimes shown. Each fair con- 
tinues two days, and when the latter date falls on Saturday, the fair 
is held on the preceding Thursday. The town had formerly a small 
manufacture of worsted stuffs and " Suffolk hempen cloth" and has 
now & sacking and three horse hair seating, &e., manufactories, and 
a large brewery. In the parish and neighbourhood are several ex- 
tensive nurseries and market gardens, many hop grounds, corn mills, 
&c. Excellent zchite bricks are made here. 

Stowinarket, from its central situation, has been the place from 
time immemorial where all the county meetings, connected with the 
politics of the kingdom, have been held; and until Suffolk was 
separated into two Divisons by the Parliamentary Reform Act, all 
nominations of members for the county were made here. The town 
was anciently a borough, and possessed a chartered incorporation. 
It is now a polling place for the Western Division of the county, and 
has pettxj sessions every alternate Monday, and a County Cocrt 
every month. The latter has jurisdiction over a district comprising 
12 parishes in Stow Union, (see page 40?,) and 14 parishes in Bos- 
mere and Claydon Union, which see. F. K. Eagle, Esq., is judge, 
and Thos. Collins, Esq., of Bury, is chief clerk of the county court. 
Mr. E. P. Archer is the assistant clerk, and Win. Suttle bailiff. The 
neighbouring county magistrates attend the petty sessions, and Mr. 
John Marriott is their clerk. These courts are now held in the 
Coukt House, a handsome building in Tavern street, erected in 
1850-1 at the cost of ^1100. raised in £25 shares. It is used partly 
as a Police Station. 

The old mansion-house, called Abbot's Hall, (now unoccupied,) 
and the manor of Stowrnarket, with the rectory and advowson of 
the vicarage, were given by Henry II. to the abbey of St. Osyth, 
in Essex, together with several neighbouring manors and churches; 
and at the dissolution, they were granted to Thos. Darcie. Richard 
de Amundeville obtained a grant for a market and fair here in the 
12th of Edward III. The Bev. Bichard Daniel, of Combs Bectory, 
is now lord of the manor of Stowrnarket, or Abbot's Hall, which, 
in 1764, was held by Wm. Lynch, Esq. The Church (St. Peter and 
St. Mary) is a spacious and beautiful structure, with a square tower, 
containing eight bells, and surmouted by an elegant wooden spire, 
rising to the height of 120 feet. It was re-pewed and beautified in 
1840, at the cost of <£1000, and contains several neat monuments of 
the Tyrrell and other families, and one to Dr. Young, who was vicar 
here from 1628 to 1656, and was the tutor of Milton, who visited 
him at the ancient Vicarage, where a mulberry tree of great size 
bears the honour of being planted by the immortal poet. Dr. 



STOWMARKET. 419 

Young was one of the leaders in that war against episcopacy which 
raged in the time of Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans; but the 
tosTn does not appear to have been the scene of any military con- 
flict during the civil wars of the 17th century, though it suffered 
severely, like most other places in the county, from the parlia- 
mentary taxation of those unhappy times. The vicarage of Stow- 
niarket. with that of Stow upland annexed to it, is valued in K.B. 
at d£16. 15s., and now at £380. The Eev. A. G. H. Holiingsworth, 
M.A., is patron and incumbent, and also impropriator of part of 
the rectorial tithes in both parishes, but the greater part of them 
belongs to the landowners. His portion of them has been commuted 
for £33 per annum in Stowmarket, and i"2oT per annum in Stow- 
upland. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for a yearly rent- 
charge of £186. The Church Chest, which is large and very antique, 
has three locks, the keys of which had been in the hands of the 
patron, incumbent, and churchwardens, for immemorial years, until 
about 12 years ago. when the chest was opened by the iter. A, G. H. 
Boiling sic orth, 31. A., the present vicar, and found to contain a 
great mass of papers, the substance of which will be found in his 
History and Antiquities of Stowmarket and the Hundred of Stow, 
published in J ^44. The adjacent parish of Stow-upland, which, 
had been long churchless, has now a handsome church, which was 
finished in 1S43. In the town are three Chapels, and several 
preaching rooms. The Independent Chapel has about 900 sittings, 
and its congregation was formed as early as 1720. The Baptist 
Chapel was bunt in IS 13, and enlarged in 1836, by a congregation 
established in 1797. It has about GOO sittings. The Primitive 
llethodisi Chapel is a small building, in Regent street. There are 
National Schools in the Churchyard, and a British School at Violet 
hill. The latter was built in 1849, by subscription and grants. 
The Mechanics' Institution, in the Corn Exchange, was esta- 
blished in 1545, and has now a,bout 100 members, and a library of 
more than 600 volumes. Mr. A. B. Woolby is the secretary. Here 
is an Horticultural Society, which holds its annual shows in the 
Corn Exchange, and distributes prizes for fruits, flowers, and the 
best cultivated cottage gardens. A New Burial Ground is about 
to be provided for this parish, in Stow-upland street, under 
the provisions of the Health of Towus' Act, and the churchyard is 
to be closed as a burial-ground, in 1855. 

The following Chaeity Estates and Eent-Chaeges are under the 
management of feoffees, for the benefit of the town, the church, 
and the poor. By a decree of the Court of Chancery, in 1653, it 
was decreed that the following estates, which had been devised with 
others by 3Iargar-it Goude, in 1523, for superstitious uses, should 
be settled for the following uses — viz.. the Chilton Hcdl Mead 
&&., (IOa. la. 32p., and a cottage, let for i'62. 10s. a year,) for the 
reparation of the church, subject to a yearly payment of 40s. for the 
relief of the poor; and the property called \Yyles, Cross Pightles, 
and Perry Field, solely for the relief of the poor. The three latter 
comprise 5a. ">p. of land, and a double cottage, let for d633 a year. 
The M Common Weal Land? comprising about 1L\., called Spoon- 



420 STOWMARKET. 

vian's, in Stow-upland, was purchased by the inhabitants with 

in 1716, subject to a mortgage of £'40, which was paid off by bor- 
rowing that amount from Richd. Shute's charity. This land ad- 
joins about 10a. of land and a barn, left for tbe relief of the poor by 
James Revett, in 1586, and they are let together for §4f\ a year, 
about half of which is distributed among the poor, and the remain- 
der is laid out in repairing the church. The Old White Lion Estate 
was settled at some unknown period, for providing gowns for poor 
men and women, with the letters M. F. upon them, in remembrance 
of Michael Flegg. the donor. It consists of a house and large yard. 
in Stow-upland street, let for £22 ; and four houses, a warehouse, 
workshop, and other buildings, with gardens, &c , on the ground 
formerly called the George yard, let. in 1811 and 1812, to various 
tenants at rents amounting to £-2'2. on lease for 44 years; the 
lessees covenanting to lay out certain sums in improving the pre- 
mises. Tbe Old 'White Lion Inn is supposed to have stood in the 
George yard. In 1686, Richard Shute left £100 to purchase land 
for the poor, and £'40 of it was paid for discharging tbe mortgage 
on Spoonman's land, as already noticed. The remaining £60 was 
laid out in the purchase of 3a. Or. 33p. in Perryfield, let for £'14 
per annum. In 1712, Wm. Kent left his messuages in Ipswich 
street, to the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of Stow- 
market, to provide coats for poor men. with the letters W. K. upon 
them. These premises were let in 1811 on lease for 44 years, at the 
annual rent of ~T0, the lessee covenanting to lay out £-240 in im- 
proving the buildings. The yearly RENT-CHARGES, held by the 
same feoffees, for the benefit of the poor, are as follows : — £2 out of 
Chilton Hall Meadow, as already noticed: £4 out of Chilton Hay- 
ward, in Onehouse parish, left by John Wage, in the reign of Philip 
and Mary ; £2, given by tne same donor out of the same estate, for 
schooling two poor boys : £'4. given by John How, in 1586, out of 
a tenement called Bills, or Bess Grarnham's; £4. 13s. 4d. left by 
James Revett, in 1586, out of land at Stow-upland; 25s. left by 
Wm, Kent, in 1712. out of a shop formerly the George Inn; £2 
left by Charles Boot Ji, in 1710, out of premises in Tavern street: 
£$. 6s. 8d. given by Margaret English, out of lands at Gipping: 
30s. out of other lands in Gipping, given by the said Margaret 
English; 30s. left by Jacob Johnson, in 1703. out of a house here, 
belonging to Mr. Smith; £2. 12s. for bread; and 20s. for school- 
ing poor children, given by Thofnas Blaekerby, out of the manor 
of Stowmarket, or Abbot's Hail, which was purchased by the late 
Mr. Marriott, in 1819. The yearly income, derived from these 
estates and rent-charges, amounts to about £--250. out of which the 
feoffees provide --2s. worth of bread every Sunday., for the poor, and 
distribute yearly about £18 in coats, and £2$ in small sums, among 
the poor. Tbe residue is applied in payment of the expenses at- 
tending the office of the churchwardens, no part having been applied 
for education since the establishment of the National Schools 
for bovs and girls, in the churchyard. The above-named Tlios. 
Blaekerby charged the great tithes of Stowmarket, (lately the pro- 
perty of Mr. Boby,) with the following rent-charges — viz.. i?4 once 



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421 



in four years for gowns for two poor men of Stowmarket, and one 
of Stow-uplaud ; 20s. yearly to the minister; and £2. 12s. yearly to 
the lecturer, for sermons on Thursdays. 

The Savings Bank here is a branch of that at Coddenham. Stoiv- 
market Provident Society was established in 1832, and re-organised 
in 1841. It has now about 680 members, who pay small monthly 
contributions for the purpose of deriving mutual relief in cases of 
sickness, old age, and death. In the town is a Building Society, 
and some other provident institutions. 

Messrs. J. W. and G. Stevens, the extensive brewers at Stow- 
market, have an Artesian Well, for the supply of soft water. It 
is 330 feet deep, and the diameter of the bore is nine inches at the 
surface, and diminishes to three inches at the bottom. It occupied 
six months in boring, and it yields from 200 to 300 gallons of 
excellent soft water per minute, thus affording an ample and inex- 
haustible supply to this large and celebrated Brewery, whence great 
quantities of ale and beer are now sent to London, Australia, the 
East Indies, &c. The Geology of Stow Hundred is not marked by 
any striking features. Beds of clay alternate with beds of gravelly 
sand; and in the clay pits have been found the petrified bones of 
the largest antediluvian animals, which, when cut in halves and 
polished, make handsome slabs for tables, &c, some of them 2 to 3 
feet in diameter. Smaller specimens, from 3 to 6 inches in diameter, 
are often found beneath the stiff clay of the hills. A bed of blue 
clay rests upon the chalk at a considerable depth, and in it are im- 
bedded sea- shells and other marine fossils. The water at the bottom 
of the above-named well floats on a surface of green-stone rock, too 
hard to be penetrated by the borer. 



STOWMARKET DIRECTORY. 

The POST OFFICE is in the Market place; and Mr. Thomas Brackett 
Woolby is the post master. Letters are despatched to London, Ipswich, &c, at 
7 J morning and 8§ evening; and to Bury, Thetford, Norwich, &c, at 2 J after- 
noon. Foot postmen every morning to surrounding villages. Money Orders am 
granted and paid from 9 morning till 6 evening. 



MISCELLANY. 
Adams Bobert, pipe maker, Market pi 
A damson Geo. bank agent, Finborough 

road 
Andrews Bobt. umbrella mkr., Bury st 
Arenson Louis, traveller, Violet hill 
Blackburn Mrs Matilda, Violet hill 
Bond Miss Susan, Violet hill 
Bridges Edw. bank clerk, Ipswich st 
Bridges Hansard Jackson, corn, &c, 

merchant; h Ipswich street 
Bridges Mrs Sarah, Ipswich street 
Bridges Wm. gent. Ivy Cottage 
Broom Ann, carter, Union street 
Browne Kev. Ths. Hy. (Indt. ) Ipswich st 
Bull Mrs Sarah, Ipswich street 
Chapman John, wine, &c. merchant; h 

Ipswich street 



Chapman Wm. poulterer, Cheapside 
Cocks Wm. missionary, Violet hill 
Codd Wm. parish clerk, Ipswich st 
Collin Mr Bobert, Gripping street 
Colson John, gunmkr., &c, Ipswich st 
Cooper Mrs Ann, Bury street 
Cornell Mrs Eusebia, Ipswich road 
Corner Wm. porter, Stow-upland street 
Crask Wm. Giles, clerk, Finsboro' rd 
Crawley George, station master 
Crispin Thos. pawnbroker and clothier, 

Cheapsidejff #% tr <v>1 
Cronin Mrs Mary Ann, Violet hill 
Curtis Mr James, Violet hill 
Davy Mr George, Gipping street 
Day John, brickmaker, (and Bury) 
Earthy Bichard, sexton, Cheapside 
Esling Mrs Sarah, Ipswich street 



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Fison Mrs J. brick and tile maker, corn 

miller, and maltster, Finborough rd 
Francis James, umbrella mkr.,Bury st 
Freeman Rev Fk. W.,M.A., incumbent 

of Little Finborough, Ipswich st 
Freeman Mrs Susan, Ipswich street 
Freeman Spencer, registrar of births 

and deaths, & surgeon, Market place 
Garrard James, foreman, Bury street 
Garrett Mrs Ellen, currier, Bury st 
Goymour Mrs Mary, Violet hill 
Gray Edward, shopman, Crow street 
Gray Wm. Robert, excise, Violet hill 
Green Daniel, clerk, Violet hill 
Grimsby Miss Mary, Ipswich street 
Gross Mrs T., Bury street 
Haddock Miss B., Violet hill 
Hart John George, bank agent, Mkt. pi 
Hatton Mrs Eiiz., Finborough road 
Hewett Wm. Rbt., corn, &c. merchant, 

Tavern street 
Hollingsworth Rev Arthur Geo. Harper, 

M.A., vicar and rural dean, Vicarage 
Hunt Mrs Sarah, Bury street 
Jackson Isaac, trunk maker, Bury st 
Jaques Wm. supervisor, Ipswich road 
Kerridge James, dyer, Church yard 
King Beuj. merchant; h Violet hill 
King Benj. Owen, merchant, Tavern st 
King Wm. merchant ; h. Tavern street 
Lark James, police inspr.. Ipswich st 
Law Chas. Bloomfield, relieving officer, 

Stow Upland 
Lawrence Mrs Louisa. Violet hill 
Locke Mrs Rebecca, Woodside 
Long Frederick, clerk, Regent terrace 
Maberley Rev Frederick Herbert, M.A.. 

vicar of Gt. Finborough, Violet hill 
McLachlan John, foreman, Bury st 
Manclarke Wm. law clerk, Regent st 
Meadows H. W. (Prim. Meth. min.) 

Union street 
Mulley Mrs Catherine, Bury street 
Murray John, excise, Ipswich street 
Offord James, cutler, Ipswich street 
Parish John, clerk, Railway station 
Payne Jas.asst. overseer, &c.Cheapside 
Peck Robt. whip thong mkr., Bury st 
Pell Wm. manager, S tow-upland st 
Pennington Mrs Mary, Ipswich st 
Pettit Edward, clerk, Regent terrace 
Prentice Manning, merchant, and Mrs 

Thomas, (Thos. & Co.) Violet hill 
Prentice Wm. merchant, (Prentice and 

Hewitt ; ) h Market place 
Pulford Miss Sus., Ipswich street 
Pulham Mr Charles, Union street 
Purr Misses Sophia & M. A., Bury st 
Raffe Wm. glover, Bree's lane 
Restall Mr Wm., Ipswich street 
Revett Mrs Eliz,, Bury street 



Robinson Fdk. clerk, Regent terrace 
Rout Mrs J. P., Limetree House 
Rush Edward, postman, Market place 
Rust Mrs Sarah, Bury street 
Rutter John S. clerk, Regent terrace 
Seoulding Shadrach, tea dlr. , Regent st 
Smith P. revenue officer, Bury street 
Smith Mr Robert, Crow street 
Smith Rev Robt. Willan, M.A., incbt. 

of Stow Upland. Ipswich street 
Smith Wm. jobber, Union street 
Suttle James, hay dealer, Crow street 
Suttle Wm. bailiff, Ipswich street 
Suttle Wm. dyer, S tow-upland street 
Swan Thomas, clerk, Railway station 
Symonds Mrs Eliz., Tavern street 
Thornley Rev John, (Bapt.) Violet hill 
True Mrs Eliz., Violet hill 
Webb Joseph Antrim & Son, tanners, 

curriers, woolstaplers, manure mfrs., 

&c, Combs; h Ipswich street 
Wenham Wm. pipe maker, Union st 
Williams Charles, clerk, Stow up. st 
Winwood John, wood turner, Ipswich st 
Woolby Thomas Brackett, postmaster, 

Market place 
Wright Samuel Henry, clerk, Tavern st 

ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS. 
{Marked * take Boarders.) 
Bewley Edw. Eugene, Finborough rd 
Bird John, Stow-upland street 
Carter Sarah, Ipswich street 
Caudwell Chas. Frederick, Regent st 
Frewer Mary, Market place 

* Green Sarah, Bury street 
Jackson Abm. & Mrs. Bntish School 
Martin Phoebe, Bury street 
National School, Church yard 
Paul Miss Sarah, Bury street 
*Payne Emma, Violet hill 

Orams Mary Ann, Ipswich atreet 
*Peek Harriet, Ipswich street 
*Simpson George. {Grammar.) Bury st 

* Strait Elizabeth, Ipswich street 

ATTORNEYS. 
Archer Edw. & Peter, {county court and 

union clerk, §- sup. regr.) Tavern st 
Gudgeon James, Temple bar 
Marriott John, {clerk to magistrates and 

comssrs. of taxes) Camping land 
Ransom John Bayley, Bury street 

AUCTIONEERS, &c. 
Crosse Hy., Corn Exchange ; h Combs 
Downing Hy. Shuckforth, Ipswich st 
BAKERS & FLOUR DEALERS. 
Barnard Edward, Stow-upland street 
Fisk John, Bury street 
Greengrass George, Violet hill 
Lockwood John, Ipswich street 
Palmer Wm., Stow-upland street 
Parker Wm., Ipswich street 



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423 



Robinson George, Bury street 
Robinson John, Violet hill 
Steverson James, Bury street 
Tricker John, Regent street 
Tricker Robert, Bury street 

BANKERS. 
Harveys and Hudsons, Cheapside and 

Norwich : George Adamson, agent 
Oakes, Bevan, Moor, & Co., Market pi. 

and Bury: John Geo. Hart, manager 
Coddenham Savings' Bank, Market pi. ; 

open Sat. 10 to 4 ; J. Mumford. agent 
BASKET MAKERS. 
Collins Wm., Tavern street 
Cracknell George, Stow-upland st 
Stevens Win., Stow> upland street 
BERLIN WOOL, &c, DEALERS. 
Blake Jane, Market place 
Woolby Eliza, Ipswich street 
BLACKSMITHS. 
Cracknell Samuel, Bury street 
Chaplin Valentine, Stow-upland st 
Smith Wm.. Ipswich street 
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, &c 
Blake John, Market place 
Woolby Arthur Braekett, (printer and 

stamp office,) Market place 
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS. 
Baldwin Stephen, Bury street 
Chittock George, Bury street 
Clarke John, Stow-upland street 
Codd Wm., Ipswich street 
Colson John, Stow-upland street 
Cuthbert Robert, Tavern street 
Day John, (leather dealer,) Church yd 
Diaper John, Bury street 
Gladwell Thomas, Church yard 
Ives James, (leather dealer,) Market pi 
Ormes Edward, Bury street 
Ormes Samuel, Crow street 
RafTe Mrs Matilda, Bury street 
Reddish Edward, Marketplace 
Roper David, Regent street 
Runneckles Robert, Bury street 
Rushbrook Francis. Ipswich street 
Stevens Edward, Union street 

BRAZIERS AND TINNERS. 
Salmon Edward, Ipswich street 
Southgate Wm., Bury street 
Williams Wm., Stow-upland street 

BREWERS. 
Green Jacob, Violet hill 
Stevens John Wells and George, (ate, 

porter, $c.) Stow-upland street 
BRICKLAYERS, &c. 
Andrews Joseph, Tavern street 
Archer James, Violet street 
Webb Robert, Violet hill 

BUTCHERS. 
Cuthbert Thomas, Bury street 
Ely Robert, (pork,) Ipswich street 



Gilson John, Stow-upland street 
Gilson David, Ipswich street 
Green Henry, Ipswich street 
Hayward George, Bury street 
Miller Wm., Ipswich street 
Ranson John. Bury street 

CABINET MAKERS, &c. 
Bailey Wm., Ipswich street 
Betts Francis, Bury street 
King Wm., Ipswich street 
Lambert George, Ipswich street 
Read John, Union street 

CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
Jackson Wm., Market place 
Simpson Thomas, Tavern street 

COACH BUILDERS. 
Earthy Reuben, Bury street 
Bridges Samuel & Son, Tav. st & Bury 
CONFECTIONERS. 
{See also Bakers.) 
Fenton Eliza, Ipswich street 
Parker Wm., Ipwich street 
Steverson James, Market place 
Youngman Thomas, Ipswich street 

COOPERS. 
Goodwin Robert, Church yard 
Rosier David, Stow-upland street 
Tricker Wm.. Burv street 

CORN & COAL MERCHANTS. 
{See Merchants.} 
CORN MILLERS. 
Boulter Wm.. Ford mills 
FisonMrsJ.j Finborough road 
Martin John, Bury road; h Church yd 
Smith Robert R., Bury street 
Steggall John G., Bury street 

FARMERS. 
Canler Sarah, Chilton hill 
Cuthbert Thomas, Bury street 
Flowerdew Thomas, Violet hill 
Locke John Edmund, Woodside 
Matthew James, Chilton House 
Matthew John, Chilton 
Smith Wm., Bury road 
Symonds John Hicks, Chilton Hall 
Wyard James Brown, {bailiff,) Chilton 

FIRE and LIFE OFFICES. 
Accidental, G. Boby, Market place 
Age, Thomas Barnes, Dane croft 
Alliance (Suffolk), J.Green, Violet hill 
County Fire and Provident Life, Fdk. 

Rust, Market place 
European. I. A. Rust, Market place 
Globe, H. J. Bridges, Ipswich street 
Guardian, J. G. Hart, Market place 
Imperial, D. Green, Violet hill 
Indisputable, J. McLaehlan, Bury st 
Legal and Commercial, Henry Crosse, 

Corn Exchange 
Medical, Invalid, and General Life, 

James Gudgeon, Temple Bar 



424 



STOWMARKET DIRECTORY. 



National. J. Steverson, Market place 
Norwich Equitable. J. Gudgeon 
Norwich Union, G. Boby, Market pi 
Phoenix, G Boby. Market place 
Reliance, D. Green. Violet hill 
Rock. J. B. Bawson, Bury street 
Royal Farmers 5 and General. E. P. 

Archer, Tavern street 
Scottish Amicable, Geo. Adanison, 

Cheapside 
Sun, Thomas Simpson, Tavern st 
Westminster, E. Salmon, Ipswich st 

FISHMONGERS. 
Caley Samuel. Bury street 
Durrani Jeremiah, Stow-Upland st 

FURNITURE BROKERS. 
Dye John, Gipping street 
King Wm. Ipswich street 
Pooley Thomas, Stow-Upland street 
Tydeman & Cracknell. Ipswich st 

GARDENERS, SEEDSMEN, dkc. 
Adams Nathan, Bury street 
Barnes Thomas. Danecroft Xursery 
Frewer John, Violet hill Xursery 
Holmes John, Bury street 
Sillett Thomas, Violet hill 
Tricker James. Stow-Upland street 

GLASS, CHINA. £c, DEALERS. 
Clarkson George, Market place 
Parmenter Isaac, Market place 
Steverson James, Market place 

GROCERS and DRAPERS. 
Bohy, George, Market place 
Fulcber Robert, Bury street 
Garnham George, Tavern street 
Lankester Joseph Antrim, Market pi 
Paxtnan James, (draper) Ipswich st 
Prentice Samuel. Market place 
Williams Robert, (grocer only) Stow- 
Upland street 

HAIRDRESSERS, &c. 
Downing James, Bury street 
Druce Wm., Bury and Ipswich streets 
Lee Richard, Stow-upland street 
Parmenter Isaac, Market place 
Studd Wm,, Bury street 
HATTERS. 
(See Grocers, Sw) 
HORSE HAIR MANUFACTURERS. 
Clarke George, Union street 
Gunton Thomas, Stow-upland st 
King Wm., Ipswich street 

INNS anb TAVERNS, 
Barge, John Smith, Stow-upland st 
Duke's Head, John Brett, Ipswich st 
Duke of Wellington, Wm. Sutton, Stow- 
upland street 
Fox Hotel, John Lockwood. Ipswich st 
Fox and Hounds, John Brownsraith. 

Bury street 
Greyhound. Leonard Myall, Market pi 



i King's Arms, Hunter Bewiey, Stow" 

upland street 
j King's Head Inn. Henry Shuci 

Downing, Ipswich street 
I Pickerel. Wm. Corner. Stow-upland st 
i Pot of Flowers, John Broom. Bg 
■ Queen's Head. Chas. Williams, Stow- 
upland street 
j Railway Hotel & Refreshment Rooms. 
Thomas Wm. Bloomrieid. Station 
Rose Inn, Nathaniel Thurston Codd, 

Cheapside 
White Hart, James. Copeland, Crow st 
White Horse. Fras. Stow. Stow-upland st 
White Lion, James Williams, Stow- 
unland street 

BEERHOUSES. 
Abbott Wm, Violet hill 
i Barnard Philip, Gipping street 
Colson Wm.. Stow-upland street 
Cuthbert Robert, Tavern street 
Dade Joseph. Bury street 
Day John, Churchyard 
Elleston Charles, Violet hill 
Fairweather James, Bury street 
Godbcld James Earthy, Stow-upla:. 
Isted John, Violet hill 
Ives James, Ipswich street 
Suttle Arnold, Union street 
Turner Isaac. Regent street 
IRONFOUNDERS and AGRIC UL- 

TUEAL MACHINE MAKERS. 
Bewiey George. Market place 
Woods James, Bnrj street 

IRONMONGERS. 
Gross Thomas. (Exors. of J Market pi 
Prentice &: Hewitt, (iron merchants.. 

Sec.) Stow-upland street 
Purr Wm. Watts, (and oil and colour- 
man,) Cheapside 
Rust Isaac Arnold, Bury street 
Salmon Edward. Ipswich street 

JOINERS ami BUILDERS. 
Andrews Joseph, Tavern street 
Betts Francis, Bury street 
Brown Robert, Gipping street 
Lyas Wm.. Ipswich street 
Payne James, Bury road 
Rednall Ephraim. Ipswich street 
Sawyer R and all, Violet hill 

LINEN DRAPERS, && 
t Gfaeer*, ycj 
MALTSTERS. 
Cobbold John. Stow-upland street 
Fison Mrs J., Finborough road 
Green Jacob, Violet hill 
King Benjamin & Co., Stow-upland st 
Prentice & Hewitt, Stow-upland st 
Prentice Thos. & Co., Stow-upland st 
Salmon Wm., Stow-upland street 
Stevens John W. & George, Union $* 



STOWMAEKET DIRECTORY. 



425 



Webb Lankester, Combs 

MERCHANTS. (Com, Coal, ^c.) 
Bridges Hansard J., Ipswich street 
Cobbold John, Stow-upland street 
King Benj. & Co., Stow-upland st 
Prentice & Hewitt, (and slate, timber, 

iron, &c.) Stow-upland street 
Prentice Thomas & Co. (and cake, 

manure, &c.) Stow-upland street 
Stevens John Wells & George, Stow- 
upland street 
Webb J. A. & Son, ^wool, &c.) Ipswich 

street and Combs 
MILLINERS and DRESSMAKERS. 
Baldwin Elle», Bury street 
Brook Ann, Mary, & Rebc, Tpswich st 
Cole Martha, Tavern street 
Dennis Hannah, Bury street 
Enefer Maria, Regent street 
Gladwell Sarah, Church street 
Jones Isabella, Tavern street 
Lawrence Louisa, Bury street 
Suttle Susan, Crow street 

NURSERIES. (See Gardeners.) 
PAINTERS, PLUMBERS, & GZRS. 
Baker Edward, Stow-upland street 
Clarkson George, Marketplace 
Coe John, Ipswich street 
Collen George, Ipswich street 
Pearson John, Ipswich street 
Wilson George, Stow-upland street 

ROPE AND TWINE MAKERS. 
Andrews Daniel, Bury 
Taylor Hy. Jas. (and grease and sack- 

manfacturer,) Violet hill 
SADDLERS & HARNESS MKRS. 
Bethel John Ward, Ipswich street 
Wright Samuel. Tavern street 
SHOPKEEPERS. 
(Grocery, Flour, fyc, Dealers.) 
Andrews Hemy, Gipping street 
Bloonineld Rebecca, Bury street 
Bowey Wm., Stow-upland street 
Brett Martha, Stow-upland street 
Diaper Abraham, Bury street 
Eelgate Isaac, Bury street 
Greengrass George, Violet hill 
Groom John, Violet hill 
Istead John, Violet hill 
Smith R. R., Ipswich street 
Tricker Wm., Bury street 

STONE & MARBLE MASONS. 
Hopson George, Bury street 
Simpson Edward, Ipswich street, and 

at the Common Quay, Ipswich 
STRAW HAT MAKERS. 
Dennis Hannah, Bury street 
Lambert Harriet, Ipswich street 
Mills Elizabeth, Ipswich street 
Scoulding Elizabeth, Regent st 
Smith Louisa, Union street 



SURGEONS. 
Bree Charles Robert, Stricklands 
Freeman Spencer, (regr.) Market pi 
Hailing Barzillai Augustus, Stow-up- 
land street 
Harper John Williamson, Stow-up- 
land street 

TAILORS. 
(Marked * are Woollen Drapers also,} 
Balls George, Stow-upland street 
*Bewley Hunter, Stow upland st 
♦Charles Richard, Market place 
Creasy John, Ipswich street 
Cuthbert Edward Gibbs, Bury st 
Drake Charles, Ipswich street 
Fuller Henry, Bury street 
Keeble Wm., Ipswich street 
Pooley Wm., (clothier,) Cheapside 
*Rodwell Edward, Crow street 
*Rust Fdk. Wm. (news agt.) Ipswich st 
* Salmon and Tillott, Bury street 
Salmon Thomas; h Bury street 
Thurlow George, Union street 
Tillott Joseph, Tavern street 
Wolledge Robert, Stow-upland st 
TALLOW CHANDLERS. 
Bond Robert, Union street 
Lankester Joseph A., Market place 

VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Godbold Earthy James, Stow-upland st 
Whayman Owen, Regent street 

WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS. 
Feltham Wm. (jeweller & registrar of 

marriages,) Stow-upland street 
Kersey Thomas, Ipswich street 
Scrivener Philip, Market place 
WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Hayward George, Regent street 
Palmer George, Bury street 

WHITESMITHS. 
Cr9cknell Samuel, Bury street 
Miles Edward, Ipswich street 
Smyth Francis, Tavern street 
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. 
Diaper James, Stow-upland street 
Lankester Joseph Antrim, Market pi 
Mumford John and Co., Ipswich st 

RAILWAY TRAINS. 
To Ipswich, Norwich, Bury, &c, five 
times a day. Mr. George Crawley, 
station master and goods manager ; Mr. 
Thomas Swan, clerk; and John Pa- 
rish, ticket collector. 
Omnieuses from the Inns to meet all 
the trains. 

CARRIERS. 
Isaac Turner, of Bury st., to Ipswich , 

Thurs. and Sat. and" to Bury, Wed. 
George Buggs, from the Barge Inn, to 
Ratllesden, Mon. and Thursday 



426 STOW HUNDRED. 



Wra. and Chas. Smith, from the Barge 1 Hallway Co. to all parts, daily 

Inn, to Debenham Tues. and Fri. I Mail Cart to Ipswich and Bury 3 daily, 



STOW-UPLAND is a parish of scattered houses on the eastern 
aclivity of the Gipping. opposite Stowmarket, to which it is con- 
sidered a township, having been ecclesiastically connected with that 
parish from time immemorial. It includes Stowmarket Railway 
Station, and forms a pleasant suburb to Stowmarket, extending three 
miles north-east from the town, and containing 966 inhabitants, and 
about 2841 acres of land, rising boldly from the Gipping and two of 
its tributary streams, and including the hamlet of Thorney, and an 
ancient farm-house called Columbyne Hall, which is^still encom- 
passed by a deep moat It lies in six manors, of which the follow- 
ing are the names and lords : — Thorney Hall, Charles Tyrell, Esq. ; 
Thorney- Lezens and Thorney- Mumpliers-ivith-Braziers, Edw. Bigsby 
Beck, Esq. ; Columbyne Hall, Earl of Ashburnham ; and Thorney- 
Keebles and Thorney-Campsey, Charles Bayner Freeman, Esq. ; but 
part of the soil belongs to the Marriott, Bree, Boby, and other fami- 
lies. The manor of Thorney was held by the nuns of Campsey, and 
was granted in the 37th of Henry VIII. to Thomas, Duke of Nor- 
folk. The parish is partly copyhold. The Vicar of Stowmarket is 
impropriator of those portions of the rectorial tithes which do not 
belong to the landowners, and were commuted in 1841 for £'257 per 
annum. Stow-upland was without a Church till 1843, when its pre- 
sent church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, was erected by subscrip- 
tion at the cost of £1360, of which £150 was granted by the Church 
Building Society. The Marquis of Bristol and the Vicar of Stow- 
market contributed largely towards the building, and the site, com- 
prising half an acre, nearly two miles N.E. of Stowmarket, was given 
by C. R. Freeman, Esq. It is a handsome edifice, with a slender 
spire, and was consecrated by the Bishop of Norwich, August 30th, 
1843. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, valued at £100, and was 
consolidated with the vicarage of Stowmarket till 1845. It is now 
in the patronage of the Vicar of Stowmarket, and incumhency of the 
Rev. Robert Willan Smith, M.A., who resides at Stowmarket. The 
Poofs Estate, the acquisition of which is unknown, is under the 
direction of the churchwardens and overseers, and consists of a farm 
of 22a., let for £35 a-year, and a cottage and 23a. of land, let for £30 
a-year. The rents are distributed in money and coals among the 
poor parishioners. A poor man of this parish has a coat once in 
four years from Blackerby's charity, noticed with Stowmarket. 



Bauley George, corn miller 
Bloomfield Thos. Wm. vict., Railway 

Hotel 
Burch Robert, vict., Crown 
Crawley Geo., station master 
Cress Miss Mary, Mill House 
Felgate Fuller, corn miller 
Freeman Charles Rayner, Esq. 
Hart Elizabeth, blacksmith 
Hart Wm., wheelwright 



Hearn Abraham, wheelwright 

Matthew Wm., bank clerk 

Pyman John, shopkeeper 

Raffe Henry, beerhouse, Green 

Rist George, carpenter and par. clerk 

Robson John, carpenter 

Taylor Isaac, blacksmith 

Wicks Henry, corn miller 

Wicks Robert, jobber 

Wilden John, shoemaker 



STOW UPLAND PARISH. 427 



FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
Bird Benj. Ij Draper Samuel 
*Boby John, The Ashes 
*Boby Robt. Columbyne Hall 
Carter Thos. || Matthew John 
Chapman Thos. || Preston George 
Cuthbert Thos. || Pyman Edwin 
*Freeman C. K. || Freeman Wm. Esq. 



Law Chas. Bloomfield, relieving officer 
Steam Thomas, Sheepcote Hall 
Stedman Geo. || Spivee Robert 
Stedman John, Crown Farm 
Turner Jno. || Willden Wm. 

Post from Stowmarket. 
Railway Trains 5 times a day to all parts 



WETHEEDEN, 2 miles W. of Haughley Station and 4 miles 
N.W. of Stowmarket, is a village and parish containing 541 souls 
and 1830 acres of land. Wetherden Hall, some remains of which 
may be seen in the farm-house bearing that name, was the seat of 
the ancient and respectable family of Sulyard, one of whom, Sir 
John Sulyard, was among the first to take up arms and levy men in 
the service of Queen Mary, against the supporters of Lady Jane 
Grey. For his loyalty, Mary, as soon as she was safely seated on 
the throne, made him a present of the manor and park of Haughley, 
where he erected a mansion. His son Edward, adhering to the re- 
ligion of his ancestors, suffered much during the next reign for recu- 
sancy, notwithstanding the unimpeached loyalty of his sentiments 
and conduct. The fidelity of Sir Edward, the grandson of the latter, 
to the cause of Charles I„ brought on him imprisonment, and the 
sequestration of two-thirds of his estate, during Cromwell's usurpa- 
tion ; but when Charles II. recovered his throne, he was restored to 
his possessions and liberty. His descendants continued here for 
several succeeding generations. Lord Thurlow is now lord of 
the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to the Heigham, 
Tyrell, and other families. The copyholds are subject to arbitrary 
fines, but a part of the parish is freehold. The Church (St. Mary) 
is a neat but ancient structure, containing several monuments of the 
Sulyards. The aisle and porch were built by Sir John Sulyard, who 
was lord chief justice of England, and obtained a grant of free war- 
ren here in the 1st of Eichard III. His arms and quarterings are 
finely carved round the porch and along the chancel. The rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £6. 13s. 4d., and now at £'371, is in the patronage 
of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Eev. E. J. C. Alder- 
son, M.A. Here is a Baptist Chapel, built in 1837, at the cost of 
about £230. The Town Lands comprise 11a. 3k. 34p,, let for £20. 
15s. a year, and have been conveyed from time to time to trustees, 
to permit the churchwardens and overseers to apply the rents and 
profits for the benefit of the poor. The sum of £6. 5s. a year is 
applied towards the support of a Sunday-school, and the residue of 
the rent is laid out in the purchase of coals, which are sold to the 
poor parishioners at a cheap rate. The poor have also a yearly rent- 
charge of 20s. out of lands in Haughley, left by Margaret Chenery, 
in 1730. Post from Stowmarket. 

Alderson Kev Eobt. Jervis Coke, M.A., i Dodson Thomas, boot and shoe-maker 
Rectory Fenton George, carpenter 



Bird Samuel, plumber, &c 
Bull George, vict., May-Pole 
Collen John, corn miller 



Grimwood Samuel, beerhouse 
Hammond Edward, shopkeeper 
Heigham Chas. W. } Esq. f| Hicks Jas. 



428 



WETHERDEN PARISH. 



Knevett Edw., relieving officer & regr. 

Miller Simon, shopr. ; & Wm. shoemkr 

Nunn Robert, shoemaker 

Palmer Jph., wheelwright and smith 

Robinson Joseph, bricklayer 

Rose Wm. miller || Williams Mr. Jas. 

Warren Nathan, blacksmith 

Wright Mary, boarding school 



FARMERS. 
Bull James 
*Clark John || 
Coe George 
Cole Wm. |! 
*Hunt Sellsby Wardle 
Kerry Thomas, Mutton Hall 
Russell Wm. II Ward Alfd. & Geo-, 



(*are Owners J 
Edwards Robt. 
Hay ward Rt, Hall 
* Martin Stephen 
Osbourn John 



BOSMERE AND CLAYDON HUNDRED 

Is a fertile and picturesque district, varying from eight to about 12 
miles in length and breadth ; comprising the small town of Need- 
ham Market, 33 parishes, and parts of two other parishes; bounded 
on the south by the Borough of Ipswich and Samford Hundred; on 
the west, by Cosford and Stow Hundreds ; on the north, by Hartis- 
mere and Thredling Hundreds ; and on the east by Carlford Hun- 
dred. It is iu the Eastern Division of Suffolk, in the Union to which 
it gives name ; in the Deaneries of Bosmere and Claydon, in the 
Archdeaconry of Suffolk, and Diocese of Norwich. It has generally 
a clayey soil, well suited to the growth of corn, and is crossed by- 
good turnpike roads, by the Eastern Union Railway ; and by 
the small but navigable river Gipping, which at Ipswich takes the 
name of Orwell, and assumes the character of a broad estuary. (See 
page 65.) The Hundred derives its name from the parish of Clay- 
don, and a mere or lake near Needham Market. Its High Constables 
are Messrs. Geo. Morgan, of Bramford; andWm. Haward, of Little 
Blakenham. Petty Sessions are held at Ipswich every Tuesday, 
and at Needham Market on alternate Wednesdays. The following 
enumeration of the jmrishes of this Hundred shews their territorial 
extent and their population in 1851 : — 



Parishes. Acres. Pop. 

Akenham 998 131 

Ashboeking 1408 314 

Badley 1050 74 

Barham* 1806 776 

Barking parish' ) Q1 o . 435 

Nadham Market twp.. ) diD4 1367 

Battisford 1542 496 

Baylham 1332 310 

Blakenham, Great 869 244 

Blakenham, Little .... 1054 139 

Bramford 3226 997 

Bricett, Great 915 236 

Claydon 950 540 

Coddenham 2719 1047 

Creeting All Saint's . . 1286 301 

Creeting St. Mary 1441 224 

Creeting St. Olave .... 388 50 

Crowiield 1721 410 

Darmsden 790 54 



Parishes. 

Flowton 

Gosbeck 

Helmingham 

Hemingstone 

Henley 

Mickfield 

Nettlestead 

Offton with Little Bricett 

Ringshall 

Somersham 

Stonham Aspall 

Stonham Earl 

Stonham Parva 

Swilland 

Westerfield, (part of ) . . 

Whitton, (part of) 

Willisham 



Acres. 
594 
1466 
2438 
1444 
1232 
1290 
1028 
1561 
2116 
1027 
2399 
2520 
1193 
951 



927 



Pop. 
178 
311 
287 
388 
326 
256 

81 
410 
371 
422 
814 
860 
402 
267 

49 
124 
213 



Total 49,331 13,844 



§ Westerfield and Whitton parishes are mostly in the Borough of Ipswich* 
The former has 324, and the latter 476 inhabitants. 



BOSMERE AND CLAYDON UNION. 



429 



BOSMEEE AND CLAYDOX UNION comprises all the pa- 
rishes in this Hundred, except WhittOD and Westerfield, which are 
in Ipswich Union. It also inclacles the five parishes of Thredling 
Hundred. The Union Workhouse is at Barham, and had 413 inmates 
in 1851, when the census was taken. The 39 parishes of this Union 
extend over an area of 57.899 acres, and had 17,219 inhabitants in. 
1851, consisting of 8509 males and 8710 females, living in 3581 
houses, besides which there were 118 unoccupied houses, and ten 
building, when the census was taken. Each parish returns one 
guardian, except Debenham, which has two. The average annual 
expenditure on the poor of this district, dining 1832, '3, and '4, was 
£14,306; but in 1838, it was only .£6983 "The total expenditure 
of the Union for the half-year ending March 22nd, 1^54, was 
^£'5702. 18s 4d. The parishes of Bosmere and Claydon Hundred 
were incorporated for the support of their poor, under Gilbert's Act, 
in 1765 ; and the Workhouse, which is situated at Barham, was 
erected in the following year, at the cost of about £10,000. It was 
made a union-house under the Xew Poor Law, in 1835, and about 
<£200 was expended in alterations. It has room for about 500 in- 
mates, and had 198, in 1811 ; 489, in 1821 ; 429, in 1831 ; 183, in 
1841 ; and 413, in 1851, when the census was taken in those years. 
It is a spacious brick building, divided into six wards. Mr. Jacob 
Peele Bray, of Ipswich, is clerk to the Board of Guardians, which 
meets at the Workhouse every Friday. The Rev. Francis Steward 
is the chairman. Mr. Fredk. Hayward, of Xeedham Market, is the 
superintendent registrar. Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Boper are master 
and matron of the workhouse, audi the Eev. Thomas Mason is the 
chaplain. The Believing Officers and Registrars of Births and 
Deaths are Mr. John Simpson for Coddenham District, and Mr. 
George Kerridge for Xeedham Market District. The latter is also 
registrar of marriages for the whole union. 

The following is an enumeration of the 39 parishes in the two 
sub-districts of Bosmere axd Claydon Union, with their population 
in .1851:— 



Coddenham District. 
Ashfield-with-Thorpe 327 

Framsden 828 

Helmingham .... 287 

Pettaugh 288 

"Winston 392 

Debenham 1653 

§Mickfield 256 

§ Stonkaxn-Aspall . . 814 

Crowfield 410 

Coddenham 1047 

Gosbeck 311 

Hemingstone 388 

Ash-Bucking .... 314 
Swilland 267 



j Uenlev 


f& a 


Akenhain 


131 


Claydon 


540 


Barbara 


776 


Needham Market Di* 


Met. 


Great B^akenham. . 


244 


Bavin am 


310 


§ Barking 


435 


§ Darmsden 


54 


§ Xeedham Market.. 


1367 


§ Creeling St. Mary 


224 


§CreetingAll Saints 


301 


greeting St, Olave 


50 


§ Little Stonliara . . 


402 


1 §Earl Stonham .. 


860 



SBadley 


74 


SBattisford 


496 


§Piingskall 


371 


§ Great Bricett 


236 


Willisham 


213 


Offton 


410 


Xettlestead 


81 


Somersham 


422 


Little Blakenham .. 


139 


Bramford* 


997 


Flowton 


178 



Total Population. 17^19 



^ The 14 parishes marked § are in SlowmarJcet County Court District, and all 
the Other 25 parishes are in Ipswich County Court District. 

* Of the inhabitants of Bramford, 44 are in Jpswich Borough, 



430 BOSMERE AND CLA1 DON ' HUNDRED. 

AKENHAM parish, three miles N. by W. of Ipswich, contains 
about 1000 acres of land. 131 inhabitants, rive scattered houses, and 
a few cottages. It was anciently the lordship of the Rous family. 
Eobert Baker Orford, Esq, of Ipswich, is now lord of the manor: 
but Rice Hall is the property and residence of Robert Woodward, 
Esq. ; and Mr. S. Rowland, the Rev. — Jones, and the Ipswich 
Charity Trustees, own part of the parish. The Church (St. Mary) 
is a small antique fabric, which was repaired in 1854, at the cost of 
about £'300, given by Robert Woodward. Esq. The living is a 
discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £9. lis. -*Hd . and consolidated 
with that of Claydon. where the rector has a good residence. The 
tithes of both parishes have been commuted for a yearly rent of 
£506 : viz.. £'im for Akeuhara. and £94fl for Claydon. which see. 
The Farmers, fee., are Jeremiah Gooding, Bower Farm : Stephen 
Hay ward. Walnut Tree; Samuel Rowland. Akenham Hall : Thomas 
Savage, Glebe Farm : and Robert Woodward. Esq.. Rice Hall, 
Post from Ipswich. 

ASHBOCKING, a pleasant parish, about seven miles N. of Ips- 
wich, and six miles S. of Debeuham. contains 314 souls, and 
138*2a. 3b. 33p. of strong loamy land, including an extra-parochial 
place of five houses, and a small manor called Kelts eh Campo, 
Ash Hall, now a farm-house, is an ancient building, which was 
formerly moated. JohnTollemache. Esq.. is lord of the manor and 
owner of most of the soil. The rest belongs to John White. Esq.. 
Mrs. Boyd, and a few smaller owners. The Church (All Saints) 
was appropriated to Christ Church Priory, in Canterbury, from 13:26 
till the Reformation. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £9. 18s. 6£d. f 
and now at £'333, is endowed with the rectorial tithes. The Lord 
Chancellor is patron, and the Rev. Thomas Clowes. M.A . is the 
incumbent, and has a good vicarage house. 14a. of glebe, and a 
yearly rent of £3?o. awarded in lieu of tithes, in 1S39. The Town 
Estate, consisting of '-26a . let for £45 a year, was left for pious and 
charitable uses in 1432, by John Austin. The rent, after payment 
of land tax and quit rent, is applied in repairing the church and 
relieving the poor. Post from Ipswich. 



Baxter Wm. vict. Lord Nelson 
Brunning Eichd. boot & shoemaker 
Clowes Rev Thomas. M.A. Vicarage 
Gooding Philip, porn miller 
Lee Geo. tailor, shopr. & parish clerk 
Vincent Mr. Geo. Lee My. Ann. school 
Vincent Geo. John, veterinary surgeon 



EAEMEE5. 
Downing Edw. Pollard Charles 
Etlwards Wm. (Executors of ) 
Fox John McCluer David 

Stanford George. Ashbociing Hall 
Studd Cphr. Wilson Wm. 



BADLEY parish, If mile W.N.W of Xeedham Market, contains 
a few scattered house, 74 inhabitants, and about 1050 acres of land, 
mostly the property of the Earl of Ashburnham. who is lord of the 
manor, impropriator, and patron of the Church (St Maryi. which is 
a perpetual curacy, valued at £4,0. and now in the incumbency of 
the Rev. Coppinger Hill, of Buxhall. Here was a chantry, valued 
at £)0 per annum; and the church was given to the Templars by 
Robert Fitz-Jefferey, and confirmed to them by Richard Clare, Earl 



BADLEY PAKISH. 431 

of Hertford, The Mortimers were anciently seated here, and from 
them the estate passed to the Pooleys and Crowleys. The farmers 
are. Thomas Snell Cooper, George Hay ward, John Moore, Wm. 
Mudd, Hall ; and Henry Wicks, corn miller. 

BARHAM, a scattered village, 5 miles N by W of Ipswich, and 
S.E. of Xeedham Market, has in its parish 1806 acres of land, and 776 
inhabitants, including 41 3 in Bosmere and Claydon Urtwn Workhouse, 
already noticed at page 429 ; and Shrcbland Park, the beautiful 
seat of Sir W.F. Fowle-Middleton, Bart., 6 miles N.N.W. of Ipswich. 
Mrs. Phillips is lady of the manor of Barbara, formerly held by the 
families of Southwell. Wood, Webb, and Burch. Sir W. F. F. Mid- 
dleton owns a great part of the parish, and is lord of the manor 
of Shrubland Hall, which is partly in the adjacent parish of Cod- 
denham, and was the seat of Edward, a younger son of Sir Nicholas 
Bacon, lord keeper of the great seal in the reign of Elizabeth, who 
acquired the estate by marrying the heiress of the Litle family. One 
of his descendants, Nicholas Bacon, erected a new mansion, which 
was taken down by Sir Wm. Ivliddleton, who was created & Baronet 
in 1804, and erected most of the present elegant mansion, to which 
he removed from Crowfleld Hall. His son, the present baronet, 
succeeded in 1 Q 30, and has since greatly enlarged and improved the 
mansion, which stands on a delightful eminence, overlooking the 
vale of the Gipping, in a well-wooded park of nearly 300 acres, 
stocked with deer, and noted for the finest Spanish chesnut trees in 
the county. By frequent enlargements and improvements this has 
become one of the finest seats in the county. The mansion has 
handsome towers, spacious and elegantly furnished apartments and 
galleries, and a noble stone staircase. The Church (St. Mary) is an 
ancient fabric, with a tower at the west end. In the chancel is a 
monument of one of the Southwells, and an inscription to Helena, 
wife of Edward Bacon, Esq., recording a remarkable instance of 
fecundity. This parish was appropriated to Ely priory, but, in the 
37th of Henry YIIL, the rectory, and a wood called Bergham cop- 
pice, were granted to John Southwell, Esq. The rectory, valued in 
K.B. at i£ld. 10s. 6d., and now at £'342, is in the patronage and in- 
cumbency of the Rev. J. E. L. Schreiber, who has 55 acres of glebe 
and a neat Rectory House, built in 1852. The tithes have been 
commuted for £409 per annum. 

Sir Wm. Fowle Fowle-Middleton, Bart. , Schreiber Eev John Edward Lemuel 

Shrubland Park 
Baldwin Robert, shopkeeper 
Care James, butler at the Hall 
DalleDger Wm. parish clerk 
Davidson Wm. gardener 
Manning Wm. shopkeeper 
Offord Charles, Workhouse schoolmstr 
Roper Thos. & Mrs. master & matron 

of Bosmere & Claydon Union Workhs 



Rectory 
Smith David, gamekeeper 
Stevenson John, vict. Sorrel Horse 

FARMERS. 
Borley George |j Read George 
Brook Joseph, Hall \\ Potter George 
Frost Stephen || Hart James, bailiff 
Hunt Edward Wood Sarah 
Stevenson John Wood Wm. 



Seaman Mr Jonathan l Post from Claydon, via Ipswich 



432 



BOSMERE AND CLAYDON* HUNDRED. 



BARKING, a pleasant village and township, one mile S.W. of 
Needham Market, has 435 inhabitants, aud about 2160 acres of 
land, including about 250 acres of woodland. Its parish inch 
also Needham Market township, as afterwards noticed. It is all in 
the manor of Barking, of which the Earl of Ashburnham is lord and 
principal owner. Sir Wm. F. Fowle-Middleton, R. A. S. Adair, 
Esq., the Alexander family, King's College. Cambridge, and several 
smaller proprietors, have estates here. The land is partly copyhold, 
subject to arbitrary fines. Barking Hall, a large ancient mansion, 
lias been divided into tenements, and occupied by poor families 
since 1836. The manor and the advowson of the rectory belonged 
to the church of Ely, from the time of Edward the Confessor till 
the 4th of Elizabeth, when they were alienated, and retained by the 
Crown, until James I. sold them to Sir Francis Needham, whose 
son sold them to Francis Theobald, Esq. The son of the latter 
was highly distinguished for his skill in the Oriental languages. 
The Church (St. Mary) is a large Gothic structure, containing 
several monuments of the Crowley, Theobald, and other families, 
and having a tower at the west end, on which is this inscription : — 
" 10 Henry III. The Bishop of Ely has a grant of a. fair at Bark- 
ing, till the King is of a^e, to last four days, viz., on the eve and 
day of St. John the Baptist, and two following days." The rectory 
has that of Darmsden consolidated with it. and is valued in K.B. at 
<£27. 10s. 7|d., and now at £840. The tithes of both parishes were 
commuted, in 1842, for a yearly rent charge of £800. The Earl of 
Ashburnham is patron, and the Rev. Francis Steward, MA, is the 
incumbent. The Rectory House was built in 1819, by the Rev. C. 
Davy, the late rector. The Charities of Barking Parish are noticed 
with Needham Market, where there is a Post Office. Letters via 
Ipswich. 

Emsden Thos. joiner. & Esther, school 
Gilson Chas. & Thomas, corn millers 

Howe John, vict. Fox aud Goose 
Last Charles, carpenter 
Last Ephraim. boot and shoemaker 
Lingwood Henry, corn miller 
Steward Rev Francis M.A.., Rectory 
Webster Joshua, vict. Lion 
Woollard Luke, blacksmith 
Woollard Mark, beerhouse and shopr 



Woollard Wm. wheelwright and smith 

FARMERS. 
Brown Manning ' Zvludd Thomas 
G-ooderham Charles Preston George 
Gooderham James, Burr Wood 
Goss Richard || ScarfTe Charles 
Havward Frederick Snell Samuel 
Keen Charles Southgate John 
Lambert Wm. I Webber Alfred 



NEEDHAM MARKET, in the manor and parish of Barking, is 
a small town, township, and chapelry, sometimes called a hamlet, 
pleasantly situated on the western side of the small but navigable 
river Gripping, 9 miles N.W. by X. of Ipswich, 3 miles S.E. of Stow- 
market, and 78 miles N.E. of London. It has a Station on the 
.Eastern Union Railway, and contains 1367 inhabitants, and about 
1000 acres of land. Here is a deep lake of about nine acres, called 
Bos-mere, from which this Hundred has part of its name. The town 
formerly had a considerable woollen manufacture, and a weekly 
market on Wednesday : but both dwindled into insignificance after 
the town was visited by the plague in 1685, and soon afterwards 



NEEDHAM MARKET. 433 

ceased to exist. An unsuccessful effort was made, in 1838, to esta- 
blish a Saturday market here. The town has still a yearly fair for 
toys and pedlery. held on the 2^th and 29th of October; and has 
enjoyed some share in the corn, malt, and flour trade, since the 
Gippingwas made navigable from Ipswich to Stowmarket. in 1793; 
but the Railway has monopolised most of the river traffic, since it 
was opened in 1846. The Church (St. John the Baptist) is a small 
plain building, with a wooden belfry, and was re-pewed in 1829. It 
Is a perpetual curacy, valued at £'91, in the patronage of the Rector 
•of Barking, and incumbency of the Rev. George Alex. Paske, M.A. 
Here is a neat Independent Chapel, built in 1837-8, at the cost of 
,£1352. on the site of a smaller chapel, which had been rebuilt in 
1717. and was founded by the congregation of the Rev. John Fairfax, 
M.A., who was ejected from the rectory of Barking in 1665. for non- 
conformity. Here is also a Friends Meeting House, to which a 
girls' school is attached. The Plymouth Brethren have a meeting 
room in the town. Here is a National School, and also an endowed 
Free School. In 1632. Francis Theobald, Esq., bequeathed a mes- 
suage called the Guildhall, to be taken down, and the materials to 
be used in erecting a Schoolhouse at Needham Market; and after 
endowing it with a yearly rent-charge of £20 t he appointed certain 
feoffees to be governors of the school, according to the statutes made 
by him. These statutes direct that the trustees should appoint a 
graduate of the University of Cambridge to be master of the school, 
and that he should teach the youth of Barking. Xeedhani Market, 
and Darmsden, the first principles of grammar, and perfect them in 
reading and writing, (to qualify them for apprentices. ) without fee 
or reward, except such of them whose parents the trustees should 
judge able to pay. Many years ago. the property on which the 
annuity of d£20 was charged, was given up to the charity, in satis- 
faction of a large amount of arrears. The school estate, which 
comprises the Swan Inn. and about 11 acres of land called Marsh 
Meadows, in Xeedham Market, and an acre of meadow land in 
Barking, is now let for about i'00 a year, out of which the master 
receives a salary of £bO. He has also a dwelling-house, and teaches 
21 poor children, as free scholars, in reading, writing, and arith- 
metic. The Almshouses, in Xeedham Market, of which the origin 
is unknown, were repaired in 1S36, and comprise two cottages, each. 
having an upper and lower room. They are endowed with 9 acres 
of land at Greeting All Saints and St. Mary, let for £18 a year, out 
of which four poor women, occupying the lower rooms, have each 
Is. 6d. a week, and a yearly supply of coals. About 30 years ago, 
four other poor women were placed by the trustees in the upper 
rooms, to live rent free, and towards their support the late Samuel 
Alexander, Esq., gave the dividends of £500 three-and-half per 
cent, annuities, so that they have the same allowances as those in 
the lower rooms. The Town Lands, about 22a., let for about £60 
a year, are vested in trustees, who distribute the rents in or about 
January, among the working poor of Barking and Xeedham Mar- 
ket, but the origin of the charity is unknown. Petty Sessions are 

T 



434 



NEEDHAM MARKET. 



held on alternate Wednesdays at the Swan Inn, where there is also 
a Farmers Club. Mr. Fdk. Hay ward is clerk to the magistrates. 
Gas Woeks were erected in 1847, near the Railway Station, at the 
cost of £'1850 ? raised in <£10 shares. The Mechanics Institution, 
established here in 1850, has now about 100 members, a library of 
about 750 volumes, and a news-room; where two Benefit Societies 
hold their meetings. Mr. Thos. Taylor is librarian and secretary. 



NEEDHAM MARKET. 
Post-Office at Mr. Jonathan Tyde- 
man's. Letters are despatched by rails 
and Ipswich mail cart at 7.40 a.m. and 
2.10 and 8.30 p.m. Money Orders are 
granted and paid from 9 morning to 6 
evening. Ipswich is the post town. 
Abbott Jonathan, gentleman 
Alexanders & Co. bankers, (& Ipswich.) 
Saml. Alex. Maw, agent. (See page 
123.) 
Baker John, police constable 
Bedingfeld Misses Caroline & Harriet 
Brill John, station master 
Brook James Bird, solicitor 
Catchpole Mrs Susan || Cane Mrs 
Clabon Wm. wheelwright 
ClarkeWm.gent || DuffeyRev J.{I?idpt.) 
Dearing John, collar & harness maker 
Eaggar Joseph, rake & hurdle maker 
Harrington Allen, chemist, druggist, & 

agent to European Insurance Co. 
Hayward Edward, gentleman 
Hay ward Fredk. solicitor, clerk to ma- 
gistrates, & supt. registrar of Bos- 
mere and Claydon Union 
Jeckell James, bank clerk 
Lovely Ann, staymaker 
Maw Samuel Alex, bank agent, & agent 

to Suffolk Alliance Assurance Co. 
Maw Mrs Lucy[| Mount Wm.trap mkr 
Paske Rev Geo. Alex., M.A. incumbent 
Potter Thomas, basket maker 
Quinton John, chemist, druggist, book- 
seller, and stationer 
Sammons Rev J. C. curate,(?ram. School 
Scopes Edw. bricklayer & parish clerk 
Scopes Edward & Richard, bricklayers 
Sheldrake John, millwright 
Shelley Joseph, gas works manager 
Simpson Wm. cooper 
Snell Samuel, farmer 
Southgate Sar. Ann, corn & flour dealer 
Steward Mr Wm. || Squires Mrs Rachel 
Studd Geo. hair dresser |] Syer MrWm. 
Tydeman Jonth. postmaster &newsagt 
Vincent Jonathan, veterinary surgeon 
Ward Mrs Sophia, brick maker, &c 
Wright Freeman, ironmonger, glue 
manfr. & secretary to Gas Company 
INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Bull, Robert Mudd 



George Inn, Samuel Henry Cooper 
King's Head, Susan Sage 
Queen's Head, Samuel Fairweather 
Rampant Horse, John Mount 
Swan Inn, Samuel Haggar 
Three Tuns, Wm. Tydeman 



ACADEMIES. 

(* talce Boarders J 
*Catt Misses 
Flatt Mary 
Lanham Mr and 

Mrs. Nat. School 
Payne Elizabeth 
*SammonsRevJ.C 

Grammar School 
Taylor Ann 

* Taylor Thomas 

BAKERS. 

Baskett James 
Bo well Robert 
Lockwood Luke 
Lucas Thomas 
Potter Thomas 
Race Martin 
Taylor Wm. 

BEERHOUSES. 

Overton Benj. 
Steward John 
Webb Frederick 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Brown Edward 
Claxon Edward 
Steward John 
Woollard George 

BOOT& SHOEMKRS. 

Baskett Robert 
Beales Samuel 
Brook Jeremiah 
Brook Rd. Cooper 
Farthing Moses 
Groom Robert 
Mulley Edward 
Read Thomas 
Read Wm. 

BUTCHERS. 

* are Pork Bchers. 
*Baskett James 
*Bowell James 
Clover John 
Gilson Samuel 
*Hart Nathaniel 
Hayward John 



♦Lockwood Luke 

CABINET MAKERS. 

Chapman Wm. 
Godfrey Henry 

CORN MILLERS. 

Southgate Abm. 

Steward George, 

(and maltster) 

GARDENERS. 

Hall Robert 
Overton Benj. 
Youngs Daniel 

GROCERS & DRAPRS. 

Bayley James 
Fox John 
Garrard John 
Woodward John 

joiners, &c. 
Chapman Wm. 
Godfrey Henry 

milliners. 
Rabbett Mrs E. 
Read Sarah 
Scopes Sarah 
Quinton Mary 

PAINTERS,PLUMBRSc 
& GLAZIERS. 

Bloomfield Thos. 
Cooper Henry 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Elsden Mary 
Garnham Stephen 
Lovick Mary Ann 
Rabbett Edward 
Taylor Wm. 

STRAW HAT MAKES* 

Baker Elizabeth 
Read Mary 
Wells Sus. 
Woollard Jane 

surgeons, &c. 
Beck Henry 
Beck Thomas 
BedingfeldJs.M.D. 
Field Edw., M.D. 
Pennington Jas. 



NEEDHAM MARKET. 



435 



TAILOKS. 

Garrard & Pattle 
Green John 
Studd John 

WATCHMAKEKS. 

Beard Philip 



Davey John 

EAILWAY 
Trains to Ipswich, 
Norwich, Bury, &c. 
five times a day 



C AEEIEES. 

Eailway Co. daily, 
to all parts 

Wm. Sage, to Ips- 
wich, four days a 
week 



George Turner, to 
Ipswich & Stow- 
market. Tuesday, 
Thurs. & Sat, 

Mail Cart to Ips- 
wich & Bury daily 



BATTISFOBD, a village and parish, U miles W. by S. of Need- 
ham Market, and 3 miles S. of Stowmarket, contains 520 souls, and 
1542a. 3r. of land, skirted by a rivulet which runs eastward to the 
Gipping. It is in. two manors called St. John's and Battisford Hall. 
Wm. Baikes, Esq., is lord of the former, and Chas. Austin, Esq., is 
lord of the latter ; but Sir B. S. Adair, S. A. Maw, Esq., and several 
smaller owners, have estates in the parish. The sub-soil is a strong 
clay, and the common (about 144a.) was enclosed in 1812. The 
old hall, which was a seat of the Bacons, was taken down about 90 
years ago. About 135 acres of land in St. Johns manor, is tithe 
free, being the site of a Hospital of Knights of St. John of Jerusa- 
lem, which, at the dissolution, was valued at <£53. 10s., and granted 
to Sir Bichard Gresham, who with Bichard Billingford, had a grant 
in 1545, of this manor, which had been held by the Bishop of Nor- 
wich. Sir Thomas Gresham, the son of Sir Bichard, founded the 
original Boyal Exchange, in Loudon, and had the frame of that 
edifice constructed here upon the common ; and most of the timber 
used in the work was the growth of this neighbourhood. The 
Church (St. Mary) was repaired in 1841, and has a lead roof and 
small belfry. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at <£8. 0s. 7^-d., is en- 
dowed with all the tithes, which were commuted in 1842, for a 
yearly rent-charge of .£400. 5s. The Bev. Edward Paske, M.A., is 
patron and incumbent, and is also rector of Creeting St. Peter, 
where he resides. The poor have an annuity of 20s., left by Walter 
Rust, in 1685, for a distribution of bread on the 22nd of July. 
Here is a small school, erected by subscription in 1843. Post via 
Ipswich and Needham Market. 



Andrews Eobert, shopkeeper 
Baxter Joseph, carpenter & wheelgt 
Brown Eobert, blacksmith 
Brunning Daniel, blacksmith 
Emsden Catherine, schoolmistress 
Colson Edward, shopkeeper 
Eirth Eev J. L. A. curate, (h Stowmkt) 
Gosling Sophia, shopkeeper 
Last Eobert, boot and shoemaker 
Makin Eobert, jobber 



Sparrow Henry, bricklayer 
Wright Samuel, parish clerk 

FAEMEES. 
Baker Wm. Ling || Gibbons James 
Durrant Thomas || Eeynolds John 
Denny Wm. j Downing Charles 

Harwood Thomas Studd, Hall 
Lingwood Edward, Manor House 
Southgate William 



BAYLHAM, or Bailham, a village and parish, 3 miles S.S.E. of 
Needham Market, and 6 miles N.W. by N. of Ipswich, contains 3X0 
souls, and 1332 acres of land. In the 14th century, it was the lord- 
ship of the Burnavilles, and afterwards passed to the Andrews, 
"Windsors, and Actons. Sir W. F. F. Middleton is now lord of the 
manor and owner of a great part of the soil, and the remainder be- 
longs to Thomas Bobinson, Esq., and a few smaller owners. The 

t 2 



436 BATLHAM. (BOSMERE AND CLAVDOX HUND.) 

Church (St. Peter) is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £] I & "... and 
now having 40a. of glebe, aDd a yearly rent- : ... . . _ I 
in lieu of tithes, in 1843. John I Esq., is ;.;. 

Rev. Win. Col vile, M.A., incumbent. 

Colvile Rev Wm, M.A., rector of FARMERS. 

Bavlham and Broome. Rectory Cart Joseph 



Gooding Edward, shoemaker 
Smith Robert Rogers, corn millei 
Smith Samuel, blacksmith 
Post from Ipswich. 



Crosa lira Dorothy Kv 

E 1 nurds Henry ml Thomas 

Edwards Jane ' Slipping Win. 

Ratter Richard. Baylham Hali 



BLAKENHAM, GREAT half a mile firom Claydon Station, 

is a small village and parish, on the Stowtnarket road. 5 miles N.W. 
by N. of Ipswich, comprising C ; -i4 souls. B69 acres of land, a large 
water mill on the Gipping, and two good inns on the turnpike. The 
manor and advowson were given by Walter Gilford. Earl of Buck- 
ingham, to Bece Abbey, in Normandy ; and were afterwards con- 
ferred by Henry VI. on the Provost and Fellows of Eton College, 
to whom they still belong; but part of the parish belongs to John 
Peecock, Esq., John Cobbold. Esq., Mrs. Phillips, and a few smaller 
owners. The Church St Mary is a plain tiled fabric, and the 
rectory, valued in K.B. at £6. 1 s -_.".. is enjoyed by the Eev. 
Charles Robt Ashfield, who built a new Rectory house here in 1850, 
but resides at Burgate Rectory. The glebe is 7a. 2jl £9p m and the 
tithes were commuted in 1840 for £] ':■ pei annum. The Baptists 
have a meeting-house here. Post from Ipswich; and Rail 
Trains from Claydon Station. 

Cobbold John, farmer Gri : ; m leorge vict 1 -.- 

Cresswell Benj. shopkeeper. Fss:-—.:-: L-::kw; : I Rev EL L. curate, Rectory 

Cresswell Philip , blacksmith E . I m 3 i B b m a eJ wet 3he : n er s 

Cresswell Richardson, shopkeeper and Per:: ek John E. & Eras. larmers 

shoemaker Perry Robert Cobbold, farmer 

Deering John, bricklayer Potter Tbos, wheelwi Lghfc, See. 

-G-arnhamJas.&Wm. maltsters &farmers T ": : I Rot ext, corn millez & m&ltstei 



BLAKENHAM, (LITTLE) U miles N.W. of Ipwich. and 2 
miles W by S. of Claydon Station, is a small village and parish. 
containing 139 souls, and 1046a. If.. Pp. of land. Sir T. G. Culluni 
is lord of the manor, but part of the soil belongs to Mr. W. Clark 
and Mrs. Morgan. Great quantities of Umestom are got and burnt 
!bere for agricultural and building purposes. The Chi .' St 
Mary) is a neat structure, with a tower at Hie vest end. The 
rectory, valued in K.B. at £10. 3s. id., is in the patronage 
incumbency of the Eev. John Jackson, who has 35a. 20f. ci glebe, 
and a yearly rent-charge of £'253 in lieu of tithes. 

Jackson Rev John, rector of Little Bla- I FARMERS. 

kenham and Nettlestead, R-eciory I Clarke Win. 3-reen Bemamin 

Watenam Wm. hurdle maker I Havrard Fdk. Morgan Mrs Lucy 

1 Hazard Wm. (, ; ; :': ciii-su:-'-:) 



BPiAMEORD, a large village on the navigable river (ripping, S§ 
miles N.W. by W. of Ipswich, has a station on the Eastern Union 

Railway. Its parish has several (in e i . :' ns ar.d a small gaper mill. 



BRAMFORD PARISH. 437 

It contains 3246a. 3e. 33p. of fertile land, and increased its popula- 
tion from 562 souls, in 1801, to 997 in 1851. Here is a" common 
and tye M of nearly 10 acres: and 10a. Lb. 10p. is in cottage gardens, 
In the reign of Edward I.. Brarnford was the lordship of Robert de* 
Tibetot ; but for many years, the Acton family had their seat here, 
Sir Philip Yere Broke is lord of the manor of Brarnford: and the 
Eev. Edward Constable Alston, of Eramlingham, is lord of Love- 
tofts manor, in which is Lovetofts Halls, a farm-house, on or near 
the site of the ancient seat of the Tibetots. The Church (St. Mary) 
with the Bere wicks of Burstall and Albrighteston belonging to it, 
was given to Battle Abbey by Wm. Bufus; and the monks had the 
rectory, and were patrons of the vicarage, till the 33rd of Henry 
Till,," when it was granted to Christ Church. Canterbury, in ex- 
change. The Dean and Chapter of Canterbury are now the patrons ? 
and also anpropriators of the great tithes of Brarnford and Burstall. 
which are held on lease by Sir P. T. Broke. They have also a 
rectorial manor, in which their tenants hold by leases of 21 years 7 
renewable every seven years, on the payment of certain fines. The 
vicarage. with the curacy of Burstall annexed to it, is valued in X.B. 
at £13. 3s. 4d., though it is now worth only about _i'^ r > per annum, 
The Rev. S. AY. Maul is the incumbent. Here is a TYesleyan 
Chapel, erected in 1^42. Bramfokd Hall, which was the seat of 
the Acton family, belongs to Sir P. Y. Broke, and is now occupied 
by the Dowager Lady Bateman. It is a neat brick mansion, com- 
manding a delightful view, and distant 3-^ miles N.W. of Ipswich > 
In 1703, Wm Acton gave to the poor of Brarnford £200. to be laid 
out in land, for a quarterly distribution of bread, meat, &c. It was 
laid out in the purchase of a cottage and 14 acres of land, at Stow 
Upland, now let for £--20 a year. The land was exonerated from 
tithes by Xathaniel Lee Acton, Esq., in 1796. The poor parish- 
ioners have also a yearly rent-charge of £&, left by Francis Brooke, 
out of a farm here. The Poors Houses are three tenements, occu- 
pied by six widows, and repaired at the parish expense. 

Bramford Directory. — The four marked * are in Ipswich Borough. 
Dowage?. Lady Batemax, Hall Leggatt John, gent. Brarnford House 

Allan Alfred, schoolmaster Levris Mary, schoolmistress 

Bagley John, blacksmith *Lovelv Wm. vict. Crown 

E any ard Henry, manager of the Eastern Maul fiev Spencer W. Vicarage 

Counties Lime Kilns Osbourn John, bricklayer 

Bowman James, baker, 5cc. Pallant Thomas, butcher 

Burch John, collar and harness maker Palmer Henry, vict. Angel 
Clarke Wm. Chapman, gent. Lodge Simpson George, cooper 

Dally Packard, station master j Spall Edward, policeman 

Doe Wm. bricklayer Dyer Mrs. j *Steward Eev Ambrose, White House 
Eastern Counties Lime Kilns Co. lime Stokes Eobert, gent. Lodge 

merchants T aim ash Wm. tailor " „ 

Elory Wm. brick and tile maker i *Wood Packard Eudland, agent to Rail- 

Gotts Mr Wm. Leadbetter Mrs Ann way Company. Lovetofts ,HaU 
Hardy George, butcher and vict Cock boot & shoehkbs. j Green Wm. Part» 
Harrison Francis, joiner. Arc. Chamberlain Jas. I ridge 

Hitchcock Ebenezer, miller & maltster Giles Isaac I Haward Henry 

Hughes Thos. wheelwright and joiner Mayes Thomas ! Lewis Joseph 
Kerridge Samuel, beerhouse I Prike Wm. [ Morgan John 

King James, wheelwright ief.s. *M urn ford Eobert 

Larter Thos. gardener and seedsman [ Brarnford Benj. I Wm., Grow 



438 BRAMFORD. (BOSxMERE AND CLAYDON HUND.) 



MumfordWm. Hy. 
Mudd John 
Palmer Henry 
Sheldrake Mr. 
Wake Henry 



SHOPKEEPERS. 

Baxter Benjamin 
H award Edward 
Parish Ann,beerhs 



POST OFFICE 
at James King's. 
Letters desp. 6 
evening, via Ips- 
wich 



RAILWAY 
Trains five times 
a day to all parts 



BBICETT (GEE AT) is a village and parish, 4 miles E. by N. of 
Bildeston, and 5 miles S.W. of Needham Market, containing 236 
inhabitants, and 915a. 2r. 29p. of land. It has a fair on July 5 th 
and 6th. Here was a Priory, founded about 1096, by Badulphus 
Fitzbrian, and Emma, his wife, and dedicated to St. Leonard. They 
endowed it with the manor and tithes of Brieett, the tithes of 
Smithfield in London, and other property. Americ Peche, a de- 
scendant of the founder, confirmed all the gifts of his ancestor, and 
founded a chantry in the chapel. This priory having been made a 
cell to Nobiliac, in France, was suppressed in the 5th of Henry VI., 
and its revenues granted to the Provost and Fellows of King's 
College, Cambridge, who are still lords of the manor, appropriators 
of the rectory, and patrons of the Church (St. Mary and St. Law- 
rence,) which is a perpetual curacy, valued at £110, and now in the 
incumbency of the Be v. Walter Young, M.A., of Bildeston. In the 
east window is a profusion of stained glass, representing Edward 
the Confessor, and other figures and devices. In the chancel is a 
marble monument, in memory of John Bright and his wife, of Tol- 
mach Hall, who died in 1670 and 1679. Geo. Mumford, Esq., of 
Brieett Hall; Wm. Adair, Esq,, Gen. Grosvenor, Bev. B. Johnson, 
J. Schreiber, Esq., and several smaller owners, have estates in 
the parish. Post from Ipswich. 

Bloomfield James, parish clerk 
Clark Charles, corn miller 
Leach Wm, farmer, Hall 
Moor Henry Edward, farmer 



Page Wm. blacksmith 
Reynolds John, wheelwright 
Scopes John, shopkeeper 
Tampion Thomas, blacksmith 



CLAYDON, a well-built village, 4 miles N.N.W. of Ipswich, is 
a great thoroughfare, being at the junction of the turnpikes from 
Bury St. Edmund's and Norwich. It has a station on the Eastern 
Union Raihvay, and is on the eastern side of the navigable river 
Gipping, where there are lime-kilns and a whiting manufactory. 
The Bridge, between the village and the station, was built by the 
county in 1849-'50. The parish contains 540 souls, and 951a. 37p. 
of land. Sir W. F. F. Middleton is lord of the manor, but a great 
part of the soil belongs to Tooley's Almshouses, in Ipswich, Messrs. 
B. Cockerell, and G. and S. Groom, Wm. Conder, Esq., and a few 
smaller owners. The manor was formerly held by the Southwell 
and Acton families. Half a mile S. of the village, is Mockbeggars' 
Hall, an ancient farm-house, belonging to W. Conder, Esq. The 
Church (St. Peter,) was nearly all rebuilt in 1851, from funds (about 
<£1000) contributed chiefly by the rector and his family. The tower 
and a small portion of the nave, are all that remain of the ancient 
church ; and contain some good specimens of Saxon architecture. 
The chancel was built from designs by the rector, who also executed 
many of its ornaments, as well as the stained glass in the windows. 



CLAYDON PARISH. 



439 



The transepts and the rest of the new portion of the church were 
executed from designs hy Mr. E.M.Phipson. All the new parts are 
in the decorated style, carried out in the finest style of the mediaeval 
architects. The benefice is a rectory, with that of Akenham an- 
nexed to it, valued in K.B. at <£10, and now at ^6549. The Eev. 
Geo. Drury, B.A., is patron and incumbent, and has a good resi- 
dence, about 50 acres of glebe, and a yearly rent- charge of i£506, 
awarded in lieu of the tithes of the two parishes. (See Akenham.) 
Here is a National School, and a small Independent chapel. 

Moore John, "baker and flour dealer 
Moye Jeremiah, schoolmaster 
OrTbrd Charles, vict. Greyhound 
Kodwell Mrs Sarah || Street Mr James 
Swan Edward, station master 
Webster Bobert, foreman 



Post Office at Maria Barfield's. Let- 
ters via Ipswich 
Agnew Mrs Ann || Drury Mrs Ann 
Alexander Nathl. glover & breeches mkr 
Birch Jeremiah, com miller 
Bradstreet Aaron, carpenter 
Clarke Win. vict. Crown 
Conder Win., Esq., Mockbeggar Hall 
Cooper Thomas, whiting manufacturer 
Drury Bev George, B.A., Rectory 
Faiers Wm, lime dealer, &c. 
Forsdike Isaac, carpenter, &c. 
Green Mrs Ellen |] Lord Mr Beuben 
Heslop Thomas, tailor 
Holden Joshua, plumber, glazier, &c, 
Keddington Mrs C, [I Phillips Mrs 
Kirby Col. Stephen |j Baffe Mr Craig 
Last Thomas, baker and flour dealer 
Meadows W. H. surgeon 
Miller John, tailor 

Morgan Francis & George, blacksmiths 
Morgan John, police inspector 



BUTCHERS. 

Moore Elijah Jas. 
Morgan Jesse 

BOOT & SHOE MKS. 

Bickers Jonathan 
Bridges John 
Mills George 
Morgan Daniel 

FAEMERS. 

(* are Owners.) 
Burgess Wm. 
*Cockerell Bobert 
* Conder Wm. 
*Groom George & 

Samuel 



Miller John, HaW 
Talbot Wm. 

SADDLERS. 

Blowers Charles 
Bing Bichard 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Ashford Henry- 
Last John 
Moore John 

B A I L W A Y 

Trains five times 
a day to all parts 
Carrier to Ipswich 
(see page 145) 



CODDENHAM is a large and well-built village, with several 
handsome houses, picturesquely situated near a rivulet, 3 miles 
E.S.E. of Needham Market, and 7 miles N. by W. of Ipswich. It 
formerly had a fair on October 2nd. Its parish contains 1047 in- 
habitants, and 2719a. of fertile and well-wooded land, iu eluding 
part of Shrubland Park, (see page 431 ;) the beautiful seat of Sir 
W. F. Fowle-Middleton, Bart., lord of the manors of Dennies-with- 
Sackvilles, and Shrubland Hall, which comprise the chief part of 
the parish; but here is a small manor belongiug to the vicarage; 
and Colonel Bobert Martin Leake, and a few smaller proprietors, 
have estates here. The limestone got and burnt here is well suited 
both for agricultural and building purposes. 

The Church (St. Mary) is a large and handsome Gothic fabric, with a 
tower at the north-west corner, containing eight bells. The east window is 
of beautiful painted glass, inserted by the Eev. J. Longe, the late vicar. 
In the chancel are several handsome monuments of the Bacon, Longe, and 
other families. Above one of them hangs an inscription, written on parch- 
ment, in memory of Capt. Philip Bacon, second son of Richd. Bacon, Esq., 
of Shrubland Hall, a distinguished naval commander, who was killed in an 
engagement with the Dutch, on the 1st of June, 1666. This church was 
given to Eoyston Priory by Eustachius de Mere, about the year 1220. The 
impropriation was granted in the 26th of Henry VIII. to* J. Atkyns, and 
afterwards passed to the Eev. Balthasar Gardemau, a French missionary, 



440 CODDENHAM. (BOSMERE & CLAYDON HUND.) 

'who was vicar here iu 1736, and settled the rectory in trust for the use of 
the succeeding vicars for ever, but subject to a yearly rent-charge of £5 
for the poor. The Rev. Robert Longe, M.A., is patron and incumbent of 
the vicarage, which has that of Crow field annexed to it, and is valued in 
K.B. at £12. 0s. 5d., but is now worth about £'1000 per annum, having 
28a. 1r. 35p. of glebe, and being endowed with a small manor and all the 
tithes of Coddenbam, for which a yearly rent-charge of £'044 has been paid 
since 1841. The vicarage-house is a commodious mansion, which was 
built in 1770. In repairing the roof of a house near the church, about 
1774, a fine representation of the crucifixion, in alabaster, was found, and 
deposited in the vestry. In 1753, Lady Cathn. Gardemau, relict of the 
above-named Rev. Balthasar Gardemau, gave the Free School which she 
had erected, with a garden and play-ground of about half an acre, and 
conveyed to trustees a farm of 52a. 1r., in the parishes of Mendlesham and 
Earl Stonham, for teaching 15 poor boys and 15 poor girls, of Coddenbam^ 
to read, write, and cast accounts, and the girls knitting and sewing also, 
The farm is now let for about £75 a year, of which £40 is paid to ther 
schoolmaster and mistress, and the remainder is expended in books, 
stationery, and rewards for the children, after paying for repairs, &c. The 
school is conducted on the national system, and the number of free scholars 
was increased to 50, in 1810. Children of Crowfield are admitted when- 
Coddenham cannot supply the whole number. The vicar, Sir W. F. F. 
Middleton, and the Rev. J. Schreiber are the trustees. Here is a Savings 7 
Bank, which was established in 1818, and in November, 1842, had deposits 
amounting to £26,753. belonging to 894 depositors. It has a branch bank 
at Stowmarket ; and Mr. Albert Attwood, of Gosbeck, is the actuary. It is 
open every Monday, from eleven to one o'clock. One of the neat Italian 
Lodges, at the principal entrauce to Shrubland Park, is in this parish, and 
the other at Barham. (Seepage 431.) Post-Office at Win. Trapnell's^ 
Letters from Xeedbam Market, via Ipswich. 



Acfield John, plumber, painter. &c 
Acfield Win. Andrew, plumber &c 
Blomfield Barringtou, surgeon 
Brown Sarah, blacksmith 
Brown Wm. carpenter, &c. 
Chaplin James, parish clerk 
Chapman Walter, land agent to Sir 

Wm. F. Fowle-Middleton, Bart. 
Cross Charles, wheelwright 
Crowe Mr Chas. Scoggin Mr Saml. 
English Richard, bricklayer & beerhs 
Forsdike Thomas, beerhouse 
Fox John, land agent and valuer 
Grimsey Joseph, schoolmaster 
Hayward Robt. wheelwright & beerhs 
Lomas Murrall, joiner, &c 
Longe Rev Robert, M.A., Vicarage 
Martin John, free schoolmaster 
Moore John D. butcher 
Offord John, well sinker 
Offord Wm. blacksmith & vict. Crown 
Prentice Elizabeth, boarding school 
Scoggin James, cooper, &c 
Scoggin Samuel, butcher 



Smith Moses, saddler & harness mkr 
Suttle Wm, hairdresser, &c 
Taylor Wm. bricklayer 
Woollard Wm. whitesmith 
Wiseman Mrs Harriet 



FAR3IEES. 

Burch Robert 
Chapman Sarah, 

Lime Jcihi 
Clover James 
Clover John 
Biggens Thomas 
Fox John, miller 
Gibson Cornls. 
Gooderham Saml. 
Jacobs Isaac 
Pritty Charles 
Salmon Thomas 
Threadkell Thos., 

Chipping hill 
Wright Jonth. 

GROCERS, &C. 

Acfield Mrs M. 



Mayhew Offord 
Trapnell Wm. 
Willis George, an& 
draper 

SHOE3IAKEES. 

Brunning Samuel 
Butcher John 
Lovett Henry 
Mayhew Offord 

TAIL OS S. 

Miller Henry 
Wilson Wm. 
CARRIERS tc 

Ipswich, Mon.j. 

Wed., and Sat. 
Chaplin George 
Wells Wm. 



CEEETIXG All Saints', St. Mary's, and St. Olaye's, are three 
parishes, in which the houses are intermixed and straggling, and 



CREETING ALL SAINTS', ST. MY. AND OLAVE'S. 441 

extend from 1-^- to %\ miles N.E. of Needham Market. They con- 
tain 575 in habitants, of whom 301 are in All Saints,' 224 in St. 
Mary's, and 50 in St. Olave's. The three parishes contain 3.115a, 
of land, of which 1286a. are in All Saints', 1441a. in St. Mary's, and 
388a. in St. Olave's. They are ecclesiastically united, and have now 
but one church. The Provost and Fellows of Eton College are lords 
of the manor of Greeting St. Mary, which was anciently called the- 
Priory of Greeting, and was a cell to the abbey of Bernay, in Nor- 
mandy, with which it remained till the suppression of the alien 
houses, when it was given to Eton College. Sir E. S. Adair is lord 
of the manor of Greeting St. Olave, which was given by Robert de 
Moreton, Earl of Cornwall, about 1070, to the abbot and monks of 
Grestein, in Normandy, who afterwards erected a priory here, which 
they sold in 1347 to Sir Edmund de la Pole. The manors and ad- 
Towson of St. Olave's and All Saints' were held for a long period by 
the Bridgman family, who sold them in 1753 to P. C. Crespigny r 
Esq. Sir Wm. F. F. Middleton is now lord of Ail Saints' manor. 
The Earl of Ashburnham and several smaller owners have estates in 
the three parishes. Bosmere Hall, 1 mile S.E. of Needham Mar- 
ket, is a neat mansion, with pleasant grounds, bounded by the river 
Gipping and the small lake called Bosmere. It is the property of 
Sir W. F. F. Middleton, and is occupied by his gardener. The Church 
of St. Olave was standing in 1532, when John Pinkney was buried 
in the chancel, but it went to decay in the 17th century, and no 
traces of it now remain. All Saints Church stood near St. Mary's,, 
but being very much decayed, it was taken down in the early part 
of the present century, and was found to have no foundations, the 
ground having merely been levelled and then built upon. St. Mary's 
Church, which now serves for the three parishes, is an ancient struc- 
ture in good repair, standing upon a commanding eminence. The three 
rectories are now consolidated, and are valued in K.B. as follows: — 
All Saints', at £10. 0s. 5d.; St. Mary's, at £7. 14s. 2d.; and St.. 
Olave's, at £4. 17s. 8|d. They are in the patronage of Eton Col- 
lege, and incumbency of the Rev. George John Dupuis, M.A., who* 
has about 50 acres of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £766, awarded 
in 1839, in lieu of tithes. Bunches Charity Estate, the original ac- 
quisition of which is unknown, is vested in trustees, and appropri- 
ated to the use of the poor of Creeting All Saints, except two yearly 
payments of 6s. Sd. each, to the poor of St. Mary and St. Olave. It 
comprises about 41a., let for about £60 a year, and five tenements, 
occupied rent-free by the poor people. In 181 3, Margaret Uveclale 
left £300 to the rector and churchwardens in trust, to distribute the 
interest thereof among poor parishioners of All Saints' of the age of 
60, or upwards. This legacy was invested in £'300 Navy five per 
cents. ; and the new four per cent, stock, substituted for the same r 
was sold by the trustees for £315, which was augmented by Benj, 
Geo. Heath, and invested so as to produce £15 a year. A cottage 
in the churchyard is let by the churchwardens for 30s. a year, which 
is applied with the church rates. In 1619, John Campe left a yearly 
rent-charge of 30s., to be applied as follows in St. Mary's parish, viz., 

t 3 



442 



CREETING PARISHES, 



Wicks Wm. cattle dealer and vict. 
King's Head 



6s. 8d. for repairing the church spire, 3s. 4d. for the repair of the 
chancel, and the remainder for the poor on St. Thomas' day. Greet- 
ing St. Peter lies west of these three parishes in Stow Hundred, and 
is described at page 409. 

Marked * are in Greeting All Saints ; t in St. Olave's ; and the rest in 
St. Mary's. 

f Bixby Thomas, corn miller 
Bridges John, Hart, brick and tile 

maker, Lodge 
*Dupuis Rev Geo. John, M.A. Rectory 
*Fayers John, corn miller, and Mrs 

Elizabeth, Bosmere Mill 
Freeman Ann, vict. Black Horse 
*Harvey Benjamin, shopkeeper 
*Keeble Richd. poor rate collector, &c 
Lockwood Wm. carpenter, &c 
Lovett John, gardener, Bosmere Hall 
Offord Francis, vict. Buck's Head 
Page Wm. parish clerk, &c 
Scopes Robert, bricklayer, &c 
Scopes Susanna, whiting manfr 
Sheldrake Wm. miller, Hawkes Mill 
* Smith Ann, corn miller 



BLACKSMITHS. 

* Offord George 
*Stedman Thos. 

FARMERS. 

* Beard Wm. 
*Cook Samuel 
*Elsden Mary 
Howlett John 
*Kent Wm. 

+ Kistrick James 

* Moore Henry, 

College Farm 
tPage Wm., Dods 
♦Turner Charles 



*Tydeman Edm. 
*Whissell Jesse 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Page Wm. 
* Offord Francis 
*Roshier John 
POST from Need- 
ham, via Ipswich 
Railway Trains 
From Needham 

Market 
Carrier, Grim- 
wood to Ipswich, 
Tue. and Sat. 



CEOWFIELD, a village, township, and parochial chapelry, an- 
nexed ecclesiastically to Coddenham parish, is pleasantly situated 
about 4| miles E.N.E. of Needham Market, and S.S.W. of Deben- 
barn. It bas 410 souls, and 1721 acres of fertile land, mostly a 
strong clay and loam. Sir W. F. F. Middleton, Bart., is impropri- 
ator of the rectorial tithes and lord of the manor; and his family 
were seated here till the early part of the present century, when they 
removed to Shrubland Park. The hall is now occupied by two farms. 
J. Maw, Esq., E. D. Syer, Esq., and a few small proprietors, have 
estates here. The Church is a humble fabric, and the living is a 
curacy, consolidated with the vicarage of Coddenham. The Baptists 
bave a small chapel here. Post from Stonham. 



Blowers James, shopkeepei 
Cator Jeremiah, shopkeeper 
Cuthbert Frederick, maltster 
Doohill Wm. grocer and draper 
Fenning Jonathan, shoemaker 
Gibhons & Whiting, joiners & builders 
Gibbons John, joiners, &c 
Grayston John, blacksmith 
Ling James, shoemaker 
Mayhew Wm. corn miller 
Richardson Robert, beerhouse 
Thurmott Wm. tailor 
Turrell Mary, vict., Rose 



Waterman Simeon, cattle dealer 

FARMERS. 
Baskett Nathaniel, Hall 
Calver Charles | Luccock Francis 
Double Thomas | Mayhew George 
Field Mrs Sarah Brook, Hall 
Ford Henry | Pizzey John 
Gosling Mary | Sharman Samuel 
Greenard Robert | Thompson James 
Hall John | Wicks Job 
Lewis Richard | Whiting Thomas 
Carrier, Durrant, to Ipswich, Tuesday 
and Saturday 



DABMSDEN, a small parochial chapelry, consolidated with Bark- 
ing rectory, has only 54 souls, and about 790 acres of land, 1 mile 
S. by E. of Needham Market. It is the property of the Earl of 
Asbburnbam and Sii W. F. F. Middleton, Bart., and is partly in the 
manor of Taston Hall, now a farmhouse. The Church is a small 



BOSMERE AND CLAYDON HUNDRED. 443 

ancient fabric, and the rectory has been united with that of Barking 
from an early period, under the name of Barking- cum- Darmsden. 
(See page 432.) The Farmees are Jas. Meadows Moore, John Tay- 
lor, Bichard Mudd, and Thomas Snell. 



FLOWTON, a small parish and village. 6 miles W. by N. of Ips- 
wich contains only 173 souls, and 790 acres of freehold land,oe- 
longing to J. Hunt, Esq., and a few smaller owners. The Church 
(St. Mary,) is a plain tiled fabric, with a tower at the west end. The 
rectory, valued in K.B. at £3. 9s. 9jd., and now having a yearly 
rent-charge of =£140 in lieu of tithes (awarded in 1839 ,) is in the 
patronage of and incumbency of the Eev. John Adeney, MA The 
Poor's Land, 5a. 3r., was purchased with £26, given by Eobt Dere- 
haugh aad Wm. Vessey, and was conveyed to trustees in 1674, for 
the relief cf the poor parishioners. 

Adeney Eev John, M.A., Rectory I FARMEES. 

Dedman John, bricklayer I BantofT Charles | Chaplin Wm, 

Lewis John, corn miller I Hardwick John | Mannington John 

Post from Ipswich I Hood Thomas | Veasy Davey 

G-OSBECK, on the Debenham road, 1\ miles X. of Ipswich, and 
5 miles E. of Needham Market, is a scattered parish, containing 
311 souls, and 1446a 2r. 16p. of strong clayey land. Sir W. E. F. 
Middleton is lord of the manor of Gosbeck- with -Newton, and J. 
Tollemache, Esq., is lord of a small manor here called Ketsalfield. 
Part of the parish is in two other manors, of which B. S. Orford and 
J. B. Smith, Esqrs., are lords. E. B. Venn, Esq., C. Austin, Esq., 
Mr. J. M. Pizzey, and several smaller owners have estates here. The 
Church (S. Mary,) is a neat structure, with a tower at the south-west 
corner, and was repaired in 1842, at the cost of <£*60. The rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £S. 5s. 5d ., and now at £SM5, is in the patronage 
aud incumbency of the Eev. W. H. Attwoocl, B.A. The tithes were 
commuted in 1843, for a yearly rent-charge. Post from Coddenham, 
via Ioswich. 



Attwood Eev Win. Hamilton, B.A. 

rector, and Mr Albert 
Abbott Amelia, schoolmistress 
Braham Lucy, shopkeeper 
Garnham Wm, parish clerk 
Grayston Charles, blacksmith 
Smye Robert, vict. Greyhound 
Taylor Samuel, bricklayer 
Wells Wm. corn miller 



FAEMEES. 
Chapman Samuel, Hill Farm 
Churchyard Wm., Xewton Hall 
Mayhew Wm. | Mayhew Yv'ni. jun 
Mulner Oliver | Thurmott Edward 
Pizzey John Meadows, (owner) 
Smith James j Wood John 
Talbot Wm. I Wolno John 



HELMING HAM is a scattered village and a well- wooded and 
picturesque parish, 4 miles S. of Debenham, at the junction of the 
turnpikes from Ipswich and Woodbriclge, and about .9 miles from 
each of those towns. It contains 287 inhabitants, and 2438 acres 
of land, all (except the glebe) the property of John Tollemache, Esq., 
M.P., of Heoiingham Hall, a large and handsome quadrangular 
mansion, with a court yard m the centre, built in or about the time 
of Hemy VIII. of red brick. It contains a fine collection of paint- 
ings, a good library, and a considerable collection of ancient armour, 



444 HELMINGHAM PARISH. 

and is completely surrounded by a moat, tilled with water, and 
crossed by two draw-bridges. The moat and the basin which feeds 
it are frequented by great numbers of wild-fowl of various species. 
The Park comprises 375 acres, sheltered on the north by boldly rising 
grounds, and stocked with numerous herds of deer, among which are 
a few stags, or red deer, which are remarkably large. It is finely 
clothed with wood, and contains some of the finest oaks in this part 
of the kingdom. The ancient Family of Tollemache has been seated 
here from an early period, but was settled at Bentley for some time 
after the Norman Conquest. Hugh de Tollemache, or Talmache, of 
Bentley, was summoned among the barons to attend Edward I. in 
his expedition to Scotland. Lionel Tollemache, having married the 
heiress of the Helminghams, of Helmingham, acquired this estate, 
and made it his residence. His grandson Lionel was high sheriff of 
Norfolk and Suffolk in the 4th of Henry YIII. ; and the grandson 
of the latter, of the same name, was high sheriff of Suffolk in the 
34th of Elizabeth, who conferred on him the honour of knighthood. 
His son Lionel was created a baronet on the first institution of that 
dignity in 1611. Sir Lionel, great-grandson of the first baronet, 
on the death of his mother, the daughter and heiress of the Earl 
of Dysdrt, succeeded, by the law of Scotland, to that earldom, 
He for many years represented Suffolk in Parliament, and was also- 
lord-lieutenant, custos-rotulorum, and vice-admiral of the county. 
The fourth in succession from him was Wilbraham Tollemache^ 
who succeeded his brother in 1799, and died without issue, when 
the titles and honours of the house of Dysart passed to the late 
Countess of Dysart, who died in 1840, and was succeeded by Sir 
Lionel Wm. John Tollemache, the present Earl of Dysart and 
Lord Hunting tower, whose English seats are Ham House, Surrey > 
and Buckminster, in Leicestershire ; but the family estates in 
Suffolk, Northamptonshire, and Cheshire, passed to John To\le> 
mache, Esq., 2I.P., who has greatly improved Helmingham Hall r 
since he came into possession, and is now M.P., for the Southern 
Division of Cheshire. In 1853, he erected here at the cost of about 
£1200, handsome and commodious Schools, comprising a house 
for the teachers, an upper school, for 100 sons of farmers, &c, and 
a lower school, for 120 children of labourers, &c. These well-con- 
ducted schools are open to the children of Helmingham and the 
surrounding parishes, where the founder has estates, and where he 
provides an annual feast for the juvenile population, in his beauti- 
ful park. The Church. (St. Mary,) embosomed in wood, stands by 
the side of the park, and contains the vault and splendid monu- 
ments of the Tollemache family. Here, among other warriors, is 
interred the heir of the family, who fell before Valenciennes, in 
1793. Upon the monuments are many well executed figures, in 
marble, by Nollekens and other eminent sculptors. The rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £18, has 37a. 33p. of glebe, and a yearly rent- 
charge of £'540, awarded in 1839, in lieu of tithes. " The Lord 
Chancellor is patron, and the Bev. J. C. Byle, B.A., is the incum- 
bent. The poor receive from J. Tollemache, Esq., aLP., the interest 
of £10, left by James Gosling, in 1748, and a yearly rent-charge of 



HELMINGHAM PARISH. 



4 45 



10s. out of bottom Farm, left by an unknown donor. 
Stonham. 

Tollemache John, Esq., M.P., Helming- 

ham Hall 
Beckett Win. steward 
Jessop John, wheelwright & carpenter, 

Post Office 
Last Wm. parish clerk 
Oxborrow Ephraira, shoemaker 
Oxborrow Robert, smith, &: Mrs Rachel 
Ryle Rev John Chas., B.A., Rectorg 
Symmons Hy. & Mrs Louisa, schools 



Post from 



Whiting David, gamekeeper 

FARMERS. 
Ashwell George Kersey Mrs, Hall 
Birch James jj Posford Joseph, Valley 
Birch Stephen || Sawyer Edw. 
Fulcher Samuel || Whiting John 
Kersey Joseph Henry, Booking Hall 
Kersey Henry Pells 
Oxborrow Edward Robt., Pearls Farm 
Caeeiee, Webb, to Ipswich, Saturday 



HEMINGSTONE, a village and parish, 5i miles N. of Ipswich, 
contains 388 souls, and 1444a. Ik. 6p. of land, mostly freehold, and 
belonging to Bicbard B. Martin, Esq., Eev. M. G. Edgar, Sir 
W. F. F. Middleton, and a few smaller owners. Camden says that 
Baldwin le Petteur held lands here by the rediculous serjeantcy of 
jumping, belching, and f — t — g before the king; such was the plain 
jolly mirth of ancient times. A similar tenure existed at "Wattis- 
ham, in Cosford Hundred. Hemingstone Rail, the seat of E. B. 
Martin, Esq., is a brick mansion, in the Elizabethan style, situated 
in a pleasant vale, 6 miles N. of Ipswich. It was built by Wm, 
Style, Esq., who died in 1655. The Church (St. Gregory) is a neat 
structure in the decorated style. On the north side it has apparently 
two porches ; but one, called Ralph's Hole, is said to have been 
built by Ealph Cantrell, who, being a Eoman Catholic, saved his 
property, and satisfied his conscience respecting a vow he had made,. 
of never entering a Protestant place of worship, by erecting this 
oratory, in which, by means of a small aperture," he could hear 
divine service without entering the church. The rectory, valued in 
K.B. at £8. lis. 5-Jd., has 70a. 2r. 20p. of glebe, and a yearly rent- 
charge of £'369. 5s. 5<L, awarded in 1837, in lieu of tithes. Sir TV. 
F. F. Middleton, Bart., is patron, and the Eev. Thomas Brown* 
B.A., incumbent. Post from Coddenham, via Ipswich. 



Barker Wm. shopkeeper 

Brown Rev Thomas, B.A., Rectory 

Brewster John, gardener 

Edwards Wm. shoemaker, & heerhs 

Fenning Eobert, parish clerk 

Fenn Simeon, tailor 

Fulcher James, blacksmith 

Martin Richard Bartw., Esq., Hall 



Mayhew Wm. brewer 
Mays Henry, wheelwright 
FARMERS. 
Brook Benjamin [| Page Daniel 
Chapman Sus. jj Potter Jane 
Chapman Wm. I Potter Charles 
Garnham John jj Peecock James 
Thompson Joseph 



HENLEY, a scattered village and parish, on the Debenhara road r 
4^- miles N. of Ipswich, contains 329 inhabitants, and 1232a. 3k, 
26p. of land, mostly having a strong clayey soil. A large portion 
of it belonged to the late General Sir Charles Broke fere, Esq., 
who died in 1843. (See page 243.) The Yere familv had a seat 
here more than two centuries. The Eev. J. M. Theobald is lord of 
the^ manor, owner of part of the parish, and lessee of the rectorial 
tithes under the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, who are patrons of 
the vicarage, which is valued in K.B. at £10. 0s. 10d., and is now 



446 HENLEY. (BOSMERE AND CLAYDON HUNDRED.) 

ill the incumbency of the Eev. Henry Pearson. The Church St. 
Peter) has a tower and five bells. In 1841, the rectorial tithes were 
commuted for a yearly rent-charge of £256, and the vicarial tithes 
for £118 per annum. The Baptists have a small chapel here. In 
1760. Thomas Vere, Esq., left <£200 to be invested in the funds, and 
the dividends to be applied yearly as follows: — £'6 to be distributed 
among the poor parishioners : 10s. to be paid to the clerk; and the 
remainder to the vicar for a sermon on Good Friday. This legacy 
is vested in =£215. 17 s. 9d. three per cent. Reduced Annuities. Post 
from Ipswich. 



Andrews Eclvr. Charles, corn miller 
Collett Bev VToodthorpe ; M.A. 
Xing John, shopkeeper 
Parker James, carpenter, & beerhs 
Pearson Rev Henry, Vicarage 
Plumber Amos, blacksmith 
Sheldrake Wm. shoemaker 
Silbourne J. shoemaker 



"Warren Charles, wheelwright, and 
parish clerk 

FARMERS. 
Brook Isaac Barker Joseph 
Brook "Wm. Markham James 
Chittock Henrv, farm bailiff 
Cook John 5larkham Henry 
Fenn Simeon Marshall Wm. 



MICKFIELD. a scattered village, 3 miles WiLW. of Debenham, 

has in its parish 250 souls, and about 1300a. of land. It is in two 
manors called Wolney Hall and Flede Hall. Sir H. S. Adair is 
lord of the former, and W. Perry. Esq.. of the latter, but a great 
part of the soil belongs to Captain Wbl John Christie, i owner of 
Mickfield Hall,\ E. Dalian, Esq., and the Skinner, Edwards. Davey, 
and other families. Wolney Hall manor appears to have belonged 
to the alien priory of Grestein in Normandy, and to have been sold 
by that convent to Tydemanus de Lvmbergh. about the year 1347. 
The Church (St. Andrew is a neat building, with a tower at the 
south-west angle. The rectory, valued in K.B. at i&. lis. u-kLhas 
26a. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £390, awarded in lieu of 
tithes in 1838. The Eev. M. Simpson is patron and incumbent. 
In 1612, the Rev. John Jletcalf left a messuage in Bread street, 
Woodbridge, to the churchwardens of Atickfleld, in least to pay the 
Easter offerings, and other common expenses of the parishioners. 
It is now let for ^'20, which, after paying 13s. -id. for Easter offerings, 
is applied with the church rates, as also is £o, the rent of a cottage, 
adjoining another cottage appropriated to the use of the parish 
clerk. Mr. John Creasey, a poor man here, is now (1854! in the 97th 
year of his age, though in possesssion of all his faculties. Post 
from Stonharn. 

Barker Robert, parish clerk Taylor Isaac, wheelwright, blacksmith, 

Beecroft Henrv. boot & shoemaker and machine maker 

Berrr James, blacksmith FABIEEBS. 



Hubbard Jane, scchoolmistress 
Qninton John, shopkeeper 
Simpson Be? Alaltyward. B.A.. Rectory 
Stagg Robert, cattle dealer 



Cousens Mra Susanna ITaria 
Edwards John, Elm House 
G-ostling James Hammond James 
Go wing David. Miclmeld Hall 
Simpson Bt. Bed M* Thnrmott John 



XETTLESTEAD, a picturesque parish, i miles S. of Need haw 

Market, and miles N.E. of Ipswich, has only 81 inhabitants, and 
1028a. 3r. 26p. of land, rising in bold undulations, divided into four 



NETTLESTEAD PARISH. 447 

farms, and belonging to W« M. Canhew, Esq.. G. Tomline, Esq., Sir 
W. F. F. Middleton. and several smaller freeholders. Jas. Cuddon, 
Esq., is lord of the manor, but Xettlestead Hall is the residence and 
property of Mr. Edward Snell. This ancient mansion is the sub- 
ject of one of Mrs. Cobbold's beautiful poems, and was a seat of the 
noble family of TVentworth from 1450 till the reign of Charles I.. 
when Thomas Wentworth. Earl of Cleveland, and Baron Went- 
worth, of Xettlestead. sold it to VTm. Lodge, of London. The Earls 
of Pdchmond and Brittany held the lordship of Xettlestead from the 
Xonnan Conquest till the 17th of Henry II. Peter de Savoiy had 
a grant of it in the 25th of Henry III., and the Tibetots held it 
from the reign of Edward I. to that of Edward III., after which it 
was held for some time by the Despensers. The Church St. Mary i 
is a neat building, with a tower at the west end. The living is a 
discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £8, lis. 10^-d.. and now having 
4a. of glebe and a yearly rent-charge of i'196, awarded in 1840 in 
lieu of tithes. The Pie v. John Jackson, of Little Blakenham, is 
patron and incumbent. The Farmers, are John Boper, Rookery ; 
Edward Snell, Xettlestead Hall, and Thos. Wake, Watering. 



OFETOX parish has a number of scattered houses, and a small 
village. 4£ miles S. by W. of Xeedham Market, and 7§ miles N-W. 
by W. of Ipswich. It contains 410 souls and 1561 acres of land, 
including the small hamlet of Little Bricett, which has about 25 
inhabitants ; and the farm of Talmage or Tolmach Hall, distant more 
than a mile TV. of Offton church, and now the property and manor 
of Sir Pi. S. Adair. Little Bricett has been annexed, to OfTton since 
1503, previous to which it was a separate parish, and had a church 
which was appropriated to Thetford Priory by Robert de Piheims. 
The Hall, now a farm house, had its name from the ancient family 
of Tollemache, and was a seat of the Kemps and D ? Autreys. Jas. 
Cuddon, Esq., is lord of the manor of Offton, but a great part of the 
soil belongs to the Adair, Sparrow, Kersey, and other families. Upon 
a chalk hill here, once stood an ancient castle, which tradition as- 
cribes to Offa, king of Mercia, after he had slain Ethelred, king of 
the East Angles, and seized his dominions. From the same 
monarch the village also is said to have derived its name. No 
vestiges of the castle are extant. The Cliurch St. Mary) was in the 
appropriation of Thetford priory, but in the 32nd of Henry Till., 
the rectory and advowson were granted to Thomas. Duke of Xorfolk. 
J. G. Sparrow, Esq., is impropriator of Off'ton and patron of the 
:/ge, which has the rectorial tithes of Little Biicett, and is valued 
in K.B. at £7. 16s. 0^-d. The Eev. C. Sparrow is the incumbent, 
and has a yearly rent-charge of _i'lS9, awarded in 1S39. when 
£"218. 10s was awarded to the lay impropriator in lieu of the rec- 
torial tithes of Offton. Post from Bramford. via Ipswich. 



Archer Daniel 5c James, wheelwrights 
Archer George, wheelwright 
Church Thos. jnn. shoemaker 
Cousins Thomas, blacksmith 
Green Wm. carpenter 



Laws Alfred, grocer and draper 
Shepherd Wm. thatch er 
Simpson John, parish clerk 
Sparrow Eev Charles, Vicarage 
Steward Mrs. shoemaker 



448 OFFTON. (BOSMERE AND CLAYDON HUNDRED. 



Tampion Thomas, vict. Greyhound 
Vincent Abraham, farrier 

FARMERS. 
Barber Geo. Lee || Bond John 
Chenery Richard || Rands Samuel 



Church Thos. || Menus Robert 
Kersey Robert || Raynham Dinah 
Kistrick John |j Squirrell Freeman 
Kistrick Joseph, Tolmach Hall 
Mullett John, and maltster 
Wyard John, Castle Farm 



BINGSHALL, a scattered village and parish, 3^- miles W.S.W. 
of Needham Market, and 4^- miles S. of Stowmarket, contains 371 
inhabitants, and 2116 acres of strong clayey land, chiefly arable. 
Wm. Adair, Esq., is lord of the manor, which was formerly in four 
manors, called Bingshall, Charles Hall, Eokels, and Eawlins. A 
large portion of the parish belongs to Sir J. E. Eowley, the Be v. E. 
Johnson, and the Jenny, Hitchcock, Squirrell, and a few other fami- 
lies. The hall and manors were formerly held by the Barkers, Wat- 
sons, and Greshams. The Church (St. Katherine) is a neat fabric, 
exhibiting some remains of Norman architecture; but the east 
window is decorated, and three in the chancel are in the perpendicu- 
lar style. It was restored in 1853, at the cost of the rector. The 
rectory, valued in K.B. at .£11. 18s. l^d., is in the patronage of the- 
Master and Fellows of Pembroke College, Oxford, and incumbency 
of the Eev. Charles Fredk. Parker, M.A. The tithes were commuted, 
in ]839, for a yearly rent charge of £562. Here was formerly a* 
Free- Chapel, belonging to Norwich priory, and endowed with 30a» 
of land. Post from Needham Market, via Ipswich. 



Eird Ebpnezer, grocer and draper 
Blyth Mr Wm. || Thorp Geo. postman 
Charles Rev Samuel, M.A. curate 
Dickerson, Daniel, shoemaker 
Driver Maria, shopkeeper 
Parker Rev Chas. Fredk., ~M A., Rectory 

FARMERS. 
Beaumont Isaac || Laflin Hannah 
Cooper James, Charles Hall 



Cooper Jonathan || Laflin Jonathan 
Gibbons Thomas |] Makens John 
Harvey Wm. || Makens Robert 
Hay ward Thomas, Ringshall Hall 
Hicks Mrs Cath. || Nunn Samuel 
Hitchcock John || Powling Charles- 
Home Daniel || Mudd Thomas 
Knock Wm. |] Rouse Benjamin 



SOMEBSHAM, 5J miles N.W. of Ipswich, and 6| miles N.E. of 
Hadleigh, is a pleasant village and parish, containing 422 souls, and 
1027a. of land, belonging* to Mrs. Eliz. Norman, 0. Kersey, Esq., 
the Eev. N. J. Stubbin, (in right of Mrs. Stubbin, lady of the manor,) 
and several smaller owners, who have estates here. The Bohuns,. 
Earls of Northampton, were many years lords of the manor, which, 
in 1483, was given by Bichard III. to the Duke of Buckingham. It 
has since passed to various families. The Church (St. Mary) is a- 
neat structure, with a tower at the west end, and is a rectory, valued 
in KB. at £8, and now having 32a. 31 p. of glebe, and a yearly rent 
charge of <£280, awarded, in 1839, in lieu of tithes. The Bev. N. J. 
Stubbin is patron and incumbent. The Independents and Baptists- 
have chapels here. The Town Land, 1a. 3r. is let for £3. 15s. a 
year, which is distributed among the poor at Christmas. A great 
part of the land is farmed by persons residing in the adjoining 
parishes. Post from Bramford, via Ipswich, 



SOMERSHAM PARISH. 



U9 



Andrews Geo. shopkeeper and smith 
Carrington Benjamin, shopkeeper 
Crook Rev Jas,, (Bapt.) schoolmaster 
Dedman Wm. beerhouse 
Fenn Thomas, parish clerk 
Flory Isaac, vict. Duke cf Marlbro' 
Gardiner Edward, shoemaker 



Lait Wm. wheelwright 
Moore George, butcher 
Norman Peter, blacksmith 
Phillips Joseph, schoolmaster 
Stubbin Rev Newman John, Rectory. 
Wellham Robert, bricklayer 
Wyard Mary, farmer 



STONHAM ASPALL, a large, pleasant, and well-built Tillage,. 
5 miles N.E. of Needhain Market, 6 miles E. of Stowmarket, and 11 
miles N. by W. of .Ipswich, has in its parish 814 inhabitants, and 
2399a. 2r. 25p. of land. Sir W. F. F. Midclleton is lord of the manoiv 
but a great part of the soil belongs to the Turner, Bloomfield, Tay- 
lor, Dalton, Lock, Yenn, and other families. The Aspall or Haspele 
family were many years lords and patrons here, and their name was 
added to that of 'the parish, to distinguish it from the two neigh- 
bouring parishes of Stonham Earl and Stonham Parva. Broughton 
Hall, now a farm house, was the seat of a branch of the ancient 
family of Wing field, the last of whom died here in 1762. In the 
churchyard is a monument to the memory of Anthony Wingfleld^ 
Esq., whose effigy in alabaster, much injured by time, is represented 
in a recumbent posture, grasping a serpent. The Church (St. Lam- 
bert) is a beautiful specimen of the decorated style, with a tower,, 
containing a fine peal of ten bells, presented during last century, by 
Mr. Eccleston, of Crowfield. The interior was repaired in 1843, and 
in the preceding year, a new fine-toned organ was erected. The east 
window has a rich display of flowing tracery. The rectory, valued 
in K.B. at <£19. 10s 2^d., and now at £'650, is in the patronage of 
Sir W. F. F. Middleton, and incumbency of the Piev. Charles Short- 
ing, M.A. The glebe is about 50a. ; and in 1837 the tithes were- 
commuted for a yearly rent charge of <£666. 10s. 

In 1012, the Rev. John Metcalf, rector of this parish, bequeathed his 
lands in Stonham, Pittaugh, and Winston, to be conveyed to 16 inhabitants- 
of Stonham Aspall, for the following public uses and charitable purposes 
in this parish, viz., — a tenement called Pitts (two cottages and gardens,) 
for keeping the church path from Broad green in repair; 43a. of land for 
repairing the church, paying the lord's rents, and discharging common ex- 
penses of the parishioners; a tenement called Smith's, comprising a house,, 
double cottage, stable, and 46a. of land, for a schoolmaster, to teach freely 
the youth of Stonham and Pettaugh, and to pay 40s. out of the rent yearly 
to the usher; a tenement called Curtaines, comprising a house and 7a. 2b» 
of land for the usher, conditionally, that he should also do the duty of sex- 
ton or parish clerk; a barn and 13a. of land adjoining the glebe, and a 
house and 5a. 2r. 24p. for the maintenance of four poor parishioners, under 
the name of almspeople ; and a tenement called Mouses, with Spittlehouse 
croft, and land called Cockroyd, Abbot's close, Long Sponge, &c, that the 
churchwardens should dispose of the rents thereof, in "supplying the defect 
of alms to the four almspeople, in paying the yearly offerings of the pa- 
rishioners communicating at Easter, and the fines that may be levied on the 
testator's customary lands ; and that they should bestow the surplus, if 
any, in the common expenses of the parishioners ; but that they should 
allow the rector to occupy the Town Close (8a. 2r.,) at the fixed annual 
rent of £6. The property given for maintaining four almspeople is let for 
,£27. 2s. 6d. a year. The property given for the repairs of the church, pay- 



450 



STONHAM ASPALL PARISH. 



ment of lord's rents, and of common expenses of the parishioners, and that 
given for supplying the defects of alms, the payment of Easter offerings, &c, 
comprise together a farm of 52a. 9p. let for <£72 a year, and the Town Close, 
let for £d. These rents, after paying £2. 10s. yearly to each of the four 
almspeople, and various sums for quit-rents, &c, are applied with other 
funds to the reparation of the church, and the causeway mentioned in the 
will. The schoolmaster's house and land are worth £'80 a year, but are 
occupied by him self. The usher occupies the house and land left for him, 
and they are worth £16 a year. The School is free to all the boys of this 
parish and Pettaugh for instruction in reading, writing, and arithmetic; 
but the master (the Eev. Et. Leggett, B.A.,) is allowed to take other scho- 
lars, who pay for their education. Here is also a Girls' Free School, sup- 
ported by the rector and other subscribers. 



STONHAM ASPALL. 
Post //'07ft Stonham Parva. 
Ashford Robert, grocer and draper 
Berry Win. bricklayer & whiting mfr 
Blowers Thomas, cabinet maker 
Chiver Joseph & Co., grocers, drapers, 

and tailors 
Clark Tydeman, blacksmith 
Cook Elizabeth, corn miller 
Cooper Win. usher, Free School 
Dalliston Robert, carpenter 
Howes Jas. gent. Higgins J. jobber 
Kemp Henry, bricklayer 
Lambert Wm. shoemaker 
Last John, shopkeeper 
Leggett Rev Robert. M.A./ree schoolmr 
Oxborrow Saml. shoemaker, Post office 
Race John, shopkeeper 
Reeve Benjamin, tailor 



Shorting Rev. Charles, M.A., Rectory 
Shulver Joshua, wheelwright,, black- 
smith, and vict., Ten Bells 
Syer Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Webb George, beerhouse 
FARMERS. 



Freeman John 
Freeman Joseph 
Ford Thomas 
Fulcher Nathaniel 
G-rirnwade William 
Sherthev&.B rough- 

ton Hall 
Martin Stephen 
Mavhew John 
Mullmer Rt. & W. 
Preston Hy. & Jas. 
Rogers Thomas 
Rolfe John 



Simpson Edgar 
Simpson Hy. and 

butcher 
Sparrow Charles 
Taylor Henry 
Taylor Wm. 
Turner John 
Wade Mark 

CARRIER. 
Jas. Bridges, to 
Ipswich, Tu., Th., 
and Sat. 



STONHAM, (EAHL) a parish of scattered houses, about 5 miles 
E.of Stowrnarket, and 1 mile S.W. of the Post office at Stonham 
Parva, contains 878 inhabitants, and 2520a. 3r. 31p. of strong clayey 
land. Messrs. Holmes, Jackson, and Sparke, of Bury St. Edmund's, 
are lords of the manor, which is mostly freehold, and belongs chiefly 
to the Welham, G-amham, Matthew, Cuthbert, Nunn, Plowman, 
Howlett, and a few other families. It anciently belonged to the 
Earls of Norfolk, and from them was called Earl Stonham, to dis- 
tinguish it from the two neighbouring Stonhams. The Duke of 
Norfolk had the grant of a market and fair here in the 1st of Edward 
IH., but they have been obsolete several centuries. Beeroolts Hall, 
now a farm house, was the seat of the Driver family. The Church 
(St. Mary) is a neat cruciform structure, with a tower at the west end, 
and has a beautiful ceiling. The rectory, valued in KB, at £\ 7. 2s. 6d. 
and now at <£659, is in the patronage of Pembroke Hall, Cambridge, 
and incumbency of the Rev. John Phear, MA., who has 33a. of 
glebe, and a yearly rent charge of ^£659, awarded, in 1839, in lieu 
of tithes. 

A close called Blum's (3a, 1r. 2p.,) and Acre Meadow, in the manor of 
Filiol, in Earl Stonham, were settled in the 19th of Edward 4th, in trust 
for the common "benefit of the parishioners. George Reeve, in the 4:2nd 
of Elizabeth, settled in trustees 20a. of land, at Stowrnarket and Stow- 



EARL STONHAM PARISH. 



451 



Upland, for maintaining a schoolmaster to teach poor children of Earl Ston- 
ham. At the same time the Hall field (7a.,} was settled for apprenticing 
and buying books for the poor scholars, and the Mill field ( v 6a.) for the use 
of the poor. A messuage and 3a. of land called Dunhams, were settled, in 
the 15th of Henry 8th. for the benefit of the parishioners. For the same 
purpose, the Guildhall (now the schoolliouse.) and a barn and 20a. called 
Thradstones, near Stowmarket, were settled in the 15th of Edward 4th. 
Burnt House land (5a.) was purchased, in 1681, for the use of the parish, 
with sundry benefactiuns and money arising from the sale of wood. These 
Chabity Estates, with some other land, purchased for and appropriated 
to the general use of the parishioners, are partly freehold and partly copy- 
hold, and are under the direction of certain feoffees, and the churchwardens 
for the time being. They comprise altogether about 64 acres, let for about 
£150 a year. The rents are carried to the same general account, and ap- 
plied partly in paying a salary of £40 to the schoolmaster, who teaches eight 
free scholars; in providing about £9 worth of clothes for the free scholars; 
in buying gowns for two poor women ; and in distributing about a£"30 among 
poor parishioners ; and the rest of the income, after paying quit-rents and 
various contingent expenses, is applied towards the expenses of the church- 
warden, constable, kc. Post Jrom Stonham Parva. 

Baldwin Howard 



STONHAM (EAEL.) 

Brook Henry, corn miller 
Buck Robert, viet.. Angel 
Colman Benjamin, free schoolmaster 
Doe Lemon, Laker and beerhouse 

Gostling Wei. corn miller 

Haill Wm, carpenter and parish clerk 

Pells Robert, ironfounder. kc. 

Phear Bev John.. 1LA. ; Beeterp 

Bush A \ m. bricklayer 

Ungless Josiah, carpenter 

Warren Charles, wheelwright 



BIACXS5HTHS. 

Jacobs Edmund 
Runnacles J. Fdk. 
Taylor Edward & 

c right 
boot k shoz::i:: s. 
Ling Wm. 



AEilis Sai 
Pierpoint John 
B unn acle s J o b a F , 

FABMEBS. 

(* are Owners.) 

Baker Bobert 



B lis sard Wm. 
Euleher John 
*G-arnham John, 

VTtdie House 
*Howlett Elijah, 

Deerbolts 
Jolly Mr 
Kersey Peter 
Martin Samuel 
*AEavhew George 
Aloore SI., Bed ft*. 
*Nnnn Cornelius, 

cattle dealer 
Xunn James 
Plowman Bobert 
*Plowman Samuel 
Saunders Bobert 
Shepherd Richard 



Sporle John 
Sporle Joseph 
Sporle Jph. jun. 
Sledman Zephna. 
* Taylor Isaac 
ray Lit Wm. 
-Turner Charles 
*Welham John 
Weiharn John, jun 

G-BOCEBS & DPBS. 

Ager Jonathan 
Ford John 
Jacobs Edward 
Ling Wm. 

POST AMD CABBIEBS 

from Stonham- 
Parva 



STONHAM, ('LITTLE or Stonham Parva, a scattered village 
and parish. 11 miles X. by W. of Ipswich, and 6 miles E.N.E. of 
Stowmarket and WJLW. of Debenham, contains 36S souls, and 
about 1190 acres of land. On the Ipswich and Norwich turnpike 
it has two good inns, near one of which (the Magpie) is a regular 
post office, commonly called Stonham Pie. At the point where the 
Debenham and Stowmarket road crosses the turnpike, is a large 
brewery and malting establishment. The parish is sometimes called 
Stonham Jerningham. from the ancient family, who were lords here 
for manv years. It is in two manors, viz., Stonham Hall, of which 
Sir W. E. E. Atiddleton is lord, and Eleet Hall with Waltham Hail, 
of which the Executors of Wm. Parry, Esq., are lords, but the 
parish is mostly freehold. The Blomfield, Cuthbert. Christie. Pul- 
ford, and other "families have estates here. The Church (St Mary), 
is a neat structure, with a fine tower and five bells. The rectory, 



452 



STONHAM PARVA PARISH. 



valued in K.B. at £9. 17s. 8Jd., and now at £360, is in the patronage 
of Wm. Heydon, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. W. C. Leach, 
who has 32a. of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of £330, awarded in 
lieu of tithes, in 1842. 

In 1481, the Rev. John Beale bequeathed his tenement called the Pie ? 
with a piece of ground called Caxtrelis, or Catisset 5 and a yard called Ide r s 
yard, to feoffees, in trust, that out of the rents thereof they should keep the 
premises in repair, and lay out the remainder in repairing the highways of 
Little Stonham. The property thus vested in trust comprises the ancient 
inn called the Magpie, and about three roods of land ; and was let by the 
trustees, in 1696, on lease for 160 years, at the small annual rent of £%, to 
Jonathan Reeve, who laid out about £220 in improving the inn, and cove- 
nanted, for himself and the succeeding owners of the lease, to keep it in 
good repair. The inn and the land were formerly let by the lessee for about 
£70 a year ; but they are now let for only £20 per annum. Several unsuc- 
cessful attempts have been made to set aside the lease, so that the parish 
might enjoy the full annual value of the inn and land, which will revert to 
the parish in 1856. In 1523, Margaret Gowle left about 15 acres of 
land in Chilton, for charitable uses in Little Stonham ; and it is now let 
for £20 a year, which is distributed during winter, in coals, by the church- 
wardens, among the poor parishioners. The TOWN FARM, 37a. 1r. 6p., 
let for £60 a year, was derived chiefly from the bequest of Thos. Crowe, in 
1483, and partly from the bequests of Barnaby Gibson, in 1597, and Wm. 
Blomfield, in 1685. The rent is applied as a stock for the common weal 
of the parishioners, mostly for the reparation of the church and roads, and 
partly in distributions of bread among the poor; together with £5. 10s. a 
year, as the rent of a double cottage and garden, purchased with £20 given 
by Barnaby Gibson, and £10 given by the parishioners. The interest of 
£20, left by Gilbert Mouse for distributions of bread, is paid out of the 
rent of the Town Farm. The parish constable has, by ancient usage or 
otherwise, 3r. 38p. of land, now let for 26s. a year. In 1685, Robert Devc- 
reaux left £10 for the aged poor, and it was laid out in the purchase of 
half an acre of land, which now lets for 12s. a year, and forms part of a 
pightle of 1a. 18p., of which the remainder is glebe. The Parish School 
is supported by subscriptions. 

STONHAM PARVA. 

Post Office at Wm. Bennett's, Ston- 
ham Pie. Letters are despatched by 

mail cart to Ipswich at 11.20 p.m., and 

to Norwich, &c, at 7 a.m. Jloney Or- 
ders are granted and paid. 

Ashford Robert, shopkeeper 

Bennett Wm. postmaster, Stonham Pie 

Bentick Daniel, carrier to Ipswich 

Buxton Hayward, bricklayer 

Cuthbert & Sedgwick, brewers, malt- 
sters, and corn merchants 

Cuthbert John Hunt, brewer, &c. (C. 
and S.) 

Ford Wm. gent. || Lawrence Hy. clerk 

Jessop Henry, vict. Stonham Hotel 

Leach Rev. Wm, Crawley, Rectory 



Norfolk Robert, blacksmith 
Oxborrow James, vict., Magpie 
Page Samuel, shopkpr. and wheelgt. 
Sedgwick John K. brewer, &c. (C.& S.) 
Smith Samuel, parish clerk 
Thurlow Jeremiah, carpenter 
Tydeman Jesse, carpenter 
Warner Charles, corn miller 
Whitehead Maria, schoolmistress 
Wyatt Hadfleld, working brewer 
FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 

* Cuthbert Jno. Hunt || Francis Robert 

* Blomfield John |j King Wm. 
Durham Alfred || Ford Herbert, Hall 
Edwards John jj Wright Wm. 
Carriers, Gilbert & Bentick, to Ips- 
wich, Tuesday and Saturday 



SWILLAND, a small village and parish, 6 miles N.N.E. of 
Ipswich, and N.W. of Woodbridge, has 267 inhabitants, and 951a. 



SWILLAND. (BOSMERE AND CLAYDON HUND.) 453 

of land. Mrs. Cowell is lady of the manor, which was formerly held 
by the ancient families of Berghersh and Despenser. The Eev. J. 
E. Edgar, Mr. Joseph Brook, T. M. Gibson, Esq., W. C. Fonuereau, 
Esq., and a few smaller owners, have estates here. The Church (St. 
Mary) was appropriated to Wykes Nunnery, in Essex ; but the rec- 
tory was granted in 1528, to Cardinal Wolsey, towards the endow- 
ment of his college at Ipswich. It is a small tiled fabric, and was 
repaired in 1854, at the cost of <£300. The Vicarage, valued in 
3LB. at £7. 9s. 4d., is now endowed with the rectorial tithes, and is 
in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of tho 
Eev. E. J. Allen, B.A., who has a good Yicarage House, built about 
seven years ago. The glebe is 42 acres ; and the tithes were com- 
muted in 1840, for a yearly rent charge of c£252. The Poofs Land, 
-about three roods, is let to the vicar, for £2 a year, which is distri- 
buted at Christmas. Post from Needham Market, via Ipswich. 

Allen Rev. Richard John, B.A. Vicarage 
Armstrong Cphr. Charles, gentleman 
Barker Isaac, vict., Half Moon 



Buttrum John, corn miller 
Cheswick Joseph, shopkeeper 
Hunt Elizabeth, shopkeeper 
Knight John, blacksmith 
Lambert James, shoemaker 



Thompson Wm. grocer, Glebe Farm 

FARMERS. 
Andrews Wm. bailiff 
Brook Jph. Newton Hall ( and Barham) 
Buttrum Wm. (and Witnesham) 
. CattWm. || Cutting Alfred 

Gooding Josiah, Swilland Hall 
Gooding Philip || Palmer James 



WILLISHAM, nearly four miles S. by W. of Needham Market, 
and 7\ miles N.W. of Ipswich, is a village and parish, containing 
513 souls, and 92T acres of strong clayey land, mostly the property 
of the Eev. E. B. Sparke, the lord of the manor, impropriator of the 
tithes, (commuted in 1839, for £142. 10s. per annum,) and patron 
of the Church, (St. Mary,) which is a perpetual curacy, in the in- 
cumbency of the Eev. Geo. Alex. Paske, of Needham Market, who 
has =£13 a year from the impropriator, and 25a. of land, purchased 
with Queen Anne's Bounty. It was appropriated to Trinity Priory, 
in Ipswich, and at the dissolution was granted to Lord Windsor, 
from whose family it passed to the Brownriggs. In or about 1610, 
Geo. Kirk left for two poor families, 1a. 3r. of land, to which 17p. of 
waste land was added about 1825. The whole is let for «£4. 10s. a 
year, which is divided by the churchwardens, at Christmas, among 
poor parishioners, together with 12s. a year paid out of Willishani 
Hall estate, in satisfaction of a donation of <£10, left by John 
Brownrigg in 1661. Ipswich Charity Trustees, Mr. W. Hall, and 
several smaller owners, have estates in the parish. Post from Ips- 
wich. 



Boby Wm. farmer, Hall 

Catchpole George, farmer 

Orimwood John, bricklayer 

»Gunn Elisha, vict., Shoulder of Mutton 



Hardwick Joseph, rake maker 
Harper John, farmer, Crow Hall 
Hood John, lime burner and beerhs 
Sharman Jonathan, shoemaker 



454 



THREDLING HUNDRED. 

This is the smallest Hundred in Suffolk, containiug only the five 
parishes of Debenham, Ashjieldivith- Thorpe, Framsden, Pettaugh, 
and Winston, which contained 2616 inhabitants in 1801, 3504 in 
1841, and 3488 in 1851 ; and comprise about 10,000 acres of clayey 
but fertile land. They are in Bosmere and Claydon Union ; in Ips- 
wich County Court District ; in the Deanery of Claydon, Arch- 
deaconry of Suffolk, and Diocese of Norwich; and in the Eastern 
Division of Suffolk. The river Deben has its source in this Hundred, 
which is bounded by those of Loes, Carlford, Hoxne, Hartismere^ 
and Bosmere-and-Claydon. 

ASHFIELD-with-THORPE, the former a scattered village, three 
miles E., and the latter a small hamlet, 2 miles E. by S. of Deben- 
ham, form a parish of 327 souls, and 1565a. 2r. 19p. of land, lying 
in several manors, and belonging to Lord Henniker, Sir Ht. Shafto 
Adair, W. Mills, Esq., the Rev. Et. Groome, the Misses Fellgate, 
and a few smaller owners. The Church at Ashfield, after being in 
ruins more than a century, was rebuilt of brick in 1853, by Lord 
Henniker, at the cost of .£2000. Thorpe Chapel was rebuilt in 1739, 
and was used as the parish church till 1853. The living is a perpe- 
tual curacy, valued at <£53, in the incumbency of the Rev. Henry 
Valentine Pickering, of Earl Soham. Lord Henniker is patron, and 
also impropriator of the great tithes, which were commuted in 1 839 
for .£466 per annum, and were formerly in the appropriation of But- 
ley priory. The glebe is 4a. 1r. 23p., and the Parsonage is a small 
house occupied by the parish clerk. Here is a small Primitive 
Methodist Chapel, built in 1854. Post from Earl Soham, via 
Woodbridge . 



Bennett John, blacksmith 

Harvey James, wheelwright 

Juby Alfred, blacksmith and shopkpr 

Osbourne George, parish clerk 

Porter Eobt. carpenter and vict., Swan 

Wade James, tailor 

FAKMERS. (* are Owners.) 
Barker Daniel, Thorpe Hall 



*Cooke Jas. Chapman, Ashfield Lodge 
*Garnham James |] Lanham John 
G-codchild Philip \\ Quinton Jermh. 
* Goodwin James, Woodhouse 
Juby J., Hill Farm j| Rogers Clement 
Lockwood Henry, Ashfield Hall 
Spelman Wales, Ashfield Place 



DEBENHAM, so called from the river Deben, which rises near 
it, is a small town, on a pleasant eminence, finely interspersed with 
trees, 5 miles E.N,E. of Stonham Post Office, 8 miles W. of Fram- 
lingham, 13 miles N. of Ipswich, 7f miles S. of Eye, and 82 miles 
N.E. of London. Its parish contained 1215 inhabitants in 1801, 
and 1653 in 1851, and comprises about 3271 acres of land. The 
town suffered severely by lire, in 1744. The market, formerly held 
every Friday, had been long disused in 1851, when it was revived, 
but it is not held during the six months from April to September. 
Here is a fair for cattle, &c, on the 24th of June, and a lamb show 
on the 1st of September. The lower part of the Market House is 
used by the market people, and the upper part is the Free School. 



DEBENHAM PARISH. 455 

One side of the Market place is shaded by a fine row of lime trees. 
A Police Station, with a residence for two policemen, was built here 
in 1849, but the Petty Sessions are held at Framlingham. (See p. 
357.) In Saxon times, the kings of East Anglia occasionally held 
their courts here; and tradition says the Beben was then navigable 
up to the town, though it is now only a small stream, which rises at 
Brices farm, little more than a mile north of the town, and does not 
"become navigable till, by a circuitous route of nearly 20 miles, it 
reaches Melton and "vVoodbridge, where it expands into a broad tidal 
river. Some years ago, an anchor was found imbedded in the sand, 
at a place called the Gulls, near Debenham. The ancient farm- 
houses, called Grows Hall and Ulveston Hall, were formerly moated. 
The former is of considerable antiquity, but only one of its wings is 
now remaining. Ulveston Hall Farm, (305a. 1r. 7p.) and the 
manors of Ulveston and Sachvylls, belong to Tooley's Almshouses, 
in Ipswich. The greater part of the parish lies in several other 
manors. The manor of Debenham Butley, with the rectory and 
the advowson of the vicarage, belonged to Butley priory. They 
were granted in 1542, to Francis Framlingham, and devolved, 
about 1600, to the Gaudys, who resided at Crows Hall; and 
one of them, Sir Charles Gaudy, was created a baronet in 1661. 
They afterwards passed to the Bridges family, of Bealings, but 
are now the property of Lord Henniker, who is also lord of 
the adjacent manors of Scotnells-ivith-Haugli, Blood Hall, and 
Crows Hall. The manors of Kenton-with-Suddon Hall, and Wins- 
ton-cum-Pulham, extend into Debenham parish ; and the Dean 
and Chapter of Ely have held the former since the time of Edward 
the Confessor; and William Mills, Esq., is lord of the latter. 
Copyhold courts are held yearly for all these manors, and the other 
principal landowners are the Beck, Norris, Manning, Barker, Lock, 
Cook, and Kersey families. The Church (St. Mary) is a handsome 
structure, with a square tower, formerly surmounted by a spire, 
which is said to have been injured by lightning, and was taken 
down in 1667. The four old bells, which had chimes, gave place to 
a musical peal of eight, in 1761, when the Rev. J. Clabbe, author of 
an " Essay on Physiognomy," &c, was incumbent here. Tbe nave 
is an elegant example of pointed architecture, divided from the aisles 
by six lofty clustered pillars, with exquisitely sculptured capitals, 
representing heads of cherubims, foliage, &c. In the chancel are 
some ancient monuments, but the inscriptions are entirely defaced. 
One of them bears recumbent effigies, supposed to represent Sir 
Charles Gaudy (or Gaude), Kt, and his lady. In the south aisle is 
a more modern monument, on which are figures of John Simpson, 
Esq., and his two sons. Lord Henniker is impropriator of the 
;•■ rectory, and patron of the vicarage, which is valued in K.B., at 
.£15, 2s. 6d., and now at £210, in the incumbency of the Bev. Jas. 
Bedingfeld, B.A. In 1838, the rectorial tithes were commuted for 
i!651, and the vicarial for £282 per annum. Domesday Book 
notices another church at Debenham, dedicated to St. Andrew, but 
its site is unknown, though there are, near Ulveston Hall, enclo- 
sures called Church-field and Chapel-field. In the town is an 



456 



DEBENHAM PARISH, 



Independent Chapel, belonging to a congregation which originated 
in 1700. Sir Robert Hitchams Charity to Debenham, Framlingham, 
and other places, is noticed at pages 360 and 361, where it will be 
seen that the valuable charity estates have been separated, and 
appropriated to the several parishes interested therein. The Deben- 
ham Trust comprises 236a. 3r. 5p. of land at Framlingham, let for 
about ^6250 per annum, which is applied partly for the support of a 
Free School for the education of poor children, and partly for the 
relief of the poor parishioners. The Master and Fellows of Pem- 
broke Hall, Cambridge, being visitors or governors of Sir Eobert 
Hitcham's Charity, the late Parliamentary Commissioners did not 
inquire into it. Here is also a National School, erected in 1834, 
and now attended by about 90 boys and 90 girls. In 1697, John 
Simpson bequeathed, out of a farm in Debenham, a yearly rent-charge 
of £'30, for the following uses, viz., £17. 6s. 8d. for weekly distribu- 
tions of bread among the poor parishioners, and £12. 13s. 4d. to 
provide eight coats and six gowns, marked J. S., for as many poor 
men and women, on Christmas Day. The poor of Debenham have 
£15. 15s. yearly from Garneys Charity, as noticed with Kenton. 
Debenham Farmers Club holds its meetings here. A Sick Club, 
called the Debenham Congregational Society, meets at the Indepen- 
dent Chapel. 

DEBENHAM. 

Post Office at Mr Fras. Arnold's ; 

Letters despatched by foot post, via 

Stonham, at 6§ evening, and received 

at 8§ morning. {Seepage 45 2 .) 
Abbott Joseph, veterinary surgeon 
Aldred Fdk. working miller 
Amass Mr Geo. Andrews Mr Et. 

Bacon, Cobbold, and Co., bankers, (and 

Ipswich) Mr Wm. Jackson, agent 
Barber Thos. chemist and druggist 
Bedingfeld Eev Jas., B.A., rural dean, 

vicar of Debenham, &c, Bedingfield 

Rectory 
Cabborn John E. draper 
Dorling F. W. and Mr Nath. Gostling, 

White Hall 
Dove Saml., Esq., and Misses Sarah, 

Mary and Elizabeth 
Elliott, Louis, policeman 
Evans Edward, managing druggist 

Fisk Wm. cabinet maker academies. Gladwell John 

Freeman Miss Lydia (* take Boarders.) Smith James 

Garneys Mrs Eliz. and Misses Mary Field Eliz. Natnl Syer Wm 

and Charlotte *Mothersole Wm. Thurkettle John 

Gunn Fenn, painter, plumber, and White House Wythe John 

mason Euddock Eli, survr beerhouses. 

Gooding Philip, corn dealer *Scace Caroline Butcher Edgar 

Houghton Michael, accountant White Jermk./ree Collins James 

Jessop Frederick, corn merchant bakers Howes Charles 

Kersey Samuel, hay dealer And Flour Dealers. Simpson Eobt 

Last Wm. cooper & hoop measure mfr. Crapnell Jph blacksmiths. 

Norris Stephen, policeman Field Edward Last Samuel 

Percy John, watch and clock maker Gladwell Elijah ( Spall George 



Powell Arthur, solicitor 

Simpson Miss | Smart Mr Eichd 

Smith Chas. & Brothers, leather cut- 
ters, hide & skin dealers, wood turn- 
ers, coopers and carriers 

Smith Mrs Har || Steptoe Mr Natl 

White Eev M. E., curate, Vicarage 

Wright Wm. machine owner 

Wythe John, painter, plumber, glazier, 
and auctioneer 
FIEE &LTFE OFFICE AGENTS. 

Crown Life, A. Powell, solicitor 

Norwich Equitable, J. Bayly Eansome 

Royal Farmers', W. Green, of Ipswich 

Suffolk Alliance, Wm. Jackson 
INNS AND TAVERNS. 

Angel, John Wythe 

Cherry Tree Inn, Edm. Tydeman 

Eight Bells, Mary Carter 

King's Head, John Butcher, faftter 

Red Lion, Devereux Jessop 



DEBENHAM. (THREDLTNG HUNDRED.) 457 



Thurkettle Wm. 

BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

Arnold Francis, & 

currier 
Orapnell John 
Crapnell Joseph 
^Gardner Thos. 
Oooding Thos. 
Hart Charles 
Hyde Henry 
Owles Samuel 
Bumsey J&spar elk 

BRTCKIAYERS. 

Elasby Samuel 
Gooding Abraham 
Oooding George 
Gooding Philip 
Gooding Samuel 
JMills George 

BCTCHERS. 

Amass Amo. 
Amass Wm. 
*Barker Thos Ab- 
bott, BricesFarm 
Canham John 
Darbv Wm. 
Dove Wm,Old Hall 



Frewer Alfd., Rom- 

wood Green 
*Kersey Edward 

Ulverston Hall 
*Norris Jas., GosU 

ling's Hall 
Moore Chas. and 

Hy., Crows Hall 
Moore Jno., Poplar 
♦Simpson Caleb 
Thurkettle Samuel 

GARDENERS. 

Andrews John 
Barritt Wm. 
Barritt Wm. jun. 
Lanham Thos. 
Poole James 

GLOVERS. 

Carter Thos. 
Hunt Samuel 
Smith John 

GROCERS & DRAPRS. 

Abbott Henry 
Collins James 
Gladwell Elijah 
Jackson Wm. and 
bank agent, &c. 



HAIR DRESSERS. 

Bedweli Robert 
Beecroft Wm. 

JOINERS &BUILDES. 

Crooke Robert 
Forsdike Francis 
Howes Charles & 

Nelson 
Pollard Samuel 

MALTSTERS. 

Cuthbert Fredk. 
Jessop Frederick 

MILLINERS, &C. 

Beecroft Eiiza 
Curtis Sarah 
Hyde Maria 
Last Mary Ann 
Pollard My. Ann 

SADDLERS, &C 

Clemence Henry 
Fulcher Charles 
Poole Robert 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Beecroft Eliz. 
Moyse Mark 

STRAW HAT MAKERS 

Fisk Rebecca 



Pyett Emma 
Sparrow Jane 

SURGEONS. 

Lock Eclm. Robt. 
Lock Edward 
Moore Lionel Wel- 
ham 

TAILORS & DRAPRS. 

Bedweli Samuel 
Curtis Wm. 
Curtis Jeffery 
Curtis Robert 
Gooding Amass 
Harvey Samuel 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Bendall Ezekiel 
HowesCs &Nelson 

CARRIERS. 

To Ipswich, John 
Kent, Jas. Hart, 
andRt. Crookes, 
Tu. Thu. & Sat. 
Chas. Smith, to 
Stowmarket; Tu. 
and Fri., and to 
Framlingham. 
Monday. 



FRAMSDEN, a scattered village, 3 miles S.S.E. of Debenham, 
and 11 miles N. by E. of Ipswich, has in its parish 828 souls, and 
2837a. 1r. 38p. of land, which has been much improved by under- 
draining, and is now rated, with the buildings, at ^4144 per annum. 
Here is a small cattle fair yearly, on Holy Thursday. The manor 
was anciently held by the Montealto or Monthalt family, who settled 
it on Isabel, mother of Edward III., and after her decease, it passed 
to John Eltham, the King's brother. John Tollemache, Esq,, M.P., 
is now lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of the soil; and 
the remainder belongs to the Thellusson Trustees, and several smaller 
owners. The Hall has been occupied as a farm-house more than 90 
years by the Kersey family, and is still partly encompassed by a 
moat, and retains some fine old carvings. The Church (St. Mary) 
is an ancient structure, with a lofty tower, containing eight bells. 
In the reign of Edward III. it was appropriated to the Minor esses, a 
convent of nuns in London. J. Tollemache, Esq., is now iinpro- 

. priator of the rectory and patron of the vicarage, valued in K.B, at 
^£10. 0s. 2fd., and now at £'260, in the incumbency of the Rev. Thos. 
Wm. Brereton, B.A., who has a good residence, and 43a. of glebe. 
In 1839, the rectorial tithes were commuted for £'567, and the vicarial 
for £'344 per annum. Here is a neat Baptist Chapel, and this parish 
participates in the benefits of the New Schools at Helmingham. (See 

, p. 444.) Post from Stonham. 

Abel William, tailor Crapuell Wm. boot and shoemaker 

i Bennett Thomas, blacksmith Farrer Jas, shoemaker and rict, Grey 

Brereton Bev. Thos. Wm.,B. A., Vicarage hound 

Candler Wm. corn miller u 



45,8 



FRAMSDEN. (THREDLING HUNDRED.) 



Hart Rev. Charles, (Baptist) 
Mouser John, bricklayer, and Mr. Robt. 
Oxborrow Caleb, boot and shoemaker 
Pepper Saml. and Saml. jun., vrheelwgts 
Pettit Peter, blacksmith 
Smith Jas. grocer and draper, Post office 
Thurkettle Chas. tailor and grocer 
Webster Edmund, corn miller 

FARMERS. 

Birch Robert 
Bond John 
Calthorpe Beirj. 



Catchpole John 
Demant Charles 
Dove Edw. Valley 



Eade Elizabeth 
Erueny Wm. 
Farthing John 
Freeman Charles 
Freeman Edward 
Jeaffreson Joseph 
Kersay Caleb, Hall 
Kersey Fdk. Edw. 
Kersey Samutl 
Mouser Henry 
Oxborrow Joshua 
Page Ann 
Roe Wm. George 



SmiihD\.,brickmkr 
Sluy Joshua 
Veasy Thomas 
Wightman Wm. 
Wood Jeremiah 
CARRIERS. 
Saml. Flick to Ips- 
wich. Tues. and 
Sat., and Wood- 
bridge Wednesdy 
Thos. Brown, to 
IjuwichySiL and 
Monday 

PETTAUGH, a small village and parish. 10 miles N. of Ipswich, 
and 3 miles S. of Debenhaim contaiDs 288 souls, and 795 acres of 
land, belonging to various owners, the largest of whom is John 
Tollemache. Esq., M.P.. the lord of the manor of Abbot's Hall and 
Pettaugh Hall ; but part of the parish is in Crowfield and other 
manors, and is partly freehold. The Church (St. Catherine) is a 
rectory, valued in K.B. at £0. 12a Id., and now having 19a. 1r. 25p. 
of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £194. 10s.. awarded in 1*10 in 
lieu of tithes. J. Tollemache, Esq-, is patron, and the Eev. J. K. 
Tucker, M.A. is the incumbent, and has a small rectory house. For 
the clerk's salary, repairing the church, &c, the parish" has a cottage 
and 2JA. of land, left by the Eev. John Metcalf. Elizabeth Britton, 
a poor woman here, is in her 92nd year, and in good health (1854). 
Post from Stonliam. 

FARMERS. Moor John 



Cutting Philip, Abbot's Hall 
Hammond Wm. Grow BuggJonth. 
Mayhew John. Pettaugh Hall 
Woods John, corn miller and seedsman, 
Lefet Hall 



Amass Samuel, viet.,i></^ 
Cooper Wm.. shopkeeper & wheelwrght 
Goodwin Amos, boot and shoemaker 
Hailes John, parish clerk 
Peck John, smith || Pepper Mr. Lionel 
Tucker Rev. John Kinsman, M.A., 
Rectory 

WIXSTOX. a scattered village, H mile S. by E. of Debenham, 
and 11 miles N. of Ipswich, has in its parish 399 souls, and 1470 
acres of land, in which are two brick and tile yards. The Dean and 
Chapter of Ely are appropriators of the rectory, and lords of the 
manor of Winston, but part of the parish is in another manor, 
which formerly belonged to the nuns of Bruisyard. Lord Henniker, 
Dr. Beck, Mrs. Cooper, and several smaller owners, have estates 
here; and Winston Hall, with the rectory, is held on lease 
by Mr. Thomas Pettit. The Church (St. Andrew) is a vicarage, 
valued in KB. at £9. 3s. 9d., and now at ^£169. The Dean and 
Chapter of Ely are patrons, and the Eev. John Udney Bobson, B.A., 
is the incumbent, for whom a new vicarage house was built in 1848. 
Post from Stonham 



Moyes John, parish clerk 

Hobson Rev. John Udney ,B.A., Vicarage 

FARMERS. 
Bureh Fdk. T. W, Park Farm 
Fairweather Henry, and cattle dealer 
Freeman Wm. | Scace S., Barley hs. 



Gissing Walter | Shearing George 
Groome Chas. i Simpson Noah 
Kersey Peter. Malt-house Farm 
Palmer John, and auctioneer 
Pettit Thos., brick & tile maker ; and 

Mrs Susan, Winston House 
Plant Frederick; h. Debenham 



459 



THINGOE HUNDRED 

Is all in Thingoe Union, in Bury St. Edmund's County Court Dis- 
trict, in the Western Division of Suffolk; in the Franchise or Liberty 
of St. Edmund; in the Deanery of Thingoe, Archdeaconry of Sud- 
hury, and Diocese of Ely. It is a fertile district, of an irregular, 
oval figure, about nine miles in its greatest breadth, and 11 miles 
in length. It is bounded by the Hundreds of Lackford, Blackbourn, 
Thedwestry. Babergh, and Bisbridge, and by the Borough of Bury 
St. Edmund's, which is situated ou its eastern borders, and has a 
workhouse for its two incorporated parishes. (See pages 146 to 
196. 1 The river Lark rises near the southern extremity of Thingoe 
Hundred, and flows northward along its eastern boundary. The 
Eailway from Bury to Newmarket crosses this Hundred, which 
contains eighteen parishes, of which the following enumeration 
shews their territorial extent, and their population in 1851 : — 

Parishes. Acres. Pop. ! Parishes. Acres. Pop. 

Barrow 2665 1120 | Lackford 2243 216 



Xowton 1157 187 

Rede 2224 247 

Risby 2801 431 

Saxham ( Great) 1428 293 

Saxhani (Little) 1381 191 

Westlev 1216 118 

Vvhepstead 2670 652 



Totai* 31,114 7064 



Brockley 1565 378 

Chevington 2429 600 

Flempton 789 247 

Fomham All Saints .. 1698 358 

Hargrave 1108 4^9 

Hawstead \ 09 o~ 520 

*Hardwick. exp ) ~"' 36 

Hengrave .' 1044 240 

Horningsheath 2200 670 

Ickworth 1259 71 i 

High Constable. Mr. James Payne, of TVhepstead. 
* Thingoe Hundred had 4952 inhabitants in 1801 ; 6672 in 1841, and 7064 in 
1851, exclusive of Thingoe Union Workhouse, which is in the Borough of Bury 
St. Edmund's, and had 106 inmates in 1841, and 257 in 1851. 

THINGOE UNION, formed under the new Poor Law, com- 
prises an area of 133 square miles, or about 82,464 acres of land, 
. divided into 46 parishes, of which 15 are in Thedwestry Hundred, 
10 in Blackbourn Hundred, 3 in Kisbridge Hundred, and the other 
18 form Thingoe Hundred. It had 16,922 inhabitants in 1831, and 
19,014 in 1851, living in 3827 houses, besides which it had 97 un- 
inhabited houses, and 16 building, when the census was taken in 
the latter year. The total average annual expenditure of the 46 
parishes, for the support of the poor, during the three years pre- 
ceding the formation of the Union, was £13,538 In 1840, the ex- 
penditure was only £9026, but in 1853 it amounted to more than 
£17,500, including salaries and other expenses. The Union Work- 
house stands within the Borough of Bury St. Edmund's, and is a 
large brick building, erected in 1835-6, at the cost of about £6000. 
It has room for 300 paupers, and it had 257 inmates when the 
census was taken in 1851. From the centre of the buildings, in 
• which are the governor's apartments and the board-room, radiate 
aine wings, with airing yards between them. Attached to the 

v 2 *' 



460 



THINGOE UNION. 



house are eight acres of land, of which five acres are cultivated as 
a vegetable garden, by the inmates. One guardian is elected yearly 
for each of the 46 parishes. Mr. James Spark©, of Bury, is the 
Union clerk, and Mr. Sturley Nunn, of Ixworth, is the superintendent 
registrar. The Eev. C. J. P. Eyre, M.A., is the chaplain, and Mr. 
Eras. Mapleston Eiches and Mrs. Emma Eiches are master and 
matron of the Union Workhouse, which is situated at Bury St. Ed- 
mund's, as already noticed. The Relieving Officers and Regis- ' 
trars of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the three sub-districts 
into which the Union is divided are, Mr. James Clark, of Ixworth, 
for Ixworth District ; Mr. Geo. Danl Clark, of Nowton, for Eougham 
District ; and Mr. George Calver, of Eisby, for Fornham District. 
The Board of Guardians meets at the Workhouse every Friday, 
and the Eev. W. J. S. Casborne, of Pakenham, is the chairman; 
and the Eev. Eichd. Haggitt and Eobert Buck, Esq., are the vice- 
chairmen. 

The following enumeration of the parishes of THINGOE 
UNION is arranged in the order of the three sub -districts, and 
shews their population in 1851 : — 



Rougham District. 
Bradfield St. Clare .. 214 
Bradfield St. George 486 

Hougham 1079 

Bushbrooke 184 

Little Whelnetham .. 178 
Bradfield-Corabust.. 203 

Stanningfield 320 

Oreat Whelnetham. . 552 

Nowton 187 

Hawstead ) 520 

Hardwiek ex p. .. ) 36 

Whepstead 652 

Broekley 378 

Bede 247 

Chedburgh 343 

Depden 279 

Chevington 600 



Fornham District. 

Hargrave 489 

Denham 218 

Barrow 1120 

Great Saxham .... 293 
Little Saxham .... 191 

Ickworth 71 

Horningsheath or 

Horringer 670 

Westley 118 

Risby 431 

Fornham All Saints 358 
Fornham St. Martin 322 
FornhamStGenevieve 57 

H engrave 240 

Flempton 247 

Lackford 216 

West Stow 315 



Word well 56 

Culford 348 

Ingham 233 

Ixworth District. 

Timworth 241 

Ampton 131 

Great Li vermere .. 301 
Little Livermere . . 174 

Troston 42T 

Thorpe-bv-Ixworth .. 136 

Bardwell 893 

Stanton All Saints & 
St. John Baptist... 1082 

Ixworth 1189 

Pakenham 1134 

Great Barton 855 

Total Population.. 19,01 4 



The whole Union is in Bury St. Edmuud's County Court District* 



BARROW is a large and well-built village, 6 miles W. of Bury 
St. Edmund's, and 2 miles E.S.E. of Higham Railway Station. Its 
parish contains 1120 souls, and 2665 acres of land, including a 
large Green. Here is a pleasure fair on May 1st. The Marquis of 
Bristol is lord of the manor, hut part of the parish is in Wm. Mills, 
Esqr.'s small manor of Wolfe-Hall, about a mile S. of the village; 
and Mr. H. Coldham, Mrs. Cornell, and several smaller owners, 
Lave estates here. Barrow was the seat aud lordship of the Coun- 
tess of Gloucester, in the reign of Edward I., and was afterwards 
held by Badlesmere, who was hanged in the 16tb of Edward II , 
for taking part with the Earl of Lancaster. It was subsequently 
the property of the Tibetots, who had a large mansion here, of 
which there are still some traces. 



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BARROW. (THINGOE HUNDRED.) 



461 



The Church (All Saints) is a large ancient structure, with a tower con- 
taining five bells. It was thoroughly restored, new roofed, and fitted with 
open benches, in 1852, at the cost of about .£1500, including the cost of 
restoring the chancel, in 1848. It contains several monuments to the 
Heigham family, one of which has effigies of Sir Clement Heigham and 
family upon brasses, under a canopy of Petworth marble. The east win- 
dow is of stained glass. In repairing the north wall of the church, a small 
Norman window was discovered, having on either side a figure of a 
musician in fresco. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £23. 9s. 9|d. s and now 
at £690, has a yearly rent-charge of £828, awarded in 1840, in lieu of 
tithes. It is in the gift of the Master and Fellows of St. John's College, 
Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Keeling, B.D., who has a 
good residence with pleasant grounds, and about 77 acres of glebe. The 
Rev. Dr. Philip Francis, the translator of Horace, was rector here ; as also 
was the Rev. George Ashby, an industrious antiquary, whose extensive 
collection of manuscripts, &c, relating to this county, passed to various 
hands, after his death, in 1808. Here is a small Independent Chapel, built 
in 1836, at the cost of £200 ; and a neat National School, with a house for 
tha master, erected in 1846, at the cost of £500, and now attended by 
about 70 children. The waste lands, consisting of about 500 acres, were 
enclosed a few years ago. The Bury and Newmarket Bailway passes 
through the parish, and has a Station at Higkam, about ]\ mile N.W. of 
the church. In the 12th of Elizabeth, the Rev. John Crosier enfeoffed to 
certain trustees, all his lands and tenements in Bury St. Edmund's, now 
consisting of a barn and 13a. of land, in trust, after his death to employ 
the rents in repairing the church and highways of Barrow, except £2. 6s. 8d. 
to be yearly distributed among the poor parishioners. The Town Estate 
consists of two tenements, occupied by poor persons, and a house and 
14a* 1r. of land. It was vested in trustees, in the reign of Henry Till., 
for the payment of the king's taxes and other charges, to which the parish, 
might be liable ; but for the last century the rent has been applied for the 
education of 24 poor children nominated by the rector and churchwardens. 
The poor have distributed among them, yearly, about £20 from Dayne's 
Charity, as noted with Moulton. They have also three yearly rent-charges 
of 20s. each, given in the early part of the 17th century, by Thomas Car- 
low, Wm. Smith, and H. and F. F. Allen. 
Post- Office at John Crown's. Letters 



are received at 10 morning, and de- 
spatched 4 aft. in'aBurySt.Edmund's 
Barker "Wm. Searle, surgeon 
Bidwell Edw. broom & hurdle maker 
Codd Hannah, tailor and draper 
Cooper Thomas, plumber and glazier 
Cotton Wm. vict. Red Lion 
Death Wm. baker and confectioner 
Fenton Fredk. builder, Felton's 
Fenton Mr James 

G-oold Sophia, National schoolmistress 
Half. John, wheelwright 
Hodgson Dudley Rose, gent. Barrow 

Cottage 
Keeling RevWm.,B.D. Rectory 
Petlev Edward, veterinary surgeon. 

(M.R.C.V.S.) 
Rosbrook Maria, collar & harness mkr 
Taylor Charles, National schoolmaster 



BEERHOUSES. 

Aggis James 
Cheswright John 
Kingdom Wm. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Bailey John 
Frost Wm. 

BOOT & SHOE DIES. 

Barkham Edward 
Brand Wm. 
Frost Robert 
Lydle John 
Payne Wm. 

CORN MILLERS. 

Carlton Thomas, 

Old Mill 
FenUmklfNewMffl 

FARMERS. 

Evered John, 
Wolfe hall 



Grimwood Wm. 
Jarvis Richard 
JohnsonWm. Hall 
Pask John 
Pask Stephen 
Rosbrook Jermh. 
Shillito James, (& 

butcher) 
Simkin Robert, (& 

vety. surgeon ) 

GROCERS &DRAPRS. 

Crown John 
FreemanSar Maria 

& Eliz. Augusta 
Palmer Benj. and 

tailor 

CARRIEB. 

Wm. Rosbrook, to 
Bury daily 



462 



THTNGOE HUNDRED. 



-BBOCKLEY, a scattered village, on the banks of a rivulet, 6f- 
miles S. by W. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 378 souls, 
and 1565 acres of land, rising in bold undulations. Francis Capper 
Brooke, Esq., is lord of the manor; and the other principal owners 
of the soil are the Rev. Win. Sprigge, Rev. H.J. Hasted, and Messrs. 
J. Langham, J. Pawsey, John Payne, and John Dickerson. 

The Church (St. Andrew,) has a tower and three bells, and contains 
several monuments of the Sprigge family, and a fine painting of our 
Saviour and the Doctors in the Temple. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
£10. 4s. 2d., and now at £'458, has a yearly rent-charge of £462, awarded 
in lieu of tithes, and is in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. 
Sprigge, M.A., who has 26a. of glebe and a baud some residence, erected in 
1843-4, at the cost of about £1200, and considerably enlarged in 1847, at 
a further cost of £300. The old Rectory House was burnt down, with 
nearly all its furniture, &c, on the 6th of April, 1841. Here is a small 
Baptist Chapel. Under Sir Robert Drury's Charity, (see Hawstead,) the 
poor of Brockley have divided among them £4 per annum ; and a poor 
widow of the parish is placed in the almshouse at Hawstead, and receives 
£5 a year. Sir Robert Jervis, at some date unknown, gave about 7a. of 
land at Wickhambrook, for the poor of the parishes of Whepstead, Brock- 
ley, and Hargrave, in the proportions of four- ninths to each of the two 
former parishes, and one-ninth to the latter. It is now let for £8. 2s. per 
annum. The Town and Poor's Estaie was vested iu feoffees long before 
1700, for the public use and benefit of the parish, and consists of a house 
and two cottages, occupied rent free by poor parishiouers, and 23a. of land, 
called Shortnecks, Woodcrofts, and Ediths, let for £31 a year, and given 
at an early period, partly for the poor and partly for superstitious uses. 
Most of the rent is distributed among the poor parishioners about Christ- 
mas and Lady-day. From Sutton's Charity, (see page 187,) two poor 
men of Brockley receive £6 a year, and coats occasionally. From Sparke's 
Charity, (see Hartest,) Brockley has £6 a year for schooling five poor 
children. 
Post Office at Mrs. Cooper's. Let- farmers. 

ters arrive at 9§ a.3i. and are desp. (*are Owners.) 

at 4 p.m. via Bury St Edmund's Barton James, and 

Brewster Charles, carpenter shopkeeper 

Cooper Mrs Mary, Post Office Cooper Elizabeth 

Edgar John, corn miller Jervis James 

Garwood Jonathan, wheelwright Marsh Thomas 

Green John, vict. Fox and Hounds Murton John, 

King John, blacksmith Scolesgate 

Pawsey Wm. beerhouse & shopkeeper *Pawsey John 
Sprigge Rev Wm., M .A., Rectory 



*Payne John 
Pettit Henry 
Reed George 
Sergeant John 
Cooper, Hall 
Smith David 
Smith David, jun. 
*Sparke James 
WallisJohn 



CHEVINGTON, a large scattered village, on a picturesque ac- 
clivity, 6 miles S.W. of Bury, has in its parish 600 souls, and 2420 
acres of land. At the request of Abbot Baldwin, this manor was 
given to Bury Abbey. At the dissolution, it was granted to Sir 
Thomas Kytson. It has long been held by the family of the Mar- 
quis of Bristol, its present lord ; and the other principal owners of 
the soil are the Bev. J. and Misses E. and F. White, Miss Colvile, 
J. Worlledge, Esq., and Messrs. John Kemp and John Fenton. 
The Hall is an ancient moated house, occupied hy a farmer. Ruf- 
fins, the seat of John Worlledge, Esq., is a handsome residence, 
erected a few years ago, about 1^- mile S.E. of the village. 



CHEVINGTON PARISH. 463 

The Church (All Saints) is a neat fabric, with a tower and five bells, 
and was thoroughly repaired and new pewed in 1833. The rectory, valued 
in K.B. at <£16. 3s. 9d., and now at £396, has a rent charge of £587. 10s. 
per annum, awarded in 1838 in lieu of tithes. The Rev. John White, 
M.A., is patron and incumbent, and has a commodious residence, and 33 
acres of glebe. Here is a National School, with a house for the master, 
built in 1847, at the cost of £600, on land given by the Marquis of Bristol. 
It is attended by about 60 children, and has an endowment of £40 per 
annum from General Hervey's Charity, (see Chedburgh.) The Methodists 
have a small chapel here. A "Factory" for the production of ready-made 
clothes for the London market, was established here in 1852, by Mr. Wm. 
Beales, of Bury, who has similar establishments at Halstead and Bump- 
stead, in Essex, and now gives employment to about 500 women and girls 
in this and neighbouring parishes. The Poor's Estate, purchased with 
benefaction money, comprises a double cottage and shop, with yards, gar- 
dens, and 34 roods of land, let for £9 a year ; and an allotment, of 6a. 2b. 
24p., awarded at the enclosure in 1816, and now let for £10 a year. The 
rents, after deducting for land tax and repairs, are distributed among the 
poor, at Christmas. The sum of £50, given by Dr. Henry Paman, was 
expended in enclosing the poor's allotment. The poor of Chevington have 
a coat or gown, and, an annuity of 40s. from Lady Kytsoris Charity (see 
Hengrave.) 



Post Office at Mary Ann Payne's. 

Letters arrive at 9 a.m. and are desp. 

at 4 p.m. via Bury St Edmund's 
Argent Robert, shoemaker 
Baldwin Wm. vict. Greyhound 
Beales Wm. clothes manfr; h Bury 
Bridge Elias, carpenter 
Edwards Wm. wheelwright 
Fenton Samuel, bricklayer & builder 
Mayhew James, blacksmith 
Parker Wm. shoemaker 
Payne Mary Ann, grocer, draper, &c, 

Post Office 
Reeve John, shopkeeper & bricklayer 
Rising Henry Needham and Sophia, 

National School 



Eolfe Wm. Rayner, corn miller 
Suttle John, shoemaker 
Westhorp Rev Jno.White,M. A. TheGrove 
White IMisses E. & F., The Grove 
White Rev John, M.A., Rectory 
Woriledge John, Esq. banker, Ruffins, 
and Bury St Edmunds 
FARMERS. 
Brewster James, College Farm 
Finch James, Holly Bush Green 
Jennison Wm., Chevington Lodge 
Kemp John, Halting Farm 
Kemp Wm. Chevington Hall 
Peachey James, Horse Pool 
Simkin John, (and thatcher,) Garrod's 
Simkin Joseph, Hole Farm 



Ptolte Robert, gentleman I Truggitt Charles, Broad Green 



FLEMPTON, a small village in the vale of the Lark, 5 miles 
N.W. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 247 inhabitants and 
789 acres of land, nearly all the property of Sir T. K. Gage, Bart., 
the lord of the manor, which formerly belonged to Bury Abbey, 
and was granted at the dissolution to Sir Thomas Kytson. The 
Church (St. Catherine) is a small neat structure, which, after being 
long in a ruinous condition, was repaired and partly rebuilt in 1839, 
at the cost of £2000. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £5. and now 
at £398, with that of Hengrave annexed to it, has now a yearly 
tithe rent-charge of £'445. 13s. 4d. It is in the patronage and in- 
cumbency of the Rev. Wm. Richd. Bain, M.A., who has a handsome 
Rectory House, built a few years ago, and about 40 acres of glebe. 
Here is a small National School. The Poors Land consists of 
3.roods in Rattlesden, let for 30s., and purchased with £'10 left by 
Wm. Firmage, in 1599 ; and 1| acre in Flempton Field, let for 



464 FLEMPTON. (THINGOE HUND.) 

about 25s. per annum. The poor have also a coat or gown yearly, 
and an annuity of £2 from Lady Kytsons Charity (see Hengrave.) 
In 1817, the Rev. — Carter left £'200 Three-per-Cent. Consols, in 
trust, to pay one-third of the dividends to the parish clerk, andto 
apply the remainder in schooling poor children of this and Hen- 
grave parishes. 

Post Office at Rebecca Musk's. Let- Cooke John, (Exors. of) farmers. Hall 

ters desp. at 5 aft. via Bury Frost George, beerseller 

Alsop George, shopkeeper Green Joseph, corn miller and farmer 

Ashen Wm. tailor Herrington Wm. butcher and shopr 

Bain Rev Wm. Richard, M.A., Rectory Musk Rebecca, Nalio?ial Schoolmistress 

Blyth James, parish clerk Fetch Edward, blacksmith 
Blyth Robert, carpenter & wheelwright 



FOBNHAM-ALL-SA1NTS, a pleasant village, with several neat 
houses, on the south-western bank of the small river Lark, opposite 
the other two Fornhams, 2| miles X.W. by N. of Bury St. Ed- 
mund's, has in its parish 358 souls and 1698 acres of land. A battle 
is said to have been fought here by Edward, son of King Alfred, 
with Ethelwald, his uncle's son, over whom he gained a complete 
victory. Sir T. R. Gage, Bart,, is lord of the manor, but part of 
the soil belongs to Sir T. G. Cullum, Bart., on whose estate, at the 
south-east angle of the parish, 1 mile N. of Bury, is a commodious 
Wharf ', at the termination of the Lark Navigation, (see page 148 ;) 
and a large Malting House, built in 1851. Penelope, Countess 
Rivers, left out of lands in this parish a yearly rent-charge of ,£8, 
that a sermon might be preached against Popery, four times a year, 
at Bury. This lady had the good fortune to marry in succession, 
three gentlemen who bad beeu her suitors at the same time, but 
had children only by her second husband, Sir John Gage, of Firle, 
in Essex. 

The Church (All Saints) is a neat structure, with a tower and five bells. 
The rectory, valued in K.B. at <£19. 10s. od., and now at £738, with that of 
Westley annexed to it, has now a yearly rent-charge of <£444 from this, and 
d£329. 6s. from Westley parish, awarded in lieu of tithes. The patronage 
is in Clare Hall. Cambridge; and the Rev. Richard Haggitt, M.A., is the 
incumbent, and has a good residence, and 14 acres of glebe in Fornham, 
and 32a. 2r. 20p. in Westley. Here is a school, supported by the rector, 
and attended by about 50 children. For a distribution of coals, the poor 
have the following yearly doles, viz. : — 28s. from an acre of land purchased 
with 56IO given by Wm. Firmage, in 1599 ; 30s. left by Thomas Mannock r 
out of 10a. of land; and 20s. out of an estate at Risby, given by Robert 
Booty. From Lady Kytson's Charity the poor of Fornham have a gown 
or coat yearly, (see Hengrave.) They have likewise an allotment of 16a. 
awarded at the enclosure, in lieu of their right of getting furze. This 
allotment is let in small portions to poor people, with very large families, 
at the rate of 29s. per acre, and produces about .£23 per annum, which is 
distributed in fuel. For a distribution of bread, they have the dividends of 
£61. 10s. 9d. Three-per-Cent. Consols, purchased with £50 left by John 
Spink, in 1822. Bab well Friary stood within the bounds of this parish. 
(See page 163.) 
Post Office at John Chappie's. Let- l Bevan Mrs Emma || Cooper Mrs Cath, 

ters are desp. to Bury at 4j afternoon 1 Blyth Maria, schoolmistress 



FORNHAM-ALL-SAINTS. 



465 



Browne (Louisa) and Spink (Eliz.) 

farmers, Hyde Farm 
Cooke Charles, blacksmith 
Davy Absalom, shoemaker 
Durrant Thomas, shoemaker & shopr 
Edwards Geo. Wm. wheelwgt. & smith 
Fenton Wm. shoemaker 
Footer James, carpenter, Wharf 
Haggitt Rev Richard, M.A., Rectojy 



Kerrison Wm. farmer 
Moyse Charles, wheelwright 
Potter John, clerk and sexton 
Ruffell John, vict. Three Kings 
Spink John, shopkeeper 
Stutter Miss Cath. || Steele Mrs Eliz. 
. Syer Capt Fredk. C. chief constable of 
West District of Suffolk, The Priory 
Witt Edward, Esq., farmer, Hall 



HABGRAYE, a scattered village and parish, 6 miles S.W. of 
Bury St. Edmund's, comprises 1108 acres of land and 489 souls, 
including an extra-parochial farm, called Southwell Park, which 
has 300 acres, and belongs to Sir Gilbert Affleck, Bart. The Mar- 
quis of Bristol is lord of the manor of Hargrave, which was held by 
Bury Abbey, and afterwards by the Kytsons and the Gages. The 
other landowners are Messrs. Giles Steward, Robert Harvey, Eras. 
Nunn, John Fenton, and Chas. Phillips. The Church has a tower 
and three bells, and the benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at 
£&. lis. 8d., and in 1835 at <£188, and now having a yearly rent- 
charge of <£'283, awarded in lieu of tithes. The Bev. John White, 
M.A., is patron, and the Bev. John White Westhorp, M.A., of Chev- 
ington Grove, is the incumbent, and has 27 acres of glebe, with a 
small house upon it. Here is a small School, with a house for the 
mistress, built a few years ago, and chiefly supported by the rector. 
The poor have about <£20 a year from Daynes Charity, (see Moul- 
ton ;) 18s. a year from Jerviss Charity, (see Brockley ;) 20s. and a 
coat or gown yearly, from Lady Kytsoris Charity, (see Hengrave ;) 
and an ancient yearly rent charge of 3s. 4d. given by one Kirk, out 
of a farm here belonging to J. Heathcote, Esq, Two small cot- 
tages, on the village green, have long been held by the church- 
wardens for the use of the poor. 

HARGRAVE. — Marked 1, live at Birds end; 2, Hargrave Green; and 
3, on Knoiol Green, 



Dale Sarah & Mary Ann, School 
2 Hagreen John, blacksmith 
Lewis Thomas, vict. Cock 
Nunn Misses Sophia & Harriet 
Plummer Henry, poulterer 
Ruse Stephen, corn miller 
Simkin Thomas, thatcher 
Swan Henry, vict. Bull 
Tricker Mr Robert 



CARPENTERS. 

2 Gooch John 
2 Phillips Wm. 



FARMERS. 

Chilvers Rt., Hall 
DeeksJno. Willoivs 



2 Fenton John 
FinchS.(Exors.of) 

Southwell Park 

3 Harvey Wm. 
Jacob Robt., Stone 

Hall 
2 Nunn Francis 
1 Phillips Charles 
Seely Timothy, 

Frog's End 
Simkin John 
*StewardGiles,Gru 



3 Sparrow George 
3 Turner John 

SHOEMAKERS. 

2 Hammond Wm. 
1 Mortlock John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Banks John 
Murkin George 
Pask Joseph 
Carrier to Bury, 

Wed. and Sat. 
Wallace Robert 



HAWSTEAD, or Hawsted, a pleasant scattered village, on one 
of the sources of the river Lark, 3 miles S. of Bury St. Edmund's, 
has in its parish 556 inhabitants, and about 2252 acres of land, of 
which 1512a. 1r. 20p. are arable, 617a. 2p. pasture, 69a. 1r. 5p. 
woodland and plantation, 28a. 1r. 5p. common land, and 25a. ]r» 

u 3 



466 HAWSTEAD AND HARDWICK HOUSE. 

15p. roads and waste. These totals include the extra-jjaroehial es- 
tate of Hardwick, which has 36 inhabitants, and about 1U am 
and is distant only one mile south of Bury, and encompassed by 
that borough and the parishes of Newton and Homingsheath. 
HARDWICK HOUSE, with the extra-parochial demesne on which 
it stands, has for a long period been anuexed to the parish and 
manor of Hawstead. and is the pleasant seat of the Rev. Sir Thos. 
Gfery Galium , Bart., lord of the manor and owner of a great part of 
the parish ; the rest of which belongs to Sir T. E. Gage. Bart.. H. C. 
Metcalfe. Esq., H. 3. Oakes. Esq.. Messrs. Wm. Bigsby and J. 
Smith, and several smaller owners. Harduiek House is a large 
and handsome mansion, in the Elizabethan style, picturesquely 
situated in a beautiful park, upon the very line that divides the 
open and woodland country. It commands, from its elevated site, 
pleasing views of Bury and the surrounding country, and has beau- 
tiful gardens, conservatories, &c., and many delightful umbrageous 
walks through thriving plantations and shrubberies formed by the 
present worthy proprietor, who, to a devoted attachment to his an- 
cestral home, unites the love for topographical and botanical pur- 
suits which distinguished several of his predecessors, and an elegant 
and liberal hospitality. The house, which is furnished and deco- 
rated with admirable taste, contains some beautiful and antique 
marbles: a fine collection of historical and family portraits, and 
paintings of the old masters: an extensive and valuable library, 
chiefly formed by the present baronet, and many articles of vertu. 
One of its windows has some remarkably fine specimens of painted 
glass, containing portraits of Henry III., and his Queen Eleanor, fte. 
In the entrance hall is an Etruscan tomb, brought from Chiusi. in 
1841 , adorned by reliefs of singular distinctness and beauty, repre- 
senting a gladiatorial exhibition at the funeral altar of a deceased 
nobleman, whose statue, in a recliniug posture, occupies the upper 
portion of the monument. Hardwick, anciently called Herdwyk. 
from the flocks and herds which pastured here, was granted by King 
Edmund in 945 to the cellarer of the monastery of St. Edmund. 
and the gift was confirmed by a writ of King Stephen. At the dis- 
solution of the abbey, it was granted to Sir Thomas Darcy. after- 
wards Lord Darcy. of Chich. It subsequently became the property 
of Sir Robert Southwell, Master of the Bolls to Queen Elizabeth*: 
and after passing through several hands, it was purchased in 1610 
by Sir Robert Drury, the last male heir of his distinguished family, 
who dying in 1615 without issue, his estates were partitioned among 
bis three sisters, to one of whom, married to Sir Wm. Wiay, the 
Hardwick estate devolved. By the widow of this lady's only sur- 
viving son, Sir Christopher Wray t the manor of Hawstead. with the 
Hardwick estate, was sold in 1656 for £17,697 to Thomas Outturn, 
Esq.. who was created a baronet in 1660. The present worthy ba- 
ronet is the only male heir and representative of the family, which 
has been seated here two centuries: consequently, at his decease, the 
baronetcy will become extinct. The Rev. Sir John Cullum. the 
sixth baronet, was rector of Hawstead, and published the History 
and Antiquities of the parish, in 1784 He was also author of a 



HAWSTEAD. (THINGOE HUNDRED.) 467 

brief account of Little Saxham Church, and Bury St. Edmund's, 
inserted with views in the Antiquarian Repertory. Hawstead 
Place, the ancient manor house and seat of the Drurys. was an 
extensive quadrangular building, on a commanding eminence, sur- 
rounded by a wide moat, faced on all its banks with bricks, and 
having on the outside a terrace formed by the earth thrown up in 
making the moat, which is crossed by a strong brick bridge of four 
arches. Oi the house itself, nothing now remains, though the m Ml 
and bridge are still in good preservation ; and in the garden of the 
neighbouring farm house are two piers of a gateway, exhibiting 
some excellent brickwork. Between the two porches stood an un- 
couth figure of Hercules, which is now preserved in the gardens at 
Hardwick. and which formerly discharged by the natural passage 
into a carved stone basin, a continual stream of water, supplied by 
leaden pipes from a pond at the distance of nearly half a mile. From 
the date on the pedestal, this was probably one of the embellish- 
ments bestowed upon the place for the visit of Queen Elizabeth, 
in 157 5. when she slept here one night, and is said to have knighted 
the owner, on the occasion of his restoring her silver-handled fan, 
which she had dropped into the moat. The Drurys were seated at 
Hawstead Place 150 years, and became extinct in 1615. on the death 
of Sir Robert Lrury. who purchased Hardwick House m 1610. and 
removed to it the furniture, paintings, arid ornaments from Hau- 
near the site of which is an old farm-house bearing that 
name, and on the south side are three oriental plane trees, sopj :sed 
to be the oldest and finest in England Hawsteai H:tse. the seat 
of Henry Christopher Metcalfe, Esq . is a large and handsome man 
sion, which has beautiful pleasure grounds, and was rebuilt in 1783, 
of Woolpit brick, by the late Christopher Metcalfe, Esq. Hairs:: 

: e.llecl Hoisted, in Domesday Book, and is estimated at 13 earu- 
s. The bounds of its parish pass through -'. le north and south 
doors of the church oi : ifacesi parish of Xowton: and on its 
western limit there was, some years ago. a majestic tree, called the 
:1 oak. under which the clergyman used to stop in the annual 
perambulation, to repeat some prayer for the occasion. Hawstead 
was given in the reign of Edward the Confessor :: Bury Abbey ; 
and the abbot afterwards granted lands heir :: several families, one 
of whom took the name of the place. The Firz-Eustaee family for 
a long period held the manor, which afterwards passed to the Clop- 
ton's. who in 1504 gave it to the Drarya in exchange for the manors 
of Henstead and Blomstons, and from them it was purchased in M ' 
by the before-mentioned Thomas Cullum. Esq.. ancestor of its pre- 
sent proprietor, the Eev. Sir T. G. Cullum. Barf 

Hawstead CHUECH All Saints,' was rebuilt about the middle of the 
Luh century, and has undergone many repairs and improvements. It is 
constructed of freestone, and flints broken into smooth faces, which, by the 
contrast of their colour, produce a pleasing effect. The square steeple, 
which contains three bells,, is 63 feet high, and the lower part of it. as well 
as the porches, parapets, and buttress :.iuts beautifully inlaid in 

a variety of patterns. The walls, for about two feet above the ground, are 
of freestone, and project all round in the manner of a buttress. The north 
and south doorways are very ancient, and are in the Norman style, orna- 



468 HAWSTEAD PARISH. 

merited with zig-zag mouldings. In 1780, the thatched roof was exchanged 
for tiles. The nave and chancel are parted by an oak screen of Gothic 
work, on which hangs one of the small bells rung in Catholic times at the 
consecration and elevation of the host. The church has many headless 
figures of saints and augels, mutilated in Cromwell's time ; and its windows 
still retain several coats of arms of the Drurys and Cloptous, of whom here 
are several monuments. Within an arched recess, in the chancel wall, lies 
a cross-legged figure, in stone, supposed to have represented one of the 
Eitz-Eustaces, who were lords here in the reigns of Henry III. and Edward 
I. In the middle of the floor is a flat slab of Sussex marble, which, by its 
escutcheons in brass, appears to cover the remains of Roger Drury, who 
died in 1500. On a flat stone, in front of the communion table, is a figure 
of a lady in brass, with a head dress of the age of Henry VII. On an altar- 
tomb are, inlaid in brass, the figures of Sir Wm. Drury, Kt., his two wives, 
and 17 children. In the chancel is a fine marble bust of another Sir Wm. 
Drury, Kt., who was elected one of the knights of the shire in 1585, and 
again in 1589, and was killed in a duel in France. In the south-east corner 
of the chancel is an elegant mural monument of painted alabaster, in me- 
mory of Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Robert Drury, who died in 1610, aged 
15. Under an ornamental arch lies the figure of a young female, as large 
as life, with her head reclining on her left hand ; and above is an emblama- 
tical figure surrounded with glory, and scattering flowers on the figure be- 
low. Opposite is a noble mural monument, in honour of her father, of 
whom it bears a spirited bust, in a marble frame over the arch. This Sir 
Robert accompanied the Earl of Essex to the unsuccessful siege of Rouen, 
in 1591, where he was knighted at the early age 16. The Drury family,. 
which so long flourished here, produced many persons distinguished in 
their time, but the most celebrated was Sir William, who passed his youth 
in the French wars, his maturer years in Scotland, and his old age in Ire- 
land, where he was appointed lord president of the province of Minister in 
1575, and lord chief justice of Ireland in 1578, but died in the same year, 
when proceeding to reduce the rebellious Earl of Desmond. Here are also* 
several elegant monuments of the Cullum family, one of which is of white 
hard plaster, painted and gilt, in honour of the first baronet, who purchased 
the estate, after amassing a large fortune as a draper in London. The 
rectory, valued in K.B. at £'11. 16s. 10j-d., and now at £±2$, has a yearly 
rent-charge of £'581, awarded in 1843 in lieu of tithes. The Rev. Sir Thos^ 
Gery Cullum, Bart., is the patron, and the Rev. Wm. Collett, M.A., is the 
incumbent, and has 33| acres of glebe, and a large and handsome Rectory 
Souse, erected in 1854, of red brick, in the Tudor style. The Rev. Joseph 
Hall, afterwards bishop of Exeter and Norwich, was presented to this rec- 
tory in 1601. Near the site of the old rectory house is a large yew tree, 
believed to have been planted more than 300 years ago. Here is a School, 
with a house for the mistress, built in 1847 of flint and brick, at the sole 
expense of Sir T. G. Cullum, Bart., and supported by Lady Cullum, for the 
education of 100 poor children. 

An Almshouse, for six poor unmarried women, was founded at Hard* 
wick in 1615, by Sir Robert Drury, Kt., who charged the manor of Haw- 
stead Hall-cum-Buckenhams with a yearly rent-charge of £52, to be applied 
as follows, viz., £o to each of the six almswomen, £22 to the poor of the 
following parishes, viz., £Q to Hawstead ; £o to Whepstead ; £± to Brock- 
ley; £4 to Chedburgh ; and £3 to Rede. The founder directed that the 
six almswomen should be selected as follows : one from each of the pa- 
rishes of Hawstead, Whepstead, and Brockley ; one from Chedburgh or 
Bede; and two from Bury St. Edmund's. Sir Thomas G. Cullum, Bart., 



THISGOE HUNDRED. 469 

as lord of the manor, pays the rent-charge of £~2, The Almshouse, at 
Hardwiek, having fallen into decay, was taken down about 1820, and in 
lieu thereof, an almshouse for two poor women was purchased at Bury, and 
another for four poor women was purchased at Hawstead. The .Alms- 
house, near the rec:ory. was founded in 18J 1 by Philip Metcalfe, Esq.. for 
sis poor women, who receive yearly £18 in money, i'3 in clothes, and 
£8 in fuel. The patronege is vested in the occupier for the time being of 
Hawstead House. The Town Estate comprises the Church-house, occu- 
pied bj poor families, and three cottages and about 11 acres of land, let for 
£21 a'year, of which £3. 16s. belongs to the poor, and the remainder to 
the church. The poor of Hawstead have also a yearly rent-charge of 
i"o. 10s., left by Sir Thomas Cullum. for a weekly distribution of bread, in 
1662, and now paid by the Drapers' Company, London. 

HAWSTEAD. FABMEHS. 

Sir The :■ Gery. Bart., Bidlell Wm. (auctioneer. &e.) Haw* 

jI.A. . F.S.A . Haildwtck House stead Hall 

Bigsbv Mrs Ann Bigsby Wm. Hawstead G i 

Collett Eev Wm., 1UL, Reek Catehpole Thos. (cattle dli ) Piper's 

Cooper Thomas, fict. Metcalfe Arms Orbell Wm. He wstet : Lodge 

Head Ann Hines. schoolmistress Palmer George. Pinfc " ^_ " 

Metcalfe Henry Christopher, Esq., Payne Samuel. Hawstead Place 

Hmweomi House Tryke Wm. Scott, carpenter. Bruers 

Mortlock Matilda, blacksmith. Posr/hm Bury Si Edmund's 

Wells Charles, shopr. and beerseiler { 



HEXGRAYE. a pleasant village, on the north-western side of 
the vale of the river Lark. 4 miles W. of Bury St Edmund's, has 

in its parish 240 inhabitants and 1044 acres of land, the whole of 
which is the property and manor of Sir Thomas Eokewode Gage, 
Bart, of Hesgrave Haix, a fine old mansion, standing in a beau- 
tiful Pari: of BOO acres, affording a unique specimen of ancient domes- 
tic architecture of the Tudor period, and built in 1525 by Sir 
Thomas Kytson. Et. It is of white brick and stone, and was once 
more extensive than at present: some portions at the noith and 
north-east angle being taken away in 1775. The building, which 
is still large, encloses a quadrangular court, embattled; and the 
apartments open into a gallery, the windows of which overlook the- 
court, and contain a profusion of stained glass The bay-window 
in the hall is richly decorated with armorial shields, and is very 
splendid in its mullions, fan tracery, pendant, and spandrils: all of 
which resemble the highly florid example of Henry Yll.th's chapel. 
The form of the turrets, on each side of the gateway, and at the 
angles of the building, as also of the two small turreted columns at 
the door, bear a striking resemblance to Moorish minarets, or the 
cupolas of Indian edifices. The mansion was for some years the 
abode of a sisterhood of ''Austin Xuns of Bruges,'' to whom Sir 
Thomas Gage, the sixth baronet, liberally afforded an asylum at 
the period ot the first Erench revolution. * In the reign of Henry 
III. Hen grave belonged to Sir Thomas deHengraoe. Several mem- 
bers of this family were highly distinguished. Sir Edmund de 
Hengravf was one of the knights returned to parliament for the 
counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, in the 40th of Edward III. His 



470 HENGRAVE. (THTNGOE HUNDRED.) 

sod, the youthful Sir Edmund de Hengrave, who had followed the 
banners of Ptobert de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk, to France, was slain 
at the battle of Poictiers. The manor having continued more than 
two centuries in their possession, passed to the Hethe family, of Little 
Saxham, and was shortly afterwards sold to the noble family of 
Stafford, Dukes of Buckingham, of whom Henry, the second duke, 
was the principal agent in placing the Crown on the head of 
Richard III. His son, Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, who 
was attainted for high treason, perished on the scaffold a.d. 1£2£, 
in the reign of Henry VIII. Sir Thomas Kytson, Kt., who had 
previously purchased the manor ot the unfortunate Duke, built the 
present hall in 1525, and made it his family residence. He was 
succeeded by his son Thomas, who died in 1602, when the estate 
devolved by marriage to Thomas Lord Darcy, of Chich, whose 
second daughter, Lady Penelope, conveyed Hengrave in marriage 
to Sir John Gage, of Fide. Sussex, whose second son, Edward Gage, 
of Hengrave, was created a Baronet in 1662. The manor and 
mansion have continued in the possession of the Gage family to the 
present time. The Church stands near the hall, and is a small 
ancient structure, with a round tower finely mantled with ivy. It 
lias neither pews nor pulpit, and has not been used for divine ser- 
vice since 1589, the Rectory, valued in K.B. at £0. 7s. Id., being 
consolidated with Elempton, where there is a church which serves 
both parishes. Hengrave church has still several monuments. One 
is a fine marble tomb, in memory of Sir Thomas Kytson, the 
founder of the hall, and has effigies of himself and his two wives. 
The Almshouses here consist of four tenements, for as many aged 
servants of the family at the Hall, and were erected and endowed 
with an annuity of <£10 by Sir Thomas Kytson, whose widow, Eliza- 
beth, in 1662, in lieu of the said annuity, charged her manor of 
Lackford with the yearly payment of i>30, for equal division among 
the almspeople, and with £± a year to provide twelve gowns for 
twelve of the most aged poor of Hengrave, Flempton, Lackford, 
Chevington, Eisby, Westley, and the three Fornhams. She also 
charged the manor of Lackford with the following yearly payments, 
for the relief of the poor of the respective parishes, viz. : — £10 to 
Bury St. Edmund's; £3 to Fornham- All-Saints ; £2 each to Forn- 
ham St. Martin, Flempton, Chevington, and Eisby ; £1 each to 
Hargrave, Westley, and Fornham St. Genevieve ; £b to Lackford ; 
and £3 to St. James', Clerkenwell, Middlesex. The almspeople at 
Hengrave are appointed by Sir Thomas R. Gage, as owner of Hen- 
grave Hall. 



Gage Sir Thomas Bokewode, Bari. t 
\ Hengkate Hall 
Blyth Eeuben, carpenter 
Gill Mrs Mary, Hengrave Cottage 
Goodrich Clement, corn miller 
Horrex Robert, shopkeeper 
Lawrence Alfred, land agent 



Lugar Henry, farmer, Stanchells 
Pask Win., boot and shoe maker 
Raynbird Robert, farmer, Grange 
Skinner James, gardener, Hall 
Wellham Joseph, gamekeeper 
Wise George, house steward, Hali 
Post from Bury St. Edmund's 



HORNINGSHEATH, commonly called HOKRINGER, is a 
neat and pleasant village, 2 miles W.S.W. of Bury, on the east side 



HORNINGSHEATH PARISH. 471 

of the extensive and beautifiul park of Ickworth. Its paiish contains 
670 souls, and 2200 acres of fertile and well wooded land, including 
the greater part of HORSE CROFT hamlet, which is a mile E. of 
the village, and extends into Nowton parish. Horningsheath was 
formerly in two parishes, but they were consolidated in 1548, after 
the church of Little Horningsheath had been demolished. The 
manor was held by Bury Abbey, and the abbot used Little Hornings- 
heath Hall as one of his pleasure houses. The manor and advow- 
son were afterwards held by the D avers, and are now held by the 
Marquis of Bristol, together with a great part of the soil ; but 
Horsecroft is mostly the property of Wm Bacon TTigson, Esq.; 
and George I. Bevan, A. J. Brooke, J. M. Scarlin, and J. F. Dove, 
Esqrs., and several smaller owners, have estates in the parish. 
Brooke House, a handsome mansion of white brick, surrounded 
by extensive pleasure grounds, is the seat of Arthur John Brooke, 
Esq. ; and Hopleys, a tasteful villa, half a mile east of the village, 
commanding rich views of the surrounding country, is the property 
and residence of J. F. Dove, Esq. Horringer House is the pleasant 
residence of George Innes Bevan, Esq. Among the large oaks in 
this parish is one girt by a bench, on which twenty men may sit. 
The Church (St. Leonard) is a small neat structure, with a tower and 
six bells, standing on a large green, round which are many neat 
cottages. It was repewed in 1818, at the cost of A. J. Brooke, Esq. 
The organ was given in 1816 by the Rev. Henry Hasted, M.A., the 
late rector, to whose memory there is a beautiful stained glass win- 
dow, inserted by the parishioners, at the cost of .£150. The rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £13. 3s. 8jd., and now at £459, has a yearly 
rent-charge of £'580 from this, and £17. 10s. from \Yestley parish, 
awarded in 1840, in lieu of tithes. The Marquis of Bristol is 
patron, and the Hon. and Rev. Lord Arthur Chas. Hervey, M.A., 
of Ickworth, is the incumbent, and has 16a. 1r. Ip. of glebe, and a 
good Rectory-house, occupied by the curate. The Free School was 
built by the Marquis of Bristol, and is attended by from 40 to 50 
poor children, who are nominated by the rector, and are instructed 
by a schoolmistress in reading and writing, and the girls also in 
knitting and sewing. The mistress has the use of a small garden, 
and receives about £16 a year from the Hon. Wm. Hervey 's Charity, 
(see Chedburgh :) a yearly rent- charge of £6, left by Samuel 
Batteley, in J 714, out of land at Denston ; and £6. 4s. as the rent 
of two cottages left by Wm. Godfrey, in 1724. A few poor boys are 
educated by subscription at another school. Two poor widows of 
the parish have £6 yearly from S aches Charity. (See page 188.) 
A double cottage has belonged to the poor parishioners from time 
immemorial, and is occupied rent free, as also is a cottage with a 
garden attached to it, left by Ann C order, in 1591. The Town 
Estate consists of four tenements, built by the Marquis of Bristol, 
on the site of the Guildhall and Town House, and now let for 
£4 a year, which is distributed among the poor in coals ; and 2a. Ir. 
of land, let for £3 a year, which is applied in apprenticing poor 
boys, and repairing the poor's cottages. Two extensive lamb fairs 
were formerly held here, upon Sheep green, but only one is now 



472 



HORNINGSHEATH PARISH. 



held, on Sept. 4th, when sheep, cattle, and horses, are also brought 
here for sale. 



Post Office at John Green's. Letters 
arrive at 7 a.m., and are despatched 
at 5§ p.m., via IBury St. Edmund's 
Avey Walter, vict. Bed House 
Bevan Geo. Innes, Esq.. Horringer Hs 
Brooke Arthur John, Esq., Brooke Hs 
Dove John Fowler, Esq., Hopleys 
Edwards Wm. wheelwright & par. clerk 
Habergham Joseph, schoolmaster 
Page Jane, schoolmistress 
Eidgeon George, wood dealer 
Kolfe George F. lodgings 
Scarlin James Matthew, Esq. 
Simpson Rev Forster Geo., B. A., curate 
of Ickworth and Horringer, Beet or y 
Thomas Edw. Charles, artist, Shrubbery 



Turner John Henry, land agent to the 
Marquis of Bristol, Little Horringer 
Hall 

Wigson Wm. Bacon, Esq., Horsecroft 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Farrants George 
Pryke Thomas 

FARMERS. 

Bidwell Woodwd., 

Or eat Hall 
Gardiner Wm. 
Kemp John 
Mison Samuel 
Sturgeon John 
Wigson Wm. B. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Adams Samuel 



Boreham Isaac 
Edwards John 
Levi is Jarman 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Bridgman Joseph 
Green John, beer- 
seller, Post office 
Tweed Geo. beerhs 

TAILORS. 

ComellJno.&Geo- 
Sanders George 



ICKWORTH parish, from 3 to 5 miles S.W. by W. of Bury St 
Edmund's, contains only 71 souls, and 1259 acres, all in ICK- 
WORTH PARK, which is eleven miles in circumference, and com- 
prises no less than 1800a., of which nearly 300a. are in the adjoin- 
ing parish of Horningsheath. Ickworth formerly belonged to the 
Abbey of Bury, by the gift of Theodred, Bishop of London. The 
whole parish has long been converted into a park, in which stands 
the magnificent residence of the noble family of Hervey, who ac- 
quired this estate by marriage with that of Drury. John Hervey 
was created a peer of the realm, by Queen Anne, in 1703, by th& 
title of Baron Her vey, of Ickworth ; and in 1714 was raised to the 
dignity of Earl of Bristol. Frederick Wm Hervey,F.R.S.,F.S.A, 9 
the present and fifth earl, was created Marquis of Bristol and 
Earl Jermyn, in 1826. He was born in 1769, and married, in 
1798, Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Templeton, who died in 1844. 
He is now 85 years of age, and succeeded to tbe earldom in 1803. 
He is patron of twenty church livings, and is Hereditary High 
Steward of Bury St. Edmund's. His eldest son, the Right Hon. 
Eredk. Wm. Hervey, Earl Jermyx, was born in 1800, and has 
been one of the parliamentary representatives of Bury St. Edmund's 
since 1830, and a privy councillor since 1841. In 1830, he married 
a daughter of the Duke of Rutland. His eldest son and heir, the 
Hon. Fredk. Wm. John Lord Hervey > was born in 1834. 

Ickworth Park may vie with any in the kingdom in beauty or extent* 
It is stocked with about 700 head of fine deer, and its gardens occupy 0| 
acres, and have near them a fine sheet of water. The Old Mansion in Ick- 
worth Park is not remarkable, and was originally to all appearance a farm- 
house, added to from time to time, as necessity or convenience required. 
Tbe ancient manor house of Ickwprtb, traditionally said to have been de- 
stroyed by fire, stood on the crown of the hill, to the east of the church, and 
its materials appear to have been subsequently used in the reparation of the 
church and churchyard wall. Its foundations were discovered in 1844. 
The New Mansion was planned upon a very extensive scale, by tbe late 



ICKWORTH PARK. (THINGOE HUNDRED.) 478 

Earl of Bristol, who was also Bishop of Derry, partly for the purpose of de- 
positing in it the various works of art which he had collected during a long* 
residence in Italy. Only the external parts of the grand centre, and the 
foundations of the wings, were completed in 1798, when the late EaiTs col- 
lections fell into the hands of the French, and he himself was confined by 
the republicans in the castle of Milan. This event seems to have occa- 
sioned him to abandon his design of returning to England, and he continued 
to reside in Italy till his death in 1803, when he is said to have left all his 
personal property to strangers, including such collections as he had made 
in the last years of his life. His successor, the present noble owner, for 
some years deliberated on the propriety of pulling down the shell which 
his father had erected, rather than incurring the immense expense of com- 
pleting it, and of adding the two extensive wings which formed part of the 
plan. However, about 25 years ago, he determined to carry out his father's 
design, and having finished the centre, proceeded with the erection of the 
wings, which are each more than fifty yards in length, and upon which he 
still expends large sums yearly. This mansion house, whether from the 
grandeur of its scale or the singularity of its design, is one of the most 
remarkable structures of modern architecture. About 1792, the late Earl 
laid the foundations of the mansion, on a plan suggested by himself, with, 
the assistance of Francis Sandys, Esq., the architect; but as already 
noticed, he did not live to see its completion. It is of tile and brick stuc- 
coed, and consists of an oval centre, connected with wings, by extensive 
corridors, and faced by a portico on the north side. The whole stands upon 
a basement containing the offices. The extreme length of the building is 
625 feet. The centre, crowned with a dome, rises 105 feet, the diameter 
being 120 feet north and south, and 106 feet east and west. The corridors 
are quadrants of circles, and intersect the centre, so as to leave two-thirds 
of its largest diameter in advance on the south or principal front. The 
centre is composed of two orders — the Ionic and the Corinthian, and three- 
quarter columns support the entablatures. The lower entablature is plain, 
the space immediately below it being enriched with a series of subjects 
modelled in relief. The upper entablature has its frieze filled with reliefs. 
On the summit of the dome is a ballustrade concealing the flues. The 
portico is supported by four columns, with a pediment of the Ionic order* 
The south front, with its noble terrace, is full of graudeur. The reliefs, 
which are various in their nature, are all modelled after Flaxman's designs, 
from the Iliad and the Odyssey, excepting that in the centre over the en- 
trance within the portico, which was designed by Lady Caroline Wharn- 
cliffe. The whole of the reliefs of the lower circle, and part of the upper, 
were modelled by Carabello and Casimir Donta, two brothers from the 
Milanese district; and the rest were executed by Coade. The interior is 
now splendidly furnished, and contains many large and elegant apartments. 
The Church is a small neat structure, standing in the Park, at a short 
distance from the two mansions. The benefice is a discharged rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £l. lis. od., and now at £193. 5s. The Marquis of 
Bristol is patron, and one of his sons, the Hon. and Rev. Lord Arthur 
Charles Hervey, M.A., is the incumbent. An elegant monumental stone 
column, 90 feet high, was erected in the Park, some years ago, by the clergy 
of his diocese, in memory of Frederick Augustus, the late Earl of Bristol 
and Bishop of Derry. In the 12th of James I., Elizabeth Hervey charged 
her lands here and in Horsingsheath with a yearly rent charge of £2 for the 
poor of Tckworth, 



474 



ICKWORTH PARISH. 



Most Hon. Frederick William Hervey, 
F.R.S., F.S.A., Marquis of Bristol, 
Earl Jermyn, and Baron Hervey, Ick- 
tvorth Park. 

Right Hon. Frederick Wm. Hervey, Earl 
Jermyn, M.P., Ickworih Park, and 
47, Eaton Place, London. 



Hon. and Rev Lord Arthur Charles 
Hervey, M.A., rector of Ickworth, 
and Horningsheath, Old Mansion 

Bilson Wm., parkkeeper 

Smith John, gamekeeper 

Squibb Robert, gardener 



LACKFOBD, a small scattered village ou the south side of the 
river Lark, 6 miles NAY. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 216 
souls, and 2243 acres of land. Though in Thingoe, it gives name 
to the adjoining Hundred. Its name is no doubt a corruption of 
Lark-ford ; but the river is now crossed here by a good bridge, and 
is navigable from the Ouse to the vicinity of Bury. (See page 148.) 
Mrs Litchford and Mrs. Childers are owners of the soil and manor, 
and patrons of the rectory, valued in K.B. at £19. 10s. 5d.. and now 
having a yearly tithe rent of £3%S. 6s. from this parish, : .and £8. 14s. 6d. 
from the tithes of Flempton. It is in the incumbency of the Rev. 
Thomas Hurford Siely, M.A., who has a commodious Rectory House 
and 26a. 2r. 22p. of glebe. The Church (St. Lawrence.) is a small 
thatched fabric, and was in the patronage of Bury Abbey. The poor 
parishioners have Ia. of land at Rattlesden, let for 20s., and pur- 
chased with £'10 left by Wm. Firmage, in 1599 ; — 5a. in the same 
parish, let for £3. 10s., and purchased with £30 left by the Rev. 
Edward Kirke, in 1613 ; and the dividends of £153. 6s. 8d. Old 
South Sea Annuities, given by John Booty, in L771. They have 
also £5 a year out of the manor of Lackford, pursuant to the be- 
quest of Lady Elizabeth Kytson. (See Hengrave.) The income 
from these sources is distributed amongst the poor parishioners in 
fuel. Here is a small School attended by about 30 children. Lack- 
ford Hall Farm is occupied by Mr. John Muskett, of Bury. Direc- 
tory : — The Rev Thomas H. Siely, M.A., Rectory; Henry Roper, 
farmer, Brook Farm, and Martin Spenceley, farm bailiff, Hall. 
Post from Bury. 

NOWTON. a small village, pleasantly situated on an eminence, 
2 miles S. by E of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 187 in- 
habitants, and 1157a. 3b. 2p. of land, exclusive of a portion of Horse- 
croft hamlet, which is mostly in Horningsheath parish. H. J. 
Oakes, Esq., is lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs 
to the Marquis of Bristol, and a few smaller owners. The Church 
(St. Peter,) is a neat structure with six bells, and was enlarged and 
repewed in 1843, at the cost of H. J. Oakes, Esq. Its windows are 
filled with painted glass, imported from Flanders, the munificent 
gift of the late Orbell Ray Oakes, Esq. The rectory, valued in 
K.B. at £6. 19s. 4^-d., and in 1835 at £314, has now a yearly rent 
charge of £347. 15s. awarded in 1849 in lieu of tithes, and about 9§ 
acres of glebe. The Marquis of Bristol is patron, and the Rev. 
Hervey Aston Adamson Oakes, of Bury, is the incumbent. Nowton 
Court, an elegant modern mansion, in the Tudor style, surrounded 
by beautiful pleasure grounds, is the seat of Henry Jas. Oakes, Esq. 
whose son, J. H. P. Oakes, Esq., is one of the parliamentary repre- 
sentatives of the borough of Bury St. Edmund's. Mrs. Oakes sup- 



NOWTON. (THINGOE HUNDRED.) 475 

ports a small school in the Tillage for the education of 2b poor 
children; and the parish has 2a. of Poors Land in Bury Field, 
purchased with <£20 benefaction money. Post from Bury St. Ed- 
mund's. 



Oakes Henry Jas., Esq., Nowton Court 
Oakes James Henry Porteus. M.P.. do. 
Baldwin Mary, shopkeeper 
Bloomfield Maria, schoolmistress 
Back Robert farmer. Nowton Hall 
Clark Geo. Danl. relieving officer^; regr 



Hasted James, farm bailiff 
Howe Robert, gamekeeper 
Marshall Mrs Elizabeth, farmer 
Stanley Mrs and Miss, Nowton Cottage 
Tardy Mrs Martha ; Hynard Mary 



BEDE, a village and parish near the source of a rivulet, 7 miles 
S.S.TV. of Bury St. Edmund's, contains 247 souls and 1224 acres of 
land. The ^larquis of Bristol is lord of the mauor; but a great 
part of the soil belongs to Mr. Thomas Murrills, the Eev. H. J, 
Hasted, and a few smaller owners. The Church (All Saints,) is a 
small edifice, with a tower and three bells. The chancel was re- 
paired and fitted with carved oak stalls in 1850, and the rest of the 
building is about to be thoroughly restored. The rectory, valued in 
K B. at £2. 18s. Hd., and in 1835 at £'274, has a yearly tithe rent 
of £'293, awarded in 1841. It is in the patronage of the Lord Chan- 
cellor, and incumbency of the Bev. George Francis Turner, MJL 3 
who has 26 acres of glebe, and a handsome Bectory House, in the 
Tudor style, built in 1848- ; 9, at the cost of £1700." The Hall, an 
ancient moated mansion, is now a farm house. As noticed with 
Hawstead, the poor of Bede have £3 a year from Sir Robert Drury's 
Charity, and one of the poor parishioners is placed in the alms- 
house at Hawstead, and has a yearly stipend of £b. They have 
also St, 3s. 4d. yearly, in three rent charges, left by Bobert Sparrowe, 
Samuel Bird, arid B. Kedington. In 1721, Thomas Sparse left 11a. 
of land called Great and Little Stubbing, in trust, to apply the rents 
in schooling poor children of Bede. and in buying them books. 
This land is copyhold of the manor of Brockley Hall, and is let for 
£16 a year, but is subject to a quit-rent of £1. 10s. Id. The rent is 
applied towards the support of a National School, to which about 
£11 a year is paid from General Herveys Charity. (See Chedburgh.) 
A new school room was built by subscription in 1843, with a house 
for the master, and is attended by about 30 children. The poor 
have also 6 tons of coal yearly, and the school one ton, from General 
Herveys Charity. 



Burroughs John, smith & wheelwright 

Clark John, parish clerk 

Elliott Samuel, shopkeeper 

Frost Alfred, boot and shoe maker 

Frost Charles, schoolmaster 

Turner Rev Geo. Fras., M.A., Rectory 



FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
^Elliott John 

*3Iurrills Thomas, Downing* 
Rollinson George. Kiln Farm 
Rollinson John, Rede Hall 
Wright Robert Elliston 



BISBY, a small village, pleasantlv situated nearlv 4 miles W. by 
N. of Bury St, Edmund's, and U mile X. of Saxhorn Station, has 
in its parish 431 souls, and 2801 acres of land, having a light mixed 
soil. Edward the Confessor gave the manor of Bisby to Bury Abbey, 
and it was granted in the 31st of Henry VIII. to Sir Thomas Kytson. 



476 RISBY. (thingoe hundred.) 

Sir Thos. Rokewode Gage, Bart., is now lord of the manor, but part 
of the parish belongs to the Rev. J. D. Wastell, Mr. J. Cottingham, 
and a few smaller owners. 

The Church (St. Giles) is a small ancient structure, with a round tower 
and a curiously carved screen. It was new pewed and repaired in 1842, at 
the cost of £260 ; and a new vestry was built in 1843. The rtctory, valued 
in K.B. at i?l 9. 10s. 5d., and in 1835 at £'750, with that of Fornham St. 
Genevieve consolidated with it, is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, 
and incumbency of the Rev. S. H. Alderson, M.A., who has 20 acres of 
glebe, and a commodious Rectory House, built of red brick in 1841. The 
tithes of Risby were commuted in 1839 for £'575. 6s. 8d. per annum, and 
those of Fornham St. Genevieve for £140. Here is a sc/iool supported by 
the rector and the Rev. J. D. Wastell, attended by about sixty scholars. 
Risby Poofs Estate consists of a house and 19a. of land, atNeedham street, 
in Gazeley, let for £14. 12s. a year. It was given before the reign of Henry 
VIII., for the purpose of easing the poor parishioners of the town charges, 
&c, that might be imposed upon them. For many years no part of the 
rent has been applied to the payment of taxes, but the whole has been dis- 
tributed yearly among the poor; who have also £1. 13s. 6d. yearly from 
land purchased with £10 given by Wm. Firmage, in 1599 ; £2 a year from 
Lady Kytsoiis Charity, (see Hengrave ;) £3. 10s. 4d. yearly from £212. 
19s. Id. new four per cent. Annuities, purchased with £200 left by Launce- 
lotDanby, in 1812 ; and £L. 16s. lOd. a year from £61. 10s. 9d." three per 
cent. Consols, purchased with £50 left by John Spink, in 1822. 

Post Office at Thomas Orrage's. Let- 
• ters desp. at 5 evening, via Bury St. 
Edmund's. 



Alderson Rev. Sml. Hurry. M.A. Rectory 
Atkin Wm. shopkeeper and carrier 
Bridge Wm., parisli clerk 
Calver George, registrar and relieving 

officer for Fornham District 
Cooke Wm. farmer, Risby Hall 
Cottingham John, farmer, Bisby Place 
Deer Wm. thatcher 



Fenton James, shopkeeper 
Fenton Thomas, gardener, &e. 
Fenton Wm baker and shopkeeper 
Kemball George, farmer, Charma7i's 
Orrage Wm. & Thomas, blacksmiths 
Paine John Denton, farmer. Quays 
Sutton Miss Amy Smith My. beerhs 
Wastell Rev. John Daniel, MA. 
Carrier, Wm. Atkin, to Bury, Wed- 
nesday and Saturday 
Trains from Saxhorn Station. 



SAXHAH, (GEEAT) a small scattered village, 5 miles W. by S. 
of Bury St. Edmund's, and from 1 to 2 miles S. of Saxhorn Station, 
has in its parish 293 souls, and 1429a. 3r. 2Sp. of land, now valued 
at £1674. 2s. 6d. per annum. It belonged to Bury Abbey, and was 
granted in the 33rd of Henry YIII. to Sir Richard Long and his 
wife. For several descents it was held by the Eldred family, one of 
whom (John) built a mansion here, which was called Nutmeg Hall, 
in the reign of James I. In 1641, his son, Revet Eldred, was cre- 
ated a baronet: and in 1750, one of his descendants sold the estate 
to Hutchinson Mure, Esq., who greatly improved and embellished 
the domain. The old Hall was accidentally burnt down, in 1779, 
and a new one erected north-west of it, from a plan by Mr. Adam. 
This modern mansion is a large and handsome building, in the 
Italian style, in a beautiful park, and is the seat of Wm. Mills, Esq.. 
lord of the manor, owner of the soil, and patron of the rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £11. 13s. J.l|d., and in 1835 at £330. It is now 
n the incumbency of the Rev. Thomas Mills, M.A., of Stutton, who 



GREAT SAXHA.M PARISH. 177 

has a yearly rent charge of £373, awarded in 1839 in lieu of tithes, 
and about 15 acres of glebe. The Rectory House, a small thatched 
building, is occupied by the curate. 

The Church, (St. Andrew) an ancient structure in the park, has a tower 
and three bells, and two beautiful painted windows, inserted by the late T. 
Mills, Esq., in IS 15. In the chancel is a bust of John Eldred, who travelled 
to tbe Holy Land, Babylon, &c, and died in 1632, aged bO years. Under 
this bust is a raised monument, with a black marble slab, on which, neatly 
inlaid in brass, is the figure of a man, with a ruff and furred gown, well 
-engraved, with the arms of Eldred and Revet, and a longMnscription. The 
parish has a barn, two cottages, and about 12a. of land at Whepstead, let for 
£41. 10s. a year, and purchased with the following benefactions, viz., £*100 
given by Lady Ann Eldred, J650 given by the Rev. Samuel Edwards, and 
d£lO given by John Potter, to purchase lands for the equal benefit of the 
minister and the poor. An allotment of about two acres of land, at Forn- 
liani- All-Saints, was awarded in lieu of other land left to the poor of Risby, 
"by the Rev. Ralph Weld, and is now let for e£4 a year. Tbe poor have also 
two yearly rent charges of £2 each, given by Holofernes Allen, in 1605 and 
1610; one of ill. 3s. 4d., given by Edmund Friend, in 1604, and another 
of 6s. 8d., left by Simon Pitts, in 1641. Here is a small school, chiefly 
supported by Wm. Mills, Esq. Post from Bury St, Edmund's, and Tbains 
from Saxham Station. 



Aiderson Rev. Jas. Thos., B.A. curate 
Booty James, vict. White Horse 
Brand Wm. farmer, Cols Hall 
Clarke Mary, schoolmistress 
Cockrili Robert Double, farmer 



Hammond Francis, wheelwright, Sx. 
Mills Wm.. Esq., Saxham Hall 
Silverstone Samuel, farmer 
Syer Wm.. blacksmith 
Taylor Wm. shopkeeper 



__ SAXHAM. (LITTLE, near Saxham Station, and 4 miles W. of 
Bury St. Edmund's, is a small scattered village and parish, contain- 
ing 191 souls, and about 1381 acres of fertile land, all the property 
and manor of the Marquis of Bristol, who is also patron of the rec- 
tory, valued in K.B at £8. lis. 5|d.. and in 1835 at £300. The 
Eev. Wm. Hall is the incumbent, and has a yearly rent charge of 
.£360, about 40 acres of glebe, and a commodious residence. 

The Church (St. Nicholas) is an ancient fabric, with a fine Norman round 
tower, and contains elegant altar monuments and recumbent effigies of Lord 
Crofts and his lady. The Lucas, and after them the Crofts family, were 
seated here for a long period. Several of the latter received the honour of 
knighthood; and one of them, Sir Thomas Crofts, was high sheriff of Suf- 
folk in the 36th of Elizabeth. His grandson, Wm. Crofts, was a great suf- 
ferer for his loyalty to the Stuart family, and in consideration of his ser- 
vices, Charles II. created him a peer of the realm in 1658, by the title of 
Baron Crofts, of Saxham, which became extinct on his death, without issue, 
in 16T7. The Hall, to which Lord Crofts added a grand apartment for the 
reception of Charles II., was probably built in the reign of Henry VII. It 
was pulled down in 1771, when much of its painted glass was inserted in. 
the windows of the church. A yearly rent charge of =£4. 16s. is paid by the 
Marquis of Bristol, out of his estates in this parish, in satisfaction of be- 
quests to the poor, amounting to about £90, and left by Wm. Firmage, 
Lord Crofts, and Wm. and Anthony Crofts, Esqrs. This rent charge is 
distributed in coals and flour, among the poor of the parish, together with 
the dividends of £289. 12s. 6d. three per cent. Consols, purchased with 
^00 left by Mrs. Mary Green, in 1314, Here is a school attended by 



478 LITTLE SAXHAM PARISH. 

about 40 children, supported by the Marquis of Bristol; and a mile N. of 
the church is a Station on the Bury and Newmarket Bailway. DIREC- 
TORY— Rev. Wm. Hall, Rectory ; John Jillings, farmer, Honey Hill; Wm. 
Price, farmer; and Charles Underhill, station master. Trains to Bury 
and Newmarket four times a day. 



WESTLEY, a small parish, 2 miles W. of Bury St. Edmund's, 
has 118 souls, a few cottages, and 1217 acres of land, nearly all in 
one farm, occupied by Mr. Walton Burrell, of Westley Hall. The 
Marquis of Bristol and Mr. James Lee, of Bury, are lords of the 
manors; but part of the soil belougs to Mr. W. Burrell and a few- 
smaller owners. It formerly belonged to Bury Abbey, by gift of 
Bishop Alfric, and was granted in the 31st of Henry VIII. to Sir 
Thomas Kytson. The old church (St. Thomas-a-Becket) is in ruins, 
but a new oue was erected id 1836, at the cost of £'1400, of patent 
cement stone, and dedicated to St. Mary. It is in the Early Eng- 
lish style, and has a small spire, and about 100 sittings. The Mar- 
quis of Bristol gave the site and £600. The rectory, valued in 
K.B. at £9. 15s. 5d., is consolidated with that of Fornham- all-Saints, 
as already noticed at page 464. The poor parishioners have 14s. 6d. 
a year from Lady Kytson's charity. (See Hengrave.) 



WHEPSTEAD, a large but widely- scattered village, from four 
to five miles S. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its picturesque parish 
652 inhabitants, and 2670 acres of fertile land. Sir Wm. Foster, 
Bart., of Norwich, is lord of the manor ; but a great part of the soil 
belongs to the Marquis of Bristol, and the Johnson, Moor, Worl- 
ledge, Jackson, Image, Sprigge, Chapman, Colvile, and other fami- 
lies. The manor was held by Bury Abbey, by gift of Theodred, 
Bishop of London, and was granted to Sir Win. Drury, in the 31st 
of Henry VIII. It afterwards passed through various families to 
the late Major-General Hammond, who repaired and modernized 
Plumpton House, a large mansion, which is now occupied by a 
farmer, and has recently been sold by the trustees of the late Sir 
Thomas Hammond. 

The Church is a neat structure, with a tower containing five bells, and 
formerly surmounted by a spire, which was blown down by a high wind, at 
Oliver Cromwell's death, as also was that at Dalham. It has a handsomely 
painted east window, and a good organ, purchaised in 1812. The rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £14. 4s. 2d., and in 1835, at £468, has now a yearly 
rent-charge of £600, awarded in 1843 in lieu of tithes. It is in the 
patronage of Mrs. Waller, of Hollesley Grove, near Woodbridge, and in- 
cumbency of the Rev. Thomas Image, M.A., who has a handsome Rectory 
House, and about seven acres of glebe. Here is a small Baptist chapel, 
built in 1844, of flint and brick, in the early English style. The Church 
Estate consists of a cottage, a garden, and 3r. 38p. of land in this parish, 
let for £14 a year ; 12a. 28p. of tithe free land, at Thurston, let for £15 >a 
year; and a house, a barn, and 6a. of land at Hawstead, let for £10 a, 
year. The rents are expended in the service of the church. The land at 
Thurston was received in 1809, in exchange for land at Rougham; and that 



WHEPSTEAD. (THINGOE HUNDRED.) 



479 



at Hawstead, was obtained in 1814, in exchange for land at Whepstead. A 
poor widow in this parish is placed in the almshoose at Hawstead, and 
has a yearly stipend of £d from the charity of Sir Mob t. Driiry, who also 
left the yearly sum of £d to be distributed among the poor of Whepstead, 
at Christmas, as noticed with Hawstead. They have also about £3. 12s. 
yearly from Jervis's Charity, (see Brockley;) and the interest of £200 
left by John Wilson Allen, Esq., in 1825. For schooling poor children of 
Whepstead, and providing them with books, Thomas Sparke, in 1721, de- 
vised a copyhold farm of 24a. 2r. 13p., now let for £21 a year, out of 
which about £3 is required yearly for repairs, and £1 is paid to the 
minister and churchwardens, for their trouble in managing the charity. 
The school is kept in a cottage which was purchased by the trustees, and 
10 poor children are taught as free-scholars. Post from Bury St. Edmunds. 



Bowers John, beerhouse & shopkeeper 
Bumpstead George, beerhouse 
Gills Barzillai,. blacksmith 
Gooch Eobert, vict. White Horse 
Greenwood John, beerseller 
Grimwood Henry, wheelwright 
Image Rev ThoL M.A., F.G.S. rector 

of Whepstead &Stanningneld,i?ecfor2/ 
Johnson Rev Richard, Whepstead Hall 
Musk John, shoemaker 
Nunn Fredk. baker and shopkeeper 
Nunn Sarah, shopkeeper & beerhouse 
Pask Joseph, schoolmaster 
Pattle Robert, shopkeeper 
Pawsey James, parish clerk 
Saunders W r m. tailor 
Shadgett Rev Matthew Cordeux, B.A. 

curate 
Webb Susan, blacksmith 



FARMERS (* are Owners.) 
Andrews Robert, Vincent's Farm 
*Bigsby Thos. miller (# Playford) 
Bradley Alexander, Tvffields 
Copsey Robert || *Hammond Robert 
Denny Cornelius. Riches Farm 
Denny Wm. Malting Farm 
Goldsmith George, Sparges 
Hall Thomas, Manston Hall 
Hustler Charles, Castles 
Langham Jph. [| Simpson John 
Lee James, Dovedol Hall 
Mead Thomas, Cages Farm 
Payne Jas. (& auctioneer, land agent. 

& chief constable,) Mickley green 
♦Reynolds Isaac, (& farrier) Mellon gn 
♦Reynolds John, (& farrier) Waste 
Snell John, Flumpton House 
Watkinson George, Stone Cross green 



THEDWESTRY HUNDRED 

Is about twelve miles in length, and six in breadth, and is bounded 
on the west by the borough of Bury St. Edmuud's, and Thingoe 
Hundred ; on the north, by Blackbourn Hundred ; on the east, by 
the latter and Stow Hundred ; and on the south, by Cosford and 
Babergh Hundreds. It is a fertile district, rising in bold undula- 
tions, and watered by many rivulets which rise within its limits, 
and form or swell the sources of the small rivers Thet, Gipping, 
Lark, and Brett. It is in the Western Division of Suffolk, in the 
Deanery of Thedwestry, Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Diocese of Ely, 
and Liberty of St. Edmund. It has no market town ; but those of 
Bury and Ixworth are on its borders. The following is an enumera- 
tion of its 24 parishes, showing their territorial extent and their 
population in 1851 : — 



480 



THEDWESTRY HUNDRED. 



Parishes. Acres. Pop. 

Ampton 786 131 

Barton (Great) 4030 855 

§Beyton 625 394 

Bradfield Combust 818 203 

Bradfield St. Clare .... 1428 214 

Bradfield St. George .. 1984 486 

§Drinkstone 2172 543 

§Felsham 1630 402 

Fornham St. Genevieve 790 57 

Fornham St. Martin .. 1230 322 

§Gedding 521 163 

§Hessett 1568 487 

Livermere Magna .... 1549 301 



Parishes. Acres. Pop. 

Pakenham 3696 1 134 

§Eattlesden 3254 1201 

Rougham 3840 1079 

Rushbrooke 1060 184 

Stanningfield 1455 320 

§Thurston 2200 759 

Tim worth 1358 241 

§Tostock 915 348 

Whelnetham Great 1493 552 

Whelnetham Little 592 178 

§Woolpit 1877 1071 



Total.... 40,851 11,625 



§ The nine parishes marked thus § are in Stow Union, (see page 407 ;) and 
the other fifteen are in Thingoc Union, (see page 460.) All of them are in 
Bury St. Edmund's County Court District, except Thurston, which is in Stow- 
market County Court District. 

{g^ 3 High Constables, Messrs. John Boldero, of Rattlesden, and John 
Fenton, of Great Welnetham. 



AMPTON, a small neat village, pleasantly situated 5 miles X. of 
Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 131 souls, and 736 acres of 
land, all the property and manor of Lord Calthorpe, who formerly 
resided occasionally at Ampton Hall, which is now occupied by 
Henry Browning, Esq., and is a large handsome mansion, in an 
extensive and beautiful park, which adjoins the more extensive 
park of Livermere. The two parks comprise about 700 acres, and 
the late owners, with a harmony very unusual, made a noble ser- 
pentine river through both, and built a large and handsome bridge 
over it, at their joint expense, by which means they ornamented 
their grounds to a degree otherwise impossible. In Ampton Park, 
the water forms a bend against the slope of a wood, whicb has a 
very noble effect. In one part, the water winds through a thick 
planted wood, with a very bold shore, — in some places wide, and in 
others so narrow that the overhanging trees join their branches, and 
even darken the scene. The banks are everywhere uneven — first, 
wild and rough, and covered with bushes and shrubs; then, fine 
green lawns, in gentle swells, with scattered trees and shrubs, ex- 
tending to the mansions. At the termination of the water, the 
abruptness and ill effect of that circumstance is taken off, by finish- 
ing with a dry scoop, which is very beautiful, the bed of the river 
being continued for some distance along a sloping lawn, with banks 
on each side, planted and managed with great taste. Ampton Hall 
was long the residence of the Calthorpe family, which became ex- 
tinct in the person of Sir Henry Calthorpe, K.B., who, dying in 
17S8, devised all his estates to the male heir of his sister Barbara, 
wife of Sir Henry Gough, of Edgbaston, near Birmingham, on con- 
dition that his nephew should assume the surname of Calthorpe, 
which was accordingly complied with ; and in 1798, Sir Henry 
Gough Calthorpe, Bart., was created Baron Calthorpe, of Calthorpe, 
in Norfolk. His third son, Frederick Gough Calthorpe, who suc- 
ceeded his elder brother in 1851, is the present Lord Calthorpe f and 



AMPTON PARISH. 481 

his principal seats are Edgbaston House, Warwickshire, and Elva- 
tliam, Hampshire. Ampton was anciently the lordship of the 
abbot of Bury St. Edmund's. 

The C7u«-c/t (St. Peter) is a small neat structure, with a tower containing 
three bells and a clock. It has recently been restored and refurnished at 
the expense of Lord Calthorpe, of whose family it has several handsome 
monuments. The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. 
2s. Id., and in 1835, at £172. Lord Calthorpe is patron, and the Rev. 
James H. Stuart, M.A., is the incumbent, and has a good residence here, 
and about 16 acres of glebe. The tithes were commuted, in 1841, for a 
yearly rent-charge of £155. In 1692, Mrs. Dorothy Calthorpe left £100 to 
build an Almshouse, on Ampton green, for six poor women, of the age of 
<50 years or upwards, to be chosen, half out of Suffolk and half out of 
Norfolk. For its endowment she left £1000, but there appears to have 
been a deficiency of assets to answer the testator's bequest, for the alms- 
house contains only four apartments, and the fund appropriated to its sup- 
port, under her gift, consists of only £700 old south sea annuities ; but 
the endowment was afterwards augmented with £100, given by John 
Edioards, and now vested in a yearly rent-charge of £4. The four alms- 
women are appointed by Lord Calthorpe, who supplies them with fuel, 
clothing, &c, and repairs the almshouse. Each inmate has £6 a year. 
In 1692, James Calthorpe, Esq., conveyed unto Sir John Poley, Knt, 
and four other trustees, and their heirs, the farm of Aideby Hall, and the 
manor of Aideby, in Norfolk, and a messuage and orchard in Ampton, in 
trust, that the messuage and orchard should be used as a CHARITY 
SCHOOL, for the use and residence of a master and six poor boys, of 
Ampton, Great and Little Livermere, Ingham, and Timworth ; and that the 
rents of the manor and premises in Aideby should be applied for the 
schooling, clothing, feeding, and maintaining the six poor boys, and the 
payment of a suitable salary to the schoolmaster; £'20 a-year to the minis- 
ter of Ampton, and £5 a-year to the parish clerk. The donor directed that, 
in cases of equal circumstances, the children of Ampton should be pre- 
ferred ; that none of them, at the time of admission to the school; should 
-be more than seven years old, nor partake of the charity longer than till, 
the age of fourteen years ; and that they should wear blue caps and blue 
coats, with the letters " J.C." afnxed on the breast-part of the coats. In 
1715, Henry Edwards bequeathed £100 to the trustees of this school, and 
directed that the interest thereof should be paid to the master for teaching 
five other boys, one from each of the above-named parishes. In 1733, the 
trustees laid out £530, saved from the school in the purchase of a farm of 
43 acres, at Stanton, now let for £78 a-year. Aideby Hall farm comprises 
-380a., and is let for £280 per annum; and the profits of the manor of 
Aideby average about £10 per annum. Edward's legacy, with money- 
arising from the savings of income, was laid out in the purchase of 
£1017. lis. 3d. three per cent, consols, the dividends of which swell the in- 
come of the charity to about £399 per annum, which being amply sufficient 
for that purpose, the trustees a few years ago extended the charity to the 
education and maintenance of three boys in addition to the six named by 
the founder. The school is now conducted on the national system. The 
master has about £220 a-year for the maintenance and teaching of nine 
poor boys, and an addition of £5 a-year is paid him as the interest of 
Edward's legacy for teaching five other boys. He is allowed to take other 
scholars from the five parishes named in the foundation deed, and charges 
3d. per week each for their instruction. The trustees provide the nine boys 

x 



482 AMPTON. (thedwestry hundred.) 

with clothing, books, and other necessaries, to the amount of about <£70 
a year. They also pay <£20 a-year to the minister of Ampton, and <£5 to 
the parish clerk, as directed by the founder. Directory: — Hy. Browning, 
Esq., Ampton Hall ; Rev. James Hillman Stuart, M.A., Rectory ; James 
Jannings, farmer; Frederick Vince, schoolmaster; and Mrs. Adams, school- 
mistress. The Post Office is at E. Clutterham's. Letters via Bury St. 
Edmund's. 



BARTON, (GREAT) a scattered village and parish, with seve- 
ral large houses and extensive farms, from 2 to 3 miles N.E. of 
Bury St. Edmund's, comprises 855 inhabitants, and about 4030a. 
of fertile land, anciently the lordship of the Abbot of Bury. Sir 
Henry Edward Bunbury, Bart., K.C.B. and F.S.A., of Barton 
Hall, is lord of the manor, and owner of the greater part of the 
soil; and the remainder belongs to W. N. King, Esq., Capt. Bennet, 
J. S. Phillips, Esq., and a few smaller owners. After the dissolution, 
it was the estate of the Kytsons and Cottons, and the manor was 
purchased of the latter by Thomas Folkes, Esq., who built the pre- 
sent Hall, and whose heiress carried it in marriage to Sir Thomas 
Hanmer. About the middle of last century, it descended to the 
Rev. Sir Win. Bunbury, who greatly improved the mansion and 
and grounds, and whose baronetcy was created in 1681. His son, 
the late baronet, represented Suffolk in nine Parliaments, and built 
the fine large room which forms part of the mansion. The house 
contains a choice collection of pictures of the best masters, and 
many from the pencil of Mr. Bunbury, the celebrated caricaturist. 
The library is one of the best in the county. The Church (Holy 
Innocents) is a large and handsome structure, with a tower and six 
bells, and the living is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at 
<£10. 15s. 7£d., and now worth about <£500 per annum. The Rev. 
Wm. Robt. Blake, M.A., is the incumbent, and Sir H. E. Bunbury 
is the patron, and also impropriator of the rectory. The tithes were 
all commuted, in 1802, for yearly rent charges. In 1492, Wm. 
Howardly left 40 marks, and the residue of his personal estate, to 
be laid out in land, the profits thereof to be applied in repairing the 
church, and relieving the poor of Great Barton. The charity estate 
now consists of three old cottages, occupied rent free ; and a farm 
of 48a. 2k. 30p., let for <£84 a-year, and allotted at the enclosure, in 
1805, in lieu of the old charity lands. After paying the land tax 
and other incidental expenses, the remainder of the rent is carried 
to the general account of the churchwardens, who distribute there- 
out £10 a-year among the poor, in bread and fuel. An Allotment of 
50a. was awarded at the enclosure to trustees, the rents thereof to 
be applied in the purchase of fuel for the poor parishioners. It is 
let for <£80 a-year, and the rent is laid out in coals, which are 
sold to the poor at a reduced price. The late Lady Bunbury left 
four almshouses, and a small endowment, for poor widows of this 
parish. Here is a small National School, built in 1854, at the cost 
of Sir H. E. Bunbury, and attended by about 50 scholars. 



Post Office at Martin Marriott's. 
Letters despatched 8 evening, via Bury 
St. Edmund's. 



Bunbury Sir Heni-y Edward, Bart.. 

K.C.B. Sr F.S.A., Barton Hall 
Blake Bev Wm. Bobt., M.A., Vicarage 



GREAT BARTON PARISH. 



483 



Brooks James, brick & tile maker 
Cox Edward, brewer 
Edwards Jph. carpenter & wheelwgt. 
Fenton Francis, baker 
James Hy.. viet. Bnnbnry Arms 
Last "Wm., shopkeeper 
Lockwood Thomas, shopkeeper 
Marriott Martin, blacksmith 
Pars jds John, parish clerk 
Pollington Eobt., shoemaker 
Scott l~hos.. secretary to Sir H. E 
Bunbnrv 



FAEMERS AND GRAZIERS. 
Cooper Jonth., {& land agent.) Manor 

Farm 
Denton Henry. Cat's Hill 
Foalger George .Manning James 

J Fraser Jph. (A corn miller; 

! Hollen John Holden Win. 

i King Win. Herman, East Barton 
Lofts Jacob. Conyers Green 
Paine Fredk.. Elms Farm 
Phillips John South, (owner) 



BEYTON". Bayton. or Beigh.ton, a pleasant and well-built village, 
5f miles E. by "S. of Bitty St. Edmund's, and If miles S. of 
Thurston Station, has in its parish 394 souls, and 625a. of land. 
The manor belongs to the Crown, and the soil is held by Philip 
Eennet, Wm. Walpole. John Nimn. -John Hearn. and George 
Kersey Cooper, Esqrs,, and a few smaller proprietors. The Church 
(All Saints- is a small structure in the perpendicular style. It has 
2 00 sittings, and was re-built in 1854, by subscription and rates, 
except the tower, which is round and very ancient, and formerly 
contained live bells, but four of them were sold about eighty years 
ago, and the money expended in repairing the church. The living 
is a rectory, valued in K..B. at £&. 3s. 9d.. and now at £175. The 
Lord Chancellor is patron, and the Eev. Townley Lebeg Clarkson, 
M.A.. is the incumbent, and has a commodious residence. The 
Hall is now [1854) unoccupied, and is the property of Wm. TValpole, 
Esq.. who resides at Beyton Lodge. Post from Bury St. Edmund's. 

Snell Wm., baker & floor dealer 
Spink Henry, carpenter £ wheelwright 
Spink Mary Ann. dressmaker 
Walpole Wm.. Esq.. Beyton Lodge 
vVehb Miss Mary, boarding school 
Wiard George, grocer, &e. 
Wiard John Joseph, shoemaker 
FARMERS. 

j Bird John. Grange Farm 

■ Cornish "William 
Mallows Wm. Jas.. Quaker's Farm 

! Sturgeon Joseph. Brook Farm 
Caeeiee. Fras. Wright, to Bury 



Aldridge, Wm., cooper & beerhouse 
Aldridge Robert, parish clerk 
Allington Samuel, viet., Bear 
Bacon Mrs Mary Ann 
Bennett James, viet., White Horse 
Browning Geo. Chas., blacksmith 
Clarkson Eev Townley Lebeg. M.A.. 

Rectory 
Harvey Mr. Robert, Beyton 8 
Hearn John, corn miller & maltster 
Howe Thos., grocer and draper 
Mills James, butcher 
Offord Mr. Henry, New Cottage 



BRADFIELD COMBUST is a small scattered village and parish, 
on the London road. 5 miles S. by E. of Bury St. Edmund's, con- 
taining -203 souls, and about 818a. of fertile land. The ancient 
Hall of Bradrleid belonged, with the lordship, to Bury Abbey, and 
was burnt to the ground in 1327. during the violent attacks made 
on the convent and its possessions by the townsmen. (Tide page 
After this conflagration, the parish was called Bradfeld 
Combust, or Bum! Bradfield. The present Hall was built long 
after this event. It was "the birth-place and residence of the late 
Arthur Young, Esq.. whose indefatigable exertions for the promo- 

x 2 



484 BRADFIELD COMBUST. 

tion of agriculture, the chief source of the prosperity of a state, en- 
title his name to the veneration of all philanthropists of this and 
succeeding generations. For the Board of Agriculture, of which 
he was secretary, he surveyed this and many other counties, and 
published a description of their soils, produce, modes of culture, 
&c. ; and suggested various improvements, many of which have 
been successfully carried into effect. One of his ancestors pur- 
chased the hall estate, and the manor of Bradfield, in 1820, of 
Sir Thomas Jermyn. The Bev. Jas. Win. Wenn is lord of the 
manor, but most of the parish belongs to John Arthur Young, Wm. 
T. Wolton, H. Jas. Oakes, and W. and John Steward, Esqrs., and 
to the Guildhall Feoffment of Bury St. Edmund's. The Hall stands 
"upon a range of high land, which runs through the whole county. 
It belongs to John Arthur Young, Esq., but is now (1854) unoccu- 
pied. Two small brooks, which rise here, take contrary directions, 
and even the highest grounds are beautifully wooded. The late 
Mr. Young planted on his estate above 40,000 larch and other trees, 
as nurses to oaks, sown 20 years before; and his father, (Dr. 
Young,) formed an avenue of limes, which are now remarkably 
beautiful. Reduced to blindness after a life of uncommon activity, 
Arthur Young, "the father of improved British agriculture," de- 
voted his time, with the aid of an amanuensis, to the illustration of 
his favourite pursuit, nearly to the period of his death, in 1820. 
His estate, when in his own cultivation, presented a variety of ex- 
periments, the results of which were laid before the public in his 
Annals of Agriculture, and in a work on which he was occupied 
many years. The Church (All Saints) is a neat fabric, with three 
bells. The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £'4. 
19s. 7d.,andin 1835 at £180. The Bev. H. J. Hasted, M.A., is 
patron, and the Bev. N. P. E. Lathbury, B.A., is the incumbent, 
and has a yearly rent-charge of £'230, awarded in 1843 in lieu of 
tithes. Here is a small National School. Post from Bury. 

Albon John, carpenter 

Alderton John, blacksmith 

Payers George, bricklayer 

Eisher Theophilus, brick & tile maker 

Hynard Eliza, vict. Manger 

Xathbury Eev Nathaniel Peter Edw., 

B.A. Rectory 
Mower Wm. shopkeeper 



Taylor James, parish clerk 
Togwell Elizabeth, schoolmistress 

FARMERS. 
Bird John || Ince Elizabeth, Villa 
Blencowe Arthur, land agent, Lodge 
King Wm. Church Farm 
Stev^ard James, Block Farm 
Steward John, Loft Farm 



BBADFIELD ST. CLABE, a scattered village and parish, 5 
miles S.S.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, has 214 souls, and 1428 acres 
of fertile land, formerly the lordship of the Wenyeves. Mr. Wm. 
Thos. Wolton, of the Lodge, Mr. Walter Palmer, and a few smaller 
freeholders, have estates here ; but a great part of the parish be- 
longs to the trustees of the late Bev. Bobert Davers, who are also 
patrons of the Church, (St. Clare,) which has a tower and three 
bells, and is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 4s. 7d., and now having 
a yearly rent-charge of £280, awarded in 1843, in lieu of tithes. The 
[Rev. Stuteville Isaacson, of Stockton, Salop, is the incumbent. The 
Hall, occupied by a farmer, is an ancient moated house, which was 



BRADFIELD ST. CLARE. 



485 



formerly a retreat of the monks of Bury, and near it is a wood of 
oOO acres, partly in the adjoining parish of Bradfield St. George..^ 

FARMERS. 
Gooch John || Scott Win. Rectory 
Goymour Wm. Elm green 



English Wm. shoemaker 

Fayers Robert, parish clerk 

Fisher Samuel, brick and tile maker 

Headley Rev Alexander, curate 

Scott Robert Baker, grocer, &c 

Wolton Wm. Thos. maltster & agent to 

the Farmers' Fire and Life Office, 

Bradfield Lodge 



Halls James, Elm green 
Offord George, Bradfield Hall 
Offord Robert, Petches green 
Scott James, Bull Farm 



BRADFIELD ST. GEORGE, or Montis Bradfield, lies north 
of the two preceding Bradfields, 4J miles S.E. by S. of Bury St. 
Edmund's ; and is a scattered village and parish, containing 486 
inhabitants, and 1980 acres of fertile and well-wooded land, of 
which 1154 acres are arable, arid 448 acres pasture. It was given 
by Bishop Alfric and Earl Ulfketel to the monks of Bury, and 
was granted in the 31st of Henry VIII. to Sir Thomas Jermyn ? 
Kt. The trustees of the late Rev. Robt. Davers are lords of the 
manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to Robert Rushbrooke, 
George Nmm, Robt. Maulkin, Philip Bennet, and Ephraim Taylor, 
Esqs., and several smaller free and copyholders. The Church (St. 
George) stands on so elevated a situation, that from the steeple ? 
though only 66 feet high, may be seen sixty churches, in this and 
the three adjoining counties. It is a neat structure, with five bells. 
The rectory, valued in K.B. at «£!!. 7s. 3Jd., and in 1835 at £'550, 
with that of Rushbrooke annexed to it. is in the patronage of the 
Marquis of Bristol, and incumbency of the Rev. Charles Johnson 
Cartwright, who has a good Rectory House, considerably enlarged 
in 1854, and about 14 acres of glebe. The tithes were commuted 
in 1843 for a rent-charge of £430 to the rector, and £7 to the rector 
of Bradfield St. Clare. Here is a Baptist Chapel, built in 1850, at 
the cost of £400. An annuity of £2 is paid to this parish for 
schooling four poor children, pursuant to the bequest of Thomas 
Sparke. (See Rough am.) "Post from Bury St. Edmunds. 
Bird Jas. beerhouse |] Lait Mrs Sarah 
Bland Sophia, shopkeeper 
Cartwright Rev Chas. Johnson, Rectory 



Groom Wm. beerhouse 
Hearn John, corn miller, fS)' Bey ton) 
Lait Robert, shoemaker, Cross green 
Last Abi. shopkeeper, Great green 
Last Simon, carpenter & wheelwright, 

Free wood street 
Last John, woodman, Link wood 
Pattison Eev Edward, B.A. rector of 

Gedding, Maypole green 
Pettit Edward, bricklayer 
Rouse Pilchard, tailor, Great green 



Sturgeon Humphrey, woodman 
Townsend Marmadnke, parish clerk 
Turner Louisa, schoolmistress 
Wade Wm. blacksmith, Maypole green 

FARMERS. 
Addison John, Carr gate 
Bullock John, Dairy Farm 
Chickall Walter, Bradfield Hall 
Cooper Joseph, Millhouse 
Everson Joseph, Maypole green 
Johnson James, (owner) Felsham rd 
Mallows James, White Hall 
Taylor Ephraim, junior 
Woodard Wm., Carr gate 




inhabitants, and 2172 acres of land, well wooded, and having a 



486 DRINKSTONE. (THEDWESTRY HUNDRED.) 

rich loamy soil, and a thick bed of gravel. It was anciently the 
lordship of the noble family of Bouchier. John Moseley, Esq., is 
now lord of the manor, but much of the soil belongs to the Powell; 
Warrington, Oakes, Boldero, Steggall, and other families. Brink- 
stone Park, the seat of John Harcourt Powell, Esq., is well wooded, 
and comprises 230 acres, of which 129 acres are in Hessett parish. 
The mansion is a large and handsome fabric, which was erected 
about 1760, by the late Joshua Grigby, Esq., who surrounded it 
with extensive plantations. About the same time, the Rev. Richard 
Moseley, a late rector, and lord of the manor, built here a large 
and handsome house for his residence ; and it is now called the 
Rectory House, and occupied by the present incumbent, but it does 
not belong to the living. The Church (All Saints) is a neat struc- 
ture with a tower, six bells, and an organ. The rectory, valued in 
K.B. at <£J6. 17s. Id., has a yearly rent-charge of £'546, awarded in 
1840 in lieu of tithes. It is in the patronage of the Rev. Spencer 
Maul, and incumbency of the Rev. Geo. Peloquin Gosserat, MA., 
who has about 90 acres of glebe. In 1564, John Wren gave 15 
acres of land, to be ploughed, tilled, and sown by poor householders 
of Drinkstone, for their own profit; but it is let for £17. 10s. per 
annum, which is distributed in bread-corn by the rector and church- 
wardens. In 1692, Thomas Camborne bequeathed the residue of 
his real estate, to be disposed of for setting and keeping to work 
the poor parishioners. The property belonging to this charity is 
partly copyhold, and consists of a house and about 29a. of land, let 
for iM6 a year, which is mostly dispensed by the trustees in appren- 
ticing poor children. A cottage, garden, and piece of waste ground, 
are appropriated by ancient usage to the relief of poor widows, and 
let for about £± a year. The Church Land, 5 acres, is let for ^06. 6s. 
a year, which, with a rent-charge of 18s. per annum, is applied to 
the repairs of the church. In 1804, the Rev. Richard Moseley left 
^6700 to be invested in the funds, for the support of Day and Sun- 
day Schools, for teaching poor children of Drinkstone and Rattles- 
den to read and write. This legacy was laid out in the purchase of 
<£1091. 3s. 6d. three per cent, consols. The dividends are employed 
in supporting schools here and at Rattlesden. PosT/rom Woolpit. 



Clover John, corn miller 

Cocksedge Henry Leheup, Esq. Drink- 
stone House 

Cosserat Rev. George Peloquin, M.A. 
Rectory 

French Kobert B. schoolmaster 

Frost John, parish clerk 

Hawkins James, joiner & wheelwright 

Manning Robert, beerhouse 

Morris Wm. land steward 

Mortlock Wm. shopkeeper 

Nunn Wm. blacksmith 



Powell John Harcourt, Esq. Drinkstone 

Park 
Presland Mrs. shopkeeper 
Sidney Emma Maria, schoolmistress 

FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
*Boldero John || Craske John 
Cooper Wm. Whitejield House 
Fitch Thomas, Drinkstone Hall 
Gosling John Edward, (& maltster) 
*Jewers John, (& maltster) 
Payne Samuel, Rookery Farm 
Whiting W 7 m. (& beerhouse) 



FELSHAM, a well-built village, pleasantly situated 8 miles S.E. 
of Bury, has in its parish 402 souls, and 1630 acres of land, rising 
to as great an altitude as any in Suffolk. Fisk Harrison, Esq., is 



FELSHAM PARISH. 487 

lord of the manor, which was formerly held by Bury Abbey; but a 
great part of the soil belongs to the Holmes, Gardiner, Brooke, 
Barber, and a few other families. The mansion, called the Castle, 
now divided into four tenements, stands on a lofty eminence, and 
was the seat of the Eeynolds, and afterwards of the late Dr. Scott. 
A fair for lambs, &c, is held at Felsham on the 16th of August. 
The Church (St. Peter) has a tower and six bells ; and the living is 
•a rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. 4s. 7d., and now having a yearly 
rent-charge of £'367, awarded in 1841 in lieu of tithes. The Eev. 
Thos. Anderson is patron and incumbent. The Town and Poor's 
JSstate consists of the Church House, occupied by paupers : 8§ acres 
of land, let for <£'25 a year; a bam and 20 acres of land, let for £25 
a year ; half an acre at Drinkstone, formerly a stone quarry ; and a 
baker's shop and garden, in Brackland, Bury St. Edmund's. From 
ancient time, the above-mentioned premises have been held in trust ; 
as to the property in Bury St. Edmund's, to distribute the rent in 
bread among the poor ; and as to the rest of the estate, to apply 
the rents and profits for the repairs of the church, and the surplus 
to be disposed of for the benefit and advantage of the parishioners. 

. Post Office at Jas. Eaffe's. Letters 

desp. 5 evening, via Woolpit 
Anderson Eev Thomas, M.A. Rectory 
JBigsby Jerh. baker || Bogges Mr Geo. 
Brewer Isaac, carpenter & wheelwright 
Cornish Mary Ann, vict. Six Bells 
Frost James, schoolmstr. Sc parish elk 
Gladwell Joseph, boot and shoemaker 
Green John, boot and shoemaker 
Hall Mr John, Felsham Castle 
Howe Francis, blacksmith 
Lankester Jph. & Co. grocers & drapers 
Melton Matilda, shopkeeper 
Morgan Mr Robert 
Pettit John B. corn miller 



Eaffe James, shopman, Post Office 

FARMEES. 
Eaton Wm, Muskett, The Grange 
Gosling Wm. |j Goold John 
Hunt Eichard, Felsham Hall 
King James, Madden Hall 
Kinsey Wm. Oram's farm 
Makin Wm. Stone farm 
Moor Wm. Rookery farm 
Baker John, Hill farm 
Scott James, Brook Hall 
Smith Thomas f Watkinson George 
Townes Wm. Hill farm 
Watkinson Wm. 



FOBNHAM ST. GENEYIEYE is a fertile and picturesque pa- 
rish, on the eastern side of the small but navigable river Lark, 2J 
miles N.E. by N. of Bury St. Edmund's, containing only 790 acres 
of land, and 57 inhabitants. It formerly belonged to Bury Abbey. 
and was granted in the 31st of Henry YIII. to Sir Thomas Kytson. 
It afterwards passed to Sir Wm. Gage, and in the early part of the 
present century, it was the seat and property of Samuel Kent, Esq. 
It was purchased, with a large estate in the adjoining parish of 
Fornham St. Martin, by Charles, the predecessor of the late Duke 
of Norfolk, who occasionally resided at the beautiful seat called 
Fornham Park, which is now the seat of Lord Manners, and is 
extensive and well-wooded, and contains a handsome mansion, and 
some remains of the parish Church, which was consumed by fire on 
the 24th June, 1782, owing to the carelessness of a man who was 
shooting at jackdaws. In July, 1843, the Duke of Norfolk sold the 
Fornham Estate, (comprising about 1600a.) to the Bight Hon. John 
Thomas Manners Sutton, Lord Manners, for .£75,550, so that his 
Lordship is now owner of this and most of the adjoining parish of 



488 FORNHAM ST. GENEVIEVE. 

-St. Martin. His father, Thomas Manners Sutton, was grandson of 
the 3rd Duke of Rutland, and was created Baron Manners, of Fos- 
ton, Lincolnshire, in 1807, and was Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 
1807 till 1828. He died in 1842, when he was succeeded by the 
present Lord Manners, who was born at Dublin in 1818, and' mar- 
ried the third daughter of Captain W. B. Dashwood, R.N., in 1848. 
His eldest son, the Lion. John Thomas, was born in 1852. The 
Mectory of Fornham St. Genevieve is valued in K.B. at £l. Is. 0-Jd., 
and since the destruction of the church, it has been united with 
Fdsby, which see. The tithes of this parish have been commuted 
for <£140 per annum. In 1173. a great victory was gained here by 
.Robert de Lucy, chief justice of England, at the head of the army 
of Henry II., over the Earl of Leicester, the general of the foreign 
troops employed by the King's rebellious sons, as noticed at page 
168. The ruby ring, thrown away by the Countess of Leicester, on 
her capture, was found a few years since in the river. The numer- 
ous barrows called Seven Hills, under which many of the slain in 
this battle are said to have been interred, are near the The t ford 
road, 7 miles X. of Bury. The poor parishioners have a yearly 
rent-charge of 20s. out of the manor of Lackford, left by Lady Kit- 
son ; and two others left by unknown donors, viz., MS. 8s. out of 
land at Culford, aud 10s. out of land at Fornham. Directory : — 
Lord Manners, Fornham Park ; Charles Nunn, farmer : Frederick 
Last, gamekeeper; and James Pringle, gardener and steward. 
Post from Bury. 



FORNHAM ST. MARTIN, a compact village, containing seve- 
ral good houses, on the Thetford road, and near the termination of 
the Lark Navigation, (see page 148,) 2 miles N. of Bury St. Ed- 
mund's, has in its parish 322 inhabitants and 1230 acres of land. 
Fornham House, a large and handsome mansion, is the seat of John 
Thomas Ord, Esq., who owns about 250 acres; and the rest of the 
parish, with the manor and advowson, was sold in 1843, by the 
.Duke of Norfolk, to Lord Manners, as noticed with the preceding 
^parish. The Church (St. Martin) has a tower and six bells. It 
was thoroughly restored, renewed, and enlarged by the addition of 
a south aisle, in 1846, at the cost of i;700; and the east window 
filled with beautiful stained glass, in memory of the late Lady Man- 
ners. The Rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. lis. 3d., and now having 
a yearly rent-charge of .£'350, is in the patronage of Lord Manners, 
and incumbency of the Bev. Edward Hogg, who has a commodious 
residence. Part of the small tithes belong to the Bector of Forn- 
ham All Saints. The Free School, built by the Duke of Norfolk,. 
,in 1836, is supported by subscription, and attended by about 40 
.scholars. The poor have six rent-charges amounting to £'6. lis. 
j)er annum, left by various donors, and another of £2, left by Lady 
Xytson, out of the manor of Lackford. They have also £'d. 6s. 8d. 
yearly, arising from i:100 left in 1836, by Edward Mower, which is 
given away in silver. The Town Land was exchanged at the 
..enclosure for an allotment of 2b. 14p., now let for 20s. a year. A 



FORNHAM ST. MARTIN. 489 

cottage has been held for a long period by the Rector, and the rent 
applied in repairing the church. 



Post Office at Joseph Alderton's. 

Letters desp. G evening, via Bury 
Adams Mrs Henry, South Lodge 
Alderton Joseph, carpenter, Post Office 
Baker John, corn miller 
Barlee Rev Wm. Henry, curate of 

Timworth 
Becketts Miss, The Cottage 
Bridges George, parish clerk 
Brooks Hy. plumber, glazier, & painter 



Burrell John, farmer 

Croft Samuel, gent., Fornham Cottage 

Cutting Elijah, blacksmith 

Cutting Henry, vict. YToolpaek 

Grooderham Ellinor, schoolmistress 

Hogg Rev Edward, liectory 

Ord John Thos., Esq., Fornham Home 

Orman James, gentleman 

Smith Thomas, grocer, etc. 

Smith Joseph, boot and shoemaker 



GEDDING, a small village and parish, 8 miles S.E. of Bury St. 
Edmund's and W. of Stowmarket, contains 163 souls and 521 acres 
of fertile land. The Hall, an ancient moated mansion, formerly 
the seat of the Bokenhams, is now occupied by a farmer, and be- 
longs, with the manor, to Thomas L'Estrange Ewen, Esq., but the 
executors of the late Mrs. Eliz, Mudd, the late Isaac Hazlewood, 
Esq., and the late S. Hustler, Esq., own a great part of the soil. 
The Church is a small fabric, with a tower and two bells, and the 
benefice is a discharged Rectory, valued in K.B. at £4. 13s. 4cl^ 
in 1S35 at £100, and now having 5J acres of glebe and a yearly 
rent-charge of £150, awarded in 1842 in lieu of tithes. The Bev. 
Edward Pattison, B.A., is the incumbent, and Wm. Sorsby, Esq., is 
the patron, having purchased the advowson in 1843 of the Corpo- 
ration of Ipswich, to whom it was given many years ago by the 
will of Jeremiah Catling. Directory : — George Adams, corn mil- 
ler; Bichd. xlrnold, bricklayer ; R. Hill, parish clerk; JohnEnnals, 
Thomas Maidwell, (Hall.) and Joel Raker, farmers ; and Wm. Mid- 
dleton White, surgeon. Post from Woolpit. 



HESSETT, or Hesset, 5| miles E. by S. of Bury St. Edmund's-, 
is a pleasant village and parish, containing 487 inhabitants, and 
1568 acres of land, formerly belonging to the Abbot of Bury, by 
gift of Earl Ulfketel. It was granted in the 32nd of Henry YIIL 
to Thomas Bacon, and was afterwards the seat and manor of fheLe 
Heup family. J. H. Powell, Esq , has an estate here ; but the 
manor and the greater part of the soil belong to Mrs. M. E. Rogers 
and Mrs. Charles S. Tinling, who are also patrons of the Rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £12. 17s. lid., in 1835 at £255, and now having 
a yearly rent-charge of £350, awarded in 1840 in lieu of tithes. It 
is in the incumbency of the Rev. Henry Bunbury Blake, who has 
a handsome new Rectory House, and about 20 acres of glebe. The 
Church (St. Ethelbert) is a handsome structure, with a tower and 
^.ve bells, and was built by the Bacons, who resided here from the 
reign of Henry II. to that of Charles I. It has several marble 
tablets belonging to the Bacon and Le Heup families. The east 
window has been recently restored and filled with painted glass, at 
the expense of J. H. P. Oakes, Esq., M.P. Here is a neat National 
School, attended by about 80 children. The Poor and Town Estate, 



490 



HESSETT. (THEDWESTRY HUNDRED.) 



held under deeds of very ancient date, in trust partly for the use of 
the poor, and partly for the common benefit of the parish, consists 
of the Guildhall and four cottages, occupied rent-free by poor 
families, and 12a. 1r. of land, let for ^'16. 16s. 6d. a year, of which 
£1 is paid to the parish clerk, and £'4. 19s. is distributed among the 
poor; and the remainder is applied in the service of the church. 
The poor parishioners have also the dividends of 4*200 old South 
Sea Annuities, purchased in IT 26, with money left by Sir Jeffery 
Burwell, in the 23rd of Charles IT- ; and an allotment of 8 acres, 
awarded at the enclosure in 184B. Post from Burv. 



Aldridge Robert, cooper 
Austin Robert, boot and shoemaker 
Blake Rev Henry B anbury, Rectory 
Bland David, boot and shoemaker 
Bland George, shopkeeper 
Bruce Joseph, grocer 
Groom John, parish clerk 
Lawrence James, vict. Five Bells 
Spooner Thomas, National schoolmstr 
Steggall Robert, blacksmith 
Sturgeon James, carpenter 
Waylet James, shopkeeper 



FARMERS. 
Alderton Robert Thomas, Elms farm 
Bauly James Groom Mary 
Calvert James. Hessett Hole 
McBride James 
Squirrell Jonathan 
Taylor Ephraim, Wood Hall 
Tiffen Joseph, (and maltster) 
Walpole Win., Free croft 



Cabrier. George Hubbard, 
Wednesday and Saturday 



to Bury, 



LIYERaIERE MAGNA, or Great Livenncre, a pleasant village. 
5 miles N.N.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 301 souls, 
and 1549 acres of land, anciently belonging to the Bokenhams, and 
partly to Warden Abbey, in Bedfordshire. Liveemehe Park, now 
only visited as a sporting seat, comprises about 550 acres, well wa- 
tered and wooded, and adjoining Ampton Park, from which it is 
separated by a serpentine lake, as already noticed at page 4^0. It 
contains about 300 head of deer. The hall, which is a large hand- 
some mansion, was much improved, as well as the grounds, by the 
late Nathanial Lee Acton, Esq., whose heiress married the late Sir 
Wm. XLiddleton. (See page 431.) Sir Win. F. Fowle-AIiddleton, 
Bart, is now lord of the manor, owner of the soil, and patron of the 
rectory, which is valued in K.B. at <£15. 8s. 11-^d., and. with that of 
Little Livermere annexed to it, is now worth about ^'443 per an- 
num. The Bev. A. A. Colvile, ALA., is the incumbent, and has a 
good residence. The Church (St. Peter,) is a small thatched struc- 
ture, with a tower and five bells. Here is a National School, built 
in 1836, and now having about 50 scholars. The Town Estate, for 
the general benefit of the parishioners, consists of four tenements, 
with a croft of 1a. 2r., occupied rent free by poor widows ; three 
tenements with gardens, let for £0 a year; and 26a. 3k. of land, let 
for <£30 a year. The rents are distributed in coals, clothing, &c. 
among the poor. The four tenements occupied by poor widows, 
were rebuilt at the expense of the late X. Lee Acton, Esq., in 1792. 
This parish also participates in the benefits of the Charity School at 
Ampton. 



Post-office at Susan Mothersoie's. 
Letters desp. 4 J afternoon, via Bury 
Clutterham MVm. parish clerk 
Clutterham Sarah, schoomistress 



Cohile R-ev Augustus Asgill. aI.A. 

Eectory 
Crack George, shopkeeper 
Crack Jonathan, sawrer 






LIVERMERE MAGNA. 491 



Dick George, gardener 
Downs John, blacksmith. 
Hilder John, carpenter 
Martin James, park keeper 
Mothersole Wm, bricklayer 



Mothersole Wm. woodman 

FARMEES. 
Cooke Robt. and butcher | Self Saml. 
Cutting John | Thompson Joseph 



PAKENHAM, a large and well-built village, pleasantly situated 
on the banks of a small rivulet, 2 miles S. of Ixworth, 1 J mile N. of 
Thurston Station, send 5 miles N.E. byE.of Bury St. Edmund's, basin 
its parish 11 34 inhabitants, many scattered houses, and 3696a. offer- 
tile land, including a wood of 124a., where there is a noted fox cover. 
It is in three manors, viz., Manikins Hall, the property of H. Wilson, 
Esq. ; Nether Hall, (see Thurston,) of which W. C. Bassett, Esq., 
is owner ; and Pahenham Hall, belonging to Lord Calthorpe ; but 
part of the parish belongs to the Casborne, Bogers, Tinling, Thorn- 
hill, Jones, Stedman, and a few other families. New House, an an- 
cient Elizabethan mansion, is the seat of the Be v. W. J. Spring 
Casborne, who is also owner of Pakenham Wood, and impropriator 
of the Rectory, which was appropriated by Edward I. to the abbey 
of Bury, and was granted at the dissolution to the Spring family, one 
of whom, Thos. Spring, a rich clothier, of Lavenham, died in 1510. 
Erom him descended Wm. Spring, of the "New House," Paken- 
ham, who was created a Baronet in 1641 ; but the family ended in 
female issue about the middle of last century, and their estate and 
tithes here have descended to the Bev. W. J. Spring Casborne, 
Sir John Ashfield, of Nether Hall, was created a baronet in 1626, 
but his family has been long extinct. The ancient family of L'Es- 
trange had also a seat here, which was sold to the Curwens, and 
passed from them to the Hollingsworths. Barton Mere House, at 
the source of the rivulet, 4 miles N.E. of Bury, is the seat of the 
Bev Charles Jones, M.A.; and Pahenham Lodge belongs to Thomas 
Thornhill, Esq., but is occupied by Miss Metcalfe. Two perfect 
skeletons and several Boman implements were dug up here in 1844, 
and a handsome tessellated pavement was found in a field near Bed 
Castle about 90 years ago. The Church (St. Mary,) is of very early 
date, and was originally a Norman structure. It was thoroughly 
restored in 1849, and a north transept erected, so that it is now in 
the form of a cross, with a square tower, surmounted by an octago- 
nal turret, containing five bells, rising from its centre. The vicar- 
age, valued in K.B. at ^10. 3s. 9d., and in 1835 at <£281, is in the 
patronage of Lord Calthorpe, and incumbency of the Bev. C. Jones, 
M.A., who has a good Yicarage House occupied by the curate, and 
about 68 acres of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 1841 for a 
yearly rent- charge of <£908. 2s., about two-thirds of which belong to 
the impropriate rectory. The National School, with a house for the 
master, was built m 1842, and is now attended by about 90 children. 
Here is a small Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in 1846. The 
Town Estate comprises about 54a. of land, in Pakenham, Thurs- 
ton, Elmswell, Hepworth, and Walsham-le-Willows, let for about 
<£60 per annum. Part of it was given by Robert Stoke in 1525, that 
his obit might be kept yearly, and the surplus profit might be used 



492 



PAKENHAM. (THEDWESTRY HUND.) 



for tlie benefit of the church. The rest of the estate was purchased 
with i>66, bequeathed to the poor by Robert Gardiner, Nicholas 
Palfrey, and other donors, except about 20 acres, which were awarded 
to the trustees, under an act of the 42nd of George III., for enclosing 
the open fields, &c, of Pakenham ; and some other allotments 
awarded at the enclosure of Hepworth. For many years, the trus- 
tees applied the whole of the rents in the service of the church ; but 
in 1824, a scheme was issued by the Court of Chancery for the 
future application of the charity, by which it is directed that only 
the rent of the land supposed to have been left by Robert Stoke, 
should be applied in the repairs of the church, and that the remain- 
der of the income should be distributed among the poor not receiv- 
ing parochial relief. The portion belonging to the church is about 
£Q. 14s. a year, so that there is upwards of £'50 per annum for dis- 
bution among the poor parishioners. In 1651, John Cook left .£100 
to be laid out in lands, the rents thereof to be divided among 20 poor 
people of Ixworth and Pakenham. It was laid out in the purchase 
of 10a. in Horningsheath, now let for <£M5 a year. In 1317, Thos, 
Bright left £100 to provide clothing for the poor of Thurston and 
Pakenham. In satisfaction to this charity, £5 a year is paid out of 
Nether Hall estate. 



PAKENHAM. 

Post-office at Et. Howlett's. Letters 
despatched 6J evening, via Bury St 
Edmund's 

Bailey John, tailor 

Bridges James, vict. Bell Inn 

Calver James, blacksmith 

Casborne Bev Walter John Spring, 
M.A., New House 

Harrow Frederick, cattle dealer 

Goodwin Mr Ts. | Bloomfield Mr Wm. 

Jannings Miss Elizabeth 

Howe George, schoolmaster 

Jones Bev Charles, M.A. %"Icar, Barton 
Mere House 

Jones Bev Chas. Wm. curate. Vicarage 

Laugh am Wm. gent. Ixworth Bridge 

Metcalfe Miss Ellen Frances, Paken- 
ham Lodge 

Offer d Henry, builder, &c 

Potter Amos, butcher 

Stedman Miss Frances. Pakenham Cotg 

Thompson James, vict. Woolpack 

Tippeli Arthur, corn miller 
FABMEBS. 

Bridges Wm. (and cattle dealer) 

Cockrill Charles, Beaumond's Hall 



Cockrill Wm. Last, (and com miller) 
Durrant Richd. (and solicitor at Bury). 
Jacob Henry, Bed Castle 
Jacob Thomas, Barton Mere 
Jannings James | Talbot Bobert 
Mathew Bobert, Bridge farm 
Mathew George W,, Manikins Hall 
Outlaw Henry, (and butcher) 
Outlaw Thomas. Newhouse farm 
Spark Seth, Nether Hall farm 
Stedman Bobert, Manor House 



BAKERS. 

Cooper George 

Simpson 
Mothersole Simon, 

and parish elk 

i BOOT & SHOE HKSS. 

I Elsden Wm. 
Foreman Stephen 
Bodwell James 

BRICKLAYERS. 

i Hull Charles 
I Millican Henry, 
(and beerhs) 

I CARPENTERS, &C. 

| Bridges James 
I Cooper Edmund 



Elsden John 
Melton George 
Offord Henry, (&r 
wheelwright) 

GROCERS & DFES. 

Bennett James 
Gladwell George 
Major Wm. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Elsden Susan 

Leeder Wm. 

Linsted Joseph 

CABBIEBS, We 
Leeder & S, Mo- 
thersole to Bury 
Wed. & Saturday 



EATTLESDEN, a large and scattered village on the bold accli- 
vity of a picturesque valley, near one the sources of the river Gip- 
ping, 5 miles W. of Stowmarket, and 9 miles E.S.E. of Bury St 
Edmund's, has in its parish 1201 inhabitants, and 3254 acres of 
land, generally having a fertile, clayey soil, and including a small 
enclosed fen, several open greens or commons, and the hamlets of 



RATTLESDEN PARISH. 



493 



Poy street Green and Hightoivn Green, from 1 to 2 miles S., and 
Clopton Green, 1 mile N. of the village. The greater part of the 
open fields, &e., were enclosed about 20 years ago, and the fen about 
80 years ago. Clopton Hall, with the estate attached to it. is the 
seat and manor of Windsor Parker, Esq., the present High Sheriff 
of Suffolk. (1854.) It is a handsome mansion standing on a com- 
manding eminence, and was loDg the residence of the Clopton 
family. John Moseley, Esq., is lord of the manor of Eattlesden, 
which was held by the Bishop of Ely till the fourth of Elizabeth, 
and was granted, in the second of James L, to Philip Tyse and Wm, 
Blake. It passed to the Moseleys in the early part of last century, 
together with the advowson of the rectory. WoodhaU, in Rattles- 
den, is a small manor belonging to Sir J. E. Rowley, Bart. The 
Cocksedge, Boldero, and some other families, have estates in the 
parish, and the soil is mostly freehold. The Church (St. Nicholas,) 
is a neat edifice, with a tower containing five bells, and surmounted 
by a spire. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £'20. 0s. 2Jd. s and in 
1835 at .£500, has about 40 acres of glebe., and a yearly rent-charge 
of £775, awarded in 1840 in lieu of tithes. The Rev. James Oakes, 
of Tostock, is the incumbent, and Stephen Barney, Esq., is the pa- 
tron. The Baptists have a chapel here, built in 1808, and rebuilt 
in 1823. The National School, attended by about 110 daily, and 
240 Sunday scholars, has about £.16 yearly from Moseley's Charity ? 
as noticed with Clinkstone. The Poofs Land, 7a., was partly given 
by Wm. Clopton in 1711, and is let for £10 a year. Here is a 
Friendly Society. 
Marked 1, are at Clopton green: 2, 

Fen ; 3, High-town green ; 4, Poy 

street green ; 5, Potash ; and the 

rest in Ratllesden, or ichere sped- 

fed. 

Post Office at Eliz. Archer's. Letters 

desp. at 6 evening, via Woolpit 
Battle Francis, cattle dealer 
Beeton James, grocer and draper 
Biundell Thomas, wheelwright 
4 Bullock Wm. beerhouse 
Cobbold John, vict. Five Bells 
Lowe Thomas, harness maker 
Parker Major Windsor, Clopton Hall 
Parson Bev Wm. (Baptist minister) 
Poole Thos. saddle and harness maker 
Punchard Jeremiah, parish clerk 
Bicker Wm. sawyer 
Eobinson Bev Wm. B. jun., curate, 

Bectory 
Salmon Mr Abraham 
Salmon James, vict, Half Moon 
Scolding James, Victoria Beerhouse 
Southgate Sarah, dressmaker 
Steam Eliza, schoolmistress 
Wins on Bobert, corn miller 



BAKERS. 

EoperHy.Clemnt. 
Salmon James 



Salmon Wm. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Browning Fredk, 



3 Poole John 
Warren Walter 

BOOT & SHOE 2IK3. 

Beeton Thomas 
Craske Wm. 
3 Gowers Benj. 

BRICKLATEItS. 

Smith G-eorge 
Smith James 

JOIXEBS, &C. 

3 Chaplin Bobert 
Piume George 
5 Banson James 

FARMERS. 

(* are Owners.} 
* Boldero John, 
(high constable.) 
White House 

4 Bullock Wm. 
Cobbold John 
Cooper Wm. 
4* Firman George 
3 Friston Samuel 
3 Friston Wm. 

3 Green Benj. 
Hitchcock John, 

Wood Hall 

4 Jackson Eliza 
Jewers John 
Kent Bobt., Hall 



Long John 
*Manfield Marthg> 

Holly Bush 
3* Mirrington Bt. 
5 Moore Wm. (& 

cattle dealer) 
* Osborne Mrs 
Pease Daniel 
Peddar Frederick 

2 Pettit John 

3 Baker John 

3 Sawyer Edw„ 
Scott John 

4 Snell John 
Stukelev James 
3 *Tavlor Bobert 
3 Taylor Wm. 
*Winson Boberfc 
3 Woollard John 

MALTSTERS. 

3 Green Benj. 
Jewers John 
Salmon Wm. 

PAINTERS, PLUM- 
BERS & GLAZIERS* 

Beeton Win. 
Chandler Henry 

SIIOPKF.ErERS. 

ChandlerW.Wilsp 



494 BATTLESDEN. (THEDTVESTRY HUNDRED.) 



4 Cobbold James 
3 Moore John 
Morgan .Mabala 



Roper Hy.Ciemnt. 
CARRIERS. 



Rt Moore <k Atom, i George Buggs, to 

Rarnsbottom.to j S lion. 

Bury, Wed £ Sat I and Thursday 



BOUGHAM. a scattered village, froin 3 to 4 miles E. by S. of 
Bitty St. Edmund's, has in its parish several neat mansions and 
commodious farm-houses. 1079 inhabitants, and about 3840 acres of 
fertile land. The manor and most of the soil are the property of 
Capt. Philip Bennet. M.P., of Bougham Hall, a handsome castel- 
lated Tudor mansion, which was erected by his father, the late P. 
Bennet. Esq.. and is surrounded by extensive pleasure grounds. 
The rest of the parish belongs to Miss Colvile and a few smaller 
owners. The manor formerly belonged to Bury Abbey : and EUo, 
or Old liaugli. an ancient house, which has recently been rebuilt and 
is now a farm-house, was a grange of the abbot, but was granted by 
Henry YIIL, with other large possessions, to the Jermyns. from 
whom it passed through various families to the Cocksedges. Roug- 
ham Hall was long the property of the Drurys, and in 1 Bifl belonged 
to Roger Kerrington. Esq. Rookery Hall is at present unoccupied, 
and was the seat of the late Robt. Bevan. Esq. * By indenture, 
dated 10 Henry YIIL, Sir \\~m. Waldegrave. kt.. sold to Margaret 
Drury, of Rough am. widow, the wardship of Edmund Wrest, to be 
married to Dorothy Drury, her daughter.'' The same lady, by ano- 
ther indenture, bought of Robt. Radcliffe. Lord Eitzwalter and Egre- 
mont. the wardship of Elizabeth Day, a rich heiress, whom she 
married to her second son Francis ! ! ! 

The Church (St Mary) is a large and handsome structure, with a tower 
and five bells, and contains an ancient monument of Sir Pioger Drury and 
his lady, who died in 1400 and 140-3. and are interred beneath a flat stone, 
adorned with their figures in brass. The preservation of this antique tomb 
is no doubt owing to a pew. built over it, having concealed it from the view 
of the church spoliators of the 17th century. The rectory, valued in ILB. 
at £23. ISs. tUcl., has now a yearly rent-charge of £940, awarded in 1815, 
in lieu of tithes. Capt. Philip Bennet is patron, and the Rev. — Shaw is 
incumbent, and has a commodious residence, and about 19 acres of glebe. 

The Poors Estate consists of an almshouse for aged poor: and '-Ha. of 
laud, allotted at the enclosure, in IS 13. in lieu of land purchased with the 
benefactions of John Sparke and Win. Ling. This land is let for £6 a year. 
The Pool's Allotment consists of 9 a. 2k. 30p., awarded to the poor parish- 
ioners at the enclosure, in compensation of their right of cutting furze on 
the commons. It is rented by the parish to emplov the poor when 
out of work, at the yearly rent of £13. 10s. which is distributed in coals in 
winter. An allotment of 8a. 2op. was awarded at the enclosure, in lieu of 
open field land, which had been appropriated from ancient time to the re- 
pairs of the church. In the 23rd of Charles II., Sir Jeffery Buncell, kt., 
settled a messuage and 4a. Ik. 22p. of land at Piougham. in trust to distri- 
bute the rents in clothing poor women of the parish. There are now four 
cottages on the land, and the whole is let for £25 a year. Two of the cot- 
tages were built about 30 years ago at the cost of £207, which has been 
paid out of the rents. The sum of £80, left by Sir Jenery Buncell to pur- 
chase £-L a year, for apprenticing poor children of Eougham. and for pay- 
ing 20s. a year to the parish clerk for keeping the donors monument in 
repair, was laid out, in 1720, in the purchase of £Lo~?. 10s. 10d.. Old South 



ROUGHAM PARISH. 



495 



Sea Annuities. In 1702, Roger Kerringtonleft <£200 to be laid out in land, 
and the rents thereof to be applied in apprenticing poor boys of Rougham 
and the parish of St. Mary, in Bury St. Edmund's, alternately. This legacy 
was laid out in the purchase of 21a. 3b. 19p. of land at Barningham, now 
let for <£35 a year. Capt. P. Bennet is the trustee. In 1720, Edmund 
Sparke bequeathed his estates here and at Thurston for the foundation of a 
FREE SCHOOL at Rougham, and willed that four of the free scholars 
should be selected from Thurston, by the minister of that parish. The 
school estate comprises a house for the master, a school-room, an orchard, 
and 7a. 27p. of land at Rougham; and a farmhouse and 14a. of land at 
Thurston. The master occupies the school-house and 3a. 35p. of land, 
and the remainder is let for S47 a year. He is appointed by the rector, 
and instructs 16 free scholars. In 1721, Thomas Sparke left out of 50a. of 
land, (now belonging to J. Case, Esq.,) a yearly rent- charge of £7. 16s. for 
a weekly distribution of 30s. worth of bread among the poor of Rougham ; 
and <£4 a year for schooling eight small children of Rougham and Brad- 
field St. George. 



Post Office at Rd. Buckle's. Letters i 
desp. at 5J- evening, via Bury St. ! 
Edmund's 

Bennet Capt. Philip, M.P., Rougham 
Hall 

Brown Rev James, M.A., curate 

7 Colvile Miss Frances 

5 Cornish Win. Hy. brewer & beerhs 

6 Drake John, butcher 

5 Hammond Elizabeth, shopkeeper 

Last James, gardener 

2 Levett John, blacksmith 

2 Levett John, jun. free schoolmaster ' 

7 Melton Robert, brewer & beerhs 



5 Parish Thomas, blacksmith 
Shaw Rev — Rectory 



FARMERS. 

4 Abraham Isaac 

1 Alderton Daniel 
Barrell Robert 
Beckett Joseph 

5 Cornish George 
Cornish Geo, jun., 

Free farm 
3 Edgar Robert 

6 Evered Walter 
Gurling John (& 

corn miller) 



Hayward Charles, 

Moat farm 
7 Levett George 
Manning John 
4NunnFdk,#eaM 
Nunn Geo.Harvey, 

Eldo House 
5 Olle Hannah 
2 Race John, Fox 
Roper Robert, 

Rougham Place 
Watts Henry, Oak 



RUSHBROOKE, a pleasant village and parish, on the east side 
of the small river Lark, 3 miles S.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, has 184 
inhabitants, and 1060 acres of land, all the property and manor of 
Ht. F. B. Rushbrooke, Esq., of Rushbrooke Hall, a large moated 
Elizabethan mansion, forming three sides of a square, and 
standing in an extensive and well-wooded park, skirted on the west 
hy the river which supplies the moat, and a lake of seven acres. It 
was held hy the Abbey of Bury, and was granted hy Henry YIIL 
to the Jermyns, who resided here, and rose to considerable eminence. 
Sir Thomas Jermyn was a privy councillor and comptroller of the 
household to Charles I. His second son, Henry, was created Lord 
Jermyn of St. Edmund's Bury, iu 1644, and Earl of St. Albans, in 
1660. He died in 1683, when the earldom became extinct, but the 
barony devolved on his nephew, Thomas Jermyn, who died in 1703, 
without male issue. Henry, the younger brother of the latter, was 
created Baron Jermyn, of Dover, hut died without issue in 1 708. 
The heiress of the Jermyns carried then estates, in marriage, to 
Robt. Davers, Esq., only son of Sir Robert Davers, of Rougham, 
who was created a baronet in 1682. On the death of Sir Charles 
Davers, Bart., without issue male, in 1806, the Rushbrooke estate 
devolved to the Earl of Bristol, who exchanged it for the parish of 



496 EUSHBROOKE. (THEBVvESTRY HUNDRED.) 

Little Saxham, with Robert Eushbrooke, Esq., whose family bad 
anciently held, and took their name from it. The ball witnessed 
some of the festivities occasioned by Queen Elizabeth's progress 
through the county, in .1578, when " Sir Eobert Jermyn, of Roes- 
broke, feasted the French embassadors two several times, with which 
charges and courtesie they stood marvellously contented." The 
Church (St. Nicholas) is a small neat structure, with a tower and 
three bells, and contains several monuments of the Jermyns, and 
some good painted glass. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. Is. 5-J-d., 
is consolidated with that of Bradfield St. George, as noticed at page 485.) 
The tithes of Eushbrooke were commuted in 1841, for ,£260 per ami. 
The Almshouse here, for three poor women and one poor man, was 
rebuilt by Thomas Lord Jermyn, who endowed it, in 1700, with a 
yearly rent charge of £15. 8s. 4d., out of a house in St. James's 
square, London, now belonging to the Marquis of Clanricarde. la 
1640, William and Henry Jermyn, Esqrs., granted to the alms- 
people a yearly rent-charge of £6 out of a moiety in the manor of 
Thorpe Hall, in West Wretham, in Norfolk. There is also belong- 
ing to the almshouse 10a. 2r. 13p. of land, in St. Mary's parish,. 
Bury St. Edmund's, let for £8 a year, and allotted at an enclosure, 
in lieu of other land given by an unknown donor. The sum of 
£]2b three per cent, consols, was purchased with money received 
some years ago for wood standing upon the land which was ex- 
changed at the enclosure. The almspeople have each 2s. per week,, 
and a supply of coals and clothing yearly. Here is another alms- 
house of four tenements, erected by Sir Jermyn Davers, about 1724, 
but it is not endowed. It is repaired by the owner of the Eush- 
brooke estate, and is occupied rent-free, by poor families. Post 
from Bury St. Edmunds. 



Eushbrooke Robt. Fredk. Brownlow, 
Esq., Eushbrooke Hall 

Lock Jonathan, parish clerk 
Ransom Y\ T m. boot and shoemaker 



Sturgeon, George, farmer, Hall farm 
Sturgeon Henry, farmer, Green farm 
Wicks George, farmer, Bridge farm 



STANNINGFIELD, 5 miles S. by E. of Bury St. Edmund's is a 
village and parish containing 320 souls, and 1455 acres of land. 
Coldham Hall, now occupied by Lewis Charles Conran, Esq., is a 
fine old mansion, in a beautiful park, and was built in 1575 by the 
Eokewodes, one of whom was executed in 1 605 for his alleged im- 
plication in the Gunpowder Plot. It is the property of Sir Thomas 
Eokewode Gage, Bart., the lord of the manor, owner of most of the 
parish, and patron of the rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. 0s. 2-Jd., and 
in 1835 at £'308, and now having a yearly rent charge of ,£345 
awarded in lieu of tithes in 1840. The Eev. Thomas Image, M.A. r 
of Whepstead, is the incumbent, and has about 40 acres of glebe. 
The Church (St. Nicholas) is a small ancient structure. There is a 
small Eoman Catholic Chapel at Coldbam Cottage. The parish en- 
joys a share of Corder's Charity, as noticed with Glemsford. Some 
of the parishioners are partly employed in making Tuscan straw plat. 



Atkinson John, shopkpr. & parish elk. 
ConranLewisChas.,Esq. Coldham Hall 
Cornish Henry, vict, Fox 



Cornish James, shopkeeper 

Gates Rev Eobert Peter, (Catholic,) 

Coldham Cottaae 



STAXNINGFIELD PARISH. 



497 



Reeman James, blacksmith 

FABMEES. (* are Owners.) 
Catchpole Thomas, Seymours Hall 
Clarke Benjamin, (and maltster) 
Phillipson Thomas || Sargent Mary 



*RolIinson Win., Little Rokewode 
Steward John, Church farm 
* Talbot James.. Stunning field Hall 
Post from Bury St. Edmund's. 



THUBSTGN, a scattered village and parish pleasantly situated 
5 miles E. of Bury St. Edmund's, has a Station on the railway be- 
tween Bury and Haughley Junction. Its parish contains 759 in- 
habitants and 2200 acres of fertile land, belonging to W. C. Bassett, 
Esq. lord of the manor of Nether Hall, (a fine old mansion,) where 
lie resides. Captain Pp. Bennet, M.P., James Bunbury Blake,. 
Esq., (of Thurston House, a handsome mansion,) and the Stedman,. 
Greene, Jannings, Smith, Oakes, and a few other families. Nether 
Hall manor includes part of Pakenham parish. Thedwestry Hill, 
in this parish, is the only place that bears the name of the Hundred. 
The Church (St. Peter) has a tower and five bells, and was appro- 
priated to Bury Abbey; but the rectory, and the advowson of the 
vicarage, were granted in the 5th of James I. to William Blake and 
George Tyte. Mr. Mathew is now patron of the vicarage, valued 
in K.B. at £6. 13s. 4d., and in 1835 at £'250, and now enjoyed by 
the Bev. James Oakes, M.A., of Tostock. The Church Estate con- 
sists of a double cottage and garden, and 8a. 1e. 35?. of land in 
Thurston, and 3a. 17p. in Barton, let at rents amounting to <£21. lis. 
per annum. About 5 acres of the land was given by Thomas Bose ? 
in 1492, but it is not known how the other part of the estate was ac- 
quired. The Toivn Lands, let for £20 a year, consist of 7a. 3k. 24p. 
in Stanton, and 5a. Ik. 18p. in Baclwell Ash. The laud at Stanton 
was purchased with £o3 given by Sir Bobert Gardener and others. 
The rents are distributed among the poor parishioners at Christ- 
mas. The Poors Allotment, 10a. 3b. 14p., was awarded at the en- 
closure in the 43rd George III., in trust for the poor, in lieu of their 
right of cutting fuel. The rent, .£9 a year, is distributed in coals. 
The poor parishioners have £2 10s. yearly, in clothing, from BrigMs 
Charity, (see Pakenham,) and the interest of £20 left by Charles 
Warren, in 1862. 



Post Office at Harriet Church's. 
Letters are despatched 1§ afternoon, via 

Bury St. Edmund's. 
Bassett Win. Chinery, Esq., Nether Hall 
Bennet Thomas, beerhouse keeper 
Blake James Bunbury, Esq., Thurston 

House 
Boreham James, carpenter 
Brown Joshua, station master 
Cobbold Eobert, vict., Fox and Hounds 
Cock Richard, plumber and glazier 
Dwarf James, schoolmaster 
Gage Admiral Sir Wm. Hall, G.C.H. 
Hall John, baker and parish clerk 
Ridgeon Wm. vict, Victoria 
Robinson Samuel, coal merchant 
Steggail Rev Wm., M.A., incumbent of 

Hunston& Shelland, Thurston Lodge 
Winter Mrs. schoolmistress 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Bradley Robert 
Church Harriet 

BOOT & SHOEIIKES. 

Cox Samuel 
Simpson John 
Snelling Charles 

FARMERS. 

(* are Owners.) 
Brown Wm. Pom- 
fret, &corn milr 
*Catchpole John 
Fenton Frederick, 

Malting Farm 
Jannings Thomas, 

Vicarage 
Knights John 



I Last Wm. 

I * Past John 

j Robinson Jno. Hy, 
Barton Z\Iere 
Smith Alfred Ths. 
Smith Wm. Arthur 

(& corn inert.) 
Sparke Robert 
Talbot George 
Wretham George 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Cobbold Henry 
Wiard John 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Bush Pet.Hawkins 
Presland Thomas 
Soames Charles 



498 



THEDWESTRY HUNDRED. 



TIMWOKTH, 3J miles N. of Bury St. Edmund's, is a small vil- 
lage and parish, containing 241 souls, and 135S acres of land, all 
the property and manor of the Rev Edward Richard Benyon, of 
Culford Hall, who is the patron and incumbent of the rectory, which 
is valued in K.B. at £9. 17s. lid., and is consolidated with Ingham. 
The Church (St. Andrew) is a small neat structure, with a tower 
and four bells. The Poors Laud, (about 3a.) is let for £3. 10s., 
and was partly purchased with £±0: 5s. arising from two benefac- 
tions. The rent is distributed among the poor parishioners about 
Christmas. Directory: — -John Batham, woodman; John Davey, 
shoemaker; Win. Harvey, farmer, Timworth Cottage; John Horrax, 
shopkeeper; and Thomas Turner, farmer, Hall. 



TOSTOCK, a neat village, 7 miles E. of Bury St. Edmund's, and 
\h mile W. of Elmswell station, has in its parish 383 inhabitants, 
and 945 acres of land. The manor belonged to Brithulf, son of 
Leoman, the Saxon ; but Baldwin, Abbot of Bury, begged it, with, 
other estates, of William the Conqueror It afterwards passed to 
the family of the Lords North and Grey, who had their seat at Tos- 
tock Place ; but the Hall, now a farm house, was the seat of Win. 
Berdewell, in 1445. The parish is now in two manors, viz.. New 
Hall, of which G. J. E. Brown, Esq., is lord, and Little Hall, of 
which Peter Huddleston, Esq., is lord; but part of the soil belongs 
to the Rev. James Oakes, the Rev W. Gr. Tuck, and several smaller 
owners. The Church (St- Andrew,) is a small neat structure, with. 
a tower and four bells, and was restored, new-roofed, and fitted with 
open benches a few years, ago. The living is a discharged rectory, 
valued in K.B. at M. 8s. 6d., and in 1835 at £210 ; and having a 
yearly rent charge of +'307, awarded in 1S43 in lieu of tithes. The 
Rev. Win. Gilbert Tuck is patron, andtheRev. James Oakes, M. A., 
is incumbent, and has a good residence and 15 acres of glebe. The 
Poors Estate comprises 2a. 1b. 8p. in this parish, and 3a. in Bey- 
ton, and was vested in trust pursuant to the directions of the Court 
of Chancery, in 1817, that the acting overseer should distiibute the 
rents in bread, coals, and clothing among the most needy poor of 
the parish. The rents amount to <£18 per annum. Post from 
Woolpit. 



Brown George James Edward, Esq.. 
Tostock Place 

Groom J olm, farm bailiff 

Moyle Edward, vict,. "Royal William 

Oakes Rev James. M.A., rector of Eat- 
tlesden and Tostock, vicar of Thurs- 
ton. & incumbent of Giving, Rectory 

Pollard Thomas, bricklayer 

Eosier David, tailor 

Smith Hy. vict., Gardener's Arms 

Stacey James, gardener 



TuckRev Win. Gilbert. Tostock House 



BOOT & SHOE3IKES. 

Bennington John. 

( & shopkeeper) 
Crofts JohD, parish 

clerk 
Everett George 
Frost Henry 

FABMEBS. 

Howell Samuel 
Hubbard Thomas 



Jennings John 
Marriott Matthew, 

Old Hall 
Troughton George 
Willis Lydia 
Wright David 

CASHIER. 
Hy. Ramsbottom, 

to Bury, Wed. 

and Sat. 



WHELNETHAAL (GrREAT) a scattered village on the east side 
of the river Lark, 4 miles S.S.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its 
parish 1493 acres of fertile land, and 552 inhabitants. It includes 



GREAT WHELNETHAM. 499 

most of Sicklesmere, a neat hamlet, which is partly in the parish of 
Little Whelnetham. Here was a small house of Crouched or Crossed 
Friars, which was dedicated to Thomas-a-Becket, and was granted 
by Henry "VIII. to Anthony Eous. Camden says great quantities 
of potsherds and platters of Roman manufacture, also ashes, bones 
of sheep and oxen, many horns, a sacrificing knife, urns, and other 
relics, have been found here. Sir Richard Gipps, who died at the 
Manor House in 1708, found in the parish the head of a Roman 
spear, a sacrificing knife, vessels, coins, bricks, and pateras, one of 
which was iuscribed ANISIM. The manor passed from the Jermyns 
to the Symonds, and is now held by the Eev. James Wm. Wenn, but 
the greater part of the parish belongs to the Marquis of Bristol, H. 
C. Metcalfe, Esq., the Eev. Fredk. Le G-rice, Henry LeGrice, Esq., 
• Sir W. F. F. Middleton, H. J. Oakes, Esq., and Henry Upson, Esq. 
The Church is a small neat fabric, and the benefice is a Rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £'9. 15s. T^d., in 1835 at <£314; and now having 
a yearly rent charge of £'405, awarded in 1843, in lieu of tithes. 
Edmund White, Esq., is patron, and the Eev. Hy. G. Phillips, M.A., 
is the incumbent and has a good residence and 55 acres of glebe. 
In 1814 Mrs. Mary Green left £200 to provide for a yearly distribu- 
tion of coals among the poor parishioners, and it is now vested in 
£289. 12s. 6d. three per cent consols. They have also the interest 
of £100 left by Samuel Fenton, aud £50 left by Miss Cook, distri- 
buted in coals and bread. Here is a National School, built in 1849. 

GREAT WHELNETHAM. Jennings Robert |] Upson Henry 

Brooks Zach. corn miller. Chapel hill 
Deakin Roger W. bricklayer 
Fenton John & Son, land agents, auc- 
tioneers, engineers, &c. Hall 
Fenton John Ellis, South Quay Steam 

Works 
Hibble John G. corn miller 
Phillips Rev. Hy. Geo., M.A., rector of 
Great Whelnetham, and vicar of Mil- 
denhall, Bectory 
Pryke James, parish clerk 
FARMERS. 
Ayres James Clark James 

Bird John, Nether Hall 
Fenton Samuel Wm., Copy farm 
Hilder Henry, Manor Farm 
Holding Robert, Cock's Green farm 



Kerricige Charles, Skipper's farm 

SICKLESMERE. 
Marked * are in Little, and the others in 

Great Whelnetham Parish. 
Post Office at Wm. Holt's. Letters 

despatched at 4f aftn. via Bury 
*Alderton Mary Ann, blacksmith 
* B attle Rt. farmer jj Clark James 
Ford Samuel, toll collector 
Grimwood John, shoemaker 
Hammond Mr Geo. G.; Hogg Mrs Eliz. 
Holt Wm. grocer & regr. Post Office 
*Major Wm. Dench, wheelwright, 

grocer, and vict. Rusbrooke Arms 
Osborne James, shoemaker 
Warren Ann, schoolmistress 
Warren Reuben, bricklayer 



WHELNETHAM, (LITTLE) a village and parish 3f miles 
S.S.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, contains only 592 acres of land, and 
178 inhabitants, including part of the hamlet of Sicklesmere, which 
is mostly in Great Whelnetham. The manor was successively held 
by the Weylands, Burgbershes. Despensers, Langleys, and Davers, 
and is now held by the Rev. Jas. Wm. Wenn, but part of the soil 
belongs to Hy. Jas. Oakes, Esq., Rt, F. B. Rushbrooke, Esq.. and 
a few smaller owners. The farm house at Chapel Hill is a very an- 
cient structure, supposed to have belonged to the Crouched Friary 
at Great Whelnetham. The Church (St. Mary) is a small structure, 



500 LITTLE WHELNETHAM PARISH. 

with a tower and three bells. The living is a discharged rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £±. 13s. 4d., and now having a yearly rent-charge 
of <£155, awarded in 1843 in lieu of tithes. The Marquis of Bristol 
is patron, and the Rev. Chas. Roe, M.A., is the incumbent, and has 
a good Rectory House. The other principal inhabitants, exclusive 
of Sicklesuiere, (which see,) are Robert Martin Carss, farmer, Hall ; 
and Joseph Mann, farmer, Chapel Hill. 



WOOLPIT, a large and well-built village, with several neat man- 
sions, 8 miles E. by S. of Bury St. Edmund's, L| mile S.W. of 
Elms well Station, and 6 miles N.W. by W. of Stowmarket, has in 
its parish 1071 inhabitants, and 1877 acres of land. It has a large 
annual fair, commencing on Sept. lCth,for horses, &c, and on Sept. 
18th, for cattle paid toys. Dr. Gale and some other antiquaries 
place the Roman station Sitomagus here, rather than at The t ford or 
Haughley. Woolpit is certainly an ancient place. Roman coins, 
&c, have often been discovered in the parish ; and in a meadow 
near the church is a large moated area, having in its centre a fine 
spring, called Ladijs Well, said to possess medicinal virtues for the 
cure of sore eyes, and to have anciently had a chapel near it. A 
very white and durable kind of brick, equal in beauty to stone, is 
made here, and is well known under the denomination of Woolpit 
~brick. Many mansions in various parts of the county have been 
built of it. The manor and advowson belonged to Bur^ 7 Abbey, and 
were granted by James I. to Sir Robert Gardiner. John Harcourt 
Powell, Esq., of Drinkstone Park, is now lord of the manor of Wool 
pit, but a great part of the parish belongs to Windsor Parker, Chas. 
Tyrrell, and Win, Caldecott, Esqrs., and a few smaller owners. The 
Church (St. Mary) is one of the finest in the county, and was tho- 
roughly repaired in 1843. On July 17th, 1852, the tower and spire 
were destroyed by lightning, but were rebuilt in 1853-4. The new 
tower is 70 feet high, and the spire 65 feet, making the total height 
of the steeple 135 feet. The tower contains five bells, and the re- 
building of it and the spire cost about £1600, raised by subscription 
through the persevering labours of the present rector. The steeple 
was rebuilt under the superintendence of Mr. R. M. Phipson, and 
is of rubble stone, with Bath stone dressings, in the decorated style, 
like most of the other portions of the church; but the roof of the 
nave and the elaborate south porch are in the perpendicular style, 
and are much admired. Over the entrance to the porch are five 
niches, with ornamental finieJs, and there is also a similar niche in 
each of the two buttresses at the chancel end. Tradition says there 
was. in this church a splendid shrine to the Virgin Mary, to which 
pilgrims resorted. The rectory, valued in K.B. at .£6. 18s. 9d., and 
now at £350, is in the patronage of Mrs. Page, and in the incum- 
bency of her husband, the Rev. Luke Flood Page, M.A., who has a 
good Rectory House, and a yearly tithe rent of £450. 18s. 6d. The 
Plymouth Brethren have a small chapel here, formerly used by Pri- 
mitive Methodists. The National School was built in 1836, at the 
cost of £360, and here is also an Infant School, established in 1837, 
The Poor's Lands, given for the relief of poor parishioners by Sir 



WOOLPIT. (TEEDWESTRY BUND.) 



501 



M. Gardiner, and persons named Bitton, Kent, Webb, and Clarke, 
comprise 15a, 2r. op. in Woolpit, let for .£38 per annum, and 5a. 2b.. 
:34p. in Eattlesden, let for £10 a year. Of these rents «£3 is distri- 
buted in bread, and the remainder in small sums, about Christmas. 
In 1728, Fras. Beales left two tenements to provide for a quarterly 
distribution of bread among 52 poor jmrishioners, and they are now 
let for £o. 10s. a year. The Church Lands^x. 2a. 37p. in Woolpit 
and Hunston, are let for <£14 a year, Three poor women are sent 
from this parish to Gardiner s Almshouse. (See Elmswell.) Wool- 
pit is a Post Town, and has in its district Drinkstone, Elmswell. 
Gedding, Norton, Eattlesden, and Tostock parishes. 



WOOLPIT DIRECTORY. 

Post Office at Mary Sidney's. Let- 
ters are despatched at 7j evening, by 
mail cart 

Abbott Wm., bricklayer 

Baker Philip, land agent, valuer, and 
surveyor, &c, Lawn Farm 

Balls Jph. corn miller |;Beuley Mrs A. 

Burgess & Shedden, milliners. &c. 

Button Mr Benj. \' Finch Wm. be erhs, 

Galdecott Wm., Esq., Kiln farm 

Chapman Manning, grocer, draper, and 
agent for Norwich Fire &Life Office 

Cock John, plumber, painter, Szg. 

Cornish John, thatcher 

Cornish Wm. schoolmaster 

Eolkard Jemima, schoolmistress 

Eolkard Samuel, hairdresser 

Garrard James, clockmaker 

Howe John, tea dealer 

Jackson Mr Geo. B. || Steam Mrs Ann 

Page Rev Luke Flood, M.A. Rectory 

Partridge Wm. parish clerk 

Rednall John, sheriff's officer 

Rednall Jno. Youngman, carpenter, &c. 

Sidney My. schoolmrs. Post Office 

Slater John C. surgeon 

Smith Samuel, shopkeeper 

Tricker Samuel, harness maker 

Wiffin Wm. veterinary surgeon 



Woodgate Wm. cooper, & Sns. school 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Bull Inn, Wm. Coe 
Crown, Brook Fenning 
Plough, Robert Death 
Swan, Robert S. Burch 



BAKERS. 

Nunn John, (and 

grocer) 
Potter Nathaniel 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Blizzard Chas. 
Moyse James 

BOOT & SH0E3IKRS. 

Burt Robert 
Green Thomas 
Howe "Wm. 
Luminas Wm. 
Pollard Wm. 

BRICK & TILE 3IKRS- 

Caldecott W., Esq. 
Fisher Frederick 
Wright Reuben 
Wright Robert; h 
Elmswell 

BUTCHERS. 

Graham Robert 
Morley David 

FAR3IERS. 

Baker Pp. Lawn 



Balls Jonathan 
Biddell George 
Blundell Thomas 
Caldecott W. Kiln 
Hoddy Samuel 
Morley David 
Pledger Geo. (and 

land agent) 
Roper Wm. 
Stiff Thomas 
Wright Reuben 

TAILORS. 

Girdlestone Owen 
Sidney John 
Wright George 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Blundell Thomas 
Richer Stephen 

J, Stearn, to Bury, 
Wed. and Sat. 

Trains from Elms- 
well Station 



PLOMESGATE HUNDRED 



Comprises the small ancient boroughs and ports of Aldeburgh and 
Or ford, the market town of Saxmundham, and twenty other parishes. 
It extends about 14 miles S S.E. from the neighbourhood of Fram- 
lingham and Bruisyard to tbe German Ocean, where it is about 
nine miles in breadth. It is watered by the river Aide and its 
tributary streams, and is generally a fertile, loamy district, rising 



502 PLOMESGATE HUNDRED. 

in bold undulations from the valleys and the coast; but in its 
southern parts are some sandy heaths and commons, still unen- 
closed, but affording good pasturage for sheep and cattle. It is in 
the Eastern Division of Suffolk ; in the Deanery of Orford, Arch- 
deaconry of Suffolk, and Diocese of Norwich, and in Plomesgate 
Union. It is bounded on the east by the sea; on the north, by 
Blything Hundred, and a detached part of Hoxne Hundred; on the 
west, by Hoxne and Loes Hundreds; and on the south, by the 
latter and Butley river, which joins the Ore in Orford Haven. The 
following is an enumeration of its 23 parishes, shewing their terri- 
torial extent, and their population in 1851. Mr. T. Flatt, of Tun- 
stall, is the high constable. 

Pnn A oroo 

' ] 
Benhall 713 2156 ! Rendbam 453 1721 

Blaxhall 577 1975 Saxmundbam 1180 1101 

Bruisyard 258 1126 Snape 576 2100 

Cbillesford 203 1806 Sternfield 188 1105 

Cransford 309 1189 Stratford St. Andrew . . 200 793 

Farnham 195 1177 Sudborne 601 5429 

Friston 500 1846 Swefling 333 1120 

Glemham, Great 349 1910 Tunstall 676 2863 

Glemham, Little 318 1268 Wantisden 107 2126 

Haselwood 102 1937' 

Iken 321 2597 I 



Parishes. Pop. Acres. I Parishes. Pop. Acres. 

Aldeburgb 1627 1800 j Parbam 532 2212 



Orford Borough* 1106 3160' Total 11,424 45,389 

* Orford Borough includes Raydon hamlet, and tbe extra parochial places 
called Gedgrave, and Havergate Island. 



PLOMESGATE UNION extends over about 75,000 acres of land, containing 
more tban 21,000 inbabitants, and divided into forty parishes, consisting of all 
the 23 parishes in Plomesgate Hundred, 16 of tbe 18 parishes of Loes Hun- 
dred, and Wickham Market, in Wilford Hundred. Framlingbam returns two 
guardians, but eacb of the other parishes only one. The Union Workhouse is 
at Wickham Market, and was erected in 1836-7, at the cost of about ^'7000. It 
is handsomely built of brick, in the Elizabethan style, and has room for 370 
inmates; and had as many as 304 in 1851, but only 100 in 1841, when the 
census was taken. The expenditure of the Union for tbe year ending Lady- 
day, 1854, was ^£ 10,096. 7s. 9d. Besides the 41 elected guardians, there are 12 
ex-omcio guardians. They meet at the Workhouse every Monday morning. 
John Peirson, Esq., is chairman of the hoard; Mr. Chas. Hy. Read is the union 
clerk and superintendent registrar ; and Mr. T. W. Baldwin, of Framlingham, is 
registrar of marriages. Mr. John and Mrs. Susan Moore are master and matron 
of the Workhouse; the Rev. W. B. Bransby, of Charsfield, chaplain^ and Wm. 
and Miss Titshall, schoolmaster and mistress. The Relieving Officers are 
Mr. John Cottingham, for Framlingham District ;. Mr. Rd. Wigg. for Wickbam 
Market District; and Mr. John Garrod, for Aldebur^h District. There are 
six Registrars of Births and Deaths, viz., Mr. Edw. Gross, for Earl Sohani 
District; Mr. John Cottingham. for Framlingham District; Mr. W. F. Motum, 
for Wickham Market District; Mr. Rd. Wigg, for Orford District ; Mr. John 
Garrod, for Aldeburgh District ; and Mr. Henry Lankester Freeman, for Sax- 
mundham District. The following enumeration of the parishes in each of these 
six districts, shows their population in 1851 : — 






PLOMESGATE UNTON. 



503 



Earl Soham District. 

Hoo 195 

Monewden 220 

Cretingharn 423 

Earl Soham 729 

Kenton 303 

Brandeston 508 

.Kettleburgh 348 

Framlingham District. 
Eramlingham .... 2450 

Parham 532 

Easton 404 

Letkeringham .... 206 
Wickham Market District, j 
Wickham Market* 1697 1 
Hacheston* 510 ! 



Carapsey-Ash* .... 371 

Blaxhall* 577 

Rendlesham* 359 

Eyke* 529 

Orford District. 

Tunstall* 676 

Wantisden* 107 

Chillestord* 203 

Butley* 375 

G-ed grave* ex. p. . . 53 
Havergate Island,* 

extra parochial . - 8 

Orford Borough* . . 1045 

Sudborne* 601 

Iken* 321 

Aldborough District, 



Haselwood 102 

Friston 500 

Snape 576 

Sternfield 188 

Benhall 713 

Farnham 195 

Stratford St.Andrew 200 

Saxrnundham District. 

Little Glemham . . 318 

Great Glemham . . 349 

Cransford 309 

Bruisyard 258 

Swefling 333 

Rendham 453 

Saxmundhani 1180 



Total Population.. 21,477 



Marlesford* 428 1 Aldborough ] 427 

* County Couets. — The 16 parishes, &c. marked thus * are in Woodbridge 
County Court District, and the other 26 are in Framlingham County Court District. 



ALDBOBOUGH, or Aldeburgh, a small but ancient borough, 
is a seaport, fishing town, and bathing place, pleasantly situated on 
the side of a picturesque acclivity, rising boldly from the German 
Ocean, 23 miles E.N.E. of Ipswich, 15 miles E.N.E. of Wood- 
bridge, 7 miles S.E. of Saxrnundham, 5 miles N.N.E. of Orford, 
and 92 miles N.E. of London. Its parish increased its population 
from 804 souls in 1801, to 1557 in 1841, and to 1627 in 1851 ; and 
contains 1782 acres of land, and 50 acres of water. Frederick Wm. 
Thos. Vernon Wentworth, Esq., is the principal land owner, and 
lord of the manor, which passed to his family after the death of the 
late Earl of Strafford, in 1799. Wm. Martel, in 1155, gave this 
manor to Snape Priory, and it was granted with the other posses- 
I sions of that monastery to Cardinal Wolsey, for the endowment of 
his college at Ipswich, in 1527, but was soon afterwards given by 
Henry VIII. to Thomas Duke of Norfolk. The River Aide, from 
which the borough has its name, rises near Brundish, 17 miles 
N.W. by W. of Aldborough, but it is only navigable as high as 
Snape bridge, five miles above the town, where it begins to expand 
into a broad tidal stream. After pursuing an easterly course to the 
south side of Aldborough, and to within about a hundred yards of 
the sea, the Aide suddenly turns to the south, and runs in that 
direction more than ten miles, parallel with the coast, before it 
empties itself (with the river Butley) into the ocean at Hollesley 
Bay, below Orford, up to which town it is called Orford Haven. 
The valley through which it flows southward from Aldborough is 
; called Slaughden, and anciently extended much further to the north ; 
but the eastern side, opposite the town, has been washed away by 
the ocean, which, in the whole course of the Aide below the town, 
| is only separated from that river by a sandy strip of land, called the 
i • Beach and the Lantern Marshes, from two light-houses at Orford 
\ Ness,& small promontory, in the broadest part of this singular 
peninsula, which varies from one to less than the eighth part of a 
mile in breadth, though it is more than nine miles in length, and 
has, on the river side of it, the small island of Havergate. (See 



504 ALDBOROUGK. 

Orford ) Two centuries and a half ago, Aldeburgh or Aldborough 
was a place of considerable importance ; but repeated encroach- 
ments of the sea reduced it to the rank of a small fishing town. 
During the last century, the ocean made great ravages, overthrow- 
ing many houses, together with the market-place and cross. A plan 
of the town in 1559 proves it to have been at that time of consider- 
able magnitude, and represents the church as being at more than 
ten times its present distance from the shore. From the same plan, 
it also appears that there were " denes' of some extent, similar to 
those at Yarmouth, between the town and the sea. Below Slaughden 
Quay, a little south of Aldborough, the River Aide is commonly 
called the River Ore ; and in that part of the river where the name 
changes, it has been proposed to make a safe and extensive Har- 
bour of Refuge, which it is estimated would cost only about 
5960,00 0. This harbour is intended to be formed by cutting through, 
a narrow strip of land, scarcely 100 yards broad, which alone 
separates the ocean from the deep and capacious channel of the 
river, which, though it runs so close to the beach, does not fall 
into the sea till it gets to Hollesley Bay, about twelve miles further 
to the south. According to the plans of the intended new harbour, 
the entrance from the sea is to be between the Marteilo tower and 
Slaughden Quay, at the south end of Aldborough, and is to be 600 
feet wide, with a lighted pier on either side, projecting more than 
200 yards into the sea. Aldborough is about mid-way between 
Harwich and Yarmouth roads, where, from the nature of the coast, 
and the violence with which gales from north-east to south-east 
set upon it, a fearful amount of life and property is annually lost ' 
for want of the necessary shelter, which this undertaking is intended 
to supply. The same exigencies which have lately brought Lowes- 
toft into extensive usefulness as a Harbour of Refuge, exist in a 
much greater degree at Aldborough, where it is hoped that the pro- 
posed harbour will shortly receive the sanction of Parliament. 
The former importance of Aldeburgh induced many monarch s to 
grant it extensive charters. The last of these, renewed by Charles II., 
entrusts the government of the town to two bailiffs, and twelve capital 
and twenty-four inferior burgesses, giving also a power to the 
majority of the capital burgesses, one of them being a bailiff, to 
elect an unlimited number of freemen, either resident or not. By 
the bailiffs and burgesses resident in the borough, and not receiving 
alms, (about forty in number,) two members were returned to Par- 
liament, till the borough lost this privilege by the Reform Act of 
.1832, which disfranchised all the other small boroughs in the 
kingdom. It first sent representatives in the 13th of Elizabeth, 
and as Willis supposes, obtained the elective franchise in the tenth 
year of that Queen's reign, when she granted the Duke of Norfolk 
a weekly market on Saturday, at his manor of Aldeburgh. It is not 
included in any of the schedules of the Municipal Reform Act of 
1835, therefore its Corporation still exists in its pristine form, but 
many of its members reside at a distance. The two bailiffs are 
annually elected from the capital burgesses, and are coroners and 
justices of the peace ex officio ; but in addition to them, two other 



ALDBOROUGH. 505 

magistrates are appointed for the borough. The present bailiffs are 
the Hon. Arthur Theilusson and George Baudali, Esq. Many of 
the capital and inferior burgesses are non-residents. The Borough 
Magistrates hold Petty Sessions at the Town Hall, when required. 
P. B. Long, Esq., of Ipswich, is the town clerk ; and Henry South- 
well, Esq., of Saxmundhain, is clerk to the magistrates. S, Fisher 
and W. Walker are the mace bearers ; Jas. Dance, town crier ; and 
Horatio Salton, is inspector of weights and measures. The Corpo- 
ration own 198a. 1r. 8p. of marsh land, let for about £'300 a year, 
and employ the rents in improving the town, &c. The markets 
formerly held here on Wednesday and Friday are now obsolete ; as 
also are the chartered fairs for pedlery, &c, formerly held on March 
1st and May 3rd ; but here is a small fair for pleasure, &c, on June 
•21st Aldborough is now a creek under the port of Woodbridge, 
and Mr. B. S. Candler is the principal coast officer. His office is at 
ISlaughden Quay, on the river Aide, where vessels as large as 20O 
tons receive and discharge cargoes, and where there is a ship build- 
ing yard. Here are about 100 fishing boats employed in catching 
soles, lobsters, lierrings, sprats, Sc. ; also, about 22 coasting vessels \ 
averaging about 60 tons each. Here are IT pilots, under the super- 
intendence of Mr. N. Garrett, the agent to Lloyd's. On the Terrace 
is a Marine Telegraph and Observatory, and an account of all ves- 
sels seen from it is posted daily to London, &c. Overlooking the 
sea and the river is a Martello Tower, Battery, and Fort, erected 
about 1806, and formerly garrisoned by 100 men and mounting 12 
guns. On the beach is an excellent Life Boat, built in 1853 ; and 
a Coast Guard Station, with Manby's and Dennett's apparatus for 
saving the lives of shipwrecked seamen, &c. North of the town and 
near the beach is a large lake called Aldborough Mere or Haven f 
-extending nearly to Thorpe Ness, where there is another life boat. 
A revenue cruiser is in the offing, and in the neighbourhood are 
five other Coast Guakd Stations, viz., at Oxford Ness, Orford Haven r 
Woodbridge Haven, Sizewell Gap, and Minsmere Haven, of which; 
'Commander David Robertson is inspecting commander. 

Aldborough Town Hall is a curious half-timbered building', 
erected about the beginning of the 16th century, on the beach, 
•close to the sea. After all its rich carvings and other external orna- 
ments had been eaten away by the corroding hand of time, and 
after it had been long disused and become much dilapidated, the 
•Corporation determined, in 1853, to have it completely renovated 
and restored to its pristine beauty, and this desirable work is now 
(1854) in active progress under the skilful direction of Mr. E. M. 
Phipson, the architect. When completed, the building will again, 
be used as the Court House and Police Station. Gas Works are 
about to be erected here by a company of shareholders, at the cost 
of ,£1000, to be raised in £b shares. 

Till the commencement of the present century, Aldborough, im- 
poverished and depopulated by the encroachments of the ocean, was 
hastening to decay; but several families of distinction, wishing for 
a greater degree of privacy and retirement than can be enjoyed in a, 

Y 



506 ALDBOROUGH. 

fashionable watering-place, having made it their summer residence, 
its appearance has, since that peiiod, been totally changed. The 
deep sands which formerly led to it have given place to excellent 
turnpike roads ; and instead of the clay-built cottages, which gave 
the place a mean and squalid appearance, are now seen neat and 
comfortable dwellings, and several large and handsome mansions, 
which are the occasional retreat of persons of rank and fortune. 
Near the church is an elegant Marine Villa, built after an Italian 
plan, by the late L. Yernon, Esq., and now the property and occa- 
sional residence of F. W. T. Yernon Wentworth, Esq., the present 
lord of the manor. On the brow of the hill, is Wyndliam House, 
built by the Hon. Mi. Wyndham, about 50 years ago ; and near it 
is a romantic " Casino," which was the favourite summer residence 
of the Earl of Salisbury, and is now the seat of the Hon. Arthur 
Thellusson, uncle to Lord Eendlesham. At the opposite end of the 
terrace is the Little Casino, which is now the summer residence of 
Sir Root. Shafto Adair, Bart., whose principal seat is Flixton Hall, 
as afterwards noticed. Here are also several other neat villas, of 
more recent erection, one of which is Aide House, the residence of 
N. Garrett, Esq. Augustus Terrace, four new houses, commanding 
delightful marine views, belongs to Mr. Augustus Fisher. For in- 
valids, Aldborough possesses advantages scarcely equalled, and 
certainly not exelled, by any which the most fashionable places of 
resort can boast. The beach, to which the descent is remarkably 
easy, is not more than about 100 yards from most of the lodging- 
houses; and during the ebb of the tide, and frequently for weeks 
together, it is peculiarly adapted for both bathing and walking, the 
sand being hard and firm. Here are several convenient bathing 
machines, and a suit of warm, cold, and shower baths. The Ter- 
race on the summit of the hill behind the town commands a most 
extensive prospect of Aldborough and Hollesley Bays, richly 
studded with their moving treasures, and separated by the promon- 
tory of Orford ness ; and also of the fertile country through which 
flows the capacious Aide, which, as if loth to lose itself in the 
ocean, makes a sudden turn below the terrace, and runs nine miles 
southward, (under the name of the river Ore,) parallel with the 
shore, before it gives up its waters. Here are two large and com- 
modious hotels, and many of the inhabitants have furnished lodg- 
ings for the accommodation of visitors. Most of the houses are 
built on copyhold tenures, subject to small certain fines ; but those 
above the terrace pay arbitrary fines. The Reading Room, on the 
beach, is a neat brick building, erected in 1850, at the cost of ^400, 
raised in £1 shares, for the use of visitors and the members of the 
Aldborough Literary Institution and Public Library, which was 
established in 1849, and has now more than 1000 volumes, and oc- 
casional lectures. Mr. Joseph Buck is the secretary. 

The Magna Britannia notices a miraculous appearance of peas on 
the sea coast, near Aldeburgh, during a famine, in the reign of 
Queen Mary, by which the lives of many of the neighbouring pool 
were saved. These peas, as well as the coleworts found growing 
on the south part of the mere-shingles, are met with in several 






ALDBOROUGH. 507 

similar situations on the English coast. The former are the frait 
of the Pisum Marinum, which bears a purple blossom in June, and 
is a prostrate plant, perennial, with a very deep root ; and though 
it must have grown here before, distress probably first brought it 
into notice on the occasion above alluded to. 

The Church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, stands on the summit 
of the hill, above the town, and is an ancient structure of flint and free 
stone., much intermixed with modern repairs of brick. The chancel has 
been recently and completely restored under the superintendence of the 
Vicar, and it is hoped that the nave and tower will shortly undergo a 
similar restoration. The chancel is now newly cased with flint and stone; 
strengthened by two additional ornamental buttresses, and lighted by new 
windows. The interior has been newly fitted with oak benches, a hand- 
some stone reredos, &c. ; and the large east window is enriched with 
stained glass, in memory of the late Mrs. Kendall. Cradle, the Poet, was 
born here in 1754, and died in 1832. In 1847, a handsome marble monu- 
ment to his memory was erected in the church, bearing a bust of this cele- 
brated poet of nature and truth, admirably executed by Mr. Thomas 
Thurlow, of Saxmundham. The Church tower is a well known sea mark, 
and contains five bells and a clock. The living is a discharged vicarage, 
with Haselwood annexed to it, valued in K.B. at £33. 6s. 8d., and now at 
£383. F. W. T. Vernon Wentworth, Esq., is patron and impropriator, and 
the Rev. H. T. Dowler, M.A., is the incumbent, and has a neat residence 
finely embowered in trees, and nearly 15a. of glebe. The General and 
Particular Baptists have chapels here. A National School was built by 
subscription in 1839 ; but here are now three schools under government 
inspection, for boys, girls, and infants, and they are attended by about 250 
pupils. TheSlaughden Quay Trust Estate consists of a quay, or wharf, with 
certain coal yards, saltings, and other premises, on the river Aide, held of 
the manor of Aldeburgh, under the gift of one of the Earls of Strafford. 
The premises were surrendered to new trustees in 1754, and again in 1808 ? 
in trust for the general use of the inhabitants. The trustees let the 
premises for about £60 a year, which is expended in repairing the quay, 
&c, and in schooling poor children. The vicar and others are trustees. 
The Poor's Land, 1a., is let for £3 a year, which is distributed among 
the poor. A yearly rent-charge of £11 is paid out of the Town Marsh 
(belonging to the Corporation,) in respect of £200 left by Captain Wm. 
Lawes and Capt. Thos. Chenery, and an annuity of £2, given by Captain 
Wm. Covett. This annuity was settled on the Town Marsh by a decree of 
the Court of Chancery, in 1736; and, agreeable to the wills of the three 
donors, £5 is applied in apprenticing poor children, £l is paid to the 
minister for a sermon on Good Friday, and the remainder, £6, is distri- 
buted in bread and money among the poor, on the same day. 



ALDBOROUGH or ALDEBURGH. 
Post-office at Mr Horatio Saltan's. 

Letters despatched 7 evening, via 

Saxmundham mail cart 
Adair Sir Robert Shafto, Bart., Little 

Casino, (and Flixton Hall) 
Allerton Hy. & Son, rope & twine mkrs 
Basham George, Esq.. Swiss cottage 
Beart John, organist, &c 
Bell Frederic, surgeon 
Bunnis Mr Edw. | Coe Edw. fish mert 
Calver John, wheelwright 



Candler Benjamin Sadler, principal 

coast officer 
Chenery John, stonemason, &c 
Collins Wm. Anthony. Esq. barrister 
Davis Mrs Frances. Pavilion 
Dodds TVm. tower keeper 
Dodds Betsy, librarian. Reading room 
Dowler Rev Hy. Turner, M.A., Vicarage 
Eminey John, bricklayer 
Farr John Lee, Esq | Gorham Mrs 
Ferrand Rev Thomas Gerard, rector 

of Tunstall, North Lodge 

t 2 



508 



ALDBOROUGH DIRECTORY. 



Fisher Mr Augustus, Augustus terrace 
Fletcher James, Esq., Fort green 
Fuller Frederick, Esq 
Garrard Wm. brewer and maltster 
Garrett Newson, merchant, maltster, 
agent to Lloyds' & Harvey's & Hud- 
son's Bank & Royal Insurance Co. ; 
receiver of droits of Admiralty, vice- 
consul for Norway and Sweden ; 
supervisor of pilots, &c 
Garrod John, cooper 
Gorham Richard Yicary, surgeon 
Hasted Rev Henry John, M.A., North- 

end ^and Sproughton Rectory) 
Hindes Wm. tax coir, and Miss Emily 
Hunt Wm. & Edw. ship builders, Quay 
Jago Jas. coast guard boatman 
James Mrs R., Windham House 
Kersey Mrs Mary | Shorting Miss 
Leeder George, coast guard boatman 
Lincoln Benj. Carbould, watchmaker, 

jeweller, stationer, and librarian 
Lipscomb James, omnibus, &c. owner 
Mann Stephen, basket maker, &c 
Marjoram John, saddler, &c 
Matthews Rev John, (Baptist) 
Mayes George, watchmaker, &c 
Metcalf Henry Percy, gent 
Moore Wm. druggist, and agent to the 

Professional Life Assurance Co 
Newby Thomas, ironmonger, &c 
-Osborne James, merchant, and agent 

to the Crown Life Office, &c 
Ramsey Lieut. John Douglas, R.N. 

commander of the coast guard 
Robertson Commander David, R.N. 
inspecting commander of the coast 
guard, Hill cottage 
Rowley Robert Chs., Esq. (& London) 
Smith Wm. lapidary and bath keeper 
Southwell Henry & James, solicitors, 

(and Saxmundham) 
Squires Miss My. | Stevens W, & Miss 
Thellusson Hon. Arthur, Casino 
Todd James, auctioneer 
Ward Thos. teacher of swimming 
Wentworth Fredk. Thos. Wm. Yernon, 
Esq., Wenttvorih House, (and Y\ T ent- 
worth Castle, Yorkshire 
Whitaker Rev George Ay ton, M.A. 

rector of Knodishall 
White Geo. Allin, hairdresser, &c 
Wilson Robert, telegraph clerk 
INNS & TAYERNS. 
Cross, George Thurrell 
Cross Keys, Jane Winslow 
King's Head, Mary Riches 
Mill, John Kemp 

N-ew Tnn & Coml. Hotel, Wm. Hindes 
Three Mariners, Ann Easter, Slaugh- 
den Ferry House 



White Hart, Mary Thurrell 
White Lion Inn & Family Hotel, Mrs 
Frances Nunn, (posting) 



ACADEMIES. 

Buck Joseph 
Fox Charlotte 
National Schools. 
Eldridge James 
Pears Eliz. Ann 
Rands Rebecca 
bakers, &c. 
Snare Robt. Cork 
Sparrow Mary 
Todd James 
Woods Wm. 

BEER HOUSES. 

Alierton Henry 
Simpson Henry 

Sutton 
Smith Thos. Y T m. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Felgate Henry 
Felgate Thomas 
Fisher Robert 
Podi Wm. 

BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

Collis James 
Dance Js. par. elk 
Fisher Fredk. 
Knevett Abm. 
Roberts Ed. Thos. 
Salton Horatio, 

Stamp and Post 

Office 
Self Solomon 
Smith Thomas 
Taylor Wm. 
Winter Charles 

BUTCHERS. 

Downing Wm. 
Kemp John 
ReadWm. 

COAL & CORN AND 
LIME, &C, MERTS. 

Garrett Ed. & Son, 
(and iron, &c.) 
Garrett Newson 
Osborne Js.& Son. 
(& timber,) Quay 
Woods Wm. 

CORN MILLERS. 

Waller John 
Woods Wm. 

FARMERS. 

Cole Jas., Bk.Kiln 
Last Wm., Hall 
Neeve Js., Red Hs 
Self Robert 

EISH MERCHANTS. 

Coe Edward 
Fisher Wm. 



Garrett Newson 
Hilling Benj. 
Osborne James 
Woods Wm. 

GARDENERS, &C. 

Backhouse Robt. 
Fielder John 
Read James 
Self Mary 
Smith Honor Ann 

GLASS, CHINA, AND 
TOT DEALERS. 

Fisk James 
Sparling John 
Turner Robert 

GROCERS & DPR3. 

Beart Jane 
Beart John 
Marjoram Saml. 
Marjoram Har. 
Parritt Thomas 
Sawyer Henry 
Wright John ) 
Thompson j 

HORSE, GIG, &C 
LETTERS. 

Collis James 
Kemp John 
Marjoram John 
Nunn Francis 
Smith George 
Thurrell George 

JOINERS & BLDRS. 

Block Rt.cabt.mkr 
Block "Wm. Balls 
Chenery John 
Smyth Jas. house, 

&c. agent 
Wright John T. 

LODGINGS. 

Beart Mrs James 
Beart John 
Bush James 
Chenery John 
Clodd Edward 
Curtis Mary Ann 
Dance John S. 
Davis Mrs Fras. 
Fielder Wm. 
Fisher Mrs Augs, 
Geater Sarah 
Green Pp. Fras. 
Groom Miss Sar. 
Hunt Win. 
Kersey George 
Knevett Abrrn. 
Lincoln Benj. C. 
McNab Mary 



ALBOEOUGH. (PLOMESGATE HUND.) 



509 



Moore Wm. 
Newby Thomas 
Parker Jaraes 
PoddWm. 
Eabett Mrs Cbtte. 
Eeeder Joseph 
Biggs Wm. 
Skoulding Peter 
Smyth Charles 
Smyth James 
Taylor Wm. 
Walker James 
Wright Mrs My. 

3IASTEP. MARINERS. 

Barley Samuel 
Birch James 
B rah am Beirj. 
Burwood Edw. 
Dance John S. 
Fisher Wm. 
Gibbs Wm. 
Green Jaraes 
Markham James 



Moore Thomas. 
Osborne Wm. 
Eeeder Thomas 
S mith John 
Thorp Wm. 
Ward Samuel 
Ward Thomas 
Ward Wm. 

MILLINERS, &C. 

Beart Mrs John 
Bush Mrs Chtte. 
Felby Mary Ann 
Greater Sarah 
Eeeder Mary 
Welton Margt. 

PAINTERS, 

Plum berfiScGlaziers, 
Calver Henry 
Clodd Wm. 
Kersey Eobert 

PILOTS. 

Cable Wm. 
Canham James 



Carter Jno.A.McG. 
Catmore Daniel 
ChattenC.&W.J. 
Clodd Edward 
Dale Wm. 
Filby James 
Fish Wm. 
Gibson James F.- 
Green Pp. Fras. 
Hunt George 
Kersey George 
McGowan Bt. W. 
Eeeder Joseph 
Eichardson Wm. 
Whayman David 

STRAW HAT 3IKRS. 

Block Jane 
Calver Mary Ann 
Filby Elizabeth 
Garrod Eliz. 

TAILORS & DPRS. 

Chapman Wm. 
Haken Joseph 



Eedgrave Wm. 
R se Thomas 
Simpson Henry 

Sutton 
Thurrell George; 

COACH, &c. 

From New Inn to 
Ipswich, Tues., 
Thurs., and Sat. 
at 11§ morning 

Omnibus to Ips- 
icich, from J. 
Lipscombe's & 
the White Lion, 
11 a. m. daily 

Geo. Smith, carrier 
to Saxmundhara 
Tue. and Fri 

Ye s se l s every 
Tuesday to Lon- 
don. N. Garrett,, 
owner. 



BENHALL, a scattered village, from 1 to 2 miles S.W. of Sax- 
mundham, has in its parish 713 souls, and 2156a. of land, mostly €, 
rich, but sandy loam. The Rev. Edmund Hollond, of Benhall 
Lodge, (a handsome mansion in a well-wooded park of 130 acres.) 
owns a great part of the soil, and is lord of the manor, which was 
given by Henry II. to Banulph Glanville. It was afterwards sold to 
Guiclo Kerr, who obtained a charter for a fair here in the 20th of 
Edward I. Sir Edward Duke, who built old Benhall Lodge in 
1638, was created a baronet in 1661, but his grandson dying without 
issue, the estate went to his nephew, Edmund Tyrrel, Esq., who 
sold it to John Bush, Esq. It was afterwards the seat of the late 
Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, and was purchased in 1810 by the late 
Edward Hollond, Esq., who built the present mansion, and greatly 
improved the park, gardens, and pleasure grounds. The Church 
(St. Mary,) has a tower and six bells, and was thoroughly repaired 
in 1842, at the expense of the patron. Two of the bells were erected 
in May, 1843. On the chancel floor is a fine brass, on which is 
graven the effigy of Edward Duke, Esq.. who died in 1598. The 
vicarage, valued in K.B. at £7. Is. 3d., and in 1835 at £173, is in 
the incumbency of the Bev. John Mitford, M.A. The Bev. E. Hol- 
lond is patrou and impropriator, and about 11 years ago erected a 
National Sclwol on Benhall green. The tithes were commuted about 
ten years since, the vicarial for £216. 18s. Id., and the rectorial for 
£499. 5s. 4d. per annum. Of the latter, £19 belongs to John Mose- 
ley, Esq. An estate, called Benhall Sir Eobert, forms a small ma- 
nor, belonging to the Bev. E. Hollond. S. Toller and J. Moseley, 
Esqrs., have estates in the parish. In 1731 , Sir Edward Duke left 
£1000, to be settled for the support of a schoolmaster, to teach poor 
children of this parish to read and write. Part of this legacy was 
laid out in purchasing and building the masters house, school, play- 



510 



BENHALL PARISH. 



ground, and garden ; and the remainder was laid out in the pur- 
chase of .£761. Is. lOd. Old South Sea Annuities. This charity has 
been some years in Chancery for want of trustees. In 1829, the late 
Edward Hollond, Esq., of Benhall Lodge, left £'500 for repairing 
the school premises and increasing the master's salary. After pay- 
ing the legacy duty, the remainder was vested on mortgage, and 
yields £18 a year, half of which is paid to the master. Post from 
Saxmundham. 

Hollcmd Rev Edmund, Benhall Lodge 

Batho Isaac, shoemaker, Post Office 

Bloomfield Wm. tailor and draper 

Butler Rose, vict. Horse and Groom 

Capon Wm. gamekeeper 

Chase Richard, joiner & parish clerk 

Cox Mr John | Denny W. hurdle mkr 

Durrant Elmy, gardener, Lodge 

Goodwin Mrs Sus., Infant schoolmrs 

Leggett Robert, blacksmith 

Marjoram James, carpenter 

Mills Robert, boot and shoemaker 

Mitford Rev John, M.A. rector of Wes- 
ton and Stratford St Andrew, and 
vicar of Benhall, Vicarage 

Newby James, boot and shoemaker 

Newman Benjamin, gardener 

Rackham Peter, shopkeeper 

Reynolds David, corn miller 



Robinson Wm. coach builder and he- 
raldic painter 

Stewart Rev James, M.A. curate 

Toller Miss Mv. | Wood Ptr. schoolmr 
FARMERS. 

Burrows James | Gray George 

Capon Jas. bailiff | Gray Wm. 

Cupper Henry Adams, and brick mkr. 
Benhall House 

Easter Robert, Benhall Sir Robert 

Mills Simon, Old Lodge 

Xewson Geo. and brick and tile mkr 

Plant Robert | Smith Charles 

Robinson Wm. | Stanford Wm. 

Toller Samuel, (owner) 

Coach and Omnibus to Ipswich, Aid- 
boro', &c 

Carrier, Thos. Rous, to Ipswich Mon., 
Wednesday, and Friday 



BLAXHALL, a straggling village, 5 miles S.S.W. of Saxmund- 
ham, and 9 miles X.E. of Woodbridge, has in its parish 577 souls, 
and 1975 acres of land, partly in the manor of Valence, and mostly 
the property of the Hon. Mrs. Sophia North, and J. G. Sheppard 
and George Rope, Esqrs. The Church (St. Peter,) has several neat 
mural monuments, a very ancient font, and five bells. The rectory, 
-valued in K.B. at £20, and in 1835 at £'498, is in the gift of Geo. 
Bates, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Ellis Wade, M.A., who 
has a neat residence and 80 acres of glebe. The tithes were com- 
muted in 1841 for £538 per annum. Several Roman ams were 
found in a mound in this parish, in 1827. To provide clothing for 
the poor of Blaxhall, Thos. Garthwaite left the Eed Cross House, 
in Woodbridge, now let for £18 a year. The School is a neat 
building erected in 1851 by J. G. Sheppard, Esq., and it is chiefly 
supported by him. Post from Woodbridge. 

BrightwellJohn, vict. Ship | FARMERS. 

Clark John, cooper Bates George, Blaxhall Hall 

Daniels Robt. shoemkr. & parish elk I Burrell Mrs Ann | Friend George 

Day Rev Wm. (Baptist) ! Flatt Henry | Kerr John, bailiff 



Gibson John, shoemkr. & shopkeeper 

Leggett Wm. & Levitt Rd. blacksmiths 

Richardson Wm. postman 

Smith James, tailor 

Wade Rev Ellis, M.A., Rectory 

Whitehead Samuel, shopkeeper 

Whitehead Wm. shopkeeper 



I Hillen Jas. land agent to the Thellus- 
son Trustees, Limetree farm 

Pizzey Ann | Stannard John 

Rope George, and merchant, Blaxhall 
Lodge and Iken Cliff Wharf 

Toller Henry, Stones farm 



PLOMESGATE HUNDRED. 



511 



BEUISYABD, a small scattered village, on an acclivity above the 
river Aide, nearly 4 miles N.E. by E. of Framlingham, and 5-J- miles 
W.N.W. of Saxmundham, has in its parish 258 souls, and 1127 
acres of land, including 140 acres of woodland. The soil is a rich 
strong loam, and the Earl of Stradbroke is the principal owner and 
lord of the manor. The hall, now a farm-house, occupies the site of 
a collegiate chantry of a warden and four secular priests, which was 
translated hither from Campsey Ash, in 1354, and was about eleven 
years afterwards, changed into a nunnery of the order of St. Clare. 
At the dissolution, this nunnery was of the yearly value of 
<£56. 2s. Id., and was granted to Nicholas Hare, from whose family 
it passed to that of Bous. The Church (St. Peter) is an ancient 
structure, with a round tower. The living is a perpetual curacy, 
valued at <£70, and now in the incumbency of the Eev. G. F. Poo- 
ley, L.L.B., of Cransford. The Earl of Stradbroke is patron and 
impropriator, and receives yearly rents, amounting to £92, in lieu of 
tithes from the farms belonging to Mr. John Edwards, the Eev. A. 
Cooper, and Catherine Hall College, Cambridge. Post from Sax- 
mundham. 

Bickers Rowland Morgan, grocer, &c 
€ook Wm. boot & shoe maker 
Daniels John, shoemaker & par. clerk 
Oreen J ames Row, hurdle & hoop mkr. 

and timber dealer 
Hayward James, shopkeeper 
Howard Et. shopr. & chimney sweeper 
Sell Edward, corn miller 



Osborrow James, vict. Butcher's Arms 

FARMERS. 
Denny George || Frost Wm. 
Martin "VYm. || Row James, Bed Hs 
Row John, College farm- 
Shelley Benj. |; Whitmore Thos. Rail 
Sherwood Ann, (Executors of John,) 
Rookery 



CHILLESFOBD, near the river Butley, 3 miles N.W. by W. of 
Orford, has in its parish 203 souls, and 1806 acres of land, belonging, 
to the Marquis of Hertford, the lord of the manor, which was given 
to Butley priory by John Staverton. The Church (St. Peter) is a rec- 
tory, valued in K.B. at £b. 3s. 4d. and now at <£*355,in the patronage 
and incumbency of the Eev. T\ T m. Edward Pooley, who has a good 
Rectory House, erected by his predecessor, about six years ago. The 
poor have £b yearly from Sir M. Stanhope's Charity. (See Sutton.) 
The houses are scattered, and the principal inhabitants are — Eev, 
James Craig, curate ; Arthur Crisp, Low farm ; and Thomas Crisp, 
Lodge farm. 



CBANSFOBD, a scattered village, 2 miles E. by N. of Framling- 
ham, has in its parish 309 souls, and 1189 acres of strong loamy 
land. Thos. Borrett, Esq., is lord of the manor, and owns the hall and 
a great part of the soil, and the remainder belongs to Pemberton's" 
Charity, J. Moseley, Esq., Miss Shuldham, Miss Ashford, Captain 
Schreiber, and the Thellusson Trustees. The Church (St. Peter) 
was repaired in 1848, and was appropriated to Sibton Abbey, but 
the vicarage, valued in K.B. at £6. 13s. 4d., was endowed by A. 
Dammant, Esq., with the great tithes, and 48 acres of glebe, in 1713, 
so that the benefice is now a rectory, valued at £'430. The Eev. 
Oeo.Fdk. Pooley, L.L.B., who has a goodEectory house, built in 1848, 



512 CRANSFORD PARISH. 

is the incumbent. The school was built in 1854. The tithes have 
been commuted for a yearly rent of ^330. The Baptists have a neat 
chapel here, erected in 1841. In 1729, A. Dammaat, Esq., charged 
his lands at Bruisyard with the payment of ] Os. a year to the rector 
for a sermon on good Friday, and 26s. yearly for the poor, in];< quar- 
terly distributions of Bread. Post from Framiingham. 

Baldwin Ptev John (Baptist) j Watts Wm. carpenter, shopkeeper^ 

Borrett Thos., Esq., Hall (_& London) parish clerk 

Daniels Wm, boot & shoe maker FARMERS. 

Elvin Robert, blacksmith : Garrod Jesse || Goddard Mary Ann. 

Kerridge James, cattle dlr. & shopkpr. ! Hart Newson, High House 

Post office : Mayhew Mary, Fiddler** Hall 

Pipe Silvanus, wheelwright I Phillips Francis, Church farm 

Pooley Ptev Geo. Fdk , L.L.B., P,eciory ] Watts Saml. miller Reeve Samuel 
Smith Denny, corn merchant i Wightman Jonathan, West House 

Smith Joseph, wheelwright 



FAENHAM, a small neat village, on the east hank of the Aide, £ 
miles S.W. of Saxmundham, and 9 miles N.E. of Woodbridge, has- 
in its parish 195 souls, and 1177a. of land. Wm. Long, Esq., is 
lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of soil, and the rest 
"belongs to J. G\ Sheppard, Esq., Mrs. Durham, the Rev. E. Hollond,, 
and a few smaller owners. The Church (St. Mary) is a perpetual 
curacy, valued at £78. The Rev. Jph. King. M.A., is the incumbent« 
and lias a neat Parsonage House, built in 1842, at the cost of -£1200,. 
of which £'200 was obtained from Queen Anne's Bounty, and £600, 
with 8a. of land, was given by Wm. Long, Esq., the patron and 
impropriator. The tithes have been commuted for a yearly rent of 
<£'240. Post from Woodbridge. 



Barber Thos. farmer, Faniham Hall 

Birt James, farmer 

€apon Wm. farmer 

Chaplin Wm. gent. Rose hill 

Dale James, pork butcher 

Fryett Miss Frances, ladies' school 

Gooding Eobt. & Stephen, blacksmiths 

HefTer Hy. wheelgt. & machine mkr 



Howard llrs || Mills George, saddler 
King Rev Joseph, M.A., Parsonage 
Nichols George, shoemkr. & shopkpr 
Pearse Thomas, vict. George Inn 
Plant Henry, farmer, High House 
Piobinson George Wm. grocer, draper.. 
& agent to London Mutual Life &r 
Guarantee Society, Post Office 



ERISTON, a pleasant village on the Aldehurgh road, 2J miles 
S.S.E. of Saxmundham, has adjoining it several houses "belonging" 
to Knodishall. Its parish contains 500 souls, and 1851 acres of 
land. R. H. W. Vyse, Esq , is lord of the manor, which is mostly 
copyhold, subject to arbitrary fines. The other principal landowners 
are, Mrs. "Whitaker, the Rev. G. A. Whitaker, Mrs. Bignold, and 
the Wentworth family, whose ancestor, Thomas Earl of Strafford, 
married the heiress of Sir Henry Johnson, who built Friston Hall, 
now a farm-house. The Church (St. Mary) is a vicarage, united with 
Snape, and valued in K.B. at <£5, and in 1835 at £194. The Rev. 
Robert Baker, A.M., is the incumbent, and R. H. W. Vyse, Esq., 
is patron and impropriator of the rectoiy, which was given to Butley 
priory by Ranulph Glanville. The Vicarage Rouse is a neat man- 
sion, 'erected in 1834, and the glebe is about two acres. In .1802,. 
the Rev. John Lambert left .£200, the yearly proceeds thereof 



FKISTON. (PLOMESGATE HUNDRED.) 



513 



to be divided at Christinas among poor housekeepers. This legacy 
is vested in £'250 three percent, consols. Here is a small Baptist 
chapel, erected in .1831. Post from Saxmundham. 



Bagnold Mrs Susan, Wilderness 
Baker Rev Robert, M.A., Vicarage 
Balls Geo. Howard, blacksmith 
Berry Charles, bricklayer 
Bridges Charles, wheelwright 
Brown Rev Wra. (Baptist) 
Buck George, boot & shoe maker 
Dowsing Ann, schoolmistress 
Gilbert Robert, gardener 
Moss Geo. tailor, & Thos. thatcher 
Reynolds John, corn miller 



Salter Robert, boot & shoe maker 
Sharman Wra. vict. Chequers 
Welton Fulcher, carpenter 
Woolnough John, shoemaker 

FARMERS. 

Cooper Charles || Orford Bridget 
Edwards Benjamin |j Pettit James 
Hammond Robert, Friston Hall 
Porter Robert, Street farm 
Watson Robt. Decoy [| Moss John 



GLEMHAM (GEE AT) is a village and parish, 4 miles W. by S- 
of Saxmundham, containing 349 souls, and 1910 acres of land ? 
varying from a strong clay to a light loam and gravel. The parish 
is all freehold, and did belong, with the rectorial tithes, to Butley 
priory, and afterwards to the Edgar family. John Moseley, Esq., 
of Glemham House, (a handsome mansion, in a park of 200a.,) owns 
a great part of the parish, and the rest belongs to the Hon. Mrs. 
North, Miss Shuldham, Capt. Schreiber, and a few smaller owners. 
The small tithes have been commuted for £95. 3s., and the rectorial 
tithes for Mo2. 14s. per annum. The latter belong to the land- 
owners. The Church (All Saints) has a fine tower, containing a 
clock and five bells, and is a curacy, consolidated with the rectory 
of Little Glemham. About 22a. of land has from an early period 
been appropriated to the repairs of the church and the schooling of 
poor children, and is now let for £28 per annum. Some cottages, 
formerly the parish workhouse, are let for £12 a year, applied in 
relieving the poor. Post from Saxmundham. 

Aldous Samuel, tailor 
Bedingfield Robert, vict. Crown 
Blomfield Capt. Edwin, The Grove 



Goshawk George, gamekeeper 
Moseley John, Esq., Glemham House 
Payne Wm. tailor 
Tye Wm. & Levitt Wm. sawyers 
Welham Mrs Mary, schoolmistress 
Woods George, saddler & grocer 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Ellenger George, 

(parish clerk) 
Goldsmith John 

EOOT & SHOE MKS. 

Chambers Henry 
Johnson George 

FARMERS. 

Benham Wm. 
Cooper Wm. 
Mabson Rt. bailiff 



NewsonJ..Exrs.of 
TaconRt. HighHs 
Tacon Robt. jun» 

Pound farm 
Tacon W. Stone fm* 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Cone Joseph 
Levitt John 

WHEELWRIGHTS ► 

Dale Emanuel 
Dale Michael 



GLEMHAM, (LITTLE) a village and parish BJ miles E.N.E. 
of Wickham Markst, and T§ miles N.E. by N. of Woodbridge, has 
318 souls and 1268 acres of fertile land, all the property and manor 
of the Hon. Sophia North, of Glemham Hall, a large and handsome 
brick mansion, pleasantly situated in a richly wooded park of about 
376 acres, in which are more than 100 head of the pure breed of Old 
English Black Deer. The hall contains a fine collection of paint- 
ings, and some very ancient furniture. The oak trees in the park 

y 3 



514 



LITTLE GLEMHAM PARISH. 



rank among the largest and finest in the county . The ancient family 
of Glemham flourished here till the middle of the 17th century, when 
two of them raised themselves to great eminence in their respective 
professions. Sir Thomas Glemham took the part of his majesty in 
the civil wars between Charles I. and his parliament, and having 
reduced York, which had declared for the parliament, he was ap- 
pointed governor of that city, and defended it for eighteen weeks 
against the united forces of the English and Scotch, till the defeat 
of the king at Marston Moor compelled him to capitulate, upon terms 
honourable to himself and advantageous to the citizens. He was 
then sent to command the garrison at Carlisle, which, assisted by 
his gallant countrymen, Col. Gosnold, of Otley, and Major Naunton, 
of Letheringham, he defended nine months in spite of pestilence 
and famine, and on his surrender obtained terms no less honourable 
than those on which he had capitulated at York. At the close of 
the war, he was for some time imprisoned, and on his release fled to 
Holland, where he died in 1649, but his remains were brought to 
England, and interred in Glemham church, by his brother, the Rev. 
Henry Glemham, who, on the restoration of Charles II., was rewarded 
for his loyalty with the bishopric of St. Asaph, but died in 1669, 
two years after his installation. In the grandson of Sir Thomas the 
family of Glemham became extinct. The estate was purchased by 
Dudley North, Esq , who made great improvements in the Hall, 
where his son, of the same name, died in 1829, leaving no issue, 
and bequeathing the estate to his relict, the present Hon. Mrs. North, 
for her life, and afterwards to the Earl of Guildford, who represents 
the elder branch of the noble family of North. The Church (St. 
Andrew) is a neat fabric on a bold eminence, shaded by lofty trees. 
It contains many handsome mural tablets ; and in a chapel or tran- 
sept on the north side, rebuilt for the purpose, is an elegant monu- 
ment, bearing a full length statue of the late Dudley North, Esq., 
erected at the expense of his relict. This fine piece of statuary was 
executed in Italy, and is a second production, the first being- lost by 
shipwreck in its passage to England. The Hon. Mrs. North, (sister 
to the late Earl of Yarborough) is patroness of the rectory, which is 
valued in K.B. at M, and in 1835 at .£329, with the curacy of Great 
Glemham annexed to it. The Eev Eichard Henry King, M.A., is 
the incumbent, and has a modern Rectory House. The glebe is 6a., 
and the tithes of Little Glemham have been commuted for £'305 
per annum. The predecessor of the late Dudley North, Esq., built 
and gave a house for the use of the poor parishioners, and it is now 
let and the rent is applied with the poor rates. Post from Wickham 
Market, via Woodbridge. 



North Hon. Mrs Sophia, Glemham Hall 
Arnott Wm. steward, do. 
Bicker James, butcher 
Brightwell Charlotte, schoolmistress 
Durham Mrs Elizabeth, farmer 
Garrett Sar. grocer & draper, Post office 
Geater George, corn miller and farmer 
Hammond Edgar, farmer 
Hill Gerard, blacksmith 



King Bev Eichard Henry, M. A., Rectory 

Leggett Thomas, wheelwright 

Pipe Wm. tailor 

Kobinson Edgar, vict., Bed Lion 

Salmon Wm. farmer 

Coach, Buss, and Caeeiees to Ips- 
wich, Aldboro'. Yarmouth, &c, pass 
daily. 



PLOMESGATE HUNDRED. 515 

HASELWOOD or Hazlewood, 1£ mile N.W. of Aldeburgh, is a 
ehurchless parish, containing 102 souls, and 1937 acres of land, in- 
cluding 44a. of plantations, and about 200a. called the Flatts, lying 
on the north side of the Aide, and mostly inundated at high 
water. F. W. T. Y. Wentwortb, Esq., is lord of the manor, impro- 
priator, and owner of most of the soil. There are still some traces 
of the church, though it was in ruins several centuries ago, when the 
parish was united ecclesiastically with Aldeburgh, where it is said 
the inhabitants used to marry and bury as early as the reign of king 
John, though Kirby says the churchyard here was used occasionally 
till the latter part of the last century. The farmers are Jas. Barnes, 
Beoj. Broom, James Cooper, Haselwood Hall ; John Easter, Bille- 
ford Hall, and James Eowe. 

IKEN, on the south side of the broadest part of the river Aide, 
from 3 to 4 miles W. of Aldeburgh, is a parish of scattered houses, 
containing 321 souls and 2597 acres of land, including about 1000a, 
of the large heath which extends south-west to Chillesford and 
Wantisden. On the river at Ihin Cliff is a corn and coal ivharf 
and in the adjacent marshes is a decoy for wild fowl. The Marquis 
of Hertford is lord of the manor, and owner of most of the soil. The 
Church (St. Botolph) is an ancient structure, with a tower and four 
bells, but the chancel was rebuilt in 1853, at the cost of £'500. The 
rectory, valued in X.B. at £6. 13s. 4d., and in 1835 at <£311, is in 
the patronage of Thomas Win Allen, Esq., and incumbency of the 
Eev, John B. Marriott, M.A., who has a handsome Rectory House, 
built in 1848, at the cost of £'1500. The tithes were commuted in 
1839 for £'430 per annum, and the glebe is 20a. 2b. 14p. The Town 
Estate consists of about 29 acres, let for £'36 a year to the Marquis 
of Hertford in 1814, on a 999 years' lease. The rent is applied with 
the poor rates. 



Anchor Inn, (late P.French,) to be let 
Brinkley Wo. boot and shoe maker 
Chambers John, potter, Iken Pottery 
Chambers, John , jun. shopkeeper 
Markham James, blacksmith 
Marriott Eev John Bax, M.A., Rectory 
Rope George, corn, coal,&c. merchant, 

(vessels weekly to London,) Iken 

Cliff Wharf; h Blaxhall 



FARMERS. 
Barnes John || Barnes David 
Button Jonth. dealer || Clark Wm. 
Gobbitt John Welton, Ztew Hall 
Keer Fras., & brick maker, Brick Kiln 
Mannail James, and parish clerk 
Markham Wm. and thatcher 
Post from Sasmundham, via Snape 



OEFOED, a small toicn,port, and ancient borough, which had for- 
merly a weekly market, is seated on the west bank of the Ore, 5 miles 
above the mouth of that river; Smiles S.S.W. of Aldeburgh; 19 
miles E.N.E. of Ipswich; 1L miles E. of Woodbridge ; 10 miles S. 
by E. of Saxmundham ; and 88 miles N.E. of London. The Elver 
Ore from which Orford takes its name, rises near Saxted, and is 
but a small stream flowing past Framlingham, Parham, Marleslbrd, 
and Blaxhall, to near Snape Bridge, where it falls into the River 
Aide. The latter, after passing Aldborough, is commonly called the 
river Ore, and the singular manner in which it turns southward at 
Aldborough, and runs past Orford, parallel with the sea coast, is 



516 BOROUGH OF ORFORD. 

already noticed at page 503. Orfordness and the Lantern Marshes, 
which lies opposite Orford, are only about a mile in breadth, but form 
the broadest part of the long but narrow peninsula which separates 
the town and the river from the sea. The parish of Orforcl had 
1302 inhabitants in 1831, but only 1106 in 1851, including about 8 
in Raydon, (an estate and two houses nearly a mile N.E. of the town,) 
53 in Gedgrave, a tithe-free lordship of about 1500 acres, extending 
three miles southward to the confluence of the rivers Butley and Ore ; 
and 8 in Havergate, an extra- parochial Island of about 260 acres, 
in the river Ore, from J-^-to 3 \ miles S. of Orford, where the estuary 
is commonly called Orford Haven. This island belongs to H, 
Edwards, Esq., of Sutton. The Marquis of Hertford is lord of the 
manors of Orford, Gedgrave, and Raydon, and owns most of the 
parish, which comprises about 3156 acres of land, and 844 acres of 
water. Upon the summit of the hill, on the west side of the town, 
are the massive remains of Orford Castle, consisting chiefly of the 
keep, which is of Norman origin. Its figure is a polygon of eighteen 
sides, described within a circle whose radius is 27 feet. It is flanked 
by three square towers, placed at equal distances, on the west, north- 
east, and south-east sides ; each tower measures in front about 22 
feet, and overlooks the polygon which is ninety feet high. The 
walls at the base are 20 feet thick ; at the lower part they are solid, 
but galleries and small apartments are formed in them above. Round 
this building ran two circular ditches, one 15 and the other 38 feet 
distant from the walls. Between these ditches was a circular wall, 
part of which, opposite the south-east tower, was remaining some 
years ago. This wall was 40 feet high, and had a parapet and bat- 
tlements at the top. The entrance to the castle was through a square 
building, adjoining the west side of the keep, to which a bridge con- 
ducted over the two ditches. The interior of the keep contained one 
room in each of its four stones, but the original floors and roof went 
to decay many years ago. A new floor was laid in one of the upper 
stories in 1831, by the late Marquis of Hertford, who also put on a 
new roof, inserted several new windows, and furnished the apartment 
with a table, chairs, &c, for the accommodation of visitors. A spiral 
staircase leads to the top of the building, which commands extensive 
prospects both of sea and land. Erancis, the second Marquis of 
Hertford, purposed to take down the keep of this once-formidable 
castle about the year 1805, but as it was considered a necessary sea- 
mark, especially for ships coming from Holland, which, by steering 
so as to make the castle cover or hide the church, avoided a danger- 
ous sand-bank, called the Whiting, government interfered and pre- 
vented its demolition. 

In 1215, Hugh Bigod and John Fitz-Robert were made governors 
of Norwich and Orford Castles ; and after them Hubert de Burgh 
was appointed governor of both. In the 48th Henry III., after that 
monarch had been taken prisoner at the battle of Lewes, by his 
Barons, they conferred this post, which seems to have been consi- 
dered an important one, on Hugh le Despenser. By one of Henry's 
successors, Orford Castle was given to the descendants of Peter de 
Valoines. who made it the chief seat of then barony. In the 4th 



BOROUGH OF ORFORD. 517 

of Edward III., Uobt. de TJfford, having married the daughter and 
co-heiress of Robert de Valoines, obtained a grant of this town and 
castle, which afterwards passed to the Willonghby deEresby family, 
and from them to the Stanhope and Devereux families. In 1754,. 
this and the adjoining manor of Sudborne, were sold by the execu- 
tors of the late Viscount Hereford to the Earl, afterwards Marquis- 
of Hertford. The town of Orford is said to have been once of con- 
siderable extent, and to have had the castle in its centre. Great 
quantities of old bricks, stones, and other remains of buildings 
have frequently been turned up by the plough, in the fields to the 
west and south of the castle, where several enclosures still retain 
the name of street annexed to their denomination of field, in allu- 
sion to streets formerly situated there. Its market, formerly held 
on Monday, was established in King Stephen's reign, but is now- 
obsolete. It had two fairs, but has now only one, held on the :24th 
of June. The Borough was incorporated at an early period and 
sent two Members to Parliament, until it lost that privilege by being 
placed in Schedule A. among the other small boroughs, in the Re- 
form Act of 1832. It was represented as early as the reign of 
Edward I., but neglecting, for a long series of years, to avail itself 
of the elective franchise, it lost this right, which Js supposed to have 
been restored to it by Richard III., who, in the first year of his 
reign, granted the town a charter, under which it is still governed 
by a mayor, eight port-men, twelve capital burgesses, and a re- 
corder, who hold a Court of Sessions on the Monday before the 
feast of St. John, or oftener, if necessary. Having but a small and 
unimportant jurisdiction, the Corporation of Orford was left un- 
touched by the Municipal Reform Act of 1835. like that at Aid- 
borough, which it much resembles ; indeed several persons are 
members and officers of both corporations, and many of them reside 
at a distance. The Orford corporate body and officers are George 
Randall, Esq., mayor ; Geo. Capron, Esq., recorder; John Wood, 
Jun., Esq., of TVoodbridge, deputy recorder ; P. B. Long, Esq.. of 
Ipswich, town clerk ; the Marquis of Hertford. Right Hon. J. W. 
Croker, Capt. R. Meynell, Capt, Seymour, Admiral Rous, Lord 
Canterbury, Rev. J. " Maynard, S. "Randall, {chamberlain,) W m 
O'Grady and G. Randall, Esqvs., portmen ; and Messrs. G. Capron' 
G. W- Mingay, G. Rope, E. Steel, F. Keer, S. Rope, T. Crisp, and 
S. Toller, capital burgesses. The Towx Hall is a small mean 
looking building, in which petty sessions, &c, are occasionallv held 
for the borough. In 1359, Orford sent three ships and 62 men to 
the siege of Calais. The town is now small and indifferently built, 
but was once much larger, and had a considerable trade, said to 
have been ruined by the harbour becoming blocked up by a dan- 
gerous bar, which prevented the passage of large vessels. It is now 
a creek under the port of Woodbridge, and has a tide waiter. &c. A 
few vessels are employed here in the corn and coal trade, and there 
is in the river a considerable oyster fishery, now held on lease from 
the Corporation, by a company of shareholders, at the yearly rent 
of £40. There is a coast guard station, at Orfordness, on the sea 
coast, about If mile E. of the town; and a mile "from each other, are 



518 BOROUGH OF ORFORD. 

two Light Houses, called the High and Low Lights, one built in 
1792 and the other more than a century ago. They are now bril- 
liantly lighted on the most improved principle. Here is also a 
Revenue Cruiser, with a commander, four men and two boys. 

Orford gave the title of Earl to Admiral Russell, who was elevated 
to the peerage by William III., for his eminent services; but it 
became extinct on his death without issue, in 1727, but was revived 
again in the person of Sir Robert Walpole, in 1742. It again be- 
came extinct on the death of Horatio, the fourth Earl, in 1797; but 
in 1806, it was conferred on Horatio, the second Baron Walpole, of 
Wolterton, and is now held by his grandson, Horatio Walpole, M.A., 
the present Earl of Orford, Baron Walpole of Walpole, and Baron 
Walpole of Wolterton, in Norfolk. He resides at the latter place, 
and is colonel of the West Norfolk Militia, and High Steward of 
the Borough of Lynn. Herbert de Losinga, the first Bishop of 
Norwich, is said to have been born here. He became so rich, from 
the numerous preferments given him by William Rufus, that he 
purchased the abbacy of Winchester, and the see of Thetford, but 
removed the latter to Norwich, where he founded the Cathedral, and 
died in 1119. 

Orford Church (St. Bartholomew) was when entire, a large and hand- 
some structure. The nave and its two side aisles are entire, but the chancel, 
having fallen to ruin, was excluded by a wall built across the east end of 
the nave, many years ago; and the remains of it consist of a double row 
of five thick columns, supporting circular arches, decorated with the zig- 
zag ornament. This chancel is supposed to have been built long before 
the nave, and appears to have been in a very ruinous condition in 1720, 
when a marble monument, bearing the kneeling effigy of the Bev. Francis 
Mason, was removed from it to the nave. This learned divine was incum- 
bent here many years, and died in 1621. He was chaplain to James I., 
and wrote many works in defence of the Church of England. There are 
in the church several brass inscriptions, an ancient but elegant font, and a 
coffin-shaped stone, bearing a cross rleury. The nave has been lately re- 
stored, and five new windows inserted, at the cost of about s£200. The 
upper part of the tower fell down in 1829, and has not been rebuilt. The 
benefice is & perpetual curacy, which has from an early period been conso- 
lidated with the rectory of the adjoining parish of Sudborne, in the patron- 
age of the Crown, and now in the incumbency of the Rev. John Maynard, 
M.A., who has a neat parsonage here. (See Sudborne.) The tithes of Orford 
were commuted in 1838 for £317 per annum. Orford had formerly two 
chapels, dedicated to St. John and St. Leonard, both of which were stand- 
in 1500, and the former stood on the land still called St. John's Chapel 
Field. Here were also a Benedictine Nunnery, founded by Ralph de Albini, 
an hospital of St. Leonard, and a chantry, valued at the dissolution at <£6. 
13s. ll£d. per annum. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel in 
the town. The Town Estate comprises about 7 acres of land, and an 
annuity of £30, paid by the Marquis of Hertford, in respect (as is sup- 
posed) of land in his possession, formerly belonging to the hospital of St. 
Leonard. The income is applied with the poor rates. About £9. 10s. 
received yearly from Sir M. Stanhopes Charity, (vide Sutton,) is distri- 
buted in small sums among the poor of Orford. The town has a Subscrip- 
tion Library and Beading Boom, and a Ladies' Benevolent Society for 
supplying poor, married, lying-in women of Orford and Sudborne with 
baby linen, &c. 






PLOMESGATE HUNDRED. 



519 



ORFOED DIRECTORY. 
Post Office at Miss Mary Ann Lang- 
maid's. Letters are desp. at 6f even- 
ing, via Wickham Market and Wood- 
bridge mail cart 
Berrett Friston, butcher and farmer 
Billing Robert, saddle and harness mkr 
Borrett Joseph, beerhouse and shopr 
Burroughs Walter, groom 
Burrows Wm. grocer and draper 
Carpenter Michael, low light keeper 
Crisp Mrs Mary, farmer, Gedgrave Hall 
Cullum Henry, farmer and beerhouse 
Fairhead Thomas, plumber, painter, 

and glazier 
Field Wm. miller, & corn & coal mert 
Gardner Thomas, inland revenue offer 
Gibbs Wm. sail maker 
Grimwood John, town crier 
Hammond John, wheelwright 
Howard Mrs Hannah, schoolmistress 
Hunt Edward, custom house officer 
Keer Francis, gent. Bay don Hall 
Langmaid Thomas, commander of the 

Revenue Cruiser 
Last John, professor of music 
Lewcock George, water bailiff 
Ling Mary, glove maker, &c. 
Markin Saunders Augs. grocer & draper 
Martin Robert, corn miller 
Maynard Rev John, M.A. incumbent of 
Orford & rector of Sudborne, Rectory 
Maynard Miss Ann || Mingay Miss 
Mills Robert, accoucheur 
Moss Jane, straw hat maker 
Nickels James, sexton 
Nickels Wm. mace bearer 
O'Grady Captain Wm, High House 
Pickthall Rev Wallis Mdk., curate 
Pope John, farmer 
Randall Samuel, surgeon 
Rope Edward, ship owner and wine, 
spirit, malt, hop, ale, porter, coal, &c, 
merchant, Quay House 



Rope Samuel, grocer, draper, and news 
agent, and agent to the Suffolk Al- 
liance Assurance Company 
Sampson Denny, hairdresser & schoolr 
Smith John, mace bearer 
Threadkell John, baker & confectioner 
Till Joseph, grocer, draper, and agent 
to the Union Fire and Argus Life 
Offices 
Toller Wni. farmer, Gedgrave 
Turner John, shopr. & hairdresser 
Wade Henry, builder. & Robert, cooper 
Whayman David, trinity pilot 
Whayman John, high light keeper 
Whitmore John, parish clerk 
Williams John, coast guard officer and 
agent to Maritime Passengers' As- 
surance Company 
Worne Thomas, water bailiff 

INNS and TAVERNS. 
Crow r n and Castle, John Mannall 
Jolly Sailor, Ann Nickels 
King's Head, John Buckingham 
White Hart. John Barber (posting and 
mail contractor 



BLACKSMITHS. 

, Barnard Thomas 
! Pettit David 

! EOOT & SH0EAEKH3. 

Burwood Robert 
Dennington John 
Peek Wm. & shopr 
; Smith James 
Wade Barnabas 

I PIASTER MAEIXEES. 

! BantoffWm. 
Butcher Robert 
; Green John 
: Lewcock Wm. 

Nickels Charles 
Simpson Jonth. 
Wade George 



TAILORS & DRAPERS 

Grimwood John 
Goodswin Daniel 
Turner Robert 

CARRIERS, &e> 

Mail Cart to Wick- 
ham Mkt. 6 j evg. 

Samuel Allerton,to 
Saxmundham, 
Wed. ; Wood- 
bridge, Thurs. ; 
Sz Ipswich, Sat. 

Henry Pead, to 
Ipswich, Sat. 

Vessels weekly to 
London 



PABHAM, a pleasant, but widely- scattered village, in the vale of 
the small river Ore, 2£ miles S.S.E. of Framlingham, has in its pa- 
rish 532 souls, and 2212a. 2k. 5p. of land, including the hamlets of 
North, Guttles, and Silverlace Greens, and mostly belonging to E. 
Corrance, Esq., the lord of the manor, in which the copyholds are 
subject to arbitrary fines. It was the lordship of the Uffords, one 
of whom, Wm. de Ufford, second Earl of Suffolk, built the church in 
the reign of Edward III., but, dying without issue, the estate passed 
to his sister's son Kobert, the fourth Lord Willoughby de Eresby, 
younger branches of whose family became Lords Willoughby, of 
Eresby, and younger branches of them, Lords Willoughby de Broke, 
and Lords Willoughby, of Parham. William Willoughby, whose 



520 



PARHAM PARISH. 



father made Parham his seat, was 
Parham, in 1547 : but on the he 17th It 

issue, in l?79 3 the barony became extinct Z 
the Willoughbys resided, is Large EJ 

pied by a farmer. It stands on a bold emini L is still encom 

passed by a moat, otoi whicl is a fine sld irdi 
the arms :: the Uffords Euad Willoughb; Ni H U the 

delightful seat of Fredk. C : rran Be, Esq., is me m osion in 

the Grecian style, erected in ISol . at the cost ;: at :>ut i'S '. '. T. on the 
site of Parham Lodge, upon a commanding eminence surrom 
by about 50 acres of tasteful pleasure grounds H 1 H u is the 
pleasant seat of Mr. Henry Clarke, and ithei portions :::..-. parish 
belong to the Eev. Geo. Crabbe. to Mills 1 Charity, and . few smaller 
owners. In 1734, the bones :: i man, m urn, and the head of a 
spear, were found here in a gravel pit e su] pose :~ t: have 

belonged to some Danish chief tain. Josh K . T.xh.T. AJS^ 
the celebrated designer in perspective, eureadynoti _. - 

was born here in 1717. The'." T 5t Mary, is a lofty, ancient 
structure, consisting of a nave, chancel, porct md towea Toe 
vicarage, certified in KJB. a: £20, was value ; . in 1831 li £2 
the vicarage of Hacheston annexed to it. The Ten. Charles i 
Corrance is the incumbent. andF. Corrance. Esa , is patron and 
impropriator. The rectorial tithes >f! anted 

for £168. 18s., and the vicarial tithes for i'17 7 per ann. Foi Ha- 
cheston tithe rents, s 35. Tiit '■' e H. >•-. ~as huilt in 
l v ^. at tne :«ost of about i'1400. oi which i'S - - 
selling the old parsonage and gk poor parishioners have 
£1. 14s. worth of bread, and theministei 6s Bd foi a sermon :n 
Good Friday, left by Mrs. Warner ; and the former have also 20s- a 
year, left by Thomas MULsin 1703, foi listributions :: bread. In 
1736, Mary Wa sr left an annuity of £ft for ten poor families :: 
Parham, not receiving parochial relief: and it is paid by the trustees 
of her charity, noticed with Boyton Tne Church was bunt in 1841, 
and is attended by about 7; children. Tne eommuu 
stolen from the church in 1836, oo I :.. Tone :enn:n b| 
in the p arish in 1 S 5 3 , Post from Woe :" fc i idge. 

Marked 1. reside at Gutties Green : T Ne&tA Green ; ?. Silverlaee Green; 

and the rest in Parham. 



■note was 

IS [lug 7" 



Capon Robert, boot and shoe maker 
Clarke Henry, gen:. Hi;'-\ He:,,;-: 
Corrance Fredk. and F. S., Esqi&, 

New H .:'.'. 
Corrance Eev Cs. Ths., M.A.. Pica ngt 
Folkard Thcmas. parish clerk 
Folkard Wm, bricklayer 
Folkard Win. jun. shopkeeper 
Frost James, carpenter 
2 Girling Wm. b: :: an 5. shce maher 
Grey Jaines, wheelwrkh: 
Hcvre-i: J;hn. vie:. Will.-.ughby Arms 
Howell John. jun. blacksmith 



Howell Mrs Mary, seheolmisrress 
C: Eauas Sarah Ann, shupkeeper 
I S:auua:.l Samuel, corn miller 
FAEMEES. * : : 0:..";-. ;, 



■: ; I arrows Chas, 
"Chandler Wm.. F.: 
Chandler .naoar 
*P arrant John, ana 
3-rav Z 5 ward 8 S 
Gray John ; Ti Hz'.l Fa 
- Precaooa Alan Tun 
Frecious John Of- -: : J, 
Turner Wm, Wightm 



ins F.:bt 



nara -James 



PLOMESGATE HUNDRED. 5*21 

HEXDHAM. a pleasant village in the vale :f the Aide. 4| mile^ 
E. of Framlingham and S miles W. of Saxmundbam, has in its pa- 
rish 453 souls, and 1721a. 1b. ^op. of rich, loamy land, belonging to 

the Tbellusson. Gollett, Page, Webber, Williams. Bruce, and other 
families. J. Crabtree. Esq., is lord of the manor oi Barnies. in 
which the copyholds j ay arbitrary fines. The Earl of Siradbr: -Io- 
nian or of Broisyard Hall extends into this parish. The Chur>:~ St 
Michael, was repaired and partly repewed in 1851. The living is 
a vicarage, which was certified at i>36, J: v.: has now a yearly rent- 
charge of £101, in lieu of small tithes. The trustees of the late Eev*. 
C. Simeon are patrons, and the Eev. Rowland Morgan is the incum- 
bent. The impropriate rectory was sold to the landowners about 
forty years ago. Here is a neat Indept kapel, with a house 

tor the minister, erected in 1750, Id lieu of a smaller one at Swo- 
tting, which was built in 1650. The poor have three cottages, built 
on waste land, given by the lord of the manor, and about 3a. of 
land. | - 1 in 1646. The cottages are occupied nearly rent 

free, and the land is let for £±. 10s. a year, which is added to the 
poor rates. In 17 r J4. Thos. Need, Esq., left a yearly rent-charge of 
£^. 10s. out of land in Bramfield, for the support of a free school at 
Eendham. for poor children, and 10s. a year to provide them with 
books. This charity is applied in aid of the National School, w bich 
was built by subscription in 1841. Post from Saxmundham. 
Andrews John, grocer and draper. I Harsant John, shopkeeper and tailor 

JJjfiei Harsant Mrs; schoolmistress 

Barbara Henry, bricklayer I Morgan Eev Rowland, rector ofWattfe 

Bicker Samuel, batcher field & vicar of Bendham, ".. ig* 

Button VTrn. shopkeeper Pallant John. gent. Cottage 



Chaplin James bricklayer and vict, 
White Horse 

xeorge, parish clerk 

Cooper Wm. blacksmith 
Daniels Henry, boot and shoe maker 
*lafl Rev Cs. curate. Grove House 
Easthongh Charles, wheelwright 
Girling and White auctioneers and 

estate agents, (and at PeasenhaU) 
Girling Thos. anetioneei ::: jr. and 

W.) and land agent to Chas. Austin. 

Harrison Rev John Independent) 



elf Stephen, gardener 
Studd James, carpenter, &c 

FARMERS. 
Button w m. Faiers George 
Chandler Samuel, Whitt House 
C me Jaices Gooch -John 
Cr:-55 James Shi:.".ey Jcn?.s 
Girling The mas Stanton Re 

iws John, Grove House 
Bow TViiliam 
Cabbies, Collin SneHing, to Ipswich, 

Wednesday 



SAXMIINDHAM. is a small well-built market town, consisting 
chiefly of one long street, pleasantly situated in the vale of a rivulet, 

which runs southward to the Aide. 7 miles X.W. of Aldeburgh, 13 
miles N.E. of Ipswich, and 90 miles NJE. of London. In 1856 it 
will have a station en a railway which is now forming, and which 
will extend southward to Woodbridge and Ipswich, and northward 
to Halesworth. ccc. Its parish contains 1180 inhabitants, and nearly 
acres, oi which only 1102 acres are rateable. Wm. Long, 
st of the soil, and is lord of the manor of Hurts, which 
comprises all the parish except the small manor of Swans, which 
belonged to the late Dudley Long North, Esq., and is the site of a 



522 SAXMUNDHAM. 

chantry, founded about 1308, by Eobert Swan. W. Long, Esq., is 
also lord of Swans manor. Thos. Mayhew, Esq., the Rev. E. Hol- 
lond, and a few smaller owners have estates in the parish. Hurts 
Hall, the seat of Wm. Long, Esq., is a large and handsome white 
brick mansion, situated a little south of the town, in a beautiful and 
well- wooded park of nearly 250 acres. The manor was held suc- 
cessively by the UfTord, Hare, Cutler, and Basse families, and one 
of the latter erected Hurts Hall, about the year 1650, but it was re- 
built in the early part of the present century, by the late Charles 
Long, Esq., who judiciously laid out and planted the surrounding 
grounds, and expanded the rivulet into a fine sheet of water, which, 
at each extremity is skilfully concealed by wood. The front of the 
mansion consists of three semicircular projections ; the entrance 
hall is adorned with a handsome geometrical staircase ; and 
the whole interior is fitted up with taste and elegance. Saxmund- 
ham has a large corn market every Wednesday, but it was held on 
Thursday till 1854, when Woodbridge market day was altered. 
Here are fairs for pedlery, &c, on Holy Thursday and August 10th. 
a lamb fair on August 18th, and a hiring for servants on the Thurs- 
day-week before Old Michaelmas day. The market and the fair 
held on Holy Thursday, were granted by Edward II., in 1310, at the 
request of Thomas de Yerley. During the years 1842-3, a company 
of shareholders, at the cost of £'11,000, rebuilt the Bell Inn, and 
erected near it a commodious Corn Exchange, which is 106 feet long 
and 32 feet in height and breadth. This Corn Exchange ox Market 
Hall, was purchased in 1S46 by Wm. Long, Esq., who has greatly 
improved it and has vested it with a committee of nine gentlemen. 
It is used as the corn market and for public meetings, &c. A new 
street has lately been formed ; and Gas Works were erected here in 
1848, at the cost of £1000 raised in £10 shares. The Church (St. 
John,) on apDold acclivity on the east side of the rivulet, has a tower 
and Rve bells, and contains some neat monuments to the Long 
family, one of whom, Lieut. George Long, was a distinguished naval 
officer, who fell in the very moment of victory, at the storming of 
Trincomale, in the East Indies. A north aisle and a new vestry 
were added in 1851, at the cost of nearly £400. In the chancel is 
a handsome mural monument erected about four years ago by Wm. 
Long, Esq., in memory of the last Lord Farnborough. The bene- 
fice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. 15s. 10d., and in 
1835, at £275, but the tithes have been commuted for a yearly rent 
charge of £283. Wm. Long, Esq., is patron, and the Bev. Lan- 
celot Bobert Brown, M.A , of Kelsale, is the incumbent, for whom 
the Bev. Frederick Evans, B.A., officiates. Here is a good rectory 
house, and 11a. of glebe ; and at the north end of the town is a neat 
Independent Chapel, which was rebuilt in 1850 at the cost of £1300, 
and in which the Bev. J. Harrison, of Bendham officiates. The 
Baptists are about to erect a chapel here. Near the church is a 
neat School, erected about 18 years ago, by W. Long, Esq., who pays 
for the education of about 70 poor boys and girls, except Id. or 2d. 
per week paid by each scholar. Since Saxmundham joined the 
Plomesgate Union, the parish workhouse has been converted into 



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523 



cottages, occupied by poor families. The Town Estate, comprising 
the site of a cottage granted by the lord of the manor, in 1657, and 
3a. of land, is let on lease, at the yearly rent of £8. 18s. 6d., which, 
after the payment of a quit rent of 22s., is applied in the service of 
the church. The following Charity Lands are vested in trustees, 
viz. : — 5a. purchased in 1657, with £68 left by Edmund Cutting and 
another donor for distributions of bread; and 8£a. which was given 
in exchange for land at Carlton, left at an early period, for the poor 
of Saxmundham. The rents amount to £3± sl year, of which £o. 4s. 
is applied in a weekly distribution of 2s. worth of bread, and the re- 
mainder in supplying the poor with coals at reduced prices. In 1746, 
Win. Corbold charged his estates here with a yearly rent charge of 
<£5 a year for distributions of bread among the poor, and with £b a 
year for the education of four poor children of this parish, at Benhall 
school. The estates charged with these annuities belonged to Dud- 
ley North, Esq., in 1829. The poor parishioners have an annuity 
of 40s., left by Stephen Bade, in 1716, out of laud at Carlton; and 
the interest of <£50, left by Alice Clarke, in 1820. Here is a, Loan 
Society, established in 1853; a Building Society, established in 
1851 ; and a Lodge of Odd Felloics, belonging to the Manchester 
Unity. 

The Constabulary Force for the Eastern Division of Suffolk, was 
established in 1840, and its head quarters are at Saxmundham 
Police Station. It consists of a chief constable, (John Hatton, 
Esq., of Carlton,) a deputy chief constable, 2 superintendents, four 
inspectors, 8 sub-inspectors, and 72 constables, stationed in 52 
districts. 



SAXMUNDHAM. 
The Post Office is at Mr. James 
Sniy's. Letters are despatched at 5 J 
a.m. to Ipswich, London, &c,; at 9 50 
p. m. to Halesworth, &c, and to Ald- 
borough, Leiston, &c, every morning. 
Money Orders granted and paid. 

Ablitt Mrs Hanh. || Allen Geo. P. elk. 
Alexander Eobert, coach builder 
Ashford Isaac & Jas. cabinet makers, 

general furnishers, valuers, &c 
Barnes Bobt. auctioneer, estate agt. &c. 
Beckett Samuel, rag and bone dealer 
Berrett Robert, cooper 
Blake Mr John Bryant 
Blanks Edward Charles, gun maker 
Bloomfield Henry, saddler, &e. 
Bright Jerome Denny, gent. 
Burck Wm. and Mary Smith, National 

School 
Cavell Alex. & Son, (Edmund,) solicitors 
Cousins Wm. basket maker and clerk 

of the market 
Crampin John Charles, stock valuer, 

appraiser, grocer, &c. 
Crane John, town crier 
Crowe Michael, police clerk & inspr. 



Crowe Win. currier and leather cutter, 

Stamp Office 
Bale Miss Chtte. || Flatt Mrs T. 
Dale John Henry, dyer, &c. 
Day Daniel Fenning, tallow chandler 
Edwards Onesimus, agent to W. Long, 

Esq. 
Evans Bev Eredk., B.A. curate, Rectory 
Fordsham John, brewer, maltster, and 

wine and spirit merchant 
Freeman Henry Lankester, surgeon and 

registrar 
Garrett Ed. & Son, ironmongers, found- 
ers, and machine makers, {works at 

Leiston ) 
Hatton John, Esq. chief constable of 

East Div. of Suffolk ; h Carlton 
Howard John, gent. \\ Freeman MrsE. 
Hunt Mrs Frances, Laurel Cottage 
Keer George, gent. || Mills Eobert, clerk 
King James, sheriff's officer 
Ling John Mitford, surgeon 
Long Wm., Esq. and W. B., Esq. flints 

Hall 
Ludbrook Wm. corn, &c dlr., i'oxford 
Mayhew Thomas & Son, solicitors 
Mayhew Thomas ; h Fairfield House 
Mayhew Eichard Lee ; h Brook Cottage 



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SAXMUNDHAM DIRECTORY. 



Middle ditch Wffl. toy, &c. dealer 

Newman Joseph, bricklayer 

Smith Edward, gardener 

Smith Jonathan, veterinary surgeon 

Smith Wm. chemist, druggist, and tea, 

coffee, British wine, &c ., dealer 
Smy James, draper and land surveyor, 

Post Office 
Southwell Henry and James, solicitors 
Sparrow Henry, boarding school 
Stopher Wm. auctioneer, clerk to tax 

commissioners, &c. 
Studd Samuel, estate agent, &c. 
Taylor John, parish clerk 
Tennant Miss F. Thurlow Mrs R. 

Thurlow Thomas, statuary, and marble 

and stone mason 
Thurlow Henry, builder, contractor, 

and house agent 
Upson Philip, fishmonger 
Waller Henry, wine, spirit, and porter 

merchant, &c. 
Waller Mrs W. || Wilson Mrs Har. 
Wells Wm. ironmonger, stove grate 

mfr. oil & colour man, & whitesmith 
Wells James, corn miller and merchant 
Woolnough Wm. farmer and dealer 

BANKERS. 
Gurneys, Turner & Brightwen, (on 

Barclay & Co.,) Mr. Saml. Flick, agt. 
Harvey s & Hudson's, (on Hankey & 

Co..) Mr. Jph. Bloom Edwards, agt. 
FIRE & LIFE OFFICE AGENTS. 
Atlas, Richard Lee Mayhew 
Clerical and Medical, Ales. Cavell 
Globe, and Life Association of Scotland, 

J. B. Edwards 
Farmers' Cattle, I. & J. Ashford 
Householders' & General, T. W. Day 
Legal and General, H. & J. Southwell, 

and J. C. Crampin 
Medical Invalid, Wm. Stopher 
Norwich Equitable, H. Southwell 
Norwich Union and Hailstorm. I. & J. 

Flatt 
Royal Exchange, Henry Waller 
Scottish Provincial, Thomas Brightly 
Star Life, and Manchester Fire, Root. 

Barnes 
Suffolk Alliance, John Flatt 
Sun, Richard Woods 

INNS & TAVERNS. 
Angel, James Woolnough 
Bell Hotel, Wm. Crowe {posting) 
Coach and Horses, Robert Rous 
Queen's Head, Henry Easter {posting) 
White Hart, John Lincoln {coml.) 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Aldous Edward 
Welton Elizabeth 

BOOKSELLERS. &C. 

Brightly Celia, and 

printer 
Reeve Wm. 
Wooltorton Jerome 

BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

Barnes Robert, & 

auctioneer, &c. 
Chapman Stephen 
Gardner Wm. 
Kerridge George 
Newman Thomas 
Sampson George 

ERAZIERS & TIXRS. 

Howes James 
Wells Wm. 

BUTCHERS. 

Baxter Joseph 
Berrett John 
Bicker Wra. 
Fenton Lavinia 
Self Stephen 

CABINET MAKERS. 

Ashford Isc. & Jas. 
Woods Wm. &Son 
WoodsRt. Brightly 

G-ARDEXERS. 

Aldrich Wm. 
Cattermole Daniel 

GROCERS &DRAPRS. 

Crampin Jno. Chs. 
Fisher Robert 



Flatt John 
Moore John, and 
china, £c. dealer 
Self Stephen 
Smv James, draper 
WoodsRt. Brightly 

HAIR DRESSERS, &C. 

Reeve Wm. 
Whiting Wm. 

JOINERS. && 

Robinson Wm. 
Styles John 
Thurlow Henry 
Woods Wm. vk Son 

MILLINERS. 

Allen Rosetta 
Catchpole Mary 
Hunt Caroline A. 
Stopher MthaicM^ 

PALXTERS, PLMBRS, 
AND GLAZIERS. 

Beard John 
Howlett Benjamin 
Whaley Samuel 

STRAW HAT MKRSv 

Garrod Ann 
Hazell Elizabeth 
Kerridge Mrs 

TAILORS & DRPRS* 

Cunnell John 
Hilling John 
Taylor John 

WATCH MAKERS, &fe 

Garrod Edward 
Wooltorton Jerome 



BAKERS 

and Confectioners. 
Day Thomas Wm. 
Manning Charles 



Turner Charles 

BEERHOUSES. 

Crane John 
Mills Sheppeard 



COACHES AND CBSNIBTJSES 

From the Bell and White Hart Inns, to 
Ipswich and Woodbredge, at 6 and 9 
morning and 12 noon daily, except 
Sunday: to Halesworth, &C, every af- 
ternoon ; and to Lowestoft, Yoxford, 
&c, at 12 noon. 

Mail Carts every morning to Yox- 
ford, Halesworth, Leiston, and Aldbro'* 

GABS3Q3BS. 

■parked 1. stop at the Bell; 2, Angel; % 
White Hart; 4, Queens Head; ando > 
Coach and Horses. 

Places. Carriers. Days. 

Aldeburgh 8 George Smith, Tues.&Fri* 
Halesworth, Henry Bloomfield, Mon.» 

Wed. and Fri. ; and 2 Jas. Sawyer> 

Monday and Friday 
Ipswich, Hy. Bloomfield, and 5 Thos. 

Rous, and 4 E. Nickels, Tuesday, 

Thursday, and Saturday 
Leiston, 4*Edward Nickels, Tuesdays 

Thursday, and Saturday 



PLOMESGATE HUNDRED 525 

Korwioli arid Bungay, 1 Robert Hogg. I Orford. 4 S. Alderton, Wednesday 
Mon l\: Fri. (see also Hales worth.) I Suinhwoid, 4 Et Bedingfield, Friday 



SXAPE, a small village, on a pleasant acclivity, north of the 
river Aide, 5 miles W.N.W. of AMeburgh, and 3 miles S. by E. of 
Saxmundhain. has in its parish 576 souls,- and 2100 acres of land, 
Including 300a. of open common, and the hamlet of Snape Bridge, 
about a mile S. of the church, and a quarter of a mile south of the 
village, or Snape street ; where there is a good bridge and a commo- 
dious wharf and warehouses, up to which the Aide is navigable for 
vessels of 100 tons burthen. About 17,000 quarters of barley are 
shipped here yearly for London and other markets, by Mr. Xewson 
Garrett, who has near the Bridge large warehouses, an extensive 
malting, &c. ; but the buildings on the south side are in the hamlet 
of Dunningworth, and parish of Tunstall. A large horse fair is held 
at Snape Bridge on the 11th of August. At a short distance west 
of the bridge is the site of Snape Priory, which was founded for 
Black Canons, in 1099, by Wm. Hartell, Albreda his wife, and Jef- 
fry their son, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. They endowed it 
with the manor of Snape, including the benefit of wrecks of the sea 
from Thorp to Orford-ness; and gave it as a cell to the Abbey of 
Colchester. But upon complaint made by the Countess of Suffolk, 
that the abbot of Colchester did not maintain a sufficient number of 
religious in it, according to the wills of the founders, it was. by a 
Lull of Pope Boniface IX., made conventual, and exempted from 
subjection to Colchester. William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, in 
the reign of Henry YI., designed to have refounded it, and for a 
short period, in 1509, it was a cell to Butley. It was one of the 
monasteries suppressed in 1524, and given to Cardinal YTolsey for 
the endowment of his college at Ipswich. After the Cardinal's fall, 
in 1530, it was granted by Henry Till, to Thomas, Duke ofXorfoik, 
and was then of the yearly value of .£99. Is. IHd. Nothing now 
remains of this priory, except some of its stones in the walls and 
outbuildings of the farm-house, called the Abbey, which has been 
more than eighty years in the occupation of the Groorne family, 
who, about 12 years ago, dug up many of the foundations, and found 
some ancient coins, tiles, and skeletons. A bed of oysters was 
found, some years ago, about five yards below the surface. Rd. Hy. 
W. Tyse, Esq., is now owner of the Abbey, Rookery, and other 
farms, and also lord of the manor, in which the copyholds are sub- 
ject to arbitrary fines. The other principal landowners are Wm. 
-Long, Esq., A Borrett, Esq., and J. C. Baker, Esq., of Snajoe House. 
The Church (St. John the Baptist) stands on a bold eminence, a 
mile X. of the village, and has a lofty tower, and a very ancient and 
highly ornamented font, on which are sculptured an assemblage of 
kings, prelates, and nondescript birds, standing on pedestals. About 
ten years ago, the church was thoroughly repaired, and a new gal- 
lery erected at the west end. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £b. 
5s. 7-^d,, is consolidated with Friston. (See page 512.) The vicarial 
tithes were commuted in 1848, for ^124. 4s. 9d. per annum. In 



526 



SNAPS. (PL0ME5GATE HUNDRED.) 



1802, the Rev. John Lambert left 

distributed yearly at Christmas among poor housekeeper ~ 
not receiving parochial relief. This legacy is vested in £21 
per cent, consols. The School, near the Church, was built in I - 

by Win. Long. Esq.. and is attended by about 90 children, w. 
Id. to 3d. each per week. The Post Office is at E 
Letters despatched at i evening, via Saxmundham. 



SXAPE DIRECTORY. 

{For rest of Sxape Beii :-i w _ wmktM) 

Baker James Cooper. Snape Home 

Clarke Wm. wheelwright 

Crowe John, blacksmith &: par. clerk 

Easter Robert, grocer and draper 

Fenton Miss Lucy, Grumford 

Garrett Xewson. maltster, corn. coal. 
and lime mercht. brick and whiting 
nifr. shipowner. See. Snape Bridge 
and Aldborougli. (See [ " 9 

G-arrod Noah, pilot 

Gotson Sus. ic Mary, grocers ^c drapers 

Kerridge Isaac, tailor, grocer. 6c draper 

Lamb Wm. schoolman tei 



Larter Win . glover. &c. 

Rackham Wm. thatcher 
Rouse Rober:. v:: 
i : : r & SHOEMKBS. 
Barnes John 
Dale Samuel 
Hilling John 
Lambard Charles 

Mar kin Win. Ezkl. 
Ship Mary 

FAE3IEES. 

* near Church. 
Barnes Thomas. 



Braham Robert 
Groom 
*Hamblmg h 

i brick mkr. 
^Hambling Wm. & 

- e : rge 
Knights Henrv 
Wm. 

Sherwood John. 
Wix's Common 



STEEXFIELD, a small village on the Aldeburgh road. If 
S. of Saxmundham, has in its parish ife, and about 1100a. 

of land, mostly in the manor of Hurts, of which Wm. Long, Ea 
is lord and principal owner. Miss Shulciham. C t Sd 
B. Phillips, Esq.. and several smaller owners, hav~ eototoc hem 
Part of the parish is in the Hon. Mrs. North's manor of MundeviUe. 
The Church St. Mary) has a flint tower and porch, but its chancel 
was re-built of brick, and the nave repaired with the same material 
in 1766. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. 14s. 4£A . has ■ neat 
residence. S?a. 2e. 3?p. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of I \ 
in lieu of tithes. W- Long. Esq., is patron, and tie Bev. J. D. 
Money, incumbent. The Town Estate has been held from an early 
period for the general benefit of the parishioners. aDd cod si Ske :: 
three tenements, a stable, garden, and 45a. 3e. 3S^-p. of land, let 
for about £"50 per annum, which is applied in relieving the poor. 
By deed dated August 11th, 1625, Edward Hunt conveyed the 
Town Estate to new trustees. Post from Saxmundham. 



Cook Robert, parish clerk 
Freeman Bow, gardener 
Jordan Simon, shoemaker 
Money Piev James Dmmmond. B.A... 
rector and rural dean, Rectory 



FATHERS. Haill Susan 

Barnea I' avid. Hall Haill Wm. 
Z Iwante Win.. Gkhe Hun: I ph. 
Orford Samuel Hi i farm 
Orford Wm. Rackham Samuel 



STRATFORD ST. ANDREW, in the vale of the Aide, on the 
Woodbridge road, 3J miles S.W. of Saxmundham, is a small parish 

and village, containing 201 souls, and 63^a. oi good loamy land, in 
the Hon. Mrs. -North's manors of Stratford and Glemham : but part 
of the soil belongs to J. Moseiey. Esq., and a few smaller owners. 
The Church St. Andrew* is an ancient structure of hint and stone, 
with a tower and three bells. The living is a rectory, valued in 



STRATFORD ST. ANDREW. 5*27 

K.B. at £5. and 1S35 at £157. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan- 
caster is patron, and the Bev. John Mitford,M.A.. of Benhall. is the 
incumbent, aud has here 1 3a. of glebe, and a house, let for £-20, and 
a tithe rent of about £*[ 50 a-year. 

Garrod John, relieving officer & regr. FARMERS. G-arrod John 

Mannall Wm.. corn miller Barnes Alfred Simonds Robert 

ZSTewson John, parish clerk Chandler Wm. Jno. Thnrlow John 

Pearse Samuel,, cattle dealer Post from Woodbridge & Sasmundham 



SCDBORNE, or Sudbourn, a scattered village 1 mile X. of Or- 
ford, has in its parish 601 souls, and about 5400a. of land, extend- 
ing three miles northward nearly to Aldborough, along the western 
side of the river Ore : and including most of the Lantern Marshes 
aud Orford-ness. on the opposite side of that river, bordering upon 
the Ocean, as described at page 503. The manor belonged to Ely 
Priory, and was granted by Edward YI. to tbe Bishop of Norwich; 
but it was soon afterwards possessed by Sir Michael Stanhope, who 
built tbe hall. Sir Edmund TVithipole obtained it in marriage with 
Sir Michaels daughter, and his daughter and heiress carried it in 
marriage to Leicester Devereux. Viscount Hereford, from whom it 
passed to his son, whose executors sold it i about 1683 1 to an ances- 
tor of the present lord of the manor, the Host Hon. Richard ; 
mow Coruvay, Marquis of Hertford, Earl of Yarmouth, and 
Baron Conway, of Bagley, Warwickshire, and of Killultagh, be- 
laud, who very seldom visits Sudborxe Hall, a plain quadrangular 
mansion, which was built about seventy years ago by TVyatt, and 
stands in an extensive park, about a mile N.W. of Orford. It is 
used as a sporting residence, the park and neighbourhood abound- 
ing in game. Mr. James Chaplin and some other proprietors have 
small estates in the parish. The Church (All Saints) is a small 
ancient structure, which was repaired about two years ago. The 
living is a rectory, with the curacy of Orford annexed to it, valued 
in K.B. at £'33. 6s. 3d., and in 1835 at £577* but the tithes were 
commuted in 1839 for about £600 per annum The patronage is 
in the Crown, and the Eev. John Maynard, M.A., is the incumbent, 
and has his residence at Orford. The Church and Poors E-r.. :-: 
comprises about 60a. of marshland, let for about £150 a-year: and 
a yearly rent-charge of £6, secured and payable under the award of 
the commissioners for enclosing the common lands in this parish, 
in 1807. The income from these sources is applied mostly in the 
service of the church, and partly with the poor rates. A yearly sum 
of about £9. 10s. from Sir M. Stanhope's charity, ''see Sutton./ is dis- 
tributed among the poor of Sudborne. Post from Orford, via 
Woodbridge. 



Marquis of Hertford, Sudboexe Haix. 

(generally at Bagley, Warwickshire.) 
Bodgener Misses Mary and Dorothy, 

ladies' school 
Burch Wm. Baker, blacksmith 
Levett James, blacksmith 
Meering Geo., head gamekeeper to the 

Marquis of Hertford, Smolcey House 



Back ham Wm., boot & shoemal: 

vict., Chequers 
Be eve James, wheelwright 
Bow Samuel, parish clerk 
Smith Henry., shoemaker 
Wade John Kitchen, under steward 
Woodhead Wm., gardener, Hall 



528 



SUDBORNE. (PLOMESGATE HUNDRED.) 



FARMERS AND GRAZIERS. 
Artis John, Lodge Brinkley Robert 
-Chaplin James, Colion farm 
^Eastaugh George. Church farm 
Gobbitt John, Ferry farm 
Groom George, Wood farm 



Kersey Charles. Valley farm 
Malster Saml. || Mom A-du & Hanh. 
Whayrnan Horace, High House 
Whayman Hy. Whayman YTni. 
Carrier. Samuel Mdertoh, to OrforiJ 
and Saxmundham, "Wednesday 



STVEFLIXG, a small scattered village, in the vale of the river 
Aide, 3 miles W. by N. of Saxmundham, and 4 miles E. of Frani- 
lingham, has in its parish 333 souls and 1120 acres of laud, lying 
in several copyhold manors, but chiefly in the manor of Dernford 
Hall, now a farm house, formerly belonging to Leigh priory, in 
Essex, and afterwards to the Cavendish family. Miss Shuldham, 
John Moseley, Esq., and Capt. Schreiber, own nearly all the parish. 
The Church (St, Mary) is an ancient structure, with a tower and five 
hells. The living is a Rectory, valued in K.B. at £-2. 2s. 8fd., and 
in 1835 at £262, but the tithes were commuted in 1840 for £B02. 
10s. per annum. Mrs. T. Williams is the patroness, and the Eev. 
Eussell Skinner, M.A.. is the incumbent, and 9| acres of glebe, 
<md a neat residence, built in 1831 by the Eev. W. Collett, the late 
lector. The Feoffees Estate comprises two cottages and 6 acres of 
land, let for £11 a year; and was given by Ezra Crisp, in 1699, 
for the reparation of the church and other public uses. In 1568, 
Henry Leg gett left, for distribution among the poor of Swefling, a 
yearly rent-charge of 40s. out of Limekiln Close. The sum of <£46, 
received as arrears of this rent-charge, was laid out in 1784. in 
"building a coal shed for the use of the parish. Post from Sax- 
mundham. 



Adams Robert, cattle dealer and vict. 

White Horse 
CBarham James, parish clerk 
Blake George, corn miller 
-Cross Isaiah, boot and shoemaker 
risk Samuel, shopkeeper 
Hayward Win. blacksmith 
Mills Henry, corn miller 
Pemberton Robert, plumber, glazier. 

cooper, &e. 
Sherwood John, shopkeeper 
Sherwood Wm. grocer, &c. 



Skinner Rev Russell, M.A., Bectory 
Smith Henry, veterinary surgeon 
Smyth Jonathan & Son, agricultural 

machine makers and wheelwrights 
Smyth Jonathan, shopkeeper 

FARMERS. 
Bendall Arthur, Bridge farm 
Crisp Moses || Johnson Francis 
Laws John, Dernford Hall 
Moss Horace || Smith Charles 
Smyth Samuel Sz Wingneld (owners) 



TUNSTALL, a pleasant village, 7 miles X.E. of Woodbridge, 
and about the same distance W. by S. of Aldborough, and S. by W. 
of Saxmundham, has in its parish 676 souls and .2824 acres of land, 
including the hamlet of Dunningwobth, on the south side of Snape 
Bridge, on the river Aide, 5 miles TV. of Aldborough, where there is 
a wharf and extensive makings and warehouses, as noticed with 
Snape. The south-east part of the parish is a sandy heath, where 
there is a tumulus, in which a Eoman urn was found about 20 years 
ago, containing ashes, two coins, and a piece of a sword three inches 
long. The Hon. Mrs. North is lady of the manor of Banyard, in 
Tunstall, but the greater part of the parish belongs to Thellusson's 
Trustees, J. G. Sheppard, Esq., and the Eev. Thos. Gerard Ferrand. 



TUNSTALL. (PLOMESGATE HUNDRED.) 



529 



The latter is patron and incumbent of the Rectory, which is valued 
in K.B. at £'16. 10s. 5d.,but has now 45 acres of glebe, and a 
yearly rent-charge of £526, in lieu of tithes. The Church (St. 
Michael) is an ancient structure, with a tower containing six bells. 
Dunning worth was formerly a separate parish, and had a church, 
which went to decay in the latter part of the 16th century, when its 
rectory was consolidated with TunstalL Dunningworth Hall, a good 
farm house, is the residence of Mr. John Flatt, chief constable. In 
Chapel field, where Dunningworth church is supposed to have stood, 
several skeletons were found in 1841. There is a Baptist Chapel 
at Tunstall, built in 1808, and enlarged in 1838 ; and now under 
the ministry of the Eev. W. Day, of Blaxhall. The National 
School was built in 1830. 

TUNSTALL DIRECTORY. 
Marked * are in Dunningworth, at or near Snape Bridge. 

* Abbott Abm. timber agent, Hill Hs 

Baker Wm, bricklayer 

Burch Mary, vict. Green Man 

Churchyard James, veterinary surgeon 

Clark Henry, collar & harness maker 

Cogshall John, baker and flour dealer blacksmiths. 

Cooper John, corn miller Burch Hy.Rackm. 

*Dean James, merchant's clerk Leggett Thomas 

FerrandRev Thomas Gerard, Rectory boot & shoemkks. 

*Flatt John, chief constable, Dunning- Daniels James 

worth Hall Harvey Henry 

♦Garrett Newson, corn, coal, and lime farmers. 

merchant, maltster, &c. , Snape bridge, i Capon Samuel 

and Aldborough (see p. 508 & 526) l Cockrell Wm. and 
*Gooch Samuel, vict. Plough and Sail j corn miller 
^Grimwood T. W. & G. A. timber and j Debney Richard 

slate, &c, merchants, (& Woodbdg.) \ * Flatt John 
Groom Mrs Sarah, National schoolmrs Keer George 
King Wm. hairdresser Miller Thomas 

Owles Robert, tailor Sawyer James 

Pratt James, swine dealer Sawyer John 

Sawyer Henry, butcher Sawyer Wm. 



Sawyer Wm, plumber and glazier 

*Scraggs John, malt agent 

Titrell John, tailor 

Wigg Richd. relieving officer and regr 



GROCERS&DRAPERS. 

Bullock Win. 
Row Jephtha 
Sawyer James 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Fairhead Samuel, 
and parish clerk 
Reeve Samuel 

POST OFFICE 
at Jas. Sawyers. 
LetterstftaWood- 

bridge 

CARRIER. 

Jno.Kingto Wood- 
bridge, Monday, 
Wed., and Sat. 



WANTISDEN, 7 miles E.N.E. of Woodbridge, and 4J- miles 
[N.W. by W. of Orford, has in its parish 107 souls, a few scattered 
houses, and about 2126 acres of high land, including more than 350 
acres of a large open heath. X. Barnardiston, Esq., is lord of the 
manor, impropriator, and patron of the Church (St. John) which is 
a perpetual curacy, valued at £64, in the incumbency of the Eev. 
Ellis Wade, M.A., of Blaxball Rectory. A great part of the parish 
belongs to Lord Rendlesbam and J. G-. Sheppard, Esq. The manor 
was held by Butley Abbey, and was granted, at the dissolution, to 
Lionel Tollemache The hall, built in 1550, is now occupied by a 
farmer, and near it there were dug up, in 1837, many sculptured 
stones, some of them representing the heads of prelates. The 
poor parishioners have £b a year from Sir M. Stanhope's Charity. 
(See Button.) The Farmers are John Cockrell, John Lewin, (Hall,) 
and Robt Paxman, Walnut Tree. Post from Woodbridge. 

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530 
MUTFORD AND LOTHFXGLAXD 

INCORPORATED HUNDRED. 

Mutford and Lothingland Hundred is the north-eastern apex of 
Suffolk, averaging only about 5 miles in breadth, but extending 15 
miles from north to south, aloug the shore of the German Ocean, 
which bounds it on the east, except about three miles at the north 
end, where the river Tare and the narrow peninsular strip of land 
on which Great Yarmouth is built intervene between it and the sea. 
On the north, it is bounded by Breydon Water, the broad receptacle 
of the Yare and Waverwy ; and on the west the latter river bounds 
it for about 9 miles, and separates it from Norfolk. Its southern divi- 
sion, forming what was formerly called the HafH, Mutford, 
is about rive miles in length and breadth, and is bounded on the 
west by Wangford Hundred ; on the south by Blything Hundred ; on 
the east by the sea; and on the north by Oulton Broad and Lake 
Lothing, through which the river Waveney anciently passed to the 
ocean, near Lowestoft. The northern division has a large lake, called, 
Fritton Decoy, which abounds in wild foul. This is the largest divi- 
sion, and was called the Half Hundred of Lothingland till 1763, when 
it was incorporated with the Mutford Division, for the maintenance 
of the poor of their 24 parishes. Lake Loihixo, extending nearly 
three miles in length from east to west, comprises more than 2( 
and is crossed in the centre by Mutford Bridge: and the western. 
part of it is usually called Oulton Broad. As noticed with Lowes- 
toft, the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation, opened in 1 533. for sea- 
borne vessels, passes through this lake, so that Lothingland is now 
completely insulated, as it was in aucient times, when it was called 
the Lsland of Lothingland, and when the waters of the Waveney 
passed by the same route to the sea. near Lowestoft, instead of turn- 
ing abruptly to the north, as they do now. above Oulton, in their 
route to the estuary of the Yare. Norwich and Lowestoft Bailway 
runs parallel with the navigation, and joins the Norwich and Yar- 
mouth Line at Eeedhani. The whole Hundred is in the East 
Parliamentary Division of Suffolk, and in the Deanery of Lothing- 
land and Archdeaconry of Suffolk, and has its Workhouse at Oul- 
ton, and an Infirmary and Dispensary at Lowestoft* its only market 
town and port, which is now a handsome and rapidly improving 
lathing place, and is extensively engaged in the herring fishery ■, as 
also is Pakeneld and many other villages on the coast. It is one of 
geldable Hundreds of Suffolk. In judicial affairs, it forms part of 
the Beccles Division. It was anciently a demesne of the Crown, and 
a great part of it was formerly held by the Eitz-Osbert and Jerne- 
gan families, but it now belongs to various owners, the largest oi 
whom is S. M.Peto. Esq.. the celebrated railway contractor, who 
has lately purchased the manors and estates here, which belonged 
to Lord Sidney Godolphin Osborue. iSee Somerleyton.i The soil 
is in many places a rich strong loam on a substratum of clay; but 
a light fertile sand prevails along its eastern side, and near Lake 
Lothing with an occasional mixture of clay and brick earth, in many 



MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND. 531 

parts wet and full of springs. In the vale of the Waveney is a 
broad tract of rich marshes. Most of the farms vary from 50 to 200 
acres, but a few of them extend to 400 acres, and they are generally 
well cultivated. The following is an enumeration of the 24 parishes 
of this Hundred, shewing their territorial extent, and their popula- 
tion in 1 Sol. E. H. Reeve, Esq.. of Lowestoft, is the high con- 
stable : — 

Parishes. Acres. Pop. | Parishes. Acres. Pop. 

Ashby 1109 50 I Herri Dgfleet 1720 179 

*Barnbv 1099 294 ! §Hopton 1267 331 

§Belton 2059 4S9 | *Kessingland 1691 777 

Blundeston 1573 663 i *Kirklev cr Kirtlev 579 799 

§Bradwell 23-3 341 Lound ' 1264 439 

^Burgh Castle . 1496 344 Lowestoft 1685 6781 

♦Carlton Colville 3804 S45 *}Iutford 1574 435 

Corton 1495 559 ' ^Oulton 1997 742 

Flixton 6<>2 33 *Pakefield. .......... . 771 718 

§Fritton 1562 215 *Rushmere . 759 116 

*G-isleham 1344 310 SemeiieytoB 1410 627 

§Gorleston ) 1570 2587 

SSouth Townr J 800 1412 ; 

Gunton . . , 1072 77 ' Total 35 : 490 20 ; 163 

♦Registration Districts : — Those marked * are in Kessingland Distiict ; 
marked thus § are in Gorleston District, and the others are in Lowestoft Dis- 
trict. These sab-districts form a Superintendent Registrar's District. 

County Courts. — The seven parishes marked thus § are in Great Yarmouth 
County Court District, and all the other IS parishes are in Lowestoft County 
Court District. 

Muford Division or Half-Hundred comprises the 8 parishes marked thus *, 
and the other 16 parishes form Loihingland Division. 

*~ South Town hamlet, or Litik Yarmouth, forms part of the Borough of 
Great Yarmouth, to which G-orleston was added by the Reform Act of 183ft. 

J Oulton included 174 in the Hundred House of Industry. 

The House or Lsdustey. or Workhouse, for the Incorporated 
Hundred of Mutford and Loihingland, is at Oulton. about 2| miles 
TV. of Lowestoft : and was built in 1765, at the cost of about £3000. 
The 24 parishes of this Hundred were incorporated for the main- 
tenance of their poor, by an Act of Parliament, passed Nov. loth, 1763. 
This Act was amended, and its powers enlarged by another Act, 
passed in 1833. Notwithstanding the passing of the general Poor 
Law Amendment Act, in the following year, this incorporated Hun- 
dred still continues under its own local management, the Board of 
Directors and Guardians adopting only such suggestions, made by 
the Poor Law Commissioners, as they think useful and necessary. In 
1636, they enlarged the House of Industry, and made some alterations 
for the better classification of the inmates, at the cost of about £1100. 
When the census was taken, the number of inmates in the following 
years was— 233 in 1-21, 221 in 1831, 111 in 1841, and 174 in 1851. 
The expenditure of the Directors and Guardians for the support of 
the poor, £c, during the year ending March 25th, 1854. was £3264. 
12s. 4d., exclusive of about £1000 paid for county rates. The Poor 
Law Commissioners, in their first report, speak highly of the com- 
fort and economy exhibited in this House of Industry, and also of 

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J32 



MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND HUNDRED, 



the general management of the Incorporated Hundred, which is 
vested with a Board of 24 Directors and 36 Guardians, who are 
-elected annually at parochial vestry meetings, and meet at the 
Board Room every Tuesday. Mr. Edmund Norton, of Lowestoft, 
is their clerk, and is also magistrates' clerk and superintendent regis- 
trar of tlie Hundred, of which Mr. G. S. Crisp is Registrar of Mar- 
riages. Mr. Eichd. and Mrs. Eliz. Moore are master and matron of 
the Workhouse, and the Rev. W. H. Andrews, M.A., is the chaplain. 
The Registrars of Births and Deaths are Mr. S. S. Brame, for 
Lowestoft District; Mr. C. D. Arnott, for Gorleston District ; and 
Mr. Samuel Smith, for Kessingland District. For the relief of the 
poor, the Hundred is only divided into two districts, and the Re- 
lieving Officers are Mr. Win. Spaull for Lowestoft District, and 
Mr. James Ling for Gorleston District. 



ASHBY parish, nearly 6 miles N.W. of Lowestoft, and S.W. by 
-S. of Yarmouth, contains only 50 souls, 1109 acres of land, one 
farm-house, and a few scattered cottages. It is bounded on the 
north by the large broad called Fritton Decoy. It anciently be- 
longed to the Inglosse and Jernegan families. S. M. Peto, Esq., is 
owner of the soil, lord of the manor, and patron of the Church, (St. 
Mary,) a small thatched fabric, with an embattled tower, round at 
the base, and octangular above. It is of great antiquity, and 
stands alone upon a pleasant eminence. The benefice is a dis- 
charged rectory, valued in K. B. at .£6, and in 1835 at <£214, and 
now in the incumbency of the Rev. Edward Thurlow, L.L.B., of 
Lound, who has here 12 acres of glebe and a yearly tithe rent of 
.£205. Mr. John Arman Slipper, fa rmer and grazier, occupies most 
of the parish. Post from Lowestoft. 



BARNBY, a pleasant scattered village, 4-g- miles E. by S. of 
Beccles, and 6 miles W.S.W. of Lowestoft, has in its parish 294 
souls, and 1099 acres of land. S. M. Peto, Esq., is lord of the 
manor, but part of the soil belongs to the Reeve, Chalker, and Rag- 
ley families. It extends northward to the Waveney, where it has 
about 400 acres of rich marsh land. The Church (St. John) is an 
ancient thatched fabric, and the benefice is a discharged rectory, 
rated at .£133, and consolidated with the vicarage of Mutford 
and the rectory of Wheatacre Ail Saints. The latter is in Norfolk, 
and the value of the three joint livings in 1835 was £660. The 
Master and Fellows of Gonville and Caius Colleges, Cambridge, 
are patrons ; and the Rev. Win-. Oakes, M.A., of Wheatacre, 
is the incumbent, for whom the Rev. It. J. Francis, of Beccles, 
officiates. On the enclosure of the common, 13a. of land was 
allotted to the poor parishioners, in lieu of their right of cutting 
furze, and it is now let for about £9 a year, which is distributed 
in coals during winter. The tithes of Barnby have been com- 
muted for £276 per annum. 



Andrews David, corn miller 
Baldry Wm. boot and shoe maker 
Doddington By. vict. Blind Man's Gate 



Everitt Wm. ironfounder, &c. 
Goffin Wm, wheelwright 
Jenkinson Mrs, Frances, schoolmrs. 



BARNBY PARISH. 533 



Lee John, parish clerk 

Xewby Charles, blacksmith 

Till Chas. shoemaker & vict. Swan 

"Wigg George, carpenter & wheelwright 



FABMERS, 

Doddington Henry Clarke John 
Chalker Elliott Reeve John 

PoST//-om Beccles. 



BELTON, a small scattered village, in a picturesque dell, open- 
ing to the vale of the Waveney, five miles S.W. of Yarmouth, has 
in its paiish 4S9 inhabitants, and 2059 acres of laud,, including" 
about 300a. of marshes on the banks of the TVaveney, and the ham- 
let of Browston, which has about 60 inhabitants, and is more than 
a mile S.E. of the church. S. M. Peto, Esq., is lord of the manor 
of Gapton Hall-icith-Belton, which anciently belonged to the Fastolf 
family. A great part of the soil belongs to Lord Boston, Magdalen 
College, Oxford ; and the Harper. Larkman, and other families, 
Browston Hall is a fine old mansion, with tastefully planted 
grounds, in a low but agreeable situation. It was formerly a seat 
of the Symonds and Le Gry3 families, but now belongs to Mr. 
Harper, and is occupied by H. White, Esq. Belton Hall, half a, 
mile south of the church, is the property of Mr. James Larkman. of 
Eritton, who has the farm in his own occupation. The Church (All 
Saints,) an ancient structure, stands on an acclivity, and had a, 
round tower, which went to ruin many years ago, but was rebuilt on, 
the old foundations in 1849. when the church was restored and 
beautified at the cost of about .£500, of which about £400 was con- 
tributed by the rector. The new tower is 60 feet high, and the 
church is now in good repair, wanting only a new east window in 
lieu of the old one, which is bricked up. It is in the decorated style 
of the time of Edward III., and has a nave, chancel, and south, 
porch. Several large fresco paintings were recently discovered on 
the north wall, one representing the old legendary story of the ren- 
counter between three heavenly and three earthly cavaliers. A neat 
screen, with folding doors, divides the nave and chancel, and they 
contain several neat monuments, one of which is in memory of John 
Ives, Esq., F.R.S. and F.A.S., who was born at Yarmouth, and 
died here in 1776, aged 26. He was author of li Select Papers re- 
lating to English Antiquities/' a M.S. " History of Lothingland," 
&e. At the foot of his monument is carved an oak tree, broken in 
the middle, from which a few acorns have fallen — a touching and 
appropriate emblem of the untimely death of this accomplished an- 
tiquary, whose father had large estates in this neighbourhood. The 
benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at <£17. 15s., and 
now having a yearly rent-charge of .£440, about 14a. of glebe, and a 
neat modern residence. The Bishop of Norwich is patron, and the 
Rev. T. G. F. Howes incumbent. Here is a National School, built 
in 1835. The Church Land comprises 1a. 2r. 18p., occupied by 
the parish clerk rent-free, and 5a. 2r. ISp., let for M. 6s. per annum. 
At the enclosure of the common in 1810, an allotment of 9a. 9p. 
was awarded to the poor, and it is now let for £V2. 12s. a year, 
which is distributed in coals. Post from Yarmouth. 

Bedingfield Michael, blacksmith I Claxton Henry, blacksmith 

Broom Samuel, vict., King's Head I Cutting Thomas, butcher and overseer 



<5M BELTON. (MUTFORD AND LOTHTNGLAXD.) 



Denny Thomas, policeman 
Groffin Thomas, carpenter 
Howes Kev Thos. u-eo. Fras., Rectory 
Jenner James, schoolmaster 
Jermy Michael, gardener 
Pole John, parish clerk 
- Pole Noah, joiner, & Henry, shoemaker 



Skipper Daniel, shoemaker 
White H.. Esq., Browston Hall 

FARMERS. (* are at Browston.) 
Booth Robert || Hammond Isaac 

Gorbel James *Xewark James 

Larkman Jas. Belton Hall and Fritton 
*Stannard Edward *Sheppard Robert 



BLUXDESTOX, a large and pleasant village, with several hand- 
some houses and many neat cottages, about 2 miles E. of Somerley- 
ton Station and 3 miles N.N.W. of Lowestoft, has in its parish 
1573a. 1b. 3?p. of land, and 663 inhabitants. S. M. Peto, Esq., is 
lord of the manor, which was anciently held by a family of its own 
name, and afterwards by the Yarmouths. Sydnors, Aliens, and An- 
guishes ; but a great part of the soil belongs to Charles Steward, 
Esq., Mr. John Owles, Mr. Thomas Morse, the Woods family, and 
a few smaller owners. Blundeston House, the seat of Chas. Steward, 
Esq., is a handsome mansion, with about 70 acres of well wooded 
pleasure grounds, and a lake of 16 acres. Xear the head of the 
lake is the ancient stone font brought from the ruined church of 
Flixton. The Lawn, another handsome villa, with tasteful grounds, 
is the seat of Fredk. Paull. Esq. The Church (St. Mary) is an an- 
cient structure, without aisles, and has a round embattled tower. 
The nave and chancel are separated by a beautifully carved screen, 
and contain several neat monuments of the Bacon, Sydnor. and 
other families. The tower has two bells, one of which was brought 
from Flixton ; and near the south door is a niche, formerly used to 
contain the sprinkling water. The living is a discharged rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £3. 16s. 8d.. and in 1835 at £61~, with that of 
Flixton annexed to it. Thos. Morse. Esq., is patron, and the Rev. 
Edward M. Love, of Somerleyton, is the incumbent. The glebe is 
12a. Sir., and the tithes of Blundeston have been commuted for 
£'455 per annum. Here is a Wesley an Chapel, built in 1816 The 
Town Estate comprises three cottages, and about 5a. of land, and 
has been held from an early period for the benefit of the poor. One 
cottage is occupied rent-free by a poor family, and the other two 
and the land are let at rents amounting to £'19 a year, which is 
applied with the poor rates. A house, barn, and 1a. 32p. of land, 
left for the poor by Anthony Bays, are let for £8 a year. The 
Pooe's Allotments, awarded at the enclosure, comprise 10a. 2e. 
34p. of marsh land, let for £33, and 15a. 3b, 38p. on How Heath, 
let for £"-27 per annum. The rents are distributed in coals among 
poor parishioners. A yearly rent-charge of 1 0s. for poor widows, 
left by Elizabeth Ayton, is paid out of land called Dale Pightle, In 
1726, the Bev. Gregory Clarke left a house and 1a. 2e. of land for 
the support of a school for poor children. The school and master's 
house were rebuilt in 1823, but a new school was built in 1846. 
The school land now consists of 2a. 2e. 9p. The sum of 20s. a 
year is paid to the master, for each of the free scholars, who are 
generally about twelve in number. Post from Lowestoft. 
Bristow Alfred, brewer, maltster, and I Boyce "Win. "blacksmith 

beerhouse I Candler James, blacksmith. Post Office 



BLUNDESTON PARISH. 



535 



Cooper John, bricklayer 

Cooper Thomas, corn miller 

Cnrtis Walter Frederick, schoolmaster 

Jackson Benjamin, builder, and brick 

and tile maker 
JefTeries Robert, policeman 
Oulton George, parish clerk 
Panll Frederick. Esq.. The Lawn 
Sleater John, butcher Owles Mr J. 
Steward Chas.. Esq... Bbsndeston House 
Wekon Henry, builder and vict. Plough 
"Woods Miss Harriet. HaU 
boot & shoeoiers. ; Pearse James 



Hurren John 



Porter John 



Pounce Et. beerhs 
Scurrell Wm. 

FABJHEB8. 

Booth Gridney 
Haworth Wm. 
Larkman Eobert 
Pounce James 
Woods EL Hal! 

6ABDBHERS. 

Cowles Charles 
Pudd W m . 

PLOIBEBS. GLAZE 5.. 
AXD PAIXTEBS. 

Jones Thomas 



Waller A. 

SHOPKEEPEES. 

Cleveland Eliz. 
Xewson Wm. 
Oldman John 
Osborn Wm. 
Porter Joseph 

TATLOES. 

Bristow Waiter 
Brown James 

WHEEL WEIGHTS . 

Cleveland James 
Gornn Pobert 
Goffin Wm. 



BEADWELL, a scattered village, pleasantly situated nearly 
three miles S.S.W. of Yarmouth, has in its parish 341 souls, and 
2295a. -2r. 32p. of land, including 600a. of marshes near the mouth, 
of the river Tare. S. M. Peto, Esq.. is lord of the manors here, 
called Caxton Eo.ll and Gapton Hall The former belonged to the 
knights of St. John of Jerusalem, and the latter to Leigh Priory, in 
Essex. They were both granted by Henry Till, to — Cavendish, 
Esq., and afterwards passed to the Jernegans. and the successive 
lords of Somerleyton ; but the greater part of the soil is freehold, 
and belongs to the Sheppard, Larkman, Barber, Eisher, Crow, and 
a few other families. On the south side of the parish is Holland 
Hall, formerly a seat of the Janets, and now of T. Barber, Esq. 
It has a large garden, with extensive green-houses, graperies, kc, 
and belongs to Magdalene College, Oxford. The Church St. Ni- 
cholas} is an ancient structure, with a round tower, containing three 
bells Id the chancel is a curious monument of Wm. Tesy. Esq., 
dated L*d±±, and bearing a group of figures in coloured plaster, as- 
sembled round an altar. During the last few years the church has 
been thoroughly repaired, newly roofed with tiles, and new windows 
inserted. In 1852-3, the rector restored the very fine east window 
aud erected a beautiful Teredos, and an elegant marble tablet in 
memory of his late wife, who died in 1851. He built the commo- 
dious Eectory House in 1812. The Rectory, valued in K.B. at i'-2S, 
is in the patronage of Thomas Walker. Esq., and has been in the 
incumbency of the Eev. Wm. Trivett. M.A., since 1509. The glebe 
is H acres, and the tithes have been commuted for £632. 10s. per 
annum. Here is a small National School, built in 1B41. Post 
from Yarmouth. 



Barber Thomas. Esq.. H obi and Hall 
Bendon Mrs Ann Brown J. shoemkr 
Bracey Ann ; viet. Snn 
Chastney John, parish clerk 
Chastney Margaret, schoolmistress 
Clark Stephen, corn miller 
Cooper Joshua, shopkeeper 
Crow Robert, sen., gent. 



Lyte Hv.Wm.Maxwell.Esq...Brarfw*Hffr 

Mallett John, blacksmith 

Trivett Eev Wm.. ALA . Rectory 

FARMERS.' Woods George 

Adams Samnel Marjoram Christphr. 

Crow Robert, jnn. Larkman George 
j Hammond Henry Osborn Wm. 
I Sheppard Wm. J\~heaicroj't Hall 



536 MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND HUNDRED. 

BUEGH CASTLE, a Boman remain, near the confluence of the 
Waveney and Yare, gives name to one of the most romantic little 
Tillages in Suffolk, mostly situated on a boldly rising acclivity, over- 
looking the marshes on the banks of the rivers, and a large*extent 
of the adjacent country. It is distant nearly 4 miles WJ5.W. of 
Yarmouth, and has in its parish 344 souls, and 1496a. 3r. 1^-p. of 
land. Camden, and many other antiquarians, insist that Burgh- 
Castle is the remains of the Garianonum of the Bomaus; but Spel- 
raan and some others place that station at Caistor, on the coast two 
miles N. of Yarmouth, to which the estuary of the Yare formerly 
extended, prior to the formation of the saud on which Yarmouth 
stands. Xo doubt this broad estuary was guarded by a station on 
either side, but that at Caistor was probably a summer camp, de- 
pendant on the more formidable fortress of Burgh-Castle, of which 
there are still extensive remains, standing on an eminence near the 
conflux of the rivers, and forming three sides of a quadrangle, 214 
yards in length and 107 in breadth, and occupying an area of 5a. 
2r. 20p., including the walls, which are about nine feet thick, and 
are constructed of grout-work, faced on the outside with Boman 
"bricks, interlaced in separate courses between layers of cut flint r 
and supported at intervals by six round towers, or rather solid cylin- 
ders, about fourteen feet in diameter, banded likewise with bricks. 
These towers appear to have been built after the walls, to which 
they are not joined, except at the summit, where they had each a 
round hole, two feet deep, and two feet in diameter, designed no 
doubt for the sentinels, who kept watch while the troops reposed m 
their tents within the area, which is supposed to have had no other 
defence on the western side but the waters of the estuary, which 
formerly washed the foot of the hill. Considering their great age,, 
some parts of the walls are still tolerably entire, particularly on the 
south and east sides. Their height throughout has been fourteen 
feet. At the south-west corner is a circular mount, supposed to 
have been raised by the Saxons, who occupied the fortress after the 
departure of the Bomans. The south tower fell down many years 
ago. The principal entrance was on the east side, where an adjoin- 
ing field is supposed to have been the burial place of the garrison,, 
from the great number of Roman urns that have been found in it. 
These urns are not remarkable either for workmanship or materials,, 
being made of coarse blue clay, brought from the neighbouring vil- 
lage of Bradwell, ill formed, brittle, and porous. In 1756. a space 
of five square yards was opened in this field, and about two feet 
below the surface, a great many fragments of urns were discovered, 
which appeared to have been broken by the ploughs and carts pass- 
ing over them. One of them, taken up in several pieces, was found 
to have contained a considerable quantity of bones and ashes, 
several coins of Constantine, and the head of a Boman spear. In 
pulling down part of the hill which formed the Praetorium, urns 
and ashes were found in great abundance, and among them was a 
stratum of wheat, quite black, as if it had been burnt, and a great 
part of it reduced to a coarse powder. At the same time was found 
a Boman spoon, with a long, sharp-pointed handle. Bings, buckles, 



BURGH CASTLE PARISH. 537 

fibular, and other instruments, are frequently found here, as also are- 
coins of silver and copper, mostly of the Lower Empire ; and many 
skeletons were dug up withiu the area of the castle in 1842. Mr. 
Ives, in his ample and ingenious remarks on this castle, fixes the 
era of its erection in the reign of the Emperor Claudius, and con- 
jectures that it was built by Puhlius Ostorius Scapula, who con- 
quered the Iceni, who were the aboriginal inhabitants of this and 
the adjacent counties. We are informed in the Xotitia Imperii, that 
this station was garrisoned by the Stablesian horse, under the com- 
mand of Propositus j who was sometimes styled Garienninensis,. 
from the estuary which he was appointed to guard. 

A little north of the castle were formerly some traces of a monas- 
tery, built by Furseus, an Irish monk, who, under the patronage of 
Sigebert, the first Christian king of the East Angles, and Eelix, the 
iirst Bishop of Dunwich, collected a company of religious persons 
under the monastic rule, and placed them at Burgh, then called 
Cnobersburg, after the name of a Saxon chief who had formerly 
resided here. On the death of Sigebert, Furseus quitted his monas- 
tery at Burgh, and retired to France, after which the establishment 
gradually dwindled to nothing. The authors of Magna Britannia 
observe, "that, according to a tradition current here, this monastery, 
after its desertion by the monks, was inhabited by Jews, and add, 
that an old way leading to the entrance, called the Jews' way, seems 
to give it some colour of truth. The Domesday survey informs us r 
that in the time of Edward the Confessor, Stigand, Bishop of Nor- 
wich, held Burgh by soccage. Under WjUiam the Conqueror, 
Badulph Balistarius was lord of this manor, which was always a 
demesne of the Crown, being held by the tenure of serjeantry, by 
Roger de Burgh, Balph, his son, and Gilbert de Weseham, at whose 
decease, being surrendered into the hands of Henry III., he granted 
it, with all its appurtenances, to the priory of Bromholm, in Norfolk, 
to be held by the same tenure. To this religious house the castle 
and manor belonged till the dissolution, when they reverted to the^ 
Crown, in which they remained till they were sold by Queen Mary 
to Wm. Roberts, town clerk of Yarmouth. John Baker, Esq., is 
now lord of the manor, but the greater part of the soil belongs to Sir 
J. Boileau, Bart., and the Bowgin, Crow, Palmer, and other fami- 
lies. The Church (St. Peter) is a small ancient structure, with a 
round tower, containing three bells. It was repaired and newly- 
fitted with oak benches, in 1846, at the cost of about £500 ; and in 
1853, a new vestry and handsome reredos were erected, and new- 
communion plate, &c., purchased, at the cost of about £170. The 
benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £6. 13s. 4d., and 
in 1835 at £400. It is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, 
and incumbency of the Rev. Charles Green, who has 47a. 3r. 13p. 
of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £369. JOs., awarded in lieu of 
tithes. The Rectory House, rebuilt in 1832, at the cost of about 
£1000, is a handsome mansion, with pleasant grounds, on the sum- 
mit of an eminence, from which there is a descent to the marshes 
through a narrow defile, overshadowed on the south with trees and 

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538 BURGH CASTLE, (MUTFORD & LOTHINGLAND.) 

imderwood, almost to the margin of the river, where a winding path 
passes under the walls of the castle. The Poofs Allotment, awarded 
at the enclosure of the common, comprises about 15 acres, let for 
<£27. 10s. a year, which is distributed in coals among the most 
destitute parishioners. The School was built in 1836, at the cost 
of about i>80, raised by subscription. The main beam in its ceiling 
was removed from a decayed house, and has a long black letter in- 
scription, showing that the house from which it was removed was 
rebuilt by Eobert Thorne, the parson, in 1548. John Bowgin, Esq., 
in 1849, gave nearly an acre of land towards the support of the 
school. Post from Yarmouth. 

Aldis Wm. butcher 

Burrage Charles, parish clerk 

Burton Wm. vict. Burgh Castle 

Chaplin Mr Eobert 

Cory Charles, solicitor at Yarmouth ' 

Cutting Thomas, beerhouse 

Davy Win', wheelwright 



Harcourt Geo. Simon, Esq. Rose Cottage 
Lake Rhoda, shopkeeper, Post Office 
Musk Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Read Samuel, blacksmith 

FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
Brewington Jacob jj Nelson Fta. 
* Clark Richard, and corn miller 
*Crow James B. || Newark James 
Duffield James || *SquiresJohn 
Draper John || Utton John 
Hales John || Pigney Richard 



Denny Thomas, policeman 

Ferrer Misses Mary and Elizabeth 

Qreen Rev Chas., M.A., rector, rural 
dean, and honorary canon of Nor- 
wich, Rectory 

CARLTON COLYILLE, a pleasant village, on an eminence, 3| 
miles S.W. of Lowestoft, has in its parish 2804 acres of land, and 
845 inhabitants. It extends two miles northward to the pleasant 
village of Mutford Rridge, on Lake Lothing, which is partly in 
Oulton parish, as afterwards noticed. S. M. Peto, Esq., is lord of 
the manor, which anciently belonged to the Colvilles ; but the 
greater part of the soil belongs to Samuel Tolver, Esq., Isaac 
Preston, Esq., and the Rev. Mark Waters, joint owners of the Hall 
estate, (380a.,) and the Pearse, Woodthorpe, Warne, Johnson, and 
other families. The Church (St. Peter) is a small ancient structure, 
with five bells, but they have only been chimed, and not rung in 
peal, since the tower was damaged by lightning, about forty years 
ago. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at .£12. 
10s. 7§d., and now having a yearly tithe-rent of ^'395, a good resi- 
dence, and about 18a. of glebe. Wm. Andrews, Esq., is patron, 
and the Rev. Wm. Hale Andrews, incumbent. The National 
School was built in 1843, at the cost of ,£200, of which <£70 was 
given by the late Rev. George Anguish. The poor have an allot- 
ment of marsh land, awarded at the enclosure in 1800, and yielding 
a clear annual income of about <£50, which is distributed in coals, 
in winter. Post from Lowestoft. 



CARLTON COLVILLE. 
Marked * are at Mutford Bridge. 
{See also Oulton.) 
Andrews Rev Wm. Hale, Rectory 
Brown John, policeman 
*BullardJohn, grocer &c draper, Post office 
Batcher Charles, gardener 
Chipperfield Edw. butcher & vict. Bell 
Creed RevHenry Keyworth,B.A. curate 
*Cutler Charles, beerhouse 



Cutler Mary, shopkeeper 

Durrant Geo. gardener, (& Lowestoft) 

Durrant Samuel, vict. Ship 

*Edwards George, engineer 

Foreman Robt. Clifton, M.D. asylum 

for imbecile children, Colville House 
*GentMrsFrs. || Hicks J. tailor 
*Kemp Robert, saddler & vict. Lady of 

the Lake 
♦Knights James, bricklayer 



CARLTON COLVILLE PAKISH. 



539 



*Lay John, plumber, painter, &c 
Moyes John, sen. & jun., blacksmiths 
Sharman Martin Eobert, wheelwright 
Sharman Robert Wm. parish clerk 
Smith Samuel, surgeon 
Strowger Robert, veterinary surgeon 
Suggate Sarah, shopkeeper 
Wigg Geo. & Howlett Honor, Nat.Schl 
Woodthorpe Wm., Esq. Uplands 
farmers. I §Bird Wm. 

(§ are Owners.) Brewster William, 
Baker Wm. > bailiff, Hall 



Dowling George 
§Fulcher George 
§ Johnson Benj. 
La} John 
Leman Barnabas 
§ Nurse H. Knights 
§Pearse Charles 
Sampson James 
Smith Samuel 
§Warne John 
§ Woodthorpe John 
§ Woodthorpe Wm. 



joiners, &c. 
Balls Charles 
Bull Wm. 
Wright Wm. 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Gooch Wm. 

Harvey Wm. 

Salter Colby 

Carriers to Bee- 
cles & Lowestoft 
call at the Ship 



COBTON, a Tillage three miles N. of Lowestoft, is situated on a 
high cliff, overlooking Gorton Bay, and commanding extensive pros- 
pects of the ocean. It has several neat houses, and its parish con- 
tains 1495 acres of land, and 559 inhabitants. From the founda- 
tions of old houses, which have often been discovered, it is supposed 
to have been much larger formerly than it is at present. Some cen- 
turies ago, there was on the east side of Gorton a parish called 
Newton, of which scarcely any other vestiges remain than a stone 
which supported a cross, denominated Newton Cross ; and a small 
piece of ground, known by the name of Newton Green; every other 
part of it having been swallowed by the sea. The cliff, which rises 
fifty feet above the beach, is composed of a soft sandy loam, and is 
often undermined by the ocean. After a storm, in 1812, a layer of 
oak planks was found at the base of the cliff, where coins and other 
antiquities have occasionally been discovered; and in the neigh- 
bourhood, bones of the mammoth and other antediluvian remains 
have been dug up at various periods. Here are many fishermen, 
and a 6oast Guard Station, with a lieutenant and eight men. 
S. M. Peto, Esq., is lord of the manors of Gorton and Newton-with- 
Stalhams-in-Lound. They were anciently held by the De Herlings, 
who had free warren here; and they afterwards passed to the Jer- 
negan, Wentworth, and Garneys families. In 1672, they were pur- 
chased by Sir Thomas Allen, and have since descended with the 
manor of Somerleyton. Et. C. Fowler, Esq., Beccles Grammar 
School, and the Branford, Hirst, Woods, and other families, have 
estates in Gorton parish. Corton Lodge, the beautiful seat and pro- 
perty of H. T. Birkett, Esq., is a newly- erected mansion, in the 
Elizabethan style, on an eminence overlooking the sea. It is a 
highly ornamental building, with tasteful grounds. The Church 
(St. Bartholomew) stands nearly a quarter of a mile from the edge 
of the cliff, and has long been in ruins, except the chancel, which is 
still kept in repair for divine service, and to which a portion of the 
nave has lately been added. It has been an extensive and elegant 
structure. The side walls of the nave are standing, and with the 
porch are finely mantled with ivy. The tower, which rises to the 
height of ninety feet, is still nearly entire, and is a conspicuous 
sea-mark, of great importance to mariners wishing to anchor in 
Vorton Bay. The length of the fabric was 120 feet, and its breadth 
about 32. It was dilapidated about 150 years ago, when license 



540 CORTON. (MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND.) 

was obtained from the bishop to maintain only the chancel, which 
was again repaired in 1776, when the lead from the nave was sold 
to defray the expense. It was appropriated to Leiston Abbey. After 
the dissolution, Henry VIII. granted the impropriate rectory to 
Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk; and, passing through various 
families, it became, in the last century, the property of the Ives 
family, from whom it came to the Fowlers, of Gunton, its present 
proprietors, one of whom, the Eev. Fredk. Cook Fowler, now holds 
the discharged vicarage, which is in the patronage of the Lord 
Chancellor, and was certified in K.B. at £'10, and valued in 1835 at 
£119. The tithes were commuted in 1839 — the rectorial for «£*405 r 
and the vicarial for £120 per annum. The present vicar erected a 
handsome parsonage house in 1841, at the cost of £1300. It has 
pleasant grounds, and an extensive sea prospect. A small school 
for poor children is supported^ by the vicar. The Town Pightle,. 
about 1a., is let for £1. lis. 6d. a year, which is paid to the parish 
clerk. The Poors Allotment, awarded at the enclosure, contains 
11a. 2r. 17p., and the rent is distributed yearly among the poor 
parishioners, who have also an annuity of 20s. left by Robert Briggs, 
in 1718, out of a farm belonging to Mr. Fowler. Post from Lowestoft. 



Baker George, blacksmith 
Birkett Holland Thos., Esq. Lodge 
Bristow Wm. brick & tile maker 
Brown Benjamin, parish clerk 
Fowler Rev Fredk. Cook, Vicarage 
Hockley Lieutenant John Baker, com- 
mander of the Coast Guard 
King George, vict. White Horse 
King Susan, shopkeeper 



Pilch Wm. corn miller 
Read Robert, blacksmith & beerhouse 
Scarfe Wm. lodging-housekeeper 
Simpson Mary, schoolmistress 
Smith John, shoemaker 

FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
* Bristow Wm. || Harvey James 
Goodrick Wm. Stannard || Home JpSe. 
Roe Wm. Bradley || * Woods Wm. 



FLIXTON. a small churchless parish, 2 miles E. of Somerleyton 
Station, nearly 3 miles N.W. of Lowestoft, has only 33 inhabitants, 
and 602a. 1r. 38p. of land, including a decoy of 16 acres. S. M. 
Peto, Esq., is lord of the manor, but part of the soil belongs to Lord 
Boston, and Thomas Morse, Esq. The latter has a handsome white 
brick mansion here, built a few years ago, and having pleasant 
grounds, and a fine sheet of water. The Church (St. Andrew) being, 
much decayed, was reduced to a roofless ruin by the great hurricane 
of Nov. 27th, 1703. Only a small portion of the side walls are now 
standing, thickly covered with ivy. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
i>14, has been consolidated with that of Blundeston since the de- 
struction of the church. The tithes have been commuted for a 
yearly rent-charge of £lbS. 9s. Thos. Morse, Esq., Flixton Hall; 
John Button, farmer, Old Hall; and Bobert Larkman, farmers 
Post from Lowestoft. 

FBITTON, a small village, pleasantly situated at the west end of 
a large lake or decoy, one mile east of the river Waveney, on the 
high road, 2 miles E. of Haddiscoe Station, 8 miles N.E. by N. of 
Beccles, and 6 miles S.W. of Yarmouth, has in its parish 215 souls, 
and 1562a. 3r. 31p. of land, including some rich marshes on the 
east bank of the river, near St. Olave's Bridge. The manor of Frit- 



FRITTON PARISH. 541 

ton was formerly held by the Sydnors, afterwards by the Aliens and 
Fullers. The Master and Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford, are 
owners of a great part of the parish, and lords of the manor of 
Caldecot Hall. The latter is now a farm house. Fritton Hall is 
the seat of Ed. Bust D'Eye,Esq. Mrs. Salmon, Fras. Turner, Esq.,, 
the Rev. F. W. Cubitt, and a few smaller owners, have estates in 
the parish. Fritton Decoy is a fine fresh water lake, more than 
two miles in length from east to west, and in some places more than 
a quarter of a mile broad. It abounds with a great variety of fish,, 
and is the resort of widgeons, ducks, teal, and other wild fowl, during 
the season, which begins in October, and ends in April. Vast 
quantities are taken yearly, and produce a considerable revenue to 
the proprietors. The banks of this fine sheet of water are fringed 
with wood, and are highly picturesque and beautiful. The Church 
(St. Edmund) is a small thatched fabric, with around tower, a nave,, 
and chancel. The latter is circular at the east end, and is a perfect 
specimen of Anglo-Norman architecture. In the windows are some 
fragments of ancient stained glass. Though very ancient, the nave 
and tower have evidently been rebuilt with the materials of an older 
church. The side windows are in the perpendicular style. Portions 
of the ancient screen remain, and outside the chancel are two Nor- 
man buttresses, curiously inclining inwards. The font is modern,, 
and is a correct copy of a beautiful Norman one at Hartland, 
Devonshire. The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. 
at <£6. 15s. 4d., and now having 13a. 3r. of glebe, and a yearly 
rent-charge of ,£270 in lieu of tithes. The Bev. Francis Wm. Cubitt 
is patron and incumbent, and has a neat residence here at the west 
end of the lake, built in 1832 ; but it does not belong to the bene- 
fice. The Poor's Allotment, awarded at the enclosure, consists of 
14a. 2r. 38p., let for ^12. 12s. a year, which is distributed in coals^ 
A small school, for the instruction of the poor, is supported by 
subscription, and was built about six years ago. Post from Yarmouth- 



Cubitt Rev Fras. Wm. rector 

D'Eye Richard Rust, Esq. Fritton Hall 

Bailey John, parish clerk 

Bee James, wheelwright 

Moss George, shopkeeper 

Eivett Wm. cattle dealer & beerhouse 



Woolner Sarah, beerhouse 

FARMERS. 
Bond Edward |] Pettingale J. 
Guyton Amy || Rivett Wm. jun. 
Larkman James, Caldecot Hall 
Newman Edward II Thurston T. 



GISLEHAM, a small scattered village, nearly 5 miles S.W. by 
S. of Lowestoft, and 7 miles E.S.E. of Beccles, has in its parish 310 
inhabitants, and 1344 acres of land. Lord Boston is lord of the 
manor, which formerly belonged to the Garneys family; but the 
Beeve, Woodthorpe, Atthill, Jones, and other families, have estates 
in the parish. The Church (Holy Trinity) is an ancient thatched 
structure, with a tower, round at the bottom, and hexagonal above,, 
and formerly containing four, but now having only one bell. The 
ancient screen which divided the nave and chancel, being much 
decayed, was removed in the early part of the present century, ex- 
cept some of the lower portions. The benefice is a discharged 
rectory, valued in K.B. at ^13. 6s. 8d., and now having a yearly 
rent-charge of .£410, and a good residence. The patronage is in 



542 GISLEHAM. (MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND.) 

the Crown, and the Rev. Henry Jodrell, M.A., is the incumbent. 
His lady is a daughter of that celebrated Admiral, Sir Charles 
Napier, K.C.B. Here is a small School, endowed by the late Rev. 
M. Reynolds, and vested in trust with the rector, and the Arch- 
deacon of Suffolk. The present school was built in 1848. The 
poor have ten acres of marsh land, awarded at the enclosure, and 
now let for £15 a year, which is distributed in coals. 



Jodrell Rev Henry, M.A. Rectory 
Hammond Geo. shoemaker &par. clerk 
Hughnian Alethea, schoolmistress 
Rumsey Isaac, gardener 
Spenton George, blacksmith 
Post from Beccles. 



FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
Boon Robert || Fisk Wm. 
Cooper John *Lark Alfred 

Crafer Wm. | Neave YVm. miller 
Girling Richard \\ Woodthorpe John 
GreenJ no. ManorHs'- 1 , *Woodthorpe Ts. 



GUNTON, a small parish, on the coast, from 1 to 2 miles X. by 
W. of Lowestoft, has only 77 inhabitants, and 1072 acres of land. 
The path on the crown of the cliffs, and the denes beneath, are luxu- 
riantly clothed with harebells and purple-hued heath flowers, afford- 
ing at all times a verdant carpet for the pedestrian. The manor of 
G-unton was anciently the property of the Lowdhams, and afterwards 
of the Blomville, Wroth. Holies, and Luson families. It was pur- 
chased of the latter by Sir Charles Saunders, Ki, a distinguished 
vice-admiral, who died in 1775. His successor, Dr. Saunders, be- 
queathed it to his two daughters, who sold it to the late Thomas 
Fowler, Esq., who, in 1803, erected the New Hall, a handsome man- 
sion on the north side of the parish, two miles from Lowestoft, sur- 
rounded with plantations of forest trees, and now the seat of Robert 
Cook Fowler, Esq.. the present lord of the manor, and owner of most 
of the parish. The Old Hall is now occupied by H. H. Pitman, 
Esq., and was formerly the residence of the late J. D. Downes, Esq., 
a celebrated falconer, who kept here an excellent breed of hawks, 
and afforded the neighbouring gentry an opportunity of witnessing 
the ancient sport of hawking, so long the favourite amusement of 
our forefathers, but now nearly extinct, not only in England but in 
Europe. The Church (St, Peter), which was repaired and partly 
rebuilt by Charles Boyce, Esq., in 1700, is a small structure, con- 
sisting of a nave, chancel, and low round tower, and having its 
burial ground shaded on every side by lofty elms. It was repewed 
in 1839. The interior is fitted up with open benches, and a new 
east window was inserted about ten years ago. The living is a dis- 
charged rectory, valued in K B. at £b. 6s. 8d., and now having about 
nine acres of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of <£145. 14s. 4d., 
awarded in 1839 in lieu of tithes. Robt. C. Fowler, Esq., is patron, 
and the Rev. Fredk. Cook Fowler, of Corton, is the incumbent. In 
1756, Hewling Luson, Esq., discovered a bed of fine clay on his 
estate here, and erected a small pottery for the purpose of manufac- 
turing it into a sort of china ware ; but the project did not succeed, 
though it was afterwards tried on a much larger scale, at Lowestoft, 
by Messrs. Aldred, Richman, and Brown. Post from Lowestoft. 

Rowler Robt. Cook, Esq., Gunton Hall 
Pitman Harry Harris, Esq. Old Hall 
Brown Benjamin, parish clerk 



Arm an Jeremiah, farmer 

Mobbs Robert, farmer 

Youngman Rt., brick and tile maker 



MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND. 543 

' HERRINGFLEET, a small scattered village, on the eastern sid e 
of the vale of the Waveney, about If mile S.E. of Haddiscoe Station* 
1\ miles S.W. by S. of Yarmouth, and 6 miles N.W. of Lowestoft, 
has in its parish 179 souls, and 1720 acres of land, extending north- 
ward to Fritton Decoy and St. Olaves Bridge, which crosses the 
river on the Beccles and Yarmouth road, near the station, and near 
the' remains of Herring fleet Priory, which was dedicated to St. Olave, 
the Virgin Mary, and St. Edmund, and was founded by Eoger Eitz 
Osbert, for Black or Augustine canons, about the year 1216. The 
endowment of this priory was augmented by many subsequent bene- 
factors, and its clear yearly value at the dissolution was £'49. lis. 
7d. Its remains were mostly cleared away in 1784, and the boun- 
dary walls were afterwards used in repairing a new road. Except 
a low-arched vault or crypt, and some of the materials in the out- 
offices of an adjacent house, all traces of it are gone. Its site, with, 
the manor of Herringfleet, and the advowson and impropriation of 
the church, was granted in 1546 to Henry Jerningham, Esq., and 
his wife. His successor sold it, in the reign of James L, to the 
Taverners, from whom it passed to the Bacons. About the middle 
of last century it passed to Hill Mussenden, Esq., who bequeathed 
it to his elder brother, Carteret Mussenden, Esq., who assumed the 
surname of Leathes. Henry Mussenden Leathes, Esq., is now lord 
of the manor, and owner of nearly all the parish. He resides at 
Herkingfleet Hall, a handsome modern mansion, in an elevated 
situation, having verdant lawns in front, bordered with luxuriant 
plantations. In the apartments is a large and valuable collection of 
paintings, among which are many fine cabinet pictures of Herman 
Yander Myn, who died in 1741 . Here is a fine portrait of Charles 
I. by Yandyke, and another of G-eorge I., which was painted at the 
Hague, and presented to Wm. Leathes, Esq., when there as his 
Majesty's Envoy to the States General. Here are other fine pic- 
tures by Eubens, Le Brun, Yander Yelde, Tintoretti, and other 
eminent masters. The pleasure grounds were designed by the late 
Rev. Norton Nichols, and contain a rich variety of thorns, hollies, 
and flowering shrubs. The old Manor House, half castellated in its 
appearance, stands near the church, and was formerly surrounded 
by a moat, part of which still remains. Blocha Hall, another an- 
cient mansion in this parish, is occupied by a farmer. It is in the 
Elizabethan style, and its principal entrance is approached by a lofty 
flight of steps. The Church (St. Margaret) is an ancient structure, 
consisting of a nave, chancel, porch, and round tower, containing two 
bells. It was appropriated to the priory, and was thoroughly re- 
paired, about thirty years ago. The south door within the porch has 
a fine Saxon arch. The windows are all new, the materials for the 
G-othic stone-work of which were supplied from the ruined arches of 
the priory. The altar window is a fine piece of architecture, and ex- 
hibits a rich display of stained glass, mostly ancient fragments, 
rescued from a monastery in France, at the commencement of the 
Revolution. There are also some fine specimens of ancient and 
modern stained glass in several of the other windows. The benefice 
is a lay impropriation, belonging to H. M. Leathes, Esq., the lord 



544 HERRINGFLEET PARISH. 

of the manor, who appoints the curate, and remunerates him as he 
thinks proper, the cure being considered a " donative." The Rev. 
W. H. Clarke, M.A., is the present curate. The Poors Allotment, 
6a. 35p., awarded at the enclosure, is let for <£13. 15s. a year, which 
is distributed in coals. About thirty years ago, Mr*. Elizabeth 
Merry bequeathed <£20 for the education of poor children in this 
parish ; and, to provide for this annuity, a sufficient sum of money 
was laid out in the purchase of stock in the public funds. The an- 
nuity is applied as follows : — £b for the rent of a house, school, and 
garden ; £12 to the schoolmaster ; and £3 for books and rewards 
for the children. 

St Olave's Bridge, which crosses the Waveney near Haddiscoe Railway 
Station, and near the site of Herringfleet pricry and the Bell Inn, is a hand- 
some iron suspension bridge, built in 1847, in lieu of the ancient stone 
bridge, which had been rebuilt in 1 770. The following account of the origin 
of the old bridge is extracted from a manuscript of Bishop Tanner: — 
" King Edward I., in the 26th year of his reign, sent out a writ to Wm. de 
Kerdestou, Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, to inquire what detriment it 
would be to any person, for him to grant leave to Jeffery Pollerin, of Yar- 
mouth, to build a bridge, over the river at St. Olave's Priory; and a jury 
being empannelled, returned that one Sireck, a fisherman, called afterwards 
John Atte Ferrys, began several years before to carry over passengers in his 
boat there, and received for his pains bread, herrings, and such like things, 
to the value of 20s. per year ; after his death, William, his son, did thelike r 
and made it worth 30s. per year; and after him, Balph, his son, performed 
the same service, and had of his neighbours bread and corn, and of strangers 
money ; and because the Prior of Toft hindered passengers from going 
through his marsh, the said Ralph purchased a passage through the prior's 
marsh, with a fleet on each side, paying 12s. per year; and of the commoners 
of Herringfleet, he purchased a way through their common, and was to 
carry them over at all times free for it, and then it became worth <£10 per 
year. After Ralph's decease, John, his brother, had it, and it was valued at 
.£12 a year. John sold it to Roger de Ludham, who then held it, so that 
the building of a bridge there would he to the detriment of Roger de Lud- 
ham and the Prior of Toft, but it would be to the great benefit of the coun- 
try ; whereupon, leave was given and a bridge began, as it is supposed, but 
perhaps not finished in a durable manner, for among the patents of the 9th 
Henry V., is one for building a bridge over the water between Norfolk and 
Suffolk, at ■ Seent Tholowes (St. Olave's) Ferry ;' what was then done does 
not appear, but probably not much, for in King Henry VIII.'s reign it is 
generally believed that Sir James Hobart built the present bridge, or put it 
into the present form." 



HERRINGFLEET. 
Benns William, station master 
Clarke Rev Wm. Hy., M.A., incumbent, 

St. Olave's Bridge 
Leathes Henry Mussenden, Esq., Her- 
ringfleet Hall 
Leathes Misses Louisa Mary and Har- 
riet, St, Margaret's 
Mallett John, maltster and coal mert 
Mingay Wm., vict. Bell, St. Olave's bdg 
Mitchell Wm., parish elk. and schoolmr 



Newman William , gardener 
Simnett Wm., shoemaker, Post Office 
Wigg Mr. George 

FARMERS. 
Benns Philip, Blocka Hall 
Bexfield John || Maddison W. Old Halt 
Mingay Jacob | Wigg Thomas 

Post from Lowestoft. 

Trains from Haddiscoe Station, St, 
Olave's Bridge. 

Carriers, &c. pass daily. 



MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND. 545 

HOPTON, a small scattered village near the sea, 4J miles S. of 
Yarmouth, and N. of Lowestoft, has in its parish 331 souls, and 
.1 267 acres of fertile land. A large tract of heath or common, in this 
and the neighbouring parishes, was enclosed about forty years ago, 
and is now in a high state of cultivation. S. M. Peto, Esq., is lord 
of the manor of Gapton Hall with Belton, which comprises most of 
this parish, but the soil belongs chiefly to Sir E. Lacon, William 
Everitt, Esq., Lord Boston, the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, CapL 
Brett, Miss Blake, and a few smaller owners. The Dean and Chap- 
ter of Norwich are lords of the small manor of Hopton Hall, and 
also appropriators of the rectory, and patrons of the Church (St. 
Margaret), which is a perpetual curacy, valued in 1835 at £102, and 
now in the incumbency of the Bev. M. H. Miller, M.A. It is an 
ancient structure, with a thatched roof, a square tower, narrow- 
pointed windows, and a curiously sculptured font. Francis Barber, 
Esq., is lessee of the tithes, which have recently been commuted for 
a yearly rent charge of <£400. The glebe is 6a. 1r. 36p. The old 
Manor House, near the church, was rebuilt a few years ago. The 
Town Land is 6Ja., and the Church Land 8^-a. Here is a National 
School, and a small Independent Chapel. Post from Lowestoft. 



England J., carpenter, &c 

Eooks Eleanor, Natioiial School 

George Wm., vict. White Hart 

Gurney Robert, blacksmith 

Lacon Sir Edmund Henry Knowles, 

Bart, (and Ormesby House, Norfolk) 
Miller Rev Michael Hodsoll, M.A., in- 
cumbent 



Plumridge Rear- Admiral Jas. Hanway 
Roberts James, parish clerk 
Roof Edward, shopkeeper 

FARMERS. 
Denny Thomas || Seaman Chas. 
Jex James II Smith William 



KESSINGLAND, a large and well-built village and fishing sta- 
tion on the coast, 5 miles S.S.W. of Lowestoft, 7 miles N.E. by N. 
of Wangford, and 8 miles E.S.E. of Beccles, and N.N.E. of South- 
wold, has in its parish 1691 acres of land, and 777 inhabitants. It 
was anciently a place of considerable importance, and had a weekly 
market on Tuesday, and a fair on Nov. 20th. It is in four manors^ 
formerly held by the Proctor and Gooch families, and now belong- 
ing to the Trustees of the late J. Morse, Esq. ; but part of the soil 
belongs to Et. Fisk and several smaller owners. The impropriation 
of the church was given, in the reign of Edward III., to the nuns of 
St. Clare, or Minoresses, of London, to whom it belonged till the- 
Dissolution. It was then vested in the Crown, till granted in the 
6th of James I. to Francis Philips and Eichard Moore. After hav- 
ing passed through several hands, the impropriation was purchased 
by the celebrated William Whiston, then vicar of this parish, and 
settled by him on the vicarage for ever. The Church (St. Edmund,) 
while it belonged to the nuns, was considerably larger than the pre- 
sent building, as was evident from the ruins of the old structure; 
but after the suppression of religious houses, being deprived of the 
assistance which it was accustomed to receive from that source, it 
soon fell to decay. In 1686, the roof was in such a ruinous state, 
that the whole of it fell in, and the timber and seats were carried 
away, and burned. Divine service was in consequence discontinued, 



546 



KESSINGLAND PARISH. 



till in 1694 the rebuilding of it in its present contracted form was 
commenced by Thos. Godfrey aud John Campe, with contributions 
collected by them for the purpose. It has a lofty square steeple, 
which contains fire bells, and the western entrance has richly-carved 
mouldings. &C. The font, of very ancient workmanship, is of an 
octagonal form, having, on each of the eight sides, the figure of a 
saint in a sitting posture, and underneath each of these, the figure 
of another saint, standing on a pedestal. On that side which faces 
the body of the church, is a small figure of St. Edmund, sitting with 
an arrow in his left hand, and holding the point of his beard with 
his right. In the chancel is a marble tablet in memory of Lieute- 
nant E. P. Xorris, the vicar's son. who was killed in action at Wa- 
terkloofin KafTraria in 1851. The old Vicarage House, called the 
Nunnery, was burnt down in 1833, and near its site is a flint wall, 
about 40 yards long, and an ancient house with buttresses, supposed 
to have formed part of a monastery. The benefice is a discharged 
vicarage, valued in K.B. at £10. but endowed with all the tithes, 
as noticed above, and now having 53 acres of glebe, a neat residence, 
built in 1831. at the cost of nearly ^"2000. and a yearly tithe rent 
of =£405. 12s., awarded in 1839. The Bishop of Norwich is patron, 
and the Eev. ~D. G. Norris. incumbent. The Wesleyans have a 
small chapel here. On the beach is a Coast Guard Station, with 
dwellings for seven families, erected in 1823, at the cost of £1200. 
The guard consist of a lieutenant and nine men. In 1598. Jolui 
Buchnan left for the maintenance of the church and the benefit of 
the poor, a house and 14a. 1r. %%b. of land, now let for £34 a year, 
which is mostly applied in repairing the church. At the enclosure, 
an allotment of 35a. of land was awarded for the purpose of provid- 
ing firing for the poor. The yearly rent, £35, is distributed in coals 
at Christmas. In the village is \ School attended by about 120 
children, and supported by the vicar. Post from Wang ford. 
Allen Robert, shopr. & Mary, beerhs 
Chipperfield Daniel, butcher and vict. 

Queen's Head 
Colls George, blacksmith 
Crow George, basket maker 
Crowfoot Edward, gentleman 
Cunningham Thos. sbopr. & bnilder 
Diver Thomas Holmes, gent 
Edwards John, saddler & harness mkr 
Elliott Eobert, cattle dealer 
Eisk Et., Esq | Fulcher John, school 
Harris Lieut. Fredk. coast guard 
Jullings John, marine store dealer 
Lay Wm. plumber, painter. &c 
Mantkorp Tbos. sbopr. Post-office 
Marjoram Mr Jas. [ Meadowson Miss 
Merritt Samuel, carpenter 
Newson Shadrach. parish clerk 
Norris Rev Denis George, Vicarage 
Pilling Wm. George, policeman 
Sustins Chas. bricklayer and beerhs 
Tripp Js. shoemaker, and Win. cooper 
Turner Edward, shoemaker 
Turner Ts. tailor & vict. King's Head 



Turner Thomas, carpenter 
Waterson Susan, shopkeepei 
Welsh Capt. George. R.N.. Con 
Wigg Ann Elizabeth, dressmaker 
Wolnough Jas. tailor and shopkeeper 
Wright John, glover and hairdresser 

FAERIES S. FTSHERMEX. 

(* are Owners.) Catchpole Henry 
Cleveland Henry Catchpole Isaac 
Cooper Charles Catchpole Wm. 



Cowles Robert. 

gardener 
Crickmore Geo. 
Crowfoot Eliz 

* Davie David 

* Davie John 
Fisk James 
Forman James 

* Foster Wm. 
Girling Richard 
Hatton Mrs 
Marjoram Chas. 
Potts Francis 
Youugman Benj. 



Crickmore Geo. 
Curtis Charles 
Durrani Daniel 
Durrant James 
Foster Wm. 
Goldsby George 
Goldsby G. jun 
Hut ion Wm. 
i Land Wm. 
M alien Robert 
Thompson Bza. & 
Wigg John [pilot 
C.aj.f.iees. Scc.pass 
to Lowestoft, kc 



MUTFORD AND LOTHTNGLAND. 547 

KIEKLEY, or Kirtley parish, on the coast If mile- S.S.W. of 
Lowestoft, comprises nearly half of the large village and fishing sta- 
tion, which is commonly called Pakefield, the greater portion of it 
being in the adjoining parish of Pakeneld. Kirkley has only 579 
acres of land, but increased its inhabitants from 374 in 1801, to 467 
in 1841, and to 799 in 1851, chiefly owing- to its proximity to Lowes- 
toft, adjoining which it has many new houses near Lake Lothing, 
and the modern suburb called South Lowestoft. Lord Boston is 
lord of the manor, but part of the soil belongs to S. M. Peto, Esq. 
The Church (All Saints,) was for many years anterior to 1749 in a 
dilapidated state, but the minister officiated in Pakeneld church 
on one part of the Sunday, alternately with its own minister. In 
this manner, both parishes were for a considerable time supplied; 
but at length the incumbent of Kirkley not only refused to perform 
divine service in Pakeneld church any longer, but also to allow any- 
thing to the minister of Pakeneld for officiating in his stead, alleg- 
ing that he could not be legally compelled. The Eev. Mr. Tanner, 
vicar of Lowestoft, and at that time commissary and official in the 
archdeaconry of Suffolk, used all the mild and persuasive arguments 
in his power to prevail on the incumbent of Kirkley to make an al- 
lowance, but to no purpose. He therefore left him with this threat: 
TT-'f If, Sir, you will not officiate in Pakeneld church, I will buiid you 
a church at Kirkley, and in that you shall officiate;' Mr. Tanner 
was as good as his word ; for, partly at his own expense and partly 
with the contributions of others, he fitted up the present church in 
1750, partly out of the remains of the old one. The latter was much 
larger than the present chinch ; and in clearing away the rubbish. 
from the site of the north aisle, several brass-plated stones were 
found and laid under the pews of the south aisle, which forms the 
present fabric. The old tower, about 72 feet high, is still standing, 
and is a conspicuous sea-mark, but is much decayed, and has now 
only one bell. The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. 
at £5. 16s. 10^-d., and now having about 20 acres of glebe, and a 
yearly tithe rent of i'142. 10s. The Hon. Geo. Ives Irby, son of 
Lord Boston, is patron, and the Eev. E. J. Francis, of Beccles, is 
the incumbent. The poor parishioners have an allotment of 20a. 
2r. 18p. awarded at the enclosure, and now let for <£'15 a year, which 
is distributed in coals. A steam engine, near the church, pumps wa- 
ter from a deep well into a cistern at the top of a large square tower, 
for supplying the southern parts of Lowestoft. (See Pakefield and 
Kirkley Directory.) 



PAKEFIELD, on the coast, 1± mile S.S.W. of Lowestoft, forms, 
with Kirkley, a large village and fishing station, containing about 
1400 inhabitants, of whom 718 are' in Pakefield Parish, which now 
•comprises only 771 acres of land, having suffered much from the 
encroachments of the ocean, which has washed away about 70 acres 
during the last 30 years, together with several houses on the cliff. 



548 PAKEFIELD PARISH. 

The Kirkley part of the village is separated from the Pakefleld part 
only by the high road. Lord Boston is lord of the manor of Pake- 
field, but the soil belongs mostly to the Peto, Morse, and other fa- 
milies. The Hall was an old mansion in the Elizabethan style, but 
was rebuilt a few years ago, and is now occupied by a farmer. A 
Light House was erected here in 1831, at the cost of about <£1000 ; 
and near it is a deep and rugged ravine in the cliff, called Crazy Mary $ 
Hole, from its having been the favorite haunt of a deranged, love- 
sick maid. Pakefiekl Church is said to be dedicated to All Saints, 
but the ancient silver communion cup is inscribed " PaTcefield Sante 
Margaret, 1337." It consists of two aisles, built nearly uniform, 
and its steeple contains four bells. It was thoroughly repaired and 
beautified about 60 years ago by the Rev. Dr. Leman, a late in- 
cumbent, who erected a new pulpit and placed over the old font a 
handsome model of the tower and spire of Norwich cathedral. On 
a brass plate in the north, aisle, is the representation of a man, bis 
wife, and 11 children, and an inscription in memory of John Bowf, 
who died in 1417 In 1853-'4, the church was newly-thatched and 
thoroughly repaired, so that it has now a clean and neat appearance^ 
and has new windows in the perpendicular style, with Caen stone 
dressings. The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at 
i£14, and has now a yearly rent-charge of £'205 awarded in 1839, in 
lieu of tithes. The Church Patronage Society are patrons, and the 
Rev. Francis Cunningham, of Lowestoft, is the incumbent. Many 
shipwrecks having occurred on this coast, an excellent life boat is 
stationed here, similar to the one at Lowestoft. In a barrow on 
Bloodmoor hill, near Pakefleld, was found in 1768 a skeleton, round 
whose neck hung a gold medal, and an onyx set in gold. The legend 
round the medal was D. N. T. AYITYS. On the obverse, a rude 
head helmeted, with a cross on the shoulder ; on the reverse, VIC- 
TORIA AYGGG. exergue COXOB., and a rude figure of victory. 
On the onyx was a man standing by a horse and holding the reins, 
with a Jiasta jjura in his right hand and a star on his helmet. The 
Town Estate comprises the site of three tenements, let for 7s. 6d. a 
year; the site of two tenements, let in 1816 at a 99 years' lease, at 
50s. per annum; about 1a. Ik., let in gardens, at rents amounting 
to £3. 7s. per annum ; and about a rood of ground on which the 
jyarish school was built in 1817, at the expense of the rector. The 
rents of the land are applied in repairing the church. The 
Poor's Allotment, 15 acres, is let for about £20 a year, and was 
awarded to the poor at an enclosure, in lieu of their right to cut 
turves. The rent is distributed in coals among poor parishioners, 
who have also a yearly rent-charge of 20s., left by Mary Selling, out 
lands belonging to Mr. J. Matchett. Ten aged parishioners have £5 
distributed amongst them yearly, from the dividends of three per 
cent, reduced annuities, purchased with the bequest of Mrs Dodd, 
who died in 1814. Besides the school above noticed, here is an 
Infant School, and they are each attended by about 100 children. 
Post from Lowestoft. 






MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND HUNDRED. 



549 



PAKEFIELD AND KIEKLEY DIRECTORY. 
The northern part of Kirhley parish is included with Lowestoft. 



Allen Wm. blacksmith 

Catchpole Win. sawyer, Saw Mill 

Chandler George baker and grocer 

Colby Henry, vict. Mill 

Colby Win. master of life boat 

Crone Edward, shopkeeper 

Day Edmund, tailor 

English Edward, marine store dealer 

^Freeman Thos. & Reece W, light kprs 

Howson Miss Eliz. [ Bayes Mr 

X.ark Wm. poulterer 

Xewis Robert, vict. Ship 

3Ioore Hy. clerk of Pakefleld church 

dicker Thos. and Alulliner Sar. school 

IPeek James, corn miller, and clerk of 

Kirkley church 
Rumpf Rev John, M.A. curate of 

Pakefield 
Scales Mr Abraham | Smith Mrs J. 
Smith John, engine man, Waterworks 
Thirtle George Farrer, grocer, iron- 
monger, &c 



Wright Mary, butcher 



BEER HOUSES. 

Forster Samuel 
Frost Hannah 
Lincoln Amos 
Mills John 

BOOT & SHOE3IKRS. 

Mickleburgh Jas. 
Penns Jacob 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Brown James 
Sustins Edward 
Welham Emanuel 

FISHERMEN. 

Colby Benjamin 
Colby Randall 
Colby Wm. 
Fuller Wm. 
Fuller John 

FARMERS. 

Andrews James 



Bean Jas., Hall 
Bircham Isaac, 

bailiff 
Bird John 
Burton John 
Goldspink Wm. 
Matchett John 
Mobbs Robert 
Reader Moses 
Walford James 

joiners, Sec. 
Tyrrel Robert 
Wright Michael 

POST OFFICE 
at John Mickle- 
burgh's 

Post, Trains, &c. 
from Lowestoft 



LOUND, a pleasant village, 4i miles N.N.W. of Lowestoft, and 
6J miles S. by W. of Yarmouth, is situated on a fertile plain, watered 
by a small rivulet which flows northward to the large lake called 
Eritton Decoy. Its parish contains 439 souls and 1264 acres of 
land. S. M. Peto, Esq., is lord of the manor of Newton-with-Stal- 
hams in Lound', but Thomas Morse, Esq., owns Lound Hall ; and 
the Larkman, Burton, and other families have estates in the parish. 
Near the mill water several pieces of ancient armour and coins were 
found some years ago. The Church (St. John the Baptist,) is a 
single building, with a thatched roof and a round tower, containing 
three bells. In its .window are some fragments of stained glass. 
The font is very ancient, and on the right of the altar is a piscina, 
rather elegantly arched. The fine antique screen is in good pre- 
servation, and in the church is a neat mural monument to the 
memory of the late Thos. Morse, Esq., of Lound Hall, who died in 
1844, aged 10 J years. The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in 
K.B. at £8; and in 1835, at £'458. It is in the patronage of Benj. 
Dowson, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Edward Thurlow, L.L.B., 
who is a descendant of the celebrated Lord Chancellor Thurlow. 
The Rectory House is a neat building, erected in 1819. The glebe 
is about 17 acres, and the tithes have been commuted for £'415 per 
-annum. The School was built on the glebe, about 20 years ago. 
The Poors Allotment, 2a. 2r. 18p. awarded at the enclosure, is let 
for £34 a year, which is distributed in coals. The poor have also a 
yearly rent charge of 6s., left by John Spalding. Post from 
Lowestoft. 



550 LODND. (MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAXD.) 



Bond Mr Eichd. Jenner Miss My. A. 
Brereton Jas. batcher and vict. Tillage 

Maid 
Glasspoole George, grocer. <r/c. 
Platman Eobert, farmer 
Hewitt John Burton, farmer, High Hs 
Hewson Wm.. grocer, tire. 
Hindes Frederick, farmer 
Holland Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Howes Charles, shoemaker 
Miles Saml. clerk, of Ashby church 
Morse Misses Har. & My. Lound Hall 
Morse Joseph Ramey. Esq., Old Hanor I Warner Wm. gardener 

House I WIgg Wm. farmer 



Kewflon Jonathan, wl. r 

addler & bai 

m John, veterinary 

parish clerk, and ovei - 
Saunders Samuel, corn miller 
Seely James, grocer 
Smith John, tailor 
Smith Wm. toot and shoe maker 
[£ and Gurney. blacksmiths 
Swatman Rev Philip, curate 
Thurlcvr Rev Edward. LL.B.. rector of 

Lobnd and Ashby. Rectory 



HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 

' LOWESTOFT ranks next to Yarmouth among the most iiifc 
jpoYtsmt pishing stations on the eastern coast, and is a handsome and 
rapidly improving market-town, bathing place, and seaport; plea- 
santly situated on the most easterly point of England, upon an emin- 
ence, rising from the German ocean. 11 miles E. by X. of Beccles, 
10 miles S. of Yarmouth. 25 miles E.S.E. of Norwich, 45 miles X.X.E. 
of Ipswich, and 1 14 miles X.E. of London. Its parish comprises 
1456 acres <p land, and the small hamlet oiXormamton. at the east 
end of Lake Lotting, near the new town or suburb called South 
Loicestoft; which is partly in Kirkley parish, as noticed at page 54. 
Lowestoft parish encreased its population from 2332 souls in 1801, 
to 31S9 in 1811; 3675. in 1821; 423S, in 1531 : 4837, in 1841, 
and to 6781 in 1851. Including its suburbs in Kirkley parish, 
(about 500 souls, ' it has now about S000 inhabitants, so that it has 
nearly doubled its population during the last twenty years. The 
number of houses in the parish in 1821, was only 782, but in 1^41 
they had encreased to 1104. and in 1851 to 1392, but including the 
suburbs in Kirkley parish. Lowestoft has now (1B5&J about 1 
houses, of which several hundreds have been erected during the last 
seven years in the handsome " new town"' on the south side of the 
harbour, called South Lowestoft, which comprises the extensive 
and well conducted Royal Had. the Esplanade. Marine Parade. 
Marine Terrace, Tanning street, Denmark road, London road. ,vc, 
where there are many large and elegant houses for the accommoda- 
tion of visitors during the bathing season. When viewed from the 
sea, Lowestoft has the most picturesque and beautiful appearance of 
any town on the eastern coast. The old part of the town consists 
chiefly of one street, extending about a mile in length, in a gradual 
descent from north to south, and intersected by several smaller 
streets and lanes from the west. High street is on the summit of 
the cliff, so that the houses on the east side of it face the sea. The 
declivity, formerly barren sand, has been converted by modern im- 
provements into beautiful hanging gardens, richly planted with trees 
and shrubs, interspersed with alcoves and summer houses. -and de- 



HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 551 

scending to the foot of the hill. At the bottom of these gardens a 
range of buildings, appropriated to the purpose of curing fish, ex- 
tends along the beach, nearly the whole length of the old town. From, 
the situation of these fish-houses the inhabitants derive the two- 
fold advantage of the easy conveyance of the herrings from the boats 
and a total exemption from the disagreeable effluvia arising from 
them during the process of curing. The descent to the beach has 
"been rendered easy and agreeable by several winding roads from the 
main street, with occasional flight of steps. The Esplanade, the 
Marine Parade, and the Terraces in South Lowestoft are all new and 
elegant, and the houses are large and commodious, and display a 
great variety of architectural beauties- They all front the sea, and 
have easy access to the beach, the pier, and the adjacent country. 
The shore is peculiarly favourable for sea bathing, having a regular 
descent, and consisting of a hard sand, intermixed with shingle, and 
perfectly free from ooze, and those beds of mud which are frequently 
Biet with on other coasts. It often presents a very busy scene, and 
a stroll upon it may be very agreeably employed in selecting a 
yariety of very curious pebbles, with amber and jet, thrown upon it 
by the tides. On the beach are about 20 bathing machines, and every 
other convenience for the numerous visitors who resort hither in 
summer, and for whose accommodation there are in the town many- 
commodious lodging houses and several large inns, some of them 
commanding extensive prospects of the sea and the coast. Hot and 
cold baths were established here many years ago by Mr. Wells : and 
in 182-1, &Xew Bath House, upon a more extensive plan was erected 
on the south beach by four gentlemen, who sold it in 1830, to Mr. 
Walter Jones, but it now belongs to Mr. W. Woods. It is an ob- 
long pebble building, with rusticated angles, and has a spacious 
reading room, convenient hot and cold baths, and also a sulphureous 
medicated bath, upon an improved principle. The approach to it 
has received extensive improvements, and is a gradual descent from 
the town, forming an excellent carriage way and promenade. The 
Royal Hotel, near the South Pier, and at the end of the beautiful 
Esplanade, is a large and handsome building, erected in 1S4S '9, and 
having about eighty bed rooms, hot and cold baths, billiard rooms, 
and spacious and superbly furnished dining and drawing rooms. 
Midway on the Pier an elegant Subscription Reading Room was 
erected in 1853-4. The Suffolk Hotel is another large, elegant, 
and well-conducted establishment, situated near the Railway Sta- 
tion, and having a large Bouling Green, which is often thronged 
with pleasure parties. The Crown Hotel, another large and first- 
class family and commercial hotel, is in the old part of the town, 
and now presents an elegant front to High street, having recently 
been nearly all rebuilt of red brick, with Caen stone dressings, in 
the Italian style. Besides the three large hotels here are several 
commodious inns and taverns. New houses are still erecting in 
the new town, where a new church, two new chapels, and other 
handsome buildings, have recently been completed. 

From the dryness of the soil and the absence of all damps and 
noxious vapours arising from low marshes, the air of Lowestoft is 



552 HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 

highly salubrious, as is evident from the general longevity of its in- 
habitants. In the adjacent country are many delightful walks and 
drives ; and at the junction of the old and new parts of the town the 
Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation enters the ocean by a short 
cut from Lake Lothing, and opens a communication for sea-borne 
vessels to Norwich and Beccies. The Act of Parliament for making 
this navigation was obtained in 1827 by a company of shareholders 
chiefly merchants and manufacturers of Norwich, desirous of making 
that city a port for sea-borne vessels instead of having its mer- 
chandise conveyed in small craft to and from Yarmouth. The work 
was commenced in the same year, and was finished September 30th, 
1833, at the cost of about a£S7,000. The proprietors obtained another 
act of parliament in 1832. This navigation pursues the deepened 
channel of the liver Tare from Norwich to Reedham, whence bj a 
cut about 2^ miles in length, it is earned across the marshes to the 
liver Waveney, along which it passes to Oulton Dyke, whence by 
another artificial cut of about two miles, it enters the western divi- 
sion of Lake Lothing, commonly called Oulton Broad, as noticed at 
page 530. This lake is about three miles in length, extending east- 
ward to within a little more than a mile of Lowestoft, and now com- 
municating with the ocean by a deep channel cut through the sea 
bank, and terminating in a lock 400 feet long and 50 broad, crossed 
by a handsome swing-bridge, of cast iron. At Mutford Bridge, an 
embankment and another lock divide Lake Lothing into two nearly 
equal parts ; the Oulton side containing fresh water, and the Lowes- 
toft side salt water, and forming a spacious harbour of the average 
depth of from 15 to 20 feet. The fresh water portion is commonly 
called Oulton Broad, and upon it several Regattas, or water frolics 
and boat races, are held every summer. They are numerously at- 
tended, and enlivened by bands of music, and a gay display of 
highly decorated pleasure barges. The lake abounds with all the 
common species of the finny tribe, and parties may at all times pro- 
cure boats at the Wherry Inn, Mutford Bridge, either for fresh or 
salt water angling, or for pleasure. The sea having receded con- 
siderably from the north end of the town, has left a broad tract be- 
tween the sands and the cliffs called the denes, extending northward to 
Gorton, and forming a pleasing ride and promenade, affording many 
botanical specimens, and in some places good pasturage for cattle ; 
but those parts near the town are often covered with the nets and 
other tackle of the fishermen spread out for the purpose of being 
dried or repaired. Lowestoft Regatta, held on the ocean opposite 
the town and the piers every summer, is a gay and splendid holiday, 
in which several prizes of from 20 to 100 guineas each are competed 
for by first-class yachts, clipper-schooners, cutters, yawls, &e., from 
all parts. These prizes are raised by the subscriptions of the trades- 
men and gentry of the town, who liberally contribute to all im- 
provements and amusements that may tend to the comfort and plea- 
sure of the thousands of visitors who throng here in summer; and 
that may maintain Lowestoft in the high position to which it has 
risen as a fashionable watering place. 

It is to the enterprising and liberal spirit of Samuel Morton Peto, 



HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT* 553 

Esq., M.P.,the present lord of the manors of this and the adjacent 
parishes, and the great promoter of the Lowestoft Railway and the 
New Harbour, that this town and port is chiefly indebted for its 
present prosperity, and for the great increase which it has experi- 
enced in buildings, population, and trade, during the last seven 
years. In 1842, the Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation had proved 
so unprofitable a speculation, that the old company of proprietors 
"were obliged to sell it at a considerable loss, and it was purchased 
by a new company, who, after making various improvements, sold 
it in 1844 to S. M. Peto, Esq., the great railway and building con- 
tractor, who, with his usual energy and spirit, commenced the im- 
provement of the harbour and navigation, having first formed a new 
•company of shareholders for the attainment of that desirable object 
and the construction of a Railway , which, running near the side of 
the navigation, joins the Norwich and Yarmouth line at Reedham, 
and connects Lowestoft with that great net-work of railways which 
traverses all parts of the kingdom. This company, called the 
Lowestoft Railway and Harbour Company, obtained an act of 
parliament, and commenced operations with a capital of ^£200, 000, 
and Mr. Peto is the chairman and principal shareholder. The 
NEW HARBOUR, or outer basin, which they have formed since 
1845, comprises an area of 21 acres, enclosed by broad and sub- 
stantial piers extending into the sea more than 400 yards. The 
South Pier, which bounds the south side of the harbour, runs out 
into the sea about a quarter of a mile in a straight line, and is ter- 
minated by a circular end, which is 60 feet in diameter, and has a. 
light-house in its centre, This pier is 28 feet broad at the top, and 
defended on each side by a wooden parapet. It forms a delightful 
promenade, and is externally constructed of massive main piles, 
driven down opposite to each other, from five to seven feet apart, 
braced together by longitudinal waling pieces, and diagonal braces. 
Within the outer piles, a face of dressed masonry, composed of grit 
sand-stone from Whitby, is raised on the sea side to the height of 
several feet above high watermark; and on the inner or harbour 
side, the dressed masonry reaches up to about high water mark. 
The inside space between the inner and outer walls is filled up with, 
massive rubble- stone blocks, (mostly Kentish rag stone,) and the 
top of this rough work is finished with a slope of concrete, above 
which is the boarded platform. The Pier on the north and east sides 
of the Harbour, winds into the sea about 430 yards, and has a cir- 
cular end, which is about 45 feet in diameter, and approaches the 
end of the South Pier to within about 160 feet, leaving that space, 
with a depth of 21 feet at low water, for vessels to pass in and out 
of the harbour. This pier is constructed in the same manner as 
the other, but is intended entirely for business purposes, and has a 
double tramway, with turn-tables at each end There are light- 
houses on the circular ends of both piers, at the entrance to the new 
harbour, where 600 or 700 vessels may ride in safety, sheltered from 
the storms of the ocean. At its south-west angle is* a small harbour 
<5f about 4J acres, chiefly used by yachts and pleasure boats. The 

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554 HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 

fishing boats lie generally alongside the north and east piers. Up- 
wards of 3000 feet feet of excellent wharfage, with powerful cranes 
and extensive ranges of warehouses, granaries, &c, have been pro- 
vided. The old or inner harbour is connected with the outer by a 
lock of 50 feet wide, and is about two miles in length , comprising 
all the salt water portion of Lake Lothing, as already noticed. A 
powerful bucket dredging machine, of 200 tons burden, and 20 horse 
power, is employed in cleansing and deepening the harbour, and is 
capable of raising 1000 tons per day out of 20 feet depth of water. 
In immediate connection with the harbour, an extensive range of 
cattle stabling has been built for the accommodation of the large 
and numerous cargoes of foreign cattle now imported here from 
Denmark. The company have also erected a Custom Bouse and 
other official buildings; a large ice house, and a wholesale fish market. 
The depots, and timber, coal, and stone yards, &o, on both sides of 
the large inner harbour, have been considerably extended during 
the last few years; and here are now extensive coke ovens for sup- 
plying the Eastern Counties and Norfolk Eailway engines with fuel. 
Lowestoft Railway was opened in June, 1847, and since then the 
population and trade of the town has rapidly increased ; improve- 
ments have been made in all directions, and men of enterprise and 
capital have been induced to devote their energies and resources to 
advance its interests. A large new Eailway Station is now erecting 
by Messrs. Lucas Brothers, the contractors, who are about to erect 
a handsome Crescent in South Lowestoft, and near it a Mechanics' 
Institution and " Sailors Home." In 1845, the total number of 
vessels that entered the port, was only 410, of the aggregate tonnage 
of 21,730 tons; and of these vessels only eight were from foreign 
ports. In 1851, the number of vessels that entered the port was 
1636, of the aggregate tonnage of 134,944 tons ; and of these 85 
were from foreign ports. In 1853, the number of vessels from 
foreign ports, which discharged cargoes here, amounted to no fewer 
than 144, of the aggregate burden of 39,100 tons. Thirty-two of 
these vessels were laden with timber. During the last five years. 
Lowestoft has enjoyed a considerable and increasing trade in the 
importation of cattle from Denmark, which is now much facilitated 
by three large and handsome steam ships, which belong to the North 
of Europe Steam Navigation Co., and run weekly between Lowes- 
toft and Denmark. Each of these three steamers is from 600 to 
700 tons burden, and from 200 to 300 horse power. They are fitted 
up for passengers as well as cattle and goods, and generally leave 
Lowestoft for Tonning, in Denmark, every Saturday, from April to i 
December. In 1853, they brought to Lowestoft 14,998 oxen, 10,886 : 
sheep, 89 horses, 63 pigs, 1370 casks of butter, 300 barrels of beef and 
pork, 1100 quarters of grain, 115,000 cheeses, 5000 bundles of osiers, 
500 sacks of potatoes, and 12 calves ; most of which were forwarded 
by railway to London. The number of foreign vessels and their 
amount of tonnage which cleared outward with cargoes from Lowes- 
toft, were 20 vessels and 7940 tons in 1852, and 41 vessels and 
13,783 tons in 1853. On April 6th, 1852, Lowestoft was made a j 
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HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 55a 

an out-station ; and in the following year it was made a bonding 
port. Here are now commodious warehouses for bonding wines, 
spirits, tea, coffee, &c. Great quantities of coals are imported here 
from the northern collieries, for the use of the neighbourhood and 
the railways ; and large stocks of timber, stone, slates, &c, are usu- 
ally to be seen on the wharfs. South wold is now an out-station 
under the port of Lowestoft. The Harbour Dues received here in 
1850 amounted to £6038, and in 1851 to £6904. 

Herring Fishery, &c. — The oldest and still the most important 
branch of commerce at Lowestoft is its Herring Fishery, for which 
there are three seasons in the year, viz , from April to May, from 
June to July, and from September to the first week in December. 
Formerly, about 80 fishing boats, each averaging 40 tons, and em- 
ploying about ten men and boys, were engaged here in the Herring 
and Mackerel Fisheries ; but now here are 25 of those large boats, 
or luggers, used chiefly in the mackerel fishery, and upwards of 50 
smaller craft, called "half-and-half boats" used in the herring 
fishery, for which they are found to be more profitable and conveni- 
ent than the old luggers, as they can often return daily from the 
fishing grounds with full cargoes of herrings, and despatch them 
fresh by rails to London and other markets. They are called " half- 
and-half ers,'' from their being only about half the size of the old 
luggers. The mackerel season commences about the first of May, 
and continues to the middle of July. During the seasons, herrings 
and mackerel are brought into Lowestoft in immense quantities, 
and are mostly sold by auction to the curers and merchants. The 
greater part are now sent away fresh, by rails, to London aud other 
markets. Here are still many curing houses, where herrings are 
salted, smoked, and dried, either partially as bloaters, or thoroughly 
as red-herrings ; — but the former are now sent out in much larger 
quantities than the latter. In 1802, the herrings caught by thirty 
Lowestoft boats, sold for £30,000 ; and in the following year, they 
earned in six weeks £10,000 by mackerel, but these were unusually 
prosperous seasons. During the ten weeks of the autumnal 
season of 1853, the Lowestoft boats caught about 2330 lasts, or 
about 30,750,000 herrings, which would yield to about 600 fishermen 
and boys, more than £10,000, besides large profits to the boat 
owners and merchants. On March 29th, 1854, Mr. G. S. Gowing, 
Jun., took in one boat 70,620 herrings, which he sold for £84. 10s. 5d. 
A variety of other kinds of fish are caught by the owners of small 
fishing boats, who go out in search of whatever fish they can meet 
with, and by the sale of which many of them contrive to support 
large families. Some larger boats go out to the trawling and line 
fishery in the deep sea, at the distance of 20 to 30 miles from the 
coast, where soles, turbot, skate, plaice, cod, Sc, are caught. Arrange- 
ments have lately been made here for the discharge of lobster smacks 
from Norway. The lobsters are kept alive in the outer harbour, till 
they are sent off by rails to the metropolitan and other markets. 

Since the completion of the large outer-harbour, to which there is 
easy access from the sea, Lowestoft has become a highly important 

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556 HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 

Harbour of Refuge, though as such it has not received any sup- 
port or assistance from Government. We have already noticed 
with Aldborough, at page 504, the want of more Harbours of Refuge 
on the eastern coast. The completion of the outer-works and en- 
trance to Lowestoft harbour, and the deepening of the water 
space inside, have afforded so safe and easy an access at all 
times of tide, that there are sometimes seen in it as many as 250 or 
300 vessels, which have gone in merely to shelter from the storms 
or contrary gales of the ocean. As the trade of the port is often 
seriously impeded by crowds of Refuge Vessels, it has been pro- 
posed to enlarge the inner harbour by adding to it the bight, called 
Kirhley Ham, if Government will grant such pecuniary assistance 
as they have rendered to other Harbours of Refuge of much less 
importance than Lowestoft. Between this port and Yarmouth, there 
may sometimes be seen, in the roads, as many as 700 vessels at 
anchor, wind-bound ; indeed, more vessels pass the east coast than 
any other coast in the world, and the entrance to Lowestoft harbour 
is in the midst of one of its best and most frequented anchorages. 

In consequence of extensive shoals and sands, the coast here 
is extremely dangerous, and sometimes presents a scene of devas- 
tation scarcely to be described. But the mariners who are so unfor- 
tunate as to become entangled with these shoals have every prompt 
and effectual assistance that can be afforded by two excellent life- 
boats, stationed here and at Pakefielcl,and by the celebrated apparatus 
of Capt. M anby. These and other provisions for the assistance of 
persons shipwrecked on this coast, have been made by the Suffolk 
Humane Society. The two life boats are efficiently manned, and 
each cost about .£700. Besides the harbour lights, there are two 
light houses at Lowestoft, and another at Pakefield, nearly two miles 
S. of the town ; and there is & floating light in the Stanford Channel, 
The High Light-House, at Lowestoft, stands on the crown of the 
cliff, at the north end of the town, and was erected in 1676, by the 
brethren of the Trinity House, Deptford, who repaired and consi- 
derably improved it in 1778, 1825, and 1840. It is around cemented 
tower, about 40 feet high, surmounted by a lantern 7 feet high and 
6 in diameter, glazed with plate glass, and lighted by lamps with 
plated reflectors. Adjoining it are two neat houses for the keepers, 
built in 1840-1. The Low Light House, on the beach, is a frame of 
wood-work, capable of being shifted at pleasure, to accommodate it 
to the changes which are frequently taking place in the situation of 
the sands. It was removed from the denes to the beach in 1832, 
and has three lamps and reflectors, and a wooden dwelling for the 
keeper. Vessels coming into or going out of Lowestoft roads in the 
night, are enabled, by keeping this beacon in a line with the High 
Light, to pass in safety through the Stanford Channel, which is 
about a quarter of a mile broad, and lies between the Home and the 
Barnard Sands. The lights are kept burning from sunset to sun- 
rise throughout the year. 

During the late war, Lowestoft was protected by three fortifica- 
tions, one at each of the north and south extremes, and the lower 
battery, near the Ness. They were all of the usual fort construction. 



HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 557 

That to the north mounted four eighteen pounders, had a breast- 
work with four angles, a guard-house, and other conveniences. The 
south fort had thirteen pieces of cannon, viz., ten thirty- two pound- 
ers and three eigh teens ; while the lower battery had four thirty-two 
and two nine pounders, which were then considered amply sufficient 
for all the purposes of defence. The cannon was removed after the 
general peace. The South-end Battery is now a Coast Guard Sta- 
tion, with a lieutenant (B. Joachim) and eleven men. 

The Custom House Officers are John Bobertson, Esq., collec- 
tor ; Mr. Thos. Jackson, comptroller) and John Daniels and Bichd. 
Paul, tide waiters. S. M. Peto, Esq., is chairman, and James Hutt, 
Esq., of Guildhall buildings, London, is secretary of the Lowestoft 
Baflway and Harbour Company. (See page 553.) Mr. W. H. T. 
Green, B.N., is the harbour-master ; James Balls, deputy harbour- 
master ; Charles Tilmouth, collector of dues, & c. ; J. B. Matthews, 
superintendent of works ; Newton Wortley, Railway Station-master ; 
Thomas Ward, goods manager ; and Thos. Offen, telegraph clerk. 
Here are about 1 7 pilots, licensed by the Trinity House, London. 
Lowestoft Ship Building Company have a dry dock, capable of re- 
ceiving vessels of 1000 tons burden. The North of Europe. 
Steam Navigation Company, established a few years ago, have now 
fifteen Steam Ships plying regularly between Lowestoft and Tonn- 
ing, in Denmark ; between Hull and Norway and Sweden, and be- 
tween Grimsby and Hamburg ; and varying from 300 to 700 tons,, 
and from 120 to 300 horse power. The Earl of Yarborough is chair- 
man, and S. M. Peto, Esq., vice-chairman of this spirited company, 
who have here their principal depot for repairing their ships, &c. ; 
but their annual meetings are held in London. Mr. W. B. Wilton 
is their managing engineer, and Mr. H. Nottingham cashier. As 
already noticed, this company's vessels now bring from Denmark to 
Lowestoft immense quantities of cattle, sheep, &c, which are for- 
warded by rails to London, &c. 

Low t estoft Water, Gas, and Market Company was incorporated, 
by an act of parliament obtained in 1 853. Their capital is £'25,000, 
raised in £10 shares, and their act empowers them to borrow £5000; 
to purchase the old Gas Works ; to construct Water Works for 
supplying the town and suburbs; to erect a Market-house in the old 
part of the town ; and to regulate the markets and fairs, levy tolls., 
&c. Their Water Works are now in progress in the Middle West 
Eield, where excellent water will be pumped from a deep well into 
a large reservoir, and sent in pipes to the houses of the inhabitants, 
As noticed at page 547, there is a Water Tower at Kirkley, which 
was built a few years ago, and supplies many of the houses in South 
Lowestoft. The New Market-house is now nearly completed, and 
occupies the site of the late Queen's Head Inn, in the Market place. 
The company are about to purchase the Gas Works, which were 
constructed by Mr. Malam, in 1837, at the cost of £2500 ; and they 
are bound by their act not to charge more than 6s. per 1000 cubic 
feet for gas. Mr. Edmund Norton is their secretary. The Market 
is held every Wednesday, and is well supplied with provisions. 
Here are also two annual fairs for pedlery, &c, held May 12th and 



558 HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 

October 11th. Henry IV. granted to Wm, de la Pole, Marquis of 
Suffolk, " one market and two fairs, below the village of Lowestoft." 
The market was removed from beneath the cliff to the area near 
High street, now called the Old Market; but in 1698, when the 
Corn Cross was erected, it was removed to the present market-place, 
nearly in the centre of High street. The Corn Cross, with some 
additions and alterations, is now the Town Hall, and the greater 
part of it was a chapel of ease till the completion of St. Peter's 
Chapel, in 1833, when it was purchased for the use of the town. 
That part intended for the sale of corn was converted into a vestry 
and passage to the chapel, in 1768 ; but the chamber over it was 
always used for the public meetings of the parishioners. The Fish 
market, called Billingsgate, is very spacious, and has recently been 
erected on the North Pier, by the Railway and Harbour Company, 
for the sale of herrings, &c, by auction, to the wholesale dealers, for 
London and other markets. 

Lowestoft Improvement Act was passed in 1854, and is entitled 
" An Act for the Improvement and Regulation of the Town of Lowes- 
toft, and the Parishes of Lowestoft and Kirkley, and for other pur- 
poses!' Its powers are intrusted to 27 commissioners, nine of whom 
are elected for each of the three wards, called the East, West, and 
South Wards. The latter comprises South Lowestoft and the parish 
of Kirkley. In 1795, 1801, and 1805, certain lauds, containing 
about 42 acres, called the Lamp Lands, in Lowestoft, were vested 
with trustees, for repairing and amending the pavements, lighting 
the town, and other public uses. Part of this land was sold to the 
Railway Company for =£693. 10s., which, with the rest of the land, 
is now vested with the Commissioners of this act, who have power 
to sell such other parts of the land as are not let on lease. The 
Trustees of the Lamp Lands, &c, obtained an act for paving and 
lighting the town in 1810, under a body of 24 commissioners, who 
were commonly called the Town Commissioners, and when they 
surrendered their trust to the Commissioners of the New Improve- 
ment Act, in August, 1854, their debts amounted to about .£1800. 
The latter are empowered to levy rates upon the inhabitants for the 
reparation of the highways, and for lighting, watching, sewering, 
and otherwise improving the streets and thoroughfares. They have 
also a controlling power in the formation of new streets and roads, 
and may establish a police force under the powers of the general 
Towns' Police Act of 1847. The rates which they levy upon the^ 
inhabitants are not to exceed 2s. per pound per annum on the as- 
sessed rental. E. Norton, Esq., is clerk to the commissioners. 

The neighbouring county magistrates hold Petty Sessions every 
Monday, at the Crown Hotel, and Mr. R. H. Reeve is their clerk. 
There is a newly-built County Police Station in London road, with 
a superintendent (Chas. Nagle) and four constables. Lowestoft 
County Court District comprises the 18 parishes of Lowestoft and 
Kessingiand Districts in Mutford and Lothingland Hundred, as no- 
ticed at page 531. The court is held monthly at the Town Hall. 
E. K. Eagle, Esq., is the judge; T. Collins, Esq., of Bury St. Ed- 
mund's, is the clerk; and E. Norton, Esq., is the assistant-clerk. 



HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 559 

Mr. Edward Muskett, of Bury, is the high-bailiff, and Mr. William 
Thomas Balls, sub-bailiff. 

Lowestoft is supposed to have been a fishing station as early as 
the time of the Romans ; but the ancient town is said to have 
been washed away at an early period by the ocean ; for there was 
to be seen, till the 25th of Henry Till., the remains of a block-house, 
upon an insulated spot, left dry at low water, about four furlongs 
east of the present beach. The origin of its name has given rise 
to various conjectures, one of which supposes it to have been de- 
rived from Lodbrog, the Danish Prince, who was murdered near the 
mouth of the Tare, as noticed at page 153. In a charter of Edward 
III., it is written Loystoft, and Lowystofte. Being an ancient de- 
mesne of the Crown, it obtained from several monarchs various 
privileges, which were coufirmed by Elizabeth and Charles I. ; but 
they are now obsolete, or of little use to the inhabitants, except 
their exemption from serving on juries at the Assizes and Quarter 
Sessions. The manor of Lowestoft formed part of the large posses- 
sions of the Fitz Osberts, after the Xorman conquest; and it passed 
from them by marriage to the Jernegans, or Jeminghams. It has ever 
since been dependant upon, and descended with the manor of So- 
merleyton, now belonging to S. M. Peto, Esq., who holds a court leet, 
&c, annually. The soil and buildings belong to various proprietors, 
one of whom is Edward Leathes, Esq.. of Nobmanston Court, a 
handsome mansion, more than a mile west of the town, with beau- 
tiful pleasure grounds, descending southward to the expansive 
waters of Lake Lothing, through which the river Waveney anciently 
passed to the sea, through the now small creek called KirMey Ham, 
a little south of the present lock. The town suffered severely from 
that dreadful pestilence, the plague, in 1849, 1547, 1579, 1585, and 
1603. In the latter year, 316 of its inhabitants fell victims to the 
contagion. It has, on several occasions, sustained heavy losses by 
conflagrations, the most destructive of which happened ^larch 10th, 
1615, when property in dwelling-houses, fish-houses, and goods to 
the value of £'10,297, were consumed. Eires of smaller extent oc- 
curred in 1546, 1606, 1670, 1717, and .1780. In the first of these 
years, the Vicarage House, with many of the town records, was de- 
stroyed; and, after being rebuilt, it shared the same fate in 1606. 
In the year of the threatened Spanish invasion, Lowestoft was com- 
pelled to raise upwards of £'200 for the purpose of raising bulwarks, 
and fitting out a pinnace for the defence of the coast. During 
the civil wars, it distinguished itself by its attachment to the cause 
of Charles I. ; but the neighbouring town of Yarmouth took the 
side of Parliament, and the consequence was frequent contests be- 
tween armed vessels fitted out by the two places, especially in 
1643-4, when the Lowestoft men were generally the victors, and 
succeeded in capturing a great number of the Yarmouth vessels, 
under the command of Captain Allen, (afterwards the famous Ad- 
miral,) and some other spirited inhabitants. After some show of 
resistance, Oliver Cromwell was allowed to march into the town, in 
1644, at the head of 1000 cavalry, and fix his head quarters at the 
Swan Inn. After Oliver and his soldiers had lived for some time 



560 HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 

almost at free quarters in the town, they marched to Cambridge, 
taking with them Sir John Pettus, Sir Edward Barker, Capt. Allen, 
and several other gentlemen, as prisoners. On the 3rd of June, 
- 1665, one of the most sanguinary naval engagements that took 
place during the war with the Dutch, under Charles II., was fought 
off Lowestoft, and continued from three in the morning till seven in 
the evening. The Dutch fleet consisted of 102 men-of-war, and 17 
yachts and fire-ships; and the English fleet of 114 men-of-war, 
and 28 fire-ships The former was completely routed, with the loss 
of 18 ships captured and 14 sunk or burnt. About 4000 of the 
enemy were killed, and 2000 taken prisoners. The English lost 
only one ship and 250 men, and their wounded did not exceed 350. 
Among the celebrated naval commanders to whom Lowestoft has given 
"birth are the following: — Sir Thomas Allen, who, during Cromwell's pro- 
tectorate, was stedfastly attached to the royal cause, and was, soon after the 
restoration, appointed to a command in the Royal Navy. In 1G64, he was. 
sent as Commander-in-chief into the Mediterranean, where the following 
spring, on the commencement of the war with the Dutch, he fell in with 
their Smyrna fleet, consisting of forty- vessels, some of which were very 
strong, under convoy of four ships of war. After an obstinate engagement, 
in which the Dutch Commander fell, Sir Thomas, who had only eight ships, 
made prize of four of the richest of the enemy's fleet. Tn the obstinate 
engagements off Lowestoft, in 1665, and near the coast of Flanders and the- 
North Foreland, in 1666, Sir Thomas bore a distinguished part. On the- 
conclusion of the first Dutch war, he was again sent into the Mediterranean; 
to chastise the Algerines, and after his return, was, in consideration of his 
numerous services, created a baronet in 1669. About the same time, he 
purchased the estate of Somerleyton Hall, and removing thither from Lowes- 
toft, passed the rest of his life in retirement. Andrew Leake, after 
several progressive steps in the navy, was appointed to the command of a 
ship in 1696. He afterwards received the honour of knighthood, and in. 
1705 commanded the Grafton of 70 guns, in the attack on Gibraltar. In 
the engagement oft Malaga in the same year, he led the van of the division 
under the Commander-in-chief, Sir George Rooke ; but received a wound, 
of which he expired during the action. After it had been dressed, he- 
wrapped a table-cloth round his body, and though life was fast ebbing, he 
placed himself in his elbow chair, in which he desired to be again carried 
upon the quarter-deck, where he undauntedly sat and partook of the glories 
of the day until he breathed his last. From the remarkable comeliness of 
his person, Sir Andrew is said to have been distinguished by the appellation 
of Queen Anne's handsome captain. Rear Admiral Richard Utbar ? 
who took an active share in most of the hard fought engagements with the 
Dutch, in the early part of the reign of Charles II., died in 1669, and was 
"buried here, as also were Admiral Sir John Ashby in 1693, and his nephew 
Vice Admiral James Mighells in 1733. It is worthy of remark that the- 
five naval heroes of Lowestoft above noticed were all related either by con- 
sanguinity or marriage. Thomas Nash, a facetious writer of considerable 
reputation in the latter part of the 16th century, was also a native of Lowes- 
toft. The most witty of his productions is a satirical pamphlet in praise 
of red herrings; intended as a joke upon the great staple of Yarmouth,, 
and the pretensions of that place to superiority over Lowestoft. In the 
church are memorials of Captain Thomas Arnold, who died in 1737, and 
several other worthies of Lowestoft, besides those just enumerated. Sam- 
son Arnold Mackay, a natural son of Captain Arnold, died at Doughty'& 



HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 561 

Hospital, in Norwich, in July, 1843, aged 78. He was born at Haddiscoe, 
in Norfolk, and apprenticed to a shoemaker at Walton, in Suffolk. The 
first subject that called his attention from his useful but humble occupa- 
tion, was the crag deposit of this county, and in his endeavour to account 
for the sinister turn of the whelks and other shells found in the different 
strata, he was led to contemplate those systems of cosmogony which ascribe 
a greater antiquity to the earth than the sacred records. He had long been 
known to many of the scientific persons in the kingdom, and was remark- 
able for the originality of his views upon the very abstruse subject of 
mythological astronomy, in which he exhibited great sagacity, and main- 
tained his opinions with extraordinary pertinacity. In 1822, he published 
his first part of Mythological Astronomy, and gave lectures to a select few 
upon the science in general; and in 1825, his Theory of the Earth, and 
several pamphlets upon the antiquity of the Hindoos. His room in which 
he worked, took his meals, slept, and gave his lectures, was a strange exhi- 
bition of leather, shoes, wax, victuals, sketches of sphinxes, zodiacs,, 
planispheres, geographical maps, &c. The two poor widows noticed at 
page 173, as being executed at Bury for witchcraft, were natives of Lowes- 
toft. Their names were Rose Cullender and Amy Duny, and their chief 
accuser was Samuel Pacy, a fanatical dissenter, who imagined that they had 
bewitched his two daughters. 

The Pakish Church (St. Margaret) is inconveniently situated about 
half a mile west of the town, and is thought to have been placed at that dis- 
tance to protect it from being undermined by the sea, which at the time of 
its erection, approached much nearer to the cliff than it does now. Tt is 
nearly 183 feet in length, 57 in breadth, and 43 in height, and has at the 
west end a square tower, surmounted by a leaded spire rising to the height 
of 120 feet. It is a handsome structure in the perpendicular or later style 
of English architecture, and the aisles are separated from the nave and 
chancel by two rows of handsome pillars. A stately porch on the south 
side forms the principal entrance, and has on its ceiling an ancient symbol 
of the Trinity, and over it a room, called the Maids' Chamber, as tradition 
says, from two sisters who resided in it several years in religious seclusion, 
before the Reformation. It is also said that these sisters caused two wells 
to be sunk at their own expense, between the church and the town, for the 
use of the inhabitants. A screen formerly separated the nave and chancel., 
and over it was the rood loft. The chancel is remarkably neat and elegant, 
being repaired and beautified by the Rev. John Tanner and the Rev. John 
Arrow, two late vicars, who died in 1760 and 1789. The latter erected a 
new altar piece, enclosed the communion table with handsome iron railing, 
and opened out the lower part of the east window, which had been bricked 
up. This window is now filled with stained glass, which was presented 
about 30 years ago by Mr. Robert Allen, an ingenious gentleman of Lowes- 
toft, who executed it himself. The font is very ancient, and round it are 
two rows of saints, which were much injured in 1644 by Dowsing, the par- 
liamentary church spoliator, who tore up all the brasses from the grave 
stones, except a few which escaped his notice. In 1778, a gallery was 
erected at the west end of the middle aisle; and in 1780, a good organ was 
placed in it. The church contains many handsome monuments, and was 
rebuilt, except the tower, in the fourteenth century by the prior of St. Bar- 
tholomew, in London, to whose monastery Lowestoft was appropriated by 
Henry I. In the middle of the chancel is a stone with the effigy of a bishop 
carved upon it. This is all that remains of the monument of Thomas 
Scroope, bishop of Dromore, in Ireland, and vicar of Lowestoft, who died 

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562 HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 

here in 1491, aged nearly 100 years. He was of a restless and fanatical 
disposition : at first a Benedictine, and afterwards a Carmelite monk : some 
times retiring to his convent for several years, and at others wandering 
about the country, clothed in sackcloth, girt with an iron chain, and crying 
out in the streets and lanes that " the New Jerusalem, the bride of the 
Lamb, was shortly to come clown from heaven, prepared for her spouse, 
and that with great joy he saw the same in spirit." On the first step lead- 
ing to the communion table, is an inscription in memory of the Rev. John 
Tanner, who was vicar here 51 years, and died in 1759. He was brother 
to Bishop Tanner, author of the Notitia Monastica, of which he completed 
and published the second edition after his brother's death. He rebuilt part 
of Kirkley church, and was for some time commissary and official to the 
archdeacon of Suffolk. He was distinguished for his activity in promoting 
the interests of religion, and spent a large sum in repairing and embellish- 
ing this church. In 1719, with the aid of £200 from the Governors of 
Queen Anne's Bounty, and the contributions of the gentlemen of thft town 
and neighbourhood, he purchased the impropriate rectory of Lowestoft for 
£1050, and settled it upon the vicarage for ever ; so that the living is now 
worth about £350 per annum, though valued at only £10. Is. 0£d. in King's 
Books, and at £43. 16s. 6d. in the reign of Queen Anne. The Bishop of 
Norwich is patron, and the Eev. Francis Cunningham, M.A., has been vicar 
since 1810. The Rev. P. B. Jeckell and the Rev. Edward Rodgers, are the 
curates : Mr. Hobart Newson, clerk; Mr. Robt. Browne, organist; and John 
Barrott, sexton. In the churchyard are many neat monuments, one of 
which is in memory of the Rev. Robert Potter, a late vicar, who died in 
1804, and is well known in the literary world as the translator of JEschylus, 
Sophocles, and Euripides. Between the church and the Infirmary are 
Basket Wells, said to be a corruption of Bess and Kate's Wells, and to have 
had that name from two old maiden sisters, who are trarlitionally said to 
have lived a recluse life for many years in the room over the South Porch 
of the Church. At their death they are said to have left money to make 
these wells, and to purchase the piece of land adjacent for a drying ground, 
for which purpose it is still used. 

St. Peter's Chapel of Ease, where the vicar and his curates officiate, 
was erected in 1832 '3, in lieu of the old chapel, now forming part of the 
Town Hall. (See page 558.) It is a handsome Gothic fabric, of white brick, 
and was finished in 1833, at the cost of £3400, of which £600 was given 
by the Society for Building and Enlarging Churches, and the remainder 
was raised by subscription, except about £900, obtained by the sale of 
pews. It was repaired and beautified in 1842, with money raised by the 
Rev. F. M. Cunningham, a late curate. The great distance of the parish 
church from the town, rendered it necessary, at an early period, to have a 
chapel of ease in a more convenient situation. Before the Reformation, 
there were two chapels here, viz., Good Cross Chapel, which stood near the 
south end of the town, but was destroyed by the sea many years ago; and 
the Old Chapel, a small thatched fabric, in the centre of the town, which 
was taken down and rebuilt in 1698, with the corn cross and town chamber 
adjoining it, at the cost of about £350. As already noticed, this building 
was used as a chapel of ease till the completion of St. Peter's Chapel. 

St. John's Church is a handsome district church, which was built by 
subscription in 1853-4, and consecrated July loth, in the letter year. It is 
pleasantly situated in that new, elegant, and rapidly increasing part of the 
town called South Lowestoft, where the want of a church had been felt for 
some years in 1851, when a plain building was erected, capable of holding 
300 persons, and licensed for divine worship, with the intention of being 



HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 563 

converted into school rooms, after the erection of the church. The cost of 
the church and schools has been about £6500. Among the principal sub- 
scribers are the Rev. E. Holland, £'1000 for endowment and £50 for 
church; S. ML Peto, Esq., £'500 for church and £'2 n for schools; James 
Peto, Esq., £'77 for church and £'50 for endowment and schools; J. H. 
Gurney, Esq., £'"200 for church and £50 for schools; Rev. F. Cunningham. 
£'100 i'or church and £50 for schools; John Gurney. Esq., £50 church, 
£50 schools, and £25 endowment; E, L. Betts, Esq., £100 ; T. L. Buxton, 
Esq., £100 ; and a frieod, by James Peto, Esq., £500 for the church. The 
benefice is a perpetual curacy, and the Rev. Matthias H. Beaumont, B.A., 
is the incumbent. The church is in the style known as the geometrical de- 
corated, or second pointed, aud consists of a nave, south aisle, transepts, and 
chancel ; with a tower which rises at the south-west angle and will be sur- 
mounted by a lofty spire. It is built of Kentish rag stone, with Caen stone 
dressings : and though there are as many as 30 windows, all are of differ- 
ent designs, no two being alike. The interior is spacious and lofty, and is 
neatly fitted up with stained deal sittings, stone pulpit, wainscot reading 
desk, ice. The roofs are open timbered; the chancel arch is elaborately 
moulded; and the windows are glazed with cathedral glass, of a greenish 
tint. There are about 750 sittings, of which about 300 are free. J. L. 
Clemence, Esq., of London, was the architect of this elegant church, and 
Messrs. Lucas Brothers were the builders. This firm ranks among the 
largest building contractors in the kingdom. Besides St. Johns church, 
they erected here the two new chapels, the Royal Hotel, the Bonding Ware- 
houses, and many of the houses in South Lowestoft. They employ here 
about 300 hands, and about 500 in London aud other places. 

The Ixdepexeexx Chapel, or " Congregational District Church," in 
London road, is a neat building in the Italian style, erected at the cost of 
£1500, in 1652, in lien of the small chapel in High street, which was built 
in 1G95, and is now occupied by the WesUyan Reformers. There was a 
congregation of Independents here at an early period, and they worshipped 
in a barn in Blue Anchor lane, till they built their old chapel in 1695. 
The Rev. Henry Moore is their present; minister. The VTesletax Chapel, 
in Friary lane, was opened in 1776, by the Rev. John Wesley, A.M., the 
founder of methodism. It was enlarged in 1803, and will seat 700 hearers. 
It has a good organ, purchased in 1839, and attached to the chapel is a 
house for the minister, and a Day and Sunday School, built in 1821, and 
enlarged in 1828 and 1*43. The Baptist Chapel, in London road, is a 
:me structure, approximating to the Byzantine style. It will seat 
about 500, and was built in 1S52, at the cost of about £2000, in lieu of the 
old chapel at the north end of the town, which was built in 1812, and is 
now used as an infant school. S. 1,1. Peto, Esq., contributed largely to- 
wards the expense of erecting the new chapel, which is now under the min- 
istry of the Rev. J. E. Dovey. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel on 
the beach. Sunday Schools are attached to most of the three churches and 
five chapels of Lowestoft; and here are several large Public Bay Schools, 
and various societies for the propagation of religion; and several valuable 
charities for the relief and instruction of the poor. The Readtxg Room, 
on the Pier, has a good library and well supplied news room, supported by 
subscription. A Mechanics' Institution was established in 1843, aud it is 
hoped that a suitable building will soon be erected for its use. Here is a 
talented Chokal Society, comprising about eighty members. Air. A. A. 
Suggate is the conductor, and Mr. W. Spaul, chorus' master. 

The Poor and Town Estate comprises 104a. of land, let for about £271 
per annum. It has been vested with feoffees from a very early period, in 



564 HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 

trust for the repairs of the church, and other public matt 
■which were purchased with £G0, given by the will of Wm. French. 
to be laid out m laud, the rents thereof to be applied in the payir. 
lod. a week to 13 poor people of Lowestoft, every Sand 
the churchwardens, for their trouble in managing the charity. Eva 
of the Commissioners of Charitable uses, in 1614, it was ordered ti: 
a year (then the value of French's Charity Land,) should be dis;: 
among the poor; that £10 a year should be employed in apprei 
children, or in setting poor people to work: and that the residue of the 
rents and profits of the town estate should be applied tn the repairs of ths 
parish churcb, and to such other public uses for the benefit of the town, as 
the churchwardens and principal inhabitants from time to time agree upon. 
The site of a house given to the poor by Ann Girling, in 1584* is let foi 
20s. a year; and a house, garden, and half an acre of land, given k 
by James Wild, are let for £8 per annum. In 1772, nearly 3 acres of land 
was enclosed from the waste on the North Common, and appropriated for 
the relief of the poor. It is now let for £8 a year. The P . 
which were given by various donors, comprise 25 dwell:: . : :ch 13 

are in Fair lane, B in Bell lane, and 4 in High street. They are under the 
care of the churchwardens, aud are occupied rent-free by poor 1 1 
They are repaired out of the General Charity Fund, which amov. 
about £100 per annum, of which £'47 arises from the before-me:. 
charities, and the remainder from the charities of Thomas Annott and John 
Wilde, afterwards noticed. This fund, after providing for the reparation 
of the poor's houses, and other incidental expenses, is applied yearly in 
|3aying about £40 for the support of Annott' s school; £0. 10s. :: the 
master of a Sunday school: £2 for providing books, ice. for the latter ; 
and about £'50 for distributions of coals, bread, shoes, clothing, and money 
among the poor parishioners, who have also a yearly rent-charge of 52&, 
left by John Hayward, in 171G, out of two houses in High street : the 
dividends of £200 three per cent, stock, given by Thomas Baker an". 
Arnold; and the profits of a velvet pall, which was purchase:", with I 
given by the Rev. Tlwmas Troughion and the Btv. — Tanner, and lei 
to hire for the benefit of the poor. Six neat Almshouses, called the _ 
men's Hospital, and each having three rooms, were built by ::on, in 

1838, upon the beach, for the residence of six of the oldest and poorest 
master fishermen of Lowestoft. They have no endowment, but the inmates 
participate in the charities for the relief of the poor parishioners. 

Ay\oirs School is now amalgamated with the Boys' Nation " 
— Tn 1571, Thomas Annott charged his two messuages, called Garbag's and 
Bennett's, situate at "Wheatacre, in Norfolk, with the 7. ::> - lyment of '20 
marks, for the support of a free school for 40 children of Lowestoft. H:3 
heir-at-law increased this annuity to £16 a year, out :: which £3. 4& is 
deducted for land tax. The property charged belongs to the Adair famflj 
who pay £12. 16s. yearly, which is added to the General Charity 7 on " 
of which about £40 is paid yearly towards the support of Ainron 
the Boys' National School, where the master teaches -=] free scholars 
and 70 others, who pay Is. per quarter. The school was enlarge '. in 184JS) 
at the cost of £220. 

Tv'ille's Charity School, &c.: — In 1735, John J: Id bequeathe!! 
houses, tenements, lands, &e., in Lowestoft andWorlingham, to the ministea 
and churchwardens of Lowestoft, upon pay yearly £40 to a school- 

master, for teaching 40 boys to read, write, and cast accounts : and 21s. to 
the minister, 10s. to the clerk, and os. to the sexton, on condition :_ : 1 
sermon should be preached on December "-23rd ; from the text, u Train 



HISTORY OF LOWESTOFT. 565 

child," &c. After paying these yearly sums, the testator directed that the 
remainder of the rents and profits should be applied to such charitable 
uses as the trustees should think proper. The estate at "Worlmgham was 
exchanged, in 1-791, for Croatfield Farm, consisting of 115a. 1b. ^2p., near 
Laxfield, now let for £105 a year. The other parts of the charity estate 
are in Lowestoft parish, and consist of two cottages and a shop, let for 
£T2. Ss. a year; a fish-house, let for £25 a year; a meadow of 1a. 2b., let 
for £ 11 a year; and several u Dole Lands" which are undistinguishably 
mixed with the town lands already noticed. Out of the income of this 
charity (amounting to about £153 per annum.) are paid the following 
yearly sums, viz., £60 to the schoolmaster; £20 to find books and sta- 
tionery for the 00 free scholars; £10 for fuel and other necessaries for the 
school; and £1. 10s. to the minister, clerk, and sexton. The surplus, 
after providing for repairs, &c., amounts to about £61 per annum, and is 
carried to the General Charity Fund, already noticed. The school was- 
builtby the trustees many years ago, and the master has the use of a house 
belonging to the charity, and now instructs 00 boys as free scholars. A. 
Gikls' Natioxal School and an Ixfaxt School, each attended by 
about 130 children, are supported by subscription: and here is a Beitish 
School, established in 1843, and attended by about 110 boys, who pay "-2d. 
to 6d. each per week. 

The Mutford and Lothingland General Dispensary and Infirmary is at 
Lowestoft, and was established in 1822 ; but the handsome and commodi- 
ous building which it now occupies was not erected till 1839-40, after a 
subscription of £10 IS had been raised for that purpose. The New Infir- 
mary was opened in the spring of 1840, and comprises two wards, well 
aired and ventilated, and each having room for eight beds. It has also a 
smaller ward for cases requiring quietude and extra attention. It receives 
about 60 in-patients yearly, and the number of out-patients relieved yearly 
by the Dispensary is about 300. E. Norton, Esq., is secretary and trea- 
surer of this useful charity, which receives the gratuitous services of several 
medical gentlemen. Its income from annual subscriptions, kc, amounts 
only to about £220 per annum ; and it has seldom more than seven in- 
patients at one time. Here is a Savings' Baxk, established in ISIS, and 
now having deposits amounting to about £18,000, belonging to about 70Q 
individuals and several Friendly and Charitable Societies. 

Colville Holse, a large and handsome mansion, with extensive plea- 
sure grounds, at Carlton Colville, about three miles S.W. of Lowestoft, is 
occupied by B. C. Foreman, MJ). and M.B.C.S.E., as an Institution for 
Imbecile Children, of the upper and middle classes. Motford and Lothing- 
land labourers' Friend Society was established in 1S34, for promoting 
industry and good conduct among the poor, and friendly feelings among all 
classes. E. Norton, Esq., is its secretary. 



LOWESTOFT DIRECTORY. 

POST-OFFICE is in High street, and Mr. Thomas Pratt is the post 
Letters are desp. at 6.40 a.m. and T§ p.m. Money Orders granted and paid. 

MISCELLANY of Clergy, Gentry, Partners in Firms, and others, not arranged 

in the Classification of Trades and I 

Aikman Mrs Isabella. London road I Atkinson Mrs Ann, High street 
Archer Wm, clerk. Prairie I Balls Jas. dep. harbour master. Harbour 



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LOWESTOFT DIRECTORY, 



Balls Phoebe, carrier, St Peter's road 
Balls Mr Wm, High street 
Balls Win. Thos. court bailiff, Chapel st 
Barber Mr James. Duke's head street 
Barber John, law clerk, Infirmary pi 
Barcham Mrs Mary, High street 
Barnard Wm. V. bank agent, High st 
Barnett Mr James, St Peter's road 
Barrott Jno. sexton & bellman, Dove In 
Baxfield Mrs Isabella, London road 
Beaumont Mr Isaac, Fly's close 
Beaumont Rev Matthias H., B.A., in- 
cumbent of St John's, 49 Marine par 
Bignall Mr Samuel, 5 Marine parade 
Birchell Wm. Hy.F. clerk, 38 Marine par 
Bird Thomas B. collector and savings' 

bank secretary. Factory lane 
Bowden John B. bank agent, High st 
Brame Mr Robert, St Peter's road 
Callow Mr John, London road 
Carver Nelson, carter, Mariner's lane 
CeileyRt. bellman, &c. Chapel street 
Chamberlin Mr Robert, 1 Marine par 
Chambers Wm. Hy. gas manager, 11 

Marine parade 
Chaston John & David, bank agents, 

High street 
Clarke Mrs Elizabeth, London road 
Clemence John L, architect, 14 Marine 

parade 
Clements and Cotterell, soap & candle 

manufrs. Factory street 
Clements John ; h London road 
Cleveland James, Esq., White House 
Cleveland Wm., Esq., High street 
Coates Mrs Ann, South end 
Coates Mr Edward, London road 
Colman Mrs Elizabeth, Marine Lodge, 
Cooper Alfred, harbour police, Harbour 
Cotterell Jas. soap boiler ; h Chapel rd 
Crowe Miss Elizabeth, London road 
Cunningham Rev Francis, M.A. rural 

dean, canon of Norwich, vicar of 

Lowestoft, and rector of Pakefield, 

High street 
Dance Mrs Ann, London road 
Daniels John, tide waiter 
Delf Mr Robert, South end 
Dovey Rev Jno. Ed. (Bapt.) London rd 
Ebbs Mr Samuel, Factory lane 
Fergusson Robt. bank agt. lGEsplanade 
Ferrett Mr John, London road 
Fisher Mr James, Marine terrace 
Foreman John Alfred, clerk of Fish 

market, 3 North place 
Foreman Rt. Clifton, M.D. asylum for 

imbecile children, Colville House 
Gocher Thomas, Esq. 3 Esplanade 
Godfrey Mr Wm. E. } Denmark road 
Gooding Mrs Susan, Marine parade 
Gowing Geo. S. merchant, High street 



Gowing Jas. ship agent ; h High st 
Gowing Mr Stephen, St Peter's road 
Green Wm. Hugh Tilley. R.N. harbour 

master, London road 
Gurney John Hy., Esq., 19 Esplanade 
Harvey John, Upper Lighthouse kpr. 
Haward Mr Samuel, High street 
Hill Mrs Boyce, St Peter's road* 
Hodges Mr Henry, Chapel street and 

St Peter's street 
Isley Wm. bank agent, Harbour 
Jeckell Rev Peter Blomfield, B.A., 

curate, South-end 
Jefferies Mr Robt. Isaac, London road 
Joachim Lieut. Richard, R.N. chief 

coast guard officer, London road 
Johnson Samuel, collr. of taxes,High st 
Johnson Wm. missionary.UCommcl.rd 
Jones Mrs Mary, South end 
Joyce Miss Helen, South terrace 
Leathes Edw., Esq. Normansion Court 
Leathes Hy. M., Esq. 18 Esplanade, 

and Herringfleet Hall 
Leggatt Thomas, gent. London road 
Lettis Mrs John, Chapel street 
Lincoln Mrs Catherine, High street 
Lincoln Mrs Yv'm., St Peter's road 
Ling Henry, solr ; h 6 Marine parade 
Ling Mr Job, St Peter's road 
Littleprout Mr John, Marine terrace 
Livock Wm. ale & porter stores, 

Southend 
Loveday Wm. colt breaker, Bell lane 
Lucas Bros, contractors, builders, &c, 

Harbour, and London 
Lucas Thomas ; h 15 Esplanade 
Lucas Charles; h Clapham common, 

London 
Mackintosh RevAndrew,(Wes.") Bell In 
Martin Mrs Frances, London road 
Masterson Mrs Susanna, High street 
Matthews Alfred, clerk, Prairie 
Matthews Js. Brown , harbour works supt 
Merry Mr Rbt., Esplanade, & Nonvich 
Mill el Miss Maria, High street 
Miles Edward, hat manfr. Bell lane 
Mitchell Mr Wm. 18 Marine parade 
Moore Rev Hy. (Indepdt.) St Peter's rd 
Morter Edw. gun mkr. Old Market pi 
Nagle Chas. police inspr. Infirmary pi 
Newson Hobart, parish clerk, High st 
Norton Edmund, solr. (N. & Reeve:) 

clerk & supt. regr. of Mutford and 

Lothingland; assist, clerk of County 

Court, and clerk to the Water, Gas, 

& Market Co., High st ; h London rd 
Nottingham Henry, cashier to Steam 

Navigation Co., 36 Marine parade 
Offen Thomas, telegraph clerk 
Olley Miss Susan, Old Market 
Osborne Mrs,, London road 



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Page George. Low Lighthouse keeper 
Parker Mrs Emily, London road 
Parker Mr John, South end 
Parkinson Eev Richard, M.A., Gent's 

Boarding Academy, Arnold House 
Paul Eichard, tide waiter 
Peto James, Esq. IT Esplanade 
Peto S. M.,Esq., M.T.Somerleyton Hall 
Pipe Samuel, foreman, Prospect place 
Pocock Miss Maria, 3d Marine parade 
Pope Mrs., Prairie 
Pratt Mr Wm,, London road 
Preston Mr Thomas, High street 
Punchard Mr James, Infirmary place 
Eackham Mrs Martha, Prairie 
Eackham Mr Wm., Rose place 
Eandall Miss Emma, South terrace 
Eay Mrs Phillis, Marine terrace 
Eeeve Mrs Laura, High street 
Eeeve Ed. Hy. solr. (Norton & E.) & 

clerk to magistrates, High street ; h 

6 Esplanade 
Eeid Mr John, 27 Marine parade 
Richardson Miss, 42 Marine parade 
Eix Wm. foreman, Prospect place 
Eoberts John, pawnbroker, &c. High st 
Eobertson John, collector of customs, 

43 Marine parade 
Eodgers Eev Edward, B.A. curate 
Rodham Mrs Iff. The Grove 
Eollinson Mr Wm. 47 Marine parade 
Eotherham Mrs., London road 
Russell Mrs Susanna, High street 
Saunders Mr James, sen. London road 
Scarle Mrs., London road 
Sharman Mr Shadrach, London road 
Smith Lady Pleasance, High street 
Smith George, clerk, St Peter's road 
Smith Mary, lapidary, London road 
Smith Wm. ginger beer mfr s Old market 



Sparham Mr John, DukeVhead st 
Sparkes Misses, High street 
Spaull Mrs Susan, High street 
Spaull Wm. relievg. officer, &c. High st 
StefTe Mrs Ann, London road 
S terry Mr John, High street 
Stevens Mrs., London road 
Teed George, Esq. 14 Esplanade 
Tetlow Mrs Eose, London road 
Thompson Mrs Mary Ann, High street 
Till Eichard, Esq., London road 
Tillmonth Charles, jun. collector of har- 
bour dues, Market place 
Tripp Mr Neave, Infirmary place 
Waddington Henry, Esq., South end 
Ward Mr Samuel Love, St Peter's rd 
Ward Thomas, railway goods manager, 

Denmark road 
Watson Mr Eichard, 4 Marine parade 
Waythe Mr Daniel, Infirmary place 
Y\ 7 ebb Wm. Woodhead, Esq., M.D. 20 

Esplanade 
Webber, Hedge, & Co. seed crushers, 

& oil millers, Commercl. rd.& Ipswich 
Westaway Robert, ship yard manager, 

Commercial road 
Whewell Eev Wm., D.D. Cliffe Cottage 
Wilson Mr James, High street 
Wilton Mr Alfred, 23 Marine parade 
Wilton Wm. Burt, engineer to North 

of Europe Steam Navigation Co. 
Woods Henry Glaspoole. wine mert. 

(Morse & W.;) h Rose Cottage 
Woods John Jex, maltster, & corn, 

coal, & seed mert. London road 
Woods Wm. propr. of the Baths, Beach 
Wortiey Newton, station master 
Wright Wm. dyer, Mariners' street 
Yaxley Mr Hercules, London road 
Youngman Mr Y\ 7 rn., High street 



CLASSIFICATION OF TRADES & PROFESSIONS. 



ACADEMIES. 

Marked * taJce Boarders. 

AnnotCs and National School, School 

score, John Salmon ; h Chapel st 
British School, London road, Michael 

Hinde 
Chapman Joseph, High street 
Delf Misses S. & E., South end 
♦Garwood Jane, High street 
George Ann, High street 
*Greathead James Thomas, South end 
♦Hubart Hannah, High street 
Infant Schools, Martha Leggett and 

Isabella Mewes, High street ; and 

Elizabeth Gurney, Beach 
National School (&>&'), {Ann Martin 

Ward 



*NeIson Eosanna, 37 Marine parade 
♦Pocock Mary Ann, 21 Marine parade 
Porter Sarah, High street 
Eogers Mary, Old Market 
♦Salter Louisa, High street 
♦Thompson Miss G., South end 
Wilde's Charity School, School score, 
Alfred Hill; h Old Market 

ATTORNEYS. 

Barnard Wm. Yine, High street 
Chamberlin Chas. H., Commercial rd 
Norton & Reeve, High street 
Seago Y^m. Rix, {notary,) High st 
Taylor (JohnOddin) & Ling (Henry), 
6 Denmark road and Norwich 



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AUCTIONEERS. 
Marked t are Fish Salesmen. 
Balls Thos (& estate agent,) High st 
fBalls & Gowing, Billingsgate 
Balls & Son, Chapel street 
f Bradbeer Benjamin Masterson, 1 Com- 
mercial road 
Palmer Win. Balls, High street 
Thompson Benjamin, High street 
BAKERS and FLOUR DEALERS. 

Marked t are Confectioners, 
•I- Adams Ann, High street 
Bennett Wm, Old Market 
-5-Cardin Joseph, London road 
Clarke John, Duke's head street 
Cook Eliz., South end, High street 
-f-Cook Samuel L., High street 
Cooper Lewis Beckett, (flour factor and 

ship biscuit manfr.) Mariner's st 
Emms Jewitt David, Tonning street 
Kersey Aldis, Whapiode way 
fKersey Francis, London road 
Nevill Townsend, Bell lane 
Powell Wm., Commercial road 
tSearle Richard, High street 
f Smith James, Bell lane 
+ Stanton Harriet, High street 
+ Wicks Samuel, Mariner's street 

BANKERS. 
Gurneys, Turner, & Brightwen, High 
street, (on Barclay & Co.;) John 
and David Chaston, agents 
Harveys & Hudsons, Harbour, (on 

Hankeys & Co. ;) AYm. Isley, agent 
Lacons, Youell, & Co., High street, 
(on Glyn & Co. ;) W. V. Barnard, 
agent 
National Provincial Bank of England, 
High street, (on London Joint Stock 
Bank;) Robt. Fergusson, agent, and 
Mr John B. Bowden, accompt. 
Savings' Bank, Town Hall, (open Wed. 
12 to 1 ;) Thomas B. Bird, secretary 
BASKET MAKERS. 
Cooke Mary Ann, Old Market 
Major Wm., High street 
Tonk Wm., Old Market plain 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Aldiss Robert, Bell lane 
Baines Sarah, St Peter's road 
Cannell James, Duke's head street 
Chapman Thomas, Commercial road 
Clark Robert, St Peter's road 
Cooper James, Bell lane 
Durrant Joseph, Beach 
Harding James, Duke's head street 
Hart Brothers, South side harbour 
Mills Francis, Normanston 
Morter Edw. (& lock,) Duke's head st 
Sutton Richard, Beach 



BOAT BUILDERS— (See Ship.) 
BONDED WAREHOUSES. 
Bard W. F. & Co., High street 
Johnson Robert, Harbour 
Small Thomas, Harbour 
BOOKSELLERS, PRINTERS, AND 

STATIONERS. 
Abbott Samuel Freeman, High street 
Colman (Thos.) & Stacy (Hy. Walter,) 
publishers of the Lowestoft Advertise^ 
and librarians, South end, High st 
Crisp George Steffe, (registrar of mar- 
riages,) High street 
Crowe Thomas, High street 
Rushmere Wm., London road 

BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS. 
Baker George, 15. Commercial road 
Barrott John, Dove lane 
Blythe John, High street 
Broomhead Abraham, Chapel street 
Brown John, Factory lane 
Burgess John, High street 
Clements Shadracb, High street 
Cork Win,, St Peter's road 
Cornaby Thomas, Chapel street 
Dent Wm. Howard, High street 
Downing Wm., South end, High st 
Edmonds John, High street 
Feltham George, High street 
Fisk James, Chapel street 
Fulcher Wm., Mariner's street 
Gross John, London road 
Ling Job, (& tea dlr.) Duke's head st 
Mickleburgh Edward, Beach 
Nicholls Wm. J., Factory lane 
Pentenny Puilip, London road 
Porter John, Old Market 
Porter Thomas, High street 
Rampling Richard, Chapel street 
RatclhTe John, Denmark road 
Saunders James, Chapel street 
Taylor Louisa, High street 
Watson John, High street 
Winyard Robert, Chapel street 
Woods John, Duke's head street 
Wright Richard, London road 

BRAZIERS AND TINNERS. 
Bishop John P., Duke's head street 
Foreman John, High street 
Jennings Thomas, South beach 

BREWERS AND MALTSTERS. 
Bullard Rd., High street & Norwich 
Morse Frederick, Bell lane Brewery 
Sterry Robert, Strand Brewery 
Youngman W r m. jun., High street 
BRICKLAYERS AND BUILDERS> 
Lucas Brothers, 15 Harbour 
Newson John, Mariner's lane 
Pearce Elizabeth, Mariner's street 
Rix George, Factory lane 
Simmonds Henry, Old Market 



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Smith John. Dove lane 
Swatman Thomas, London road 
BUTCHERS. 

Marked J are Pork Butchers. 
jBalls Henry, Mariners street 
Beckett James, Chapel street 
Beecroft Eliza, High street 
Burton Clement, High street 
Chipperfleld Thomas, High street 
Cooper John, High street 
Crickmay Lincoln, 4 Commercial st 
jDent Aaron, Bell lane 
Foreman James, Tonning street 
^Gamble Thomas, High street 
Green Wm., London road 
Haward Samuel Robert, London road 
Lovelass George, London road 
Martin John, High street 
Backhaul Wm. jun., High street 
t Smith George, Chapel street 
J Smith Bobert, High street 
CABINET MAKERS AND UPHOL- 
STERERS. 
Able John Ward, ( & agent) High st 
Balls & Son, Chapel street 
Brewster Robert, High street 
Clarke & Hunter. London rd. & Norwich 
Parker George, (& builder,) Bell lane 
Porter Thomas, High street 

CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
Bard Wm. Frederick, High street 
Chaston Robert, High street 
Edmonds Benj. Morris, High street 
Farrett Wm., High street 
Morris Robt, {Stamp Office,) High st 
Thurlby George, 6 Commercial road 

CHIMNEY SWEEPERS. 
Jones John, High street 
Pritty Samuel, Chapel street 
COACH MAKERS. 
Ratcliffe Wm., Bell lane 
Snell & Hotson (Wm. P.,) Prospect 

place, and Beccles 
COAL & TIMBER MERCHTS., &c. 
Clutton (Samuel) & Cooper (Wm.,) 

Back street 
Easthaugh Jonathan D., South quay 

and Beccles 
Johnson Robert, Commercial road; h 

London road 
Prentice Wm., Commercial road; h 

London road 
Seppings George, High street 
Woods John Jex, {& corn,) London rd 

CONSULS. (YTCE) 
Butcher M. & Son, (for Austria, Sardi- 
nia, Sicily, and Turkey,) High street, 

and Yarmouth 
Fry Daniel Henry, {Sweden & Norway,) 

7 Commercial street; h London rd 



Small Thomas, {France,) and agent for 

Lloyds'. Harbour 
Preston Isaac & E. H. L., (for Den- 
mark, Holland, $c,) and at Yarmouth 
COOPERS. 
Barber John, Duke's head street 
Caps Samuel, Beach 
Dunham Wm., Newmarket street 
Foreman Joseph, High street 
King George, South beach 
Nash Samuel, South end 
Peake Wm., Factory lane 
Rous John, Beach 
Stannard Elisha, Beach 

CORN & FLOUR DEALERS, 
Redgrave John, High street 
Smith George, Chapel street 
Smith Robert, High street 
Warne Wm., Bell lane 
Youngman Henry, High street 

CORN MILLERS. 
Cleve Charles, South Side Harbour 
Youngman Henry, (steam,) High st 
Tooley Mr., near the Church 
CURRIERS & LEATHER CUTRS. 
Pierson Benjamin Alfred, Mariner's st- 
. Smith Ambrose, High street 

EATING HOUSES. 
Able George. Mariner's street 
Greengrass Emma, Bell lane 
Levy Atkin, (& fishmonger,) High sfe 
Muff Wm. (& bird staffer,) London rd 
Read Henry, High street 
Smith James, 12 Commercial road 
T ungate Mary, Bell lane 

FANCY REPOSITORIES. 
Colman and Stacy, High street 
Crake Edmund, High street 
Emmerson Robert, Commercial road 
Harvey Emma, High street 

FARMERS. 
Burton John, Infirmary place 
Coleman Edward || Jenner John 
Goldsmith John, Factory lane 
Mobbs Robert, Yarmouth road 
Roe Thomas W. and T. N. C, High st 

FIRE & LIFE OFFICES. 
Briton, G. Thurlby, 6 Commercial rd 
County, W, V. Barnard, High st 
Crown Life, J. Prentice, High st 
Edinburgh, Taylor and Ling, 6 Den- 
mark road 
Guardian, J. Chaston, High street 
Legal and Commercial, W. Toogood r 

Marine parade 
London Assurance, W. F. Bard, Highst 
London Mutual, T. Chandler, High st 
Manchester, W.Toogood, 46 Marine par 
National Loan, Colman & Stacy, High 
st. and Taylor & King, Denmark rd 



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Norwich Equitable, G. Glover 
Phoenix, Wm. Spaull, High street 
Professional, Thos. Allerton, St Peter's 

rd. and W. B. Palmer, High st 
Rock, Robert Morris, High street 
Scottish Equitable, W. H. Oliver 
Suffolk Alliance, Thomas Crowe 
Sun, Edmund Norton, High street 
Unity, Thos. S. Allerton, High st 
Westminster, B. M. Bradbeer, 1 Com- 
mercial road 
FISH MERCHANTS & CURERS, 

And Fishing Boat Owners. 
Allerton Thomas, St Peter's road 
Arrowsmith John, London road 
Balls Wm. jun. High street 
Barber John, Duke's head street 
Bishop John, Beach 
Butcher John, London road 
Capps and Crisp, Beach 
Capps Isaac, Beach 
Capps Robert B , Beach 
Capps Samuel, Beach 
Capps Samuel, jun. Beach 
Church John Wm., High street 
Cook Benjamin, Beach 
Fletcher Joseph, Beach 
Gall John, St Peter's road 
Gowing G. S. and Sons, High st 
Gowing George Sead, jun. Beach 
Hollis Wm., Beach 
Hott Richard, Rand's Score 
Hummersley Joseph, Beccles road 
Liffen Thomas, Beach 
Nash James, South end 
Nash Samuel, South end 
Nobbs Charles, Church lane 
Nobbs James, Chapel street 
Porter Thomas, London road 
Roberts John, Beach 
Rounce John, Prairie 
Rose Wm., Beach 
Rous John, Beach 
Smith Wm., Beach 
Sterry James M., High street 
Taylor J., Beech 
Tilmouth Charles, Market place 
Tubby George, Kirkley 
Woods Wm., Duke's head street 

GARDENERS & SEEDSMEN. 
Brunning John, London road 
Chapman Zachariah, Fly's close 
Cowles Benjamin, Prospect place 
Durrand Geo. (nursery,) London rd 
Greaves John, (nursery,) Beccles rd 
Waters George, High street 

GLASS, CHINA, &c, DEALERS. 
Adderton Abraham, London road 
Chandler John, High street 
Smith John Sharman, High street 
Sparham Wm., Duke's head street 



GROCERS & TEA DEALERS. 
Abbott Samuel Freeman, High st 
Brown Robert, High street 
Butcher Samuel, London road 
Chandler John, High street 
Curtis James, High street 
Devereux James and Thos., High st 
Devereux John, High street 
Johnson Thomas Allen, High st 
Murrell John, 2 Denmark road 
Smith John Sharman, High street 
Sparham Wm., Duke's head street 
Tuttle Henry, High street 
HAIRDRESSERS.— See Perfumers. 
HORSE, &c, LETTERS. 
Drackett Robert, St Peter's road 
Miller Wm., St Peter's road 
Smith Wm., Old Market 
Sparke3 Robert, Rose place 

HOSIERS & LACEMEN. 
Riches Robert, High street 
Utting Walter, High street 
HOTELS, INNS, and TAVERNS, 
Blue Anchor, Sarah Ann Flaxman, 

High street 
Bowling Green, Wm. Newson, Bell In 
Crown & Anchor, Thos. Balls, High st 
Crown Hotel and Queen's Head Inn, 

(posting,) John Maybe w, High st 
Fox and Hounds, Wm. Green, Lon- 
don road 
Globe, John Day, (.and hay, straw, and 

corn dealer,) High street 
Harbour Inn, Saml. Howett, Harbour 
Herring Fishery, John Wm. Church, 

High street 
King's Head, Richard, Holbrook, Ma- 
riner's street 
Lowestoft Arms, Charles Brooks, Den- 
mark road 
Maltsters, Robert Roll, High street 
Newcastle Arms, Wm. Holroyd, Den- 
mark road 
Newmarket Inn, Stphn Davy. Mkt. pi 
Norwich Arms, Wm. Nobbs, High st 
Royal Hotel, Saml. Howett, Esplanade 
Royal Oak, Chtte. Nicker, London rd 
Ship, John Bright, High street 
Ship and Railway, Geo. Cox, High st 
Star Inn, Geo. Hartridge, High st 
Suffolk Hotel, Robt. Clarke, London rd 
Three Herrings, Rt. Benstead, High st 

BEERHOUSES. 
Aldron Jeremiah, Harbour 
Allan John, London road 
Allerton Samuel, Duke's head st 
Armes Wm., Beach 
Barber Samuel, Infirmary place 
Bishop John P., Duke's head st 
Blasey James, Compasses lane 
Bond Wm., London road 



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Brewers John, Factory lane 
Burwood James, Beach 
Capps Elizabeth. Beach 
Clarke Thomas, High street 
Cockel John, Dove lane 
Cooper John, Lighthouse hill 
Cox Edward. Fly's close 
Cox Wm.| Denmark road 
Culley John. Beach 
Cunningham Wm., Tonning st 
Darby Wm„ South side of Harbour 
Dowson Ham, Mariner's street 
Garwood Robert, Chapel street 
Hall Isaac, Beach 
King Win,, Beach 
Livock Win.. Duke's head street 
Mallet Samuel. Mariner's street 
Pye Walter, Beach 
Bose Wm,, Beach 
Saunders Bichard, Beach 
Scarlett Charles, High street 
Scarll John. Bell lane 
Sharman George, Hi?h street 
Squire Henry, Beach 
Tripp Charles, Factory lane 
Waters George, High street 
Yallop James. London road 

IRONMONGERS. 
Precious John, High street 
Skoyie Austin and Benj. (and iron and 

brass founders.) Dove lane 
Thirtle James, High street 
Thompson Robt. and Son, (and iron 
merts.) Coml rd: h 45 Marine par 
JOINERS £ 'BUILDERS. 
Allen George, Commercial road 
Beckett James, Factory lane 
Bemmant Joseph, Old Market 
Brewster Robert, High street 
Brown Rt. (& pump mkr.) High st 
Callow James, Infirmary square 
Cullingham Peter, Fly's close 
Holbiook Robert, Compasses lane 
Livock Wm., Duke's head street 
Lucas Brothers, Harbour, and London 
Morris Samuel, High street 
Parker George, Theatre street 
Roll Daniel. Tonning street 
Saunders Jas., London road, 
Sparham Wm., Duke's head street 
Welham Emanuel, London road 
Woodvard James, Beach 

LAND SURVEYORS & AGENTS. 
Dowling Geo., London rd ; h Nelson st 
Glover George, Station corner ; h "20 

Marine parade 
Toogood Wm. 3 Commercial road ; h 
46 Marine parade 

LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS. 
Chaston John and David, High street 
Few James, High street 



Fuller Mary and Son, (Robt..) High st 
George Johnson, Duke's Head street 
Ling Robert Bracey, High street 
Marsh Joseph, London road 
Nicholls Charles, High street 
Pratt and Thirtle, High street 
Salter Wm., High street 
Wiseman Wm. Christopher, High st 

LODGING HOUSES. 
(Many tradesmen. ~yc., also let lodgings.) 
Albron Charles, Denmark road 
Aston Eliza, 48 Marine parade 
Baker Ann, 33 and 34 Marine parade 
Bean George, 19 Marine parade 
Bishop Thomas. 41 Marine parade 
Clarke Susannah, Commercial road 
Cclman Joseph. 2 & 3 Marine parade 
Corbyn Jonathan, 30 Marine parade 
Curtis Elizabeth, High street 
Files Mrs, South end 
Fuller Mary, South end 
Furness Maria, 17 Marine parade 
George Ann, High street 
Havrard Henry. Denmark road 
Hudgell Sarah, Duke's head street 
Jackson Wm, Taylor. 29 Marine par 
King Matthew, Denmark road 
Littleproud John, Seapoint Cottage 
Lubbock John, Commercial road 
Martin Mary, High street 
Niner Julia, High street 
Noakes Ann, 50 Marine parade 
Ray Phillis. Marine terrace 
Salter Ann, Denmark road 
Scott Elizabeth, South end 
Seaman Mary. South end 
Self Thomas, London road 
Smith Wm. 39 Marine parade 
Sterry James G., London road 
Stronger Mary. 25 Marine parade 
Utting Robert. 5 Denmark road 
Ward Mary, South end 
Webster M.. Marine terrace 
Woollev George, 4 Denmark road 

MARINE STORE DEALERS. 
Garwood John, Beach 
Hubbard John, Chapel street 
Ward Horace, Beach 

MASTER MARINERS. 
Harked * are Pilots. 
* Archer Robert John, London road 
Breame James. 26 Marine parade 
*Butcher John, Beach 
Butcher Joseph, Beach 
*Capps Francis, Denmark road 
Cockburn Thomas, 3 Denmark road 
Cook Robert, Duke's head street 
*Dance Thomas, London road 
*Disney Henry Beverley, Beach 
Farrow Matthew, South end 
♦Ferrett Samuel, London road 



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LOWESTOFT DIRECTORY. 



*FerrettWm. } South end 
Fisher George, Harbour 
Gall George, St. Peter's road 
*Golder Henry, Fly's close 
*Golder John, Fly's close 
*Golder John, jun., Fly's close 
Hobson John, North place 
Holbrook Robert, Mariner's lane 
Hubbard John, Back street 
*Jenner Charles, London road 
Lee Robert, Prairie 
♦Littlewood Marmaduke, Prairie 
Parker George, South side of Harbour 
Porter Robert, South beach 
♦Porter Thomas, Beach 
Punchard James, 19 Infirmary square 
Roope George, South beach 
Roope John, South beach 
Scott Thomas, London road 
Sebbins Wm., South end 
Snood James , South beach 
*Swan Charles, Beach 
♦Swan James, Beach 
♦Swan John, South end 
♦Tansley Isaiah, London road 
"Welham John, London road, Kirkley 
Yallop George, London road 
MILLINERS & DRESS MAKERS. 
Brett Elizabeth, Tonning street 
Briggs Sarah, St. Peter's road 
Eew Harriet Maria, High street 
Gowing Mary Ann, High street 
Matthew E., London road 
Mayhew Matilda and Emily, High st 
Riches Hannah, High street 
Sayer Hephzibah, High street 
Stuart Susannah, High street 
Turner Elizabeth, High street 
MUSIC SELLERS & TEACHERS. 
Brown Robert, High street 
Suggate Alfred Albert, London road 

PAINTERS, PLUMBERS, AND 
GLAZIERS. 
Barrett Charlotte, High street 
Ling John Watson, Mariner's street 

and 17 Commercial road 
Rackham George, Duke's head street 
Turner Daniel, Chapel street 
Whincup George & Son, St. Peter's rd 
Winter Wm., Rose place 
PERFUMERS & HAIRDRESSERS. 
Breeze Edward, Duke's head street 
Chambers Samuel, High street 
Emms Charles, High street 
Fisher Edward, High street 
Houston Wm., High street 

ROPE.— (See Twine, tyc.) 
SADDLERS & HARNESS MKRS. 
Carr John, Bell lane 
Hewitt John, High street 



SAIL MAKERS. 
Brewster Wm., Chapel street 
Prime (John) and Jeckell (Wm.) 

Harbour 
Tilmouth Charles, High street 

SHIP AND BOAT BUILDERS. 
Allerton Thomas. St. Peter's road 
Arrowsmith John, (and mast and block 

maker,) Harbour 
Newson John and Joseph, Harbour 
Shipbuilding Co., Commercial road, 

Robert Westaway, manager 
Sparham Samuel, South end 

SHIP CHANDLERS. 
Bradbeer Benj. M., (and flag manfr. to 

Yacht Club,) 1 Commercial road 
Bounce John, Harbour; h Prairie 
SHIP £ INSURANCE AGENTS. 
Ship Brokers and Merchants. 
{See also Coal and Timber Merchants.) 
Bradbeer Benj. M., 1 Commercial road 
Brame James, South side harbour 
Butcher M. & Son, High st. and Far- 
mouth, B. Thompson, agent 
Fry Daniel Henry, 7 Commercial road 
Gowing, Sons, & Bounce, (& receivers 

of Droits of Admiralty,) Harbour 
Johnson Robert, Commercial road 
Palmer Wm. Balls, High street 
Penson James, (and ship store mert.) 
Commercial road ; h 5 South terrace 
Preston Isc. & E. H L., (& Yarmouth) 
Small Thomas, {to Lloyds,) Harbour 
Wilton W. B. engineer, &c, to N. of E. 
Steam Navigation Co., (Hy. Notting- 
ham, cashier) 

SHOPKEEPERS. 
{Grocery, Flour, #•<?., Dealers.) 
Blaxhill John, High street 
Browne Charles, Tonning street 
Capps James, Beach 
Castleton John, Mariner's street 
Chipperfield Edward, High street 
Cowling John, Gun lane 
Creighton Elizabeth, St. Peter's road 
Crone Sush., London road, Kirkley 
Day John, New Nelson street 
Ellum Elizabeth, South end 
Hall Isaac, Beach 
Kersey Francis, Bell lane 
Lay John, Tonning street 
Ling Jeremiah, Beach 
Munday Henry, Dove lane 
Neslen Robert, Chapel street 
Pain Mary, High street 
Powell Wm. 18 Commercial road 
Roll Daniel, Tonning street 
Smith Edward, Beach 
Smith Elizabeth, Tonning street 
Smith John, Mariner's street. 



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573 



Smith Robert, High street 

Ward Mark, London road 

Waters George, High street 

Welham Win., 16 Commercial road 

STONE AND MARBLE MASONS. 

Allen George, Marine parade 

Balls Jas. & Son, sculptors, London rd 

STRAW HAT MAKERS, 
Downing Mary Ann, High street 
Fisk Mrs, Duke's head street 
Hanner Eliza, High street 
King Hannah, High street 
SURGEONS. 
Brame SI. Sharman, {regr.) London rd 
Cleveland George, High street 
Jeffery Edward, M.D., Harbour Villas 
Prentice John, High street 
Worthington (Wm. C.) and Meadows, 

(Daniel,) High street 
TAILORS. 
Marked * are Drapers also. 
♦Abbott Edmund, High street 
Brame Thomas, Infirmary place 
Bunn James, Dove lane 
*Corbyn George, High street 
Day Edward, London road, Kirkley 
Freeman Samuel, Old Market 
George Henry, Beach 
Golder Michael, High street 
Hogg Henry, London road 
King Wm. T., Tonning street 
*Lark James, High street 
^Mitchell Thomas Turner, High street 
*Morter Thomas, London road 
*Punchard Charles, High street 
Sargent Wm., London road 
♦Wheals Charles, 2 Commercial road; 

h 28 Marine parade 
Williams Thomas, Prairie 

TIMBER.— (See Coal Merchants.) 
TWINE & ROPE SPINNERS. 
Ely Abel, St. Peter's road 
Francis Wm., Mariner's lane 
Gall John, St Peter's road 
Gowing G. S. and Son, High street 
Hummersley Jph., Beach ; h Becclesrd 
Saunders John, Shuckford's buildings 
Saunders Wm., South beach 
Sterry John , Shuckford's buildings 
VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Harvey Stephen Saunders Chapel st 



Rackham Peter, Factory street 
WATCH & CLOCK MAKERS 
And Jewellers, fyc. 

Bloomfield Isaac, (engraver and opti- 
cian, ) High street 

Crake Edmund, (and wholesale hard- 
wareman) High street 

Dye John, High street 

Naylor Thomas, High street 

Riches Gabriel, Commercial road; h 
44 Marine parade 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Cox Edward, Fly's close 

Drackett Robert, St Peter's road 

Freeman Edward, Chapel street 

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. 

Balls Thomas, High street 

Bullard Richard, High street; Thomas 
Chandler, agent 

Clarke Robert, London road 

Howett Samuel, Esplanade 

Morse and Woods, Bell lane 
RAILWAY 

Trains to Norwich, Yarmouth, London, 
and all parts, eight times a day 
COACH, 

The Old Blue, from the Crown and 
Suffolk Hotels to Ipswich, at 9 a.m., 
daily ; and Hall's and Limner's Om- 
nibuses to Yarmouth. 3 times a day 

STEAM PACKETS from Yarmouth to 
London, call weekly at the Pier. 
Steam Ships weekly to Tonning in 
Denmark. Sailing Vessels to Lon- 
don, Norwich, See., weekly 
CARRIERS 

The Railway Company daily to all parts 
(See page 551.) 

To Beccles and Bungay, Bulver, Davy 
and Turrell, from the Blue Anchor 
Mon. Thursday, and Saturday 

To Halesworth, Page, from Crown and 
Anchor, Wed. and Fevier, to Hales- 
ton, Wednesday 

To Southwold, Newson, from Blue An- 
chor and Bedingfield, from Fox and 
Hounds, Monday, Thurs. & Sat 

To Yarmouth, Phcebe Balls, from St. 
Peter's road, daily; and Newson, 
from Blue Anchor, Mon. & Friday 



MUTFOBD, a straggling village and parish, 4 miles S.S.W. of 
Mutford Bridge, 5 miles E.S.E. of Beceles, and 6J miles S.W. of 
Lowestoft, is situated at the south-west angle of the southern divi- 
sion of this hundred, to which it gives name. It has 435 inhabit- 
ants, and 1574 acres of land, forming a champaign, but fertile tract. 
& M. Peto, Esq., is lord of the manor, but the chief part of the soil 



574 MUTFORD PARISH. 

belongs to the Rev. ft Clark. Robert Gilbert, Samuel Robinson, and 
E. Chalker, Esqrs.. and a few smaller owners. The Church (St. 
Andrew) is a small antique fabric with a tower, round in its lower 
parts, and octangular at the top. At the west end is an ancient 
penitential k ' galilee" and in the south aisle is a piscina, with a 
highly wrought canopy. The vicarage, valued in K..B. at £'7. 17s. 
Jd., is consolidated with the rectories of Barnby aud Wbeatacre All 
Saints, as already noticed at page 532. The patronage and the great 
tithes of Mutford belong to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. 
The present estimated yearly rental of the parish is £2196 15s.. and 
the tithes have been commuted for i>280 per annum. Here is a 
small Wesley an Chapel, built in 1828; and a National School, erected 
in 1842, by the Rev. Wm. Oakes, the rector, who resides at Wheat- 
acre, in Norfolk. The Rev. W. Brown, of North Cove, is the curate. 
The Poors Allotment, about 15 acres, was awarded at the enclosure 
of the common, about the year 1800. and islet for about i'25 a year, 
which is distributed in coals among the poor parishioners, who 
have also the iutersst of £10, left by John King. Post from 
Beccles. 

Balls William, gardener 

Chamberlin Wm., shopr. & par. clerk 

Cooper John, wheelwright 

G-alor William, shopkeeper 

Hipperson Mary Ann, schoolmistress 

Lark Alfred, bricklayer 

Lay Stephen, shopkpr. Post Office 

Mapes John, farrier 

Mills William, shoemaker 

Neeve Philip, corn miller 

Pleasance John, blacksmith 



Stratford Robert, beerhouse 
Suggate William, thatcher 
FARMERS. 
Barber Eliel , Ives Edward 
Brown James ! Keer William 
Candler Stephen | Rouse Jeseph 
Chalker Elliott, Esq.. Xorthwood 
Debenham John Read Wm. 

Fairhead Robert | Ward John 
Robinson Saml., Manor House 
Wigg George 



OULTON is a pleasant scattered village. 3 miles W. of Lowes- 
toft, and about half a mile W. of Mutford Bridge Railway Station. 
Its parish is bounded on the west by the river Waveney, and on the 
south by the western part of Lake Lothing, commonly called Oulton 
Broad, on which regattas are held, as noticed at page 530. Oulton 
parish includes the station, and part of the pleasant village of Mut- 
ford Bridge, which is partly in Carlton Colville parish. It com- 
prises 1997 acres of land, and 742 inhabitants, including 174 in 
Mutford and Lothingland House of Industry, which is situated here, 
as already noticed at page 531. The executors of General Oliver 
are lords of the manor of Oulton. which was successively held by 
the Bacon, Fastolf, Hobart, Reeve, Heythnson. Allen. Graves, and 
Bucknell families ; but S. M. Peto, Esq., as owner of Somerleyton, 
has a paramount jurisdiction, and a great part of the soil belongs to 
John Penrice, Esq., the Rev. R. A. Arnold, Mrs. Reeve, J. Chap- 
man, Esq , Mr. R, T. Woods, W. R. Seago, Esq., and Mr. George 
Borrow. The latter gentleman is author of " The Bible in Spain," 
&e. The Church (St. Michael) is an ancient structure, with a tower 
rising from its centre; but the transepts went to ruin many years 
ago, and have never been restored. The rest of the fabric was 
thoroughly repaired in 1836. The tower contains five bells, and 



OULTON. (MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND.) 575 

was formerly surmounted by a spire. In the windows are some 
fragments of ancient stained glass, and on the chancel floor is a 
large stone, bearing effigies in brass of John Fastolf, and Katherine 
his wife, with their feet resting on a greyhound. The former died 
in 1445, and the latter in 1478. Upon another stone is a full-length 
brass of a priest, probably one of the Fastolf family, who were for- 
merly seated here, and were great benefactors to the church. The 
benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £1-1. 3s. 4cl., and now at 
<£378, in the patronage of S. M. Peto, Esq., and incumbency of the 
Rev. H. F. Fell, M.A., who has a handsome Eectory House, built in 
1836-'T, at the cost of <£1600. This mansion has extensive gardens, 
and is pleasantly situated nearly in the centre of the glebe, which 
comprises upwards of 49 acres. The tithes have been commuted 
for <£462 per annum, including the quota on the glebe. Here is a 
small Baptist Cliapel, built in 1851. The Parochial School is a neat 
building, surrounded by trees and shrubs, and situated at the en- 
trance to the rectory grounds. It was built in 1843, and is attended 
by nearly 60 children. About 30a. of marshland is held by the 
rector, churchwardens, and overseers, in trust for the poor parishion- 
ers, for whose benefit the produce thereof is yearly sold by auction, 
and the proceeds distributed in coals, during the inclemency of 
winter. Mutford Bridge crosses Lake Lothing, 2 miles W. of 
Lowestoft, and at the Wherry Inn boats may be had for fishing or 
pleasure. High House, a fine old Elizabethan mansion, with plea- 
sant grounds, is now a respectable boarding school. 
OULTOX DIRECTORY. 
Marked * are at Mutford Bridge. 

Banham Edward, vict., Boar 
*Beaumont Isaac, vict., Wherry Inn 
*Bickers G., shoemkr. || Hanhc, school 
Bultitude George, shoemaker 
.Fell Eev Hunter Fras., BLA., Rectory 
Goldsmith Edward, carpenter 
Harvey Joseph, boarding school, and 

Agnes, artist, High House 
Kemp Thos., shopr. & blacksmith 
Kiddle Jas., ironfounder, agricultural 

implement maker, &c. 
*Knights Charles, corn miller 
*Knights John, bricklayer, and cement 

manufacturer 
*Knights Pleasance, lime burner 
*Minns George, butcher 



Alore Richd. & 3Irs, master & matron 

of M. and L. House of Industry 
Osborn John, shoemkr. & parish clerk 
*Rowe Richard, station master 
Seago W. R., solr., {and Lowestoft.) 
Twysden Louis John Francis, Esq., 

Oulton Cottage 
♦Woods John Jex. maltster and "corn, 

coal and seed merchant 
Woods Thos. Roe, brick, tile, & drain 

pipe manufacturer. Park hill 
FARMERS. 
Ccbb Robert \\ Goldsmith Philip 
Colman Edw. jj Grimmer Win., Hall 
Farman Robt. | Page Alfred 
Goff Thomas |i Roe Thomas 
Goff Thos., Jun. j! Woods Thos. Roe 
Post from Lowestoft, 
Teains from Mutford Bridge 



PAKEEIELD and KIRKLEY, (see page 547.) 

RUSHMERE, a scattered village and parish, on the northern 

acclivity of a pleasant valley, 6 miles E S.E. of Beccles, 7 miles 

I N.N.E. of Wangford, and S.W. of Lowestoft, contains 759 acres of 

' land, and 116 inhabitants. It belongs mostly to the Tallent, Reeve, 

Robinson, and Andrew families. The Church (St. Michael) is an 

ancient thatched fabric, with a round tower and two bells. It was 

I newly thatched in 1854 ; and in 1847 the east end was newly fitted 



576 RUSHMERE. (MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND.) 

with open benches and altar rails. The benefice is a discharged 
rectory, formerly in two niedieties, valued in K.B. at £7. 6s. 8d. 
Lord Boston and F. W. Irby, Esq., are the patrons, and the Rev. 
Thos. Win. Irby, B.A., is the incumbent, and has a good Rectory 
House, built in 1845. The glebe is 10 acres, and the tithes were 
commuted in 1843 for £212 per annum. The poor parishioners 
have yearly 6s. 8d. from Branden's Charity, (see Henstead.) and 
12s. irom 20 perches of land on Hannah's Green. Post from 
Wangford. 

Blowers Elizabeth, vict., Tuns Lydamore John, farmer 

Chittleborough vTrn. Geo., grocer Lydamore James, shoemaker 

Cooper Wm., shoemaker Owles Thomas, farmer 

Irby Rev Thos. Wm., B.A., Rectory Tallent Mrs Mary Ann, gentlewoman 

Garrod Thos., farmer, Hall Thacker John, parish clerk 

Green Samuel, farmer Tills Amos, blacksmith 



SOMERLEYTON, a handsome and pleasant village, 5 miles 
N.W. of Lowestoft, and 8 miles S.S.W. of Yarmouth, has in its 
parish G27 inhabitants, 1410 acres of fertile land, and a railway 
station. Samuel Morton Peto, Esq., M.P., the great improver of 
Lowestoft, (see page 553,) and the promoteivand contractor of 
many gigantic railway and other works, has been owner of 
the soil and lord of the manor of Somerleyton, since 1844, 
and he has, at a vast expense, nearly re-built the hall, the 
church, and the village, during the last seven or eight years, 
so that they have now a modern and elegant appearance. In 
the reign of the Conquerer, Somerleyton manor was held by William, 
Earl of Warren, from whom it passed to the Fitz Osberts, who were 
lord-wardens of Lothingland, and had many other manors in Suf- 
folk. In the latter part of the 13th century, Sir Walter Jernegan, 
Knight, of Horham and Stoneh am- Jernegan, married Isabella, 
daughter, and at length sole heiress, of Sir Peter Eitz Osbert. The 
Jernegans, or Jerninghams, were ancestors of Lord Stafford, of Cos- 
tessey Hall, Norfolk, and a principal branch of them were seated 
here until the reign of James I., when Henry Jerningham, Esq., 
of Costessey, who married the daughter of Sir John Jernegan, of 
Somerleyton, sold his estate and manors in this neighbourhood to 
John Wentworth, Esq., father of Sir John Wentworth, who resided 
here in the time of the Civil Wars and Commonwealth; and whose 
nephew, John Garneys, Esq., succeeded to the estates, but his son 
Thomas sold them to Admiral Sir Thomas Allen, Bart., of Lowes- 
toft, as noticed at page 560. Sir Thomas iUlen, the son of this dis- 
tinguished admiral, died a bachelor, and his estates passed to his 
nephew, Richard Anguish Esq., on condition of his taking the name 
and arms of Allen, which he did, and was created a baronet in 
1699, but the title became extinct in 1T94. Thomas Anguish, Esq., 
dying a bachelor in 1810, the Somerleyton estate and its depen- 
dencies passed to the late Rev. George Anguish, M.A., who died in 
1842, when they passed to Lord Sidney Godolj)hin Osborne, son of 
the fifth Duke of Leeds, by his second wife, Catherine, who was 
sister to the late Mr. Anguish. In 1844, Lord S. G. Osborne sold 



SOMERLEYTON PARISH. 577 

to their present owner, S. M. Peto, Esq., the Somerleyton estates, 
with their dependantma/zors of Lound, Blundeston Hall and Gud viles , 
Gapton Hall-with-Belton, Flixton, Corton, Newton-with-Stalhains- 
in Lound, Mutford, Carlton Hall, Bromholme, and Lowestoft; — 
all in the Hundred of Mutford and Lothingland, as noticed at page 
530. General Courts Baron are held yearly for these manors. Since 
purchasing these extensive and valuable estates, S. M. Peto, Esq., 
M.P., has made Somerleyton Hall his residence, and has rebuilt 
it on a larger and more elegant plan, except the foundations and 
the internal wails of the old hall, which was built by Sir John Jer- 
negan, in the reign of Elizabeth, and was a large and handsome 
brick building, with stone dressing, &c. In 1 660, Fuller ranked it 
among the " many fair houses of the gentry of this county," and 
said it well answers the name of Somerley, il for here sommer is to 
"be seen in the depth of winter, in the pleasant walks beset on both, 
sides with fir trees — green all the year long, besides other curiosi- 
ties." Fir trees had not then been long introduced into England. 
In the early part of the civil wars of the 17th century, the hall was 
occupied repeatedly by the parliamentarian troops ; its owner, Sir 
John Wentworth, having fallen under the suspicion of being a 
royalist. According to the Wentworth MSS., " Upon the 14th 
March, 1642, being Tuesday, Collonell Cromwell's troope, andCapt 
Pourtayne with his troope, came to Somerley Hall, and there they 
-quartered till Thursday. In 1649, General Ireton, Cromwell's son- 
in-law, made the hall his temporary head quarters, and thence de- 
spatched a missive to the bailiff of Yarmouth, desiring a conference 
at Sir John Wentworth's house, at Somerleyton." The present mag- 
nificent mansion has been designed and constructed upon the foun- 
dations and walls of the old hall ; the two towers, the extensive con- 
servatory, and stables, and the whole of the external walls, are new, 
and in what may be termed the Anglo-Italian style, of red brick, 
with dressings, finishings, and ornaments of Caen stone. The en- 
trance in the principal front is under an elegant central tower; and 
there is another tower behind the house, at the entrance to the 
stables. The principal apartments are extensive, and are finished 
a,nd furnished in the most costly and elegant style. At the north, 
end of the mansion, Mr. Peto has just completed a magnificent con- 
servatory, chiefly of iron and glass, 126 feet long and 36 feet broad, 
with a lofty central dome, under which is a large and beautiful foun- 
tain. This " winter garden" is now well stored with all kinds of 
trees, shrubs, plants, and flowers, including the choicest exotics. It 
is laid out in tastefully ornamented walks, and the inner ring of the 
lofty central dome can be lit with gas. When thus illuminated, 
this " crystal palace" has a rich and fairy-like appearance. In the 
gardens, which are very extensive, are several smaller conserva- 
tories, extensive vineries, hot houses, stoves, &c; and a great variety 
of beautiful statues, vases, and other ornaments. The park is ex- 
tensive and well wooded, and includes the church, the rectory house, 
and a small lake. The principal lodge, on the Lowestoft road, is of 
a similar character to the hall ; but that on the Yarmouth road is 

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578 SOMERLEYTON. (MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND.) 

more simple, being built of timber and brick, and thatched with 
reeds. Neat the hall is a handsome Baptist Chapel, in the Italian 
style, built by Mr. Peto ; and near it is a maze, of a very ingenious 
and puzzling design. 

The Church (St. Mary) stands in the park, near the end of a 
triple avenue of trees, and has recently been rebuilt, except the 
tower, which contains five bells, and has just been repaired and 
heightened. The renovation cost Mr. Peto more than £2000. The 
interior is handsomely fitted up, and contains several monuments in 
memory of former lords of the manor. The venerable altar tomb of 
Sir Thomas Jernegan, formerly bore this inscription in brass: — 
u Jesus Christ, both God and man, save thy servant Jernegan." 
The rectory, valued in K.B. at £'12, and now at £'386, is in the pat- 
ronage of S. M. Peto, Esq., and incumbency of the Eev. E. M. Lowe. 
The Eectory house is a large white brick mansion, erected in 1773. 
The small National School was built in 1835 ; but here are now 
large and handsome Schools, for boys and girls, built and supported 
by Mr. Peto, who has greatly beautified the village, by pulling down 
nearly all the old cottages, and erecting in their place about forty 
handsome new cottages, in the Elizabethan style, in groups of two 
or more, with tasteful gardens The Poor's Allotment, 11a. 1r. 27p. 
of marsh land, was awarded at the enclosure, for providing* fuel for 
the poor parishioners. 

SOMERLEYTON DIRECTORY, j Lucas Brothers, brick and tile makers. 
Peto Samuel Morton, Esq.. M.P. (for, and Lowestoft 

Norwich,) Somerleyton Hall j Pope Richard, beerhouse 

Love Rev Edward Mussenden, rector of! Ricks George, schoolmaster 

Blundeston and Somerleyton, Rectory \ Roll John, vict. Duke's Head 
Anderson Miss, schoolmistress j Shakspeare Rev Charles ( Baptist) 

Bowler John, carpenter l Sinnet Samuel, shoemaker 

Bradwell William, gardener j Taylor Daniel Keeble, policeman 

Candler James, blacksmith FARMERS. 

Crouchen James, shoemkr. & par. elk Flo»verday Charles George Mrs. R, 
Doddington James, wheelwright | Hammond Rt. C. Kittle Robert 

Farrow Thos., shopkpr. and shoemkr. Larkman Rt. Newman Matilda 
Flatman John, shopkeeper i Pope William Rudd Mr., bailiff 

Flowerday Charles, corn miller Post from Lowestoft. 

Flowerday Maria, shopkeeper Trains from the station to Lowes- 

Glaspoole John, station master toft, Norwich, Yarmouth, &c, eight 

Green Mr. James || Horn Wm.. smith; times a day. 
Le Marchant Rev Robt., B.A., curate 



GORLESTON is a large and handsome village, pleasantly situ- 
ated on the crown of a hill, about two miles S. of Great Yarmouth, 
overlooking the river Yare, which flows in a rapid stream at the foot 
of the acclivity, and about a mile below is lost in the wide expanse 
of the German Ocean, after beiDg separated from it for about three 
miles only by the narrow strip of land upon which great Yarmouth 
is built. The Parish of Gorleston comprises also the populous 
hamlet of South Town, or Little Yarmouth, which was anciently a 
separate parish, and was added to the Borough of Great Yarmouth 
in 1681, as also was GorlestoD by the Parliamentary and Municipal 
Eeform Acts of 1832 and 1835. It comprises 2135a. 1r. 23p. of land. 



GORLESTON PARISH 579 

and increased its population from 1728 souls in 1801 to 3999 in 1851. 
Of these contents 694a. 1b. 3p. and 1412 souls are in South Town 
hamlet, and 1441a. 20p. and 2587 souls in Gorleston. According to 
Domesday Book, the whole parish was in one manor, held by Earl 
Guert in the Confessor's time, and having five caracutes of land, 20 
villeins, five bordars, two carucates of demesne, three salt pans, 300 
sheep, and 24 fishermen. Afterwards the parish was in four ma- 
nors, a paramount, a principal, and two mesne, of all of which the 
Jernegans were lords. It is now only in two, viz., the paramount 
manor of Gorleston, of which S. M. Peto, Esq., is lord: and the 
small manor of Bacons, which is held in fee by Wm. Walpole, Esq., 
"but the soil and buildings belong to various owners, the largest of 
whom are the Earl of Lichfield (owner of most of the land in South 
Town,) J. Garnham, Esq., W. E. Bell, Esq., W. D. Palmer, Esq., 
and several smaller owners, some of whom have neat houses here. 
The greater part of South Town is let on building leases for the 
term of 99 years. The waste lands in the parish were enclosed 
under an act passed in 1812. Tradition says that Gorleston 
had once a weekly market; and the Index Monasticus informs us 
that in 1372 it had a house of lepers, but the site is unknown. By 
custom, it has a small fair at Whitsuntide for toys and pleasure. In 
1797, the mutilated remains of a stone cross were visible, a little 
south of the village, but they disappeared many years ago. Almost 
every part of Gorleston commands a sea prospect over the Yare and 
the narrow denses of Yarmouth, where the Norfolk Naval Column, 
erected in 1817, in memory of that gallant admiral, Lord Nelson, is 
a conspicuous and pleasing object. The village has many excellent 
houses for the accommodation of sea bathers The South Pier, 
which projects into the sea, at the mouth of the Yare, was greatly 
enlarged some years ago, and a continuation of it carried up the 
river forms an extensive and excellent wharf. It is constructed 
chiefly of large timber trees, joined and braced together by cross 
beams of iron work, and measures 340 yards in length, 30 feet in 
breadth, and 30 feet in depth, of which latter 26 feet are generally 
underwater. This pier, and about 30 acres of marsh land, called 
Cobholm Island, belong to Yarmouth parish, though on the Gorles- 
ton side of the river. The white cliffs, which extend in an uninter- 
rupted curve from Gorleston to Lowestoft, are of considerable eleva- 
tion, and afford delightful views of the harbour, the town, the ocean, 
and the adjacent country. A little south of the village is Battery 
Hill, so named from a platform of guns placed there during the late 
war. The sloping edge of this eminence is occupied by a range of 
neat houses, all built during the present century. Gorleston Villa 
is the handsome seat of Wm. Edw Bell, Esq. Gorleston Lodge is the 
pleasant seat of John Brown, Esq. Belvidere is a delightfully situ- 
ated Boarding and Day School, conducted by Mr. Yallop. 

The Parish Church (St. Andrew,) is a large ancient structure, on a com- 
manding eminence a little south-west of the village. It bas a thatched 
nave, chancel, and side aisles, and a substantial square tower, aud was tho- 
roughly repaired a few years ago, at a cost of about £'400. It is of plain 
architecture, and is constructed chiefly of flint, and lighted by sixteen win- 

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580 GORLESTON AND SOUTHTOWX, 

dows. The benefice is a vicarage, with the rectories of the decayed parishes 
of South Town and West Town anuexed to it, and valued in K.B. at £11, 
and in 1835 at £381. The Rev. Francis Upjohn, M.A., is patron and in- 
cumbent, and has the great tithes of South Town, and also the tithes of 
wood, hay, and clover in Gorleston, where the corn tithes belong to the 
Brown family. Here is a chapel, belonging to the Independents, and an- 
other to the Wesley an s.- In the village are National Schools, forming a neat 
brick building, and attended by about 150 boys, girls, and infants. Gorles- 
ton and South Town Gas Works have recently been completed at the cost 
of £3000, raised in £10 shares. 

SOUTHTOWN,or LITTLE YARMOUTH, is ahamlet of Gorleston parish, 
and a handsome western suburb of Great Yarmouth, with which it is con- 
nected by a good bridge across the Yare, which is lined on both sides with ex- 
tensive ranges of wharfs, quays, warehouses, docks, and ship-yards, but most 
of the latter are on the South Town side of the river. The hamlet of South 
Town, as already noticed, was added to the borough of Great Yarmouth in 
1681, and comprises 694a. 1e. 3f. of land, and 1412 inhabitants, though 
it was a very small and inconsiderable place till about 1806, when the mer- 
chants of Great Yarmouth began to erect neat and commodious houses 
liere. It anciently formed two small parishes, called South and West Town, 
the churches of which were dedicated to St. Mary and St. Nicholas, but 
went to decay before the year 1559, when the remains of the former were 
used in repairing the piers. In 1831, a handsome Church, or Chapel of 
Ease, dedicated to St. Mary, was erected here by subscription, at the cost of 
about £3000, on land given by the Earl of Lichfield. It is built of white 
brick and flint, and lighted by lancet-shaped windows. It has seats for 
1000 hearers. The benefice is a perpetual curacy in the patronage of the 
Vicar of Gorleston, and incumbency of the Rev. Fras. Salt, M.A. Near 
the Greyhound Inn, are some vestiges of a religious house, supposed to 
have been an Augustine Friary, founded by Wm. Woodrove and Margaret, 
his wife. Fragments of the chapel are still visible; but a large portion of the 
ruined walls were many years ago converted into a barn, which has since 
"been transformed into cottages. The Church of St. Nicholas, the parish church 
of West Town was attached to this friary, and stood on the west side of the 
High street, near Gorleston Lodge. The eastern face of its lofty tower was 
standing till 1813, when it fell down during a high wind, and its materials 
were used in erecting a lofty wall round what was formerly part of the 
churchyard. The adjacent grounds exhibit marks of having been used for 
interment. In a garden adjoining the site of the tower, a brick vault was 
opened about thirty years ago, and in it was found an entire skeleton. The 
friary was endowed by several benefactors, and was granted in 1544 to John 
Eyre. There was anciently a Hermitage here, but its site is unknown, as 
also is the site of a prison, noticed in the church books of Yarmouth as 
having been broken open by Simon Blaking in 1297. Near the bridge, in 
South Town, is " Yarmouth Proprietary Grammar School" a neat cruci- 
form building of white brick, erected in 1833, by a company of proprietors 
in 100 shares of £15 each. Captain Manby, the inventor of the machine 
for conveying ropes to stranded vessels, has a neat residence in South 
Town, aud near it he has erected a handsome pedestal, in commemoration 
of the 12th of Feb., 1808, whera his machine was first successfully used. 
He is now far advanced in years, and has the pleasing satisfaction of know- 
ing that a great number of lives have been saved by his invention. The 
History of Gorleston Parish, especially of South Town hamlet, is closely con- 
nected with the loug and interesting History of Great Yarmouth, which will 
be found in our Norfolk volume. 



GORLESTON DIRECTORY. 



581 



GORLESTOX DIRECTORY. 
(Uany have places of business in Yar- 
mouth.) 
Post-office at John Greeves'. Let- 
ters despatched -A afternoon. 
Archbold Henry, watchmaker 
Arnott Chas. D., M.D., surgeon & regr 
Beck Beniamin. blacksmith 
Bell Wm. Edward, Esq., The Villa 
Bensley Xoah, letter carrier 
Brown John. Esq., Gorleston Lodge 
Clarke Mr Wm. T. | Coble Peter Geo, 
Coleman George, policeman 
Cross Miss Mary J. | Lermitte Miss 
Downes Edward, Esq., The Cupola 
Harley Mr George | King Mrs Edw. 
Howes Wm. painter, plumber, &c 
Ives John, gardener 
King Abel, ship chandler 
King Fredk. Rt. Martin, chemist drug- 
gist, and agent to the Royal Farm- 
ers'' Insurance Co.. &c. and to the 
British Manure Co. 
Ling James, relieving officer 
Ling Mr Wm. | Lound Mr John 
Markland Edward, dentist, and agent 
to the Clerical and Medical Ins. Co. 
Marryatt Rev James. B.A. curate 
Massy Capt. Henry George, R.X. 
Miller Mrs ] Nesler Mr George 
Palmer Horace, surgeon 
Pell Mrs Margt. | Rope Mr Robt. M. 
Revitt John, fish merchant 
St Quintain Lieutenant James, R.X. 
Shadrake Jas. & Eliz.. Xational School 
Silvers Brighten, tide surveyor 
Simpson Mrs Eliz. | Smith Mrs Eliz. 
Smith Spencer, harbour master 
Spratt Edward, coal merchant 
Sterrv Mr Xathl. | Stewart Mr Danl. 
Thane Mr Robt. | Tunbridge Mr Thos. 
Thurlston John, hay and straw dealer 
Upjohn Rev Francis, M.A. vicar 
Warby Mr John | Wilson Mrs 
Weavers John, ironmonger 
Y\ estbrooke Wm. smack agent 
Yallop George Steward, boarding aca- 
demy, The Belviaere 

IXXS AXD TAVERXS. 
Anchor and Hope, James Hubbard 
Duke's Head, George Mason 
Earl Grey, Jeremiah Sufiling 
Feathers, Jeremiah Hoggett 
George and Dragon, Daniel Maryson 
Globe, James Libbis 
Horse and Groom, James Shreeve 
Ship, Charles Todd 
White Lion, Mary Garwood 
William IV., Hannah Murrav Cole 



*Page James 
Whisken George 

HAIRDRESSERS. 

Harris Wm. 
Morse Charles 

JOINERS. 

Barwood Thomas 
Dye Rt. Barrell 
Prentice Wm. 
Prentice Wm. jtm 

LODGINGS. 

Ballard Joseph 
Burton Hannah 
Halfknight Jas. 
Leggett John 
Salmon Charles 
Salmon Joseph 

MALTSTERS. 

Dowson Stephen 
Dowson Sept. 
Thurston Wm. 

PIASTER MARINERS, 

Lee Edward 
Lowe John 
Stebbens Alfred 
Swan John Thos, 

PILOTS. 

Black Jas. Stpn- 
Canham Wm. 
Leggett Edward 
Leggett Henry 
Xewson Philip. 
Rous Royle 
Salmon James 
Stanford Joseph 
Turner Wm. 

SADDLERS. 

Bilham James 
Stove J. W. and 
Yarmouth 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Butler Sarah 
Hicks George 
Langiey Samuel 
Maryson Daniel 
Thrower Harriet 

TAILORS. 

Bristow Wm. (&. 

parish clerk 
Xewstead James 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Hoggett James 
Smith Reuben 
SOUTH TOWX, 
Or Little Yarmouth. 
(See also Great Yarmouth, where many of 

them have places of business.) 
Agar Mr Moses Barclay Mrs 
Allen Mr James J| Allen Mr. Wm. 
Ashley Capt. Benjamin, R.X'. 
Barnaby Mr Wrm Henry 



BAXERS. 

Banham Robert 
Brunning James 
Reynolds George 

BEERHOUSES. 

B arch am Wm. 
Chilvers Mary 
Emms Jas. Rd. 
Xe wrick Wm. 

BOOT & SHOE MKRS. 

Allman Robert 
Burrell Saml. (& 

coir, of rates) 
Fisk George 
Langiey George 
Langiey Thomas 
Vincent James 
Wright Benjamin 

BUILDERS. 

Bull George 
Popy James 

BUTCHERS. 

Bellamy David 
Newman Samuel 
Xewman Sml. jun 
Smith Rt. (pork) 
Waters Samuel 

CONFECTIONERS. 

Emms Jas. Rd. 
Reynolds George 

CORN MILLERS. 

Green Robert 

Skinner John 

FARMERS. 

Annes James 
Barber James 
Bunn James 
Burgess John 
Crow James 
Dendy Fredk. 
Dowe Mary 
Hammond John 
Hammond Wm. 
X'elson John 
Revitt Wm. 
Thrower George 

GROCERS. 

(* Drapers also.) 
Crane Thomas 
Emms Jas. Rd. 
* Greeves John 
Hammond Xathl. 
Martin Wm. 



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SODTHTOWN DIRECTORY. 



Rartrani M* Wm. Beevor Mrs 

Bately Stephen Godfrey, land agent 
Benns Mr G-eorge Beezley Mrs My. 
Blagg Mr. Thomas | Brock Miss 
Blake Garson, wharfinger 
Bond Miss Mary Ann. 3 Sefton terrace 
Bond Mr Wm. Mayes 
Bougin Mr James Carter Mrs 
Brown Charles, agent Brown Miss 
Brown Mr. Geo. i Burton Mr. Saml. 
Budd Win. J. sail maker 
Candler Mr James. Sefton terrace 
Chevallier Mrs S. Cobb Mr Jas. S. 
Clarke Robert. Esq. Calls Mr David 
Clifton Mr Robert. '2 Sefton terrace 
Colby Rev Wm. rector of CUppesoy 
Costerton Mr George and Mr Fredk. 
Costerton Mrs Mary Ann. 7 Sefton ter 
Coustos Hiram S. boarding school 
Crowe Saml. gent. Day Capt. James 
Dawber (Rt.) &Dnrnbleton(Rt.) slaters 
Drain Mr James Diirgins Miss 
Duftield Mr James Drake Mrs A. 
FabbMiss R. Field Mis 
Flowerdew Wm. merchant 
Garnham John. Esq.. Hill House 
Gibbs Jonas, hay and straw dealer 
Gilbert Henry, coach builder 
Godbolt Mr Jph. : Sar. straw hat mkr 
Godbolt Joseph, cooper, (to. 
Green Mr James Harriot Mr Jph. 
Greenhow Henry, beerhouse 
Hervey George, veterinary surgeon 
Holt Mr John Hotson Mrs Mary 
Jackson Mr Wm. Jenner Mr 
Jes Ellen, boarding school 
Johnson Mr. Jos. W. Eeymer Mrs 
Johnson Wm. draper, and Mr Steward 
Kirkman Miss Mary Ann 
Lamb Mrs Mary Last Mr James 
Leman Mrs Lernan Henry, clerk 
Lemmon John, gent. Loddy Miss 
Long Mr Jas. , Lonsdale Mrs Eliz. 
Mack and German, boat builders 
Manby Capt. George Wm., R.N. 
Manthorp Mr Geo. Leman, 1 Sefton ter 
Martin Mr Hezekiah Mack Mrs 
May Robert, clerk, 3 Lichfield place 
Miller Mr Richard Moyse Mrs 
Mitchell Mr George, 8 Sefton terrace 
Naunton Mr Geo. || Nicker Mr Saml. 
Nolloth Wm., church clerk and sexton 
Norton Thomas, coal merchant 
Page Mrs Hannah and Mrs Mary Ann 
Palmer Mr Fredk. and Mrs J. B. 
Palmer Mr Henry D. and Mr Robert 
Palmer Wm.Danby, Esq. 
Palmer W.H. & Co. manure merchants 
Partridge Rev John, head master of 
Gt. Yarmouth Proprietary Gram. School 
Pike Rev Joseph, (Independent) 



I Porter Rev Jacob Race Capt. Wm. 
Preston Isaac and E. H. L. shipping 
agent, vice consuls, ice. [St Lowestoft J 

| Revitt Mr. James PettingaleMi-- 
Rising Mr George Rushmere Mrs 
Roberts Mr Wm. Roberts Mrs 

, Sacret Mr Thomas Salter Mr Rc'br. 

: Salt Rev Francis. M.A. incumbent of 
St Mary's, o Sefton terrace 
Sayer Thos. agent Savage Mr John 
Slann Mrs Martha Sibley Mrs 
Smith Mrs Mv. A. Stanford Mrs Sar. 
Stones Mr A. * Thaxted Mrs Eliz. 
Sumner John, revenue officer 
Taylor Charles, livery stables 
Teasdel Henry, ship chandler 
Tilson Mr George Trip Mr Wm. 
Towers Thomas, grocer 

. Tumor Mr Charles Tvler Mr 
Tvrell (G/i & Read ^Chs/) bricklavers 
Walpoie Wm. Esq. Waller Mr 
Ward Mr George Ward Mr Matthew 
Waters Miss Charlotte WillinsMrs 
Waters Rev Mark. B. A. incumbent of 

St George's, Great Yarmouth 
Whalley Mr Thos. '2 Lichfield place 
Youell Edward. Esq. banker 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 

I Anson's Arms. Wm. Libbis 
Greyhound. Charles Lingwood 

i Guardian Angel, Daniel Roll 

! Manby's Crest, Win. Noble 
Queen's Arms. George Burton 

j Red Cow, John Kippl 

j Rising Sun, Robert Annison 
Rumbolti Arms. Stephen Cos 
Three Tuns. David Denton 
White Horse, Ann Seely 



BAKERS. 

King Alfred 
Laycock Hezkh. M 
Preston Daniel 

E LACKS MITHS. 

1 Gooda Thomas 
Masterson Wm. 
Read Samuel 

! BOOT & SHOEMKES. 

Jarmeny John 
Minter Robert 

CORN MERCHANTS. 

Barber J. ft Sons 

I Bird Wm. 
Bunn Thomas 
Dowson B. W. and 

Sons 
Smith Edward 
Wilson Henry 

corn wmriaats. 
Gamble Horace H. 

I Press Edward 



gapjvexers. 
Bradman Isaac 
Robinson Simon 

JOIXEES. 

Burgess John 
Copley Charles 
Storey John 

MASTER MABEHSBB, 

Capon Wm. 
Crisp Joseph 

Fish Simon 
Hagen Henry J. 
Ho 111- I 

Johnson James 

Kemp Robert 

Mann Stephen 

! Norton Thomas 

1 Orfeur Thomas 

; Wood John Ham 

1 PAIXTRS .PLME.R S ■ fe 

: Boffin John 
i Howes Henry 
I Teasdel Samuel 



SOUTHTOWN DIRECTORY. 



583 



. SHIP BUILDERS. 

Barber Thomas 
Branford Thomas 

Womack 
Chapman Joseph 
Fellows Hy. & Son 



Paul Joseph 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Amos Thomas 
Beckett Benjamin 
Burr age Marina 
Lockett Wm. 



TIMBER MERTS, 

Orfeur John 
Palmer Ambrose 
Preston Isaac 
Steward Richard 



WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Gooda Thomas 
Lingwood Charles 
Trains, Coaches, 
and Carriers 
from Yarmouth 



HARTISMERE HUNDRED $ UNION 

Forms Hartismere Deanery, which was formerly in the Archdea- 
conry of Sudbury, but was added to the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, in 
1837, and is still in the Diocese of Norwich. It is one of the Geld- 
able Hundreds of the Western Division of Suffolk, aud the fee of it 
was granted in tail male by Edward III. to Robert de Ufford, Earl 
of Suffolk. J. H. Heigham, Esq., of Hunston Hall, is now lord of 
this fee. It is a fertile district, averaging about ten miles in length 
and breadth, and bounded on the north by the river Waveney, 
which separates it from Norfolk; on the west, by Blackbourn 
Hundred; on the south, by Stow, Bosmere-and-Claydon, andThred- 
ling Hundreds : and on the east, by Hoxne Hundred. It is watered 
by several rivulets, running northward to the Waveney; and is 
crossed by the Eastern Union Railway, between Diss and Stow- 
market. It is a well- wooded and fertile district, rising in pictur- 
esque undulations, but subsiding in a champaign tract near the 
Waveney. It has generally a strong loamy soil, and has a substra- 
tum of impervious blue clay, lying at the depth of from one to two 
feet. It includes the Borough of Eye, and the small towns of Botes- 
dale and Mendlesham; and is divided into 32 parishes, of which, 
the following is an enumeration, shewing their territorial extent, 
and their population in 1851. Their lands and buildings were 
assessed to the poor rates in 1850 at the annual value of <£77,679. 
Bacton, Cotton, Finningham, Mendlesham, AYesthorpe, and Wyver- 
stone are in Stowmarket County Court District, and the other 26 
parishes are in Eye County Court District. 



Parishes. Acres. Pop 

+Aspall 834 143 

+Baeton 2204 901 

§Braiseworth 720 171 

§Brome 892 314 

*Burgate 2076 350 

+Cotton 1921 571 

§Eye Old Borough 4320 2587 

+Finningham 1242 571 

*Gislingham 2251 696 

*Mellis 1344 610 

+Mendiesham . .. 3944 1442 

§Oakley 1288 336 

§Occold 1479 622 

*Palgrave 1474 740 

*Kedgrave ) 2059 756 

*Botesdale township . . j 1260 626 

§Eedlingfield 1075 251 

*Rickinghall Superior. . . 1857 734 



Parishes. Acres. Pop. 

•f-Rishangles 718 279 

Stoke Ash 1200 392 

Stuston 775 241 

§ThorndonAll Saints.... 2680 725 

§Thornham Magna .... 1324 322 

§Thornham Parva 676 155 

§Thrandeston 1375 397 

fThwaite 832 179 

fWesthorpe 1322 240 

fWetheringsett-cum- 

Brockford 3783 1101 

+Wickham Skeith 1770 613 

*Wortham 2726 1086 

fWyverstone 1522 329 

§Yaxley 1238 550 

Total 54,215 19,028 



* Registration Districts. — Those marked * are in Botesdale District ; marked 
+ are in Mendlesham District, and the others are in Eye District. 

§The Parliamentary Borough of Eye includes also Braiseworth, Brome, Oakley 
Occold, Bedlingfield, Thorndon, Thrandeston, and Yaxley parishes. 



584 HARTISMERE UNION. 

HARTISMERE UNION has two Workhouses at Wortham and Eye, and 
the former had 103 and the latter 168 inmates in 1851, when the census was- 
taken. That at Eye is chiefly for adults and infants, and that at Wortham for 
boys and girls who are employed in making shoes, clothing. &c. These houses 
were built in the latter part of last century, by the parishes in which they 
are situated, but have been considerably altered and enlarged since the Hundred 
"was constituted an Union under the new poor law in 1635. Eye Workhouse 
was considerably enlarged in 1854. by the erection of a new building at the cost 
of ±'4=000, with room for 200 adult paupers. In 1779, Hartismere, Hoxne, and 
Thredlmg Hundreds, were incorporated for the support of the poor; but as 
they never raised the sum of ±16,000, required for the erection of a House of 
Industry, the incorporation was never carried into effect; several parishes con- 
sidering it more beneficial to erect workhouses of their own. The 32 parishes 
of Hartismeie Hundred and Union comprise an area of 54,215 acres, and 
19,028 souls, as has been seen in the foregoing table. The average annual 
expenditure on the poor of these parishes, during the three years preceding the 
formation of the Union, was ±19,212. Their expenditure in 1838 was ±9258 ; 
in 1839, ±8617. lis,; and in 1842,^7891. The Guardians meet every Tuesday, 
at the board-room, in Eye. The Rev. Thomas Lee French is chairman of the 
board, and the Rev. J. F. Reeve and Mr. Richard Anness are the vice-chairmen. 
Mr. Charles Fisher Costerton, of Eye, is the union clerk and superintendent regis- 
trar, Mr. George Mudd, of Eye, is registrar of marriages ; Capt. Ellis, of South- 
wold, auditor; and the Rev. Charles Notley, B.D. ; of Eye, is the chaplain. The 
masters and matrons of the workhouses are Mr. Wrn. and Mrs. Williams, at 
Eye; and Mr. Archibald and Mrs. Dunlop,at Wortham. The Relieving Offi- 
cers are Mr. Philip Hart for Eye District ; Mr. Charles White, for Botesdale 
District ; and Mr. Anthony Gissing for Mendlesham District. The Registrars of 
Births and Deaths are Mr. Philip Hart, of Brome, for Eye; Mr. R. R. Harrison^, 
for Botesdale ; and Mr. Win. Cuthbert, for Mendlesham Districts. 



A SPALL, a parish of scattered houses, from 5 to 6 miles S. of 
Eye, and 2 miles N. of Debenham, has 143 souls, and 826a. 1e. 6p. 
of laud, in which the river Deben has its source. It was formerly 
the seat and property of the Brookes, Lords Cobham. The manor 
has been held siDce 1702 by the Chev oilier family, but part of the 
soil belongs to J. Freeman, Esq., and several smaller free and copy- 
holders. The latter are subject to arbitrary fines. Aspall Hall is 
a large and handsome mansion, finely embowered in wood, and was 
licensed, in 1833, for the reception of six insane persons, under the 
care of the late owner, the Eev. J. Chevallier, M.D., whose widow 
still occupies it and continues it as a private asylum. The Church 
is an ancient structure with several mural tablets to the Chevallier 
family, and two stained glass windows in memory of the late Mrs* 
Cobbold and the Eev. E. E. Monins. It is finely embowered in 
wood, and has recently been restored and newly seated. The living 
is a donative, valued at <£149, in the patronage and incumbency of 
the Eev. Charles Henry Chevallier, who has a good Rectory House? 
built in 1853, of Woolpit brick. Sir Charles Gaudy settled upon 
the minister, for the time being, the impropriate rectory, which had 
belonged first to the Priory of Castleacre, and afterwards to that of 
33utley. The glebe is 26a. 3r. : and in 1843, the tithes were com- 
muted for a yearly rent charge of ;£252. 13s. Post from DebenJiam, 
via Stonham. 



Chevallier Mrs J. Aspall Hall 
Chevsllier Rev Charles Henry, Rectory 
Freeman John, Esq., Aspall House 



Freeman Wm., farmer 

Owles Wm. Wright, farmer, Hill House 

Taiman Alfred, farmer,!?^ House 



HARTISMEEE HUNDRED. 



585 



B ACTON is a considerable and well-built village, 6 miles N. of 
Stowmarket, and 8 miles from Eye and Dehenham, and 1 m. W.S.W. 
of Finningham Station. This station is in Bacton parish, which 
contains 901 inhabitants, and 2230a. 3r. 23p. of land. It was the 
lordship and demesne of the Bishop of Norwich till about 1535, 
when it was given to the Duke of Norfolk, who conveyed it, in 
exchange, in 1558, to Sir John Tyrell. George Tomline, Esq., of 
Biby Grove, Lincolnshire, is lord of the manors of Bacton and Old 
Bacton. The copyholders in the la/tter pay certain, and in the for- 
mer arbitrary fines. A great part of the soil belongs to Mr. Wm. 
Whistlecraft, (owner of the Hall,) G. S. Golding, Bobert Hearn, 
Joseph Hammond, and several smaller owners. The wife of Henry 
Howard (who died here in 1739, aged 95,) bare him a daughter in 
her 58th year. The Church (St. Mary) is a handsome structure,, 
with a tower, which has a peal of five bells, and is surmounted by 
a wooden spire. It was repaired in 1841, at the cost of <£360. 
Some rude fresco paintings were discovered on the walls in 1854. 
The rectory, valued in K.B. at <£12. 13s. 3^d., has a good residence 
about a mile S. of the church, and a yearly rent charge of <£750,. 
awarded in 1841, in lieu of tithes. H. W. Hemsworth, Esq., is 
patron, and the Bev. E. B. Barker, incumbent. At the Bull Inn is 
a lodge of Odd Fellows. The Town Lands, under the management 
of the overseers, churchwardens, and principal parishioners, com- 
prise 20a. at Finningham, llf A. at Old Newton, and 18a. in Bacton, 
let at rents amounting to about .£100 per annum. The land at 
Finningham was vested, at an early period, for the use of Bacton; 
that at Old Newton was purchased in the reign of James I., with 
^100; and that at Bacton, which is copyhold, was anciently held 
by trustees, for exoneration from taxes. A great part of the rent 
is applied with the church-rates, and the remainder with the poor- 
rates. The poor have two yearly rent-charges, viz. 13s. 4d., called 
Daines Gift,ovX of the estate of G. E. Frere, Esq., and 8s, called 
Warrens Dole, out of an estate belonging to G. Tomline, Esq. 
Post from Stowmarket. 



Arnold Wm. veterinary surgeon 
Banks Jonathan, shoemaker 
Barker Eev Edward Burton, Rectory 
Barker Bev Geo. Llewellyn, M.A. curate 
Brooks John, shopkeeper 
Browne Michael C. station master 
Davy Bobert, tea dealer 
Garrard Thomas, shoemaker 
Gissing Mrs, Bacton Cottage 
Hammond John, shoemaker 
Hearn Bobert, maltster and corn and 

coal merchant 
Labon George, bricklayer 
Leggett Henry, tailor 
Morley Thos. plumber, glazier, painter, 

and bell and paper hanger 
Bose Bobert, beerhouse 
Scotchmer Wm. wheelwright 
Seaman George, blacksmith 



Thurman, Ebenezer, vict. Grapes 
Woods Freeman, grocer and draper, 

Post Office 
Woods Chas. maltster, corn merchant, 

builder, and vict. Bull Inn 
Youngman Frederick, corn miller 
FABMEBS. 



Cooper Edward, 

Reed House 
Cutting Wm., Old 

Hall 
Easlea Wm. 
Edwards Arthur 
Finbow John 
Flowerdew Bobert 
Ford Mary Ann 
Golding G. Steele 
Hammond Joseph 



S., 



Hearn Bobert 
Kerry John 
Morley Daniel 
Polly Joseph 
Pulham C. & 

Lodge 
Whistlecraft John, 

Bacton Hall- 
Woods Charles 
Woods Thomas. 



2 B 



586 HARTISMERE HUNDRED. 

BOTESDALE, a small but ancient market town, with part of the 
adjoining villages of Rickinghall Superior and Inferior, forms a good 
street, three-quarters of a mile in length, upon a pleasant eminence, 
on the Bury and Norwich road, 7 miles W. by X. of Eye, 6 miles 
W.S.W. of Diss, 7 miles W.S.W. of Scole, 3 miles W. by N. of Mellis 
Station, and 87 miles N.E. of London. Though called a hamlet, it 
is a township, in the parish of Redgrave, and contains 626 inhabit- 
ants, and 1260 acres of land, including an extra parochial spot, on 
which stands the Grammar School and St. Botolplis Chapel, under 
the same roof with the master's house. This small chapel was 
founded as a chantry, by John Sheriff, who endowed it for the sup- 
port of a priest to pray for his and his wife's souls. It orerlooks the 
valley of a small rivulet, and from it the township was called Bo- 
tolplis dale, now corrupted to Botesdale. Before the opening of the 
railways Botesdale was a great thoroughfare for coaches, carriers, 
and travellers. The marhet, formerly held every Thursday, had been 
long disused in 1344, when it was revived; but in June, 1854, the 
market day was changed to Monday. The stock market is held be- 
hind the Greyhound Inn, and here is a Com Hall, capable of hold- 
ing 300 persons, but only thinly attended. A fair is held on Holy 
Thursday, and a hiring for servants on the Thursday before 
Michaelmas. Henry III. granted a charter for a fair to be held here 
in the eve and day of St. Botolph, (May 17 and 18,) but it has long 
been obsolete. The Executors of George St. Vincent Wilson, Esq., 
are lords of the manor, and owners of a great part of the soil, and 
the remainder belongs to Chas. Tuck., Esq., and a few smaller own- 
ers. The Grammar School for Redgrave and Botesdale was founded 
under letters patent of the 3rd of Elizabeth, granting license to Sir 
Nicholas Bacon to erect a grammar school at Botesdale, on the site 
of the above-named chantry, or free chapel, for the instruction of 
boys living there and in the neighbourhood ; and it was ordained 
that there should be two governors of the school revenues, who were 
thereby incorporated ; and that Sir Nicholas and his heirs should 
appoint the master, and make ordinances for the government of the 
school. In the 19th Elizabeth, Sir N. Bacon charged his manors of 
Skeddy and Burningham with the yearly payment of <£20 to the 
master, .£8 to the usher, and £2 for repairing the school premises. 
These rent-charges, subject to a deduction of £5. 12s. for land-tax, 
are paid to the Bev. Wm. Hepworth. M.A., who has long been the 
head-master, but he lets the school to a lay-deputy, and pays him for 
teaching six free- scholars. Near the school is a cottage, let by the 
master for £3. 3s. a year. For about £'21 a year, subscribed by the 
inhabitants, the Bev. J. H. Steggall, of Great Ashfield, performs 
divine service every Sunday evening in the chapel adjoining the 
school, which, after being many years disused, was substantially re^ 
paired and neatly fitted up, by subscription, in the early part of the 
present century. The Dowager Lady Sumeld has the appointment 
of the master. The founder bequeathed £20 a year to Benet Col- 
lege, Cambridge, towards the support of six scholars from this school; 
and Archbishop Tennison left an annuity of £6 for the same pur- 
pose. The Wesleyans and Baptists have each a neat chapel here, 



BOTESDALE TOWNSHIP. 



587 



and the latter is used occasionally by the Independents. In the town, 
is a Fkee School for all the poor children of Botesdale and the 
neighbourhood, established in 1825, by Mr. John Dyer, and en- 
dowed by him with 16a. of land, worth more than ,£30 a year. An. 
Allotment of 2 acres, called the Back Hills, was awarded, at the en- 
closure in 1815, to the lord of the manor of Botesdale, the rector, 
and the churchwardens and overseers, upon trust to permit the an- 
nual fair to be kept upon it, and to allow the parishioners to get 
gravel, &c, in it for the reparation of the roads ; but to let the her- 
bage, and distribute the yearly rent (about £3. 5s.) among the poor. 



BOTESDALE DIEECTOKY. 
Post Office at Mr Benjamin Taylor's. 

Letters despatched at 7J- a.m. and 6J 

p.m., via Scole. 
Baddeley Eev Wm. (Wesleyan) 
Bantock Henry, horse dealer 
Boston Bobert, tailor 
Burnett Wm. hair dresser 
Butcher Osborn, gentleman 
Chapman George, butcher 
Claydon John, harness maker 
Collins Thomas, watchmaker, &c. 
Cook Bobert, auctioneer, land agent & 

valuer 
Cornish Bichard, bricklayer 
Cullingford Joseph, wheeivvTight 
Dawson Samuel Taylor, gent 
Day Bichard, carpenter 
Doughton Verdon, baker, &c. 
Dyer Mr John, Bridewell House 
Emerson Stphn. inland revenue officer 
Fryett John, butcher 
Elowerdew Mrs Ann 
Groddard Harriet, baker 
Harris Bobt. Horner, surgeon & regr 
Hepworth Bev Wm.,M. A., Gram. School 
Heyward Wm. blacksmith 
Hunt Gilford, plumber, painter, &c. 
Larter Alfred, Grammar School master 
Larter Bridget, stationer & bookseller 
Mayhew Charles, beerhouse 
Mills Edwd. gent || Piummer Bd. gent 



Morris Bev — (Baptist minister) 
Pretty John, tailor, and Mrs Elizabeth 
Bobinson Samuel, miller and maltster 
Bobinson Wm. corn miller & maltster 
Scarfe George, saddle & harness maker 
Taylor Benj. agent to Harvey s fy Hud- 

sons' bank, stationer, &c, Post Office 
Tricker Elizabeth, schoolmistress 
Vine Henry, stone mason 
Youngman Benjamin, miller and baker 

INNS AND TAVEBNS. 
Cherry Tree, John Burcham 
Cock, Wm. Southgate 
Crown, George Chapman 
Greyhound, (to let, Sept. 1854.) 
Queen's Head, Bobert Baker 



BOOT & SHOE MEHS ; 

Bennett George 

Cann John 
| Crack George 
I Nunn Thomas 
EABMEBS. 
j Adams Charles 
! Burroughs T. C. 
| Mills Edward 
i Nunn James 
j Bobinson Samuel 

Bobinson Wm. 

Symonds John 
Abbot's Hall 

West Sol., Lodge 



WhiteheadBeuben 

and leather dlr 
Youngman Benj. 

GROCERS & DPRS. 

Collins Bichard 

Turner Philip 
CABBIEB. 

John Cook, daily 
to Mellis 4* Fin- 
ninghamRailway 
Stations 

Carriers pass 
daily to Bury, 
Norwich, &c. 



BRAISEWORTH, a smaU village and parish, 2 miles S.S.W. of 
Eye, contains 171 souls, and 722 acres. Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart., 
is lord of the manors of Braise worth Old Hall and New Hall with 
Barns, formerly held hy the Earl Cornwallis, and anciently by the 
Sackvilles ; but a great part of the soil belongs to Lord Henniker, 
and the Hunt, Berry, Walker, and other families. The Church is an. 
ancient structure, with a modern steeple of red brick, erected, at the 
cost of i£70, about twenty years ago, when the old one was taken 
down. The livingis a discharged rectory, valued in K.B.at i^.Ss.lid., 
and now having a yearly rent charge of <£200 awarded in lieu of 
tithes, in 1839. Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart., is patron, and the Rev. 
Robert Mildred Bingley, B.A.. is the incumbent, for whom a Rec- 



588 BRAISEWOBTH. (HARTISMERE HUNDRED.) 

tory House is about to be erected. The glebe is 20 acres. Two 
stone coffins were dag up when the tower was rebuilt. 

Bingley Rev Robt. Mildred, B.A., rector Dykes Mary, Church House 

Jacob Mr Robert ! ! Pettit Mr Wm. Hayward Win., Braiseworth Hall 

FARMERS. Potter "Wm., Church road 
Allen Win. ! Ronacres Wm. Post from Eye. 



BROME, a pleasant village, 2 miles X. of Eye. and 4 miles S.E. 
of Diss, has in its picturesque parish 31-1 souls and 892a. 1b. 34p. of 
fertile and well-wooded land, nearly all the property of Sir E. C. Ker- 
rison, Bart., of Oakley Park, in the adjoining parish of Hoxne, who 
is also lord of the manors of Brome Hall, Davillers, and Ling-Hall- 
in-Brome. The Brome and Oakley estates were purchased by the 
late M. Kerrison, Esq., of the last Marquis Cornwallis, who died in 
1823, and whose family had been long seated at Brome Hall, a fine 
old brick mansion, with curiously ornamented chimneys, said to have 
been built by Sir Thomas Cornwallis, who died in 1590. This man- 
sion was formerly very extensive, and contained a fine collection of 
paintings, but it has been considerably reduced in size. It is now 
occupied occasionally by Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart., who, since the 
death of his father, has resided chiefly at Oakley Park, as noticed at 
page 385. Brome Hall is finely embosomed in woods and planta- 
tions, and approached by a noble avenue of full-grown oaks. The 
great hall, or dining room, exhibits a perfect specimen of old Eng- 
lish grandeur ; wainscotted with oak to the height of ten feet, and 
having no ceiling, the timbers of the roof being finished like those 
of churches. The chapel has a large bay window looking upon the 
lawn, and a finely carved Gothic screen, hung with tapestry, repre- 
senting various scenes in the life of our Saviour. Thos. Cornwallis, 
founder of the illustrious noble family so long seated here, was 
sheriff of London in 1378. In the reign of Henry VIII., John Corn- 
wallis was knighted for his valour at the seige of Morlaix, in Bri- 
tanny, and appointed steward of the household of Prince Edward. 
afterwards Edward VI. His son, Sir Thomas, being high sheriff of 
Norfolk and Suffolk in the last year of that king's reign, raised a 
considerable force in behalf of his sister Mary, who, in gratitude for 
Lis assistance in placing her upon the throne, nominated him a 
member of her privy council, treasurer of Calais, and comptroller of 
her household. His grandson Frederic was created a baronet in 
1627. He distinguished himself by his adherence to the royal cause,, 
attended King Charles in all his military operations, and at the 
battle of Copredy bridge, in particular, he rescued Lord Wilmot,who 
had fallen into the hands of the enemy under Sir Wm. Waller. He 
accompanied Charles II. in his exile, and that king, after his restora- 
tion, in reward of his services, not only appointed him treasurer of 
Iris household, comptroller, and privy counsellor, but created him> 
in 1661, a peer of the realm, by the title of Lord Cornwallis, of Eye. 
His grandson Charles, third Lord Cornwallis, was first lord of the 
admiralty, and Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk, under William III. To 
him succeeded his son Charles, the fourth lord, joint post-master 
general and pay-master general of the army, in the reign of George I. 



BROME PARISH. 



589 



He had a numerous family, among whom were Charles, the fifth 
lord; Edward, who embraced the military profession, and was, in 
1762, appointed governor of Gibraltar: and Frederic, constituted, in 
1750, bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, and translated, in 1768, to 
the archiepiscopal see of Canterbury. Charles, the fifth lord, having 
"been previously appointed constable of the Tower of London, lord 
lieutenant, and custos rotulorum of the Tower Hamlets, was, in 
1753, created Viscount Brome and Earl Cornwallis, in addition to 
his former title. Of the issue of this nobleman was Charles, the se- 
cond earl ; James, late bishop of Lichfield and Coventry ; and 
William, an admiral, and distinguished ornament of the British 
navy. Charles, the second earl, was, in consideration of his splendid 
services as a soldier and a statesman, advanced, in 1792, to the dig- 
nity of Marquis Cornwallis. His eminent talents caused him to be 
selected tor various appointments of great difficulty and the highest 
importance. He crushed the rebellion in Ireland, negotiated the 
peace of Ameins, and having been a second time invested with the 
office of governor-general of the British possessions in the East In- 
dies, he died in 1805, at Gmizepoor, in the province of Benares, and 
was succeeded by his only son Charles, who was colonel of the East 
Suffolk Militia, and died without male issue in 1823, when the Mar- 
quisate became extinct ; but the Earldom and Barony of Cornwallis 
and the Yiscountcy of Brome devolved on his uncle and heir, at 
whose death, without issue, all these titles became extinct. Brome 
Church (St. Mary) is an ancient structure, with a round tower, con- 
taining five bells. In the chancel are several handsome monuments 
for various members of the Cornwallis family. Sir John, who died 
at Aslmdge, in 1544, is interred beneath a marble tomb, four feet 
high, upon which lies his figure in armour, with a white staff in his 
hand, and a greyhound at his feet. Beside him is the effigy of Mary, 
his wife, with a hound at her feet also. Near this monument is 
another, on the north side of the chancel, for Sir Thomas Cornwallis,,. 
Knight, and Anne, his wife, with their effigies. In the aisle adjoin- 
ing is a third, for Henry Cornwallis, Esq., who is represented in ar- 
mour, kneeling. The rectory, valued in K.B. at <£10. 0s. 2fd., has 
that of Oakley annexed to it, and the joint benefices were valued, in 
1835, at £561. Sir E. C. Kerrison is patron, and the Kev. G. J. M. 
Paterson is the incumbent. In 1683, John Goldsmith left the poor 
of Brome a yearly rent- charge of £3, out of his estate at Tivetshall,, 
in Norfolk, now belonging to the Earl of Oxford. Under an en- 
closure act of 1808, the yearly payment of <£15 was charged on an 
allotment in Brome, (now belonging to Sir E. C. Kerrison,) for pro- 
viding fuel for the poor, in lieu of the right they had of cutting firing 
on the commons. In 1850, Mary Anne Page left ^500 in trust that 
the interest should be distributed by the rector among the poor of 
Brome and Oakley parishes. Post /rom Scole. 



Kerrison Sir E. C, Bart., Brome Hall 

and Oakley Park. (See page 385.) 
Aldred Frederick, corn miller 
Butcher George, shoemaker 
Butcher Nathaniel, blacksmith 



Cooke Miss Maria 
Gooderham John, carpenter 
Harper William, vict. Swan Inn 
Hart Philip, relieving officer and regis- 
trar, Stone Cottage 



590 



BROME. (HARTISMERE HUNDRED.) 



Havers John, blacksmith 
Lingwood Joseph, gentleman 
Paterson Rev Geo. John BL, rector 
Pike Henry, cattle dealer 
Stebbings John, shopkeeper 
Thompson Henry, shoemkr. and shopr 



Whatling John, shoemaker 

FARMERS. 
Gedney Benjamin, Ivy House 
Jackson John Page John R. 
Marsh Edward Brunning, Church farm 
Pike Henry, Warren lull 



BURG-ATE, a village and parish, 2 miles E. ofBotesclale, 1^-mile 
N.W. of Mellis Station, and 5 miles W.N.W. of Eye, contains 350 
souls, and 2076. acres of land, including about 100 acres of woods 
and plantations. It was formerly the seat and property of a family 
of its own name. The executors of the late George St, Vincent 
Wilson, Esq., are lords of the manor, and owners of most of the 
soil, and the remainder belongs to Sir B. S. Adair, Lord Henniker, 
Miss Harrison, and a few smaller proprietors. The Church i St. 
Mary) is an ancient structure, with a tower and five bells. In the 
chancel is an old tomb, dated 1409, in memory of Sir William de 
Burgate, inlaid with fine brass effigies of himself and his 
lady. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £13. 10s. 10d., has about 
70 acres of glebe, and a yearly modus of £550, in lieu of tithes. 
The Bishop of Norwich is patron, and the Rev. Charles Bobt. Ash- 
field, B.A., is the incumbent, and has a neat modern residence near 
the church. Post from Scole via Mellis. 



Ashneld Rev Charles Robert, rector of 
Burgate and Great Blakenham, 
Rectory 
Betts William, blacksmith 
Hines David, vict. Kings Head 
Ostrehan Rev Jph. Duncan, curate 



FARMERS. 
Algar Robert || Gibson Henry 
Baskett Jonth. Green Thomas 
Brown John, shopr Buck VTrn. 
Harwood John and Mrs M., Hall 
Smith John | Simpson David 
Thurkettle William 



COTTON, 6J miles N. by W. of Stowmarket, 3 miles W. of 
Mendlesham, and 1 mile S. of Finningham Station, is a village and 
parish, containing 571 souls, and 1921a. 2k. 2?p. of land, belonging to 
various proprietors, the largest of whom are — E. B. Venn, Charles 
Tyrell, and G. T. Heigham, Esqrs., and Capt. Heigham, and the 
Adair, Frere, and a few other families. The manors of B acton and 
Mendlesham extend into this parish. Cotton Hall, now a farm 
house, belongs to C. Tyrell, Esq., (lord of the manor,) and is an an- 
cient mansion, encompassed by a broad and deep moat, which ap- 
pears to have been walled on both sides. A gold cup was found in 
the moat about a century ago. A curious old brass key was found 
about four years ago. William de la Pole died seised of Cotton 
manor, in the 28th of Henry Till. It afterwards passed to the 
Duke of Norfolk, who, in 1558, assigned it to Sir John Tyrell , The 
Church (St. Andrew) has a tower and five bells, and has recently 
been thoroughly repaired. In its windows are some fragments of 
ancient stained glass, and its porch has highly enriched mouldings. 
The rectory, valued in K.B. at ^£'15. 10s. 2^-d., has a good residence, 
which was erected in 1811, of white brick, and has extensive gar- 
dens and pleasure grounds. The glebe is 19a. 30p., and the tithes 
were commuted, in 1839, for £485 per annum, AT. Turner, Esq., is 



COTTON PARISH. 591 

the patron, and the Rev. Michael Turner, M.A., is the incumbent. 
The Wesleyans have a small chapel here, built many years ago ; 
and here is also a small Wesley an Reformers' Chapel, erected in 
1853. The Town Estate, consisting of a house occupied by paupers, 
a cottage occupied rent free by poor persons, and 8a. of land, let to 
the rector for about £20 a year, has been conveyed from time to 
time to feoffees, without any declaration of trust. The rent is ap- 
plied to the repairs of the church and general parochial purposes, 
agreeably to long usage. 

Baker Jeremiah, carrier and shopr Vincent Richard, veterinary surgeon 

Cook John, shoemaker and shopr FARMERS. 

Finbow William, butcher & vict. Cock Bird Ann Grimwood James 
Finbow "\Ym. jun., vict. Railway Tavern Cater Wm,. Park Le Grice Chas. 
Ford John, corn miller Eldred Edw., Green Seaman Win. 

Leggett George, carpenter Finbow Josiah ; Goodrich Joseph 

Mullinger Daniel, bricklayer Goodrich Charles, Cotton Lodge 

Pleasance Charles, parish clerk Maybew Harold, Hill farm 

Rice James, shopkeeper Murton James, Hampnall Hall 

Seaman William, blacksmith : Worlledge Robert, Cotton Hall 

S el sby Allen, bricklayer, shopkpr., and Caheiee. — J.Baker, to Bury Wed.. 

beer house ' and Stowmarket Friday. 

Turner Rev Michael, ALA. Rectory Post from Bacton via Stowmarket. 



EYE, an ancient borough and irregularly built market town, occu- 
pies a low situation at the confluence of two rivulets, 8 miles X. of 
Debenham, 21 miles X. of Ipswich, -H miles S.S.E. of Diss, 3 miles 
E. of Mellis Station, 8 miles E. by S~. of Botesdale, and 90 miles 
X.E. of London. Its parish had 1734 inhabitants in 1801, 1893 in 
1811, 1882 in 1821, 2313 in 1831, 2493 in 1841, and 2587 in 1S51, 
including 168 in one of the Hartismere Lnion Workhouses, as 
noticed at page 584. Eye parish comprises about 4320 acres offer- 
tile land, including Cranley hamlet, from 1 to 2 miles S.S.E. of the 
town, and a number of scattered farms, one of which is called Eye 
Park. Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart,, is lord of the manors of Eye Hall, 
otherwise Priory ; Eye Stokemere, and Cranley Hall in Eye ; and 
also of Eye Thelnetham. Thomas French, Esq., is steward of these 
manors, for which general courts baron are held yearly. Part of the 
parish is freehold, belonging to Edgar Chenery, Esq., and several 
other proprietors; and part of it is in the Earl of Stradbroke's manor 
of Xetherhali. Abbo Eloriacencis, who wrote in the latter part of 
the 10th century, describes the town as situated in his time in the 
midst of a roarsh, and says the rivulet has been navigable to it from 
:he Waveney. In corroboration of this, small rudders, iron rings, 
&c, are said to have been found in the neighbouring fields. The 
rivulet receives here a small tributary stream, and consequently the 
town is encompassed on three sides by water. The Borough re- 
ceived a charter from King John, but had long had a corporation by 
prescription.* The charter of the 9th of William HI. was the 

* Domesday Book states that Edric held Eye; that there were in it 12 plough 
lands in the Confessor's time. " Now (1068) Eobert Malet holds it in demesne. 
There is a park for deer, and a market to which belong 25 burgesses. To the 
manor belongs 48 socmen (i.e., tenants in ancient demesne), who had 121 acres, 
of whom 37 were the lord's vassals." It was anciently called Aye or Eay (i.e., 
the Island), because it was surrounded with water and fenny grounds. 



592 EYE BOROUGH. 

governing charter (though the corporation had eight other charters), 
till the passing of the Municipal Act of 1835 ; previous to which 
the borough was governed by two bailiffs, 10 principal burgesses, 24 
common councilmen, a recorder, town clerk, aud inferior officers. 
The freedom was acquired by birth, apprenticeship, or election ; and 
the number of freemen was about 130, of whom only about 60 were 
resident. Under the Municipal Act the borough is now governed 
by a mayor, four aldermen, and 12 councillors ; and it has had a 
commission of the peace granted on petition. Petty Sessions are held 
every Saturday, by the mayor and the borough magistrates, at the 
Town Hall, the lower part of which is now a Corn Exchange, and 
the upper part is the court room, reading room, &c. 

Eye County Court District comprises 26 parishes in Hartismere 
Hundred, as noticed at page 583 ; and also the parishes of Denham, 
Stradbroke, Hoxne, Diss, Scole, Thorpe Parva, Frenze, and Thelve- 
ton, of which the latter five are in Norfolk. The court is held 
monthly at the Town Hall, and the office is open daily, in Castle 
street. * F. K. Eagle, Esq , is the judge; Thomas Collins, Esq., of 
Bury, is the clerk; and Edgar Chenery, Esq., of Eye, is the assist- 
ant clerk. Edward Muskett, Esq., of Bury, is the high bailiff ; and 
Mr. J. Watling, of Eye, is the sub bailiff. 

The Municipal Borough comprises only the parish of Eye; but the 
Parliamentary Borough has been extended by the Reform and 
Boundary Acts to the ten surrounding parishes of Hoxne, Denham, 
Bedlingfield, Occold, Thorndon, Braiseworth, Yaxley, Thrandeston, 
Brome, and Oakley ; so that it has now a population of 7531 souls r 
and is of an irregular figure, averaging about seven miles in length 
and breadth, and lying partly in the adjoining Hundred of Hoxne. 
Eye regularly sent two members to parliament from the ]3th of 
Elizabeth, till it was deprived of one by the .Reform Act of 1832 ; 
before which, the greatest number of electors ever polled at a con- 
tested election was 129. The number of voters is now about 250, 
of whom about 30 hold the franchise as freemen of the old borough. 

Sir Edward Clarence Kerrison, Bart., of Oakley Park and 
Brome Hall, is lord of the Honor of Eye, and now represents this 
borough in parliament, as noticed at page 385, where it has been 
seen that his father, the late General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., 
was sole member for Eye from 1832 till 1852, and was one of its 
representatives in four preceding parliaments. It was, no doubt, 
through his influence that this small borough was saved from the 
disfranchising clauses of the Reform Act of 1832, by adding to its 
parliamentary limits the ten above-named parishes. The TOWN 
COUNCIL and OFFICERS for 1853-'4 are S. Peck, Esq., mayor; 
T. French, W. W. Miller, S. Peck, and B. C. Etheridge, Esqrs., alder- 
men; and Messrs. W. Craske, W. Harper, J. Parker, D. Penning, E, 
Page, R. Mendham, G.T.Knott, R. Chase, W. Barber, J. Gooderham. 
Chas. Cream, and John Waterman, councillors. G. W. Lawton is the 
town clerk ; and Mr. Richard Nurse, treasurer. The Borough Magis- 
trates are the Mayor, the Ex- Mayor, and J. Moore, T. French, and 
R. Bishop, Esqrs. ; and Edgar Chenery, Esq., is their clerk. Messrs. 
R. Bishop, H. Gooch, R. Todd, and" G. Mudd, are the Borough 



EYE BOROUGH. 593 

Charity Trustees. Mr. John Watling is the serjeant-at-mace ; and 
Eichard Remington is the town crier. The poor freemen of the 
borough, who do not occupy 10a. of land, have each the privilege of 
pasturing two head of cattle on the Moor, which comprises about 
30a. of fertile land, about ten acres of which are mown yearly, and 
the grass sold to them at the rate of from 3s. to 5s. per acre. A free- 
man's widow is entitled to the same privilege. 

The Borough was long under the political influence of the Corn- 
wallis family (see page 588), but the last Marquis Cornwallis, who 
died in 1824, sold his estates and manors here, and in the neigh- 
bouring parishes, to the late Matthias Kerrison, Esq., grandfather 
of their present owner, Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart. William Malet y 
who came to England with William the Conqueror, had the lordship 
of Eye, with all its appendages, conferred on him by that monarch. 
His son, Robert Malet, built a castle here, near the west end of the 
church, and some of its ruined walls were to be seen in Kirby's 
time ; and on the east side of the town he founded a Benedictine 
Priory, which was afterwards enriched by various benefactors, and 
was subordinate to the Abbey of Bernay in Normandy, till Richard 
II. released it from foreign dependance. At the dissolution, it was 
valued at i:16i. 2s. 3^d=, and its possessions were granted to Chas, 
Brandon, Duke of Suffolk. Some fragments of the conventual 
buildings still exist, with a curious series of small moated enclo- 
sures. The Honor of Eye is said to have formerly comprised 120 
manors, or the greater part of them. Its second Norman lord, Robt, 
de Malet, held the office of great chamberlain of England under 
Henry I., but being an abettor of Robert, that king's elder brother, 
in his attempt upon the crown, his estates were confiscated, and 
himself banished the realm. This honor was then conferred on 
Stephen, Earl of Boulogne, who afterwards ascended the English 
throne. It was given by Richard I. to Henry, Earl of Brabant and 
Lorraine, but was again in the king's hands, 9 Edward L, and so 
continued till 4 Edward III., who granted it to his brother John y 
Earl of Cornwall ; and on his death without issue, it was given, by 
the same king, to Robert de Ufford, whom he had created Earl of 
Suffolk. With the death of his son, William, the family became ex- 
tinct, and this honor once more returned to the crown ; after which 
it was conferred on the De la Poles, Earls of Suffolk, and for a long 
period it was held by its late possessors, the illustrious family of 
Cornwallis. (See page 588.) In 1781, some labourers, digging in 
a field near Eye, discovered a leaden box, containing several hun- 
dred Roman coins and medals, all of the purest gold, well executed, 
and in high preservation, chiefly of the Emperors Arcadius and 
Honorius. They were worth about eleven shillings each, and near 
them was found a quantity of human bones. 

Though the town has been much improved during the last fifty 
years, it still retains many of its old thatched houses, with white- 
washed fronts. The streets are irregularly built, and generally nar- 
row, and were neither paved, lighted, nor watched at the time of 
the municipal enquiry, about twenty years ago ; but since then, 
provision has been made for these necessary purposes. The market* 



594 EYE BOROUGH. 

formerly on Saturday, arid afterwards on Monday, is now held on 
Tuesday; and the lower part of the Town Hall has been fitted 
up as a Corn Exchange. A fair for cattle, toys, &c, is held yearly 
on Whit- Monday. During this fair, and those at Finningham and 
Thrandeston, (over which he has control,) the Mayor of Eye holds 
& court of pie poudre. Races are held yearly, in July. They were 
revived in 1839, and were formerly held on Cranley green, but now 
in Eye Park. Scole, Diss, and Eye Subscription Balls are nume- 
rously attended by the neighbouring gentry, and are held at Scole 
Inn, on the Norfolk side of the river Waveney, about three miles 
north of Eye. There is also an annual ball at the White Lion 
Hotel, in Eye, where there is also a Freemason's Lodge. The Gas 
Works were erected in 1850, by a company of £2b shareholders, 
who have let them to a lessee, who sells the gas at 8s. 4d. per 1000 
cubic feet. A Flax Rettery Mill has lately been established here, 
and now employs about 80 hands. 

The Church (St. Peter and St. Paul) is a large handsome struc- 
ture, which was appropriated to the Benedictine Priory here, of 
which there are still some vestiges.* The screen which divides the 
nave and chancel is one of the finest in the county. Sir E. C. Ker- 
rison, Bart., is impropriator of the rectory, and also patron of the 
vicarage, which is valued in K.B. at £l\. 4s. 7d., and now at £331, 
in the incumbency of the Rev. J. W. Campbell, M.A., who has 
much improved the Vicarage House, which was rebuilt in 1733, by 
Dr. Broome,* the poet, who was vicar here from 1724 to 1746. The 
glebe is 13a. 1r. 17p. The tithes were commuted in 1842 — the 
vicarial for £451. 5s., and the rectorial for £783. 15s. per annum. 
The Wesley ans and Baptists have chapels in the town. Here is a 
News Room, a small Theatre, built in 1814; two boarding schools, 
a large Parish School, supported by Sir E. C. Kerrison, and built 
about sixteen years ago, by his father, who also erected the Infant 
School in 1848. Here is also an endowed Grammar School, and 
several charities for the poor, as afterwards noticed. A Xeiv Burial 
Ground for this parish is now being prepared, a piece of land being 
purchased for that purpose by the Burial Board, in 1854. 

The TOWN LANDS comprise several valuable estates, and are vested 
in trustees appointed by the Corporation, and the rents are received and 
applied by an officer called the town treasurer, under the direction of the 
Corporation. Some of the estates are held under conveyances of very 
ancient date, containing no specification of trust or appropriation ; others 
appear to have been purchased with funds belonging to the Corporation ; 
and the remainder have been given or settled by different benefactors, for 

* One of the possessions of the Monks of Eye, was the site of the episcopal 
see at Dunwich, till swallowed up by the ocean. They brought from that place 
St. Felix's Book of the Gospels which Leland saw, written in great Lombard 
letters of high antiquity, and by which, under the name of the Red Boole of Eye, 
the common people were accustomed to swear. 

+ Dr. William Broome, sometime Vicar of Eye, translated eight books of the 
Odyssey for Pope, and wrote all the notes, receiving for his labour the sum of 
s£500 only, and, in consequence of his complaints, a niche in the Dunciad; 
whilst the other coadjutor, Fenton, got £'300 for his translation of only four 
books. 



EYE BOROUGH. 595 

specific charitable objects. They were conveyed to new trustees in 1822, 
and comprise a house and 26 acres of land in Bedfield and Worlingworth, 
given by Francis Kent, for supporting an usher at the Grammar School; 14 
acres at Osmondestone ; 42 acres at Newton ; 2a. 2r. at Hoxne ; a house 
and 13 acres at Gissing; a house, 162 acres, and eight commonages in 
Cranley hamlet; and the Guildhall, Town Hall, two cottages, and about 
30 acres in Eye, called the Moor. Such of the estates as are not noticed 
as belonging to the following charities, are considered to belong to the 
Corporation, or to be held only for general public purposes under their 
direction. The rental derived from the Town Lands amounts to £400 per 
annum, out of which are paid the expenses of the Corporation, and the 
salaries of the organist and parish clerk ; and from £150 to £'200 is dis- 
tributed yearly among the poor of the parish, in coals, clothing, and money. 

The Grammar School is kept in a large room in the Guildhall ; and 
the other rooms in that building are in the master's use, as also is the 
adjoining garden. In 1566, the Corporation decreed that such of the town 
lands as had theretofore been given and purchased for the use of a school- 
master, should thenceforth be employed to the maintenance of a learned 
man, to teach a Grammar School in Eye, to be nominated from time to 
time, with the consent of the greater part of the feoffees of the town lands, 
and of the most substantial inhabitants of Eye ; and that he should have 
£10 a year for teaching the youth of Eye in grammar and the Latin tongue. 
In 1593, Francis Kent, as noticed above, left a house and 26 acres of land, 
for the maintenance of an usher to teach writing and grammar in this 
school freely to the children of Eye, Horsham, Allington, and Bedfield. 
This property is now let for about £40 a year. Since 1740, the offices of 
master and usher have been consolidated in the person of the master, who 
has now a yearly salary of £60, and teaches 30 boys as free scholars, in read- 
ing, writing, and arithmetic, and also in Latin, when required. In the 12th, 
of James L, Edward Mallows left £200 to be laid out in the purchase 
land, to be settled in feoffees, in trust that the rents and profits thereof 
should go for the maintenance of two or three scholars in the University 
of Cambridge, who should have been born at Eye, those of his own kindred 
to be preferred ; and when there should be no such scholars at the Univer- 
sity, he directed that the income should be applied for the better mainte- 
nance of the grammar school, or for the relief of the poor of Eye. The 
property purchased with this bequest, consists of the 13 acres of land at 
Gissing, noticed with the Town Lands, and is let for £30 per annum. In 
1830, the rent of this land had, for a long period, been improperly carried 
to the general account of the Corporation. 

Charities connected with the Town Lands. — The sum of £20 left by 
Matthew Hilton, in 1640, was laid out in 1651, with money belonging to 
the corporation, in the purchase of the Town Lands at Cranley, which, in 
respect of this benefaction, were charged with the yearly payment of 
£l. 12s. to the churchwardens, for distribution among the poor. In 1692, 
£100, given by Thomas Herring, Esq., was laid out in the purchase of 
about 12a. of the town land at Newton, now comprising 42a. 3r. let for 
about £62 a year, which is distributed chiefly in coals. The Town Houses 
are two cottages, occupied rent-free by poor families. They were given by 
Edward Golding, in the 18th of Elizabeth, in lieu of an annual rent-charge, 
intended to have been given by John Hay ward. 

Harwin's Charity (of unknown date) is a yearly rent-charge of £2. 10s., 
paid out of a house in Castle street, for distribution among the poor. In 
1654, Wm. Small bequeathed, out of his estate called Eye Park, a yearly 
rent charge of £21, to be applied as follows, viz., £10 to Swanton Morley ; 



596 



EYE BOROUGH. 



£1 to Norwich, and £10 to Eye, for educating and apprenticing poor chil- 
dren. The portion belonging to Eye is all applied for the last named 
purpose. In 1572, Edward Golding, for the purpose of carrying out the 
intention of Wm. Woodman, granted an annuity of £3 6s. 8d. out of lands 
called Barhams, in Cranley, upon trust, towards finding two parish clerks 
to serve in the parish church. In the 16th of Charles I., Ann Lomax gave 
a yearly rent charge of 20s. out of a house, now called the Bull, to be dis- 
tributed on Good Friday, amongst the aged poor of Eye. 

Bedingfeid's Almshouses. — Nicholas Bedingfeld erected tenements 
in Lambseth street, for the free habitation of four poor widows or old 
maids, natives of Eye ; and by his will, in 1636, he endowed them with a 
house, two cottages, gardens, and 3a. 1b. 14p. of land, (now let for £26 a 
year,) in trust that each of the almswomen should have 2s. monthly, a new 
gown of grey cloth every two or three years, and a cart load of fire-wood 
every year ; and that the surplus rents should be divided among them,, 
after paying for the necessary repairs of the almshouses, which contain four 
low rooms and four chambers, and are occupied by eight poor women be- 
longing to the parish. About 1780, nearly £200 was laid out in rebuild- 
ing or repairing these almshouses. 

Eye Savings' Bank was established many years ago, and on Nov. 20th, 
1853, it had deposits amounting to £27,939, belonging to 1105 depositors, 
41 charitable societies, and 10 friendly societies. Connected with it is the 
Hartismere Hundred Government Annuity Society, established in 1842, 
under an act of the 3rd of Wm. IV., to enable depositors in savings' banks 
and others to purchase government annuities, of from £4 to £40, imme- 
diate or deferred, for life or for a certain term of years. Mr. Henry Bishop 
is the secretary. 



EYE DIRECTORY. 

The Post-Office is in Broad street, and Mr. Richard Nurse is the post- 
master. Letters are despatched to all parts by mail cart, via Scole. Money 
Orders are granted and paid. 

Those marked 1 are in Broad street; 2, Castle street; 3, Lambseth street; 4, 
Church street ; 5, Cross street; 6, Magdalen street; and 7, in Low gate street. 

Ashford Seaman, surgeon. Castle st 
Ashwell Miss Mary, Castle street 
4 Bambridge John, revenue officer 
1 Barber Thomas, chemist & druggist 
1 Barber Wm. tinner, ironmonger, & 

Bank and news agent 
Battrum Benjamin, tallow chandler 
4 Bird Thomas, sugar boiler 

1 Bishop Bobert, druggist, bookseller, 
stationer, and printer 

2 Bishop Mrs My. || 3 Branch Mr John 

3 Burton John Watson, flax manfr., 
Eye Rettery Works 

2 Chenery Edgar, solicitor, & clerk to 
Boro' Magistrates & County Court 

Chenery Mrs Sarah, Castle street 

2 Colman John B. bank clerk 

1 Corner Miss Caroline, Berlin wool dlr 

Costerton Charles Fisher, clerk & supt. 
regr. of Hartismere Union, Migno- 
nette House 



3 Cream Charles, solicitor, and clerk to 

county magistrites 
Dykes Bobert, cooper, Church street 
Eade Misses, Hill Cottage 
Edwards Mrs Lucy, Magdalen street 

3 Etheridge Benj. Cotton, brewer, and 
wine and spirit merchant 

4 Fisher Wm. bank clerk 
Flowerdew Mr Thomas, Church street 
Freeman Mrs Charlotte, Magdalen st 
2 French and Lawton, solicitors 
2 French Thos. solr. & bank agent 
Freuer Wm. L. B. land agent, Chandos 

Lodge 
Garland Miss Elizabeth, Castle street 
7 Garrood Wm. ironmonger, founder. 

& agricultural implement manfr 
7 Goold George, gardener & florist 
7 Hanmer Henrietta, stay maker 
Hayward Lionel, gent. Lambseth st 
2 Herbert George, parish clerk 



EYE DIRECTORY. 



597 



4 Jessup John, cattle dealer 

2 Jillings Samuel, corn chandler 
4 Kemp Edward, law clerk 

4 Lawrence Charles, broker, &c 
j 2 Lawton George Warner, solicitor. 
(French and L.) & town clerk 

4 Mendham Robt. artist, coachmaker, 
& varnish & japan manfr 

3 Miller "Walter Wm. surgeon 
Moore John, assistant overseer 
More James, surgeon, Magdalen street 
Notley Rev Chas., B.D. master of Gram- 
mar School, & incbt. of Redlingfield 

1 Nurse Richard, druggist, bookseller, 
& stationer, Post & Stamp Office 

% Palmer Mary, stay maker 

5 Prentice David, gun & whitesmith 
Pretyman Robert, gent. Church street 
8 Rands Wm. basket mkr. & rod mert 

6 Reeve Mrs Eliz. & 2 Miss Mary 

2 Reynolds John, veterinary surgeon 

4 Richardson Humphrey, fishmonger 
4 Robinson Wm. glover 

2 Rush John, veterinary surgeon 

4 Rush Maria, poulterer 
o Sivel George, cooper 

3 Skuffham David, blacking manfr 

5 Tacon Richard & Charles, brewers, 
& wine & spirit merchants 

Thornton Mrs Emily, Castle street 
Thrower Mrs Lydia, Church street^ 
Todd Henry, carriage painter 
2 Waterman John, lessee of Gas Works 

4 Waterman Mrs Mary 

4 Watling John, sergeant at mace, 
court bailiff, rate collector, &c. 

4 Whayman Owen, music and dancing 
master 

Williams Wm. and Mrs. master and 
matron of the Union Workhouse 

Woolnough Francis, solicitor's clerk, 
& clerk to the Burial Board 
BRANCH BANKS. 

Gurneys, Turner, & Co. (on Barclay 
& Co.) E. Chenery, agent 

Harveys & Hudsons, (on Hankeys & 
Co.) Wm. Barber, agent 

Oakes, Fincham, & Co. (on Barclay & 
Co.) T. French, agent 

Savings' Bank, Broad st. (open Mon- 
day, 11 to 12) Henry Bishop. ?ec. 
FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. 

Briton, Thomas Henry Tacon 

Church of England, Richard Nurse 

€ity of London, Charles Cream 

Clerical & Medical, French & Lawton 

Crown, W. W. Miller 

English and Cambrian, Richard Nurse 

Globe, Edgar Chenery 

Imperial, Daniel Penning 

Indisputable, Robert Bishop 



Norwich Union, Henry Bishop 
Norwich Equitable, Richard Nurse 
Professional Life, George Mudd 
Royal Exchange, Samuel Gissing 
Royal Farmers & Hailstorm, C. F. 

Costerton 
Scottish Provincial, &c. Thos. Barber 
Suffolk Alliance & Palladium, French 

and Lawton 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
2 Bedingfeld's Arms, Edmund Offord 
Black Swan, Wm. Lake, Cross street 
Bull, George Hursam, Lambseth st 
Cherry Tree, Joseph Martin, Ludgate 
Crown, Wm. Moss, Magdalen street 
Grapes, Henry Bird, Church street 
King's Arms, Henry Scales, Castle st 
King's Head, — Barker, Church st 
Queen's Head, Chas. Pipe, Lambseth st 
Red Lion, Hy. Catchpole, Church st 
Star, Robert Arbourn, Castle street 
2 Three Horse Shoes, G. Buckenham 
Victoria, Chas. Church, Magdalen st 
White Lion and Commercial Hotel, 

Susan Rawling, Broad street 

BOOT & SHOEMKES. 



ACADEMIES. 

* take Boarders. 
*Bevis G. T., Hill 

House 
4Notley Rev Chas. 

B.D. ,Gram.Schl 
7 Pittuck John 
2 *Southwell Eliz. 
2 Tippell Miss 
Parish Schools : — 

Gill Robt. &Sar. 

Eames Bathshb. 

BAKERS 

and Confectioners. 
4 Cooper James 
4 Dade Robert 
2 * Gissing Anthy. 
4 Perry Thomas 
Pettit Robert 

1 Smith Robert 

BEERHOUSES. 

Bultitude Isaac, 

Gretney 
4 Frost Charles 
4 Herbert Hannah 

2 Lawrence Robert 
Rampling Henry 

4 Strutt Joseph 

BLACKSMITHS. 

2 Collins Hy. and 
drill, &c, maker 

7 Garrood Wm. 

2 Moore Charles 

4 Smith Joseph & 
Maria 



2 Herbert George 
Howe Anthony 
Hursam Edward 
Mason Samuel 
2 Oakes Abraham 
2 Page Edward, 
leather cutter 

BRICKLAYERS, &C. 

4 Lawrence Robt. 
6 Marriott Henry 

4 Murdock Richd. 

5 Rampling Jesse 

5 Tye Mark 

BUTCHERS. 

1 Chase Robert 
4 Grimes John 

2 RamplingHorace 

6 SelfWm. 

4 Moore Mary 

CORN MILLERS. 

Baldry John 
Craske Walter 
Woods Isaac 

FARMERS. 

Be ales Charles, 

Moor Hall 
Bolton Wm. 
Chase Hy., Cranky 
Chase Robert 
Chambers Robert 
Cobbold Thomas, 

Cranley Hall 
Craske Edward 
Craske Walter, 

Priory f aim 



598 



EYE DIRECTORY. 



Elvin Ths.,€rmley 

Gedney Henry. 

Rose Cottage 
Gooderham James, 

Borough farm 
Go wing Edward, 

Burnt House 
Hammond Alfred, 

Clint farm 
Harper Wm.jLawgr- 

ton green 
Harper James, 

Rook Hall 
Harris George. 

King s farm 
4 Jessup John 
Johnson John 
Knott Garrett Tay- 
lor. Eye Park 
Mallows Wm. 
IMayhew John, 

Chesnut House 
Parke James 
Peck Samuel, 

Lang ton green 
Perry Joseph 
Riches Wm. 



Row John, Kiln 

farm 
Todd Robt., Davy's 
Wilson Robert 

GROCERS, &C. 

1 Bishop Hy.. and 
china.&c, dealer 

1 Collins John, and 
tallow chandler 

4 Dove James 

4 Aludd Geo. and 
regr. of marrgs. 

HAIRDRESSERS. 

6 Gooderham Dnl. 

5 Harvey Wm. 

JOINERS &BUILDBS. 

4 Day Daniel 

7 Hindes James 

3 Penning Daniel, 
and surveyor 

Rampling Edw. 

4 ShortGeo. Groom 

2 Thimhlethorpe 
Henry 

L. & W. DRAPERS. 

1 Cason & Bicker 
Cross Chas. Oakes 



1 Gissing Samuel 

3IELLINERS. 

4 Jeffry Martha 
Kirby S.&M. 
7 Knevett E. & E. 
Marsh Miss 
Wythe Bridget 

PAINTERS, PLUM- 
BERS, & GLAZIERS. 

7 Ling Hy. Chas. 

2 Xeale James 

3 Pritty Wm. 

2 Sturgeon Daniel 

Sturgeon George 

saddlers, &c. 

2 Marsh John 

3 Remington Rd. 
7 Tricker Wm. 

shopkeepers. 
6 Dade Robert 

6 Garden erWm. 
1 Runacres Mary 
1 Strutt Joseph 

STONEMASONS. 

Sturgeon Daniel 

7 Vine Henry 



'STRAW hat majors. 
Marsh Sarah 
; Rampling Harriet 

; TAILOB5& DRAPERS. 

5 Cracknell Henry 
2 Eglinton Wm. 

clothier 
2 Rampling Henry 
; 1 Read Wm. 

; WATCH3IAEER5. 

2 Batchelor Henry, 
and engraver 

1 Calver Susan 

2 Skinner George 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Day Joseph 6c Son 
2 Gilding Dauiel 

OMNIBUS. 

To Mellis Station 
and Stradbroke, 
Mon., Wed., and 
Sat. aftns. 

CARRIER. 
John Catchpole to 
Mollis Station 
daily 



FINNINGHAM, a scattered village, 7| miles N. of Stowmarket, 
5 miles S. of Botesdale, and 7 miles S.W. of Eye, has a station on 
the Eastern Union Railway. Its parish contains 571 souls, and 
1234a. Is. 3p. of fertile land, nearly all the property and manor of 
Geo. Edw. Frere, Esq., whose family were formerly seated at the 
Hall, and who is also patron of the Rectory, valued in K.B at 4al0* 
10s. 5d , aud now having a yearly rent-charge of i£450. 12s. 6d. 
awarded in 1840, in lieu of tithes. The Bev. C. Frere, M.A., is the 
incumbent, and has a good residence near the Church. (St. Bartho- 
lomew,) which is finely embowered in trees, and has a tower and 
three bells. A fair for pedlery is held here on Sept. 4th and 5th. 
The Church and Town Estate consists of a house and some cot- 
tages occupied rent-free by poor families ; the Bull-yard, let for 5s.» 
and about 2a. of land, let in poor's allotments for £2. 10s. The 
rents are added to the church and poor rates. A yearly rent- charge 
of £6 is paid out of 19a of land, at Mendlesham, pursuant to the 
"bequests of Ann Frere and Susan Edwards, the former of whom 
left the interest of £"50, to be distributed in bread and hempen 
shifts among the poor, and it was laid out in the purchase of half 
of this rent-charge; and the latter donor left £2>. 10s. a year, to be 
applied — 50s. for the education of four poor children, and 20s. to 
be distributed among poor communicants. In 1766. Eleanor Frere 
gave a yearly rent-charge of £\2 out of her house and lands, called 
Sudbornes, in Wyverstone, to be appLied as follows : — £4, for teach- 
ing six poor children to read and write ; £b, for providing coats for 
four poor men, constantly attending divine service; £2. 5s. to be 
distributed in meat among poor parishioners ; and 15s. to be distri- 



FINNINGHAM. (HARTISMERE HUNDRED.) 599; 

buted in bread, on the 12th of November. The rector now distri- 
butes the yearly proceeds of these charities, as he thinks most 
"beneficial to the poor. 



Ashford Alfred, grocer 

Baker Edward, boot and shoemaker 

and vict. White Horse 
Banks James, shoemaker & Mrs Eliz 
Blomfield Robert, grocer and tailor 
Clarke George, tailor 
Clayton Misses Ann & Susan 
Cook Charles, boot and shoemaker 
!Frere Rev Constantine, M.A., Rectory 
Gibbs Henry, tailor 
Hammond Robt. shoemkr. & currier 
Rednall Edmund, grocer and draper, 

Post Office 
Rednall Wm., joiner and builder 
Sands John, wheelwright and smith 
Sands Thomas, boot and shoemaker 



Steggall Wm. corn miller 

Street Robert, gardener and beerhouse 

Worlledge Ling, saddler, &c. 

FARMERS. 
Blomfield John || Rainbird Thomas 
Cock Jeremiah || Spicer John 
Dade Wm. || Steggall Charles, Green 
Driver John || Steggall Mrs U. 
Ford Joseph || Smith Edmund 
Martin George, Finningham Hall 
Martin Walton, Finningham Lodge 
POST from Stowmarket 
TRAINS from Finningham Station, a 
mile S. of the village, to all parts 4 
times a day. The Station is in Bac- 
ton Parish 



GISLINGHAM, a pleasant village and parish, 5 miles W.S.W. 
of Eye, and 3J- miles S.S.E. of Botesdale, contains 696 souls, and 
2251a. of land, including the scattered farms of Potash, Rush Green, 
and Swattisfield Hall. The latter was rebuilt in the early part of 
last century, by Cbas. Bedingfeld, Esq. The parish is mostly in 
the two manors of Swattisfield Hall and Bushes and Jennings, of 
which Lord Henniker and the Executors of Geo. St. Vincent Wilson, 
Esq., are lords, but part of the soil belongs to J. H. Heigh aru,Esq. 5 
G. E. Frere, Esq., Bichd. Beeve, Esq., Mrs. Ion, Mr. J. B. Turner, 
and a few smaller owners. It is mostly freehold, and the fines on 
the copyholds are arbitrary. The Church (St. Mary) is an ancient 
structure, with a tower and six bells. The Rectory, valued in K.B* 
at ,£26. Is. 5^-d., and in 1835 at <£503, has a good residence, and is 
in the patronage and incumbency of the Bev Thos. Collyer. The 
tithes were commuted, in 1839, for a yearly rent- charge of £624. 
There was here &preceptory belonging to the knights of St. John of 
Jerusalem, and it was granted in the 7th of Edward VL, to John 
Green and Bobert Hall. The Methodists have a chapel in the 
parish. The Toivn Estate comprises two houses, occupied rent- 
free by poor persons; a house and 30a. of land in Thorndon, let for 
£42 a year; and 2a. in Gislingham, let for £4 a year. The rents 
are applied in repairing the church, the school, and poor's house, 
and in defraying other public charges of the parish. In the 12th of 
Charles I., John Darby left 8£a. of land, called Park Close, in trust 
to pay yearly 20s. towards repairing the highways, and 20s. towards 
repairing the school ; and to distribute the residue of the rent 
amongst the poor parishioners. The land is now let for £12 per 
annum. The estates here, belonging to J. H Heigham, Esq., are 
charged with various annuities, amounting to £28. 10s. per annum, 
bequeathed by John, Mary, and Edmund Darby, and the Rev. John, 
Mr. John, and Mrs. Alice Symonds, between the years 1640 and 
1702, for the following uses — viz., £17 a year to the master of the 
free> school, for teaching ten boys of the parish; £3 to the school- 



600 



GISLINGHAM PARISH. 



mistress for teaching seven poor girls; and £8. 10s. for a distribu- 
tion of clothing, &c, among the poor parishioners, Post from Eye. 



Battrum Thomas, grocer, draper, and 

tailor, Post Office 
Berry James, wheelwright 
Brown Benjamin, grocer and draper 
Campling Jas. gent ," Proctor 3Irs Sar. 
Carr James, schoolmaster 
Carron Durrant, grocer, <fcc. 
Collyer Rev Thomas, Rectory 
Cannold George Henry, tailor 
Downing Samuel George, surgeon 
Drane John, shopkeeper 
Tinch Ellis, corn miller 
Gissing Edwin, plumber and painter 
Land John, beerhouse 
Leggett Charles, tailor 
Leggett John, smith and wheelwright 
Prike Wm. boot and shoemaker 
Ray Wm. Henry, corn miller 
Selsby Thomas, boot and shoemaker 



Selsby Thomas, sen. parish clerk 
StaggWm.jun.agt.fVBentairs ploughs, 

blacksmith, and vict. Six Bells 
Stagg Mr Wm. sen. 
Warner James & Elizabeth, bricklayers 

FARMERS. 
Battrum Robert Jacob Nathaniel 
Brett Geo. || Lines Wm. Buck Thos. 
Brett Robert Morley Elizabeth 
Brett Wm. Murton Mary Ann 
Brookes James Munns Mary 
Brookes Walton Prike Samuel 
Cooke Mr., Potash farm 
Cracknell Charles, S watt is field Hall 
Jodrell Neville || Selsby Thomas 
Steggall George Symonds Arthur 
Steggall Thomas, Rush green 
Turner John Brett || Squires Mr 



MELLIS parish contains 610 souls, and ]344a.. 1b. 30p. of land, 
and its houses are scattered on the margin of a pleasant green, or 
common, about a mile in leugth, and from 3 to 4 miles W. of Eye. 
It has a Station on the Eastern Union Railway, and is mostly in 
the two manors of St Johns and Pountney Hall. G. Wilson, Esq., 
is lord of the former, which belonged to the knights of St. John, at 
Gislinghain, and Lord Henniker is lord of the latter. The custom 
of Borough Euglish prevails in both these manors. Pountney 
Hall, now only a farm house, was long the seat of the Clarkes, and 
had a large park. The greater part of this hall was taken down 
many years ago. Lord Henniker, Sir E C. Kerrison, G. E. Frere, 
Esq., the London Missionary Society, and several smaller owners, 
have estates iu the parish. The Church (St. Mary the Virgin) is an 
ancient structure, and had a tower which fell down in 1735, and 
has never been rebuilt, though i£'200 was subscribed for that pur- 
pose. It contains some memorials of the ancient families of Yaxley 
and Clarke, and had two guilds dedicated to St Peter and the Holy 
Trinity, and a noted image of St. Michael. The Rectory, valued in 
Iv.B. at £9. 15s., has 9^-a. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of 
d£348, awarded, in 1839, in lieu of tithes. The patronage is in the 
Lord Chancellor, and the Eev. Henry Creed is the incumbent* The 
advowson anciently belonged to the prior and convent of Eye, and 
afterwards to the Earls of Suffolk, till 1511. when it was seized by 
Henry Till. The Wesleyans have a small chapel here. 

Grooderham Jas. viet. Railway Tavern 

(and posting house, &c.) 
Hammond Mr. boot and shoemaker 
Larter Thomas, boot and shoemaker 



Adams John, blacksmith 
Bacon Alfred Thomas, parish clerk 
Barker Thomas, railway clerk 
Bryant Samuel, vict. Falcon 
Copping Wm. shopkeeper 
Copping Wm.jun. shopkeeper 
Creed Rev Henry, Rectory 
Goodshild Stephen, vict. White Lion 



Meadows Jabez. cooper, &c. 
Morley David, corn and coal merchant 
Orttewell F. C. news agent, Post Office 
Sheldrake Frederick, station master 



MELLTS. (HARTISMERE HUNDRED.) 601 

FARMERS. Whitmore Mrs Jane, Mellis Hall 

Chapman John Copping Zachariah 
Chenery Thos. |j Cousins Samuel 
Collins Thomas. Ash || Morley David 
Eaton Wm : and corn miller 
Hammond J. S. Green Chas., Potash 
•Jermyn Benjamin, Pountney Hall 



POST OFFICE, at Frank C. Ortte- 
vrell's. Letters via Scole at 6 p.m. 

Railway Trains 5 times a day to Ips- 
wich, Norwich, 6c c. 

Omnibus from the station to Eye and 
Stradbroke, Hon., "Wed., and Sat. 



MEXDLESHAM. formerly a market town, consists of one long 
street of irregularly built houses, in a marshy situation, 3^- miles 
S.E. of Finningham Station, 5 miles X. of Stonham, 7 miles X.E. 
by N. of Stowmarket, 7 miles S.S.W. of Eye, and 88 miles X.E. of 
London. Its parish contains 1442 inhabitants, and 3940 acres of 
land, including the hamlet of Mencllesham Green, nearly a mile 
south of the town, and several scattered farm houses. Hugh Fitz 
Oth o procured the privilege of a market and fair here, in the reign 
of Edward I. The market was on Tuesday, hut has long been 
obsolete, A fair for cattle, &e., is held on October 2nd and 3rd. 
Charles Tyrell, Esq., is lord of the manor, but a great part of the 
soil belongs to J. G-. Shepparcl, James Morrison, Bobert Pulford, E. 
Chapman, B.and W. Worlledge, Eev. H. Marriott, Rev. M. Seaman, 
Sir W. F. F. Middle ton. and several smaller owners. In the latter 
part of the 17th century, an ancient silver crown, weighing about 
€0 ounces, and supposed to have belonged to one of the Kings of 
East Anglia, was found here. A gold concave ring, with an inscrip- 
tion in the Eunic character, was also ploughed up here in 175S. 
Camden supposes Mendiesharn to have been the residence of Dago- 
bert, one of the East Anglian Kings. The Church (St Mary) is a 
large and handsome structure, consisting of a nave, chancel, side 
aisles, and a lofty tower, in which is a peal of ^.xe bells. It was 
appropriated by TTm. Eufus to Battle Abbey, but in 1254 two- 
thirds of the great tithes were granted by the Bishop of Xorwich 
-to the Dean and Chapter of Chichester. Messrs. Oakes, Bevan, 
.and Co., bankers, of Bury, and Mr. Thos. Francis, are now lessees 
of the Rectory, under the Dean and Chapter of Chichester, and 
have a yearly rent-charge of £544. 13s. awarded in lieu of two- 
thirds of the rectorial tithes, in 1839, when the remainder and the 
Ticarial tithes were commuted for <£583. 12s. per annum. The 
Vicarage, valued in K.B. at .±'14. 9s. 2-Jd., is in the patronage of the 
Bev. Eobt. Field, and incumbency of the Eev. Henry Thomas Day, 
LL.D., who has a neat and commodious residence, half a mile from 
the church. The Baptists have a small chapel in the parish, and 
here is an Independent Chapel, erected in 1849, and an old Friends' 
Meeting house and burial ground, now but seldom used. The fol- 
lowing messuages, lands, &c., in this parish, are appropriated to 
charitable uses — viz., a building given by Peter Duck, and used 
■partly for the residence of paupers, and partly as a school; 12 
tenements near the churchyard, occupied rent-free by poor families ; 
a farm of 150a. 1r. 33p., left by Eobt, Cake, in 1473, for the pay- 
ment of fifteenths and other subsidies, the repairs of the church, 
and the relief of the poor; a farm of 45a. 3r. 16p.; two closes, 

2 c 



602 



MENDLESHAM PARISH. 



BAKERS. 

Brett Bristo 
Foster and Bose 

BEERHOUSES. 

BatleyWm. 



Clark Sarah 
Bose John 
Upson Samuel 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Fox Nathan 



Wm., 



called Birds, containing 12a. 3r. 36r. ; land, called Salmons, con- 
taining 10a. 1r. 8p. ; a garden of 5 perches ; and a blacksmith's 
shop and garden. These Charity Estates have, from time to time, 
been conveyed to new trustees, but the donors are unknown, except 
Eobert Cake and Peter Duck. The rents produce a yearly income 
of about <£350, of which about <£200 is distributed among the 
poor parishioners, and the remainder is applied in supporting the 
parish schools and in repairing the church. Here is a Police 
Station and a Post Office. Letters via Stonham, per foot post. 

Aldous Wm. painter, plumber, &c 
Ashford Alfred, grocer, draper, &c. and 

agent to Essex and Suffolk Equitable 

Fire and Professional Life Offices 
Bullock Wm. cooper 
Buckenham Harriet, glover 
Clarke John, cooper 
Clutton Jph. grocer & draper.Pos^- Office 
Collins Eev Francis, (Baptist) 
CuthbertWm. sen. & jun. surgeons 
Day Bev Henry Thos., LL.D. Vicarage 
Durham George T. vict. Oak 
Finbow Eobert, gardener 
Fisher Bev F. W. (Independent) 
Fox David, parish clerk 
Freeman George, policeman 
Gissing Walter, plumber, painter, &c 
Goddard John, cooper 
Haxell Owen, schoolmaster, & agent to 

Boyal Exchange Insurance Company 
Jacob Edmund, ironmonger 
Percy Zephaniah, watchmaker, Sec 
Pizzey Thomas, butcher 
Potter Eobert, tailor 
Bodwell John, bricklayer 
Syrett Fernando, vict. King's Head 



Fox Wm. 
Hart Nathaniel 
Quinton Ishmael 
boot & shoe:.ikrs. 
Benham Wm. 
Brandish Eobert 
Brandish Wm, 
Jackaman Eobert 
Eeynolds George 
Wix Eobert 

CORN 3IILLERS. 

Foster John 
Kersey Eobert 
Ling John 

FARMERS. 

(* are Owners. J 
Bendall Mrs S. 

* Brandish Wm. 
Colchester Wm. 
Doggett Eobert 
*Eastall Eobert 
Foster John 
Francis Dl. Hall 
Francis Thos. F. 

| Gissing Hy.Herbt. 
i Gissing Spencer 
1 Goodrich Wm. 

* Grim wade John 
Groom Eobert 
Halls Charles 



Harwood 

Lodge 
Juby James 
* Kersey Eobert 
*Lake Elizabeth 
Mills Simon 
*Eobinson John 
Wix John 
Worlledge Wm. 
Wright Wm. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Ashford Alfred 
Batley Wm. 
Brett Bristo 
Clutton Joseph 
Hart Xathaniel 
Sheldrake Mr 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Arbourn Charles, 
& harness maker 
Child Edmund 
Clarke John 
Watcham Wm. 

CABBIE ES. 
Woods & Jacob, to 

Ipswich, Mond. 

& Friday 
Trains from Fin- 

ningham. 
T?ost from Stonham 



OAKLEY, a pleasant scattered Tillage, three miles N.N.E. of 
Eye, has in its parish 336 inhabitants, and 1280 acres of fertile 
land, within the Parliamentary borough of Eye, and nearly all the 
property of Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart., whose beautiful mansion in 
Oakley Park, is in the adjoining parish of Hoxne, as noticed at 
page 385 ; but the greater part of the extensive park is in Oakley, 
on the western side of the small river Dove, which here divides the 
Hundreds of Hartismere and Hoxne, and falls into the Waveney a 
little below the park. This elegant seat is described with Hoxne. 
M. Kerrison, Esq., the grandfather of the present possessor, pur- 
chased the manors of BeaucJiamp and Hoo Hall, in Oakley, and 
other estates in this neighbourhood, of the late Marquis Cornwallis, 
as noticed with Brome, at page 588. Oakley House, a neat man- 
sion, near the park, is occupied by Captain Michell. Part of the 
parish belongs to Sir B. W. Walker, K.C.B., and a few smaller 



OAKLEY. (HARTISMERE HUNDRED.) 



603 



owners. The Church (St. Nicholas) is an ancient structure, with a 
tower and five bells, and the benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at 
£9. 4s. 9d,, and consolidated with that of Brome. (See page 589.) 
It is said that Oakley was anciently in two parishes, and that it had 
another church (St. Andrew's) in what was called Little Oakley. 
The Toiun Estate, consisting of a messuage occupied by poor per- 
sons, and 10a. of land, let at rents amounting to £22. 4s. 8d. per 
annum, has been held, from an early period, by the churchwardens 
for the use of the church, but it is not known how it was acquired. 
Post from Scole. 



Clarke Wm. grocer, & bird & animal 

preserver 
Day John, carpenter 
Ling Lewis, vict, Green Man 
Ling Mary, schoolmistress 
Michell Capt. Philip Hy. Oakley House 
Morley John, tailor 



Moule James, carpenter 
Watson Adam, parish clerk 

FARMERS. 
Chenery Wm. || Ling Lewis 
RumseyJohn, Warren Hill 
RushRt. f] Rush Wm. II Todd Samuel 



OCCOLD, a village and parish in the parliamentary borough, 
and 2§ miles S. of Eye, contains 620 souls, and 1479a. 3r. 10p. of 
land, including the hamlet of Benningham Green. The manor of 
Little Thorndon extends into Occold, and here is a small Rectorial 
manor. The rest of the parish is in the manors of Occold Hall and 
Benningham Hall. The Eev. C. Chapman is lord of the former, 
and Miss Howman is lady of the latter, but a great part of the soil 
belongs to several resident families. The Church (St. Michael) is 
a neat fabric, with a tower and ii^e bells. It has recently been re- 
paired, newly pewed, and re-roofed. The rectory, valued in KJB. 
at £19. Is. 5Jd., has 47a. of glebe, and a yearly rent of ,£404. 4s. Id., 
awarded in 1839 in lieu of tithes. The Eev. Horatio Todd, M.A., is 
patron and incumbent. Chapelfield, at Benningham, is the site of 
an ancient chapel, of which no traces are extant. In ancient times 
the rector was obliged to find a curate to preach in this chapel. The 
Rectory House, built in 1846, is a neat mansion in the Tudor style. 
The Town Estate was mostly devised by John Henman, in 1449, 
for certain superstitious uses, the payment of tenths and fifteenths, 
the relief of the poor, and the reparation of the church and high- 
ways. It was conveyed to new trustees, in 1813, and consists of 
the town-houses, occupied by paupers ; a house, and 4a. of land, 
let for £12 a year; and a messuage, farm-house, outbuildings, and 
46Ja. of land, in Occold and Redlingfield, let for about £45 per 
annum. The rents are applied, one-half in relieving the poor, one- 
quarter in repairing the church, and one-quarter in repairing the 
highways. Mr. Gr. Sherman and others are the trustees. In 1720, 
Wm. Lee left all his lands and tenements, in Occold, to the intent 
that 5s. worth of bread should be given weekly to the poor parish- 
ioners ; and 40s. yearly to the poor of Thorndon ; and that the 
residue of the rents should be applied in buying clothes for the 
poorest people in Occold. This charity estate comprises 20 a. 2r. 
of freehold land, and 6a. 34p. of copyhold, in the manor of Ben- 
ningham Hall ; 2a. of copyhold in the manor of Occold Hall, and 

2c 2 .« 



804 OCCOLD. (HARTISMERE HUNDRED.) 

two cottages divided into several tenements. The whole is let for 
£b2 per annum. In 1724, Eobt. Denny left a yearly rent-charge 
of 20s., out of a farm belonging to the Rev. Chas. Chapman, for a 
distribution of bread on Ash-Wednesday. Here is a small Baptist 
Chapel, and a Parish School. The latter was built in 1849 by the 
rector. Post from Eye. 



trundle George, carpenter 
Churchyard James, -wheelwright 
Dowsing Jas. blacksmith, & Bapt. minr. 
Everson John, grocer, blacksmith, and 

edgetool manfr. Post-Office 
Everson Thomas, blacksmith 
Eulcher Xoah, parish clerk 
Hunt Wm. tailor; & Eli, beerhouse 
Palmer Wm. wheelwright 
Sherman Geo. grocer, draper, & miller 
Todd Rev Horatio, M.A. Rectory 
Tubby Samuel, shopkeeper 
Vincent Elijah, vict. Bottles 



Wright Sarah, schoolmistress 

FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
Breese James, Benningham Hall 
Doggett John | Last Hy. Benningham 
*Eldred Wm. | Nicholls John 
♦Hunt Benj. Hammond James 

*Johnson George Green Wm. 

Orford Robert Baker, Occold Hall 
* Sherman Geo. & brick & tile maker 

Bed House 
*Wells Henry, & land agent, surveyor, 

and maltster, White House 



PALGRAYE. a pleasant village, on a shady green, in the vale of 
the river Waveney, 1J mile S. of Diss, and nearly 5 miles N.N.W. 
of Eye, has in its parish 740 souls, and 1474a. 3r. 1p. of fertile land. 
Sir E. C. Kerrison, T3art., is lord of the manor ; but the soil belongs 
to Miss Harrison, and the Tuck, Potter, Howe, Taylor, Sheriffs, 
Roper, and other families : and is mostly copyhold, subject to fines 
certain. St. Johns, a neat mansion, with pleasant grounds, one 
mile S.S.W. of the village, is the seat of Miss Mary Harrison, and 
has long been the residence of her family, who have a vault and 
several memorials in the church. The lordship anciently belonged 
to Bury Abbey, and in the west part of the parish was a chapel of 
St. John the Baptist, subordinate to that monastery, where five 
secular priests resided, and said mass daily. The Church (St. Peter) 
is an ancient structure, with a tower and six bells. It has lately 
•been thoroughly repaired, newly pewed, and decorated with two 
liandsoms stained glass windows, given by the rector and his lady 
in 1851. The organ was purchased by subscription in 1849. The 
font is Norman, and the roof of the church is very handsome. In. 
the porch, with others of his family, is interred Thomas Martin, 
Esq., the celebrated antiquary, who wrote a history of Thetford, 
his native place, where he was born in 1696. He was bred an 
attorney, and having married the widow of Peter Le Xeve, Esq., 
Norroy King at Arms, became possessed of his noble collection of 
British antiquities, to which he made extensive additions. His 
ambition was to deserve his cognomen of ''Honest Tom Martin of 
Palgrave" He died in 1774, poor in everything but antiquities, 
manuscripts, and books, which were sold to Mr. Worth, of Diss, for 
d£600, but afterwards sold to various parties, for several thousand 
pounds. His manuscripts, &c, relating to Suffolk, were purchased 
by Sir J. Cullum, of Hardwick, near Bury St. Edmund's. The 
rectory, valued in K.B. at £19. lis. 3d., has a good residence, (\\. 
of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £441. 10s , awarded in 1S38 in 
ieu of tithes. Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart., is patron ; and the Rev. 



PALGRAVE PARISH. 605" 

Chas. Martyn, incumbent The Town Estate comprises a messuage 
called the Guildhall, occupied by labourers ; about 2a. of land near 
the latter, belonging to the poor; and a farm of 66a. 3r. in Guest- 
wick, Norfolk, let for £72 a year, which is applied in repairing the 
church, and in paying £lb yearly to the schoolmaster; and if any 
surplus remains, it is given to the poor. Two yearly rent-charges, 
viz., 20s. left by Henry JBootie, in 1653, out of a farm belonging to 
Miss Harrison; and 10s., left by John Stebbing, in 1677, out of land 
belonging to the Chaplyn family, are distributed in bread, at Christ- 
mas. The National School is a neat building, erected by the rector, 
in 1853, and chiefly supported by him. Post and Teaixs from 



Thurlow Hy. joiner & cabinet maker 
Timrlow Samuel, corn miller 
Thynne Daniel, schoolmaster 

FARMERS. 

Browning John, and cattle dealer 
Calver George | Gowing Sarah 
Crane Levi | Hart Nathaniel 
Chaplyn Edward | Long James 



Bond George, shopkeeper I Moore John, shoemaker 

Brooks Jas. maltster & vict. Eed Lion Riches TV in. gent Smith Airs Lydia 

Brooks Wm. millwright Saver Edward, corn miller 

Browning Henry, butcher j Spink Sophia, garden seed dealer 

Bumstead Eobert, baker & shopkeeper Ship James, shoemaker 

Clubbe Wm. gent :'" Howe Mr Martin 

Crisp Simon, pork butcher 

Firman Benjamin, parish clerk 

Ford Wm. and George, carpenters 

Frere Eev Henry Temple, curate 

Goold Philip, tailor 

Hammond Wm. shoemaker 

Harrison Miss Mary, St. Johns 

Harrison Misses. The Priory 

Hart Mrs. ladies' school Garland John ] Murrell John 

Howell George, blacksmith Howe Martin, jun | Pritty Wm. 

Humphrey Wm. plumber & glazier I Pax Wm. | _ Saunders Henry. Grange 

Knott John, blacksmith Carrier, James Thurlow, to Diss 

Lane Eobert, vict. Swan Inn' Station daily 

Martyn Eev Charles, Factory 



REDGRATE, a large and handsome village, pleasantly situated 
near the sources of the TVaveney and Little Ouse, 2 miles N. bv E. 
of Botesdale, 5 miles W.S.W. of Diss, and 8 miles W.N. W. of Eye, 
has in its parish 756 souls, and 2059 acres of fertile land, exclusive 
of Botesdale township, which is already described at page 586. It 
was anciently the lordship of the Abbot of Bury, to whom it was 
given by Ulfketel, Earl of East Anglia. It was granted by Henry 
Till., in the last year of his reign, to Thomas Darcy, from whom 
it passed to the Bacons. Sir Nicholas Bacon, lord keeper to Queen 
Elizabeth, made it his seat ; and his descendant, Sir Nicholas, was 
created by James I. the premier baronet of England in 1611. By 
one of his successors, the estate was sold, about the close of the 17th. 
century, to Sir John Holt, lord chief justice of the King's Bench, in 
whose family it continued till it became by marriage the property of 
the late Admiral Wilson, from whom it passed to the late George 
St. Vincent Wilson, Esq., whose son, George Holt Wilson, Esq.* 
(now only 17 years of age.) is owner of this and many other estates 
and manors in the neighbourhood. Part of Redgrave parish be- 
longs to the Cobbold, Betts, Barclay, Debenham, and other families. 
Redgrave Hall, the seat of Mr. Wilson, but now occupied by 
Maurice Johnson, Esq., was built in 1770 by Rowland Holt, Esq., 



606 REDGRAVE PARISH. 

who also embellished the Park, at an expense of £'30,000. It 
stands on the site of one which had been built by Sampson, abbot 
of Bury in 1211, and is a spacious structure of Woolpit brick, with 
a projecting centre, the pediment of which is supported by four 
Ionic columns. " In the evidence room here," says Sir John Cul- 
lum, " are preserved many valuable manuscripts." The park is 
extensive and beautifully clothed with wood, and the rivulet which 
flows through it is expanded into a fine serpentine lake of more than 
46a. On the north side of the parish, within the bounds of Norfolk, 
is Lopham Gate, where two copious springs rise in swampy ground, 
and, flowing in opposite directions, give rise to the rivers Waveney 
and Little Ouse, the former running eastward to Yarmouth, and the 
latter westward to Thetford and Lynn, and both forming the boun- 
dary of Norfolk and Suffolk. 

The Church (St. Botolph,) is an ancient structure, with six bells; but 
in the early part of the present century, it was ornamented with a neat 
steeple of white brick, at the expense of Rowland Holt, Esq. It was tho- 
roughly repaired and newly seated in 1850, at the cost of £800. In 1853, 
the east window was enriched with beautiful stained glass by E. P. Blake, 
Esq, at the cost of £400. The organ, which cost £185, was erected in 
1842. This church contains some monuments, which, for beauty of marble 
and sculpture, are exceeded by few in the kingdom. In the right aisle is a 
black table monument, upon which are the recumbent effigies, in white 
marble, of Sir Nicholas Bacon and his lady, executed by Nicholas Stone, at 
the cost of £200. In the chancel is interred that excellent judge, Sir John 
Holt, whose monument is said to have, cost £1500. He is represented in 
white marble, sitting in a chair, in his judicial robes, with the figures of 
Justice and Mercy on either side of him. Two Corinthian columns sup- 
port the alcove under which he is seated. Thomas Wolsey, afterwards the 
famous cardinal, was presented to the rectory of Redgrave, in 1506, by the 
abbot and convent of Bury. G. H. Wilson, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. 
T. D. H. Wilson, M.A., is incumbent of the rectory, which is valued in 
K.B. at £25. 7s. Id. and now at £889, with Botesdale curary annexed to it. 
The tithes were commuted in 1846, and here are 45a. 3r. 10p. of glebe, 
and a large handsome Rectory House. The Wesleyans have a chapel here; 
and an Independent congregation was formed in this parish as early as 
1672. The Church Lands comprise 2a., near the churchyard, let for £8; 
and 1a. 1r. in Hinderclay, let for £3 a year. The Poor's Allotment con- 
sists of 80 acres of waste land, and was awarded at the enclosure, in 1815, 
to be employed for providing fuel for the poor parishioners, or otherwise 
for their use, under such orders as the lords of the manors of Redgrave and 
Botesdale, and the rector, churchwardens, and overseers, should seem most 
beneficial. John Brundish gave, for the relief of the poor, 1a. 2r. of land, 
now let for £3 a year. In 1686, Mary Foster left £18 for schooling poor 
children, and it was laid out in the purchase of 1a. of land at Barningham, 
now let for £J. 10s. a year, which is paid to a schoolmistress, for teaching 
three children to read. In 1727, John Hubbard left a yearly rent-charge of 
£3. 5s., out of Calkpitt's Hole Closes, for a monthly distribution of bread; 
and he also gave a house, and directed that two of the rooms therein should 
be occupied rent-free by two poor widows, and that the other rooms should 
be let, and the rents employed in repairing the house, and in allowing 15s. 
yearly to each of the two widows. The Grammar School for Redgrave and 
Botesdale is at the latter place, as noticed at page 586. Here is a neat 
National School for the two parishes, erected in 1846. Post from Botesdale 
via Scole. 



REDGRAVE. (HARTISMERE HUND.) 



607 



Blake Edward Parker, Esq., Redgrave 
Cottage 

Bowles Eobert, grocer 

Bullock Edward, corn miller 

Burrows Amos, tailor, Post-office 

Chaplyn Herod, saddler, &c 

Clarke Wm. carpenter 

Crackneil Wm. tailor and shopkeeper 

Daniels George, wheelwright and ma- 
chine maker 

Debenham Mr Wm. 

Fulcher Wm. cabinet maker and vict. 
Fox and Hounds 

Hart Joseph and Sons, organ builders 
and piano tuners 

Jennings Wm., National School 

Johnson Maurice, Esq., Redgrave Hall 

Mornement Edw. corn & spirit mert 

Orves Jph. baker, & Wibrow, smith 

Pearce John, carpenter 

Pemberton Wm. shoemaker 

Potter Hy. gent | Steffe John, shoemr 



Beeve Samuel Hardy Wesley, gent 
Bush Ann, boarding school 
Seakins Frederick, corn miller 
Thompson Chas. vict. Greyhound 
Vyse Edward, butcher 
Walker Stephen, plumber, &e 
Warren Wm. butcher 
Wilson Geo. Holt, Esq., Hall, (only 17) 
Wilson Bev Thos. Daniel Holt, M.A. 

rector of Bedgrave and Hinderelay, 

Rectory 
Whitting Sarah, tea dealer, &c 
Wright Henry, vict. Cross Keys 

FABMEBS. 
Adams Eliza | Button Thomas 
Barrow Charles, Fen street 
Clarke John | Collins Edward 
Cross John, Hall Farm 
Debenham Arthur, and maltster 
Edwards Thomas, (and at Wortham) 
Boper Osborn | Darnell Henry 
Snelling John, jun | Steffe Alfred 



EEDLINGFIELD, a village and parish, in the parliamentary bo- 
xough, and 3J miles S. by E. of Eye, contains 251 souls, and 1074a. 
3r. 13p. of land, all, excepting about 1 00a., the property of Sir E. S. 
Adair, Bart., the lord of the manor, impropriator of the tithes, and 
patron of the Church, which is a perpetual curacy, valued at ^671, 
and now enjoyed by the Eev. Chas Notley, B.D., of Eye. A Bene- 
dictine Nunnery was founded here in 1120, by Manasses, Earl of 
Guisnes, and Emma his wife, who endowed it with the manor of 
Eedlingfield. At the dissolution, this house was valued at <£67. 0s. 
1^-d., and was granted to Edmund Bedingfeld, from whose family it 
passed to that of Willis, and from the latter to the Adairs. Of this 
monastery, there are still considerable remains, part of it being con- 
verted into a farm-house, and its chapel being the parish church, 
which is a small fabric, without a tower. In the hollow part of the 
wall, at the west end, is a swarm of bees, which settled there about 
30 years ago, when they are said to have followed a corpse brought 
here for interment. The tithes were commuted in 1839 for <£208 
per annum to the impropriator. The Town U state, vested for the 
reparation of the church and the relief of the poor, consists of 40 
acres, in the parishes of Eedlingfield, Denham, and Hoxne, let for 
J45 a year. Post from Eye. 



Bolton Eobert, wheelwright & joiner 
Harvey James, beerhouse 
Howes Alfred, blacksmith 
Eowe Wm. corn miller 
Taylor Roger, shopkeeper 
Witton George, shoemaker 



FAEMEES. 
Barnes John, (owner) | Bolton Eobt. 
Crackneil John, Wash,k> My. A., Green 
Crackneil Mrs Mary, Rookery 
Johnson Fras., Hall $• Mill Farms 
Platfoot Edward, (owner,) Cross Farm 



EICKINGHALL SUPEEIOE is 8 miles W. of Eye, and 8£ miles 
1ST.E. by E. of Ixworth, and adjoins Botesdale, and many of its houses 
form part of that town. (See p. 586.) Its parish contains 734 in- 
habitants, and 1857 acres of land, partly copyhold, subject to arbi- 



608 MCK1NGHALL SUPERIOR. 

trary fines, and held of the manor of F aeons Hall, now a farm house-. 
George Holt Wilson, Esq., (now a minor,) is lord of the manor, 
owner of most of the soil, and patron of the rectory, which is valued 
in K.B. at £9. 13s. U^d., and has that of Eickinghall Inferior united 
with it, in the incumbency of the Eev. Eichard Oompton Maul, who- 
has his Eectory House at Eickinghall Inferior. The tithes were- 
commuted in 1840, for a yearly rent charge of £1052, of which 
,£472. 2s. is paid by Eickinghall Superior, and £579. 18s. by Eick- 
inghall Inferior. The Church (St. Mary) is an ancient fabric, with 
a tower and six bells, but the chancel has lately been rebuilt and the- 
nave repaired. Here is a Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in 1851. 
The Town Estate consists of a house and 27a. 2r. 27p. of land let 
for £30 a year, which is applied in the service of the church. In the 
10th of Elizabeth, Francis Bokeivood and Thomasine, his wife, gave 
12a. of land in Botesdale, in trust, that the rents thereof should ba- 
employed for the relief of the poor parishioners of Walshaui-in-the- 
Willows and Eickinghall Superior and Inferior. At the enclosure,, 
about 1820, this land was exchanged for separate pieces allotted to- 
each parish; and that belonging to this parish contains 2a. 3r. 11p. ? 
let for £6 per annum. The poor parishioners have also the interest 
of £10, left by John Browne, in 1731; and a yearly rent charge of 
16s. left by an unknown donor, out of land called Howechins. Posr 
from Botesdale. 



Bailey James, vict., Garden House 

Borebam George, currier 

Botwrigbt George, vict., White Horse 

Bullock Henry, wheelwright 

Candler John, cooper 

Chapman Lewis, blacksmith 

Chase Henry, butcher 

Coulcher Rev George, M.A., curate of 

Wattisfield 
Crack Jph. tailor |] Craske Mrs, baker 
Ellis Henry, surgeon 
Foster George, police constable 
Gibson Rev Richard, B.A., curate 
Grew John, shoemaker 
Hubbard John, baker and flour dealer 



Mason Walter, wheelwright 

Pegg Wm, baker and flour dealer 

Pettit Robert, basket maker 

Rednall Henry, carpenter 

Savage Mr John || Vincent Mrs My. A. 

Street Wm. grocer, draper, and brewer 

FARMERS. 
Cook George, Facons Hall 
Dodd John || Gooderham Wm. 
Freeman Robert || Martin Nathan 
Newstead Mrs Mahala, Suggen Hall 
Porter George || Steggall Mrs 

Carrier, Robert Talbot, to Stowmarkei 
and Ipswich, Monday 



EISHANGLES, a small village on the turnpike, 4 miles S. of 
Eye and N. of Debenham, has in its parish 279 souls, and 71 8a. 3e„ 
22p. of land. The manor belonged to the nuns of Bedlingfield, and; 
was granted in the 4th of Philip and Mary to Wm. Honing and. 
Nicholas Cutler. It afterwards belonged to Lord Orwell, and is now 
held by Eichard Dalton, Esq., but the soil belongs mostly to Lord. 
Henniker, H. D. E. Hemsworth, John Eaw, and N. Barnardiston, 
Esqrs., and several smaller free and copyholders. The latter are- 
subject to arbitrary fines. The Church (St. Margaret) is an antique 
structure, with a tower and three bells, and was restored and newly 
seated in 1850-'!. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 13s. l|d., and 
in 1835, at <£323, is ill the patronage and incumbency of the Eev. 
H. Burn, LL.B., who has a neat Bectory House, built in 1849-50. 



EISHANGLES. (HARTISMERE HUNDRED.) 609 

The glebe is 72a. 23p., and the tithes have been commuted for iH85» 
per annum. The Baptists and Methodists have chapels here. Posx 
from Eye. 



Burn Rev H., LL.B. rector of Eish-> 
angles arid prebendary of Brecon 
Rectory 
Canham John, smith and coach maker 
Eisk Benjamin, brick and tile maker 
Keen Robert, shopkeeper, Post-office 
Moor Thomas, general dealer 
Morse Lionel, vict. Swan 



Sherman Henry, corn miller 
Stringer Win. & Mills John, shoemakers 
Woods Robert, parish clerk 
FARMERS. (| Capon John 
Bennett John |] Mortimer Eli 
Ling Henry, Woodhouse 
Whatling Wm., Burnt House 



STOKE-ASH, a village on the Ipswich and Norwich road, 4 miles^ 
E. of Einningham Station, and 3^- miles S.W. of Eye, has in its 
parish 392 souls, 1173a. 2k. 35p. of fertile land; and a large ancient 
Inn, where petty sessions are held twelve times a year on Mondays. 
Mr. C. Cream, of Eye, is clerk to the magistrates. A hiring for ser- 
vants is held here on October 11th. The manor belonged to Eye 
priory, and was granted in the 28th of Henry VIII. to Edmund 
Bedingfeld. Lord Henniker is lord of the manor of Stoke- Hall* 
with-Thorpe, and the Eev. G-. Turner is lord of Wood Hall manor y 
but part of the parish is in the manor of Thwaite, and the other 
principal landowners are G-. Jackson and A. Campbell, Esqrs., and 
Sir E. C. Kerrison and Miss Hammond. The soil is mostly freehold- 
The Church (All Saints) is an ancient structure, with a tower and 
four bells, and the living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £\1. Is. 3d., 
and now having 16a. In. 17r. of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of 
,£358, awarded in 1842, in lieu of tithes. The Eev. S.W. Bull is pa- 
tron and incumbent, and has a neat Rectory House mostly rebuilt in 
1846. Here is a large Baptist Chapel, built in 1846, in lieu of a 
small old one. In 1851, two ancient British Urns, with fragments 
of other vessels, were found in the rivulet, below the church. Post: 
from Bye, via Thwaite. 



Ablett Samuel, shoemaker 
Anness John, parish clerk 
Bean Edward, wheelwright and smith 
Bull Eev Samuel Wm., Rectory 
Eoulcher James, shopkeeper 
Huckman James, vict., White Horse 
King Paul, shopkeeper and miller 
Tyler Paul, carpenter 



FAEMEES. 
Cobb Wm., West-wick || Knights Thos. 
Candler Edw-, Rookery || Huckman J. 
Colman Wm,, Hill Farm\\ WhitbreadEt. 
Day Edward, Wood Hall 
Sare Thomas, Stoke Hall 
Youngman Philip, Easlwick 
Caeeiees pass to Ipswich & Harleston 



STUSTON, a village and parish, 3 miles N. of Eye, and S.E. of 
Diss, has 241 souls, and 797a. 2r. 32p. of land, including an open 
common of 147a. on the south side of the vale of the Waveney. Sir 
E. C. Kerrison is lord of the manor of Boylands and Bacons, in 
Stuston ; and the manor of Stuston Hall belongs to Christ's Hos- 
pital, but part of the soil belongs to 0. Clarke, Esq., (who has a 
neat house here,) the Eev. W. Manning, and several smaller pro- 
prietors. The copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines. Stuston 
Hall, (taken down some years ago,) was long the seat of the knightly 
family of Castleton, and afterwards of the Marriotts, of whom it was 

3c3 



610 STUSTON. (HARTISMERE HUNDRED.) 

purchased by Samuel Traverse, from whose trustees it passed to 
Christ's Hospital. The manor of Facons was held by the nuns of 
Flixton, and was granted in the 36th of Henry VIII. to John Eyre. 
The Church (All Saints) is a venerable thatched structure, with a 
round tower, containing four bells, and finely mantled with ivy. It 
has a handsome mural monument to Sir John Castleton and his 
lady. The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £6. 
16s. Id., and now at <£209. Sir E. C. Kerrison is patron, and the 
Eev. Walter Chenery, M.A., is the incumbent, and has 18a. of glebe, 
and a good residence, which was repaired and modernised about 20 
years ago. In 1710, Eliz. Bosworth gave 4a. of land for the use of 
the rector, but subject to a yearly rent charge of 10s. for the poor. 
Post from Diss, via Scole. 

Clarke Osmund, gent., Stuston House 

Fulcher Henry, carpenter 

Musk Philip, farmer 

Strange Richard, vict., White Swan 

Tippell Osborn, farmer, White House 



Atkins John, blacksmith 
Catton Sarah, schoolmistress 
Chapman George, farm bailiff 
Chenery Eev Walter, M.A., Reetory 
Clarke Miss Sus., Stuston Lodge 



THORNDON, a large scattered village, with many neat houses, 
in the parliamentary borough, and 3 miles S. by W. of Eye, has in 
its parish 725 souls, and 2680a. 33p. of land, including a large 
green, which was not enclosed till 1852. It is in four manors, 
viz., Little Thorndon, of which N. C. Barnardiston, Esq., is lord ; 
Thorndon and Hestley Hall, of which Frederick Hay ward, Esq., of 
Needham Market, is lord ; and a small manor^belonging to the Rec- 
tory. Hestley Hall, the seat and property of J. Hayward, Esq., is 
an ancient mansion embowered in trees, 4^ miles S. of Eye. The 
Rev. Thomas D'Eye Betts, Richard Dalton, Esq., Edger Chenery, 
Esq., and some smaller owners have estates in the parish. The 
copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines. In the reign of Edward 
III., Thorndene was held by Robert de Ufford, Earl of Suffolk, and 
afterwards by the De la Poles. The rivulet, which flows to Eye 
through rich pasture lands, is crossed by a good county bridge, 
erected in 1853-4. The Church (All Saints) is a large ancient fabric, 
with a tower and six bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at i£54. lis. 
10fd., has 77 acres of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of <£711. 12s. 
2d., awarded in 1839, in lieu of tithes. The Rev. John Nunn is 
patron and incumbent, and has a commodious white brick residence 
near the church. The Town Estate comprises a workhouse and yards, 
and a cottage in Thorndon, and 94a. 2r. of land in Thorndon, Oc- 
cold, and Wetheringsett, let to various tenants at rents amounting 
to ^147 per annum. It was vested, in or before the reign of Elizebeth, 
for the reparation of the church, the relief of the poor, and any other 
public uses that the major part of the parishioners should think 
proper. The poor have 40s. a year from Lee's Charity, (see Occold,) 
and a yearly rent charge of 40s., left by one Cullum, out of an estate 
now belonging to N. C. Barnardiston, Esq, Here is a, police station. 
Po st from Eye, 



Adams Edmund, blacksmith and ma- 
chine maker 
Brock David, wheelwright 



Bull Eev. Augustus H., B.A t , curate 
Churchyard Kobt. carpenter & beerhs 
Clarke Emanuel, shoemaker 



THORNDON PARISH. 



611 



Clarke Thomas, tailor 
Cobb George, carpenter 
Edwards Ed. grocer & draper, Post Off 
Gibbs Cornelius, vict. Black Horse 
Gribbs Samuel, tailor 
Hacon C. police constable 
Hammond Miss Charlotte, Pool House 
Jukes Geo. Weston, police superintend- 
ent, Standwell Lodge 
Kerry John, grocer and draper 
Leggitt Samuel, basket maker 
Lock Jane, miller, baker, & shopkpr 
Lockwood Eobert, parish clerk 
Nunn Eev. John, B.A., Rectory 
Peck James, carrier and beerhouse 
Kichardson Eobt. saddle & harness mkr 
Eodwell David, bricklayer 
Thurmott Wm. blacksmith 



Tyler George, carpenter 

Wells Charles and James, shoemakers 

FAEMEES. (* are Owners.) 
Aston Henry, White House 
Brame Jas. || Case Henry, Hill House 
Cooke John, Hestley Green 
Hammond Charles || *Lock Jane 
Hammond George Henry, Town farm 
Hammond Thomas Edgar, Red House 
*Hayward John Esq., Hestley Hall 
*Hayward Eobert, Street farm 
Hill Wm., Shorts || Peck James 
Kerry Wm., Rishangles Lodge 
Moore Fenn, Church farm 
Strange Eobert, Lambpits 
Wells Pamela | Whitmore John 

Woodward George, Thomdon Place 
CAEEIEE— Jas. Peck, to Ipswich, Fri 



THORNHAM MAGNA is a pleasant village and parish, %\ miles 
S.E. of Mellis Station, and 3J miles S.W. of Eye, containing 322 souls, 
and 1326a. 3r. 10p. of fertile land, all except about 30a. belonging 
to Lord Henniker, of Thornham Hall, a large and handsome man- 
sion, which was considerably enlarged and improved about 20 years 
ago, and occupies a delightful situation in a beautiful park, which 
has been enlarged, and now comprises about 4000 acres, finely 
clothed with wood, including many stately oaks. The gardens and 
pleasure grounds are extensive and beautiful. The Hall is delight- 
fully situated, and contains a fine collection of pictures by Holbein, 
Vandyck, Kneller, Beynolds, Landseer, and other eminent artists. 
Thornham was the lordship of the Kellegrews, and was the es- 
tate and seat of the late Sir John Major, who was an elder brother 
of the Trinity House, High Sheriff of Sussex in 1771, was elected 
one of the Parliamentary representatives of Scarborough in 1761, 
and died in 1781. He was created a baronet, with remainder to his 
son-in-law, John Henniker, Esq., who was raised to an Irish peerage 
in 1800, by the title of Baron Henniker, and died in 1803. His 
great-grandson, the Right Hon. John Henniker -Major, who is the 
fourth and present Lord Henniker, was called to the bar at Lincoln's 
Inn in 1824, and was one of the members of parliament for the 
Eastern Division of Suffolk from 1832, till he resigned that honour 
in 1846. In 1832, he succeeded his father, who assumed the addi- 
tional name of Major, in 1822. He married the eldest daughter of the 
late General Sir E. Kerrison, Bart. He was High Sheriff of Suffolk 
in 1853, and is patron of seven church livings. His son and heir, 
the Hon. John Major Henniker-Major, was born in 1842. The 
Church (St. Mary) stands in the Park, and has lately been restored, 
newly seated, and beautified with stained glass, encaustic tiles, &c, 
by Lord Henniker, at a great expense. It is a handsome structure, 
with a tower and five bells, and contains a good organ, given by a 
late Duchess of Chandos, who was the second daughter of the first 
Lord Henniker. Among the monuments is an elegant one in 
memory of the late Lord Henniker. The benefice is a discharged 
rectory, valued in KB., at £'7. lis. 3d., and in 1835 at £497, with 



612 THORNHAM MAGNA PARISH. 

that of Thornham Parva annexed to it. It is in the patronage of 
Lord Henniker, and the incumbency of the Rev. James Farr Reeve, 
B.A., who has a good residence and 63a. Ik. 32p. of glebe. The 
tithes we commuted in 1845, — Great Thornham for £'883. 17s. 8d., 
and Little Thornham for £137. 2s. 6d. The Toivn Estate, consist- 
ing of the site of a tenement and 4a. of land, was given by John 
Bennett, in 1434, for superstitious uses, the repairs of the church, and 
the payment of tenths and fifteenths. Tost from Eye. 

Et. Hon. Loed Henniker, Thornham 

Hall 
Chambers Charlotte, schoolmistress 






Cracknell Alfred, farmer, Star House 
Dove Edward, farmer, Grove farm 
Fletcher James C. toll collector 
Gissing Anthy. Sewell, relieving officer 



Hammond Jasper, shoemaker 
Lamb Daniel, farmer and smith 
Lamb Robert, vict. Three Horse Shoes 
Reeve Rev Jas. Farr, ~B.A..,Bectory 
Steggall Jonathan, lawn bailiff 
Webster Samuel, miller and farmer 
Wilby John, land bailiff to Lord H. 



THORNHAM PARVA, a small village and parish, three miles 
W.S.W. of Eye, and 2§ miles S.E. of Mellis Station, has only 155 
inhabitants, and 676 acres of land. Lord Henniker is lord of the 
manor, and owner of most of the soil, and the remainder belongs to 
Sir E. C. Kerrison and John Garden, Esq. The Church is a small 
ancient edifice, with a round thatched steeple, containing only one 
bell. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at 
£4. 14s. 4^d., and consolidated with that of Thornham Magna, as just 
noticed. A handsome stained glass window has lately been inserted 
in memory of the Hon. and Rev. Sir Augustus Bridges Henniker, 
Bart., the late rector, who died in 1849, and was descended from a 
younger son of the first Lord Henniker. His successor, the present 
baronet, is seated at Newton Hall, Essex Directory: — Thomas 
Martin, carpenter ; Richard Anness, Grange Farm ; Geo. Eaton, 
Chapel Farm ; and Edgar ISxxok, farmer. 

THBANDESTON, a pleasant village, scattered round a fine 
green, 2\ miles N.E. of Mellis Station, and 3 miles S. of Diss and 
N.W. of Eye, and now in the parliamentary borough of Eye, has in 
its parish 397 inhabitants, and 1379a. Or. 37p. of land. Sir E. C 
Kerrison is lord of the manors of Thrandeston Woodhall, Mavesons 
in Thrandeston, and Ampners, near Thrandeston; but the greater 
part of the parish belongs to G. E. Frere, Esq., Thos. French, Esq., 
J. D. Hustler, Esq., and several smaller owners. Oosivold Hall, an an- 
cient moated house in the village, with a small estate attached to it, 
was granted by William the Conqueror to Walter D'Bowyer, and 
passed from his family to the Greys. From the latter it passed to 
the Eix family, and their heiress carried it in marriage to the Blake- 
lys, who sold it, about 1840, to Thomas French, Esq., of Eye. A 
large cattle and sheep fair is held at Thrandeston, on July 31st and 
August 1st. The Church (St. Margaret) is a neat ancient structure, 
with a tower and five bells. The interior has recently been repaired 
and beautified. In the chancel are two square stones, stripped of 
their brasses, and covering a vault said to contain the remains of 
Judge Eeynolds. In the churchyard is a remarkably large oak and 
some other lofty trees, one of which is a fir, higher than the steeple. 
The rectory, valued in K.B. at £13. 6s, 8d., and in 1835 at £391, is 



THRANDESTON. (HARTISMERE HUNDRED.) 613 

in the gift of Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart, and incumbency of the Be v. 
Thomas Lee French, who has a good residence, 17a. of glebe, and a 
yearly rent-charge of <£470, awarded in 1845, in lieu of tithes. The 
Town Estate comprises 11a., and a common right and a half, let for 
£'30 a-year, and three cottages and one hempland, let for i>15 per 
annum. The rents, according to ancient usage, are applied in the 
service of the church. The poor have a yearly rent-charge of £3 
out of land at Brome, pursuant to an act for enclosing the open lands 
of that parish ; and they have also <£2 out of Lady's field. Here is 
a National School, with a house for the master, built in 1850. Post 
from Scole. 

Batcher Anthony, blacksmith 
Churchyard Edgar, bricklayer 
Dunlop Jas. H., National schoolmaster 
French Rev. Thomas Lee, Rectory 
Gilbert John, brick maker 
Nunn Robert, boot and shoemaker 
Nunn Thomas, beerhouse and shopr 
Euffell Eichard, bricklayer 
Welton Francis, plumber, glazier, &c. 
"Wright Edward, carpenter 



Wright Charles, agent to the Hope In- 
surance Company 
Wright Jemima, beerhouse 

FARMERS. 
Cutter John || Eendall Hemy 

Blanchrlower Saml. |] Els Thomas 
Kirby John, Goswold Hall 
Martin Win. J Eiches Henry 

Micklebnrgh Fras. || Y\ T elton Francis 
Thompson Joseph 
THWAITE, a" small village and parish 6 miles N. of Stonham,. 
and 5 miles S.W. by S. of Eye, contains 179 souls, and 832 acres of 
land. Petty Sessions are held here, at tbe Buck Inn, once a month, 
on Mondays, and Mr. C. Cream, of Eye, is the magistrates' clerk. 
John George Shepparcl, Esq., of Campsey Ash, owns nearly all the 
soil, and is lord of the manor, which was long the seat and property 
of the Eeeves, one of whom, Sir Geo. Wright Eeeve, was created a ba- 
ronet in 1661. The Countess Dowager of Leicester, the daughter and 
heiress of the last Sir Et. Eeeve, carried the estate by her second mar- 
riage to Jobn Shepparcl, Esq.. an ancestor of the present owner. Two 
fai^s for cattle, &c, are held here on June 30th and Xov. 26th. The 
Church (St. George) is an ancient fabric, with a small belfry, and 
has been much improved and beautified during the last ten years. 
The west window is beautifully enriched with stained glass, in 
memory of the late Mrs. Sheppard, of Woodbridge. The living is a 
discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £6. 3s. lid., and now having 
21a. of glebe, a good residence, built in 1842, and a yearly rerit- 
eharge of £234. 5s. 2d., awarded, in 1839, in lieu of tithes. J. G. 
Sheppard, is patron, and the Eev. George Wm. Kershaw, M.A., is 
the incumbent. The Town Estate comprises a cottage and 2Ja. of 
land, occupied in small allotments by the poor. Near the Church- 
yard are two neat model cottages, built by the rector in 1853, of peb- 
bles and flint, with white brick quoins, and covered with slate. The 
National School, another neat building near tbe church, was built 
by the worthy rector in 1853, chiefly of black flint, with stone dres- 
sings. Post from Stonham. 
Kershaw Eev. George Wm,, M.A. rector 

and rural dean, Rectory 
Hosier Caroline, vict. Buck's Head, and 

Post office 
Rush James, Willow farm 
Sawyer Thomas, farmer, Hill House 
Whistlecraft James, sen., carpenter 



Whistlecraft James, farmer, Lodge 

Whistlecraft Orlando, druggist, sta- 
tioner, author, and publisher 

Whistlecraft Wm. farmer, Brockford 
Hall 

Whistlecraft Julia, schoolmistress 



614 HARTISMERE HUNDRED. 

WESTHORPE, 5 miles S. of Botesdale, 1£ miles W. of Fin- 
Bingham Station, and 8 miles N. of Stowmarket, is a pleasant 
village and parish, containing 240 souls, and 1322a. 1r. 19p. of 
land. Lady Nightingale is lady of the manor, and owner of a great 
part of the soil, and the remainder belongs to George Tomline, Esq., 
and several smaller free and copyholders. The latter are subject to 
arbitrary fines. When Domesday survey was made, Westhorpe be- 
longed to Gilbert de Blund. William de Ellingham, or Elmham. 
obtained a grant for a market and fair here in 137 L, out they have 
long been obsolete. It was the manor of William de la Pole, Duke 
of Suffolk, when he was beheaded in 1450. It was afterwards 
granted to Chas. Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, who married as his third 
wife, Mary Tudor, Dowager Queen of France, and sister to Henry 
VIIL, in 1571, (see pages 148 and 177;) and here they resided in 
great splendour, at Westhorpe Hall, which was demolished many 
years ago. The cloister, the chapel, with its painted window, and 
the original furniture, were kept up until about 90 years ago, when 
the whole was taken down, and a farm house built on the site, which 
is still moated. Martin, who witnessed the demolition, said it was 
done in a careless manner, all the fine chimneys and ornaments 
being pulled down with ropes, and crushed to pieces. The Church 
(St Margaret) is a large ancient fabric, with a tower and five bells, 
and contains several handsome monuments to the Shelton, Barroiv, 
and other families. In the windows are some remains of ancient 
stained glass. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. 
at £4,. 18s. 1-Jd., and now having a yearly rent-charge of <£350, 
awarded, in 1839, in lieu of tithes. Mrs. E. Brook is the patroness, 
and the Rev. John P. Sill, M.A., is the incumbent, and has a thatched 
Rectory House. The Town Estate was formerly vested in trustees, 
but has long been managed by the parish officers, and the rents ap- 
plied with the church and poor rates. It comprises a house and 
garden, occupied by paupers ; two roods of land, called Butt yard, 
let for 9s. ; 2a. 2r. in Car meadow, let for £3 ; and 9a. 2r. in Wal- 
sham-le- Willows, let for .£18 a-year. A yearly rent-charge of 10s., 
left by Richard Brown, in 1641, is distributed among the poor on 
Easter Monday. 

Clamp Wm., smith and vict., Crown Berry Thomas Leabon, Hall farm 
Oliver Mary, shopkeeper Cornell Jph. || Prike Joseph 

Eibbons Mary, shopkeeper *Freuer Chas. || Willis Charles 

Sill Rev John Parkinson, M. A., Rectory Finbow George || Womack George 

FARMERS. (* are Owners.) Wing Thos. W., Westhorpe Lodge 

* Andrews John || Carter John Post from Stowmarket 



WETHEBINGSETT-cum-BBOCKFORD, the former a pleasant 
village, and the latter an adjacent hamlet, 6 miles N. by E. of Ston- 
ham, and S. by W. of Eye, and 4 miles N.W. of Debenham, form 
a parish of 3777 acres of fertile and well- wooded land, and 110 1 
souls, of whom about 280, with about 1000 acres, are in Brockford, 
and the rest in Wetheringsett. They are near the source of the 
Dove rivulet, which here crosses the Ipswich and Norwich turn - 
pike, at the point anciently passed by a ford, called Brook-ford. 



WETHERINGSETT-CUM-BRECKFORD. 



615 



Edmund Jenny, Esq., is lord of the manor of Wetheringsett, and 
J. G-. Sh'eppard, Esq., is lord of the manor of Brockford ; but a 
great part of the parish belongs to H. D. Hemsworth, Esq., and the 
Woodward, Seaman, Peck, Wade, Hay ward, Kose, Chapman, Alstone, 
and other families. The copyholds pay arbitrary fines. Part of 
Brockford anciently belonged to Bury Abbey, and Wetheringsett to 
the church of Ely, and afterwards to Lord Maynard. The Church 
(All Saints) is at Wetheringsett, and is a large and handsome struc- 
ture, with a lofty tower, containing five bells. The north aisle is 
the property of the Revett family, who were seated here four centu- 
ries. The chancel was restored in J 851. The rectory, valued in 
K.B. at <£33. 9s. 2d., has 64a. 2r. 34p. of glebe, and a yearly rent- 
charge of .£713. 9s., awarded in 1843 in lieu of tithes. The Eev. 
Eobert Moore is patron, and the Eev. Eobert Moore, Jun., M.A., is 
incumbent, for whom a large and handsome Rectory House was 
built in 1843, at the cost of about <£4000, of white brick, in the 
the Tudor style. The Town Lands, &c, are under the manage- 
ment of trustees, and comprise 43a. 2r. 14p., let for <£'65 a-year ; 
10 acres, formerly called Eookes's let for <£15 a year; and five tene- 
ments, (one called Redding Poke Ball, and another called Mum- 
ford's J all occupied rent free by poor families. The rents of the 
land, after paying for repairs of the tenements and the church, are 
applied in distributions of fuel, blankets, and money, among poor 
parishioners ; but the sum of 30s. is given as a dole to six poor 
widows, and the poor of Brockford have preference, in a dole of £3. 
In 1 TOT, the Rev. John Shepxmrd left two yearly rent-charges to 
this parish, namely, 40s. a-year out of the Church Pightle, for a 
dinner on Lady-day, to be given to 20 poor people ; and 50s. out of 
an estate at Kelsale, for a distribution of 6 twopenny loaves weekly 
among six poor parishioners. Post from Stonham. 



Marked 2, live in Brockford; and the 

others in Wetheringsett. 
2 Ablett James, grocer and draper 
2 Crowe Ephraim, beerhouse 
Denny James, vict., White Horse 
2 Gibbs Cornelius, tailor and grocer. 

Post Office 
Hammond John, corn miller 
Hayward George, brick & tile maker 
Hayward Mary, shopkeeper 
Hayward Jeremiah, wheelwright 
2 Hood Mrs, blacksmith 
2 Jacob John, saddle & harness mkr. 
Keeble Samuel, beerhouse 
Keen Henry, corn miller 
Moore Eev Eobert, Jun., B.A., Rectory 
Eodwell Edgar, bricklayer 
2 Smy — , vict., Griffin 
Tye Thomas, blacksmith 



CAEPENTEES. 

2 Clarke Edw. 
2 Clarke Henry 
Clarke James 
Clarke Wm. 
FAEMEES. 
(* are Owners J 
* Chapman John 
2 Cole Eobert 
Durham Herbert 
2 Eastell Joseph 
Edwards Jas., Hall 
Everson John 
*Goble Mr. 
Hammond J., 6r?-mi 
Hammond Et. H. 



* Hayward George, 

Braha ill's Hall 
Hipperson Thos. 
Mortimer George 
*EoperJn.,.E?m7**. 
*Eose Clark 
2 * Seaman John, 

Brockford Hall 
Stephens Henry 
*Woodward Hy., 

Lodge 

* We avers Henry 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Balam John 
Chapman Wm. 
2 Cooper Thos. 
2 EobinsonJohn 



WICKHAM SKEITH, a village and parish 6 miles N. of Ston- 
ham, 2| miles E. of Finningham Station, and 6 miles S.W. of Eye, 
contains 613 souls, and 1770a. In. 25p. of fertile and well-wooded 



616 WICKHAM-SKEITH PARISH, 

land, on which are some of the finest oaks in the county. The Rev. 
C. Garrad is lord of the manor, but the greater part of the soil be- 
longs to J. G. Sheppard, Esq., Lord Henniker, G. E. Frere, Esq., 
Charles Tyrell, Esq., E. B. Venn, Esq., Mr. W. L. Edwards, and a 
few smaller owners. Under an ancient oak on Wizard farm, many 
Saxon coins, of Harold, Edward the Confessor, &c, were found a 
few years ago, and are now deposited in the British Museum. The 
Church (St. Andrew; is a large ancient fabric, with a tower and six 
bells. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £o. 8s. lfd., is in the 
patronage and incumbency of the Rev. C. Garrad. The tithes were 
commuted, in 1839, for yearly rent charges, namely, £±2 2. 3s. to 
the nine impropriators ; and £115. 6s. Id. to the vicar, who is also 
lord of the manor, and resides at the Hall, which he re-built a few 
years ago. Near it are some very large oaks, one of which is 22 
feet in girth. " The manor was given, in the reign of Stephen, to 
the Abbey of Saint John, at Colchester, by a knight of great note 
in those days, named Robert de Salco Villa, who at last turned 
monk, upon condition that four monks of that house should be 
settled here to pray for his soul ; and in the next reign, his son 
Jordan, consented that the religious should be withdrawn from 
hence, and removed to Colchester, where the convent was to be in- 
creased with four religious above their old number." In the 34th of 
Henry Till., this manor was granted to Richard Treston, audit 
afterwards passed to the Bacon and other families. Here is a 
National School, built in 1844. The Town Estate consists of two 
cottages, occupied rent free by poor families; and a farm of 15a, 
39p. in Brockford, let for St\l a-year, which is carried to the church 
and poor rates. There are no writings concerning this property. 
Post from Stonham. 



Bend all Martha, vict, Swan 
Cook Edgar, tailor 
Davey John, shopkeeper 
Garrad Rev Castell, vicar, Hall 
Hayward John, shoemaker 
Leggett Win., wheelwright & smith 
Mays John, shoemaker & shopkeeper 
Meadows John, cooper 
Monser Anthony, corn miller 
Parker Pdchd.. grocer & draper 



Pollard James, shoemaker 
Whitmore Eobert. corn miller 
FABMEBS. 

Anness Pdchard. Bed House 
Goddard Miss | Plowman Samuel 
Edwards Wm. Lee Parker Chas. 
Matthew Emma, Wizard's farm 
Scarnell John. Broad Oak 
Steggall George, Street farm 
Ward John. Alley farm 



WOBTHAM, a widely scattered village, 3 miles N.E. of Botes- 
dale, and S.W. of Diss, and 6 miles N.W. by W. of Eye, has in its 
parish 1086 inhabitants, and 2726a. 3b. 31p. of land, separated by 
the Waveney from Norfolk, and including more than 250a. of open 
commons, called Long Green and the Ling, the latter of which has 
had its peaty soil skinned off by the parishioners for fuel. Upon 
this ling is a small tumulus, and one of the Workhouses of Hartis- 
mere Union, already noticed at page 5S4. The parish is in two 
manors, viz., Wortham Hall, of which the Eev. Thomas D. Betts, is 
lord; and Wortham Abbot's, of which George Holt Wilson, Esq., is 
lord ; but a great part of the soil belongs to Miss Harrison, J. J. 
Tuck, Esq., Lord Henniker, Henry Balding, Charles Colman, Mrs. 



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617 



Gilbert, and a few smaller owners. The Manor House, belonging 
to the Rev. T. D. Betts, is now unoccupied. It is finely embowered 
in trees, and was for more than two centuries the seat of the Betts 
family. The Church (St. Mary) is a large aDcient structure, but of 
its massive round tower ouly the shell now remains. The rectory 
was in two medieties, valued in K.B. as follows: — Wortham Everard, 
at <£13. 2s. 8Jd.; and Wortham Jervis, at £Yd. 2s. l£d. These 
medieties were consolidated in 1789, and are now in the patronage 
of King's College, Cambridge ; and incumbency of the Eev. Eichd. 
Cobbold, M.A., rural dean, who erected a large and handsome Eec- 
tory House, in 1828. The glebe is about 40a., and the tithes were 
commuted in 1839 for a yearly rent charge of £'860. The Eev. Wm.. 
Thurlow, brother of Lord Chief Justice Thurlow, was rector here r 
and was buried in the chancel about 1718. The present rector liber- 
ally supports a Day and Sunday School, for the education of the 
poor. In the 22nd of James I., Thomas Church left 4a. of land for 
the poor parishioners, and it is now let for £7 per annum. Post 
from Diss. 



Austin Rev Duncan, curate of Burgate 
Berkley Thos., gent. Wortham Grove 
Brown Charles Youngman, grocer 
Cobbold Rev Richard, M.A., rector and 

rural dean, Rectory 
Dunlop Archibald and Mrs., master and 

matron, Wojkhouse 
Pake Isaac, carpenter 
Fake John, wheelwright 
Gibson Robert, tailor 
Green Thomas, shopkeeper 
Harrison Charles, gentleman 
Osborn John, shopkeeper 
Packard Henry, manure agent 
Sillett John, police inspector 
Wilby Simeon, tailor 
Whistler Mrs Catherine 
Wood Samuel, beerhouse 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Dolphin, James West 
Magpie, James Bruce 
Queen's Head, Mary Allen 



Tumble-down Dick, James Hill 

FAEMEES 
ACADEMIES. 

Brook E]iza 
Skinner Hy., Post 
Office 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Pretty John 
Salter Robert 
Robinson Thos. 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Boby Benj. 
Edwards Samuel 

BOOT & SHOEMKBS. 

Calver Edward 
Potter Robert 
S harm an Wm. 

COEN MILLEES. 

Balding Henry 
Fisher Nathl. 
Rash John 



Adams Henry ? 

Spear's kill 
Algar Robert 
Balding Hy. Grove 
Balds Francis 
Battrum Samuel 
Burgess Alfred 
Drake Ephraim 
Edwards Thomas, 

New Water 
Hart Thomas 
Jolly John 
Marshall Charles- 
Potter Wm., Hall 
Read William 
Roper John 
Rush John 
Snelling John 
Wright Chas., T&& 

House 



WYVERSTONE, a scattered village and parish, 1J mile W. of 
Einningham Station, and 7 miles N. of Stowmarket, and S. of Botes- 
dale, comprises 329 souls, and 1522a. 2r. 21p. of land, mostly free- 
hold and partly copyhold. In the Conqueror's time, it was the lord- 
ship of Gilbert de Bland, and afterwards of theDe la Poles, Earls of 
Suffolk. The Ewers held it for some time, and after them the Bar- 
nardistons. John Moseley, Esq., is now lord of the manor; hut the 
soil belongs to H. J. Oakes, Esq., J. T. Ord, Esq., G. Tomline, Esq., 
the Rev. Eras. Upjohn, Sir T. G. Cullum, and a few smaller owners. 
The College Farm (140a.,) belongs to Pembroke College, Cambridge. 
The Church (St. George) is an ancient structure, with a tower and 
three bells. Its east window has been enriched with stained glass. 
The benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. 14s. 9£d., and is in 



618 WYVEKSTOSE PARISH* 

the patronage of John Moseley, Esq., and incumbency of the Eev. 
James Ware, who has a good residence, and 15a. of glebe. The 
tithes were commuted in 1839 for a yearly rent charge of <£354. The 
Town Estate is vested in trustees for the benefit and advantage of 
the parish, and is partly free and partly copyhold. It comprises two 
houses, a cottage, and two gardens, occupied rent free by poor 
parishioners ; and a house, cottage, and about 30 acres of land, let 
for «£43. 10s. a year, which is applied in repairing the church and 
the buildings on the estate, and for other general purposes of the 
parish. Three rivulets, tributary to the Gipping, Waveney, and 
Lark, rise in this parish. Post from Stowmarket. 



Baker George, shoemaker 
Berry Thomas H., tailor 
Codd Thurston, corn miller 
Garrard John, shoemaker 
Nicholls James, beerhouse 
Sands Robert, blacksmith 
Ware Rev James, rector, Rectory 
Wilding Robert, grocer, &c. 
Woods William, carpenter 
Woods Elizabeth, schoolmistress 



FARMERS. (• are Owners.) 
*Baldry James Baker John 
Baker John Wm. Barker George 
Boby Henry, Wy vers tone Park 
Chandler Arthur James 
♦Cutting Wm. Eaton Edward 
*Hayvrard Wm. Jessup Ml 
*Howlett Robert, Wyverstone House 
Xicholls James II Stiff Thomas 



YAXLEY, in the parliamentary borough, and 1£ mile W. of Eye, 
and 2 miles E. of Mellis Station, is* a scattered village and parish, con- 
taining 507 inhabitants, and 1238a. 2b. 6p. of land, partly copyhold. 
Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart., is lord of the manor, but the greater part 
of the soil belongs to Lord Henniker, J. Garden, Esq., J. Cobbold, 
Esq., P. E. Welch, Esq., and several smaller owners. Yaxley Hall, 
a large and handsome mansion, in the Elizabethan style, with ex- 
tensive plantations and pleasure grounds, is the seat and property 
of P. E. Welch, Esq. The Church i St. Mary) is an ancient struc- 
ture, with a beautiful porch, and a tower containing six bells. The 
porch is of late perpendicular work, and is one of the handsomest in 
the county. The rood screen is entire, and the chancel retains the 
old choir seats, a holy sepulchre, and a low- side window. In the 
east window are some fine fragments of painted glass. The vicar- 
age, valued in K.B. at £6. 6s. 5^d,, is in the patronage of Mrs. Ann 
Sewell, and incumbency of the Eev. E. A. Cobbold, B.A., who has a 
good Vicarage House, built in 1848, and 35a. of glebe. He has now 
a yearly rent charge of £139, awarded in 1842, in lieu of tithes. 
The rectorial tithes have been commuted for £287. 17s. per annum, 
of which «£26. 13s. belongs to Lord Henniker; £18. 15s. to J\ Cob- 
bold, Esq. ; and the remainder to Sir E. C. Kerrison, Bart. The 
Town Estate has for a long period been appropriated to the use of 
the church, the reparation of the houses used for the poor, and the 
payment of tbe constable's expenses : and when any surplus re- 
mains, it is applied in clothing poor children, or binding them out 
apprentices. The estate comprises tbe Guildhall and cottages occu- 
pied by poor parishioners ; 11 acres of common ; and a cottage and 
22a. 3r. 9p. of land in this and the neighbouring parishes, let to 
various tenants, in 1829, at rents amounting to £35. 19s. 4d. per 
annum. Tbe poor have a yearly rent charge of £4, left by an un- 



YAXLEY. (HARTISMERE HUNDRED.) 



619 



known donor, out of Yaxley Hall estate; and two others, of 8s. each, 
left by John Roe and John Clarke, out of a cottage and four acres 
belonging to Mr. Welton. Yaxley Hall is also charged with the 
yearly payment of £1. 13s. 4d. for repairing the highways. Post 
from Eye. 

Barber Geo., wheelwright and beerhs. 
Bloomfield Thomas, shoemaker 
Bush James, shopkeeper 
Cobbold Rev E. A., B. A., Rectory 
Flowerdew Robert, corn miller 
Hill Rev Chas. (Bapt.) Stoke Ash 
Jeffries Sheppard, shoemaker 
Moyse Robert, vict. Red Lion 
Newman Eli, shoemaker 
Oakes Abraham, parish clerk 
Sparke Emma, shopkeeper 



Welch Patrick Robt., Esq. Yaxley Hall 
Welton Ann, shopkeeper, Post Office 
Welton Edmund, blacksmith 

FARMERS. 
Allen T., Postash farm 
Blofield Geo. Kersey. Manor House 
Blomfield John || Fulcher Thos. 
Murton Samuel, Bull Hall 
Smith Francis j| Wells Frederick 
Tillott Robert, White House 



COSFORD HUNDRED 

Includes the thriving market town of Hadleigh, and seventeen other 
parishes, forming a fertile and picturesquely undulated district, 
watered by the river Brett and its tributary streams. It is about 
twelve miles in length from north to south, and from four to seven 
in breadth, and is bounded by the Hundreds of Samford, Babergh, 
Thedwestry, Stow, and Bosmere and Claydon. It is in Cosford 
Union, in the Liberty of St. Edmund, in the Western Division of 
Suffolk, and in the Deanery and Archdeaconry of Sudbury, which 
were taken a few years ago from the diocese of Norwich, and added 
to the See of Ely. It has generally a clayey soil, and the following 
is an enumeration of its 18 parishes, showing their territorial 
extent, and their population in 1851. Mr. Edward Chaplin, of 
Nedging, is the High Constable. Cosford Hundred Savings' 
Bank is noticed with Hadleigh. 



Parishes. Acres. Pop. 

Aldham 1744 307 

BildestoD 1420 818 

Brettenham 1558 401 

Chellesworth 861 255 

Elmsett 1973 433 

Hadleigh parish 4288 3716 

Hadleigh hamlet* 610 204 

Hitcham 4117 1037 

Kersey 1510 714 

Kettlebaston 1063 189 



Parishes. Acres. Pop. 

Layham 2488 577 

Lindsey 1246 326 

Naughton 854 134 

Nedging 837 183 

Semerf 1248 558 

Thorpe Morieux 2457 414 

Wattisham 1298 220 

Whatfield 1570 380 



Total 30,532 10,8 



* Hadleigh hamlet is in Boxford parish, which is mostly in Babergh Hund. 

+ COSFORD UNION. — Semer includes Cosford Union Workhouse, which 
had 165 inmates in 1811, 169 in 1821, 164 in 1831, 108 in 1841, 150 in 1843, 
and 315 in 1851, when the census was taken. It was erected in 1780, as a 
House of Industry for the 18 parishes of Cosford Hundred, which were incor- 
porated under Gilbert's Act, in 1779. It cost about a£8000, and is large enough 
for 500 inmates. It consists of a centre and two wings, and the interior has 
undergone considerable alteration, so as to admit of that classification of the 



620 COSFORD UNION, 

sexes, and of the young and aged, required by the New Poor Law. The present 
Union was formed in 1835, and comprises the 18 parishes of Cosford Hundred, 
and 10 parishes in Babergh Hundred, (which see.) These 28 parishes com- 
prise an area of 52,696 acres, and had 18,107 inhabitants in 1851, coDsisting of 
9106 males, and 9001 females, living in 3790 houses, besides which, there were 
197 uninhabited houses, and 31 building, when the census was taken. The 
average annual expenditure of this district, for the support of the poor, during 
the three years preceding the formation of the union, was £19,223 ; but in- 
1838 it only amounted to 27122, and in 1853, to £7516. 19s. 8d. In 1810, when 
the workhouse was confined to Cosford Hundred, it was said that the poor 
rates of that Hundred had been reduced to three-eighths of what they had been 
previous to 1780. Before hand-spinning was superseded by machinery, the 
paupers here were employed chiefly in spinning yarn for Norwich. About ten 
acres of land are now attached to the Workhouse, and are cultivated by the 
paupers. The Board of Guardians meets every Monday. Richard Newman, 
Esq., is the chairman, and ]\Ir. John Nunn, vice- chairman. Richd. Newman, jun., 
of Hadleigh, is the Union clerk and Superintendent Registrar; and the District 
Registrars and Relieving Officers are Mr. Jph. Glanfield Stow, of Had- 
leigh Hamlet, for Hadleigh District', and Mr. Alfred Ablitt, of Lavenham, for 
Lavenham District. The Rev. A. C. J. R. Wallace, of Monks Eleigh, is the 
chaplain ; and Mr. Robt. and Mrs. Jane Patterson are master and matron of the 
Workhouse. Messrs. John Growse and Wm. Mudd, of Hadleigh, and Mr. Root. 
Growse, of Bildeston, are the Union surgeons; and Wm. Green and Isabella 
Bowman teach the Workhouse schools. 

The following enumeration of the parishes in Cosford Union, is arranged 
Tinder the heads of the two sub-districts, and shews their population in 1851 : — 

Boxford ] 898 

Hadleigh hamlet J 204 

Thorpe Morieux*... -414 I Chelles worth .... 255 Groton 589' 

Brettenham* .... 401 Nedging 183 

Wattisham 220 j Hadleigh District. 

Hitcham 1037 Naughton 134 

Bildeston 818 Elinsett 433 j Semer 558 

Kettlebaston 189 Aldham 307 , Whatfleld 38Q 

Preston* 386 Hadleigh 3716 

Lavenham* 1811 Lavham 577 

Rrent-Eleigh .... 260 I Polstead 943 



Lavenham District. i Monks-Eleigh .... 722 
Cockfield* 988 Milden 165 



Edwardstone .... 479 

Lindsey 326 

Kersey 714 



Total Population.. 18,107 



* The five parishes marked thus, * are in Sudbury County Court District, and 
the other 23 are in Hadleigh County Court District. 

ALDHAM, li mile N.E. of Hadleigh, is a pleasant village and 
parish, containing 307 souls, and 1744 acres of land, including 
about 100 acres of woodland. It was the lordship of the Tere 
family, Earls of Oxford, till it was forfeited by the attainder of John, 
the 12th Earl, in 1461 ; after which it was given by Edward IV. to 
Sir John Howard. T. B. Leonard, Esq.. is now lord of the manor, 
in which the copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines. The other 
principal landowners are the Rev. James Y.Cook, John Ansell. 
Esq., J. H. L. Anstruther, Esq., and the Matthew, Gray, Strand, 
and Blofield families. The Church (St. Maiy) is an ancient fabric, 
with a round tower, and stands upon a mound, which has a trench 
on two sides of it. It was repaired and newly seated in 1849, but 
several of the old pews are still retained. The font is a curious 
relic of antiquity. The rectory, valued in K.B. at <£10. 13s. 4d., and 
in 1835 at <£290, is in the gift of Wm. Lloyd, Esq., and incumbency 
of the Bev. C. W. Lloyd, M.A., who has a neat rectory house, built 



ALDHAM PARISH. 



621 



in 1850, in the Elizabethan style. The tithes have been commuted 
for £303. 7s. 8d. per annum, and the glebe is 45a. 2r. 18p. A great 
part of the Hall farm is tithe-free. The poor parishioners have 20s. 
a year out of an estate at Eaydon, given by John Goodale, in 1627. 
Post from Hadleigh. 



Cook Wm. blacksmith 
Cutting Fredk. manager at the Mill 
Frost Hy. Jph.corn miller(&Hadleigh) 
Howlett John, machine-man, & vict. 

Sportsman 
Lloyd Rev Chas.Williams. MA.Rectory 
Trentice Mrs Elizabeth, schoolmistress 
Revans James, parish clerk 
Bevans George, thatcher 



FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
Askham Edward || *Gray Thomas 
Emmerson Philip, Coopers Farm 
•Matthew Josiah || Vince John 
Partridge Thomas, Aldham Hall 
* Strand Samuel, Yewtree 
Gabbier, George Green, to Ipswich, 
Tuesday and Saturday 



BILDESTON, or Bildestoxe, a small town and parish, in a 
picturesque valley, on the banks of a rivulet, 5 miles N.N.W. of 
Hadleigh, formerly had a weekly market on Wednesday, which was 
disused about the middle of last century, after the decay of the ma- 
nufacture of blue cloth and blankets, for which the town was once 
famous. It has still two small annual fairs for toys, &c, on Ash- 
Wednesday and Holy Thursday ; and contains 818 inhabitants, and 
1420 acres of fertile land, mostly a strong clay. Chas. Tyrell, Esq,, 
is lord of the manor, in which the copyholds are subject to arbitrary 
fines. The largest proprietors of the soil are T. B.White, B. Haines, 
and Eobert Chenery, Esqrs., and the Rev. J. Y. Cook. The manor 
was anciently held by the noble family of Bouchier, whose heiress 
carried it in marriage to Lord Parr. It afterwards passed to the 
Beals, Brands, and Alstons. The Church (St. Mary,) is a large and 
handsome structure, on an acclivity on the west side of the town. 
It is in the perpendicular style, and has a tower containing six bells. 
The east window is large and beautiful, and in some of the windows 
are fragments of ancient stained glass. The rectory, valued in K.B. 
-at e£I2. 6s. lOJd., has a good residence, 51 acres of glebe, and a 
rent-charge of £'430, awarded in 1840 in lieu of tithes. The Ptev. 
Joseph Gedge, M.A., is patron and incumbent, and has a neat Bee- 
tory House, erected in 1850. Here was formerly a chapel, dedicated 
to St. Leonard, in which was Erdington's Chantry. The Baptists 
liave a small chapel here, built in 1731, and a house for the minis- 
ter, purchased in 1814. The town is said to have formerly extended 
to the church, which is now distant a quarter of a mile. The Church 
Land, 20 acres, is let for £'30 a year. Two cottages are occupied 
rent-free by poor persons, but the donor is unknown. The rent of 
Smock Meadow, in Chellesworth, (£5 a year,) is distributed in linen 
linen among poor widows; and the interest of £27, in the hands of 
the churchwardens, is distributed amoug poor parishioners in coals, 
but the origin of these charities is unknown. The National School 
was built in 1853, and has room for 100 children. About ten acres 
are let to labourers in garden allotments. 



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COSFORD HUNDRED. 



BILDESTON DIRECTORY. 
Post-office at. the Bull Inn. Letters 

by mail cart, via Hadleigli 
Balden Thomas, inland revenue officer 
Brook Mr Daniel and Mr Isaac 
Clark Mary Ann, toy dealer 
Cleghorn Ts. currier & leather cutter 
Clover Mrs Mary | Goodwin Mr 
Colman Sarah, vict. Bull Inn 
Crate Rev Charles Thomas. (Baptist) 
Edwards John, vict. Crown Inn 
Emerson Henry, maltster and corn dlr 
Farrow Mr Thos. | Field Mr John K. 
Folkard Samuel, parish clerk 
G-rowse Robert, surgeon 
Haines Captain Berry, R.N. 
Hawkins Mrs & Miss | Lilly Mrs S. 
Hogger Abraham, police officer 
Johnson Richard, basket maker 
Laflin Hammond, town crier 
Lee Rev Robert, curate of Bricett 
Melton Thos. Win. corn dlr. & beerhs 
Peacock George, hairdresser 
Squirrell Mrs JanejISyer Mr Bumstd. 
Squirrell Wm. wine, spirit, and hop 

merchant ; agent for Norwich Union 

Fire Office, and vict. King's Head 
Steed David, corn miller & merchant 
Syer Wm. confectioner & ginger beer 

manufacturer 
Talman Mrs Mary, and Capt. Samuel, 

Bildeston House 
Talman Rev W., M.A. fellow of King's 

College, Cambridge, and incumbent 

of Wattisham, Bildeston House 
Tydeman Jas. watch and clock mkr 
Webb Mr Thos. | Wright Mrs Esther 



ACADEilTES. 

(* take Boarders.) 
*BofTey John 
Clark Marv Ann 



*Cooper My. Ann 

Hobart Elizabeth 

National School. 

Cottingham Mtha. 



Feather Wm. 

BAKEBS. 

BumsteadSamuel 
Elliston Fredk. 
Rutter Wm. 
Stiff Abraham 
Wright Rhoda 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Hill Alfred 
Woollard Edward 

BOOT & SHOE 3IKRS. 

BullRd. and lea- 
ther cutter 
Farrow George 
Hill Robert 
Scarfe Joseph 
Scarfe Rt. D. 
Ward Isaac 

BUTCHERS. 

Gage Charles 
Nunn Thomas 
Syer Wm. 
White Wm. 

COOPERS. 

Studd John 
Syrett John 

DRESSMAKERS. 

Cooper Sus. 

Mai dwell Mary A. 

FARMERS. 

Barton Elizabeth 
Chenery Robert, 

Copt Hall 
Gage Charles 
Oxer John, Bush 
Tavlor John 
Todd John 
Tince Wm. 
White Wm. 



GLOVERS. 

Bull Isaac 
Vince John 

GROCERS AND DPRS, 

Bicker Wm. (and 
agent to Suffolk 
Insurance Co.) 
Gibbs Joseph 
Makin Eliz. drpr 
Osborn Jas. drpr 

JOINERS AND CABI- 
NET MAKERS: 

Grimwade Pilgrim 
Johnson Wm. 
Pallent John 

PLUMBERS, 
PAINTERS, & GLZRS. 

Kettle Alfred Jas. 
Moss John 

SADDLERS, <&C. 

Hearn Robert 
Tricker James 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Hacker Wm, 
Wyard Wm. 

TAILORS. 

Elliston Fredk. 
Finch George 
Osborn James 
Yince John 

CARRIERS. 

Hy. Emmerson to 
Hadleigh Mon., 
Ipswich Tues,, 
Bury Wed., and 
Stowmarket and 
Sudbury Thurs. 

John Webb to Ips- 
wich Tues. and 
Saturday 



BEETTENHAM, near the source of the small river Brett, 4 
miles N.N.W. of Bildeston, and 7 miles W.S.W. of Stowmarket, is a 
pleasant village and parish, containing 401 souls, and about 1550 
acres of land. From the signification of its name, some antiqua- 
ries suppose it to be the Conibretonium of Antoninus; and the ves- 
tiges of a camp, a quarter of a mile S.W. of the village, seem to con- 
firm the conjecture. Others, however, place this station at Ickling- 
ham, near Mildenhall. Stanstead Hall, about a mile E. of the 
village, is an ancient manor house still surrounded by a moat. 
Brettenham Hall, a neat mansion in a park of 133 acres, was more 
than two centuries the seat of the Wenyeve family, and is now the 
seat of Joseph Parker, Esq., who has recently purchased the manor 
and estate; but part of the parish belongs to Fisk Harrison and B. 
Foster, Esqrs., and a few smaller owners. The Church (St. Mary,) 
has a tower and three bells, and is a neat fabric, with a leaded nave 



BRETTENHAM PARISH. 623 

and a tiled chancel. The rectory, valued in K.B. at ^611. 3s. 10d. ? 
and in 1835 at .£377 is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, 
and has been held since 1798 by the Eev. Samuel Cole, whose pre- 
decessor held it nearly half a century. He has a good residence, 
and the tithes were commuted in 1843 for £450 per annum. Here 
is a small school, built by the venerable rector in 1841. The church 
land is 2Ja. The poor have 20s. a year out of the church field, left 
by James Durrant in 1644. Post from Hadleigh, via Bildeston. 

FARMERS. 
Broom John Francis, and plumber, 

glazier, &c. Pound Farm 
Cooper George, Stanstead Hall 
Downing Charles, Pepper-free Farm 
Major Mark | Jackson Isaac 
Morley Geo. Edw. | Sawyer Robert 
Payne Robert, and corn miller 
Raker John, Pond Farm 
Scott John, Rice Hall 
Wright Enoch, Roses Farm 



Barnes Wm. corn dealer, &c 
Cole Rev Samuel, Rectory 
Goold Thomas Bixby, plumber, pain- 
ter, bell hanger, &c 
Goold Sarah, schoolmistress 
Kinsey Wm. shopkeeper and farmer 
Merest Rev James John, curate 
Mumford John, shoemaker and shopr 
Offord Robert, shopkeeper 
Oxer Thomas, parish clerk 
Sawyer Robert, wheelwright 
Seaman Robert, blacksmith 



CHELLESWOETH, or Chelswokth, a small village and parish, 
in the picturesque and well-wooded valley of the river Brett, 5 miles 
N.N.W. of Hadleigh, contains 255 souls, and 860 acres of fertile 
land. The Brett receives here two tributary streams, and skirts the 
rising grounds called Park-fields, where traces of an ancient man- 
sion were to be seen many years ago, supposed to have been a 
seat of the Howards, who anciently held the manor, which after- 
wards passed to the Veres, Earls of Oxford. The Prior of Kersey 
had a right of free warren here. In 1737, the manor was purchased 
by Eobert Pocklington, Esq., who erected Chellesworth House, 
now the pleasant seat of Sir Henry Edmund Austen, Kt., the pre- 
sent lord of the manor, who was knighted in 1832, and derived this 
estate in 1843 in marriage with the relict of the late Sir Eobert 
Pocklington, K.M.T. The Church (All Saints) is a neat edifice, with 
a tower and one bell. It was restored in 1849, when fine fresco 
paintings were discovered on the walls, representing Our Saviour 
sitting in Judgment, &c, &c. The organ and its gallery were erected 
by subscription in 1850 ; and four painted windows have been in- 
serted by Sir Henry and Lady Austen. An ancient tomb is inscribed 
to the memory of Sir John de St. Philibert, Kt., who died in 1359, 
lord of this manor. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. 8s. 9d., and 
now having 30 acres of glebe and a yearly rent charge of £273, 
awarded in 1840 in lieu of tithes, is in the patronage of the Lord 
Chancellor and incumbency of the Eev. T. P. Platten, M.A., who 
has a good residence. In 1580, Robert Nightingale bequeathed for 
the use of the poor, a copyhold estate in the parish, comprising 21 
acres, let for about £30 a year, which is distributed in coals and 
clothing. The poor parishioners have also, for a distribution of 
bread, a yearly rent charge of 30s., left by Eliz. Thurloe, out of an 
estate belonging to the lord of the manor. Post from Bildeston, via 
Hadleigh. 



624 



CHELLESWORTH PARISH* 



Austen Sir Henry Edmund, Kt., Chelles- 
worth House, (and Shalford House, 
Surrey) 
Ambrose George, steward to Sir H. E. 

Austen 
TBruee Wm , maltster 
Cullum Mrs Ann, Rose Cottage 
Disney Tks.Edw.shoemkr, &par. clerk 
Disney Mrs Sus.. schoolmistress 
Gage Frederick, butcher 
Gage Smith, butcher 
Gage George, beerhouse & shopkeeper 
Gage Henry Martin, farmer, Bridge 
Gage Henry, swine and cattle dealer 



Gage Louisa and Emma, dressmakers 

Gage Peter, carpenter, &e. 

Gage Wm., cattle dealer 

Platten Rev Thos. Parlett, M.A., Rectory 

Radford Captain Samuel. E.X. 

Eaynham Thomas, thatcher 

Eaynham Wm. farmer 

Smith Mrs Gascoigne May Mrs S. 

Tampion Thomas, blacksmith 

Wightman Wm. shoemaker 

Carriers, Joseph Wright, to Ipswich, 
Sat.; and Charles Gosling to Had- 
leigh. &c. 



ELMSETT, a scattered village and picturesque parish, 4 miles 
^N.N.E. of Hadleigh, and 8 miles W. by N. of Ipswich, has 433 in- 
habitants, and 1974 acres of land, including 79 acres of wood. 
Messrs. James and Thomas F. Cudden, Esqrs., of Norwich, are lords 
of the manor, but the soil belongs mostly to Bishop Andrews' 
Charity, the Rev. J. Y. Cook, and the Sparrowe, Lott, Busk, Millard, 
and a few other families. The ancient Rectory House, which was 
much improved about ten years ago, is nearly encompassed by a 
xnoat; and near the church is the old Hall, which was formerly 
moated, and is now a farm house. On the descent of the opposite 
hill is a Dropping Well, which is said to possess medicinal proper- 
ties. Among the large trees near the rectory, is a fine oak, rn.es,- 
suring 21 feet 8 inches in girth, six feet from the ground. A fair 
for toys. &c, is held on Whit Tuesday. The Rev. John Boyse, an 
-eminent scholar and divine, was born here in 1560, at the Rectory 
House, and is said to have manifested such a precocity of talents, 
that by the time he had attained his fifth year, he could read the 
Hebrew Bible. He was educated at Cambridge, where he was 
chosen Greek lecturer. On the death of his father he became rector 
of this parish. He was one of the translators and revisers of the 
new version of the Bible, made by order of James L; and assisted 
Sir Henry Savilein translating the works of Chrysostom. He died 
in 1643, and, notwithstanding his great learning and industry, the 
highest preferment he obtained was a prebend in Ely cathedral, 
given him by Bishop Andrews. The Church (St. Peter) is an ancient 
structure, built of flints, and covered with slate. It was repaired in 
1834, when a new pulpit and reading desk were erected. In the 
chancel is a mural monument, bearing an inscription and a kneel- 
ing effigy in memory of Edward Sherland, Esq., who died in 1609. 
The rectory, valued in KB. at £13. 7s. Id., has 52a. 17p. of glebe, 
and a yearly rent charge of £630, awarded in 1842 in lieu of tithes. 
The patronage is in Clare Hall, Cambridge, and the Rev. TV. H. 
Molineux, M.A., is the incumbent. The poor have 3s. a year out of 
part of the glebe, called the Grove, pursuant to the bequest of the 
Hev. Richard Glanvill. In 1726, the Rev. Moses Coe left £15 for 
the poor parishioners attending the church. This legacy, with some 
arrears of interest, now amounts to £30, vested in Hadleigh Savings' 
BanL Post from Hadleigh. 



ELMSETT. (COSFORD HUXD.) 



625 



Archer Patrick, wheelwright 

Earber Robt. shopr. & vict. Chequers 

Clarke Golding, maltster & beerhouse, 

Rose aud Crown 
€ole Samuel, shoemaker 
•Cook Wm. blacksmith 
Holder Wm. shopkeeper and miller 
Xadbrook John, corn miller 
Lambeth Robert, swine dealer 
Molineux Rev Wm. Hardman, M.A., 

Rectory 



Woods Wm. parish clerk & schoolmr 

FARMERS. 
Bull John and Edward, Rookery 
Chapman Lionel, Hill Farm 
Clarke Golding | Skippens George 
Clarke Jas., Red House | Jacobs Wm. 
Juby Henry | Fenniug Thomas 
Newman Thomas, Manor Farm 
Scliofield James, Mill Farm 
Stearn John, Patrick, and Wm., 
and New Halls 



Old 



HADLEIGH, formerly noted for the manufacture of icoollens, 
and now having a large silk mill, and a number of maltsters and 
corn merchants, is a well-built and thriving market town, pleasantly 
situated on the eastern side of the small river Brett, 10 miles W. 
"by S. of Ipswich ; 20 miles S.S.E. of Bury St. Edmund's ; 7 miles 
lOT.E. of Nayland; 11 miles E. of Sudbury; and 64 miles N.E. of 
London. It has a Railway Station at the terminus of a branch 
from the Eastern Union Kailway, Its parish comprises 4288 acres 
of land, and its population amounted in 1801 to 2332 ; in 1811, to 
2592; in 1821, to 2929; in 1831, to 3425; in 1841, to 3679; and 
in 1851, to 3716 souls. It is a polling place for the Western Divi- 
sion of the county, and Petty Sessions are held at the White Lion 
Hotel every fourth Thursday. Mr. Henry Last is clerk to the ma- 
gistrates. The town has been much improved during the last thirty 
years, and its principal street (High street) has many good houses, 
shops and inns, and is nearly three quarters of a mile in length, extend- 
ing from north to south, parallel with the river, which, at each end 
of the town, is crossed by a good bridge. That at the north end was 
rebuilt in 1843, at the cost of ^£1150, and consists of six iron arches, 
resting on brick pillars. The Com Exchange is a commodious 
building, erected by subscription in 1813. The Old Town Hall was 
one of the wards of the old Workhouse ; and adjoining it is the New 
Toivn Hall, built in 1851 at the cost of ^'1000. Two policemen, 
belonging to the Suffolk constabulary force, are stationed here. The 
town was first lighted with gas from the works of Mr. Stephen 
Brown, silk throwster, who employs about 350 boys and girls. The 
market, held every Monday, is an extensive mart for corn, sold by- 
sample ; and here are three annual fairs, held on Whit-Monday and 
Old Michaelmas day, for toys, &c , and on Sept. 20th for lambs, 
sheep, and cattle. Hadleigh Branch Railway was opened in 1847, 
and is a single line, extending about eight miles eastward to Bent- 
ley, where it joins the Eastern Union Bailway. The station here is 
neatly built of red and white brick, and has an electric telegraph. 
Much business is done here in corn, coal, malt, &c. A Farmers 
<Jlub meets monthly at the White Horse and White Lion Inns al- 
ternately ; and Mr.'R. Kersey is the chairman, and Mr. Grimwade 
secretary. Mr. J. F. Eobinson is solicitor to the Hadleigh Associa- 
tion for the prosecution of felons, which was established in 1843. 
The town formerly had a corporation, consisting of a mayor, alder- 
men, and common council; but a quo warranto being brought 

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626 HADLETGH PARISH. 

against them, they surrendered their charter during the reign of 
James II., and no other has since heen granted. It is remarkable 
as the burial place of Guthriim, the Danish chieftain, who, being de- 
feated by Alfred the Great, consented to embrace Christianity, and 
nad the government of East Anglia assigned to him. Here ho 
reigned twelve years, and, dying in 889, was interred in Hadleigh 
church, where the tomb, shewn for his, does not bear marks of such 
antiquity. Dr. Rowland Taylor, who was rector of Hadleigh, suf- 
fered at the stake in the sanguinary reign of Queen Mary, for his 
adherence to the doctrines of the Eeformation. He was burnt on 
Aldham Common, nearly a mile east of the town, upon the spot still 
marked by a stone, bearing the following mis-spelt inscription: — 
" Anno 1555. — Dr. Taylor for defending what was god, on this place 
shed his blod." This common (77 acres) was enclosed in 1729, and 
Hadleigh Heath (20 acres) about twenty-three years ago. On 
the 15th of August, 1843, Hadleigh, like many other places in the 
county, was visited by an awful storm, which commenced about 
two o'clock in the afternoon, and continued 45 minutes, during 
which vivid flashes of lightning and loud crashes of thunder fol- 
lowed in quick succession, accompanied by deluging torrents of 
rain, large hail stones, and pieces of ice, which destroyed the glass 
in many of the windows, and flooded the lower parts of the town. 
In some parts of High street, the water was 18 inches deep, and a 
punt was seen rowing about in it for some time after the storm had 
abated. 

Hadleigh County Court District comprises Stoke-by-Nayland, and 23 pa- 
rishes in Cosford Union and seven in Samford Union, as noticed at pages 
211 and 620. The Court is held at the Town Hall. Wm. Gurdon, Esq., 
is the judge; Kichd. Almack, Esq., of Long Melford, clerk; Eicbd. New- 
man, jun,, Esq., assistant clerk; Wm. Neck, of Colchester, high bailiff ; and 
Mr. Robt. Faiers, sub-bailiff. 

Hadleigh parish is in five MANORS, of which the following are the 
names and lords : — Hadleigh Hall, the Rev. J. C. Safford and Rev. John 
Francis, who hold it as trustees of the late Rev. J. Jermyn, to whom it was 
leased by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury ; Hadleigh, J. H. L. Ans- 
truther, Esq. ; Toppesfield Hall, and Cosford Hall, the Rev. Rd. Daniel; 
and Pond Hall, C. and R. Kersey; but a great part of the soil belongs to- 
other proprietors, the largest of whom are the Drapers' Company, London; 
Sir J. R. Rowley, Bart., and Wm. Strutt and J. C. Archer, Esqrs. Ponb 
Hall, 1| mile E. of the town, was formerly a seat of the HOyly family, 
one of whom was created a baronet in 1663, but they left here more than 
two centuries ago, and the hall is now a farm-house. Peyton Hall, a farm- 
house, 1 mile N. of the town, is supposed to have been a seat of the Pey- 
ton family ; and on the south of the parish, at a distance of from 1 to % 
miles, are the farms of Benton-end, Kateshill, &c, near Mason's Bridge. 
J. F. Robinson, Esq., the steward of many manors in this neighbourhood, 
resides at Hadleigh Hall, and has a good collection of paintings. The 
Church (St Mary,) is a large and handsome structure, nearly in the cen- 
tre of the town, and has a fine tower containing eight bells, and surmounted 
by a tall wooden spire covered with lead. It is 143 feet long by 63 broad, 
and has in its windows some fragments of ancient stained glass. It has 
several neat monuments and the remains of a tomb, said to have been raised 
in memory of Guthrum, the Danish chieftain, already noticed. The organ 



HADLEIGH PARISH. 627 

is a handsome and fine-toned instrument, and the pulpit and font are an- 
tique and richly carded. The altar-piece, which is of beautiful carved 
work, was put up by Dr. Wilkins, a late rector, whose successor much im- 
proved the Rectory House, which was rebuilt in 1836, but has still in front 
an ancient brick gate, with two hexagonal towers, built with the old house 
about 1490, by Wm. Pykenham, dean of Stoke College and incumbent of 
Hadleigh. The Rectory, valued in K.B. at £45. 12s. Id., is in the patron- 
age and peculiar jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and incum- 
bency of the Kev. Henry Barry Knox, M.A., who is also co-dean of Bocking, 
in Essex. The tithes were commuted in 1833, for a yearly rent-charge of 
£1325. There are in the town four other places of worship, viz., the Chapel 
at the Almshouses, where the rector and curates officiate ; an Independent 
Chapel, erected in the early part of last century, and rebuilt on a larger 
scale in 1825, at the cost of about £3000; a Baptist Chapel, built in 1830, 
at the cost of about £1000 ; and a Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in 
1848, and enlarged in 1853. Cosford Hundred Savings' Bank is at 
Hadleigh. Tt was founded in 1818, and is open every Saturday, from 10 
till 2 o'clock, at Messrs. Mills and Co.'s bank, in Queen street. Mr. Wm. 
Grimwade is the actuary. On November 20th, 1853, its deposits amounted 
to £21,420, belonging to 659 depositors, 28 Charitable Societies, and 11 
Friendly Societies. There are in the town two Friendly Societies, a Lodge 
of Freemasons, and another of Odd Fellows. The Charities of Hadleigh 
produce a yearly income of about £900, and comprise Almshouses for 36 
poor people, and a Free School, now amalgamated with the National Schools, 
which are attended by about 120 boys and 200 girls and infants. Here is 
also a large British School, built in 1841, by J. Ansell, Esq., and divided 
into three apartments, for boys, girls, and infants, of whom about 160 are 
generally in attendance, but the rooms will accommodate 300. Here is a 
Literary Institution, with a good library and reading room. 

The Market-Eents Trust. — By indenture, in the 17th of Henry 6th, 
Wm. Clopton, Esq., granted to 24 trustees, land called Church croft, be- 
longing to the manor of Toppesfleld Hall, with a building thereon used as 
the market house, and all the liberties, rights, and customs belonging to 
the market and fairs, except the assize of bread and ale, waifs, strays, for- 
feitures, &c, to be held by them and their heirs at the yearly rent of 6s. 8d. 
The property and privileges comprised in this grant have been transferred 
from time to time to new trustees, upon trust, that the rents and profits 
should be employed for the relief of the poor, the reparation of the church, 
and other public uses. The trust property comprises the Town Hall and 
various other buildings in and near the Market place, let for about £90 a 
year. The trustees also derive from £12 to £15 from stallage, &c. A new 
scheme has lately been obtained from the Court of Chancery for the future 
application of this trust, and pursuant to it the trustees are about to estab- 
lish a School for 40 poor boys, with a yearly salary of £50 for the school- 
master ; and they are to allow £2 each per annum to the 12 occupants of 
the almshouses in the Churchyard. They have also built a new Town Hall, 
adjoining the old one, as already noticed. 

The Grand Feoffment. — The estates and property derived from sun- 
dry charitable donations for the poor of Hadleigh, which have for a long 
period been combined, are vested in trustees, called the Grand Feoffees, 
and have been conveyed from time to time upon trust, that the rents and 
profits thereof should be employed for the use of the poor parishioners, and 
such other uses as are appointed by the several donors, with a provision 
that when the feoffees are reduced to six, they should elect others, to make 

2 d 2 



628 HADLEIGH PARISH. 

twenty at least. The charities and properties thus combined are as follows : 
— -Tt'"m. Pykenham, D.D., rector of Hadleigh, erected 12 Almshouses and a 
Chapel in Magdalen street (now called George street,) for 24 poor people : 
and by bis will, in the 12th of Henry 7th, he endowed them with various 
lands and tenements in Whatfield, Hadleigh, Aldham, Naugbton, Elmsett, 
and Semer, now worth about £'400 per annum. Dr. Good erected two 
other almshouses for four inmates, adjoining those of Dr. Pykenham's ; and 
in 1840, John Raven erected four almshouses at Benton-end, for eight poor 
people, and endowed them with lands at Eaydon and Holton. The 36 alms- 
people in Pykenham's, Good's, and Raven's almshouses, receive 4s. 6d\ 
each per week from the rental of the Grand Feoffment, and the eight in 
Haven's houses have also divided among them £7. 18s. per annum from 
land purchased with £'50, left for that purpose by John Raven, M.D., in 1636. 
John Glanvel, in 1616, gave lands for the poor in the almshouses. The 
other benefactions, left for the relief of the poor, and vested with the Grand 
Feoffees, were £20, left by Wm. Berryffe in 1614 ; £30, by Wm. Smith, in 
1624; two tenements, given by Alice Parkins ; £10, by Alice Humfrey, in 
1632; two tenements, by Richard Glanfield, 1636; three tenements, by 
John Alabaster, in 1667; £52, by John Calton, in 1614; 20 marks, by 
Thomas Spencer, D.D. ; £10, by John Beaumont ; a tenement, by Thomas 
Orson; £10, by Oliver Aylward; £50, by Edward Gaell ; two tenements, 
by Wm. Gaell, in 1606 ; £100, by Sir Nicholas Strutt; £50, by Ann Strutt, 
and £40, given by Thos. Cook, D.D., in 1679. The money derived from 
these legacies was laid out in the purchase of land. The Grand Feoffees 
are also trustees of the FREE SCHOOL, to which Elias Jordayn gave 
£100, in 1655, to be laid out in land ; and John Alabaster gave 1a. 3b. of 
land, now forming part of the pnddock of Holbecks house. The property 
of the Grand Feoffment, derived from these various bequests, consists of 
houses, cottages, and other buildings, and about 726a. of land in Hadleigh, 
Offton, Whatfield, Polstead, &c, and produce a clear yearly income of about 
£700, out of which about £430 is divided among the 36 almspeople; about 
£140 among poor parishioners in coals, wood, cloth, &c. ; and £22. 5s. is 
paid yearly to the schoolmaster, who has also £7 a year from Ann Beau- 
mont's charity, and a yearly rent-charge of £5, out of Place Farm, left by 
Edward Clarke in 1582. For these allowances and the use of the school- 
room, the master of the National and Free Schools teaches 24 free scholars 
reading, writing, and arithmetic. The Rector, Churchwardens, and Ro- 
bert Rand, Wm. Strutt, Joseph Clarke, J. Grimwade, C. Fenn, Esqrs., 
and others, are "Trustees of the Grand Feoffment" and have now (1854) 
a dispute in Chancery, relative to the rights of dissenters, &c. 

Ann Beaumont, in 1701, bequeathed a messuage and lands near Hadleigh 
bridge, to the rectors of Hadleigh, Hintlesham, and Layham, and other trustees, 
upon trust, to pay £10 a year to Christ's Hospital, in London; £5 a year to the 
master of the Free School at Hadleigh, for instructing six poor children: and 
to apply the remainder of the rents in apprenticing the said free scholars, and 
in other charitable uses, in Hadleigh. The master and governors of Christ's 
Hospital refused to accept the annuity of £10, and by a decree in Chancery, 
in 1709. the whole benefit of the estate was vested for the use of Hadleigh 
parish. It comprises a cottage, a barn, and 18a. 2r. 17p. of land, let for £42 a 
year, out of which the following fixed payments are made, viz., £7 to the master 
of the Free School; £4. 18s for providing coats and caps for the six boys 
taught in consideration of this charity; and £2 for providing linen, &c, for 
poor parishioners; and the residue, after payment of incidental expences. is 
applied in apprentice fees of about £12 each. In 1615. John Fiske charged his 
estate at Wetheringsett with the payment of £5 per annum, to be laid out in 
shifting cloth for poor widows of George street; and £5 per annum, for pro- 
viding bread for the poor widows of the parish. In 1643, John Whiting left 40s. 



COSFOED UNION. 



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a year, out of a house in High street, to be distributed in bread among the poor 
of Hadleigh. In 1743, Mary Clarke left 22a. 2r. 35p. of land at Foxearth, in 
Essex, to provide coats for the men and petticoats for the women in the alms- 
houses at Hadleigh. The land is let for £33 a year, of which about £'20 is laid 
out in clothing for the almspeople, and the remainder is distributed among them 
in money. 



HADLEIGH DIRECTORY. 

Post Office at Mrs* Sarah Ellisdon's, High street. Letters are despatched 
at 8.40 p.m. by mail cart, via Ipswich. Money Orders are granted and paid. 
Foot postmen to surrounding villages. 

f$g* Marked!, are in Queen street; 2, Churchgate street; 3, Market place; 4, 
Bridge street ; 5, Angel street; 6, Duke street; 7, George street; 8, Benton street; 
9, Ipswich road; and the rest in High street, or where specified, 

Alexander Joseph, bank clerk 
Ansell John. Esq., Market place 
2 Baker Mrs Eliz. H. and Mr Edward 
Baker George, inland revenue officer 



Barnes John, gent., Portland place 
3 Bateman George, town crier 
Baxter Thomas, excise, Paradise row 
Beeton Mrs Lucy, High street 
Bonner Bev. Jas. Tillard^ B.A., curate 

6 Brown Stephen, silk throwster, (and 
Colchester;) John Urpeth, manager 

Bryer Mrs Sus., High street 
Bunn George, solicitor 

7 Chisnall Thomas, corn chandler 
Clayden Henry, auctioneer and valuer 
Cocksedge Henry, gunsmith, High st 
Collier Edward, inland revenue officer 
Colman Win. agt. to British Manure Co. 
Cook Miss Hannah, Queen street 
Cork Charles, gent., Bridge House 
Cubitt Samuel, clothier and hatter 
Death Mrs Sarah, High street 

% Derrick Wm. ironfounder, &c. 
Downs Edw. SI. stone & marble mason 
Ellisdon Mrs Sarah, postmistress 
Fryett Wm. James, railway guard 
Gibbs Joseph, gent., George street 
Golding Henry, tanner and fellmonger 
] Grimwade Wm. bank agent 
3 Grimwade John Girling, bank clerk 
Grimwade Mrs Eliz., Churchgate st 

8 Groom Wm. brewer, hop merchant, 
and commission agent 

Groom Mrs Mary, Benton street 
Growse and Muriel, surgeons, High st 
Gurdon Arthur Brampton, wine mert. 



Knox Bev. Henry Barry. M.A., rector of 

Hadleigh, and co-dean of Booking 

Rectory 
Last Henry, solicitor & magistrates' elk 
Last Mrs Louisa, Churchgate street 
Maskell Mrs Julia, Queen street 
Mudd and Newman, surgeons 
Mudd Wm. surgeon; h Benton street 
Muriel John Thomas, surgeon, (Growse 

and M. ;) h Queen street 
Newman and Harper, solicitors 
Newman Piichard, jun., solicitor, and 

Union and County Court clerk 
8 Palmer Bev. John Parnall, (Indpt.) 
8 Palmer Wm. agent and parasol maker 
Payne George, cutler, High street 
5 Phillips. Samuel, machine maker 
Pigot Bev. Hugh, M.A., curate 
Piper Mrs Frances, Queen street 
Piper John Dixon, bookseller, stationery 

printer, news agent, &c. 
Pizzey Edward, ginger beer maker 
Pritty Mrs Elizabeth, High street 
Bay Emma, stay maker, High street 
Bo'binson John ~F(Hk., solicitor, Hall 
Robinson John Smith, auctioneer and 

land agent, High street 
Seeley John, solicitor, Benton street 
8 Sheldrake MrsA. || Simpson Mrs Hh 
Sporle Cornelius, relieving officer 
8 Strutt Miss Ann || Wade Miss Eliz. 
Syer George, gardener and seedsman 
Syer Abm. Hy. agricultural implement 

dealer, &c, High st ; h George st 
5 Tampion John, sweep and fireman 
Taylor George, bank agent, High st 



Hardacre Henry, bookseller, stationer, i 6 Urpeth John, silk mill manager 



music professor and dealer, and corn 

inspector 
Harper Chas. solicitor, (Newman & H.) 
Hawkins Joseph, gent., High street 
Hicks Mrs Sarah, Queen street 
Hobbs Henry, toy dealer, Churchgt. st 
Hume Rev Abm., M.A., incbt. of Kersey 
7 Jackson James, { Prim. Meth. min.) 
Keymer Mrs Dinah, High street 



Ward Henry John, station master 
"Whittle John, hurdle maker and wood- 
man, Stone street 
Wright James, clothier, High street 
Wright John, supervisor, Portland pi. 
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS. 
Marked * take Boarders. 
British School, Joseph Barnes Bown and 
Margaret Andrews 



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HADLEIGH DIRECTORY. 



*Golding Miss Martha Mary. High st 
*Mudd Abraham, Benton street 
National and Free Schools, Wm. Beale 

and Elizabeth Palmer 
l*Stow Mrs Mary *Tovell Edward 

BANKERS. 
Alexanders & Co.. High street, (on Bar- 

netts, Hoares, & Co.) Mr George 

Taylor, agent 
Mills, Bawtree, Errington, Bawtree, 

and Co., Queen street, (on Hankey 

and Co.) Mr Wm. Grimwade, agent 
Cosford Hundred Savings' Bank, at Mills 

and Co.'s, (open Sat. 10 to &,} Wm. 

Grimwade, actuary 

FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
Andrews John, Kates Hill 
Cadge Wm. bailiff, ditto 
*Clarke Joseph, French's Fann 

5 Corder John Day John 
Everett Isaac Pryke, Coram street 
Eenn Charles, Stone street 
Frost John. Friar's Farm 

• *2 Grimwade Wm. 7 Kidby Edward 

Hicks Philip, Pond Hall 

Hoddv Robt. & Hoddy Wm., Coramst 
1 * Kersey Rbt., Cross House & Clay Wall 

•♦-Kersey Caleb, High street 

Matthew Josiah, Cosford Hall & Aldham 

Pittock John, bailiff. Hill Farm. 

6 Rand Jph. || Rand Rbt.. Peyton Hall 
Stollery James, (steward,) Thorn Hills 
*Strutt Isaac, Toppesfield Hall 

Strutt Wm, Executors of, Benton end 
Welham Ranson 5 White Thomas 
EIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. 
Accidental Death, Henry Clayden 
Anchor, Wm. Hart. High street 
Clerical and Medical, Wm. Grimwade 
County Fire & Provident Life, G. Payne 
Crown Life, Richard Newman 
General, John Cook 
Indisputable, George Taylor 
London Assurance, Thomas Pritty 
National Mercantile, Henry Clayden 
- Norwich Union (& Cattle Ins.) H. Story 
Royal Farmers, Wm. Grimwade 
Suffolk Alliance, J. F. Robinson 
Sun, Henrv Clayden, High street 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Cock. Thomas Gardiner, George street 
Falcon, Wm. Roberts, Benton street 
George and Commercial Inn, Wm. Col- 
man, (posting.) High street 
King's Head, Robert Long. High st 
Ram, Wm. Hurrell, Market place 
Shoulder of Mutton. Robert Gosling 
8 Swan, Wm.Sanitino Ostinelli 
Wheat Sheaf, Godfrey Wells 
4 White Hart, Wm. Mott, cattle dealer 



White Horse and Commercial Inn, Jas. 

Roddwell. {posting, ) High street 
White Lion Hotel. Hannah Stevens, 

(posting,) High street 
bakers and flour | Simpson Henry 

dealers. ' Simpson Thomas 

Beaumont John i brick & tele mrs. 
Chaplin Richard Clarke John 
5 Cooper Dinah : Clary Wm. 



TDunninghamJph 
5 Finch Robert 
Gardener Tillett 
8 Green Wm. 
Hunt Charles 
2 Pyman Wm. 
R utter Wm. 

7 Spooner Wm. 

5 Springett John 
Taylor John 

8 Turner Walter 
Wells Godfrey 

BASKET MAKERS. 

5 Branch Henry 
7 Woolard Robert 

BEER HOU-I-. 

o Frost Shadh. 
7 Herbert James 
Perry Wm. 

5 Pettit Sus. 

4 Scrivener Eliz. 

6 Snell Henry 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Cook Joshua 
Cook Thomas 

7 Dunningham J. 
Gray Geo. Coxcnr. 

5 Lines John 

S Lingley John 
o Norford Robert 

BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

SBateman George 
7 Branch Fredk. 
Cook Thomas 
7 Elliott John 
EllisdonThs.Alfd. 
(coir.) Pond In 
5 Godfrev Joseph 
Hart Wm. 
Jones George 
May Charles 
5 Pettit Levi 
5 Spooner Hicks 
Spooner John 
Spooner J.,jun. 
7 Steele Thomas 
2 Stow Edward 

BRAZIER. S AND 

TINNERS. 

Clayden Henry 
Deeks Wm. 



BRICKLAYERS. SeC. 

j Brook Robert 

7 Clarke Wm. 
5 Cole John 

9 Cook John 

5 Ratcliffe Henry 
Wilkinson Henry 

BUTCHERS. 

6 Aggis James 

: Brown Thomas 
Grimsey Henry 
; Makin John Webb 

4 Mott Wm. 

8 Spraggon Walter 

7 Yince John 
Waller Thomas 

1 i Warren Wm. 
j Welham Ranson 

I CABINET MAKERS. 

i 7 Cook Japhet 

i Corder Joseph 

Lamb Wm. Henry 

Lloyd Thomas 

j 1 Reeve Bendall 

Reeve Henry 

CHEMISTS & DG-TS. 

| Story Henry 
Wick James 

: I.-.IH EUTLBEP.S. 

Green Jacob 
Jolly Robert 
7 Spark James 
Towns Geo. tamer 

1 J&L MEBG HANTS. 

: 9 Bird George 

7 Chisnall Thos. 
: 7 Dunningham J. 
; Kersey Samuel 

Syer Abm. Henry 

COOPERS. 

Drew Charles 
Faiers James Bby. 

5 FaiersRobert (& 

house agent) 
Warren James 

CORN MERCHANTS. 

7 Chisnall Thos. 
FennCks.. Stone st 
Frost Hy. {6: hop) 
Hogg John 
Kersey Samuel 



HADLEIGH DIRECTORY. 



631 



6 Rand Joseph 

7 Syer Abm. Hy. 
5 White Thomas 

2 Wilson Thos.W. 

CORN MILLERS. 

4= Deeks Robert 

8 Green Wm. 
Jay Samuel. Top- 

pesjield Mill 

4 Syer Abm. Hy. 

CURRIERS & LEA- 
THER CUTTERS. 

King George 
Scrivener Charles 

DRAPERS, &C. 

Barber James and 

Frederick Wm. 
€ook John 
Garnham George 
Houchin Wm. 
Howard Samuel 

FARRIERS. 

-Grimwade John 
Long Robert 

JFURNITUEE BROKRS 

Allen John 
Xamb Wm. Henry 

5 Spooner Theoph 
Spooner Wm. 

-GLASS, CHINA. AND 
EARTHENWARE DLS . 

Clayden Henry 
Pritty Thomas 

GLOVERS. 

Oxford Thomas 
5 Prigg W T m. 

GROCERS, &C. 

Cook John 
Houchin Wm. 



Howard Samuel 
7 Spooner Wm. 

HAIR DRESSERS. 

Bare Beuj. toy dlr. 

7 Deeks James 
Ray John 
Yerlander Samuel 

IRONMONGERS. 

Clayden Henry 
Simpson Thomas 
joiners, &c. 

8 Bantock John 
8 Buckle Edward 
7 Clark Wm. 

7 Cook Japhet 
Corder Joseph 
Gray Edward 
Parsons Clark 
Spooner Jermh.B. 

MALTSTERS. 

7 Cbisnall Thos. 
5 Corder John 
Fenn Charles 

5 Frost Shadrach, 
(and brewer) 

Hogg John 
Kersey Samuel 
Pettit John 

6 Rand Joseph 

4 Syer Abraham 

7 Yince John 

5 White Thomas 
5 Wilson Thomas 
2 Wilson Thos.W. 

MILLINERS, &c. 

Bantock Harriet 
Colborne Emily 
Cook Susan 
Garnham G. 



Goymer Ellen 
Grimwade Ann 
Oxford Elizabeth 

PAINTERS, PLMBRS. 
AND GLAZIERS. 

Church Thomas 

4 Crisp Charles 
Gardiner Benj. 

6 Osborne Horace 
Reeve (Geo.) and 

Hobbs (Henry) 

RAG, &C. DEALERS. 

7 Battell Ephraim 

8 Ponder Samuel 

SADDLERS, &C. 

Kersey Robert 
7 Sexton Thomas, 

parish clerk 
Wells John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

o Cocper Dinah 

5 Cross Wm. Hy. 
7DunningharnJph 
Gardiner Tillett 

5 Pettit Levi 

7 Spooner Wm. 

8 Stow Win. 

5 Turner Sarah 
8 Turner Walter 

SPRING MAKERS. 

7 Dunningham J. 
5 Spooner Theophs 

STRAW HAT MAKES. 

8 Bantock Sarah 
Garnham Eliz. 

8 Harvey Maria 
8 Palmer Sarah 

TAILORS & DPRS. 

Cubitt Saml. hat- 



ter and clothier 
Howard Samuel 
7 Howard Wm. 
Pettit John 
7 Webb John 
Wright J. clothes 

WATCHMAKERS. 

Lambert John 
Payne George 
Sewell Wm. 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

4 Gardiner Thos. 

Herbert Peter 

Towns George 
SMLWAY 

Trains six times a 

day to all parts. 

Mail Cart to Bil- 
deston, 7§ a.m., 
and to Ipswich, 
8 j- p.m. 
CARRIERS 

To Ipswich, the 
Rails daily, and 
Wm. Mann, W. 
Warren, and W. 
Webb, Mondays, 
Thurs. and Sat. 

To Bildeston, Wm. 
Webb, Tu. Thu. 
and Sat. 

To Colchester, Bnj. 
Josslyn. Sat. 

To Lauenham, Jas. 
Mann, Tu. and 
Friday. 

To Sudbury, Wm. 
Mann, Tuesday 
and Saturday. 



HADLEIGH HAMLET is a small township of scattered houses, 
-about 4 miles W. of Hadleigh, mihe jjcirish of B oxford, but in Cos- 
ford Hundred, and manor of Hadleigh Hall. It contains 204 in- 
habitants, and 610 acres of land belonging to Sir B. C. Brodie, Bart., 
James Bentley, Esq., Mrs. Mary Sheen, Miss Ann Hoy, and a few 
smaller proprietors. Some of its bouses form part of the village of 
Boxford, which see. 

Rice John, farm bailiff 



Blyth Samuel, farm bailiff 
Gardiner Wm. carpenter, &c. 
Munson Richard, boot and shoe maker 
Parmiter Mary, farmer 



Stow Joseph Glanfield farmer and regr. 
Tiffen Daniel, farmer 
I Watson John, carpenter &brickmaker 



HITCH AM is a large scattered village and extensive parish, 1^ 
mile N. of Bildeston, 7 miles N.N.W. of Hadleigh, and 7 miles S.W. 
by-S. of Stowmarket. It has 1037 inhabitants, and comprises 4117 
acres of fertile, but strong clayey land, extending five miles in 
length, and four in breadth, and including a luxuriant wood of 
102a. 1r. 16p. Tbe Eev. Eicbard Daniel, of Combes, is lord of the 



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HITCHAM PARISH. 



manor, in which the arbitrary fines paid by the copyholders average 
about i:l60 a year, and the quit-rents about £'49 a year, subject to 
a fee farm rent to the Marquis of Camden. He is also owner of 
Hitcham Hall, a large, handsome, commodious farm house. The 
other principal landowners are Sir B. C. Brodie, Jph. Parker, Esq., 
Rev. J. Y. Cooke, and Messrs. J. Harper, E. Ennals, E. Luckey y 
Chas. Hatton, and J. Grimwood. The manor and advowson be- 
longed to the Bishop of Ely till the 4th of Elizabeth. The ances- 
tors of Sir Eobert Hitcham (see page 360), were no doubt seated 
here. Wetherden Hall, an ancient farm house, 2£ miles X.W. of 
Bildeston, is still encompassed by a moat, and was long the seat of 
the knightly family of Waldegrave. The Church (All Saints) stands 
near Hitcham Hall, and is a large and handsome structure, with a 
tower and six bells, and a fine south porch. The interior is lofty, 
and the roof is beautifully carved. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
,£26. 13s. 4d., has a good residence, 26a 39p. of glebe, and a yearly 
rent charge of .£1159, awarded, in 1840, in lieu of tithes. The pa- 
tronage is in the Crown, and the Rev. J. S, Henslow, M.A., F.L.S., is 
the incumbent, and also Professor of Botany at Cambridge Univer- 
sity ; and to him the farmers of Suffolk are greatly indebted for 
many valuable essays and experiments for the improvement of agri- 
cultural science. He is also the patron and chief supporter of Hit- 
cham Labourers' and Mechanics' Horticultural Society, which has 
Its large annual shows in the Rectory grounds. The Baptists have 
a chapel here. The Feoffment Estate, vested in trustees for the poor 
of this parish, comprises three tenements, and 28a. 3r. of land, let 
for about £S0 a year. The rents, after deducting incidental ex- 
penses, are distributed about Christmas among poor parishioners- 
The trustees are also, by custom, admitted tenants of apiece of land 
called Thieves Acre, which is held by the rector, at the yearly rent 
of a noble and a mark, which sum, with a voluntary addition by the 
rector, making in the whole £b, is distributed among the poor. In 
1663, Sir George Waldegrave gave two tenements for the residence 
of poor people, and they were rebuilt, about 1818, by the lord of the 
manor. In 1714, Benj. Sparrow left a yearly rent charge of 18s. 
out of lands now belonging to the Rev. J. Wallace, for schooling two- 
poor children. About 130 garden allotments are let to the labourers 
of the parish at low rents ; and here is a Benefit Society, a Medical 
Club, a Wife's Society, a Coal Club, and a Children's Clothing Club,, 
all aided by the worthy rector and other honorary subscribers, for 
the benefit of the poor parishioners. Post from Bildeston via Had- 
leigh. 



Henslow Bev John Stevens, M.A., 
F.L.S., rector of Hitcham, and Pro- 
fessor of Botany at Cambridge Uni- 
versity, Rectory 
Dickerson David, beerhouse 
Hoddy John, tailor 
Jackson Isaac Thos., wheelwgt. &c 
Nunn John, butcher and cattle dlr 
Payne Benj., vict. White Horse 
Reynolds William, parish clerk 



Sewell Edward and Bobt., thatchers 
Smith William, bricklayer 

BLACKSMITHS. FARMERS. 

Godbold Thos. Baker John 

Bush Eobert Baker Peter 

Warren Zach. Barrell Bobert 

corn millers. Barton Edward 

Barnes Bobert Barton Jph., Fen 

Clover John Clover John 
Cook William 



HITCHAM. (COSFORD HUNDRED.) 



633 



Cooper Esther 
Cooper Syer 
Downing Daniel, 

Lodge 
Ennals Eobert 
Faiers George 
Green John 
Grimwood Wm,, 

Brick House 
Harper John, Esq. 

Ritcham Hall 



Hitchcock Sus., 
Wetherden Hall 
Jackson Isaac Ts, 
Jackson Orlando 
Luckey Robert 
Marriott Matthew, 

Block's Hall 
Melton Sarah 
Nunn Jno. butcher 
shorn John, bailiff 



Ranson Hy. BusJi 
Ranson SL, Plains 
S team Walter, Fen- 
gate farm 
Ward George 
Ward Thomas 

JOINEBS, &C. 

Baker William 
Death William 



SHOEMAKERS. 

Dickinson David 
Grimwood Isaac 
Hurrell John 
Pearl John 

SHOPKEEPERS* 

Raffe Hannah 
Ward Sarah 



KERSEY, a neat village, in a picturesque valley on one of the 
tributary streams of the river Brett, 2J miles N W. ofliadleigh, has 
in its parish 714 souls, and 1510 acres of fertile land. It has a plea- 
sure fair on Easter Tuesday; and is noted for the ivy mantled ruins 
of a Priory of Augustine Canons, which was first founded as a hos- 
pital or free chapel, about the year 1218, by Thomas de Burgh ; but 
a few years afterwards it was converted into a priory by his widow, 
Nesta cle Coke field, who endowed it with the tithes and advowson of 
Kersey and Lindsey. It was dedicated to St. Mary and St. An- 
thony, but was dissolved at an early period ; and in the 26th of 
Henry 6th, Lord Powis gave it, with all its revenues, to King's Col- 
lege, Cambridge, to which the site, the Priory Manor, &c, still be- 
long. A great part of the parish is in two other manors, viz. — Ker- 
sey, of which James Bentley, Esq., is lord; and Sampson's Hall, of 
which the Rev. Thos. Jones is lord. The mansion called the Priory, 
near the venerable remains of the monastery, is the seat of Richard 
Newman, Esq. J. C. Archer, Esq., Mr, B. Mann, and several 
smaller owners, have estates in the parish. The Church (St. Mary) , 
is a neat structure of perpendicular architecture, with a lofty tower, 
containing six bells. It was repaired about three years ago. The 
living is a perpetual curacy, valued at a£135. The Rev. Abraham 
Hume, M.A., of Hadleigh, is the incumbent, and the Provost and 
Eellows of King's College, Cambridge, are patrons and appropria- 
tors. The incumbent is a fellow of this college. The tithes of Ker- 
sey were commuted in 1840 for a yearly rent charge of <£*420. In 
1580, Root. Nightingale left in trust with the churchwardens and six 
of the chief parishioners, a cottage for four persons to dwell in, and 
2a. 3r. of copyhold land, for the relief of the aged poor of the parish. 
The cottage was rebuilt at the expense of the parish, and is occu- 
pied by three families. The land is let for M a year. Here is a 
small Independent Chapel, belonging to Mr. J. Ansell. Post from 
Hadleigh. 

jBeeston Benjamin, shopkeeper 
Bull Henry, saddle and harness mkr 
Cuthbert Josiah, baker and shopkpr 
Gardiner (Wm. Holton) and Arthey, 

(John Spalding), maltsters and 

farmers 
Green John, wheelwright 



Grimwade Wm., veterinary surgeon 

and vict. Bell Inn 
Newman Richard, Esq., Priory 
Pittock Samuel, parish clerk 
Raynham Robert, bricklayer 
Rush John, grocer and draper 
Sexton Fredk., grocer, draper, and land 

surveyor, Post Office 
2 D 3 



634 



KERSEY. (COSFORD HUNDRED.) 



Yince Jno., seedsman, and \Ym., sexton 

Vinee Robert, butcher 

Whymark John, vict. White Horse 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Smith Eliz. 
Spencer John 

CORN MILLERS. 

B al dry Jph. , Willis- 

more green 
Mason BeDJ.,ra alts 

FAE.MEHS. 

Bouttell Edwin 



Baker Enoch, auc- 
tioneer. Coytes- 
tye 

Durrant John 

Gardiner &Arthey 

Howlett Thos. 

Mason Benjamin 

Moody John 

Partridge Robert 



Rush John 

Rush Edward 

Sheldrake Robert. 
Hall 

Sparrow Robert ' 

Stow Lucy, Hall 

Syer Win.. \ 
of Syer; Sus. and 
Stephen W. 
joiyzr.- fee. 

Pittock Samuel 



h Edward 

! 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Everett Eenry 
Pryke John 
Prvke Thomas 
Underwood Hy. 

EAH 

Le Robert 
Newman Robert 
Searfe Henry 



IvETTLEBASTON, a small village, on an eminence, 2 miles 
N.W. of Bildeston, and 7 miles N.S.W. of Hadleigh. has in its 
parish 189 souls, and 1063 acres of land. Mrs. Beackeroft is lady 
of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to Sir B.C. Brodie, 
Joseph Parker, Esq., W. Makin. G. Richards. T..Lay. and a few 
smaller owners. In the 23rd of Henry VI., this manor was granted, 
with that of Xedging. to Win. de la Pole, Marquis of Suffolk, to 
hold by tbe service of carrying a golden sceptre with a dove on the 
top, at the coronation of the king; and a sceptre of ivory, with a 
golden dove upon it, at tbe coronation of the queen. The manor 
descended from the Waldegraves to the Lemans, and from them to 
the Beachcrofts. The Church St. Mary is a neat fabric, with a 
tower and three bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £13. 6s., has 
15 acres of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of £800, awarded in 1841, 
in lieu of tithes. William Dines, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. 
John Robert Eiske, incumbent. Here is a Nat ihool, built 

in 1838, and having about 30 scholars. I Land, one 

acre, is let in two lots for <£6 a year, which is distributed in coals 
and clotbing. Post from Bildeston. 
Barton John, farmer, Hall 



Bendall Wm,, farmer, Valley faifji 
Fiske Rev John Robt, B.A., Rectory 
Head Jonth., parish clerk, and Mary 
Ann, school 



Makin Robert, fun i 
Mulley William. thateL 
Procter Jph., farmer and shopkpr 
Russell William, farmer. Tn 



LAYHAM, a pleasant village on both sides of the river Brett. 1| 
mile S. of Hadleigh, has in its picturesque parish 577 souls, and 
2488a. 2k. 29p. of land, having a good mixed soil, and abounding in 
cherry trees; and extending southward to Mamma Bridge, and north- 
ward to Holbecks (half a mile S. of Hadleigh \. the pleasant seat of 
Miss E. L. Rowley. The parish is in two manor? . called Overbury 
and Netherbury Halls. The Bev. Richard Daniel, of Combs, is 
lord of both ; but a great part of the soil belongs to Sir J. R. Row- 
ley, Miss Rowley, Mrs. Norman, and the Brown. Partridge. Strutt, 
and a few other families. The manors were anciently held by the 
De Leyhams, Woodstocks, and Hollands : and passed from the 
latter to the Mortimers, and from them to the Greys and Howards. 
During the greater part of last century, they were held by the 
D'Oyley family. The Church | St. Andrew; has a tower at the* west 
end, and was repewed in 1837, when a new gallery was erected. 



LAYHAM PARISH, 635 

The rectory, valued in K.B. at £16. Os. 7-kl., has 71a. 1e. 29p. of 
glebe, and a yearly rent charge of £800, awarded in 1840 in lieu of 
tithes. The patronage is in St. John's College, Cambridge, and the 
Eev. Henry Hunter Hughes, B.D.. is the incumbent, and has a good 
Rectory House, on a commanding eminence. Near the church is a 
National School, built in 1840, at the cost of about £'160, and sup- 
ported by the rector and principal parishioners. In 1727, the Rev. 
William Baker left £30 for a yearly distribution of bread among the 
poor attending the church, and it was laid out in the purchase of an 
acre of land, now let for £L 16s. a year. Moat Hall, the residence 
and property of Ah.*. Charles Brown, is a neat white brick house, 
erected in 1844, and having tasteful grounds. Post from Hadleigh. 



Roberts Geo., vict. Marquis Cornwallis 
Eowley Miss Emma Letitia, Holbecte 
Salisbury Rt., gent. Layham Cottage 
Smith Abraham, parish clerk 
Smith Henrietta, schoolmistress 
Story Henry, red brick and tile maker; 

h Hadleigh 
Talbot John, mill manager 
Tomkin Eev James Wright, M.A., in- 
cumbent of Lindsey 
Vince Mr "William 



Ayres Eev George, curate 
Clarke John, white brick and tile mkr 
Clarke Et., red brick yard manager 
Clarke Robert, shopkeeper 

k Henry, bricklayer 
Cook Eobert. shoemaker 
Death Samuel, thatcher 
Game Thomas, gentleman 
Gostling Thomas Leech, wheelwright 

and smith 
Hazeil Benjamin, butcher 
Hitchcock Freeman, corn miller FARMERS. (* are Owner*.; 

Hughes Eev Hy. Hunter, B J>. Rectory *Brown Charles. Moat Hall 
Johnson Walter, shoemkr. and shopr i Fidget Eichard, Valley farm 
Kedge James, joiner and builder Game Fdk., Popes gn. Grimsey Wm. 

XormanMrs Eliz. and Mr Fdk. , Nether- • Long Susannah, Gyford's Hall 

bury Hall \ *Norman Jas. Kettle, Xetherbwy Hall 

Pizzey John, gardener ! *Partridge Edward. Water House 

Pratt Thes.. vict. Queen's Head ; Pratt Thos. || Richardson Thos. 

Eand John, butcher and cattle dlr | *Strutt William. Overbury Hall 

Ranson Rt., gent Seeker Mrs Eliz. ; Towns William, Shepherd's farm 
Eeed Isaac, vict. Cherry Tree ' Vince John Vince Mary 



LIXDSEY, from 4 to 5 miles N.W. of Hadleigh, is a parish of 
scattered houses, containing 326 souls, and 1246a. 1e. 9p. of fertile 
land, in two manors, viz.. Beaumonts, of which Messrs. Sparke, 
Holmes, and Jackson, of Bury St. Edmund's, are lords; and Lind- 
sey. of which the Eev. Richard Daniel, of Combs, is lord. The 
copyholders are subject to arbitrary fines, but about two-thirds of 
the parish are freehold. The principal landowners are the Provost 
and Fellows of King's College, Cambridge ; Sir H. E. Austen, Sir 
H.C.Blake, Sir J. R. Eowley, and the Mumford, Gage, Arthey, 
Chaplin, and Matthew families. Affair for pedlery is held here on 
July 25th. The Church (St Peter) is an ancient fabric, with a 
small belfry. The tower being much decayed, was taken down 
about 24 years ago. The church was appropriated to Kersey priory, 
and is now in the appropriation and patronage of King's College, 
Cambridge. The perpetual curacy, now valued at £110, is in the 
incumbency of the Eev. James Wright Tomkin, M.A., of Layham. 
The tithes were commuted in 1838, for £320 per annum, of which. 
£262 belougs to King's College, £12 to Mr. Arthey, and £46 to 
Eichard Newman, Esq. These small payments out of the tithes 



636 LINDSEY PARISH. 

are in consideration of land which belonged to a free chapel or some 
religious house, the remains of which are now a stable. Here is a 
small Baptist Chapel. A yearly rent-charge of 15s. for thirty poor 
widows, is paid out of a piece of land belonging to Mr. Arthey, pur- 
suant to the bequest of one Grimsey. The poor have also 5s. a 
year, left by Robert Nightingale, in 1580. In the parish are the 
hamlets of Greetson Green and Ropers Green ; and the site of a 
Danish or Roman Camp. Post from Hadleigli. 

Arthey Philip, boot and shoemaker | § Arthey Joseph, Lindsey Hall 

Bouttell Benjamin, Bose Green 
§Chaplin Thomas, Esq. (of Marks Tey,. 

Essex) James Lister, bailiff 
Clifford John || Clifford Joshua 
Cousens Thomas | TVorters BeDJ. 
§Gage Thomas, Swallows Farm 
§ Matthew Saml. (& brick & tile mfr.) 

Raven's Hall 
Raynham Robert James 



Arther Pp.Yincent, beerhouse & dealer, 

Red Rose 
Buttell Susan, vict. White Rose 
.Keeble James, shopkeeper 
Stribling Y\~m. blacksmith 
Stribling Wm. Hy. boot & shoemaker 
Thompson Wm. tailor 
Willis Rt. tailor, & Saml. par. clerk 

FARMERS. (§«e Owners.) 
§Arthey Mary Ann, Chapel Farm 



NAUGHTON, a small village and parish, 2^ miles E. of Bildes- 
ton, and 5 miles N. of Hadleigli, has 134 souls, and 854a. 1b. 27p. 
of land, about half of which is copyhold, subject to arbitrary fines, 
A. S. Adair, Esq., is lord of the manor, but the soil belongs mostly 
to G-. Cooke, C. Tyrell, and B. Kersey, Esqrs. The Church (St. 
Mary) is a small ancient structure, with a tower at the west end>. 
and was repewed in 1833. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £1 0. ] 5s., 
lias 57a. 1b. 6p. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £190, awarded 
in 1842, in lieu of tithes. The patronage belonged to the late Sir 
E. Ommaney, but is now in dispute. The Rev. Wm. Edge, B.A., 
of Nedging Hall, is the incumbent. The Rectory House is a neat 
white brick building, occupied by the curate. The poor parishioners 
have the interest of i>20, left by the Ptev. Hy. Jones, in 1723, and 
3s. 4d. yearly, out of Gazeleijs field, left by Robert Nightingale, in 
1583. Post from Hadleigli, via Bildeston. 



Brook Sarah, schoolmistress 
Dade George, parish clerk 
Piper Robert, blacksmith 
Roberts Rev Henry, B.A. curate 
Roberts Wm. wheelwgt. shopr.&beerhs 
Stevenson Mrs Mary Ann 



FARMERS. 
BaldryWm. || Crick James 
Cocksedge Robert, & corn miller 
Cooper James || Preston George 
Green George, Xaughlon Hall 
Grimwade Joseph, Brick House 



NEDGING, a small parish of scattered houses, in the valley of 
the river Brett, 1 mile S. of Bildeston, and 4 miles N. of Hadleigb,, 
comprises 183 souls and 837 acres of strong, loamy ground. The 
Eev. Wm. Edge, of Nedging Hall, is lord of the manor, which was- 
anciently held with that of Kettlebaston, by the coronation service 
noticed with that parish. A great part of the soil belongs to the 
Bev. J. Y. Cooke, and to Mrs. and J. L. Clover, W. Johnson, and 
B. Chenery. The Church (St. Mary) is a small structure, with a 
tower and two bells, and is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. 12s. lid., 
and now having 30 acres of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £191. 



HEDGING. (COSFORD HUNDRED.) 637 

awarded in 1841, in lieu of tithes. The Bev. Wm. Edge, B.A., is 
patron and incumbent. Post from Bildeston,via Hadleigh. 



Berry Matthias, farm bailiff 
Cbamplin Edw. farmer, & high con- 
stable of Cosford Hundred 
Chenery Robert, farmer 
Clover John Lee, miller & farmer 
Edge Rev Wm., B.A. rector of Nedging 
& Naughton, Hall 



Green John, farmer, Parsonage 
Grimwade Walter, parish clerk 
Oshorn Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Stiff Thomas, shopkeeper 
Stutter John, farmer, Vine Tree 



SEMEB, 2 miles S. of Bildeston, and 3 miles N. by W. of Had- 
leigh, is a village and parish, on the river Brett, containing 1205a, 
2r. 12p. of land. It had 558 inhabitants in 1851, including 3L5 in 
Cosford Union Workhouse, which is situated here, and is already 
noticed at page 619. This lordship was appropriated to the use of 
the cellarer of the abbey of Bury St. Edmund's- The Bev. James 
Young Cooke, M-A., is now lord of the manor, in which the copy- 
holds are subject to arbitrary fines. The other principal owner of 
the soil is J. C. Archer, Esq., who has a pleasant seat here, called 
Semer Lodge. The Rev. J. Y. Cooke, M.A., is also patron and in- 
cumbent of the rectory, valued in K.B. at £11. 7s. Id., and now 
having a yearly rent-charge of £370, awarded, in 1842, in lieu of 
tithes ; and a commodious residence, with pleasant grounds over- 
looking the river Brett; and 66a. 3r. 39p. of glebe. The Church 
(All Saints) is an ancient structure, which was repewed and tho- 
rougly repaired in 1843. Near it is a small lake or mere, from which 
the parish is supposed to have derived its name. The poor parish* 
ioners have 20s. yearly out of land at Baydon, left by John GoodalL 
in 1607 ; and 20s. a-year out of the poor-rates, f as interest of £20 
benefaction money. Post from Hadleigh. 

Archer Jph. Clarke, Esq., Semer Lodge I Vince James, shopkeeper 

Cooke Eev Jas. Young, M.A. Rector, 

Emeny Thomas, wheelwright, &c 

Parker Jeremiah, police officer 

Payne Isaac, parish clerk 

Ensor John Lott and Mrs Patterson, I 

master and matron, Cosford Uniojil Push John, Semer common 
Workhouse I Smith Richard, Sayer's green 

Stow John, boot and shoemaker 



Vince Eobert, blacksmith. 
FARMERS, 
Coe Wm. Mills, Semer Dairy 
Juby James, Bridge Farm 
Martin John, Semer Hall 



THOBP-MOBIEUX, a scattered village and parish, five miles 
N.W. by W. of Bildeston, and nine miles S.E. by S. of Bury St, 
Edmund's, has 414 inhabitants, and 2457 acres of land, near the 
source of the river Brett. It was anciently the lordship and seat of 
the Morieux family, and afterwards of the Risbys. Henry Spar- 
rowe, Esq., is lord of the manor, which is mostly freehold. The 
other principal landowners are, E. G-. Harrison, Esq., Bev. H. J, 
Hasted, Mr.Richd. Hunt, Thos. Poinder, Esq., and Mr. John Steam. 
The Church (St. Mary) has a tower and three bells. The rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £18. 14s, 6jd., has a good residence, 25a. of glebe, 
and a yearly rent-charge ot £620, awarded in 1843, in lieu of tithes. 
J. H. Harrison, Esq., is patron, and the Bev. Thos. T. Harrison is 
the incumbent. The poor have the interest of £10 left by Wm. 



638 



THORP-MORIEUX PARISH. 



Bowl. At the northern extremity of this parish is a triangular 
boundary stone, inscribed " This parts the bounds of three Hun- 
dreds and three Towns." Post from Bildeston. 



Aves Joseph, shoemaker 
Fisher Samuel, police officer 
Goold Bixby, parish clerk 
Harrison Rev Thos. Thomas, Rectory 
Lester Francis, shopkeeper 
North Wm. joiner & wheelwright 
Rush Samuel, blacksmith 



FARMERS^ 
Amos John | Hustler Bridget 
Andrews James || Palmer Thomas 
Edgar John, Manor || Scott Harriet 
Elliston Robert \ Stearn John 
Howard Robert, Thorp Hall 
Mannington Robt. || Tracey Robert 
Newson Wm. | Whiting John 



WATTISHAM, a small village, two miles N.E. of Bildeston, and 
six miles S.W. of Needham Market, has in its parich 220 souls, and 
1298a. 3r. 6p. of land. In the reigns of Edward I., IL, and III., 
the manor was held by the Wachesham family, by the same indecent 
service as that of Hemingstone. (See page 445.) The Bev. Bichd. 
Daniel, of Combs, is lord of the manor, but the soil belongs chiefly 
to Mrs. Mumford, the Eev. Eichard Johnson, G. T. Nichols, Esq., 
and J. G. Hart, Esq. The copyholds are subject to small arbitrary 
fines. The Hall, occupied by a farmer, is still moated. The Church 
(St. Nicholas) is an ancient structure, with a tower at the west end. 
It was restored and beautified with eleven stained glass windows, 
in 1847, at the cost of about i-1100. It contains a mural tablet, 
recording a singular calamity which happened in the parish in 1762, 
when " six persons of one family lost their feet by mortification." 
It was appropriated to Bricett Priory ; and the Provost and Fellows 
of King's College, Cambridge, are now appropriators of the rectory, 
and patrons of the perpetual curacy, valued at <£110, and now in the 
incumbency of the Eev. Wm. Talman, M.A., who is a fellow of the 
said college, and resides at Bildeston. The tithes were commuted 
in 1841, for a yearly rent of ^£389. 5s. 6d. Here is a neat Bap- 
tist Chapel, which was erected in 1763, and rebuilt in 1825. Post 
from Bildeston. 



Beaumont Wm. parish clerk 
Clabon John, blacksmith 
Cooper Eev John, Baptist 
Keeble John, shopkeeper 
Ward Joshua, boot & shoemaker 



FARMERS. 
Biddeli Manfred, (of Playford:) John 

Reeve, bailiff 
Harvey Wm. Waitisham Hall 
Matthews James, Wattisham Castle 
Pilgrim Priscilla, Judgment Farm 
Yince Joseph [| Preston Mr 



WHATFIELD, or Wheatfield, a small village, mostly of thatched 
cottages, three miles N. by E. of Hadleigh, has in its parish 380 
souls, 1571 acres of land, and nine scattered farm-houses. The 
parish is bounded on the west by the river Brett, and has generally 
a strong, clayey soil, well suited to the growth of wheat, and mostly 
copyhold, subject to arbitrary fines. It is in three manors, viz., 
Whatfield Hall, belonging to Charles Tyrell, Esq. ; Barrard's Hall, 
belonging to the Bower family ; and Whatfield Eurneaux, belong- 
ing to Lady Austen ; but a great part of the soil is the property of 
Gr. Cooke, Esq., J. C. Archer, Esq., and a few smaller owners. 



WHATFTELD. (COSFORD HUNDRED.) 



639 



Kirby mentions two manors here, called Cosford and Hornham. 
The Church (St. Margaret) is a small plain structure, containing 
several monuments, one of which is in memory of Wm. Yesey, gen- 
tleman, who was seated at Whatfield Hall, now a farm house. The 
rectory, valued in K.B. at <£15. Os. 5d., and now at £484, is in the 
patronage of Jesus College, Cambridge, and incumbency of the 
Eev. Eobert Alfred Rackham, M.A., who is a fellow of Jesus Col- 
lege, and has here a, fine old Rectory House, standing on a moated 
eminence, shaded with tall cedars and Scotch firs. The tithes 
were commuted for a rent-charge of £'484 per annum, in 1843. The 
Rev. Thomas Harmer, a dissenting minister, eminent for his attain- 
ments in oriental literature, and his unaffected piety, died here in 
1788, and was born in Norwich, in 1.715. 



Clark Charles, parish clerk 

Garrard Edward, shoemaker & shopkpr 

Rackham Rev Robt Alfred, M.k. Rectory 

Vince John, blacksmith & vict. Horse 

Shoes 
Vince John, jun. butcher & farmer 

FARMERS. 
Andrews Geo. Hull |] Cone George 
■Daking Miss Sarah || Judy Lemon 



Xunn John, Barrard's Hall § Whatfield 
Hall 

Nunn John, jun. Barrard's Farm 

Richardson TVm. |] Yince John, jun. 

Richardson Grimsey, Moon's farm 

Rush Robert, White Hall 

Carbiee, Robert Buckeldee, to Ips- 
wich, Saturday 



WANGFORD HUNDRED % UNION. 

Wangfoed Hundeed now forms an Union under the New Poor 
Law, and is divided into the Deaneries of South elmham and Wang- 
ford, as noticed below. It is about twelve miles in length, from 
east to west, and about five in breadth ; and is bounded on the 
north by the navigable river Waveney, which separates it from Nor- 
folk : on the east, by Mutford Hundred ; on the south, by Blything 
Hundred; and on the west, by Hoxne Hundred. It is a fertile 
district, especially in the broad vale of the Waveney, where there is 
an extensive tract of rich marshes, celebrated for feeding cattle. 
On the south side of the vale, the land rises in bold undulations to 
a high champaign tract of strong loam, comprising nearly all the 
rest of the Hundred. Bungay and the four Ilketshalls are in the 
Duke of Norfolk's Liberty, but the other parts of the Hundred are 
among what are called the Geldable manors of Suffolk. It com- 
prises the two thriving market towns of Bungay and Beccles, in the 
vale of Waveney; the four parishes of Ilk et shall ; the seven pa- 
rishes of Southelmham ; and fourteen other parishes. At Beccles 
there is a station on the Railway from Haddiscoe to Halesworth, 
&c. The seven parishes of Southelmham, with those of Flixton 
and Homersfield, are in Southelmham Deanery ; and all the other 
19 parishes are in Wang ford Deanery. The whole Hundred is in 
the Eastern Division of Suffolk, in the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, 
and Diocese of Norwich. For Southelmham Deanery, the Arch- 
deacon's Visitations are held at Stradbroke; and for Wangford 
Deanery, at Beccles. Mr. Richard Earl, of Bungay, is the High 



Pabishes. Acres. Pop. 

*Shipmeadow 820 515 

*Sotterley 1593 227 

Southelmham : — 

„ tAll Saints.. 1150 232 

„ + St. Cross.,.. 1300 253 

„ +St. James . . 1300 269 

„ + St. Margaret 710 182 

„ +St. Michael.. 930 150 

„ + St. Nicholas 450 94 

+St. Peter.... 900 97 

* Weston 1550 243 

*Willingham 1023 160 

*Worlinghain 1631 174 



Total 35,979 14,014 



640 WANGFORD UNION AND HUNDRED. 

Constable. The following enumeration of the 28 parishes of Wang- 
ford Hundred and Union shews their territorial extent, and their 
population, in 1851 : — 

Parishes. Acres. Pop. 

*Barsham 1871 207 

♦Beccles 1892 4398 

Bungay Holy Trinity ) 1332 1861 

Bungay St. Mary. . . . J 758 1980 

*Cove (North) 1242 200 

*Ellough 1673 133 

-j-Flixton 1761 210 

-rHomersfield 981 248 

♦Ilketshall St. Andrew.. 1694 565 

Ilketshall St. John .... 742 72 

Ilketshall St. Lawrence 1073 203 

Ilketshall St. Margaret.. 2085 306 

Mettingham 1706 382 

Redisham 733 152 

♦Ringsfield 1666 286 

*Shadingfield 1369 214 

+ The nine parishes marked thus + are in Harleston County Court District y 
and all the others are in Beccles County Court District. 

♦WANGFORD UNION comprises the whole of Wangford Hundred, Those 
parishes marked thus * are in Beccles Registration District, and all the others 
are in Bungay District. The Union Workhouse is at Shipmeadow, and had 
300 inmates in 1801, 133 in 1841, and 375 in 1851. The Hundred of 
Wangford was incorporated for the support of its poor, under Gilbert's Act, in 
1764; and in the following year, the Guardians and Overseers of the 27 pa- 
rishes (Southelmham All Saints and St. Nicholas being united as one,) 
erected a large House of Industry at Shipmeadow, about three miles from 
Beccles and Bungay, at the cost of about ^8500. This Workhouse has room 
for about 450 paupers, and since the incorporation was dissolved, and the Hun- 
dred formed into an union under the New Poor Law, its internal arrangements 
have been considerably altered, so as to admit of a better classification of the 
sexes, and the aged and young. Eight guardians are elected for the two 
parishes of Bungay, six for Beccles, two each for eight of the other larger 
parishes, and one each for the sixteen smaller parishes. Besides the 46 elected 
guardians, there are six ex-offieio guardians. The total expenditure of the 27 
parishes of the Union for the relief of the poor, &c, during the half-year 
ending March 29th, 1854, was ^63893; and the principal items of this expendi- 
ture were — <£788 for in-door maintenance, s£1101 for out-door relief, a£577 to 
the county rates, £157 for maintenance of lunatics in asylums; Union relief, 
^£586; registration fees, ^20; vaccination fees, £8. 8s. 9d.; and salaries of 
officers and other common charges, £Q19. The average weekly cost per head 
in the workhouse, during the same half-year, was 3s. 2f d. for provisions, and 
3§d. for clothing. The Board of Guardians meets every Wednesday, at Ship* 
meadow ; and the Kev. G. Sandby is the chairman. Eobt. W. Clarke, Esq., of 
Beccles, is the union clerk and superintendent registrar; and Messrs. John Crisp 
Webster, of Beccles, and Eobert Butcher, of Bungay, are registrars of marriages.. 
The Rev. Maurice Shelton Suckling is chaplain, and Mr. Chas. and Mrs. Emily 
Hammond are master and matron of the Workhouse. Henry Foreman is the 
porter, and Mrs. Eliz. Foreman, schoolmistress. The Relieving Officers are 
Mr. Robert Butcher, for Bungay District ; and Mr. Wm. Stanford, for Beccles 
District. The latter is also registrar of births and deaths, for Beccles District :; 
and Mr. B. Sewell, for Bungay District. 



BABSHAM, a scattered village on the south side of the vale of 
the Waveney, 2| miles W. by S. of Beccles, has in its parish 207 



BARSHAM PARISH. 641 

souls, and 1871 acres of fertile land. Its gross annual value is now 
J2343. 4s. 8d. It was anciently the lordship and seat of the Itching- 
hams, whose heiress carried it in marriage to the Blennerhassetts, 
in the reign of Edward YI. Mrs. Anna Maria Suckling is now 
lady of the manors of Barsham Hall, in Barsham, and Shipmea- 
dow, for which she holds General Courts Baron and Customary 
Courts, at Barsham Hall; but a great part of the soil belongs to Sir 
E. C. Kerrison, N. Micklethwaite, Esq., J. Garden, Esq., and the 
Rede, Gower, and other families. Ashmans, a large mansion, on an 
eminence, 1 mile W. of Beccles, is now unoccupied. It belongs to 
the executors of the late Eev. Eede Rede, and gives name to a 
manor which extends into Beccles parish. Barsham House, a neat 
mansion, on a bold acclivity, half a mile W. of the church, belongs 
to Mrs. Suckling, and is occupied by a farmer. The Church (Holy 
Trinity) is an ancient fabric, with a round tower, a thatched nave, 
and a tiled chancel ; and on its floor is a brass effigy of one of the 
former lords of the manor. The rectory, valued in KB. at £'15. 6s. 
8d., is in the patronage of Mrs, Suckling, and incumbency of the 
Rev. Alfred Inigo Suckling, LL.B., who has now a yearly rent- 
charge of £'445 in lieu of tithes, and 72 acres of glebe, besides 8a. : 
forming the garden and grounds surrounding the Rectory House, a 
large old mansion, finely embowered in trees, and now occupied by 
the curate, the rector being non-resident. Laurence Eachard, A.M., 
an eminent divine and writer, was born here in 1671. After re- 
ceiving his education at Cambridge, he settled in Lincolnshire. In 
1699, he published the first part of his Roman History, which, in 
1702, was followed by a General Ecclesiastical History, a work 
which has gone through numerous editions. His next work was a 
History of England down to the Revolution. In 1712, he was 
presented to the Archdeaconry of Stow ; and in 1716, he published 
a small volume, called " The Gazetteer's or Newsman's Interpreter,'* 
which may be considered as the model of the Gazetteers of the 
present day. He died in 1730. An acre of land, called Town 
Land, has belonged to the poor parishioners from time immemoriaL 
The rent, 20s., is applied with the poor rates. Post from Beccles. 

Candler Samuel, beerhouse FARMERS. 

Fisher Wm,, boot and shoemaker Draper George || Naunton Wm, 

G-ooch Jemima, shopkeeper Howlett John || Page John 

.Howlett John, carpenter Matthews Samuel j| Walker David 

West George, cattle dealer Meen Wm. || Young Frederick 

WrightPie? Jas.C, M.A., curate, Rectory Eobinson Fdk., Hall $ Home Farms 




igable 

gation, and for small craft, to Yarmouth and Bungay. It is subject 
to the port of Yarmouth. The town is well paved, and has several 
good streets, which terminate in a spacious Market place. It is 
distant 6 miles E. of Bungay, 10 miles W. by S. of Lowestoft, 40 
miles N.E. by E. of Ipswich, 14 miles S.W. by S. of Yarmouth, 18 



642 BECCLES BOROUGH. 

miles S.E. of Norwich, and 109 miles N.E. of London. It has a 
commodious Bail way Station on the Beccles, Halesworth, and Had- 
discoe Railway, which was opened in December, 1854, and will be 
connected with a railway now forming from Halesworth to Sax- 
mundham, Woodbridge, and Ipswich. At Haddiscoe it joins the 
Norwich and Lowestoft Eailway. Beccles Station presents a very 
picturesque and unique appearance, and is in immediate proximity 
with the new Market place, and a wide and handsome road, where 
an intended new street is to be built. The Old Market place is still 
used for the sale of horses, cattle, and sheep. The parish, which is 
co-extensive with the municipal borough, contains 1994 acres of 
land, and had 2788 inhabitants, in 1801 ; 2979, in 1811 ; 3493, in. 
1821 ; 3862, in 1831 ; 4086, in 1841 ; and 4398, in 1851. It is a 
polling place for the Eastern Division of Suffolk, and gives name 
to a division of the county, for which here is a House of Correction 
and a Hall, in which Quarter and Petty Sessions are held. The 
Cattle and Corn Market is now held on Friday, but here is still a 
provision market on Saturday. The Theatre was converted into a 
Com Hall and a Public Room, &o, in 1845. Here is a large fair 
for cattle, &c, on Whit-Monday. The principal trade of the town 
is in corn, malt, and coals, which is much facilitated by the naviga- 
tion of the Waveney, on which there are several commodious 
wharfs. In 1831, an Act of Parliament was obtained by the Cor- 
poration, and other Commissioners, for deepening the river Wave- 
ney from Becdes to the point at which it communicates with the 
Norwich and Lowestoft Navigation, finished in 1833. (See Lowes- 
toft.) That part of the Waveney deepened by the Beccles Naviga- 
tion Commissioners extends eastward, by a winding course of about 
eight miles, to the vicinity of Oulton, and in conjunction with the 
last named navigation, opens a communication for sea-borne vessels 
to this town and the city of Norwich, without breaking bulk, or 
discharging their cargoes into small craft, as formerly, at Yarmouth, 
from whence barges and wherries are still allowed to pass along the 
Yare and the Waveney, without paying any dues to either of the 
navigation companies. The Beccles Navigation proved an unprofi- 
table speculation to the original proprietors, and was sold about 12 
years ago, for <£5000, to a new Company, who, in 1844, obtained an 
Act of Parliament empowering them to improve the navigation, 
and to considerably reduce the tolls and dues, which were formerly 
so high as to cause much of the traffic to be carried on in small 
craft from Yarmouth, whence vessels to Beccles, Bungay, &c, had 
the use of the navigation in consideration of the yearly payment of 
^8196 by the haven and pier commissioners of that port. 

Beccles Water and Gas Company, formed in 1854, was in- 
corporated by an Act of Parliament passed in the same year. This 
act empowered the Company to purchase, for ,£3500, the Old Gas 
Works, which were erected in 1837, by Mr. James Malam, and 
afterwards sold by him to Mr. Samuel Brown, of Birmingham. 
The Company's capital is <£20,000, raised in k\S) shares. They 
have already obtained possession of the Gas Works, and they are 
required by the act to complete the Water Works before the close 



BECCLES BOROUGH. 643 

of 1859. Water is to be taken from the river Waveney, above the 
town, and to be forced into a large reservoir on an eminence near 
Eingsfield road. Connected with the works will be Baths and 
Washhouses> Mr. S. W. Rix is secretary to the Company. 

The town suffered severely from accidental fires, in 1586, 1662, 
1667, and 1669; and on the 9th of February, 1854, the house and 
shop occupied by Mr. Syder, cabinet maker, in the New Market, 
were burnt to the ground, and the two adjoining houses were much 
injured. The great fire on Not. 26th, 1586, consumed more than 
80 houses, and destroyed the roof and all the wood work in the 
parish church. The damage was estimated at more than £2 0,000. 
Beccles was formerly in two parishes, but that called St. Mary End- 
gate, at the south end of the town, had its church demolished by order 
of Queen Elizabeth, on the plea that "the parishes of Beccles and 
Endgate had been for so many years blended together, that the bounds 
and limits of them could notbe known in 1419 ; when a legal agree- 
ment was made by the bishop, patron, and rectors of both parishes, 
that the rector of Beccles should take the whole tithes of both 
parishes, and pay the rector of Endgate <£'6. 13s. 4d. yearly, in the 
parish church of 'Endgate : so that the inhabitants of Endgate, have, 
time out of mind, been esteemed parishioners of Beccles." 

The parish comprises about 1400a. of marshes and common, 
which formerly belonged wholly to the inhabitants, under the name 
of BECCLES FEN, but about 450 acres have been sold at various 
periods, and a large portion of the remainder is now enclosed, and 
let by the corporation, who apply the rents in aid of the borough 
rates, or otherwise, for the general benefit of the town. The exten- 
sive common, on which the races are held, is still open, and upon it 
all the inhabitants have the free right of grazing a certain number 
of cattle, according to the rentals at which they are respectively as- 
sessed to the parochial rates. This common is of great benefit to 
the poor, and is very fertile, but is so fully stocked as to be generally 
rather a bare pasture. Henry Sherlock Farr, Esq., is lord of the 
manors of Beccles, Boos Hall, Ellough, and Wade Hall Joy which 
he holds a general court baron yearly. Part of the parish is in the 
manor of Ashman s, which belongs to the executors of the Bev. Bede 
Eede, and is partly in the adjoining parish of Barsham, and includes 
the ancient manor house of Boos, or Boss, now occupied by a fanner, 
and formerly the property of the Garneys, from whom it passed 
successively to the Colbys, Sucklings, and Biches. The Earl of 
Gosford, the Trustees of Nathaniel Micklethwaite, Esq., and several 
smaller free and copyholders have estates in the parish. The manor 
and advowson of Beccles were granted to the Abbey of Bury St. Ed- 
mund's, by King Edwy, about the year 960. At" this period, it is 
supposed the tract of marshes extending from Yarmouth to some 
distance above Beccles was a broad estuary. Some years afterwards, 
probably by the shifting of the sands off the coast, the mouth of the 
estuary began to be obstructed, and the sea to be excluded ; in con- 
sequence of which, the extent of the marshes was gradually in- 
creased, and, in process of time, rendered fit for the pasturage of 
cattle. These marshes, however, were so slowly reclaimed from the 



644 BECCLES BOROUGH. 

water, that, at the time of the Conqueror's survey, there appears to 
have been no more than ten acres belonging to the Abbot's manor of 
Beccles. That portion called Beccles Pen was. for a great number 
of years, of little value, and was probably given up to the inhabitants 
of the town by the abbot, because it was not of sufficient worth to 
deserve his notice. At first, perhaps, its chief value arose from the 
rushes which it supplied for covering the roofs and strewing the 
floors of houses, &c. A yearly rent of ten marks was paid to the 
abbot for the fen. and it was governed by four fen reeves, and ulti- 
mately increased by drainage to an area of about 1400 acres. In 
the transactions which took place after the dissolution of the monas- 
teries relative to the procurement of a grant of the fen from the king, 
there seems to have been much misunderstanding and contention 
among the inhabitants. '"These disputes continued for a number 
of years to be maintained with great acrimony, and on one or two 
occasions with bloodshed: and as they occasioned great expense in 
law proceedings, they were the original cause of enclosing several 
parts of the fen, and devising them, for terms of years, in order to 
defray the expenses. In 1540, Henry YIIl. granted the ten to Wra. 
Eede, merchant, and his heirs, in trust, for the benefit of himself 
and other inhabitants of the town of Beccles. The sum paid for 
this grant was about £120. Great jealousies existed among many 
of the inhabitant?, on account of the exclusive powers given by it 
to the family of Rede, of making rules, oee., for the government of 
the fen : and in 1543, they succeeded in procuring its revocation, 
on the ground of non-performance of certain conditions, and ob- 
tained a new grant, by virtue of which the ten was to be governed 
hj four fin reeves, chosen annually from among the inhabitants. 
This gave satisfaction for a time to the townspeople, as it was nearly 
what they had been accustomed to under the abbots. But consi- 
derable expense had been incurred in law proceedings, to defray 
which it was resolved to resort to the former expedient of enclosing* 
and demising: and this led the way to fresh disputes and a re- 
newal of the quarrel with the family of Bede. For forty years these 
animosities were kept up with the utmost rancour on both sides, 
during which time various suits at law were prosecuted, which 
proved very expensive and decided nothing. The peaceable inhabi- 
tants refused to attend at the election of fen reeves, on account of 
the desperate affrays which usually took place on those occasions. 
At length the authority of the fen reeves was set at defiance, and 
most of their leases, account-books, and other writings were seized 
and destrayed. The issue of these disputes and riotous proceedings 
was a surrender of the fen to Queen Elizabeth, by an act of the in- 
habitants, assembled at the church, January '-25th, 1584. But al- 
though this surrender was sanctioned by a majority of the inhabi- 
tants, there was still a large party in opposition to the measure. 
The poor were made to believe that their rights were to be done away 
with, and that certain individuals were about to purchase the fen 
to themselves and their heirs, and consequently fresh riots and dis- 
turbances arose : the pound gates were destroyed, and the windows of 
the guildhall demolished. The measure, however, which met with 



BEGCLES BOROUGH. 645 

so' much opposition, was the most prudent that could possibly have 
been pursued. The instrument of* surrender set forth that it was 
made to the intent and purpose that the fen might be re-granted in 
a more effectual manner to a select body of the inhabitants, to be 
incorporated under the name of the Portreeve, Surveyors, and Com- 
monality of the Fen of Beccles. Letters patent were accordingly 
granted in July, 1584, by which the Corporation was constituted in 
the form which it retained till it was altered by the municipal act 
of 1835. Still many of the inhabitants were dissatisfied, and at 
length a commission was issued to Sir Robert WIngfield and others 
to act as arbitrators. Their award was in favour of the corporation; 
and in 1588, the Queen ratified and confirmed the charter. On the 
19th of May, 1605, the charter was further confirmed by James I. 
The fen is held of the Crown by fealty, and a yearly fee farm rent of 
13s. 4d. 

The old corporate body consisted of a portreeve and 36 burgesses, 
distinguished by the appellation of the twelve and the twenty four. 
The office of port reeve, or chief magistrate, was held in rotation by 
the former, who were styled the 12 principal, and the latter the 24 
inferior burgesses. They had a common clerk, or prothonotary, and 
were themselves the " surveyors," who inspected and regulated the 
fen, and the rights of the inhabitants to pasturage thereon. Though 
the original incorporation appears to have referred only to the ma- 
nagement of the fen for the benefit of the town, the borough is in- 
eluded in the Municipal Reform Act of 1835, under which it is now 
governed by a Mayor, four Aldermen, and twelve Councillors. It 
has no commission of the peace, but the mayor is a magistrate ex- 
onicio, and during the year following his mayoralty; and the county 
magistrates have concurrent jurisdiction in the borough, and hold 
petty sessions here weekly. 

The Income of the Corporation for the year ending September 1st, 
1854, amounted to £'2024; of which £1500 arose from the rents of 
about 1000 acres of marshes, &c. Among their principal disburse- 
ments in the same year are the following items: about £560 on ac- 
count of the New street to the railway station, and other town im- 
provements ; £443 f or lighting, paving, and cleansing the streets ; 
£115 for policemen's wages; £146 for poor rates ; £90 for interest 
of debts ; £30 in contributions to National, Infant, and British 
Schools; £82 for work done on the Fen and at the Marsh Mill; 
.£50 subscription for flour for the poor; £50 for Town Clerk's salary; 
and £20 for Treasurer's salary. In 1853, they paid £209. 13s. to 
the Lord of the Manor, as compensation for the infranchisement of 
copyhold lands. The Town Council having a sufficient income from 
property for all purposes, they do not levy borough rates, and they 
have lately defrayed out of their income the expense of repairing the 
highways, lighting the streets, &c, so that the Commissioners of the 
Act passed in the 36th of George III., for lighting, paving, cleansing, 
and otherwise improving the foww, have now no occasion to levy rates 
for those purposes. This Act reserved to the lord of the manor of 
Beccles his rights relating to the markets, fairs, market places, tolls, 
&c. The corporation also support fire engines. 



646 BECCLES BOROUGH. 

The Town Council and Ofpicees for the Borough, for l>53- ; 4, 
are W. E. Crowfoot. Esq., mayor ; Dr. Crowfoot. J. Crisp, Tun.. G. 
Fenn, and W. E. Crowfoot, aldermen : Messrs. J. K. Garrod, H. W. 
E. Davey, R. Ward, S. Steel, J. Garnham, W. H. Leavold, J. Thomp 
son, W. Lenny, ft. Thornton, J. B. Brooks, J. Harvey, and J. 
Cheneiy, councillors; E.G. Sharpin, Esq.. town cleric; Mr. John 
Clarke, borough treasurer, and treasurer to the paving commission- 
ers : Charles Cone, mace bearer and police inspector; and Edward 
Mills, town crier. 

The County Magistrates hold Quarter Sessions for Beccles Divi- 
sion on the Mondays in the usual sessions weeks ; and also petti/ 
sessions everv Friday, at the Town Hall, a neat building in the 
New Market place. "The Bridewell, or HOUSE OF CORREC- 
TION, for Beccles Division of the couuty. is in Newgate street, and 
stands apart from other buildings, in an airy situation. It was much 
enlarged and improved about 30 years ago. A part only of the 
area, enclosed by the boundary wall, is occupied by the prison 
buildings and yards : the remainder being garden ground in the oc- 
cupation of the governor. The buildings consist of a centre, two 
wings, and irregular projections, and comprise cells, and day rooms, 
for 24 males and 6 females, besides a ward for vagrants and others 
committed for short periods. The prison is now conducted on the 
silent system, and has a tread mill. Mr. George Drewell is the 
governor) Mrs. Mary G. Drewell. matron ; Rev. Robert J. Francis, 
chaplain ; and Mr. Samuel Drewell, turnkey and schoolmaster. In 
Smallgate is a Police Station, belonging to the Eastern Division of 
Suffolk Police Force. 

Beccles County Court District includes 10 parishes in Wang- 
ford Union, as noticed at page 640 ; and also 86 parishes in Norfolk; 
forming Aldeby and Woodton Districts of Loddon and Ciavering 
Enion. The court is held monthly at the Corn Hall. Francis K. 
Eagle, Esq , is the judge ; Thos. Collins. Esq., of Bury, clerk ; Edw. 
Brown Fiske, of Beccles. assistant clerk ; Mr. Edward Muskett, of 
Bury, high bailiff; and Thomas Jones, sub-bailiff. 

The Parish CHURCH (St. Michael) is a large and handsome Gothic 
structure, in the highest part of the town, overlooking the river Waveney, 
and having an octagonal tower, standing at some distance from the south- 
east corner of the chancel, and containing a peal of ten bells. The south 
porch is a fine specimen of what is called the florid Gothic; and on the 
north side is another porch of plainer architecture. It is supposed to have 
been built about the year 1369, but the roof and all the wood work were 
destroyed by the great fire in 1580, as stated at page 643. The churchyard 
commands extensive prospects, but being too small for the present in- 
creased population of the town, another burial ground was consecrated at 
the foot of Blyburgate, in 1828, and has a small ivy-mantled building, in 
which the funeral service is read; but this cemetery and the churchyard 
will be closed, after the completion of the Xew Cemetery, in 1855, as after- 
wards noticed. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £21. 12s. 3H., and now at 
£S20, is in the patronage of the Eev. E. Hollond, of Benhall Lodge. The 
late Eev. Hugh Owen, LL.D., was the rector from 1823 till his death in 
1854, and his successor is not yet appointed, (Oct. 27th.) The Rev. A. D» 



BECCLES BOROUGH. 647 

Abbott is the curate ; Mr. Win. Bobbett, pmisk clerk; John Woods, sexton: 
and Miss Laws, organist. The tithes have been commuted for a yearly 
rent-charge of £350. As noticed at page 643, here was aoother parish 
church, called St. Mary Endgate, which was a discharged vicarage, valued 
in K.B., at £.7, Gs. 8d,, but it was consolidated in the reign of Elizabeth 
with the rectory of St. Michael. The foundations of this church were re- 
moved some years ago, and the site is now occupied by cottages, in the 
street now called Ingate. Beccles had formerly a Chapel of St. Peter, near 
the old market; a Chapel of St. Mary Magdalen, belonging to a small 
hospital, on the hill near the Free School; and a chapel, or hermitage, near 
the bridge over the Waveney, where priests used to stand to collect the alms 
of passengers. Mr. Webster's house stands on the site of St. Peter's 
Chapel. The Independent Chapel, in Hungate, is a neat building, which 
was enlarged in 183G, at the cost of nearly £1000, and will now seat about 
1000 hearers. It stands in a small burial ground. About 5 acres of the land 
in London road, which belongs to this chapel for the use of the ministers? 
was sold in 1854 to the Burial Board, as noticed below. The Piev. John 
Flower is pastor, and his congregation date their origin from 1652. The 
W r esleyans have a Chapel in Northgate, built in 1S33 ; the Baptists have 
one in Newgate, opened in 1508 ; and there is a small Primitive Methodist 
Chapel in Peddars lane, built in 1837. In Smallgate, is an old Friends' 
Meeting House, with a small burial ground, but it is now used as an Infant 
School. The various congregations in Beccles liberally support religious 
and charitable institutions for the relief and instruction of the poor parish- 
ioners, who also derive great benefit from the Fen or Common already no- 
ticed, and from other trust estates and benefactions. The Beccles Medical 
Dispensary was established in 1822, and has the gratuitous services of Dr» 
Crowfoot, and W. E. Crowfoot, and H. W. Pi. Davey, surgeons. A new 
Cemetery for the borough is now forming by the Burial Board under the 
Health of Towns' Act. It comprises five acres of land, in a pleasant and 
commanding situation, adjoining the London road. The land was pur- 
chased from the Trustees of the Independent Chapel, and a small portion 
of it had been used by them as a burial ground since 1841. The cost of 
the two chapels, the lodge, and the entrance gates, will be about £900, in- 
cluding the expense of laying out the ground. One-half of the cerneiery 
is to be consecrated for the use of the members of the established church* 
and the other half will be for the use of dissenters. 

The Town Estate has been vested in feoffees, from an early period, for 
the payment of tenths, fifteenths, and subsidies chargeable on the poorer 
parishioners; and for the general benefit of the inhabitants. This trust 
property comprises the Guildhall, or Council Chambers ; part cf the site of 
the White Lion, let for <£6. 6s. a-year; four tenements in Puddingmoor 
street, occupied rent free by eight poor widows ; a piece of land on which 
the workhouse formerly stood, but occupied since 17S7 by the house of 
correction, at the yearly rent of £o ; various parcels of land, in the parish 
of Beccles, containing in the whole 97a. 2r. 2p., let for £250. 17s. per an- 
num ; and 6a. in the adjoining parish of Gillingham, in Norfolk, let for 
429 a-year. Since 1827, the income arising from these sources has been 
applied in distributions of money and coals among poor parishioners, and 
in subscriptions towards the support of the National and British Schools, a 
clothing charity, a lying-in-charity, and the dispensary. The site of the 
Assembly Rooms also belongs to this trust, and was let on lease for 200 
years, in 1785, to the corporation, for the yearly acknowledgment of one 
shilling. In consideration of £50 left by Robert Girling, in 1672, the cor- 



648 BECCLES BOROUGH. 

poration pay £3 a-year for apprenticing a poor child of Beccles. A yearly 
rent charge of £2. 12s., left by one Ward, is paid out of a house and 6a. of 
land, for a weekly distribution of Is. worth of bread. 

Hospital Lands: — Charles II., in the 26th year of his reign, granted to 
the Corporation of Beccles Fen, three acres of land, with au ancient chapel, 
then wasted, and a house also wasted, reputed to have been an ancient hos- 
pital for lepers ; also two cottages, 3 acres of marsh land, and a yearly 
rent of 25s., formerly payable to the said late hospital out of the manor of 
Barsham ; provided that the corporation should, from time to time, convert 
all the rents and profits of the premises to the maintenance of the poor of 
Beccles. In 1788, these lands and tenements were let on lease for 200 
years to Thomas Rede, Esq., for the yearly rent of £13. 4s. 8d. The lessee 
expended upwards of ^6 1200 in erecting a mansion upon the land for the 
residence of himself and family. The rent and an annuity of 25s. are 
carried to the general account of the corporation, who expend considerable 
sums annually for charitable purposes. 

The Free School was founded by Sir John Leman, Kt., who, in 1631, 
"bequeathed a messuage to be used for the school and master's house in 
Ballygate, and the undermentioned lands, &c, to the Corporation of Beccles, 
in trust that the schoolhouse, with the garden and appurtenances, should be 
a free school for 48 children, 44 of them to be inhabitants of Beccles, 2 of 
Bingsfieid, and two of Gillmghara ; and that they should be taught English 
reading, writing, and arithmetic, by a master and usher, appointed by the 
corporation, whom he willed should be governors of the school, and should 
dispose of the rents and profits of the school estates as follows, viz., £'18 
yearly to the usher, and the residue to the master. These estates comprise 
a house and 17a. 2b. 12p. of land, mostly in Gillingham, let for about £34 
per annum ; and two barns and 98a. 3r. 31p. of land, in Ilkesthall-St. An- 
drew, and Barsham, let for about £140 per annum. The yearly income, 
after the payment of taxes and repairs, is divided into three parts, two of 
which are retained by the master, and the other is paid to the usher. The 
master's house was considerably improved in 1762, and he is allowed to 
take boarders and day scholars who are not on the foundalion, and who 
pay, — the boarders, 20 to 22 guineas per annum ; and the day scholars, two 
guineas per annum, with extra charges for Classics, French, Drawing, &c. 
Mr. S. S. Jones is the master. The school is now under the control of 13 
governors, appointed by the Lord Chancellor under the powers of the Muni- 
cipal Reform Act. 

Faucoxberge School: — In 1712, Dr. Henry Fauconberge bequeathed 
all his real estate in Corton and Flixton, for the support of a person well- 
learnt and experienced in the Latin and Greek tongues, to teach the school in 
Beccles, for the purpose of fitting youth for the LTrjiversities, &c. The tes- 
tator directed that the said schoolmaster should be appointed by the bishop 
■of Norwich, the archdeacon of Suffolk, and the rector of Beccles, or any 
two of them, and that they should have power to remove him for miscon- 
duct, &c. The estate was conveyed to trustees pursuant to the testator's 
direction, and consists of a house, a cottage, and 132a. 3r. 30p. of land, 
mostly situated in Corton, and let to two tenants at rents amounting to 
about £212 per annum. After deducting £6. I8s. a-year for land-tax, and 
the expenses of repairs, the rest of the income is paid to the Rev. A. O. 
Hartley, who was appointed head master in 1854. He occupies a hand- 
some house, with extensive grounds ; and the school is now attended by 
upwatds of 40 boys, who pay ten guineas per annum ; the testator's object 
jbeing rather to induce a person properly qualified to reside in Beccles, and 
there afford the means of young men being fitted for the University, than 



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649 



to establish a free grammar school, for gratuitous instruction in the primary 
elements of grammatical learning. Scholars from Beccles participate with 
others in ten exhibitions at Emanuel College, Cambridge. 

Here are National Schools for ICO children of both sexes, Beitish 
Schools for about 140 children, and an Infant School, attended by about 
70 scholars. The National Schools were established in 1837. The As 
bly Rooms in Small gate contain a handsome set of rooms for assemblies, 
&c., and are partly occupied by the Beccles Public Libbaby and Scien- 
tific Institution. This subscription library was established in 1835, 
and now comprises about 4000 volumes. Mr. J. Crickmay is the librarian. 
Beccles Horticultural Society, holds its meetings and shows at the Assembly 
Booms ; and here is a Farmers' Club, with a good library and a numerous 
list of members, who pay only 2s. 6d. each per annum; but prizes of 
various amounts are given by the wealthier subscribers at the annual ex- 
hibitions and ploughing matches. H. G. Dowson, Esq., is the president, 
and Mr. George Eenn is the secretary and librarian. Beccles Provident 
Association has a long list of members who meet fortnightly at the Assembly 
Booms, and pay contributions for mutual assistance in cases of sickness, 
&c. Mr. Deacon is the secretary, and Mr. H. W. B. Davey is the surgeon. 
The Apollo Lodge of Freemasons is held at the White Lion Hotel, and 
there are Lodges of Odd Fellows at the White Horse and Falcon Inns. 
The latter belongs to the Manchester Unity. 



BECCLES DIRECTORY. 

The Post-Office is in Smallgate street, and Mr. John Crickmay is the post- 
master. Letters are despatched at 6 evening. Money Orders are granted & paid. 



Abbott Bev Alexander Douglas, curate, 

Hungate lane 
Barber Robert, carter, Baven's mere 
Bardwell Mrs Jane, Old market 
Bardwell Mrs Sarah, Smallgate street 
Barnby John, carter, London road 
Beales James, bill poster, Hur.gate st 
Bobbett Charles, clerk to commissrs. of 

land & assessed taxes, Blyburgate st 
Bobbett Mrs., Smallgate street 
Bobbett Wm. parish clerk, Book's lane 
Bohun Richd. solicitor ; h Bailygate st 
Boult Benj . sail maker, Jones score 
Boyce Mr Henry, Bailygate street 
Brook Mr James R., Ingate road 
Brookes Mr John B., Northgate street 
Bruce Mrs Mary Ann, New market 
Carpenter Mr Henry, Northgate street 
Carter Mr Wm., Northgate street 
Chaplin Mr Edward, Northgate street 
Chaplin Mrs Harriet, Bailygate street 
Clarke Abraham, sub-distributor of 

stamps, Smallgate street 
Clarke John, bank clerk and borough 

treasurer, &c. Smallgate street 
Clarke Miss Susannah, Sheepgate st 
Cone Charles, police inspector, &c 
Cooper Miss Harriet, London road 



Copeman Mrs Elizabeth, Smallgate st 
Cox Mrs Elizabeth, New market 
Cowles Mr Wm., Bridge street 
Crabbe Mrs Anna Maria, New market 
Crickmay John, postmaster, librarian, 

&c. Smallgate street 
Crisp John, gentleman, Old market 
Crowfoot Miss Mary, Bailygate street 
Crowfoot Wm. John, M.D., Saltgate st 
Dashwood Charles, gent. Newmarket 
Dashwood Rev Jarrard, Saltgate street 
Day John, Esq., Hungate street 
Delf Mr Thomas, London road 
Dowson Miss Catherine, London road 
Drewell Mrs Martha, Smallgate street 
Drewell Geo. & Mrs Mary G. governor 

& matron, House of Correction 
Drewell Samuel, schoolmaster, ditto 
Farr Hy.Sherlock, Esq., Pudding moor 
Ferrier Mrs Mary, Saltgate street 
Fiske Edward Brown, soir. & clerk to 

County Court, Bailygate street 
Fiske Robert, solicitor; hXessingland 
Flower Rev Jno. (Indept.) Newmarket 
Francis Rev Robt. John, rector of East 

Carlton & Kirkley; & chaplain of 

House of Correction, London road 
Fryer Mrs Lucy, Northgate street 
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Garnham Mr John, London road 
Gilbert Mrs Ann, Smallgate street 
Gilbert Mr Henry, Hungate street 
Godfrey Wm. clerk, Northgate street 
Goff Mrs., London road 
Gooch Mr Wm,, Newmarket 
Gordon Mr John Rolfe, New market 
Gostling Mrs Hannah, Newgate street 
Grant Misses Sar. & Chtte., New mkt 
Hamby Miss Ann, Bally gate street 
Harvey Mr Henry, London road 
Haywood Mrs Mary, Northgate street 
Hickman Rev Chas. (Indpt.) Blyburgt 
Holmes Mr John, Peddars lane 
Hornton Miss Isabella, Ballygate st 
Houghton Jas. letter carrier, Newgate 
Howman Mrs Dorothea Lsa., Northgt 
Jarman Mr Robert, Old market 
Jones Thos. county ct. bailiff, Blyburgt 
Jude Dd. clerk to feoffees, London rd 
Kent Mrs Eliz. & Susan, Ballygate st 
Knights Susan, boarding hs., Sheepgt 
Last Mr Samuel, London road 
Lawes Mrs Hannah, Northgate street 
Lenny Miss Susan, London road 
Love Alfred Geo. coir. & clerk to in- 
come tax Commissrs., Ballygate st 
Lillingston Miss Mary Ann, New mkt 
Manning Mrs., Ingate road 
Mapleston Mary, matron, Dispensary 
Mayhew Geo. boat owner, Bridge st 
Mayhew Jph. draper & bank agent,Sgt 
Meen Mr James, Blyburgate street 
Mills Edward, town crier, constable, 

clerk of market, &c. Northgate st 
Montagu Edw. Proudfoot, Esq., Norgt 
Norman Mr John, Hungate street 
Page Robert, glover, Hungate street 
Parker Thomas, gent. Bridge street 
Pells John, hay & straw dlr. Smallgate 
Press Simon, manager of Gas Works 
Pringee Hubert, professor of French, 

Sheepgate street 
Read Hy. land agent, Ngt. & Aldeby 
Read Mr Henry, Sheepgate street 
Read Hy. land agent, Northgate st ; 

and Shadingfield 
Reynolds John, corn inspr. Ballygate 
Rix Mrs Mary, London road 
Rix Samuel Wilton, solr. ; h Saltgate st 
Rogerson Miss Ann, Northgate street 
St. Quinton Chas. supervisor, North- 
gate street 
Sayer Mr Wm., Ballygate street 
Sharpin Edward Colby, solicitor and 

town clerk, Blyburgate 
Shaw Miss My. Ann, Blyburgate st 
Sloper Mrs Mary, Smallgate street 
Smith Mrs Maria, Ellough road 
Spront John, clerk, Raven's mere 
Stacey Geo. Granby, draper; h Nmkt 



Stanford Wm. relieving officer and 

registrar, London road 
Stone Mrs Elizabeth, Ballygate street 
Swan Mrs Rachel, London road 
Swatman Edw. solr ; h Ballygate st 
Thompson Mrs., London road 
Thompson Mrs Sophia, Hungate st 
Thornton Mrs Mary, Saltgate street 
Titshall Wm. wheelwright, Ingate 
Utton Mrs Esther, Pudding moor 
Warner Rd. coach owner, Sheepgate st 
Williams Miss C. E., London road 
Winter Mrs., London road 
Woolner Miss Charlotte, Hungate st 
Wright Rev Geo. (Bapt ) London road 
Wright Wm. boat builder, Northgate st 
ACADEMIES. 
Marked § take Boarders. 
Ashford Mr., Blyburgate street 
Bardwell James H., Old market 
British Schools , Peddar's lane, George 

and Mary Ann Thrower 
§Cowles Wm.. Northgate street 
Cullen Richard T., New market 
§Eade Thomas Mayhew, Rook's lane 
Drewell Eliz. & Sarah, Smallgate st 
Fauconberge's School, St. Mary's, Rev 
Alfred Octavius Hartley, M.A. head 
master; Henry Boyce, second master; 
& Mons. Pringee, French master 
§Hart Mrs., New market 
Infant School, Smallgate street, Rachel 

Drewell 
National Schools .Newgate, James Wise- 
man & Elizabeth Ann Tee 
%Sir John Lemans Free School, Bally- 
gate street, Samuel Simpson Jones, 
master ; &Fredk. Adamson, usher 
Thornton Isabella, Ballygate street 
ALE AND PORTER MERCHANTS. 
Buck Edward, Northgate street 
Lenny Wm., Northgate street 
Thornton Richard, Northgate street 

ATTORNEYS. 
Bohun & Rix, Ballygate street 
Clarke Rbt. Welham, (clerk to Wang- 
ford Union & supt regr.) Blyburgt. st 
Fiske Rt. & Son, Bally? ate street 
Sharpins & Swatman, Blyburgate st 
Webster John Crisp, (& registrar of 
marriages) Old market 

AUCTIONEERS, &c. 
Crisp James, Smallgate street 
Fenn George, Ingate Lodge 
Oswald Robert, Northgate street 
BAKERS & FLOUR DEALERS. 
Marked + are Confectioners. 
f Aldred James, Northgate street 
fBird John, Ballygate street 
Copeman James, Blyburgate street 
fEcclestone Harriet, Sheepgate street 



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651 



Knights George, Northgate street 
MayhewMary Ann, Smallgate street 
tMoney James, Sheepgate street 
Moore James, Tavern lane, New mrkt 
Rich Jeremiah, Ingate street 
f Shreeve Francis, Saltgate street 
+Smith Jane, Northgate street 
tThrower Benjamin, New market 

BANKERS. 
Ghirneys, Turner, & Brightwen, Bally- 
gate st. (draw on Barclay & Co.) 
Bohun & Rix, agents ; John Clarke, 
cashier 
Lacons, Youell, & Co., Sheepgate st. 
(draw on Glyn & Co.) Joseph May- 
hew, agent 

BASKET MAKERS. 
Crane Thomas, Northgate street 
Hopson Wm., Old market 
Roberts James, Blyburgate street 

BLACKSMITHS. 
AlecockWm. jun. Smallgate street 
Burwood Richard, Northgate street 
Cutting Denny, Old market 
Ellis John, Hungate lane 
Holland Anthony, Blyburgate street 
Roe Stephen, Ingate street 
BOOKSELLERS,STATIONERS,&c. 

Marked f are Printers. 
Arnold Wm., New market 
Cattermole Harriet, New market 
i-Crisp Read, New market 
Gaze Edw. (.& binder) Saltgate street 
f Grimwade Wm., New market 
•f-Jarman George, Old market 
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS. 
Marked f are Leather Cutters also. 
Benns Philip, Smallgate street 
Brown Wm., Blyburgate street 
Carter Wm., Blyburgate street 
Cherry Thomas, Blyburgate street 
+ Claxton Robert, Hungate street 
Dennant George, Raven's mere 
Edwards George, Sheepgate street 
Ellis James, Smallgate street 
Feltham Mrs., New market & Yarmouth 
Green Isaac, New market 
Hawes Adam, London road 
HaywardJohn, Smallgate street 
Jenny Philip, Raven's moor 
Mills Robert, Bridge street 
Read Richard, Saltgate street 
Soanes David, Ballygate street 
Pratt George, Peddars lane 
fSpratt Robert H., New market 
> Stimpson John, Saltgate street 
Sutton Martin, Blyburgate 
Thrower Robert, Rook lane 
i Vyse Wm., Northgate street 
i Welton John, Northgate street 



Woolner George, Northgate street 
Wyatt Thomas, Newgate street 

BRAZIERS AND TINxNTERS. 
Johnson Joseph L., Sheepgate street 
Kent Joseph Leavold, Hungate street 
Norman Robert, Blyburgate street 
Taylor George, New market 

BREWERS. 
Lenny Wm. Waveney Brewery, Ngt. st 
Thornton Richard, Northgate street 

BRICK AND TILE MAKERS. 
Bull Isc. & Son, Ingate rd. & Bungay 
Fenn George, Ingate Lodge 
Howard Samuel, London road 

BRICKLAYERS & BUILDERS. 
Artis Daniel, Blyburgate street 
Barnes Wm., Newgate street 
Goldsmith Thomas, Ingate road 
King Wm. & Son, Northgate street 
Lockwood James, Blyburgate st 
Pedgrift John, Northgate street 
Sagoe John, Newgate street 
BUTCHERS. 
Marked f are Pork Butchers. 
Barnard Samuel, Blyburgate street 
fBarker Elizabeth, Ingate street 
fCopeman Hannah, Blyburgate street 
Copeman Robert, Blyburgate street 
f Crickmore Wm., Newgate street 
+Crickmore James, Bridge street 
f Hellen Robert, Newgate street 
Holmes Thomas, Bridge street 
Jordan Robert, New market 
Lay John, Northgate street 
+Nicker John, Old market 
Nichols Jeremiah, Newgate street 
Read Benjamin, New market 

CABINET MAKERS, &c. 
Aldous John, New market 
Arnold Wm., New market 
Clarke Stephen, Smallgate street 
Hayward Robert, New market 
Syder George, New market & Bungay 
Wigg Horace, Northgate street 
Wolfe George, Blyburgate street 
Woolnough George, New market 

CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
Corbyn Joseph Bishop, New market 
Steel Samuel, New market 
Taylor Robert, Smallgate street 

COACH MAKERS. 
HorsleyChas. & Son, (Richard) Hun- 

£?ate street 
Snell(Wm.) & Hotson, (Wm.) Small- 

gate street 

COOPERS. 
Collins Barney Wm., New market 
Debbage James, Northgate street 
Hayward Robert, Bridge street 
Roberts James, Sheepgate street 
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BECCLES DIRECTORY. 



CORN AND COAL MERCHANTS. 

Marked + are Coal Merchants only.) 
Boydon James, London road 
Butcher Robert, Northgate street 
Crisp James, (& lime burner) Pudding 

moor ; h Smallgate street 
Crisp John, jun. Bridge st ; h Blybgt 
+Darby Samuel, Bridge street 
Dowson George Henry, Geldeston 
Xeavould Wm. Henry, Ingate 
-j-Lenny Wm., Northgate street 
-f-Pells Nathaniel, Pudding moor 
Smith Thos., Northgate st. & Bungay 
Thornton Richard, Northgate street 
CORN & FLOUR DEALERS. 
Devereux Joseph, Old market 
Green James, New market 
Money James, Hungate street 
Toll George Henry, Bridge street 

CORN MILLERS. 
Eadingham Charles, Paramount Mill 
Leavould Wm. Hy., Ingate Town Mill 
Smith Thos., Ingate Mill & Bungay 
TollG. H., Bridge street 

CURRIER, &c. 
(For Leather Dealers, see Boot Makers.) 
Garrod Wm. Henry, Sheepgate street 

DYERS. 
Marshall James, Northgate street 
Pond Alice, Quay 

FARMERS, &c. 
Marked * are only Cowkeepers. 
Andrews Christopher, London road 

* Atkinson William, Fen lane 
Barmby Robert, London road 
Chenery Elizabeth, Old market 
*Dennant Daniel, Raven's mere 
Penn George, Ingate lodge 
Porder John, London road 
^Foreman James, Raven's mere 
Gibbins John, Swine's green 
James Samuel, Swine's green 
Long Charles, Northgate street 
Newman Mary, Ellough road 
Pitt Lewis, Swine's green 

* Smith James, Raven's mere 
Spatchett James, London road 
Walker Dd., Roos Hall, and Bungay 
Whyatt Henry, Ellough street 
Whyatt James, The Common 
*Wigg George, Bridge street 

FELLMONGERS. 
Buck Edw. (&bonemert.),Northgt.st 
Garrod John King (tanner) Northgt.st 

FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. 
Atlas and Equity and Law, E. B. Fiske, 

Ballygate street 
British Provident, H. Cattermole 
City of London, R. H. Burtsal, New 
market 



County Fire and Provident Lite, J. B. 

Brookes, Northgate street 
Crown Life, S. Steel, New market 
General, S. W. Rix, Ballygate street 
Law, Sharping and Swatman, Ballygt 
Manchester and Pelican, W. W. Garn- 

ham 
Norwich Equitable, H. J. Kerrison. 

New market 
Norwich Union, Abm. Clarke, Small- 
gate st. ; and Jph. Mayhew, New mkt 
Phcenix, J. C. Webster, Old market 
Royal Exchange, William Grimwade, 

New market 
Royal Farmers', E. Buck, Northgt. st 
Royal Insurance, A. G.Love, Ballygt. st 
Suffolk Alliance, C. Bobbett, Blyburgt 
Sun, Wm. Lenny, Northgate street 
Westminster, J. B. Corby n, New mkt 
Yorkshire, John Crickmay, Smallgt 

FISHMONGERS. 
Baxter Jonth., Ingate road 
Newbury John, BIyburgate street 
Prime Joseph, New market 
Tillett Frederick, New market 
GARDENERS, 
And Green Grocers. 
(See also Nurserymen.) 
Arnoup Israel, Newgate street 
Barnard Samuel, BIyburgate street 
Botwright John. New market 
Clarke John, Swine's green 
Copeman John, BIyburgate street 
Copeman Isaiah, Swine's green 
Delf John and "William, Ingate st 
Elvin Benjamin, Pudding moor 
Flowers James, Old market 
Goodburne John, New market 
Jermy Benjamin, Raven's mere 
Mobbs Aaron, London road 
Reynolds John, Ballygate street 
Simonds Jarnes, Ingate street 
Soons Edward, Smallgate street 
Spratt William, Ingate street 
Thirtle James. New market 
GLASS, CHINA, &c, DEALERS. 
Aldred John, Northgate street 
Garrett Robert, New market 
Wolfe Geo. Edward, BIyburgate st 
GROCERS AND TEA DEALERS. 
Aldred John, Northgate street 
Block Robert, New market 
Buiwer Wm. John, BIyburgate st 
Burtsal Robert Aggas, New mkt 
Chenery Joseph, Hungate street 
Collins Michael Shreeve and Richard, 

Smallgate street 
Ward Robert, Hungate street 

GUNSMITHS. 
Dale Robert, New market 



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653 



Easter John (and game dlr. and fish- 
ing tackle maker), Smallgate st 
Madell Hy. Geo. (and game dlr. and 

truss maker), Blvburgate street 
HAIR DRESSERS & PERFUMERS. 
Boston Henry, Old market 
Ife Edward, Sheepgate street 
Woodward Wm. (and servants' register 

office). New market 

HATTERS. 
Holdron William, New market 
Stacey and Scott, New market 
HOTELS, INNS, AND TAVERNS. 
Angel, George Aldous, Ballygate st 
Bell, John Davie, Smallgate st 
Bear and Bells, John Lav, Old mkt 
Black Boy, Rt. Elliott, Biybnrgate st 
Chequers, Rt. Goldsmith, Smallgate 
Cross Keys, John Catchpole, Hungt 
Crown, Edw. Mills, Blyburgate st 
Crown and Anchor, Robert Darkin, 

Ballygate street 
Dolphin, Chas. Barkway, New mkt 
Duke of Cumberland, George Gofiin, 

Ballygate street 
Falcon, John Sayer, New market 
Fleece, Denny Wade, Blyburgate st 
George and Dragon, Robt. Mills, Jun., 

Hun gate 
Hermitage, Saml. Darby, Bridge st 
Horse and Groom, Jonathan George, 

New market 
King's Head Inn, Martin Knowles, 

(posting, &c) New market 
Marquis of Granby, Jere Chapman, 

North gate street 
Pickerel, Edm. Barkaway, Pudding mr 
Pidgeons, Wm. Godbold, Pudding mr 
Plough, Saml. Purland, Raven's mere 
Prince of Wales, Bcdj. Ward, Saltgt. st 
Red Lion, Samuel Barkway, Blyburgt 
Ship, Wm. Crowfoot, Bridge st 
White Horse, Sarah Walne, New mkt 
White Lion Hotel, James Harvey, 

Smallgate street 
White Swan, Wm. Woodroffe, New 

market 

BEER HOUSES. 
Aldous Robert, Ingate road 
Barker Elizabeth, Ingate street 
Barwood John, Ingate street 
Borritt Simon, Hungate street 
Crickmore James, Bridge street 
Jermy Philip, Raven's mere 
Norman Joseph, Sheepgate street 
Piper Isaac, Northgate street 
Roberts Robert, Victoria garden 
Smith Eddy, Newgate street 
Wigg George, Fen lane 
Wright Wm., sen., Fen lane 
Wright William, Northgate street 



Youell George, Nortbgate street 

IRONMONGERS. 
Barker Wm. Keer and Thos. (and bar- 
iron merts.) New market 
Kent Joseph L., Sheepgate street 
Tavlor George, New market 

IRON FOUNDERS, &c 
(See Whitesmiths, 8?c ) 
JOINERS AND BUILDERS. 
Barber William, Fen lane 
Boast George, Smallgate street 
Grey George, Raven's mere 
Norman Joseph, Sheepgate street 
Pells Nathaniel, Pudding moor 
Wigg Horace, Northgate street 
Woodroffe Wm,, near Old market 
Woods John (and sexton), Northgt. st 

LIME BURNERS. 
Crisp James, Pudding moor 
Pells Nathaniel, Pudding moor 
LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS. 
Aldred John, Northgate street 
Garnham Win. Woolner, Blyburgate 
Eerrison Henry James, New mkt 
Mayhew John and Son, Sheepgate st- 
Pigg Alfred, New market 
Stacey and Scott, New market 
MALTSTERS. 

(See also Brewers.) 
Crisp John, jun. Bridge street 
Thornton Richard, Northgate st 
Dowson Henry Gibson, and Geldeston ■ 
Smith Thos., Northgt., and Bungay 

MILLINERS, &c. 
Marked * are Straw Hat 31aker$. . 
Barber Eliza, Sheepgate street 
Claxton Hannah, Hungate street 
Claxton Sarah, Hungate street 
*Garham Wm. W., Blyburgate 
Johnson E. C, Smallgate street. 
*Jarman Mrs., Old market 
Nicker Mary, Saltgate street 
Oakes Elizabeth, Hungate street 

NURSERY AND SEEDSMEN. 
Gill Wm. (and grower of dried flowers 

and grasses), Smallgate street 
Laws Thomas, Innate road 

PAINTERS, PLUMBERS, 

AND GLAZIERS. 
Cullen Richard Thos., New market 
Davy John, Saltgate street 
Everett Edward, Sheepgate street 
Sayer Thomas R., Ballygate street 
Thompson John, Smallgate street 

PUMP MAKERS. 
Edwards Noah, Newgate street 
Youell George, Nortbgate street 

ROPE AND TWINE MAKERS. 
Oxborough Charles, Smallgate st 
Piper William, Nortbgate street 



654 



BECCLES DIRECTORY. 



SADDLERS. Sat. 
Brewer James. Sheepgate street 
Eranklaud Win.. Blyburgate street 
Haken HeDrv. New market 
SHOPKEEPERS. 
Grocery. Flour, Src, Dealers. 
Alecock Sarah, Blvburgate street 
Bayfield John Augustine. Blyburgt 
Custance John. Smallgate street 
Debbage James. Xorthgate street 
Gent Charlotte. Sheepgate street 
Gooderham John, Xorthgate st 
G-orrod John. Ingate street 
Hooke Mary and Eiiz,. Smallgate st 
Hunt Ann. New market 
Knight John. Smallgate street 
Longdon Sarah. Ingate street 
Moore Henry. Blyburgate street 
Rand John. Xorthgate street 
Sayer Thomas. Bridge street 
Smith Shepherd. Old market 
Sprnnt Francis. Pudding moor 
Tooke Robert. Smallgate street 
Winter Betsv. Xorthgate street 
STOXE AND MARBLE MASONS. 
Haward Samuel. Bridge St.; h Lon- 
don road 
"Whitehead Geo. and Win.. Northgt st 

SURGEONS. 
Crowfoot Wm. Edward. New mkt 
Dashwood Robert. Xew market 
Davy Henry Wm. Rt.. Old market 
Peskett George. Xew market 

TAILORS AND DRAPERS. 
Buck Robert. Xew market 
Butler John. Bridge street 
Claxton Thomas. Hungate street 
Holdron William. Xew market 
Kattle John. Ingate street 
Leavold Richard, Smallgate street 
Mills Frederick. Blyburgate st 
Mullet James. Bally gate street 
Piper Isaac, jun.. Sheepgate street 
Piper James, Sheepgate street 
Piper Isaac. Hungate street 
Stacey and Scott, Xew market 
Thurling J.. Xewgate street 
Waud William. Ballvgate street 
TAXXERS. [SmFcU - 
TIMBER MERCHANTS, 
Bartram Stephen. Blyburgate street 
Darby Samuel. Bridge street 
Farrar Jph. 5 Pudding mr.. and Bungay 



Hochkin Wm., Corporation Quay ; h 
Old market 
TOBACCO PIPE MAKERS. 
Copeman John. Peddars lane 
Copeman William. Innate road 

VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Cleveland James. Blyburgate st 
Hindes Frederick. Hochkin s fees 
WATCH AXD CLOCK MAKERS. 
Ayers Edward. Blyburgate street 
Bullock Robert, Sheepgate street 
D arrant Richard, Xew market 
Harmer Joseph. Old market 
Jones Garwood. BlyborgaLe street 

WHITESMITHS. <fcc 
Harked * are Agricultural ImpU 
Manfrs.. and x Iron and Bra st i 7 
*Alecock William, Smallgate street 
Cameron Charles. Xew market 
* + Harper William, Hungate street 
x f Martin Robt. (and millwright), In- 
gate street 
Welch William. Xew market 

WIXE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. 
Buck Edward. X tree! 

Harvey James. Sheepgate street 
Ward Robert. Hungate street 

WOOL MERCHANTS. 
Boydon James. London road 
Buck Edward, Northgate street 

RAIL W A Y 
Trains four or five times a day to Xor- 
wich, Yarmouth. Lowestoft. Hales- 
worth. ice. (And to Woodbridge 
and Ipswich when line is opened.) 
OMNIBUS 
To Bungav. ice. twice a dav. 
" C A R R I E R S. 
To Bungay, Lawes. Mon.. Thurs. and 

Sat., from White Horse. 
To Halesworth, Took.. Mon., Wed. and 

Sat., from Cross Keys. 
To Lowestoft. Davie, Mon.. Wed. 
Thurs. and Sat. ; and to Xorwieh, 
Tues. and Fri., from the Beli. 
To Y'armouth. George Turner, 
Smallgate. Wed. and Sat. 
TRADING VESSELS. 
London and Beccles Shipping 
Vessels weekly, from Corporation 
wharf: W. H. Leavould c L :-:r.: 
Wherries to Yarmouth and Bungay 
dailv. and to Xorwieh occasionally. 



from 



Co.'s 



BUNGAY, a well-built market town in two parishes, and in the 
Duke of Norfolk's Liberty, is pleasantly situated on an eminence. 
skirted on the east aud west by the navigable river Waveney. which 
divides it from Norfolk, and is here crossed by two good bridges, and 
by a circuitous reach in the form of a horse shoe, nearly encom- 



BUNGAY. (WANGFORD HUND.) 655 

passes a fertile common called Outney, on the north side of the 
town. It is distant 40 miles X.X.E. of Ipswich, 40 miles X.E. by 
E. of Bury St. Edmund's. 14 miles S.S.E. of Norwich. 20 miles ELW. 
by W. of Yarmouth, 6 miles W. of Beccles, 16 miles W. of Lowes- 
toft. 9 miles X. of Halesworth, and 109 miles X.E. by X. of Lon- 
don. There is to be a Station on the north side of the town on the 
Waveney Valley Pcailway, which is now forming, and will extend 
from the Eastern Union Bailway at Tivetshall to Harleston, Bun- 
gay, and Beccles, where it will join the line to Halesworth, occ. The 
TVaveney is navigable to Bungay for barges from Yarmouth, and 
connects it with the Xorwich and Lowestoft Xavigatiun. It enjoys 
considerable traffic in com. malt, flour, coals, xc. It was formerly- 
noted for the manufacture of knitted worsted stockings and ; ' Suffolk 
hempen cloth." but these trades are now obsolete. In Ditching- 
ham, a suburb on the Norfolk side of the river, is a large silk mill, 
erected in 1 S 3 2 , and enployed in the manufacture of crape and 
fancy fabrics, by Messrs. Grout and Co.. of Xorwich and Yarmouth, 
who employ here 520, and at the other two places about 1700 hands. 
In the town is a paper mill, and the extensive printing office and 
stereotype foundry of Messrs. Childs and Son, established in 1795, 
by Mr. Charles Brightly, who was joined in business by Mr. J. E. 
Childs in 1605, and for many years they were among the largest 
printers and publishers of periodical works in the kingdom. The 
present proprietors are now chiefly printers for London and other 
publishers, and their stock of stereotype plates is said to weigh 
above 300 tons. The market, held every Thursday, is a considerable 
corn market ; and here are two large annual fairs for cattle, horses, 
&c., on the 14th of May and the 25th of September. On Sept. "26th, 
here is also a hiring for servants. The Theatre has been converted 
into a Corn Hall. The Market place is lined with good shops, inns, 
&c., and has an octangular Butter Cross, built in 1690, and covered 
with a leaded dome, surmounted by a hue figure of justice. Here 
was another market cross, called the Corn Cross, but it was taken 
down in 1810. The Market place occupies a gently rising ground, 
nearly in the centre of the town, and the streets which diverge from 
it to the principal roads, are spacious and well-paved, and are 
lighted with gas from works which were erected by Mr. Malam in 
1837, and now belong to Mr. Saml. Brown, of Birmingham. Petty 
Sessions are held by the County Magistrates every Thursday, at the 
Xing' s Head. Mr. Henry Bellman is clerk to the magistrates. Here 
is a Police Station, with an inspector (J. Gobbett) and two men. 
Bungay is in Beccles County Court District. (See page 646. ) The 
inhabitants are amply supplied with excellent water from numerous 
springs, some of which are said to possess medicinal properties : 
and the houses have generally a modern appearance, nearly all of 
them having been built since March 1st. 1688, when a fire broke 
out in an uninhabited dwelling, and spread with such rapidity that 
the whole town, with the exception of one small street and a few 
detached houses, was reduced to ashes in the space of a few hours. 
The property destroyed by this conflagration was valued at about 
£30,000, and comprised 190 dwelling-houses, one of the churches, 



656 HISTORY OF BUNGAY. 

the free-school, three almshouses, two ancient market crosses, and 
-various other buildings. A " Brief" to beg money for the sufferers 
at the churches and from door to door, was granted by William and 
Mary. The original Brief, engrossed on parchment, is now in the 
possession of J. B. Scott, Esq. 

The two parishes of Bungay Holy Trinity and St. Mary, comprise 2090 
acres of land, and their population amounted to 23-19 souls in 1801 ; 2828, 
in 1811; 3220, in 1821 ; 3734, in 1831 ; and to 4109, in 1841 ; but they 
had decreased to 3841 in 1851. Of these contents, 758 acres and 198(> 
souls are in St. Mary's parish, and 1332 acres and 1861 souls in Holy 
Trinity parish. In 1851, the number of houses in the two parishes was 
907, of which 53 were empty and two building when the census was taken, 
The boundaries of the two parishes were formerly very intricate, but about 
'12 years ago they were clearly defined by commissioners under the tithe 
commutation act, as those between Mettingham and Bungay were in 1814, 
under an enclosure act. Outney Common, a fine pasture of about 402 
acres, is extra parochial, and is skirted on the south by the town, and on 
its other sides by the river Waveney. It is under the management of com- 
mon-reeves, appointed by the owners of the " beast-goings," or common- 
rights, of which it is restricted to about 150, each having pasturage for two 
head of cattle, and formerly attached to the different properties of the two 
parishes; but, being freehold, part of them have been sold to non-residents, 
who, as well as the resident owners, can either let them or occupy them 
themselves. Six of these " goings," let for about <£14 a year, are held by 
feoffees, as part of the Town Lands, to which trust there also belong "two 
goings" on Stow Fen, another extra-parochial common, on the south side 
of the town, comprising 88 acres, under the management of Jen reeves. 
The banks of the Waveney, which sweeps in the form of a horse shoe round 
Outney common, afford delightful promenades ; and on the Norfolk side of 
the river is a remarkable cold bath, enclosed by a dilapidated building, 
erected in 1729, and supplied by a spring issuing from the foot of a lofty 
and abrupt acclivity. On the north side of the town are traces of a Roman 
dyke, extending east and west to the two bends of the river, and affording, 
in former times, the means of completely insulating Outney common. About 
98 acres of land, near the Eoman road, called Stone street, about 4 miles 
S. of Bungay, is a detached member of Holy Trinity parish. The Duke of 
Norfolk is lord of the manors of Bungay Burgh, Bungay Priory, and Bun- 
gay Soke, but part of Holy Trinity parish is in the manor of Ilketshall 
Bardolf, of which Sir Wm. Wyndham Bailing, Bart., is lord. The soil be- 
longs to various free and copyholders, and the latter are subject to arbitrary 
fines. Bungay was anciently described as Bungay Burgh and Boyscott, 
meaning the town and hamlet, without any reference to the two parishes, 
and it is still so treated by the Crown in the collection of the land tax* 
Stow Park is pleasantly situated on an eminence, nearly a mile S. of Bun- 
gay, and is the seat of Alfred Hughes, Esq. The house stands near the 
site of an ancient chapel of the 12th or 13th century, some remains of which 
have lately been dug up. East of the town, on the Beccles road, is Duke's^ 
Bridge, which crosses a small rivulet near Duke's Bridge House, the resi- 
dence of Mrs. BarJee, who has an estate here. St. Mary's House, formerly 
called The Grove, is a handsome new mansion, and is the seat of Wm. Hart- 
cup, Esq., and distant one mile S. of the town. Among the principal own- 
ers of the soil are Sir E. C. Kerrison, Lady Beresford, Capt. Margitson,, 
Mrs. Denny, W. Harteup, J. B. Scott, A. Hughes, P. Walker, and B. Moyes, 
Esqrs. ; Mr. Pi. Burtsal, and the Rev. C.Fisher. The Uplands occupy a 
bold elevation, 14 mile S. of the town. Courts Leet and Baron, for the 



HISTORY OF BUNGAY. 657 

Duke of Norfolk's three manors, are held generally twice a year, before J, 
Muskett, Esq., the steward, who resides at Bury St. Edmund's. 

In ancient times, the Waveney was a much broader stream than it is 
now, (see page 642,) and Bungay was called Le-Bon-Eye, or the good 
island, being then nearly encompassed with water, as it still is on three 
sides. It was granted, with 116 other manors, by William the Conqueror^ 
to Roger Bigod, who was afterwards created Earl of Norfolk, and is sup- 
posed to have built Bungay Castle, which, from its commanding situation, 
on a bold eminence overlooking the river Waveney, and the great strength 
of its fortifications, was boasted of by Hugh, the next Earl, as being im- 
pregnable ; but in 1140, it was stormed and taken by King Stephen, though 
the refractory Earl had said, " Were I in my Castle of Bungay, upon the 
toaters of Waveney, I would not set a button by the King of Cockney." It 
was, however, soon afterwards restored to the Earl, who was obliged to sur- 
render it to Henry II., in 1155, but had it restored to him again in 1163. 
This Earl, as noticed at pages 167 and 359, espoused the cause of the 
rebellious sons of Henry II., in 1173 ; and his castles at Ipswich, Fram- 
lingham, and Walton, being taken by the king's forces, he purchased the 
royal pardon by humble submission, and a fine of one thousand marks. 
His Castle at Bungay, (as well as his other strong-holds,) was demolished 
by order of the king, and on its site was erected a mansion which, in the 
22nd of Edward I., Roger Bigod, Earl of Norfolk and Earl Marshal of Eng- 
land, obtained permission to embattle. In 1348, Joan, daughter of Alice 
de Montacute, and granddaughter of Thomas de Brotherton, Earl of Nor- 
folk, was born here. The form of the Castle appears to have been octan- 
gular. The ruins of two round portal towers and portions of the west and 
south-west angles are still standing, as also are three sides of the great 
tower or keep, the walls of which are from 7 to 11 feet thick, and from 15 
to 17 feet high. In the midst of the ruins, on what is called the terrace, 
is a mineral spring, now disused, and near it is a vault or dungeon of 
considerable depth, descended by a sort of stone chimney. Detached 
portions of the walls and their foundations are spread in all directions 
in the castle grounds, a ridge of which, about forty yards long, forms 
the southern boundary of a bowling green, which commands delightful pro- 
spects. The mounds of earth, raised for the defence of the castle, still re- 
tain much of their original character, though considerably reduced in height. 
One of them, facing the south, was partly removed in 1840, with the 
intention of forming a cattle market. The Castle Gardens, &c, 
form a beautiful place of recreation, attached to the King's Head 
Inn. At Earsham, on the Norfolk side of the river, nearly op- 
posite the castle, some tumuli and traces of a Danish camp were 
removed about thirty years ago. Near St. Mary's Church, are the 
ruins of a Pkioey of Benedictine Nuns, some portion of which, facing 
Olland street, were taken down in 1843, and the space which they occupied 
was added to the churchyard, together with the site of the old parsonage 
house and garden. This nunnery was founded in 1160, by Roger de 
Glanville, and his wife, the Countess Gundreda, in honour of God, the 
Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Holy Cross. At the dissolution it had a 
prioress and eleven nuns, and was valued at £62. 2s. ljd. Its site and 
possessions were granted by Henry VIII., to Thomas Duke of Norfolk. A 
silver seal is extant of "Marie de Huntingfeld," who was prioress here, in 
the year 1200. Upon another seal of the nunnery, dated 1360, the town is 
called BVNGEYA. The records of the castle and nunnery are supposed 
to have been destroyed by the great fire already noticed. The Almshouse, 

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658 HISTORY OF BUNGAY. 

in Olland street, which escaped the flames of this conflagration, is supposed 
to have been an Infirmary, attached to the nunnery. At the bottom of its win- 
dows are some curious carvings, of the time of Elizabeth. In the town is the 
figure of a crusader, carved in wood, supposed to have been removed from 
this house, and to represent Ranulph Glanville, who accompanied Richard 
I. to the holy wars, and was present at the siege of Acre. About thirty 
years ago, an earthen pot containing several hundred Roman brass-coins, 
was ploughed up on the Norfolk side of the Waveney, opposite Outney 
common. Some of these are now in the possession of Mr. G. B. Baker, 
who has also a tournament spur, of the time of Edward III., and several 
other antiquities, among which is half of a chimney-piece, removed from 
the last named house, and curiously inlaid with wood of various shades, 
representing a court-yard with embattled buildings, and bearing the arms 
of Bedingfeld, and the date 1572. A silver penny, of Offa, King of Mercia, 
was found here, some years ago. In 1826, Mr. T. Utting, on removing 
some of the walls of the castle, which had fallen into his garden, found a 
rude leaden seal, inscribed "S. G. ROB. BLOKOO ;" and in the following 
year, Mrs. Barlee found in her garden, at Duke's Bridge House, a coin of 
Gordianus Pius, who was killed in A.D. 224 ; and not far from the same 
spot was found, in 1840, the skeleton of a man embedded in clay. In 
monastic times, there were in the town two crosses, one on the site of the 
Pound, and the other on the site of the Independent chapel. The land 
called Ollands, is described in a deed of the time of Edward III., as the 
" Campo de Ilketshale." Less than a century ago, Bungay was the resi- 
dence of several families who kept their carriages, and was so gay a place 
that its balls were considered next in gentility to those of Bury, and it was 
designated " Little Loudon." 

The two Parish Churches of Holy Trinity and St. Mary, and another 
church dedicated to St. Thomas, and appropriated to the nunnery, are sup- 
posed to have been formerly enclosed in one extensive churchyard. The 
latter was in use after 1500, but no traces of it now remain. Here was 
also a chapel, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, which stood on the site of 
a house on the Flixton road, and was probably attached to the Hospital of 
St. John, which stood near it, and is mentioned in several old deeds and in 
the Duke of Norfolk's court books, though nothing is known of its origin 
or dissolution. Human bones have often been found near the site of the 
chapel, and also in Trinity street, between the two parish churches, where 
there was formerly only a footpath. Holy Trinity Church is a small 
ancient edifice with a fine round tower, on the top of which are battlements, 
and several shields, bearing the arms of Thos. de Brotherton, Earl of Nor- 
folk, and son of Edward L, and the Montacute, Bigod, Beachamp, and 
other families. It contains a brass plate in memory of Margaret Dallinger, 
who was prioress here; and some of the antique carved ends of its former 
benches still remain. In 1852, all the old pews were removed and replaced 
by open benches, except Mrs. Barlee's pew, which still remains. Among 
its monuments is a handsome one in memory of the Rev. Thomas Wilson, 
a late learned pious vicar, who died in 1774. This church was appro- 
priated to Barlings Abbey, in Lincolnshire, and after the dissolution to the 
See of Ely. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £8. 5d., and in 1835, at £266, 
has a good residence and a few acres of glebe. The Bishop of Norwich is 
patron, and the Rev. Thos Collyer, of Gislingham Rectory, is the incum- 
bent, and holds on lease the rectorial tithes, which are in the appropriation 
of the Bishop of Ely. The Bishop's tithes have been commuted for 
£•24,2. lis. 6d.; the other great tithes for £29. 12s. 10d., and the Vicar's 
tithes for £76, 2s. 8d. per annum. The Rev. H. T. Deacle is the curate, 



HISTORY OF BUNGAY. 659 

and resides at the Vicarage. Mr. Jph. Cattermole is the parish clerk A 
large New Cemetery is about to he provided by the Burial Board 
of Holy Trinity parish. It will have two small chapels, and occupy about 
two acres of land, half which will be consecrated. St. Mary's Church 
is a large and handsome structure, with a lofty tower containing eight bells, 
a clock, and chimes. It is of flint and free-stone, and was mostly rebuilt 
between tlie years 1689 and 1701, after the fire of 1688, by which it was 
reduced to a ruinous shell, some interesting portions of which still remain, 
at the east end; the original fabric being much larger than the present 
one. The old steeple was struck by lightning in 1577, and two men were 
killed in the belfry. The roof is supported by light and elegant pillars, 
and the interior was repewed about fifteen years ago, when 245 additional 
sittings were provided, and 125 of them appropriated for the free use of the 
poor. In 1850, the windows in the south aisle were lengthened six feet at 
the bottom. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, valued in 1835 at £115, 
and having a commodious parsonage house, in the precincts of the nun- 
nery. The Duke of Norfolk is patron and impropriator, and the Eev. Wm. 
Hy. Glover is the incumbent. Mr. John Brown is the organist, and Mr. 
Wm. Adams, clerk. The tithes of the two parishes were commuted in 
1843. In the town are three neat Chapels of white brick, one belonging 
to the Independents, erected in 1776, and enlarged in 1811; one to the Wes- 
leyans, erected in 1836, and the other to the Roman Catholics, built about 
thirty years ago, and having a house erected twenty years ago, for the use 
of the priest. The Baptists have a small chapel here, opened in 1851. 
Beligious and Charitable Institutions, for the relief and instruction of the 
poor, are as numerous and liberally supported in Bungay as in most other 
places of the same magnitude : and the town enjoys the benefit of an en- 
dowed Grammar School, a number of Almshouses, and various trust 
estates for the poor, and the general benefit of the parishioners. 

The Town Lands and Premises comprise several tenements, and upwards 
of 160 acres of land, in Bungay, Hempnall, Earsham, and other adjacent 
parishes, let at rents amounting to about £360 per annum, and vested with 
feoffees and the town-reeve, partly in trust for the common benefit of the 
town, and partly for the support of particular charities mentioned below. 
The oldest trust deed relating to these lands, which is now extant, is dated 
1639 ; and the last conveyance in trust was by deeds of Dec. 1st: and 2nd, 
1809. The rents are collected by the clerk to the feoffees, and the accounts 
relating to the trust are settled annually in December, at a meeting of the 
feoffees and town-reeve. Pearce Y7alker, Esq., is town-reeve for 1854; and 
among the other feoffees are J. B. Scott, B. and AY. Mann and B. Burtsal, 
Esqrs., and several non-residents. Among their principal disbursements 
in 1853 were £42 to the organist of St. Mary's; £'50 towards refitting 
Trinity Church ; £26. 17s. for repairs at the Grammar School; £16 for 
repairs at Almshouses ; £40 towards draining and paving the town; £62 
for lighting the streets, and £10 to the National and British Schools. 

Grammar School. — In the 34th of Elizabeth, Thos. Popeson, A.M., 
schoolmaster, at Bungay, granted to the master, fellows, and scholars of 
Emanuel College, Cambridge, a yearly rent charge of £6 towards the aug- 
mentation of the ten scholarships in that college, founded by Sir Walter 
Mildmay, for boys from Bungay school. At the same time, the feoffees of 
the town lands gave an annuity of £6 for the same purpose. By another 
indenture in the same year, reciting that the said Thomas Popeson and the 
feoffees of the town lands had made, and meant further to make, provision 
for the perpetuity of a free grammar school in Bungay, — the said Thomas 
Popeson conveyed to the feoffees his messuages, lands, and premises, for the 



660 HISTOKY OF EUNGAY. 

use ancl support of the free grammar school, except one of the houses, 
which was then and was to be continued an almshouse for four impotent 
widows of St. Mary's parish ; and except the yearly rent-charge of £6, given 
out of the same premises for augmenting the ten scholarships, as above 
named. Of the property settled by Popeson, some part appears to have 
been sold for the redemption of the laud tax on the town lands ; and the 
remainder, except the almshouse, is let for about £14 a year, which is added 
to the general account of the town feoffees. In 1728, Henry Williams, for 
the better support of a schoolmaster at Bungay, for instructing youth in the 
rudiments of good learning, granted to J. Bedingfeld, C. Garneys, and 
other trustees, the perpetual advowson of the vicarage of Ilketshall Saint 
Andrew, upon trust that they and their heirs, &c, should present the same 
to the schoolmaster of Bungay. In 1728, Robert Scales devised his estate 
at or near Ilketshall St. Lawrence, to trustees, upon trust that, if the 
schoolmaster of Bungay should be a minister of the Church of England, 
and should read, or cause to be read, divine service at the church of Saint 
Mary, every Wednesday and Friday, and also teach so many poor boys as 
the trustees should appoint, the clear rents and profits of the estate should 
be paid to him yearly. This estate was conveyed to 33 new trustees, in 
1809, and consists of a farm of 33a., let for £45 a year, which is paid to the 
deputy master, (the Eev. Fredk. Barkway,) who performs the duties of the 
school for the Rev. John Gilbert, M.A., who was appointed master of the 
school by the Master and Fellows of Emanuel College, and was presented 
in consequence to the vicarage of Ilketshall St. Andrew, pursuant to the be- 
quest of Henry Williams. The deputy master occupies the school premises, 
which are large and old, and are repaired by the town feoffees, who also pay 
the parochial charges thereon. The school is free for ten boys of Bungay, 
for instruction in the classics, but they are each charged two guineas a year 
for instruction in English, writing, and arithmetic. If the Master and 
Fellows of Emanuel College neglect to appoint a master for four months 
after a vacancy, the nomination for that time is in the feoffees of the town 
lands, who have also power to remove the master for misbehaviour or neg- 
lect. The free scholars are admitted on application to the town-reeve. In 
consequence of the smallness of their endowment, the ten scholarships 
noticed above have been reduced to four. 

The National Schools, adjoining the Common, form a handsome build- 
ing, erected in 1834, at the cost of £367, and are attended by about 110 
boys, 60 girls, and 80 infants. Here is a large school connected with tbe 
British and Foreign School Society, erected in 1835, for 150 boys and 80 v 
girls, but attended only by about 60 of either sex. A Book Club has ex- 
isted here since 1770, and meets at the King's Head. There is a News 
Room at Mrs. Doughton's, in Earsham street; and a, Public Library and 
Beading Rooms, in Bridge street, recently established by a large number of 
benefitted and honorary subscribers. Mr. G. Richardson is the secretary* 
and Mr. H. Brown, librarian. At the Three Tuns Inn are neat and com- 
modious Assembly Rooms. Concerts, lectures, &c, are held at the Corn 
Hall, which was formerly a theatre. Races are held yearly in September,, 
when there are usually concerts, with other entertainments and fire works, 
at the Castle Gardens, attached to the King's Head Inn. 

Thomas Wixgfield, in 1593, left £170 to be laid out in lands to be 
vested in trust, that the rents and profits thereof might be applied mostly to 
the relief of the poor, and partly towards the support of two poor scholars 
in Cambridge, and for other uses. This £170, with £20 given by the in- 
habitants, was laid out in the purchase of 9a. of land in Bungay, let for £24= 
a year • and 8a. 2r. Up. at Ilketshall St. John's, let for £11. The latter has 



HISTORY OF BUNGAY. 661 

for a long period been attached as part of the Town Lands. Out of the rent 
of the former, about «£1S is distributed yearly among the poor of the two 
parishes of Bungay ; and 10s. is paid for a sermon, 10s. for the entertain- 
ment of the trustees, and 20s. towards the support of a Sunday School ; no 
part of the income having for a long period been applied to the support of 
students at the University. In 1712, Hexry Webster left an acre of 
land, atDitchingham, and the sum of £20, to provide for the instruction of 
poor children in reading and writing. The £20 was laid out in the purchase 
of an acre of land, at Earsham. At the enclosure of Ditchingham and 
Earsham, allotments were awarded in lieu both of the charity lands and of 
some lands in each parish belonging to the churchwardens of St. Mary, in 
Bungay. These allotments are thrown together, and let for M25 a year, 
of which £6 is appropriated to Webster's charity, and is paid to the funds 
of the National Schools. From Henry Smith's Charity, for the benefit of 
the poor of several parishes, Bungay receives about <£-36 yearly, which is 
distributed in bread during winter, among poor persons not receiving 
parochial relief. St. Mary's Parish has church land producing about 
£20 a year, as noticed above, with Webster's charity. In 1730 Thos. 
Bransby left a yearly rent charge of <£5 out of his estates at Shottisham, in 
Norfolk, to be distributed among the poor of Bungay St. Mary, on Christ- 
mas day. The Church Estate, which has been vested from time immemo- 
rial with the churchwardens of Holy Trinity parish, comprises 4a. of land 
in Mettingham Meadow, and an allotment of nearly one acre on Mettingham 
Green, let for £9 a year ; and an annuity of 20s. out of Nettlehome Mea- 
dow. The rents are applied in the reparation of the church. In 1577, 
Christiana Wharton left her five Almshouses, in Holy Trinity parish, in 
trust, to permit five well-disposed poor persons to dwell therein, rent free. 
They are occupied by five poor widows, placed in them by the churchwar- 
dens. In 1786, certain land, and a tenement and shop, then producing 
£3. 12s. a year, were held for the benefit of the poor of Holy Trinity parish, 
and stated to have been given by persons named Duke and Richer, but they 
have for many years been unknown, and may perhaps be included in the 
property appropriated to the service of the church. 

Here are two Clothing Societies, a Lying-in Charity, and a Dispensary* 
The latter was established in 1828, and is liberally supported by subscrip- 
tion. Messrs. C. Garneys, E. B. Adams, and C. W. Currie are the surgeons, 
and the Kev. F. Barkway and Mr. C. Childs, are the secretaries. The Savings' 
Bank, for Bungay and the neighbourhood, was instituted in 1818, and is 
open on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month, from 11 to 1 o'clock. 
In Nov., 1854, its deposits amounted to £16,818, belonging to 679 persons 
and 19 Charitable and Friendly Societies. Mr. G. B. Baker is the secretary, 

Dreyer's Almshouses, &c. — The late Mrs. Elizabeth Dreyer, who re- 
sided here in the house called Trinity Hall, erected five Almshouses in 
Trinity street, for the residence of Jive poor women of the age of 60 years or 
upwards. In 1848, she endowed them with £2000 to be vested by trustees 
in three per cent, consols, and the dividends to be applied in repairing and 
insuring the houses, and in paying 5s. or more, per week to each alms- 
woman. At her death, in 1849, she left £500 to each of the two parishes 
of Bungay, to be invested in the same stock, and the dividends to be applied 
in distributions of clothing and other necessaries among the poor. 



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BUNGAY DIRECTORY. 

The Post Office is in Earsham street, arid Mr. Matthias Abel is the post 
master. Letters are despatched by mail cart to all parts at 7 p.m., and received 
at 6.40 a.m. Money Orders are granted and paid. 



(Ditchingham is in Norfolk.) 
Abel Matthias, post master, schoolmr., 
and mangr. of gas works, Earsham st 
Adams Wra., clerk of St. Mary's 
Adkin Mrs Ann, Market place 
Adkin Wm., gun maker, Market pi 
Allsop Mrs Ann, Earsham street 
Angell Mrs Harriet, Earsham street 
Atkinson Eev S. (Wes.) Plough st 
Baker Geo., auctioneer and land sur- 
veyor, Trinity street 
Baker Graystone Bucke, bank agent, 

and sec. to Savings' Bank, Mkt. pi 
Baker VY. Thompson, writer, Plough st 
Balls Geo., millwright, Li\ Olland st 
Barkway Bev Fredk., dep. master of 
Grammar School, and curate of II- 
ketshall St. Andrew, Earsham st 
Barlee Mrs Frances Sarah, Duke's 

Bridge House 
Barnes Mrs Lucy, Earsham street 
Beare Bobt, hay and straw dlr., Upper 

Olland street 
Bedingfield Mrs., Trinity street 
Bewicke Misses Jane and C, Trinity st 
Botwright Ambrose, clerk, Broad st 
Bridgen Mr John, Plough street 
Brighting Elijah, wood turner, Mill In 
Brindle BevWm. (Cath.) Upper Ol- 
land street 
Brown Bev Fdk. (Bapt.) Earsham st 
Burtsal Mrs Lucy, Grove road 
Butcher Bt., relieving officer, New rd . 
Carley Chas., pawnbroker, Bridge st 
Cattermole Mr Bichard, Bridge st 
Chambers Mr Dd., Lwr. Olland st 
Cbenery Mrs Martha, Bridge street 
Childs Mrs Anna, Earsham street 
Childs Chas., printer. &c. ; h Broad st 
Clarke Mrs Ann, Trinity street 
Cocks William, clerk, Earsham st 
Cracknell Ed., bank cashier 
Crick Wm., manager at Silk mill 
Cuddon Mr James, Trinity street 
Cuddon Mrs Susan, Earsham street 
Currie Mrs., Engine house street 
Dann Wm., dyer, Ditchingham 
Day Mr John, Lower Olland st 
Deacle Bev Hicks Thos., M.A„ curate 

of Holy Trinity, Vicarage 
Denny Mrs Daniel, Prospect place 
Denny Mrs Charlotte, Uplands 
Dodd Mr Philip, Olland House 
Doughton Mrs Ann, Earsham st 



Earl Bichd., sheriff's officer, and high 

constable of Wangford Hundred. 

Earsham street 
Edwards Mr Wm. C, Grove road 
Farrar Mrs Eliza, Earsham street 
Fenton John, professor of dancing, 

Chapel street 
Fisher Mrs Eliza, Upper Olland st 
Franklin Mrs M. A., Trinity street 
Fricker Jonth., excise, Lr. Olland st 
Glover Bev Wm. Hy., incumbt. of St. 

Mary's 
Gobbett Jeremiah, police inspector 
Grout and Co., silk, crape, &c. mfrs.. 

Ditchingham Mills, and Norwich 
Gwynn Mr Wm. H., Prospect row 
Haward Mr Chas., Upper Olland st 
Hogg Bobt., coach propr. and carrier, 

Bridge street 
Howard Mrs Mary. Trinity street 
Howse Bobt,, clerk, Lower Olland st 
Hughes Alfred, Esq., Stow Park 
Kerridge Mrs Karenhp., Trinity st 
Kingsbury Mrs Eliz., Trinity street 
Margitson Captain John, Ditchingham 

House 
Mayhew Mrs Charlotte, Bull lane 
Minns Mr John, Lower Olland st 
Morell Mrs Sophia, Broad street 
Mortlock Charles, Esq., Lowlands 
Parker Mrs Cath., Upper Olland st 
Pipe John, furniture broker, Ditch- 
ingham 
Plowman Mrs Mary, Bridge street 
Pratt Mrs Ann, Upper Olland st 
Pratt John Lenny, paper mkr., Staith 
Beynolds Mrs Louisa, Lr. Olland st 
Biches Mr John, Broad street 
Bogerson Mrs Elizabeth. Trinity st 
Sadd Mr James, Lower Olland st 
Scott Miss Charlotte, Earsham st 
Scott John Barber, Esq., Earsham st 
Sewell Bloomfield, registrar, Lower 

Olland street 
Smith Mr. James, Earsham street 
Smith Mr John, Plough street 
Smith Bobt., bank cashier, Broad st 
Spall Henry, auctioneer, &c, New rd 
Utting Thomas, Esq., Ditchingham 
Walker Pearce, gent., Duke's Bridge 
Ward Benj., rope maker, Market pi 
Webb John Baphael, Esq., Upper 

Olland street 
. West Mrs Lydia, Plough street 



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Woodward Mr Bernard B., Trinity st 
ACADEMIES. 
Marked * take Boarders. 
Abel Matthias, Broad street 
*Bailey John Henry, Bridge st 
*Brown Bobert, Trinity street 
British School, Plough st. ; Llewellyn 

Lloyd and Susan Smith 
Catchpole (Eliz.) and Beynolds (Sar. 

Ann,) Broad street 
Free Grammar School, Earsham street ; 

Rev Fredk. Barkway 
Hastings Ann, Earsham street 
National Schools, Cherrytree road; Jas. 

Feather an£ Sus. Creyden 
*Owles Harriet, Earsham street 
Beeve Ann, Upper Olland street 
*Woolnough Mary and M. A., Broad st 

ATTOBNEYS. 
Bellman Henry (and clerk to magis- 
trates,) Broad street 
Drake Charles, Trinity street 
Hartcup Wm., Broad st. ; h St. Mary's 

House 
James John Hody, Earsham street 
Smith Samuel, Earsham street 
BAKEBS & FLOUR DEALERS. 
Marked * are Confectioners. 
* Alexander Wm., Bridge street 
Algar William, Broad street 
Bidwell Mark, Lower Olland street 
Clarke John, Bridge street 
Draper Francis, Bridge street 
*Ecclestone Bobt., Upper Olland st 
*Mayhew Jeremiah, Earsham st 
*Sayer Manning, Upper Olland st 

BANKERS. 
East of England Banking Co., Ear- 
sham street (draw on London and 
Westminster Bank,) Samuel Smith, 
(solr.,) agent, and Richd. Cracknel! 
cashier 
Gurneys, Turner, & Co., Broad street, 
(on Barclay and Co.,) W. Hartcup, 
Esq., agent ; and Rt. Smith, cashier 
Harveys and Hudsons, Market place, 
(on Hankeys and Co.,) G. B. Baker 
agent 
Savings Bank. (See page 661 ) 

BASKET MAKERS. 
Glover George, Bridge street 
Turner William, Upper Olland st 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Archer Peter, Upper Olland street 
Crook Augustus, Broad street 
Gardiner Simon, Bridge street 
Jay George, Broad street 
Smith William, Ditchingham 
Watson John, New road 



BOOKBINDERS. 
(See also Booksellers.) 
Marston Thomas, Mill lane 
Reeve Jesse, Market place 

BOOKSELLERS, PRINTERS, 

AND STATIONERS. 

Ashby John Samuel and Richd., Upper 

Olland street 
Childs John and Son (printers, pub- 
lishers, and stereotype founders,) 
Broad street 
Smith Lucy Ann, Market place 

BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS. 
Beare Robert, Olland street 
Beare William, Olland street 
Cattermole Joseph, (clerk of Holy 

Trinity,) Upper Olland street 
Claxton Robert, Bridge street 
Codling Wm., Lower Olland street 
Cornaby Matthew, Bridge street 
Cross William, Earsham street 
Martin George, Market place 
Reeve John, Bridge street 
Scarlett Samuel, Bridge street 
Tibnam Edward, Ditchingham 
Tilley Charles, Bridge street 
Ward Robert, Olland street 
Woor James, Upper Olland street 

BRAZIERS AND TINNERS. 
Hudson James, Olland street 
Norman John, Lower Olland street 

BREWERS. 
Bacon Joseph, Trinity street 
Bruce Thomas F,, Bridge street 
Cuddon Thomas, Ditchingham 
Harris Absalom, Ditchingham 
Wright Robert, Grove road 

BRICKLAYERS. 
Betts Robert, Engine house street 
Bull Isaac and Sons, Chapel street 
Nunn Robert, Plough street' 

BUTCHERS. 
Aldous Richard, Olland street 
Baldry George, Upper Olland street 
Bedingfield John, Lower Olland st 
Cain Abel, Upper Olland street 
Chase Robert, Bridge street 
Chase Robert, jun., Olland street 
Cullingford Richard, Lower Olland st 
Girling John Warner, Earsham st 

CABINET MAKERS, &c. 
Day George, Lower Olland street 
Rowe Robert, Upper Olland street 
Syder George, Market place 
Taylor Nathaniel, Earsham street 
Walter John, Earsham street 

CHEMISTS AND DRUGGISTS. 
Churchyard William, Market place 
Owles James, Market place 



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CLOTHES DEALERS. 
{See also Tailors.) 
Botwright Thomas, Upper Olland st 
Claxton Robert, Bridge street 
Lait John, Ears ham street 

COACH MAKERS, &c. 
Dutt Wm. and John, Ditchingham 
Spall William, Grove road 

COAL DLRS. {See Corn, $c.) 
Lodge Samuel, Bridge street 
Lodge Samuel, Jan., Fleece yard 

COOPERS. 
Foreman Robert, Ditchingham 
Harding Thomas, Bridge street 
Hinsby Wm., Lower Olland street 

COAL & CORN MERCHANTS. 
Butcher Robert, Trinity road 
Cuddon William, Ditchingham 
Mann Richd. and Wm., Wainford 
Smith Thos. (and seed), Market pi 
Walker David, Staith 

CORN MILLERS. 
Burtsal Robert, Wainford Mills and 

Grove road 
Money Joseph, Grove road 
Sayer Manning, Upper Olland st 

CURRIERS AND LEATHER 
CUTTERS. 
Nursey James, Upper Olland street 
Reeve John, Bridge street 
FARMERS. 
Archer Peter || Denny Charlotte 
Gower James, Uplands House 
Hemblen Francis 
Paine Charles, Duke's bridge 
Reynolds William, Uplands 
Walker John, Duke's bridge 

FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. 
European, James Owles, Market pi 
Globe, Henry Bellman, Broad st 
Law, Samuel Smith, Earsham st 
Norwich Equitable and Caledonian, J. 

H. James, Earsham street 
Norwich Union, W. Hartcup, Broad st 
Norfolk Farmers', A. Crook, Broad st 
Phoenix Fire, J. D, Botwright, Upper 

Olland street 
Royal Farmers', Wm. Cock, Trinity st 
Suffolk Alliance, Samuel Smith, Ear- 
sham street 
Sun and Unity, G. Baker, Trinity st 
West of England, Charles Drake, 

Trinity street 

FISHMONGERS. 
Charlish William, Olland street 
Prime John, Bridge street 
Tillett Benjamin, Bridge street 
Tillett William, Earsham street 

GARDENERS. 
Bacon Jph. (and seeds,) Trinity st 
Barrell Samuel, Lower Olland st 



Earl Robert, Back of hills 
Smith Samuel (and seeds,) Broad st 
GLASS, CHINA, &c, DEALERS. 
Cock Gilbert and Son, Earsham st 
Draper Eliza, Ditchingham 
Gosling Mary, Bridge street 
Smith Hy. (and tobacco,) Olland st 
GROCERS AND TEA DEALERS. 
Cock Gilbert and Son (Wm.,) Ear- 
sham street 
Fisher Saml., Stamp office, Earsham st 
Haward Edwin, Earsham street 
More Robert, Olland street 
Owles Thos. (and chandler,) Trinity st 
Phillips Wm. Long, Market place 
Weavers John, Olland street 
HAIR DRESSERS & PERFUMERS. 
Colby George, Olland street 
Ife Charles, Bridge street 
Reeves Jesse, Market place 
Taylor John, Earsham street 

HATTERS. 
Clarke Sarah, Earsham street 
Sutton John Groom e, Olland street 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Angel, Benj. Martin. Lower Olland st 
Bell, James Smith, Market place 
Butchers' Arms, Thos. Jordan, Bull In 
Chequers, Wm. Clarke, Bridge st 
Cherry Tree, J. Clutton, Cherry tree r& 
Crown, Wm. Prout, Engine house st 
Falcon, Ephraim Jordan (and coach 

propr.,) Ditchingham 
Fleece, James Martin, Olland street 
Green Dragon, Mary Dale, Bridge st 
Horse and Groom, Samuel Thain,. 

Broad street 
Jolly Butchers, James Lawes, Engine 

house street 
King's Arms, Eliz. Calver, Bridge st 
King's Head Hotel (posting), Charles 

Capon, Market place 
Plough, Wm. Smy, Plough street 
Prince of Wales, Wm. Driver (and 

wool stapler and dealer in hides and 

bark,) Olland street 
Queen's Head, Rt. Chase, Market pi 
Rose and Crown, Geo. Baldry, Upper 

Olland street 
Ship, Jas. Cossey, Lower Olland st 
Swan, John Stockdale, Market pi 
Thatched House, James Myall, Grove 

Cross roads 
Three Tuns Inn, J. Roper, Market pi 
Two Brewers, John Jermy, Chapel st 
Watch House, Chas. Minns, Wainford 

Cross 
White Horse, Wm. Chalker, Staith 
White Lion, Stn. Wright, Earsham st 

BEER HOUSES. 
Brighton George, Duke's bridge 



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665 



Bruce Thomas F., Bridge street 
Burcham Robert, Bridge street 
Butcher Benj., Upper Olland street 
Palmer David, Upper Olland street 
Remblants Daniel, Beccles road 
IRONFOUNDERS, 
And Machine Makers, Sec. 
Cameron Daniel, Earsham street 
Richmond Richard, Bridge street 

IRONMONGERS. 
Balls John, Market place 
Booty Wm., Lower Olland street 
Hudson James, Olland street 
Richmond Richard, Bridge street 

JOINERS AND BUILDERS. 
Bailey Benjamin, Lower Olland st 
Botwright John Denny, (and surveyor 

& clerk to feoffees,) Upper Olland st 
Darby Robt., Elizabethan villa 
Ebbage Eras, (and brick and tile mkr. 

and surveyor,) Earsham street 
Eoulger Joseph, Upper Olland st 
Smith William, Chapel street 
Stockdale John, Market place 
LINEN & WOOLLEN DRAPERS. 
Botwright Geo. (travelling) Lower 

Olland street 
Dybell Robert, Market place 
Lait Alfred, Olland street 
Minns Charles, Olland street 
Nickless Fredk., Olland street 
Thirtle John Brown, Market place 
Woods William, Market place 

MALTSTERS. 
Butcher Robert, Trinity road 
Mann Richd. and Wm., Waivford 
MILLINERS AND DRESS 

AND STRAW HAT MAKERS. 
Adkin Martha, Market place 
Barker H., Market place 
Cattermole S. and H., Bridge street 
Chamberlin C. E., Upper Olland st 
Clarke Misses, Earsham street 
Cuddon Sarah, Plough street 
Cullingford Eliz , Lower Olland st 
Cunningham Mary, Upper Olland st 
Hill Harriet and Sarah, Olland st 
Minns Sophia, Olland street 
Richards C. E., Bridge street 
Spooner Emma, Upper Olland st 
Sutton Lucy, Olland street 

MUSIC PRECEPTORS. 
Browne John, Trinity street 
Spall Sarah, New road 

PAINTERS, PLUMBERS, 
AND GLAZIERS. 
Barcham Edward, Lower Olland st 
Brown William, Bridge street 
Cattermole Henry, Bridge street 
Cattermole Rd. (and carver,) Bridge st 
Cornaby John, Ditchingham 



Farman Elizabeth, Broad street 
Holley William, Chapel street 
Redgrave Samuel, Earsham street 
Spooner John, Upper Olland street 
Winter John, Earsham street 

SADDLERS, &c. 
Archer John, Olland street 
Branford James, Earsham street 
Cattermole Alfred, Upper Olland st 
Cuddon Martin, Lower Olland st 
Walesby Edm. and Son (Wm.,) Ear- 
sham street 

SHOPKEEPERS. 
Grocery, Flour, 8?c, Dealers. 
Atmeare James, Earsham street 
Banham William, Bull lane 
Barrell Samuel, Lower Olland st 
Buxton James, Broad street 
Cock William, Broad street 
Codlin John, Cock lane 
Cox George, Lower Olland street 
Colborn — , Olland street 
Draper Eliza, Ditchingham 
Farrants Sarah, Broad street 
Gibbs Ann, Market place 
Gosling Mary, Bridge street 
Gowing Elizabeth, Upper Olland st 
Judge Joseph, Upper Olland street 
Knights Harriet, Ditchingham 
Stockdale Noah, Olland street 
Tillev Elizabeth, Bridge street 
STONE AND MARBLE MASONS, 
Nursey Henry, Upper Olland street 
Nursey Jaeaes, Lower Olland street 

SURGEONS. 
Adams Edw. Burman. Earsham st 
Currie Chas. Wankford, Olland st 
Garneys Charles, Trinity street 

TAILORS, etc. 
Adkin Frederick, Olland street 
August Isaac, Upper Olland street 
Botwright William, Earsham street 
Masterman Jas. (& glover,) Olland st 
Riches Frederick, Lower Olland st 
Sadd John, Bridge street 
Smith James (and glover,) Market pi 
Smith Robert, Lower Olland street 
Sutton John Groome, Olland street 
Woolnou^h Thomas, Upper Olland st 

TIMBER MERCHANTS. 
Cuddon Wm , jum, Olland street 
Farrow Joseph, Lower Olland street 
TOY & FANCY WAREHOUSES, 
Cattermole Susan, Bridge street 
Reeve Jesse, Market place 

VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Archer Manning, Upper Olland st 
Crook Augustus, Broad street 
WATCH AND CLOCK MAKERS, 
Bullock Robert Henry, Olland st 



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C arley Richard, Earshani street 
Chenerv Frederick. Olland street 

"WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Dixon Wra., Lower Olland street 
Haward "William, New road 
King Michael, DitcMngham 
Rayner Henry, Lower Olland street 
Robinson Jonathan, DitcMngham 

WHITESMITHS, £c. 
Balls John, Market place 
Booty Wm., Lower Olland street 
Richmond Richard. Bridge street 
WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. 
Airey Robert, Bridge street 
Capon Charles. Earsham street 
Larke William, Broad street 
Spall Henry, New road 

OMNIBUSES, &c. 

To Norwich, Rt. Hogg's Coach daily, 

at 8j morn., from the Fleece Inn. 



To Diss daily, at 9§ morning; and to 
Beccles Station twice a day, from the 
King's Head Inn. 

CARRIERS. 

To Norwich, Halesworth. Yoxford. Sax- 
mundham, &c, Robt. Hogg's waggon 
from the Fleece daily, with goods for 
the Eastern Counties Railway and 
all parts. 

To Ipswich, <£c. Sawyer, from the 
Fleece. Mon., Wed., and Friday. 

To Beccles, Sec, Jas. Lawes, from the 
Jolly Butchers, Mon.. Wed., and Fri. 

To Diss, &c, the Eastern Union Rail- 
way Co.'s van daily, from the Queens 
Head. 

WHERRIES 

From the Staith daily to Yarmouth. 
Robt. Butcher whaiiinger. 



COVE. (NORTH) a small scattered village, 2i miles E.by S. of Beccles, 
has in its parish 200 souls, and 1242 acres of land, including 114: acres 
called Worlingham Peter or Parva> formerly a separate parish, but now 
paying tithes to Worlingham All Saints, and poor rates to this parish, which 
is in the Earl of Gosford's manor of Wade Hall, 3| miles E. of Beccles, 
formerly the seat of the Watheby family, from whom it was anciently called 
Wathes Hall. Robert de Watheby was seated here in the reign of Henry 
II. A farm house, called Wade Hall, stands near the moated site of the 
ancient hall, where numerous Roman bricks, an antique key, and other an- 
tiquities, have been found. Near it are some very ancient oak trees, one of 
which has three hollow trunks. Wm. Everett, Esq., of North Cove Hall, 
purchased that fine old mansion and a large estate here, in 1846, of the 
Cooper family. The hall is of red brick, and has a beautiful lawn and 
pleasure grounds, extending over 70 acres. A. A. Yansittart. Esq., Mr. J. 
Slipper, and a few smaller owners, have estates in the parish. The Church 
(St. Botolph) is a thatched fabric, with an embattled tower. The living is 
a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £10, and in 1535 at =£353, with that 
of Willingham annexed to it. The Lord Chancellor is patron, and the Rev. 
Richard Gooch, of Frostenden, is the incumbent. The tithes of North Cove 
were commuted about twelve years ago for £'252. ■As., and those of Willing- 
ham for J6232. 13s. Gd. per annum, besides which, the rector has a few 
acres of glebe, but no parsonage house. The Wesleyans have a small chapel 
here. The Town Land, 1a. 2r., is let for d£4. 10s. a year, which is distri- 
buted in fuel among the poor. The parish School was built by W. Everett, 
Esq. Post from Beccles. 



Everett Wm., Esq. North Cove Hall 

Andrews Benjamin, shoemaker 
Elliott Geo. dealer &vict.3 Horse Shoes 
Huke Jas. shopr. & Charles, woodman 
Patrick Thomas, plumber and glazier 



Tills Philip, parish clerk 
Wvatt Mary, shopkeeper 

FARMERS. Catlar Robert 

Bloomfield Mary Brock Oliver 
Candler Robert Newdigate, Wade Hall 



ELLOUGH, in the vale of a rivulet, 3| miles S. by E. of Beccles, is a 
small scattered village and parish, containing 133 souls, and 1673a. 3b. 32p. 
of fertile and well wooded land. H. S. Farr, Esq., is lord of the manor, 
which formerly belonged to the Playters; but part of the soil belongs to 



ELLOUGH. (WANGFORD HUNDRED.) 667 

Fredk. Barne, Esq., H. Reeve, Esq., and several smaller owners. The 
Church (All Saints) is an ancient structure, with a lofty tower ; and the 
living is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £12, and now at £300. 
The Earl of Gosford is patrqp, and the Rev. Richard Aldous Arnold, incum- 
bent. The Rectory House was enlarged about 20 years ago, and the glebe 
is 35a. 28p., of which 16a. 3r. 28p. is in Willingharn parish. The poor 
have £5 yearly, from land allotted at the enclosure. The Farmers are 
John Artiss, Charles Debenham, John Girling, Hall; Wm. Green, George 
Hamby, East House ; James Johnson, John Pleasants (parish clerk), and 
John Spurgeon. Post from Beccles. 



FLIXTON, a small village, pleasantly situated in the vale of the Wave- 
ney, 2| miles S.W. of Bungay, has in its parish 210 souls, and 1762a. of 
land. Here was a Nunnery, of the order of St. Augustine, founded by 
Margery, widow of Sir Bartholomew de Creke, about the year 1258. She 
endowed it with the manor of Flixton. It was dissolved by the second bull 
of Pope Clement VII., in 1528, and intended for Cardinal Wolsey, towards 
the endowment of his college at Ipswich ; but he declining it, Henry VIII. 
granted it to John Tasburgh, who received it from Elizabeth Wright, the 
last prioress, in 1532, when it was valued at £23. 4s. Id. per annum. Its 
site is now occupied by a farm-house, called the Abbey. Flixton Hall is 
the seat and property of Sir Robt. Shafto Adair, who was created a baronet 
in 1838. The Hall is a large and fine old mansion, in the Elizabethan 
style, in a beautiful park of nearly 400 acres, well wooded and stocked 
with deer. It was built by Sir John Tasburgh, about 1615, and is said to 
have been altered by Inigo Jones. On Dec. 13th, 1846, the back part of 
it was destroyed by fire, and most of the costly furniture and valuable pic- 
tures were consumed. It is now almost completely restored. It was for- 
merly moated, and is of red brick, with Caen stone dressings, &c. The 
south front has two wings, connected by a magnificent colonnade, entirely 
of Caen stone. Many of the apartments are extensive, and superbly fur- 
nished, and enriched with beautiful carvings. Like the house, the exten- 
sive and beautiful gardens have been re-modelled, and a large range of 
handsome outbuildings Lave been erected. The Tasburghs were long seated 
here, and from them the estate descended to the Wy burns, of whom it was 
purchased by the late Wm. Adair, Esq., grandfather of its present owner, 
Sir Robt, Shafto Adair, Bart., who is son of the late Wm. Adair, Esq., of 
Pole House, Devonshire. His eldest son and heir is Robert Alex. Shafto 
Adair, Esq., who is Lieut.-Col. of East Suffolk Militia, and was M.P. for 
Cambridge from 1847 to 1852. Sir Robert's second son, Hugh Edward 
Adair, Esq., is M.P. for Ipswich. The Church (St. Mary) is an ancient 
fabric, with a tower and three bells, but its chancel is an ivy-mantled ruin. 
The benefice is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £6, and in 1835 
at £140. Sir Robt. S. Adair, Bart., is patron, and the Rev. George Sandby 
is the incumbent, and has a neat parsonage house, built in 1843. He is 
also incumbent of the rectories of Southelmham All Saints and St. Nicholas. 
Sir R. S. Adair intends to restore the church and to rebuild the chancel, 
where, in clearing away the debris some years ago, a floor of encaustic 
tiles was found. The Vicarage House was erected in 1843, on the site of 
a house which had been built by the Tasburghs for the residence of a 
Catholic priest. The Town Lands, &c, comprise a house and 10 acres, 
let for £16, and two pieces of land, let for £7 per annum. The rents are 
applied in the service of the church, and other public uses. In 1782, Wm. 
Adair, Esq., bequeathed £300 three per cent, consols in trust, to pay the 
dividends yearly for the relief of the poor of Flixton, Homersfield, and 



668 FLIXTON. (WANGFORD HUNDRED.) 

Southelmham St. Cross. He also left £700, and as much money as should 
be found in his charity bag at the time of his death, to be invested at in- 
terest, and the yearly produce thereof to be dispensed by the successive 
owners of the testator's estate at Flixton, in touch charitable uses as they 
should think proper. The £700, with £320. 13s. 7d. found in the tes- 
ter's charity bag, was laid out in the purchase of £1704. 13s. 8d. new 
South Sea Annuities. The dividends, £51. 2s. 8d. a year, are applied in 
gratuities to proper objects of charity, in the purchase of coals sold to the 
poor at reduced prices, and in the support of schools for the education of 
poor children in the three above-named parishes. Post from Bungay. 



Sir Robert Shaflo Adair, Bart. Flixton 

Hall 
B. A. S. Sr IT. E. Adair, M.P., Esqrs. 

reside generally in London 
Sandby Rev Geo. vicar of Flixton, & 

rector of South Elmham All Saints 

& St Nicholas, Vicarage 
Bather Samuel, carpenter 
Beaumont John, vict. Buck 
Clarkson Mrs & Miss, The Grange 



Elphinstone Roderick, gardener 
Langley Wm. Taylor, butler 
Lawrence Joseph, clerk of the works 
Mitchell James, farm bailiff 
Tripp John, blacksmith 
Turnbull Jane, housekeeper 

FARMERS. 
BeaumoutYWm. || Peck Charles 
Butcher Wm. || Lord Rt. wheelwgfe 
Clark Mr. Abbey \\ Rackham James 



HOMERSFIELD, a pleasant village, on the south bank of the river 
Waveney, 5 miles W.S.W. of Bungay, and 3£ miles E.N.E. of Harleston, 
has in its parish 248 souls, and 981 acres of land. Sir Rt. S. Adair, Bart., 
is lord of the manor, owner of the soil, and patron of the rectory, valued in 
K.B. at £5 6s. 8d., and in 1835 at £360, with that of Southelmham St. 
Cross annexed to it. The Rev. Courtenay Boyle Bruce is the incumbent, 
and resides at South Elmham St. Cross. The tithes of Homersfield have 
been commuted for £143, and those of St. Cross for £220. 10s. per ann. 
The Church (St. Mary) is a small ancient fabric, with a tower and three 
bells. It was repaired, and new windows inserted, a few years ago. A 
market and fair here were granted to the Bishop of Norwich, in the second 
of Flenry III., but they were obsolete several centuries ago. The Poor's 
Land, 2£a., was given at an early period by Sir Nicholas Howe, and is let 
for £2. 10s. per annum. The small manor of Lymbom, in Homersfield, 
was held by the nuns of Bungay, and was granted by Henry VIII. to the 
Duke of Norfolk, and by Edward VI. to John and Thomas Wright. Sir 
B. Gaudy died seized of it in 1569. Post from Harleston. 



Asten John, corn miller, & Harleston 
Borritt George, shoemaker 
Calver Robert, shoemaker 
Chipperfield. Joseph, shopkeeper 
Church Saml. blacksmith & vict. Swan 
Clarke Benjamin, farmer 



Danby "Daniel, farmer 
Johnson Christopher B. corn miller 
Mitchell Mr James, The Grove 
Smith Thos. shopr. & parish clerk 
Websdale Henry, farmer 



ILKETSHALL ST. ANDREW, 4 miles S.E. of Bungay, and S.W. by 
W. of Beccles, is a parish containing 565 souls, and 1696a. of strong 
loamy land. Its houses are scattered round the margins of several greens, 
lying east of the other Ilketshalls, and being, like them, in the Duke of 
Norfolk's Liberty. This and the other three Ilketshall parishes were ancient- 
ly called UlfketeVs Hall, from one of the Saxon Earls of East Anglia, who 
had his seat here. The soil belongs to Sir Rt. S. Adair, Bart., Lady Beres- 
ford, and the Day, Garden, Clarke, Farr, and other families. The Church 
(St. Andrew) is an ancient structure, on a commanding eminence. It is 
of flint and stone, and its tower is circular at the base, and octangular at 
the top. The benefice is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £5. 



ILKETSHALL ST. ANDKEW. 



669 



13s. 4d., and in 1835 at £139. It has 28a. of glebe, and a small parsonage, 
and is in the patronage of the Trustees of Bungay Grammar School, (see 
page 659,) and incumbency of the Eev. John Gilbert, M.A., who resides at 
Chedgrave. The Rev. Fredk. Barkway, of Bungay, is the curate. The 
rectorial tithes belong to the Scott family, and several of the principal 
landowners ; and have been commuted for £265, and the vicarial tithes for 
£130 per annum. The Weslayans have a small chapel here, of flint and. 
white brick, erected in 1840. The Town Estate comprises a double cot- 
tage, and 2a. of land, let for £11. 10s. a year ; and 7a. called Bedishani 
Close, let for £10 a year. One half of the rents is applied to the reparation 
of the church, and the remainder in defraying other public expenses of the 
parish. Tost from Beccles. 



Green Daniel, corn miller 

Green John, vict. Hare and Hounds 

Hambling Jeremiah, blacksmith 

Hancey Eobert, blacksmith 

Howlett Benjamin, wheelwright 

Hunting Charles, veterinary surgeon 

Kemp Wm. parish clerk 

Sayer Meshech, tailor 

Stannard George, bricklayer 

Turrell Henry, carpenter 

Wyatt Wm. beerhouse 



FARBEEBS. 

Baldry John 
Button Ephraim 
Calver James 
Clarke Jas. South 
Edwards James 
Hutton George 
Kerrison Charles 
Naunton Wm. 
Nurse James 
Phillip po James 
Salter John 



Sampson Robert 
Spurgeon J. 
Tooke Bobert 
Watson Job 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Kemp James 
Lowe Daniel 
Oldring John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Brighton Bobert 
Dyer Bobert 



ILKETSHALL ST. JOHN, 2 miles S. by E. of Bungay, is the smallest 
parish among the four Ilketshalls, having only 72 souls, and 743 acres of 
land, five scattered farm houses, and three cottages. The Bev. J. and Mrs. 
Day, and the Bev. S. M. Westhorpe, own most of the parish. Here is a 
conical hill, about 90 yards in circuit, and encompassed by a moat and 
breastwork, and strengthened by an outer ditch on the south side. The 
Church (St. John) is a small stuccoed edifice, covered with blue slate, and 
standing on a bold eminence. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £S. 13s. 4d., 
and in 1835 at £311, is in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency 
of the Bev. Charles James Hutton, A.B., who has a pleasant residence, and 
about 41a. of glebe. The tithes have been commuted for a yearly rent of 
£230, besides which the rector has about £50 a year from the tithes of the 
other three Ilketshalls. The Farmers are, Bichard Day French, Esq., 
Hall; Bichard Bloomfield ; John Chilvers, Manor House ; Bobt. Godbold, 
Isaac Hall, and Wm. Smith. John Gray, shoemaker. Toll-bar. Post 
from Bungay* 



ILKETSHALL ST. LAWRENCE, comprises several scattered houses 
near the church, on the Halesworth road, 3 miles S.S.E. of Bungay, and the 
hamlet of St. Lawrence Green, 1£ mile S. of the church. Its parish con- 
tains 203 souls, and 1073 acres of land. It is mostly in Sir W. W. Dalling's 
manor of Bardolph, (see page 656,) but the soil belongs to the Bev. J. 
Day, Sir E. C. Kerrison, Col. Bence, Lady Beresford,- Sir B. S. Adair, the 
Bev. B. A. Arnold, and a few smaller owners. The Church (St. Lawrence) 
is a small structure, and the benefice is a perpetual curacy, valued in 1835 
at £47. The Bev. A. B. Campbell is patron, and the Bev. James Cutting 
Safford, of Mettingharn, is the incumbent. It was appropriated to the nuns 
of Bungay, and the great tithes now belong to the Bev. Jeremy Day. Part 
of a large ancient Hall is divided into small tenements, and the remainder 
was taken down many years ago. Post from Bungay. 



670 



ILKETSHALL ST, LAWRENCE. 



Eedingfield James, parish clerk 
Howard Wm. wheelwright 
Morris James, joiner 
Oldring John, shopr, & corn miller 
Woolnough Robert, blacksmith & vict. 
Royal Oak, Post-Office 



FARMERS. 
Beckett Robert || Knights Richard 
Bloomfield Robert || Manning Thos. 
Ellis Edward || Newham Wm. 
Gooch Sarah || Newham Wm. jun 
Godbold George || Youngman John 
Warner Wm. The Grove 



ILKETSHALL ST. MARGARET, 4 miles S. by E. of Bungay, is a 
straggling village and parish, containing 306 aouls, and 2090a. 2r. 16p. of 
land. Sir Robert S, Adair is lord of the manor, but a great part of the 
soil belongs to Lady Beresford, Mr. J. G. Chaston, and several smaller 
owners. The Church is a small structure, with a tower and three bells, 
and the living is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £5. 13s. 9d., and 
in 1835 at £131. The Rev. Geo. Lewis Allsopp is the incumbent, and the 
Duke of Norfolk patron. The Church has recently been re -fitted with open 
benches, and the east window filled with stained glass. The glebe is .15 
acres. The tithes have been commuted for yearly rent-charges of £528 to 
Mrs. Patteson, the impropriator ; £121 to the vicar ; and £15 to the rector 
of Ilketshall St. John. The Town Estate, consisting of two tenements 
and 24a. of land, let for £28 a year, has been vested from an early period 
for the reparation of the Church, and other public uses. The poor have 
about £5 yearly, left by Henry Smith, in 1626, out of an estate at Tolles- 
hunt-Darcy, in Essex. A limited number of the tenants of the four 
parishes of Ilketshall have the privilege of pasturing a certain number of 
cattle on Stow Fen. (See page 656.) Post pom Bungay. 



Allsopp Rev George Lewis, vicar 
Baldry John, blacksmith 
Clutton Oliver, shopkeeper 

Gooch , parish clerk and sexton 

Ling Charlotte, schoolmistress 
Martin Stephen, shoemaker and shop- 
keeper 
Martin Thomas, shopkeeper 
Masterson Wm. tailor 
Smith Samuel, vict. Greyhound 



FARMERS. 



Archer Peter 
Banks Wm. 
Banyard James 
Carley James 
Codling Henry 
Gibson James 
Harvey Jas. Taylor 
Holden Samuel 
Hunton John 



Jex Robert 
King Henry 
Ling Henry 
Meddle John 
Oldring Samuel 
Owles John 
Read John 
Smith Wm. 
Wright John 



METTINGHAM, a pleasant village on the southern acclivity of the vale 
of the Waveney, 2 miles E. of Bungay, and 4 miles W, of Beccles, has in 
its parish 382 "souls, and 1386a. 2b" 12p. of fertile land. About half a 
mile south of the church are the picturesque ruins of METTINGHAM 
CASTLE, which was of considerable extent and strength, and was 
built by John de Norwich, who, in the 17th of Edward III., obtained per- 
mission to convert his house here into a castle ; in which he also founded 
a COLLEGE, to which he had the king's license to translate the priests 
from his College at Raveningham. This College was dedicated to God and 
the Blessed Virgin, and consisted of a master and thirteen chaplains or 
fellows, who were endowed with the Castle for their residence, and with the 
manors of Mettingham, Bungay Soke, and several others in Suffolk and 
Norfolk. They educated and maintained a number of boys at the annual 
charge of £28. Richard Shelton, the master, and nine fellows subscribed 
to the King's supremacy in 1535, but were allowed to remain till 1542, 
■when their revenues were valued at £202. 7s* 5£d. per annum, and their 
possessions were granted to Sir Anthony Denny. The founder died in 
1363, and left his estates to his grandson, whose cousin, Catherine de 



METTINGHAM. (WANGFORD HUNDRED.) 671 

Brews, afterwards inherited them, but having assumed the veil, her estates 
devolved to the Ufford family. After the dissolution of the College, Metting- 
ham was purchased by the Buxton family, who sold it about 1660 to the 
Bacons, of whom it was purchased by the Hunts. An heiress of the latter 
carried it in marriage to John SafTord, Esq., of Norwich. Part of the 
parish of Mettingham now belongs to various owners, and the remainder 
to the Rev. J. C. SafTord, who is lord of the manor, impropriator of the 
rectory, and patron and incumbent of the vicarage, and has a neat modern 
mansion within the area of the castle ruins, pleasantly seated on a well- 
wooded lawn. From the remains of its shattered walls, the castle appears 
to have been an extensive quadrangular structure, of which the massive 
lofty gate-house is still tolerably entire. The Church (All Saints) is an 
ancient fabric with a round tower, and stands on an eminence overlooking 
the vale of the Waveney. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in 
KB. at £6. 17s. 3£d., and now at £200. The Town Estate is partly in 
Shipmeadow parish, and comprises a cottage, blacksmith's shop, 36a. of 
land, and two cattle-gates in Stow Fen. It is under the management of 
feoffees chosen by the parishioners, and has been vested from an early 
period for the payment of public charges of the parish, and the support of 
the poor. It is let for about £100 a year, of which a large portion is ap- 
plied in the service of the church, and about £20 is distributed in coals 
among poor families. 

FARMERS (* are Owners.) 
Bedingfield Cornls. || *Durrant SamL 
Bedingfield James || D arrant John 
Bezant Esther [] * Woods Mary 
*Clutton Sarah [] Hammond James 
*Cullum Thomas || Strange George 
* Draper George *Tallent Ann J. 
*Tallant John Packard 



Cock Chas. shoemkr. & parish clerk 
Dalliston Blyth, land agent and valuer 
Draper Charles, wheelwright, joiner, 

shopkeeper, and vict. Fox Inn 
SafTord Rev James Cutting, vicar, 

Mettingham Castle 
"VYarren Sidney, blacksmith 
Post from Bungay 



REDISHAM, (GREAT) U miles S. by W. of Beccles, and 6 miles 
S.E. of Bungay, has in its parish 152 souls, and 733a. 2r. 21p. of land, 
having a strong loamy soil, and a number of scattered houses. John 
Garden, Esq., is lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to 
the Tacon, Read, and other families. The copyholds are subject to arbi- 
trary fines. The manor was anciently called Up-Redisham, and was held 
at the Conquest by Robert de Cercun, and afterwards by the Redisham, 
Norwich, and Brews families. One of the latter settled it on Mettingham 
College. The Church (St. Peter) is a small ancient structure, with a 
wooden belfry, and a fine Norman door. The Rev. J. C. SafTord is now 
impropriator and patron, and receives a yearly rent of £100 in lieu of 
tithes from the land which does not belong to him. The perpetual curacy, 
valued at only £50, is in the incumbency of the Rev. Alexander Burroughes 
Campbell, who does not reside here. The parish has £9. 6s. 8d. a year 
for the support of a Sunday School, from Leman's Charity, as noticed with 
Cratfield. Post from Beccles. 



Buxton John, parish clerk 
Gymer Thomas, blacksmith 
Mills Edward, vict, Wig 



FARMERS. ; Mills John 
Lay Westwood Moore Collins 
Mayhew Michael || Westrup Robert 



RINGSFIELD parish has its church and a few farm houses in a se- 
cluded valley, 2£ miles S.S.W. of Beccles, and 5 miles E. by S, of Bungay, 
and a larger assemblage of cottages and houses at the Cross roads, about 
a mile further to the south, overlooking the vale of another rivulet, near 



672 



RINGSFIELD. (WANGFORD HUNDRED.) 



the small hamlet of LITTLE REDISHAM, which was anciently a sepa- 
rate parish, but has long been consolidated with Ringsfield, though there 
are still some remains of its church, in a field, fenced round with wooden 
palisades. Little Redisham Hall, the pleasant seat of John Garden, Esq., 
Is amodern mansion, erected in 1823, on a gentle acclivity, 4 miles S.S.W. 
of Beccles, and a quarter of a mile south of the ruins of the church. The 
parish of Ringsfield, including this hamlet, comprises 286 inhabitants, 
and 1660 acres of land. John Garden, Esq., is lord of the manor, and 
purchased Little Redisham of the late Robert Sparrow, Esq. Col. Bence, 
N. Micklethwaite, Esq., and a few smaller owners have estates in the parish. 
Ringsfield Church (All Saints) is an ancient thatched structure, and con- 
tains several monuments. The Rev. Robert Shelford, who died rector here 
in 1599, published a volume of quaint sermons, and disfigured the church 
with many unmeaning fresco paintings and an incongruous screen. Out- 
side the south wall, under a rude canopy, with the figure of a mermaid, is 
a brass plate in memory of Nicholas Garneys and his wife. The benefice 
is a rectory, with that of Little Redisham annexed to it, valued in K.B. at 
£12, and now at £550. E. Staples, Esq , is patron, and the Rev. Robert 
Whiting, M.A., is the incumbent, and has a good Rectory House, about 
40a. of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of £480 in lieu of tithes. A Na- 
tional School is about to be erected. The Independents have a small 
Chapel here. Post from Beccles. 



Marked * are at the Cross Roads. 
Garden John, Esq., Little Redisham 

Hall 
*Battram Robert, hurdle maker, and 

vict. Horse Shoes 
*Bezant James, blacksmith 
Bird Robert, shopkeeper 
*Calver Mauniug, bricklayer 
Kerrison Susan, dressmaker, &c. 
*Mobbs Robert, carpenter 



*Norman Wm. wheelwright 
*Pratt Philip, boot and shoemaker 
Whiting Rev Robert, M.A., Rectory 
Woolnough James, parish clerk 

FARMERS. [| Johnson Charles 
Banyard James || Downe Mr. 
Battram Wm. |j Gower James 
Chandler John [| Matthews Robert 
Ebbs Wm. || Wayling John Osborn 
Maplestone John, and land agent 



SHADINGFIELD, a pleasant village, with several neat houses, on the 
turnpike, 4^ miles S. of Beccles, 4 miles N. by W. of Wangford, and 6 
miles N.E. by N. of Halesworth, has in its parish 214 souls, and 1369a. 
2r. 9p. of land John Garden, Esq., is lord of the manor, which he pur- 
chased of the late Robert Sparrow, Esq. ; but a great part of the soil be- 
longs to the Earl of Stradbroke, and the Scott, Leman, Pierson, Farr, 
Barne, Atkinson, and a few other families. Shadingfield Hall, a large 
white brick mansion, with well-wooded grounds, is the seat of the Rev. C. 
T. Scott, and was built in 1814, in lieu of the old hall, which was long the 
residence of the Cud don family, who sold the estate in the latter part of 
last century. The Church (St. John) has a lofty tower, and near it is a 
small parsonage house, and 71 acres of glebe. A new pulpit was erected, 
and the east window restored, in 1839. The benefice is a discharged rec- 
tory, valued in K.B. at £'12, and now having a yearly rent-charge of £305, 
in lieu of tithes. Lord Braybrook is patron, and the Rev. Charles Thomas 
Scott, incumbent. Part of the village is in Willingham parish. In ancient 
deeds it is called Scadenejield and Chadensfield. In 1257, the Bocland 
family obtained a grant for a fair and free warren here. Post from 
Wangford. 



Brady Benjamin, blacksmith 
Chapman Edward, carpenter 
Garrett Thomas, policeman 



Lewis Wm., woodman, and hoop and 

hurdle maker. Post Office 
Peck John, parish clerk 



SHADINGFIELD. (WANGFORD HUND.) 673 



Pierson Charles, corn miller 
Pierson John Bliss, gentleman 
Scott Rev Charles Thos , rector, Hall 
Suggate J. boot and shoe maker 
FARMERS. || Last John 
Balls Stephen [J Warnes Charles 



Carman Allington, Hall Farm 

Johnson Benjamin, While House 

Reade Henry, and land agent 

Sadd Thomas, West-end House 

Scarff Wm., South House 

Carriers pass to Beccles, Halesworth, Sec. 



SHIPMEADOW, a scattered village in the vale of the river Waveney, 8 
miles E. of Bungay and W. of Beocles, has in its parish about 820 acres of 
land, and had 515 inhabitants in 1851, including 375 inmates in. 
Wangford Union Workhouse, which is situated here, as noticed at page 640. 
Mrs. A. M. Suckling is lady of the manor, but part of the soil belongs to 
^several smaller proprietors. The copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines. 
The Hall> a small neat house, is the seat and property of the Misses 
Draper. The Church (St. Bartholomew,) stands on an eminence overlook- 
ing the vale, and has a thatched nave and short tower. It was restored and 
newly seated with oak benches in 1851, when an unsightly gallery was 
xemoved ; and a commodious Rectory House was erected. The living is 
a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £10, and in J 835 at £214. Mrs. 
Suckling is the patroness, and the Rev. Maurice Sheldon Suckling, is the 
incumbent. Here are about 28 acres of glebe. The tithes were commuted 
in 1839 for a yearly rent charge of £228. The poor have a yearly rent 
oharge of 10s., left by Francis Wormall, in 1709. 

Norfolk and Suffolk Female Penitentiary was established in. 
1854, and at present occupies a farm house at Shipmeadow. This house 
of mercy has for its object the reception and protection of women who have 
led unchaste lives, with a view to their reformation. Its internal manage- 
ment is under the care of five self-devoted women, who may be properly 
styled Protestant Sisters of Mercy. They have at present under their care 
18 penitents, and it is hoped that the funds of the institution will soon be 
sufficient to enable the council of management to purchase or rent a larger 
and more suitable house. Among its supporters are many of the nobility, 
clergy, and gentry of both counties. John Margiston, Esq., is the treasurer ; 
the Rev. M. S. Suckling, chaplain; and the Rev. Edward A. Holmes, 
secretary. 



SHIPMEADOW DIRECTORY. 

Bullen Thomas, shopkeeper 
Cullum Charles, shopkeeper, Post office 
Draper Misses, Shipmeadow Hall 
Foreman Hy. porter & Eliz. schoolrs. 
Hammond Chas. master, & Mrs matron 
of Wangford Union Workhouse 



Howlett John, carpenter 

Suckling Rev. Maurice Sheldon, -Recto?-?/ 

Warren Sidney, blacksmith 

FARMERS. || Bullen Thomas 
Haughton George || Marshall Wm. 
Johnson Samuel || Walpole Wm. 
Post //-cm Beccles 
Carriers pass to Bungay and Beccles. 



SOTTERLEY parish, 4 miles N. of Wangford, 4J miles S.S.E. of Beccles, 
and 7 miles N.E. of Halesworth, has its houses mostly scattered round the 
margin of an extensive park, and contains 227 souls, and 1593a. 3r. 5p. of 
land. The Earl of Gosford and T. C. Scott, Esq., each own a farm here, 
and all the rest belongs, with the manor, to Frederick Barne, Esq., of Sot- 
terley Hall, a large and handsome mansion, in a richly wooded and 
finely undulated Park, comprising 489a. 1r. It has recently been em- 
bellished with an elegant portico of the Corinthian order, and was formerly 
the seat of the Playters, who held the manor as early as the reign of 
ij! Edward II., and one of whom was created a baronet in 1623, but the title 
ids now extinct. In 1744 they sold the estate to the Barne family, who 

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674 SOTTERLEY. (WANGFORD HUND.) 

"built the present ball on the site of the old one. The Church (St. Mar- 
garet) stands in the park, near the hall, embowered in trees. It has a 
lofty embattled tower, and contains several ancient monuments of the Playter 
family, one of which has effigies of Sir Thomas Playter and his two wives, 
at prayer; with figures of their 22 children, in basso-relievo. The living is 
a discharged rectory, valued in X.B. at £'10, and now having a good resi- 
dence, about 23 acres of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of £'29 o, awarded 
in 1840 in lieu of tithes. Frederick Barne, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. 
Sayer Stone Warmoll, B.A., ineambent. In 1616, Thomas Jolly e left a 
yearly rent charge of £l. 16s. out of the manor of Benacre, for the poor of 
Sotterley, who have also an allotment of 5a., awarded at the enclosure, and 
now let for £9 a year. Two tenements, called the Town Hov.se, are occu- 
pied rent-free by poor families. The School was built in 1810, at the 
expense of the late rector. Post from Wangford. 

Benns Win. corn miller 



Barne Frederick, Esq., Sotterley Hall, 

(a?id Dunwich) 
Barne Mrs Mary, Sotterley Hall 
Bowater Lieut. General Sir Edward, 
K.C.H. and Kt., groom-in- waiting-in- 
ordinary to her Majesty, Sotterley 
Hall. (Married a daughter of the late 
Col. Barne, in 1839, Entered the 
army in 1804, and was at Waterloo.) 



Briggs Chester, vict., Falcon 
Briggs Frederick, blacksmith 
Warmoll Rev Sayer Stone. B. A., Rectory 
West James, shopkeeper 

FARMERS. Mann My. & Co. 
Burgess Wm. || Briggs Robinson 
Doddington James, parish clerk 
Hicks Wm.. Hall Farm 



SOUTHELMHAM All Saints and Saint Nicholas are two united 
parishes, 5 miles S. by W. of Bungay, the former containing 1150a., 232 
inhabitants, and a village scattered near a green of 52a.; aud the latter 
having 450 acres, 94 inhabitants, and nineteen scattered houses. Sir R. S. 
Adair is lord of the manor, but part of the soil belongs to Dr. Crowfoot. 
Mr. G.Durrant, and several smaller proprietors. St. Nicholas' 1 Church was 
in ruins more than two centuries ago, but a small portion of one of its walls 
was standing a few years since. All Saints Church is an ancient structure, 
with a round tower and leaded roof. They are both discharged rectories, 
and valued in K.B., the former at £6, and the latter at JS8, but they have 
long been consolidated, and have now about 32 acres of glebe, and a yearly 
rent charge of £'274 in lieu of tithes. Sir Robert S. Adair is patron, and 
the Rev. George Sandby, of Flixton, is the incumbent. The two parishes 
have two cottages and 1a. 2b. of land, let for £9. lis. 6d. a year, and vested 
with the churchwardens for the reparation of the church. The Deanery 
of Southelmham comprises the seven adjoining parishes of Southelmham^ 
and the two parishes of Flixton and Homersfield, and was granted by Sige- 
oert King of the East Angles, to Felix, the first Bishop of Dunwich. (See 
p. 302.) The seat of the Bishops was afterwards removed to Tbetford, and 
finally to Norwich. They were lords of all the manors in this deanery, 
which was called South Elmham, in contradistinction to North Elmham, 
in Norfolk. Sir R. S. Adair is now lord of all the manors in this deanery, 
which were formerly held by the Tasburgh, Wyborne, and other families. 
The Trust Estates belonging jointly to the nine parishes of Soutbelmham 
Deanery, have been vested from an early period in trust, that the rents and 
profits should be applied for payment of the leet fee, or common fine of the 
leet of the manor of Southelmham, (which comprises the nine parishes,) and 
for repairing the highways, bridges, &c, in the seven Southelmhams. The 
estates consist of a farm of 27a. in Aldborough and Wortwell, Norfolk, let 
for £40 a year; and 18 acres of land in Flixton and Southelmham St. Mar- 
garet, let for £20 a year. Since 1814, the trustees have, out of these rents, 
divided £11. lis. yearly amongst the poor of the nine parishes. The Bishot>? 



SOUTHELMHAM PAEISHES. 



675 



of Norwich had anciently a Palace at Southelmham, as well as Northelmham, 
in Norfolk, and other places- In the 12th and 13th century, they are said 
to have occasionally resided here in great splendour, especially Bishop 
Suffield, who made a valuation of all the ecclesiastical revenues in the king- 
dom, for Pope Innocent, and died in 1258. The Wesley ans bave a small 
chapel here. 



Marked + are in St. Nicholas', and the 
others in Southelmham All Saints. 

Bailey John, wheelwright 

Downing Bev Samuel Penrose, incum- 
bent of Bumburgh and Southelm- 
ham St Michael 

Fisher Charlotte, boarding school 

+ Hadingham Nicholas, blacksmith 

Le Grice John, corn miller 

f Smith Thomas, bricklayer 

Strange James, blacksmith and vict., 
White Lion 



Thurston Bobert, shopkeeper 

FABMEBS. 
Blackburn John |l Le Grice John 
Blackburn Bachel || fLoan John 
Chambers Edmund jj Chambers Chas. 
-f-Danby James || MeenJohn 
Greenard James jj -t-Page Peter 
tMatthews Hannah, Executors of 
-i-Xewson Wm., Executors of 
Sallows John j' Whealey J. 3 Exrs. of 
Smith John, veterinary surgeon 
Post from Bungay. 



SOUTHELMHAM ST. CBOSS, or St. George, alias SANCROFT, is a 
pleasant scattered village, on an acclivity on the south side of the vale of 
the Waveney, 5 miles S.W. by S. of Bungay, and 4 miles E. of Harleston. 
Its parish contains 253 souls, and 1300a. 2r. 7p. of land. Sir B. S. Adair 
is lord of the manor, and owner of most of the soil. The manorial rights 
of all the Southelmharns were formerly held by the Bishops of Norwich; 
and the ancient family of Sancroft had an estate here of their own name, 
from which this parish is sometimes called Sancroft. The Church is a small 
ancient structure, with a tower and four bells, and was repaired, slated, and 
renewed in 1841, when a new gallery was erected, and 107 additional 
sittings provided, and appropriated to the free use of the poor. The organ was 
presented in the same year by Mrs. Mary Chaston. The rectory, valued in 
K.B. at <£10, is consolidated with that of Homersfield. (See page 668.) 
The tithes of the two parishes have been commuted for £363. 10s. per 
annum, and the incumbent has here 25a. of glebe, and a good Rectory 
House, built in 1834, at the cost of about ^1000. Out of the tithe rent of 
this parish (£220. 8s. 4d.,) the Dean and Chapter of Norwich have £23. 
6s. 8d. Post from Bungay. 



Bruce Bev. Courtenay Boyle, B.A. rec- 
tor of Homersfield and South Elm- 
ham St. Cross & St. James, Rectory 

Brown George, shoemaker 

Chenery Wm. wheelwright 

Cox John, corn miller 

Fountain Henry, shopkeeper & smith 



Sillett James, parish clerk 

Smith John, vict., Fox and Hounds 

FABMEBS. || Bell Bobert 
Hart Samuel, College Farm 
Newson Bobert jj Squire Wm. 
Sadd Job || Shearing Wm. surveyor 
Skinner James |j Squire Noah 



SOUTHELMHAM ST. JAMES, a straggling village, 6 miles N.W. by 
W. of Halesworth, and 7 miles S. by W. of Bungay, has in his parish 269 
souls, and 1301a. 3r. 10p. of land, partof which, on the south side of the 
parish, is called St. James's Park, and was anciently a demesne of the 
Bishops of Norwich, who occasionally resided here in the 12th and 13 th 
centuries. Sir B. S. Adair, Bart. , is lord of the manor, but part of the soil be- 
longs toN.Micklethwaite, Esq., the Bev. J. Lewis, and a few smaller owners. 
Greshaw green was enclosed in 1853-4. The Church is an ancient structure, 
with a tower and four bells, and the benefiee is a discharged rectory, valued 

2f2 



676 SOUTHELMHAM ST. JAMES* 

in K.B. at £8, and now having a yearly rent charge of £'384. 10s. in lieu of 
tithes. Sir R. S. Adair, is patron, and the Rev. Courtenay Boyle Bruce, B.A., 
of South Elmham St. Cross, is the incumbent. The Town Estate, consist- 
ing of a house, outbuildings, and 15a. of land, let for ,£''20 per annum, was 
left by Catherine Skaiffe, for the repairs of the church and superstitious 
uses; but after the Reformation it was vested in trust to apply the rents so 
far as necessary in repairing the church, and to pay one half of the over- 
plus towards easing thj poor rates, and apply the other half in such charit- 
able nses as the trustees should think fit. The Town House, formerly the 
poorhouse, is let on lease for £2. 10s. a year, which is applied with the 
Tent of the Town Estate. Post from Bungay. 



Buxton John, blacksmith 
Crickmer Joseph, machine owner 
Crodfer John, carpenter 
Emery Peter, vict., White Horse 
Page George, boot and shoe maker 
FARMERS. II Buckingham James 



Cunningham Alfred || Fairhead Mr. 
Chambers James || Lines James 
Chambers Wm. |] More Richard 
Hunting Daniel |j Nunn Robert 
Page Wm. and parish clerk 
Thurston Wm. and farrier 



SOUTHELMHAM ST. MARGARET, 5 miles S.S.W. of Bungay, is a 
Tillage and parish, containing 182 souls, and 710 acres of land, now rated 
at the annual value of £1008. 5s. Part of it belongs to several small pro- 
prietors, and the remainder to Sir R. S. Adair, the lord of the manor, and 
patron of the Church, which was thoroughly repaired in 1838, and is an 
ancient structure, with a tower and five bells. The west gallery and the 
organ were erected in 1842. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in 
K.B. at £6. 2s. lid., and consolidated with that of Southelmham St. Peter, 
in the incumbency of the Rev. Edward Adolphus Holmes, M.A. The tithes 
of this parish have been commuted for £136, and those of St. Peter's, for 
JB145 per annum, exclusive of the yearly payment of £2. 2s. to the Dean 
and Chapter of Norwich, £]. 8s. to Sir Robert S. Adair, and 10s. 6d. to 
Xord Berners. The Rectory House was built in 1834, and is a neat man- 
sion with pleasant grounds. The Town Estate comprises a house and. 
about 50a. of land, let for £'65 a year. It is partly freehold and partly 
copyhold, and has been vested in feoffees from an early period, in trust to 
apply the rents in discharging the fifteenths, tenths, taxes, and such other 
common charges of the parishioners, as the feoffees should think necessary. 
The income is mostly applied in the service of the church, and the remainder 
is added to the poor rates. A cottage, called the Town House, and a small 
piece of land adjoining, were appropriated at an early period for the re- 
paration of the highways. They are let for 30s. a year, which is added to 
the rent of the Town Estate. 



Holmes Rev. Edward Adolphus, M.A , 
and F.L.S., rector and rural dean, 
Rectory 

Panby John, boot and shoe maker 

Eawes James, joiner and parish clerk, 
Post office 

"Last Miss Eliza || Lushey Geo. shoernr. 



FARMERS. ( * are Owners.) 
Aldrich Elijah || Howlett Mrs 
*Danby Isaac || Howlett Benjamin 
*Durrant George, Esq., Hall 
*Freeston Anthony George, Esq., Elm 

Cottage 
Larter Lewis [| Moore Philip 



Post from Bungay, I Moore Joshua || Moore John Last 

SOUTHELMHAM ST. MICHAEL, a small village and parish, 4 miles 
3. of Bungay, contains 150 souls, and 816a. of laud. The Earl of Brittany 
and Richmond had lands here at the domesday survey. The Church is a 
small ancient structure, with a tower and one bell. The benefice is a 
vicarage, valued in K.B. at j£4. 7s. lid., and now at £2130, consolidated 
with the perpetual curacy of Rumburgh, in the patronage of Geo. Durrant, 



SOUTHELMHAM ST. MICHAEL. 



677 



Esq., and incumbency of the Eev. Samuel Penrose Downing, of South 
Elmham, All Saints. Sir K. S. Adair is lord of the manor, but part of the 
soil belongs to W. Long, Esq., Dr. Cox, and a few smaller owners. The 
church and poor have had, from an early period, 2a. In. of land, now let 
for about .£3 per annum. 



Hammont Eobt., vict., Jolly Farmers. 
Hunt Cornelius, shopkeeper 
King Saml., blacksmith & par. clerk 
Mann Eobert, boot & shoemaker 
Stenton Wm., corn miller 



FARMERS. 
Blackburn Geo. j] Fisher Wm. 
Buck James (| Hammont Robert 
Carley James || Owles Job 
Post from Bungay. 



SOUTHELMHAM ST. PETER, a small parish, on an eminence, B 
miles S. of Bungay, contains only 97 souls, and 578 acres of land. The 
Hall is an ancient building, occupied by a farmer. Sir Robert S. Adair is 
lord of the manor, owner of the greater part of the soil, and patron of the 
Church, a small structure with a tower and three bells. The rectory, 
valued in K.B. at £8, is consolidated with that of Southelmham St. Mar- 
garet, in the incumbency of the Rev. E. A. Holmes, M.A., who has here 
25a. of glebe. H. N. Freeston, Esq., and a few smaller owners, have land 
here. The poor parishioners have about £9. 10s. yearly from Henry 
Smith's Charity estate at Tolleshunt-Darcy, in Essex. Post from Bungay* 
Freeston Horatio Nelson, Esq. FARMERS. || Barber James 



Howarth James, parish clerk 
Knights Rt., shopkeeper & vict., Hawk 



Berry Wm, [| Durrant Mary 
Cunningham Robt. !| Flaxman J. 



"WESTON, a parish of scattered houses, mostly in the vale of a 
rivulet, 2f miles S. of Beccles, contains 243 souls, and 1550a. 2r. 
28p. of strong loamy land. Weston Hall, a small structure, in the 
Elizabethan style, belongs to Frederick Barne, Esq., and is occupied 
by a farmer; hut Walpole Hall is the ancient manor-house, and 
belongs to the Bev. Thomas Fair, the lord of the manor, which is 
mostly freehold. The Earl of Gosford owns a farm here. Weston 
Hall is only a portion of the original mansion, and near it is a 
small curious brick building, said to have been erected as a summer 
house, by one of the Bede family, in the reign of Charles II. The 
Church (St. Peter) is a small thatched building with a tower and 
two bells. It was built in the 14th century, and was newly slated 
in 1848, and repaired and newly seated with oaken benches in 1852. 
The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K B. at ^£13. 6s. 8d.^ 
and now at <£*260. The Lord Chancellor is patron, and the Bev. 
John Mitford, of Benhall, is the incumbent. Post from Beccles. 

Butcber Bev — , curate 

Edwards Saml., vict., Duke of Marlbro' 

Fisk George, gamekeeper 

Newson Wm., corn miller 

Sarbetb Jobn, parish clerk 

FARMERS. ;| Debenham Mr. 
Andrews John || Blowers Chas., bailiff 



Ayres Jas. & Phillis, Church farm 
Flaxman Robert, Walpole Hall 
Foulsbam Jpb. Simpson, New House- 
Holland James, Weston Hall 
Howlett Samuel || Nixon Robert 
King George || Pierson Robert 
Read Maria, Harmony Hall 



WILLINGHAM, a small village 4 miles S. of Beccles and 5 
miles N. by W. of Wangford, has in its parish 160 souls, and 1023a, 
of land, fertile and well-wooded. Frederick Barne, Esq., owns the 



678 WILLINGHAM. (WANGFORD HUNDRED,) 

greater part, and the remainder belongs chiefly to the Earl of Gos- 
ford and a few smaller freeholders. The eastern side of Shading- 
field village is in this parish. The Church (St. Mary) went to ruins 
more than two centuries ago, and only a small part of its west wall 
now remains. The rectory, valued in K.B. at <£6. 13s. 4d., is con- 
solidated with that of North Cove, and the church there serves 
both parishes, though distant three miles N.N.E. of Willingham. 

Gibson Corals., farmer, Hall I Mendham David, farmer 

Goodwin Jermh. Sutton, shopkeeper I Mole Matthew, wheelwright 
and vict., Fox I Pleasants Thos., blacksmith 

Hunt Wm., farmer Post from Wangford 



WORLINGHAM, a pleasaut scattered village, on the south side of the 
vale of the Waveney, from 1\ to 2 miles S.E. of Beccles, has in its parish 
1631 acres of land, and 174 inhabitants ; exclusive of Worlingham Parva, 
or St. Pete?', a decayed parish, containing neither house nor church, and 
having only 114 acres of land, which pays tithes to Worlingham, and poor 
rates, &c, to North Cove, and belongs to Mrs. Bloomfield. The Bight 
Hon. Archibald Acheson, EARL OF GOSFORD, is lord of the manor, and 
owner of nearly all the parish of Worlingham. His grandfather, of the 
same name, was created Earl of Gosford and Viscount Acheson, in Ireland, 
in 1806, and died in 1807, when he was succeeded by his eldest son, the 
late Earl, who, in 1835, was raised to a peerage of the United Kingdom by 
the title of Bakon Woklingham, of Worlingham, in the county of Suffolk; 
having derived this and other estates, by marrying the daughter and heiress 
of the late Robert Sparrow, Esq., of Worlingham Hall, a large mansion, 
in an extensive and well-wooded park, formerly a seat of the Feltons, 
Playters, and Robinsons, the latter of whom sold it to the Sparrows, about 
the middle of last century. The Hall has been unoccupied about 7 years, 
and the estate is offered for sale. The late Earl of Gosford was Lord- 
Lieutenant of the county of Armagh, and resided generally at Gosford 
Castle, Ireland. He died in 1849, when he was succeeded by the present 
Earl of Gosford, who was raised to a peerage of the United Kingdom in 
1847, by the title of Bakon Acheson, so that he sat in the House of Lords 
2 years before his father's death. He resides at Gosford Castle, Ireland. The 
Church (All Saints) is a neat structure, with a lofty tower, and contains an 
elegant monument by Chan trey, in memory of the late General Sparrow and 
his son. The benefice is a rectory, with Worlingham Parva annexed to it, 
and is valued in K.B. at <£12. It has a neat Rectory House, and 47 acres 
of glebe ; and the tithes have been commuted for yearly rent- charges, viz., 
£308 for Worlingham, and £32 for Worlingham Parva, which had a church 
dedicated to St. Peter, but no vestiges of it are now extant. The Lord 
Chancellor is patron, and the Rev. Dd. Hillcoat Leigh ton, M.A., is the in- 
cumbent. On the farm occupied by Mr. Rackham, is a venerable Oak, in 
the hollow trunk of which a shoemaker, for several years, followed his oc- 
cupation. Here is a small National School, built in 1845, The Town 
Estate, the original acquisition of which is unknown, consists of the Guild- 
hall, let for £o ; a house, blacksmith's shop, and 3a. 2Ip. of land, let for 
£10 ; 9£a. of land, let for £10. 10s. 6d. ; and 2a. in Ellough, let for £3 
per annum. The rents are applied in paying the leet fee of the parish in 
repairing the church, in apprenticing poor children, and in other charitable 
and public uses. Post from Beccles. 

Worlingham Hall, (unoccupied.) I Jay Mrs Mary, Higham House 

Howes John, blacksmith 1 Knights George, gardener 



WORLINGHAM PARISH. 679 



Land John, gamekeeper 

Leighton Rev David Hillcoat, M.A., 

Rectory 
Mills James, wheelwright 
Smith James, parish clerk 
Snell Walter, hoop & hurdle maker 



Sutton George, shoemaker 
YVyatt Marv, shopkeeper 

FARMERS. | HambyWm. 
Rackham Thos., Oak Tree farm 
Read John Wilson Wm. 



LACKFORD HUNDRED 

Is the north-western division of Suffolk, and is of a triangular figure, ex- 
tending about fifteen miles in length, on each of its three sides, and 
bounded on the north by Norfolk, on the west by Cambridgeshire, and on 
the south-east by Blackburn, Thingoe, and Risbridge Hundreds. It is in 
the Franchise or Liberty of St. Edmund, in the Western Division of Suffolk 
and in the Diocese of Ely, Archdeaconry of Sudbury, and Deanery of Ford- 
ham. It includes the towns of Brandon and Mildenhall, and parts of Thet- 
ford and Newmarket. Its name is a corruption of Lark-ford, and it is 
watered by the navigable rivers Lark and Little Ouse, the latter of which 
separates it from Norfolk, and the former, after crossing it near Icklingham 
and Mildenhail, flows northward, and forms its western boundary. The 
Eastern Counties Railway between Ely and Thetford, skirts it on the north, 
and has Stations at Mildenhail road, Lakenheath road, Brandon, and Thet- 
ford. The north-western part of it, extending from Brandon and Milden- 
hail to the confluence of the Lark and Little Ouse, is an extensive tract of 
low fens, now well drained and cultivated, and forming part of the great 
BEDFORD LEYEL, which extends from the sources of the Great Ouse 
River, in Bedfordshire and- Northamptonshire, to Lynn in Norfolk, and has 
its name from the fourth Earl of Bedford, who was the principal under- 
taker in the stupendous work of draining this immense tract of inundated 
fens; for the performance of which, 95,000 acres were allotted to him and 
the few other " adventurers" who were induced, by his spirited example, to 
join in the costly and hazardous enterprise. The work was commenced in 
1630, and in 1637 the Earl had expended no less than £'100,000. He died 
in 1611, and the work was resumed by his son in 1619, and finished in 
1653. In the reign of Charles II., and during the last and present centu- 
ries, the drainage of this extensive level has undergone many improve- 
ments, one of the last of which is the new channel of the Great Ouse, near 
Lynn. Mr. Young observes that there are few instances of such great and 
sudden improvements as were made during last century in the Bukxt Fex 
of Lackford Hundred, comprising more than 14,000a. Seventy years ago, 
500a. of it were let for one guinea a-year ; but in 177*2, an act was obtained 
for a separate drainage, and Ls. 6d. per acre levied for the expense of em- 
bankments, pumping mills, and other requisites. In 1777, the bank broke, 
and most of the proprietors were ruined. In 1782, the drainage was so 
much improved that various persons of capital and enterprise began to 
purchase in this neglected district, but the prices at which the lots were 
then sold, scarcely exceeded the present annual rental. The surface of the 
fens, from one foot to six, is the common peat of bogs, with an under 
stratum of white clay or marl; but by paring, burning, claying, and drain- 
ing, they have nearly all been converted into fertile land. The central and 
eastern parts of Lackford Hundred consist chiefly of light sandy moor and 
heath land, of which many thousand acres are still in open sheep icalks and 
tabbit warrens, rising in bold undulations, and resting on a thick stratum of 



680 LACKFORD HUNDRED. 

chalk andjlint, the latter of -which is got both for building purposes and 
gun locks, and much of the former is ground to whiting. The whole 
Hundred comprises seventeen parishes, and parts of two other parishes, of 
■which the following is an enumeration, showing their territorial extent 
and their population in 1851. The High Constables are Messrs. H- 
Manning, of Mildenhall, and T. Steel, of Tuddenham. Messrs. Isaacson 
and Son, of Mildenhall, are solicitors to Lackford Hundred Association 
for the Prosecution of Felons, &c. 



Parishes.* Acres. Pop. 

+ Barton Mills 2050 642 

^Brandon 6759 2215 

fCavenham 2630 283 

-fElveden 5290 238 

-f-Eriswell 6620 524 

Exning+ 5710 1556 

•fFreckenham 2520 477 

♦fHerringswell 2540 225 

flcklingham, All Saints, 

and St. James' 6560 652 

■j-Lakenheath 1 0,550 1864 



Parishes. Acres. Pop 

+MildenhaUj 13,710 4374 

Newmarket St. Mary J . . 250 2298 

*Santon DownhanT 3860 70 

Part of Borough. 

*Thetford St. Cuthbert - 1300 60 

♦Thetford St. Mary§ J 3800 TOO 

+Tuddenham 2644 479 

fWangford 3252 33 

fWorlington 2080 391 

Total 77,025 16,321 



* The Poor Law Unions are described at subsequent pages with the Towns 
from which they take their names. Exning and Newmarket St. Mary are in? 
Newmarket Union ; those parishes marked thus * are in Thetford Union, and 
County Court District; and those marked thus f are in Mildenhall Union and 
County Court District. 

§ Thetford Borough is mostly in Norfolk. Only the portions of the population 
of Thetford St. Mary and St. Cuthbert, in Suffolk, are returned above. 

J Newmarket has another parish, (All Saints.) in Cambridgeshire. Exning in- 
cludes 322 persons in Newmarket Union Workhouse; and Mildenhall 54 ir& 
Mildenhall Union Workhouse. 



BABTON MILLS, or Little Barton, is a neat and pleasant vil- 
lage, 1 mile S.E. of Mildenhall, on the south bank of the navigable- 
river Lark, where there is a large corn mill and a wharf. Its parish 
contains 642 souls, and 2050 acres of land, generally fertile and well 
cultivated. The Rev. Charles Jenkin, D.D., is lord of the manor, 
which was given to Bury Abbey by Bobt. Hoo ; but a great part of 
the soil belongs to other proprietors, the largest of whom is W. TV 
Squire, Esq., of Barton Place, a large and handsome mansion in a 
small park. The Church (St. Mary) is a small neat structure, with 
a tower and three bells, and was thoroughly repaired and repewed 
in 1839. The rectory, valued in KB. at <£'14. 15s. lOJd., and in 
1835 at =£550, is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and in- 
cumbency of the Bev. Charles Chichester, B.C.L., who has a hand- 
some residence. The tithes were commuted in 1796, for an allot- 
ment of 460 acres. Here is a Baptist Chapel, which was built in 
1843, in lieu of an old one. During the great storm of thunder, 
hail, and rain, on August 9th, 1843, the building of this chapel was 
advanced so far as to be nearly ready for the roof, when the walls 
were washed down by the flood; but they were rebuilt, and the 
building completed, before the end of the year. In 1692, the Rev 
James Davies left 14 acres of land, in the Turf Ben, at Mildenhall, 
in trust that the rents should be distributed among the poor of Bar- 
ton Mills, on St. Stephen's Day and Easter Monday. The land is 



BARTON MILLS PARISH. 



681 



now let for about £13 a year. In 1732, the Rev. TJws. Malabar left 
a piece of land here to the rector for the time being, subject to the 
payment of 20s every Christmas Day. for distribution among* the 
poor. Post from Mildenhall. 



Beard Thos., vict Dog and Partridge 
Brooks Henry, carpenter 
Chichester Eev Chas., B.C. L., Rectory 
Ellington Thos.. coal, corn, seed, and 

cake merchant 
Folkes Piobt.. boot and shoemaker 
Freeman "Win., beerhs Seeker Mrs 
Fuller Philip, miller, maltster, & corn, 

seed, and coal merchant 
Fuller Misses, Barton Villa 
Godfrey James, clerk, Hill Cottage 
Hartland Edwin Chas. and Mrs., school 
Howe Edw., tailor, and Geo., wheelgt 
Jolley Johnson, bricklayer. Sec. 
Pars Emily Rigby, vict. Bull Inn 
Richardson Rev James (Baptist) 



Roper Mr Rt. Roper Jas., par. clerk 
Rose John, baker and beerhouse 
Squire Capt. Wm, Thos., Barton place 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Rumbelow Robt. 
Sparke James 
Sparke Richard 

FARMERS. 

Day Wm., Lodge 

ElliDgtcn Thos. 
Folkes James 
Folkes John 
Folkes Robert 
Folkes Rt., jun. 
Fuller Philip 



King Thos., Rose 

Cottage 
Last Richd. John, 

Hall farm 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Blackwell Mary 
Clarke Geo. Dan!, 
Naylox Jas.butchr 
Sparke Richard 

CARREERS 

Pass toXewmarket 
Bury, See. 



BRANDON, a well-built market town, noted for gun flints, uliit- 
ing, rabbit skins, and. fur, is pleasantly situated on the south, bank 
of Little Ouse river, which is navigable for barges, and is crossed by 
a good bridge, at the junction of roads from Lvnn and Swaffham, 
6 miles W.N.W. of Thetford, 9 miles N.N.E. of Mildenhall, 16 miles 
N. by W. of Bury St. Edmund's, and 78 miles X.X.E. of London. 
It is sometimes called Brandon Ferry, and has a Railway Station 
on the Norfolk side of the river, upon the Eastern Counties line, 
between Ely and Norwich, which was opened in 1845. The parish 
increased its population from 1148 souls in 1801, to 2215 in 1851; 
and comprises 6759 acres of land, extending six miles westward,, 
along the south side of the vale, to the fens, and including about 
4500 acres of light sandy land, which was inclosed under an act 
passed in 1807, previous to which it was in open sheep walks, and 
a large rabbit warren. Though now enclosed, there are still many 
rabbits to be seen in the paiish ; and on its borders are the exten- 
sive warrens of Lakenheath, Santon Downham, and Elveden, which 
supply the Brandon furriers with immense quantities of skins, the 
dressing of which gives employment to about 200 females. During 
the late war, and before the invention of percussion caps, great num- 
bers of the inhabitants were employed in preparing gun flints from 
the prolific beds of that mineral, which lie at various depths below 
the chalk stratum. Here are now two firms employing about 30 
hands, in making gun flints, &c The flint found here in large 
masses, is said to be the best in the world for the use of fire arms; 
and Brandon is now the only place in England where gun flints are 
made to any considerable extent. Here are four whiting mills, and 
three small breweries. Several barges ply hence to and from Lynn 
with corn and coal ; and near the railway station is a large Steam 
Saw Mill, employing about 30 hands. 

2 f 3 



682 BRANDON PARISH. 

The market, formerly held on Friday, became Dearly obsolete in 
the early part of the present century ; but was changed to Thurs- 
day about 20 years ago, and is now held at the Earn Inn, in Broom- 
hill. Fairs for cattle, toys, &c, are held here on Feb. 14tb, June 
11th, and Nov. 11th; and there is a large cattle fair at Broomhill, 
on the Norfolk side of the river, on July 7th. This town gave name 
to the illustrious family of the Brandons, two of whom were Dukes 
of Suffolk, from 1514 till 1551, when the last of them died without 
issue ; and the title was conferred on the Greys, and soon afterwards 
on the Howards. Charles Gerard was created Baron Gerard of 
Brandon in 1645, and Viscount Brandon and Earl of Macclesfield 
in 1679 ; but on the death of his second son, in 1702, these titles 
became extinct. In 17.11, Queen Anne created the Duke of Hamil- 
ton, in Scotland, a peer of England, by the titles of Baron Dutton 
and Duke of Brandon, which are still held by his descendants. 
Simon Eyre, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1445, was a native 
of Brandon. He erected Leadenhall for a granaiy for the metro- 
polis, and left 5000 marks for charitable purposes. 

The manor of Brandon, with the advowson of the church, belonged to the 
Bishop of Ely till the 4th of Elizabeth, when it was seized by the Crown. 
It was given by James I. to his second son, Charles, Duke of York ; and 
during the greater part of last century it was held by the Holts. Henry 
Bliss, Esq., is now lord of the manor, and resides occasionally at Brandon 
Park, a handsome mansion, with extensive pleasure grounds, about a mile 
south of the town. Brandon Hall, an old but neat mansion, half a mile 
west of the town, is occupied by Robert Home, Esq. ; and is the property of 
J. Angerstein, Esq., who has a large estate here, and resides at Weeting 
Hall, on the Norfolk side of the river. Under a sort of conical mound near 
the hall, is a very antique ice house. J. Brewster, Esq., and many smaller 
proprietors, have estates in the parish; and North Court Lodge, a little 
south of Brandon Park, is the pleasant seat of Henry Brooke, Esq. The 
late Thomas C. Kenyon, Esq., is buried in a small mausoleum near the 
lodge, erected by himself, in 1830. The Church (St. Peter) is an ancient 
fabric, with a tower containing five bells, and surmounted by a small leaded 
spire. The chancel was new roofed in 1842, and the nave, now much dila- 
pidated, is about to be repaired. The rectory, valued in K.B. at i02O. 18s. 
l^d., and in 1835 at <£560, with that of Wangford annexed to it, is in the 
patronage and incumbency of the Rev. Samuel Warren, M.A., who has a 
good residence, and now receives a yearly rent charge of £800 in lieu of 
tithes, of which £560 is paid by Brandon, and £240 by Wangford parish. 
Here is a Wesley an Chapel, built in 1812; a Primitive Methodist Chapel, 
erected in 1838; &n& a Baptist Chapel, built in 1854. There was an old 
Friends' Meetinghouse here, but it was pulled down some time ago. The 
poor parishioners have the benefit of several valuable Charities, an endowed 
Free School, and a parochial school. Brandon is in Thetford Union and 
County Court District. The petty sessions are held at Mildenhall, every 
Friday. 

Free School, &c. — In 1646, Robert Wright left about £767 to be laid 
out in lands, in trust to pay £30 a year to an able schoolmaster, to instruct 
the youth of Brandon, Santon Downham, Wangford, and Weeting, in gram- 
mar and other literature ; and that the residue of the rents might be em- 
ployed towards building and repairing a school room, and a house for the 
master; and the overplus be divided into four equal parts, as follows: — 
Three parts thereof for the poor of Brandon, and one part for the poor of 



BRANDON PARISH. 683 

Downham and Wangford. Of this legacy, £600 was laid out in the pur- 
chase of a yearly rent charge of £40 out of the impropriate rectory of Down- 
ham, and £167. 16s. 3d. in the purchase of a large house, with out build- 
ings, yards, and a garden, which have ever since been occupied by the 
schoolmaster, and are worth £20 a year. The school room is in the house, 
near which is an allotment of 3a. 2r. Up., awarded to the school at an en- 
closure. An allotment of 8a., awarded to the school under the Bedford 
Level Act, is let for about £8 per annum. The trustees pay the master a 
yearly salary of £40, for teaching 40 free scholars in the ordinary branches 
of education taught in English schools, few, if any of them, ever requiring 
to be taught Latin, Thirty of them are boys of Brandon, four are chosen 
from Weeting, and the other six from Downham and Wangford. The Rec- 
tor, Henry Bliss, Esq., J. Angerstein, Esq., and others, are trustees. 

The Poor's Estate comprises an almshouse, in five tenements, occupied 
rent free by seven poor widows ; 2a. 2r. of land, near the almshouse, let 
for £7 a year; two allotments, awarded on the enclosure of the Small and 
High Fens, about the year .1678, and containing together 9a. 2r., let for 
about £13 a year; 16a., called the Town Meadow, let for £25 a year; and 
5a. 2r. of marsh land, in the Small Fen, purchased in 1678, with £80 given 
by Rohert Wright, and now let for £16. 10s. a year. The rents are distri- 
buted among the poor at Christmas. The Poor's Allotment consists of 
116 acres of steril land, which, under the act of parliament, passed in 1807, 
for enclosing the open lands of Brandon, was awarded in trust, that the 
rents and profits thereof should be laid out in purchasing fuel for distribu- 
tion among the poor parishioners. It is now let for £40 a year. About 
£800, derived from a flint quarry on this land, was laid out in 10|a. of 
land at Feltwell, and in the purchase of £400 three per cent, consols. The 
income derived from the above sources is distributed among the poor of the 
parish in coals. 

In 1675, Ann Curtis gave a cottage, containing five rooms, and a small 
garden, in trust for the use of the poor of Brandon. These premises are 
occupied, rent free, by three poor families ; and were rebuilt in 1840, at the 
expense of the parish. In 1624, Stephen Ashivell bequeathed to the poor a 
yearly rent charge of 30s., out of Maid's Head Close. In 1773, Mrs. Ann 
Wilder left an annuity of 50s. out of an estate at Pulham, to keep three 
tombstones of her family in repair, and the residue not so applied to be dis- 
tributed among poor widows of Brandon. In 1579, Edmund Almeare left 
£60 to the poor of Brandon, Foulden, Northwold, Feltwell, and Weeting, to 
be laid out in land, and the rent to be distributed in clothing, in annual 
succession in each parish. The land purchased consists of 14a, 3r.22p. at 
Old Buckenham, in Norfolk, now let for £21 a year. The rent is paid to 
Brandon every fifth year. The overseers and churchwardens are the 
trustees. 

BRANDON DIRECTORY. 
Post- Office at Mr. John Clark's, High street. Letters despatched to London, 

&c, at 8 a.m., and 10 p.m.; and to Norwich, &c, 2 p.m., and 12 j night. 

Money Orders are granted and paid. 
Marked 1, reside at the Bridge ; 2, in Bury road; 3, in Vie Fen ; 4, Brandon Field; 

5, in High street; 6, Lode street; 7, London road; 8, Market hill; 9, Thetford 
; road; 10, in Town street ; 11, in Broomhill; and 12, in White Lion street. 
Bliss Capt. Henry, Brandon Park, and Bloomrield Robert, toll-bar keeper 
■ Berkley House, Hyde Park, London 5 Braddock Edward, agent to Hills & 
11 Anderson Edward, station master Underwood, maltsters 

7 Andrews George, policeman Brooke Henry, Esq. North Court Lodge 

4BarrattMrs j| 11 Bulger Mr Henry Carter Wm. & Sons, Gun Flint, $?c.Merts 
Barton Edward, corn miller, Weeting 



684 



BRANDON DIRECTORY. 



5 Clark John, bookseller, stationer, & 

printer, Post-Office 
Clark Mr Rt. || Daines Mrs. toy dealer 
8 Farrow Charles, parish clerk 
5 Garner Mr Tyrell || 11 Kew W. clerk 
5 Harvey Elizabeth, straw hat maker 
1 Harveys & Hudsons, bankers ; Thomas 

Richardson, agent 
5 Holmes Thos. gardener & organist 
Home Robert, Esq. Brandon Hall 
5 Hunt James, horse & carriage letter 
5 Kemp Chas. bookseller, printer, &c 
7 Kent Robert, warrener 
5 Maynard H. R. druggist, &c 
I Murrell John, lighterman and coal, 

&c. merchant 
Pearman Mrs Mary, Rose Cottage 
5 Pepworth Richard, maltster, & corn, 

& coal merchant, & wharfinger 
1 Pooley Rev Wm. |] 7 Plumb Mr Hy. 
7 Pridgeon Henry, police sergeant 

7 Reeder Sarah, milliner, &c 

8 Reynoldson Fdk. veterinary surgeon 

I Richardson Thomas, bank agent, &c 
12 Russell Thomas, watch maker, &c 
5 Scarr Rev Abraham, (Baptist) 
Sharpe John, relieving officer & regis- 
trar for Methwold District 

5 S my the Edw. James, conveyancer, & 

master extraordinary in Chancery 
5 Snare Caroline, confectioner 

9 Snare John & Son, (Wm. Edward,) 
Gun Flint, fyc. Merchants 

Thompson Robert, surgeon 
5 Ward George, boat builder 
Warren Rev Samuel, M.A. Rectory 

7 Webb Thomas, gardener &tea dlr 

8 Webber Benjamin, letter carrier 
5 Willett Alice, glass, china, &c. dlr 

II Wood George, timber merchant, 
Steam Saw Mills 

9 Woodrow James, tinner and brazier 

7 Wright John, gravel, &c. dealer 

FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. 
Clerical, Medical, & General, & the Law 
Norwich Equitable, Edw. J, Smythe 
Crown Life, Robert Thompson 
Hailstorm, Thomas Richardson 
Norwich Union, Thomas Richardson 
Star and Suffolk Amicable, J. Clark 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
5 Bell Inn, Thomas Lusher 
5 Chequers, John Hunt, {posting) 

10 Crown, John Wood 

8 Five Bells, Mr Smith 

8 George, Frederick Reynoldson 

1 Railway Tavern, Wm. Buckenham 

3 Ram, Thomas Palmer 

5 White Hart, Robert Henley 

10 White Horse, James Howe 

12 White Lion, Thomas Adams 



ACADEMIES. 

7 Farrow Mary A. 
5 Mason Mary 

8 Notley John, 
Free Gram. Sen. 

8 Notley Mrs 
Read Susan 

9 Snare Mary 
QThompsonJno.W 

bakers, &c. 

8 Block Wm. 
5 Evered Wm. 

7 Hubbard Isaac 

7 Hubbard Leond. 
5 Palmer Mary 

9 Vaile Elizabeth 

8 Webber Benj. 

BASKET MAKERS. 

5 Daynes John 
5 Daynes Wm. 
7 Wilby Wm. 

BEERHOUSES. 

7 Capp Catherine 

9 Cullingford Ths. 
9 Dixon Wm. 

9 Field James 
7 Hunter Robert 
9 Lloyd Charles 

7 Moore Henry 

8 Snare Robert 

8 Snare Spurden 
5 SpendloveHenry 
8 Tilney Harry 

BLACKSMITHS, 

and Trap Makers. 
7 Foster Wm. 
5 Henley Robert 
5 Palmer Henry 

7 Palmer Mark 

BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

5 Ager Stephen, & 
leather cutter 

8 Clark Edward 
Davy Ellis 

7 Farrow Charles 
2 Mallow John S. 
7 Norman Mattw. 
Bought Wm. 
7 Up craft Wm. 

BREWERS. 

5 Daynes Wm. 
2 Hyam Cornelius 

9 Jacob Wm. 

BRICKLAYERS. 

7 Dent Harvev 

7 Snare Ths.&Son 

8 Snare Spurden 

BUTCHERS. 

5 Cook Thos. Wm. 
5 Jacob Isaac, pork 
7 Shinn Samuel 



7 Willett Robert 

COOPERS. 

5 Daynes John 
5 Daynes Wm. 
5 Daynes Wm. B. 

FARMERS. 

Balding Edward, 

Church farm 
Barton Edward 

1 BoughenH. bailiff 
5 Garner Tyrell 

5 Hunt Jas. Glebe 

4 Johnson Wm. 

11 Newdick Thos. 
Palmer Matthew, 

Brickkiln farm 
Rolfe John,C'ftm£- 

mas farm 
Stanhaw Mr 
10 Wood George 
Wright John, Fen 

FURRIERS. 

{Rabbit Fur. J 
9 Claxton Charles 
Claxton Wm. ancfc 

George, Mount 
7 Currey Ann 

2 Dickers on John 
Groom Mrs R. 

2 Malt Wm. 

7 Palmer John 
2 Bought Wm. 

GROCERS &DRAPRS. 

9 Allen Wm. 

5 Chapman Jontlu 
5 OwlesWm.&Chs, 
5 RavenThomasB* 

HAIRDRESSERS. 

5 Clark John 

8 Frewer George 
5 Kemp Charles 

JOINERS & BLDRS. 

7 Bretnall George- 
7 Green James 
7 Moore Henry 

PAINTERS, PLUMED 
ERS, & GLAZIERS* 

5 Clark Robert 
5 Osborn Susan 
7 Pepworth James 

SADDLES S. 

5 Armstrong Edwv 
5 Diggon Ann 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

7 Dickinson John 
Utting Harriet 

12 Whitta Thomas 

TAILORS. 

5 Ashman George 
5 Chandler Robert 
5 Leeder Jabez. 






BRANDON. (LACKFORD HUNDRED.) 



685 



5 Lingwood Wm. 

1 Mortlock Wm. 
9ThompsonJno.W 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

2 Talbot Edward 
7 West George 

WHITING MANFBS. 

9CullingfordThs. 



9 Dixon Wm. 
9 Field James 
9 Turnton Joseph 

RAIL W A Y 

Trains b times a 

day to Norwich, 

London. &c. &c 



CARE IE RS. 
The Railway Co. 

to all parts. 
Crisp, to Lynn, 

from EailwayTav. 

Mint, Wed. & Sat. 
Geo. Ashman, to 

Bury, Wed. & Sat. 



Payne, to Walton, 
from Railway Taw 
Thursday 

Vessels to Lynn, 
from Richd. Pep- 
worth's wharf 



CAVENHAM, a neat and pleasant village, U miles S.E. by S. of Mil- 
denhall, 3| miles N. of Higham Station, and 7 miles W.N.W. of Bury St, 
Edmund's, has in its parish 283 souls, and 2630 acres of sandy land, ex- 
tending northward to the navigable river Lark, and nearly all the property 
of Harry Spencer W r addington3 Esq., one of the parliamentary representa- 
tives of the Western Division of Suffolk, who resides at the Hall, a hand- 
some mansion, in a small park. He is also impropriator of the rectory? 
but W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., is lord of the manor, called Shardelowes, in 
Cavenham, anciently the demesne of the Earl of Clare, and afterwards of 
Viscount Townshend. The Church (St. Andrew) has a tower and three- 
bells, and was nevr-pewed and repaired in 1837. The benefice is a dis- 
charged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £5. 5s. 10d., and in 1835 at £113, 
The patronage is in the Lord Chancellor, and the Rev. T. W. Carwardine > 
M.A., is the incumbent. At the enclosure, the vicarial tithes were com- 
muted for an allotment of 300a., now let for £100 per annum. The Church 
Land, belonging to this parish, consists of 6a. in Rickinghall, and 7a. in 
Thelnetham. A benefaction of £10 to the poor of Cavenham left by 
W. Firmage, in 1591, was laid out in the purchase of an acre of land, at 
Rattlesden, let for £1 a year. An allotment of 80a., which was awarded to 
the poor, on the enclosure of this parish, in lieu of their right of cutting 
fuel on the heath, is let for £28 a year, which is distributed at Easter. 
partly in coals. Post from Jlildenhall. 



W'addington Harry Spencer, Esq., M.P. 

Cavenham Hall 
Carwardine RevThs.Wrm.Al.A. Vicarage 
Barnes John, shoemaker 
Cooper Henry James, joiner, builder. 

overseer, and tax collector 
Cornell Wm. parish clerk 
Osborne Samuel, shopkeeper 



Ransdale Wm. farmer and beerhouse- 
Ransdale Joseph, miller and farmer 
Sturgeon Charles Fisk, Pari; farm 
Warner Philip, shopkeeper 
Wing Charles, farmer, maltster. &regis*- 

trar, Vicarage farm 
Wing Richard, farmer, Hall farm 
Wing Miss Eliza 



ELVEDEN, or Eldex, a small village, 3^ miles S.W. of Thetford, has 
in its parish 238 souls, and 5290 acres of light sandy land, all the property 
of W T m. Newton, Esq., the lord of the manor, who resides at Elvedon Hall, 
a large and handsome mansion, in a small park, adjoining: a rabbit warren 
f about 1000 acres. It was anciently appropriated to Bury Abbey, and 
was given by Henry VIII. to the Duke of Norfolk. It afterwards passed to 
the Crisps, and from them to the Tyrells. It was the property and seat 
of Admiral Keppel, second son of the second Earl of Albemarle of his 
family, who, after displaying great valour and skill in many naval engage- 
ments, was created Viscount Keppel, ofElveden, in 1782, but dying without 
issue in 1796, the title became extinct. His nephew, the present Earl of 
Albemarle, resided here in the early part of the present century, and for 
some time had in his own occupation 4000 acres of the parish, which he 
greatly improved by planting and drill-husbandry, though it consists 
chiefly of a blowing sand. The Church (St. Andrew) is a small thatched 
fabricwith a tower and one bell. Among its monuments is one to Admiral 



686 



ELVEDEN. (LACKFORD HUNDRED.) 



KeppeL The living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at ^12. 17s. 6d , and now 
having a yearly rent-charge of £300, awarded in 1840. Wm. Newton, Esq., 
is patron, and the Rev. James Isaacson, incumbent. The poor have 10s. 
a year from two roods of land given by an unknown donor ; and £3 a year 
out of the rectorial tithes, left by Suckling Jay, Esq., in 1G75. Tost from 
Thetford. 



Newton Wm., Esq. Elveden Hall 
Isaacson Rev Jas. surrogate & rector, 

& boarding academy, Rectoi-y 
Allen Isaac, gamekeeper 
Brown Christopher, shopkeeper 
Brown Fanny, schoolmistress 



G-ayford Henry, farmer 

Harnwell Edward, gardener 

Hatch George, steward 

Lusher Charles, vict. Albemarle Arms 

Payne Fdk. Charles, farmer & warrener 

Thurston James, parish clerk 



ERISWELL, a scattered village on an acclivity, 3 miles N. of Milden- 
hall, has in its parish 524 souls, and about 6620 acres, mostly a light 
blowing sand, extending westward to the fens, and eastward to the exten- 
sive warren of Lakenheath. The manor was anciently held of the King m 
capite as of the honour of Boulogne, by the Roucestre family, and after- 
wards by the Tuddenhams. A religious society, called the New England 
Company, are now lords of the manor and owners of a great part of the 
soil ; and the remainder belongs to Alex. Murray, Esq., (who has a neat 
seat here,) Mr. S. Newdick, and several smaller owners. The Church (St. 
Peter) is a small thatched fabric, with a tower and three bells. It had a 
chantry, of the yearly value of £9. 4s. 6d. ; and near the Hall, on the north 
side of the parish, was a chapel dedicated to St. Lawrence, the remains of 
which is now a dove-cote. Near the same place is an old water-mill, now 
unoccupied. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £'16. 6s. 10d., has 52a. of 
glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £640. 18s. lid., awarded in 1839. T. B. 
Evans, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. E. Evans, incumbent. Here is a 
Wesley an and also a Primitive Methodist Chapel, the former built in 1843, 
and the latter in 1839. The lords of the manor support a small Free 
School. The Pook's Estate consists of two double cottages, with small 
gardens, occupied by paupers ; an allotment of 14a. 14p., let for £4. 10s., 
and 3r. 38p., in Holme and Rowley Croft, let for 20s. a year. Post from 
Mildenhall. 



Ashley John, blacksmith 
Evans Rev Henry, Rectory 
Gathercole Theobald, vict. Chequers 
Halls James, shopkeeper 
ManniDg John, grocer, &c 
Mash James, wheelwright 
Milton Thomas, shoemaker 
Murray Alexander, Esq. Eriswell Lodge 
Palmer Matthew, parish clerk 
Peck James, tailor 

Rutterford Mrs Harriet, joiner, & agent 
to Royal Exchange Insurance Co 



Shinn Robert, shoemaker 
Sutterby Henry, vict. Bell 
Wicks John, bricklayer 

FARMER S. 
HorrexJane [] Russell Win. 
Newdick Philip, Eriswell Hall 
Newdick Shadrach, corn merchant and 

miller 
Pearmain John, Rake Heath 
Roberson Thomas, Chamberlain's Hall 
Turlington George Warren John 
Webb John, and sheep dealer 



EXNIN G is a large and well-built Tillage, pleasantly situated in 
a, small fertile valley, with a rivulet running through it, 2 miles 
N.W. of Newmarket. Its parish, with St. Mary's, Newmarket, 
forms a small portion of Suffolk, surrounded by Cambridgeshire, and 
joined to the rest of this county only by the turnpike road. It con- 
tains 5710 acres of land, and had 1556 inhabitants in 1851, includ- 
ing 322 in Newmarket Union Workhouse, which is situated here, as 



EXNING PARISH. 687 

afterwards noticed. It was formerly a member of Stow Hundred, and 
had a weekly market, which was removed to Newmarket many years 
ago. It was the birthplace of Etheldreda, daughter of Anna, Queen 
of the East Angles, whom the Pope canonized for a virgin, though 
she was married to two husbands. Here also, Ealph Waher, Earl of 
East Anglia, planned his conspiracy against William the Conqueror, 
with the Earls of Hereford and Northumberland, and other persons 
of high rank. Their design being frustrated, Ealph fled first to 
France, and then to Denmark, leaving his possessions to the mercy 
of his adversaries. The manor of Exning was afterwards held by 
the De Valence family. Alex. Cotton, Esq., is lord of the manor; 
but a great part of the soil belongs to other proprietors, some of 
whom have neat houses here. The village is shaded with fine 
poplar trees, producing an agreeable contrast to the monotony of 
the surrounding country, which in general presents one uniform 
naked plain, forming part of the fens of the great Bedford Level. 

The Church (St. Martin) is a large and handsome fabric, with a tower 
and five bells. In the east window are some fragments of stained glass, 
and near the communion table is a square altar tomb, of coarse grey 
marble, formerly adorned with brasses, which have been torn away. In 
1845, a pyx or casket, in which the consecrated wafer was kept, and several 
altar candlesticks, bells, &c, were found near the the church, whence they 
had probably been ejected and hastily buried at the Reform ation. The 
Dean and Chapter of Canterbury are appropriators of the rectory, and 
patrons of the vicarage, valued in K.B. at £]3. 7s. 6d., and now at i311, 
with the curacy of Landwade annexed to it. The Eev. P. J. Croft, B.A., is 
the incumbent. The tithes were commuted for allotments of land, at the 
enclosure, in 1807. The vicar's allotment is 240a. The Wesleyans have 
a chapel here, built in 1834. The Church Estate, consisting of a barn 
and 40a. of land, given by a Mr. Lacey, is let at £&2. 10s. per annum. 
Adjoining it are three roods of land, let for 20s. a year, and given to the 
poor parishioners by John Fabian ; and da., let for £Q. 4d. a year, and 
bequeathed by one Morden, for distributions of bread among poor widows. 
The rectory is charged with the customary payment of ten coombs of rye } 
yearly, or the value thereof, for distribution among the poor of Exning, 
who have also a yearly rent-charge of 5s., left by the Rev. John Lawrence ; 
and a share of Shepherd's Charity. In 1739, Samuel Shepherd gave two 
yearly rent-charges of £20 each for the poor of Exning and Bottisham; 
I but in lieu of them, the two parishes have a farm of about 62a. cf land, in 
| Exning and Burwell, now yielding a clear yearly income of about <£54, 
which is equally divided between the two parishes, and distributed among 
the poor, in sums of from 2s. to 8s. Post from Newmarket. 

Croft Eobert Manning, Esq., Exning 
Lodge 

Croft Eev Percy James. B.A., Vicarage 

Dobedy John, Esq., Earning Hall 
\ Brown Benjamin, steward 
i Clark Frederick Eust, tailor 
I Footer James, bricklayer 

Frost Ambrose, vict. White Swan 

Hassall Wrn. vict. Wheat Sheaf 
: HefTer James, butcher and drover 
j Isaacson James, parish clerk 

Johnson John, joiner, &c. 

.Pettit Wm. wheelwright 



Porter James, beerhouse 

Eeeve Wm. corn miller 

Unwin John, blacksmith 

Webb John, blacksmith 

Webb Millington, wood turner Sc vict. 

White Horse 
Webb Philip, butcher and beerhouse 

FARMERS. 



BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

Frost Ambrose 
Howlett Wm. 
Xewton Michael 
Warren James 



f* are Owners.) 
Bryant Charlotte 
♦Bryant Wm. 
Bunn Harry 
*Fison Wm. 



688 



EXN1NG. (LACKFORD HUNDRED.) 



♦Martin Richard 
Phillips Charles 
Staples Edward 
Westley Francis 



Westley Win. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Heffer Henry 
Howie tt Wffl. 



Payne Mary 
Pettit Elizabeth 
"Warren Rt. beerhs 



CARRIER. 
James Fletcher, to 
Cambridge, Sat 



FRECKENHAM, a pleasant village in the vale of a rivulet which 
bounds it from Cambridgeshire, nearly 4 miles S'W. of Mildenhall, is 
a peculiar of the Bishop of Rochester, and its parish contains 477 
souls, and 2520 acres of land. Nathl. Barnardiston, Esil, is lord of 
the manor, which was formerly held by the Clarkes, but a great part 
of the soil belongs to P. Bennett, Esq., Clare Hall, Cambridge; Miss 
Pate, and several smaller proprietors. 

The Church (St. Andrew) is an ancient fabric, with a tower and five 
bells. It is thatched with reeds, and the chancel roof was restored in 1849. 
The benefice is a vicarage and rectory united, valued in K.B. at a£l6. lis. 
4d., and in 1835 at £'600. It is in the patronage of Peter House College,. 
Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. G. B. Paley, B.D., who has a neat 
white brick Rectory House, which has been enlarged and much improved 
during the last twenty years. The tithes were commuted at the enclosure, 
in 1815, for allotments of land. Here is & National School, erected in 1839. 
In 1710, Katherine Shore left a cottage and about 9a. of land, (now let 
for £22. 10s. a year,) and directed the rents to be laid out yearly in stuff 
gowns, for poor women of this parish. Two yearly payments, called Her- 
ring money, one 2s. 6d,, and the other 7s. 6d., are charged on land. Posr 
from Jlihlenhall. 

Annies James, grocer, ke. 

Baker Mr John || Dimond J. schoolr. 

Dorling Samuel, bricklayer and vict, 

Golden Bear 
Mortlock James, shoemaker 
Paley Rev Geo. Barber, B.D., Rectory 
Pate Miss & Isaacson Miss 



Tolworthy Charles, blacksmith 
Warner John, shoemaker 
FARMERS. 
Barrett Wm. || Barrett James, beerhs- 
Knight Robert Reeve James 
Rumbelow Xorman & John, millers 
Westropp Wm., Freckejiham Hall 



HERPJXGSWELL, a small village in the vale of a rivulet, 3§ 
miles S. of Mildenhall, and 6 miles X.E. by E. of Newmarket, has 
in its parish 225 souls and 2540 acres of sandy freehold land> 
belonging to Jolin Turner Hales, Esq., (who has a pleasant seat 
here,) except about 150 acres, belonging to George Mure, Esq., 
of Herring swell House. The manor formerly belonged to Bury 
Abbey, and afterwards to the Holden family. 

The Church (St. Ethelbert) is a small thatched edifice, with a tower and 
three bells. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £9. 9s. 
9^d., and in 1835 at £200. The tithes were commuted at the enclosure 
for an allotment of 360 acres. J. T. Hales, Esq., is patron; the Rev» 
Charles Jenkin, D.D., incumbent. Post from Mildenhall, 



Hales John Turner, Esq. 

Jenkin Rev Charles, D.D., Rectory 

Mure George, Esq., HerringsweU House 



Pryke George, farmer 
Scott Thomas, parish clerk 
Tubbs Joseph, farmer, Hall 



ICKLINGHAM St. James and All Saints are two adjoining- 
villages and united parishes, on the north side of the small but na- 
vigable river Lark, from 3 to 4 miles E.S.E. of Alildenhall, and 8 
miles N.W. of Bury St. Edmund's. They maintain their poor con- 



ICKLINGHAM PARISHES. 689 

jointly as one township, and contain 652 souls, and 6560 acres of 
land, mostly a light sand, and extending northward to the large 
warrens of Lakenheath and Elveden. The houses are many of 
them neat and commodious, and are pleasantly ranged about a mile 
in length, near the north bank of the river. Eobert Gwilt, Esq., is 
lord of the manor of St. James ; and the Rev. Daniel Gwilt, M.A. ? 
is lord of All Saints manor; but part of the soil belongs to John 
Gwilt, Esq., Edw. Gibbs, Esq., and a few smaller owners. The 
Gwilt family have for a loug period been seated here, and held the 
former manor, and the greater part of the soil in the two parishes; 
but in Kirby's time, the Earl of Essex was lord of All Saints manor. 
Hobert Gwilt, Esq., built a handsome mansion here in 1853-4. 

The consolidated rectories of All Saints and St. James, valued in K.IL 
the former at £'12. 17s. 6d., and the latter at JBll. lis. 5d., are in the pa- 
tronage and incumbency of the Eev. Daniel Gwilt, M.A. The advowson 
and the manor of St. James belonged to Bury Abbey, and were granted by 
Henry VIII. to Anthony Eous. The tithes were commuted in 1S39 for a 
yearly rent-charge of £564. 10s. The two churches are neat but ancient 
thatched structures, each having towers, and St. James' having one, and All 
Saints' three bells. In the latter, within the rails of the communion table,, 
and about the chancel, is a considerable quantity of Eoman bricks or tiles r 
■which were ploughed up in a neighbouring field, about 35 years ago, and 
placed here for their preservation. They are of different shapes, slightly 
traced with the figures of animals, flowers, human faces, &c. ; some few of 
them are vitrified. Icklingham is supposed by some to have been the an- 
cient Eoman station, Combreto?iium, or, according to Horsley, Combo^itum- 
Here, at any rate, says the author of a Tour through England, ascribed to 
the pen of Samuel Eichardson, are vestiges of a settlement, which seems 
to have extended half a mile in length, at a small distance from the river. 
On the west side of the ruins is a square encampment, which appears to* 
have contained about 25 acres, and is now called Kentfield, said to be a 
corruption of Campfield, The vallum is visible all round it, except where 
the moorish ground has brought it to decay. Corns and fibula have often 
"been found here, especially in a ploughed field, haif a mile north-west of 
the village, and also in the moors, when dug for the purpose of being 
fenced and drained. Many years since, an ancient leaden cistern, con- 
taining sixteen gallons, and ornamented as with hoops, was likewise dis- 
covered by a ploughman, who struck his share against the edge of it* 
Westward of the camp, upon Warren hill, are three large barrows, each 
encompassed by a ditch. On the estate of J. Gwilt, Esq., a gold coin* 
several kitchen utensils, a buck's head and horns, were dug up about 15- 
years ago. The Eector has a good Parsonage House, and supports a small 
school. Here is a small Wesleyan Chapel. In the 19th of Henry VII., 
Alice Dix gave for the poor of these parishes a cottage, barn, and 251£ 
acres of land, now let for only ^45 a year, which is distributed in hempen 
cloth. In 1706, John King left for the working poor of Icklingham a 
yearly rent-charge of 20s., out of lands now belonging to the Gwilt family* 

ICKLINGHAM. 

Marked * are in St James*; and the 

rest in All Saints'. 

Post from Mildenhall. 



*Benstead James, miller, Post Office 
*Carnall John, tailor 
Clarke John, miller and baker 
♦Coats Eobert, shopkeeper 



*Darkings Wm . bricklayer 
*Drake Win. shopkeeper 
Fenner Frederick, blacksmith 
Gwilt Eev Daniel, Iff. A., Beciory 
Gwilt John, Esq., Flint Hall 
Gwilt Eobert, Esq 
Gwilt Eev Eobert, M.A., curate 
Hunt Henry, rabbit merchant, 



690 ICKLINGHAM. (LACKFORD HUNDRED.) 



Jaggard John, shoemaker 
*King Henry, shopkeeper 
* Naylor Eliza, vict. Red Lion 
Naylor Henry, parish clerk 
Naylor Fanny, beerhouse 
*Nunn Thomas, cart owner 
Ward Wm. carpenter 



Olliff Robert, cattle dealer and beer- 
house and shopkeeper 
FARMERS. 
Coulson John || Newdick John 
Johnson John, Peak Heath 
King Francis || Womack Robert 
Carrier, Chas. Levett, to Bury, Wed 



LAKENHEATH is a large village, on a sandy acclivity, on the 
eastern margin of the fens, about 5 miles \Y.S.W. of Brandon, and 
N. of Mildenhall, and 2 miles S. of Little Ouse river and the East- 
ern Counties Bail way. Its parish increased its population from 
745 souls in 1801, to 1579 in 1841, and to 1S64 in 1851. It ex- 
tends over 10,550 acres of land, including a large portion of fen on 
the west, and an extensive tract of light sandy land on the east and 
south, including a rabbit warren of 2400 acres, and another of 250 
acres. It stretches northward to the river and the railway station 
on the borders of Norfolk. The Prior and Convent of Ely had a 
grant for a market and fair here, in 1309. The former had been 
established many years earlier, but has long been obsolete ; and we 
find that, in the reign of John, the Abbot of Bury held an inquisi- 
tion to tiy by jury whether the lately erected market at Lairing was 
not detrimental to the town and market of Bury. The Abbot's 
bailiffs and 600 armed men came and stopped the market in 1201. 
(See page 148,) A fair for cattle, kc, is still held here on the 
Thursday after Midsummer-day. 

The Dean and Chapter of Ely have been appropriators of the rectory, 
patrons of the vicarage, and lords of the manor, since the dissolution of 
the monasteries ; but a great part of the soil belongs to the Eagle, Wadde- 
low, Payne, and other families. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued 
in K.B. at £±. 18s. 9H., and now at £loQ, in the incumbency of the Eev. 
Wm. Smart Prout, B.A. The Church (St. Mary) is a large structure, with 
a tower and five bells ; and here are three places of worship belonging to 
the Baptists, Wesleyans, and Hunting donians. Undley is a hamlet in the 
fen part of this parish. The parish has two school endowments and several 
charity estates, as noticed below. 

The Poor's Estate consists of the following allotments, awarded under 
various enclosure acts, in lieu of lands derived from the bequests of John 
Sty ward and a Mr. Hanslip, in the reign of Elizabeth, viz., 4a. 1r. 6p. in 
Holmsley Field, let for £6. 6s.; 10a. 2p. in Hockwell, let for £20 ; and 
11a. 2p.*in Feltwell, in Norfolk, for £14. 10s. a year. The rents are 
distributed among the poor, by the churchwardens and overseers, twice a 
a year, together with a yearly rent-charge of 12s., given by an unknown 
donor out of a house belonging to Mr. Eolph. The Poor's Turf 
Land consists of 154 acres, of fen, awarded under the Bedford Level 
Act, in the fifteenth of Charles the Second, for the use of the poor 
parishioners, among whom it was long parcelled out for the purpose 
of digging turf for fuel, but it is now let, and is the subject of an expensive 
litigation. In 1762, John Hanslip granted for the benefit of 60 poor fami- 
lies of Lakenheath, a yearly rent-charge of £Q, out of his estate at Milden- 
hall, now the property of Mr. Howard. In 1744, George Goward gave to 
the churchwardens and overseers of Lakenheath and other trustees 18a. of 
arable land, at Soham, in Cambridgeshire, upon trust, to pay yearly £6 to 
Soham and £Q to Lakenheath, for a monthly distribution of 10s. worth of 



LAKENHEATH PARISH. 



691 



bread in each of those parishes; and to employ the residue of the rents in 
paying a schoolmaster, for teaching poor hoys of Lakenheath reading, writ- 
ing, and arithmetic. The land is let for about <£60 a year, so that the school- 
master has upwards of £±0 yearly, for which he instructs 30 free scholars. 
In 1756, John Evans and Robert Kitchener gave 13a. of land in Mildenhall 
Fen, to provide for the education of poor children of Lakenheath, and it is now 
let for £10 a year. The rent is paid to the schoolmaster for teaching seven 
other free scholars. In 1798, the Rev. John Barnes gave 12a. of land at 
Mildenhall, in trust, for a distribution of 1 0s. worth of bread among the 
poor of Lakenheath, on the first Sunday in every month, and to apply the 
residue of the rent to the relief of poor widows. 

LAKENHEATH DIEECTOEY. 
Post-office at Wm. Household's. Post 
from Mildenhall 



Barker Geo. saddler, and Mr Samuel 
Brown John, coal dealer, &c 
Death Sarah and Sus. schoolmistresses 
Eagle Wrn. Graham. Esq.. Cottage 
Fletcher John Edmund, schoolmr 
Ginger Capt Joseph | Green Mrs My. 
Morley Mrs Mary Ann, agent to Nor- 
wich Union Insurance Company 
Newton Mr John and Mr Wm. 
Pawson Geo. D. veterinary surgeon 
Penson Thomas, cattle dealer 
Place Chas. M. merchant and agent 
Prout Eev Wm. Smart, B.A., Vicarage 
Kolph Charles, bricklayer, &c 
Eolph John, schoolmaster 
Smart Eev Daniel, (Huntingdonian) 
Sturton Elizabeth, schoolmistress 
Tuffs Samuel, swine dealer 
Waddelow Mrs., Vndley Hall 
Wright Eev George, (Baptist) 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Anchor. Elizabeth Horrex 
Bell, Wm. Fincham 
Bull. Elizabeth Pigott 
Green Dragon, Catherine King 
Plough, John Hardy 
Redmoor House, John Mott 

BEERHOUSES. 

Brown Francis 
Hardy W.jNewton 
Eolph Evan 
Eolph James 



Whittom James 

bakers, &c. 
Brown John 
Gathercole John 
Trudgett James 



BEACKSZyTTHS. 

Lawrence Wm. 

Newton Thomas 

Wretham Wm. 

BOOT &SH0E3IKBS. 

Cash George 
Cash George, jun 
Cash Eobert 
Foster Thomas 
Hardy Wm. N. 
Horrex Francis 
Miller Thomas 

BUTCHERS. 

Cash Joseph 
Harwin Henry 

CORXMILEERS. 

Hall Josiah 
Scott Joseph 
Trudgett James 

FARMERS. 

Allsop Henry 
Cash Eoper 
Coleman Charles, 

and farrier 
Coleman James 
Cracknel! Wm. 
Crow Wm. 
Fincham Wm. 
Flack Joseph 
Gathercole James 
Harding George 
Howard James & 

Thomas 
Miller Wm. 
Palmer John 



Peachey Edward 

and John 
Place Charles M. 
Eolph John 
Eope John Gillett 
Scott Joseph 
Trudgett James 
Tuffs Peter 

GROCERS & DRPRS. 

Chapman Joseph 
Household Wm. 
Morley Pp. Jas. 
Smith John 
Watson James 
Williams Samuel 

TAILORS. 

Kersey Ambrse C. 
Morley Pp. James 
Yallop James 

WHEEL-WRIGHTS. 

Fincham Lot 

Fincham Wm. and 
painter 

Presland John 

Presland Pearson 

Sizer James 
EAILWAY. 

Lakenheath Sta- 
tion is 2 miles 
N. of the village 

CAEEIEES to 
Bury, Tu. & Sat. 
Hardy John 
Smith Thomas 



MILDENHALL is a pleasant and well-built market town, in the 
rale of the small, but navigable river Lark, 94 miles N.E. of New- 
market, and S.S.TV. of Brandon ; 12 miles S.W. by W. ofTbetford, 
and N.TV. by TV. of Bury St. Edmund's ; and TO miles N.E. by N. 
of London. It has been greatly improved by the erection of new- 
houses during the last 20 years ; and its three principal thorough- 
fares, High street, Mill street, and the Market place, are well paved 
and lighted, and contain several good inns and many well-stocked 
shops. It is & polling place for the Western Division of Suffolk. The 



692 MILDENHALL PARISH. 

Market, held every Friday, is now of trifling consequence, only a 
few farmers and buyers meeting at the Bell Inn. A fair for toys 
and pleasure is held on October 11th and 12th. The parish of Mil- 
denhall is the largest in Suffolk, and increased its population from 
2283 souls, in 1801, to 3731 in 1841, and to 4374 in 1851, but only 
about 1800 of them reside in the town. It extends over about 
3 5,000 acres, of which about 8000 acres are low, but now fertile and 
well-drained fens ; and nearly 7000 acres are skirt lands and high 
lands, consisting of arable, pasture, and heath, of most variable 
quality, a large portion being a light sand, extending northward 
to the large warren of Lakenheath ; and N.N.W. to the borders of 
Norfolk, and to Mildenhall Road Station, on the Eastern Counties 
[Railway, which is about eight miles N.N.W. of the town. It is di- 
vided into four Hamlets, of which the following are the names, 
with their population in 1851 : — High Town, 1760 ; Beck Bow, 755; 
Holywell, 463 ; and West Kow, 1396, The three latter are some- 
times called Watches. West Row has a village with several shops, 
&c, 3 miles W. of Mildenhall. Holywell Row is 2 miles N., and Beck 
Bow 3 miles N. by W. of the town. Near Beck Row is an assem- 
blage of houses, called Wild Street. In various parts of the parish 
are about 900 acres of plantations skirting and sheltering the light 
heath land, of which about 1500 acres are still unenclosed. (5as 
Works were erected at Mildenhall in 1840, by Mr. G. Malam ; but 
they now belong to 44 proprietors of 210 £o shares, and are leased to 
Mr. Chas. Palmer. A silk and worsted manufactory, which formerly 
flourished in the town, was converted into cottages many years ago, 
On the Lark, here is a large water mill which has the exclusive 
right of grinding corn in the parish, and belongs to the lord of the 
manor. In the town is a Police Station and Court Room, where 
petty sessions are held every alternate Friday. Messrs. Isaacson 
and Son are clerks to the magistrates. 

Mildenhall Union, formed by the New Poor Law Commissioners in 
1835, comprises 13 parishes, viz., Mildenhall, Eriswell, Icklingham, Laken- 
heath, Wangford, Barton Mills, Cavenhara, Elveden, Freckenham, Herrings- 
well, Kentford, Tuddenham, and Worlington, which comprise an area of 
61,244 acres, and had 9184 inhabitants in 1841, and 10,354 in 1851. 
Twelve of the 13 parishes are in Lackford Hundred, as noticed at page 680 ? 
and the other (Kentford) is in Eisbridge Hundred. The average annual 
expenditure of these parishes, for the support of the poor, during the 3 years 
preceding the formation of the union, was £6978 ; but in 1838, it amounted 
only to £4175 ; and in 1840, to £4026. 19s. The old Workhouse at Mil- 
denhall was altered at enlarged in 1836, at the expense of the union. It 
has room for 110 paupers, but has seldom more than 60 inmates. It had 
only 29 in 1841, and 54 in 1851, when the census was taken. The board 
consists of 16 guardians, four chosen for Mildenhall, and one for each of 
the other parishes. C. J. F. Bunbury, Esq., is chairman; the Rev. Dr- 
Jenkin, vice-chairman ; Wotton Isaacson, Esq., union clerk and swperintend- 
ent registrar ; the Rev. E. H. Lovelock, chaplain; and Mr. Thos. and Mrs* 
Cross, master and matron of the Workhouse. Mr. Thos. Edward Robinson 
is the relieving officer. He is also registrar of births and deaths for Laken^ 
heath District, and Mr. Charles Wing, of Cavenham, is registrar for WorU 
ington District. 



MILDENHALL PARISH. 693 

Mildenhall County Court District comprises the 13 parishes of Mil- 
denhall Union. The court is held monthly in the Police Court Room 
E. K. Eagle, Esq., is judge; Thos. Collins, Esq., of Bury, clerk; J as. Read, 
Esq., of Mildenhall, assistant clerk ; and E. Muskett. Esq., of Bury, high 
bailiff. 

The Manor of Mildenhall, with the rectory, was given to Bury Abbey by 
Edward the Confessor, " that the monks might eat ivheaten, and not as they 
did before, barley bread?' In the 4th and 5th of Philip and Mary, it was 
granted to Thomas Reeve and Christopher Ballett; and in the 33rd of 
Elizabeth to Francis Gaudy and Edward Latimer, who transferred it in 
1609 to Heury, afterwards Sir Henry Warner, who was descended from the 
Toyal family of Sweden. The Warners were seated at Wammill Hall, about 
a mile west of the town, now a farm house, bearing evident marks of being 
once a stately mansion, and now belonging to Sir H. E. Bunbury, Bart. 9 
the present lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of the parish, who 
resides at Barton Hall, as noticed at page 482, and whose family derived 
this and other estates by marrying the heiress of the Hanmers. These fa- 
milies were long seated in the fine old Manor House, which is now occu- 
pied by the owuei's son and heir, Charles James Fox Bunbury, Esq. Sir 
Thomas Hanmer, who was speaker of the House of Commons in the 
Teign of Queen Anne, resided here and died in 1746. Contiguous to his 
house, he had a very fine bowling green, and he was one of the last gentle- 
men of fashion in this county, who amused himself with the diversion of 
bowling. The late Sir Thomas Charles Bunbury, Bart., one of the repre- 
sentatives of this county in parliament, resided here occasionally. An- 
other mansion here, built in the reigu of Elizabeth, was the seat of the 
knightly family of North. It has a gallery running the whole length of 
the front, and its apartments are numerous, but of small dimensions. Alex. 
Murray, Esq., and many smaller owners have estates in the parish, and 
some of them good residences and farms here. Mildenhall has furnished 
London with two lord mayors, viz., Henry Barton in 1428, and Wm. Gre- 
gory, who held the office in 1451. The town suffered by fire in 1507, when 
it is said 37 houses and many outbuildings were destroyed in the space of 
two hours. The Fen Land in the parish forms part of the Bedford Level, 
noticed at page 669, and is divided into two districts, one of which, con- 
taining about 3000 acres, is called the Burnt Fen First District, and con- 
sists of those lands which were allotted to the "adventurers," who, in the 
time of Charles II., executed the drainage act. The other portion is called 
Mildenhall Fen, or Burnt Fen Second District, and comprises 5640a , allot- 
ted to the owners of the adjacent lands. For improving the drainage of 
both these fen districts, acts of parliament were passed in the 23rd George 
II. ; 13th, 37th, and 47th George III. ; 4th of George IV.; and 6th and 7th 
of Victoria. There are now upon them two steam engines and several wind- 
mill pumps. An act for enclosing the open fields, wastes, &c, in the higher 
parts ot the parish, was obtained in 1807, and the award was executed May 
1st, 1812 ; but hbout 1250 acres still form an open rabbit warren. Mil- 
denhall Drove, running from Beck Row across the fens to Littleport, in 
the Isle of Ely, was converted into a good turnpike road in 1828, under an 
act of the 9th of George IV. On this road are many scattered houses and 
two inns. 

The Church (St. Andrew,) is a large and handsome fabric, chiefly in the 
perpendicular style, with a rich roof of carved wood work. It consists of a 
spacious nave, two side aisles, a proportionate chancel, two fine porches, 
and a tower 112 feet high, containing six bells, and formerly surmounted 
l?y a leaded spire, which was taken down 24 years ago. In the chancel are 



694 MILDENHALL PARISH. 

many monuments of the Warner, North, Haumer, Banbury, Wiehforde, and 
other families. One of them bears recumbent effigies of Sir Henry North 
and his lady, with six of their children kneeling by their side. From 1850 
to 1853, this interesting church underwent such extensive repairs and im- 
provements that it is now restored to its pristine beauty, so that the eye of 
the visitor as he enters at the west door or tower porch, now embraces the 
the whole of the lengthened and well-proportioned interior, and duly appre- 
ciates the good taste of the architect, who, in rebuilding the church in the 
15th century, carefully preserved the ancient chancel with its Early English 
arch and richly decorated east window, the centre of which is occupied by 
the symbolic oval or elliptic aureole, the effect of which is very fine. The 
organ gallery and unsightly pews, &c, have been removed, and the pulpit 
and desk placed on either side the chancel arch, The chancel has been 
newly roofed, and on its north side is a well-proportioned chapel. Over 
the north porch is a room used as a school, and having a finely groined roof, 
with figures of angels on the bosses. Sir H. E. Bunbury is impropria- 
tor of the rectory and patron of the vicarage, valued in K.B. at £22. 18s. 
lid., and now at <£369, in the incumbency of the Rev. Henry George 
Phillips, M.A., of Whelnetham. There are four Wesleyan Chapels in the 
parish ; one in the town, built in 1839 ; one in Beck Row, built in 1829 : 
one on the Burnt Fen, erected in 1839; and another at West Row, built in 
1841. The Baptists have a chapel in the town and two at West Row, and 
there is an old Friends' Meetinghouse at Holywell Row. The late Sir T. C. 
Bunbury established a Free School in the town in 1817, and his successor, 
the present baronet, allows the mistress the use of a cottage, and a yearly 
salary of £30, for teaching about 80 poor children. Sir H. E. Bunbury alsc 
supports a Boys' School for 60 children. There is a National School at 
West Row, which was built in 1851 by subscription and grants, and is li- 
censed as a chapel of ease for that part of the parish. The vicar or curate 
performs divine service there on Sunday evenings. Mildenhall Literary 
and Mechanics' Institution was established in 1851, and has occasional 
lectures in the school-room at the Manor House. C. J. F. Bunbury, Esq., 
is president, and Mr. Wm. Paine secretary. It has about 100 members, 
and a library of more than 500 volumes. Here are Lodges of Odd Fel- 
lows and Ancient Shepherds, and a Benefit Society. 

The following Poor's Laxds are under the management of the church- 
wardens, viz., the site of a tenement, let for lis. ; 13a. 21p. in Westrow 
Fen, allotted to the poor at the enclosure, in the time of Charles II. ; 
27a. 3b. 8p. in Westrow Fen, let for d£ll, and given in exchange for a tene- 
ment and land given by Wm. Betts, for the relief of poor children of High, 
town hamlet, except 10s. a year for a sermon; an allotment of 100 acres, 
in Great D elf, or Mildenhall Common, awarded at the enclosure in the 47th 
of George III., for the purpose of cutting fuel, or otherwise for the use 
and benefit of the poor parishioners, and now partly let for £'40. 10s., and 
partly used for cutting turf: 11a. 2r. 16p. in Holywell Fen, which is let, at 
a small rent, subject to the right of the poor of Holywell, of cutting turf: 
4a. 2p*. 46p. of fen land near Coldham Hills, let for £b, and mostly given 
by an unknown donor, and partly allotted at the enclosure ; 6a. 2r. 18p. 
in Peterborough Field, let for £8, allotted at the enclosure, in lieu of com- 
monrights and old poor's land; and an allotment of 1a. 23p., which had 
been held from the time of the enclosure till 1830, by James Williamson 
and Edmund Bacon, rent free, in consideration of their fencing it and 
bringing it into cultivation. They afterwards refused to give it up. Part 
of the above-named allotments were awarded in satisfaction of the following 
donations, viz., a yearly rent-charge of 30s., given to the poor by one Fair- 



MILDENHALL. (LACKFORB HUNDRED.) 695 

weather, together with a piece of land for the church; four acres of 
land, purchased with the benefactions of Richard Taylor and Mr, Pope ; 
a piece of land given by James Downing, for the poor of Holywell row : 
and land purchased with £60, given by Elizabeth Coe, and the Rev. John 
Hunt. The rents of the above-named poor's lands amount to abou: 4>72 
per annum, and are distributed among the poor parishioners, together with 
the following yearly rent-charges, viz., 40s. out of land at Glemsford, left by 
John Allen, in 1595 ; 40s. given by Edmund Bright, out of land at Coldaam 
Hills : 30s. out of land in Beck row, given by Jeremiali Haske and an un- 
known donor ; and 20s. given by Richard Sackerman, out of a dolver in 
the Hay land. In 1677, Alice Boyder gave out of a tenement in Holywell 
row, (now belonging to Mr. Wing,) two yearly rent-charges, viz.. 10s... for 
a sermon, and 20s. for the poor on Maunclay Thursday. In 1710. 
Catherine Shore left 7a. 2r. ISp. of land in West row. and directed the 
rent to be applied yearly in providing stuff gowns for poor women, on 
August 30th. This land is occupied as garden ground, and there is be- 
longing to it a dolver, or allotment of Ida. 1b. 19p , in Westrow Fen. The 
rents of both now amount to about «£50 a year. In 1724, John Abbott, 
charged his lands in Mildenhall Fen with the yearly payment of £o, for 
the following uses in High town, viz.. £8 to provide gowns and coats for 
three poor widows, and £2 for schooling two poor boys. The property 
charged with this annuity belongs to the New England Company for the 
propagation of the gospel in America. Haxmee's Almshouse, for four 
aged people, was founded by Sir Thomas Hanmer, who endowed it in 
1723 with two yearly rent-charges, viz., 40s. for repairing the building, and 
<£'3S to provide for each of the poor almspeople a weekly stipend of 2s. 6d. , 
and the yearly allowance of 40s. for clothing, and 20s. for fuel. Sir H. E. 
Bunbury, Bart., is now owner of the estate charged with these annuities 
The Poors Houses consist of six cottages, with gardens, occupied by six 
poor families. They were given by an unknown donor, and are repaired 
at the expense of the parish. The poor of Westrow hamlet have a coomb 
of barley meal yearly from Baker's Charity. (^See Brandon.) 

MILDENHALL PARISH. 
Those marked 1, are in Beck Row ; 2, Bridewell st : 3, Burnt Fen ; 4, Cake 
street ; 5, Church yard ; 6, St. Andrew st ,• 7, High st : 8, Holywell rd : 
9, Holywell Row ; 10, Kiln st ; 11, Mill st ; 12. Market lane : 13, Market 
place ; 14, Pound st ; 15, West Row : 16, Wild st : and 17, Park terrace. 

The Post Office is at Mr. Edw. Barrett'?. Market lane ; and there is a 
receiving bos at the Plough Inn, West Row. Letters are depatched by Mail 
cart, via Soham, Ely. and Newmarket, at 8§ evening. Foot postmen to sur- 
rounding villages every morning. Money Orders are granted and paid from 9 
morning to 6 evening. 

6 Andrews Joseph, gent, Cottage 1 Ford Jephthah Eumbelow, farrier 

1 Bates Eobert, coal dealer 2 Gittus Wright, ic 17 Gooch Geo. gent 
11 Bland Geo. wine & spirit mercht. 11 Goodrich Eobert, bank clerk 

land agent, valuer, & auctioneer 17 Hills Jacob Thos. (Bapt. min.") 

13 Buck Mrs G. | 11 Damant Mrs E. 11 Isaacson Wotton, & Son, (Edm. D.) 

Bunbury Charles James Fos, Esq., solicitors, clerks to magistrates, fc 

Manor House agents to Norwich Union In3. Co. 

7 Chifney George Jacob, druggist 11 Isaacson Wotton, solicitor, & Union 

2 Clarke Gardener, assist, overseer clerk, & superintendent registrar 
Clarke Hy. land agent, Nursery Cotg Lovelock Eev Edward Henry, BA., 
Cross Thos. and Mrs. master & matron curate and surrogate 

of Union Workhouse 2 Macklev Henrv, inland rev. officer 

15 Ellis Rev W. C. (Baptist) 2 Manning Wm/rag, ice, dealer 



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MILDENHALL DIRECTORY. 



Moody Wm. T. organist 
Morley Frederick, letter carrier 
.10 Mower Richard, coal dealer 
17 Newton Rev Thomas, (Wesleyan) 
13 Norman James, game dealer 
Oakes, Be van, Moore, & Co., bankers, 
(on Barclay & Co.;) E. D. Isaacson 
and Edw. Ridley, agents 
11 Owers Charles .& Wm. millers 

and maltsters 
Packe James, Esq., Bridewell street 
r2 Palmer Charles, lessee of gas works 
5 Peachey J. sexton \ 11 Hatch Miss 
11 Petley Henry, veterinary surgeon 
7 RamplingChas bookseller, stationer, 

printer, &e. Stamp office 
7 Read James, oj James, jun. solicitors, 
& agents to Suffolk Amicable Ins Co 
7 Robinson Ths. E . relie vi ng offr. & regr 
17 Simpson Rev Wm. (Wesleyan) 
Seeker Wm. bookseller, printer, sta- 
tioner, & agent to the European, the 
National Live Stock, and the Acci- 
dental Death Insurance Cos. 
Smith James Edm. police inspector 
7 Smith Samuel Fuller, druggist 
2 Ward John, gent | 11 Young Mrs S : 
Youngman Chas. F. gent. Lark House 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
7 Bell Inn, Wm. Chapman, (posting) 

I Birdin.Hand. Robert Hills 
7 Crown, Wm. Goodchild 

15 Ferry House, Mary Godfrev 
S Plough & Duck, Richard Gay ton 

II Ship, Robert Frost 

15 Plough, Sarah Shackel 

1 Royal Oak, James Cook 

7 Tiger's Head, John Rolfe, (saddler) 
7 White Hart Inn, (posting) James 

Smith Gittus 
15 White Horse, Robert Peachey 

2 White Swan, Henry Wiseman 



ACADEMIES. 

9 Childerstone 

Susannah 
1 Gedge Mary 
9 Paine Diana 
3 Palmer Mary 
Upton Annie and 

Eliz. Neville 
Free and National 

Schools, ftc. 
Parke Wm. B. 
15 Robinson Thos. 
Scott Louisa 
Seeker JohnLewis 

BAKERS, &C. 

12 Barrett Edw. 
1 Clift James 

7 Doughty Wm. 

13 Pettit Wm. 



BASKET MAKERS. 

12 Daines Thos. 
11 Fletcher Wm. 

BEERHOUSES. 

3 Butcher Abm. 

2 Coe Sarah 

3 Cox Isaac 

1 Fuller Robert 

2 Morley Fredk. 
15 Morley Jacob 

2 Morley James 
10 Musk Edward 

3 Phillips Thos. 
9 Turner John 

BLACKSMITHS. 

9 Ashley Robert 
1 Cockerton W r m. 
15 Ford Jesse 
15 Ford John 



2 King James 
15 Martin Chas. 

10 Morter Charles 
2 Sparke Richard 
6 Sterling Mary 

6 StriblingNathl. 

BOOT & SHOE MKS. 

{* Leather Cutters.) 
17 Abbott James 
1 Andrew David 

7 Ayers Robert, & 
parish clerk 

7* Bird Charles 
6 Boyce John 
15 Diver Joseph 

1 Hills Thomas 
7*Large Francis 

11 Large Wm. 
15 Reeve Wm. 
10 Tuck Thomas 

6 Tuck Nathaniel 
9 Watts Henry 

BRAZIERS,TINNERS, 
& IRONMONGERS. 

7 Bates Abraham 

6 Clarke Richard 

BRICKLAYERS. 

2 Burrows Robert 

9 Haylock Abm. 
13 Morley Charles 
17 Morley James 

2 Palmer Charles 

10 Webb Charles, 
(lime burner) 

10 Webb Samuel 

BUTCHERS. 

7 Randall Ths. W r . 
13 Towler Robert 
1 Tyler Henry 

CABINET MAKER. 

13 Moore John 

COACH BUILDERS. 

17 Martin John 
6 Stribling Nathl. 

COOPERS. 

13 Dyer Nathaniel 

11 Goodrich John 

FARMERS. 

(* are Owners.) 
15 Avis Adam 
15 Avis Adam, jun. 
15 Avis Frederick 
1 Bates Robert 
15 Bonnett John 
15 Brown Harris 
3*Burgess James 

3 Burgess Roger 
15 Butcher Abm. 
15 Butcher Isaac 

and Jacob 
15 Butcher John 



3 Butcher Pearmn. 
1 Carpenter Thos. 
9 Carpenter Wm. 
Chapman Edw. 

Aspal Hall 
l*ChilderstoneFs. 
16* Childerstone 

Edward 
9 Childerstone Isc. 
9ChilderstoneJtn. 
16ChilderstoneTs. 
3 Clarke Richard 
16*Clements Rd. 
3 Cowell Robert 
1 Cowell Thomas 
15 Curtis Charles 
9 Eagle James 
1 Fincham Edw. 
1 Fincham John 

I Fincham Robert 
3 Flanders Wm. 
15 Flatt Joseph 
Fletcher Isaac 

15 Gittus Robert 

II Goodrich John 
Harding George, 

Peters House 
1 Hensby Wm. 
Howard Js. Hardy, 

Carrots 
15 Jaggard Robert, 

& cattle dealer 

15 Jest Ann 

16 Leonard Henry 

9 Lofts John 

1 Manning Henry 

10 Morter Charles 

11 Owers C. & W. 
Paine Wm., Warn- 

mill Hall 
15 Pamment Ths. 
3 Parker Wm. 
Peachey Abraham, 

Kenny hill 
1 Peachey Charles, 
1 Peachey Wm. 
3 Phillips Thomas 
Phillips Wm. Bir- 

cham hill 
1 Rolfe John 
15 Rolfe Lewis 
15*Rolfe Robert 
* Seaber John, 

Ffiesland House 
Seaber John, jun. 
15 Seaber Wm. 
10 Webb Charles 
1 Wing George 
16* Wing James 
15 Youngman Chs 



MILDENHALL PARISH. 



697 



^TJRXITURE BRKRS. 

13 Fenton Simeon 
13 Graham Robert 
13 Morley Charles 

GARDENERS. 

15 Ellington John 
15 Morley Henry 
15 Morley Win. 
15 Rolfe John 
15 Rolfe Robert 
15 Slipper James 
1 Webb Ann 

GROCERS & DPRS. 

7 Large Francis 

I Lucas Thos. B. 
7 Ridley Edward 
7 Seeker Charles 

II Wing Wm. & 
John 

HAIRDRESSERS. 

13 Blade Robert 
€ Docking Chas., 

& court bailiff 
13 Graham Robert 
6 Hills John 
~2 Morley Henry 

IRONMONGERS. 

{See Braziers, fyc.) 

joiners, &c. 
25 Bacon Henry 



15 Burgess George 
15 Clarke Edw. 
1 Cowell Thomas 

1 Peachey Philip 
7 Seeker Charles 
7 Smith Thomas 

2 Williams David 

MILLINERS. 

11 Ashen My. Ann 
13 Cooper Sophia 
Robinson E. & M. 

PLUMBERS, GLAZRS. 
AND PAINTERS. 

15 Avis Frederick 
17 Hills Charles 
11 Rolfe Samuel 

10 Ungless Henry 

SADDLERS. 

6 Merrington Rd. 
13 Peachey Ann 

11 Rolfe John 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Grocery, fyc. Dlrs. 
10 Banks Harriet 
2 Coe Sarah 
1 Fincham Edw. 

7 Foreman John 
15 Hines Robert 
15 Horn Mary 

15 Leonard Robert 



2 Morley Wm. 
9 Phillips Wm. 
15 Rumbelow Jph. 
.1 Warren James 
2 Wiseman Henry 

STONEMASON. 

King James 

STRAWHAT MAKERS 

Ashen M. & A. 
1 Ford Eliza 

1 Webb Ann 

SURGEONS. 

1 1 Aldrich Pelham 

2 Harris Fdk. H. 
11 Robinson John, 

Wadham 
11 Wilde George 
Reynolds 

TAILORS. 

13BrightwellJohn 
11 Brown Charles 
2 Carley Robert 
13 Doughty Robt. 
6 Edwards Garvey 
15 Morley Isaac 
15 Morley Jacob 
13 Morley Wm. 
2 Warner Wm. 
2 Windett Arthur 



WATCHMAKERS, &C. 

Ashman G. 

6 Docking Chas. 

13 Fenton Simeon 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

1 Cowell Thomas 
9 Leonard Charles 
15 Phillips John 
6 Stribling Natl. 

COACH 

To Bury, from Bell 
Inn, Wed. & Sat. 
9 morning 
OBZNIBUS 

Daily to Kennet 
Station, 5§ miles 
S. ofMildenhall 

Mildenhall road 
Station is 7^ 
miles N. of Mil- 
denhall 
CARRIERS. 

James Balls, to 
Bury, Wed. and 
Sat.; and New- 
market,Tu.&Fr 

James Morley and 
Sarah Coe, to 
Bury, Wed.&Sat 



SANTON DOWNHAM is a sandy parish of 3860 acres, and 70 in- 
habitants, on the south side of the Little Ouse, opposite Santon, on the 
Norfolk side of the river, 2 miles E. by N. of Brandon, and nearly five 
miles N.W. of Thetford. The Hall, a handsome mansion in a small park, 
near the river, is the seat of Lord William John Fredk. Powlett, brother of 
the Duke of Cleveland. He is lord of the manor, owner of the parish, im- 
propriator, and patron of the Church, (St. Mary,) which is a perpetual 
curacy, valued in 1835 at <£59, and now in the incumbency of the Rev. 
Henry Sims. The manor was given by W T illiam the Conqueror to Bury 
Abbey, and by Henry VIII. to Sir Thos. Kitson, but part of the parish was 
held by Ixworth Priory, and granted at the dissolution to Richard Coding- 
ton, and Elizabeth his wife. It is remarkable for an inundation of sand, 
which, in 1668, threatened to overwhelm the whole parish. The sand was 
"blown for several years by frequent strong winds of long continuance, from the 
hills of Lakenheath, distant about five miles to the south-west. It buried 
and destroyed several houses and cottages, and so choked the navigation 
of the river that a vessel with two loads weight found as much difficulty in 
passing as it had done before with ten. Mr. Wright, who occupied the 
largest farm house, had all his avenues blocked up, so that there was no 
access to his dwelling but over the tops of two walls of eight or nine feet 
high ; and at one time the sand filled his yard, and was blown up to the 
eaves of his outbuildings. For several years, he raised furze edges, set 
upon one another as fast as they were levelled by the sand. By this ex- 
periment, be raised banks near twenty yards high, and brought the sand 
into the compass of eight or ten acres ; then by laying upon it some hundred 

2q 



698 SANTON DOWXHAM PARISH. 

loads of earth and dung, he reduced it again to firtn land. H> 
cleared all his walls; and with the assistance of his neighbours, carted 
away about 1500 loads, and cut a passage to his house through the main 
body of the sand. The parish was enclosed about fifty years ago, except 
700a. still forming an open warren and sheep walk. .Directory: Lord 
Wm. Powlett. Santon Downham Hall ; Rev. Henry Sims, incumbent: Fdk. 
Phillips, farm steward; Robt. Edwards and Thos. Parrott, fa rme rs : Edwd 
Butter, gardener; James Marsh, gamekeeper. Post from Bra< 



TUDDEXHAM, s pleasant village on an acclivity near a rivulet, three 
miles S.S.E. of Mildenhall. has in its parish 479 souls, and 2644 acres, 
extending eastward to the river Lark. The Marquis of Bristol and Mrs. 
Eogers own the manors and most of the soil. A farm of 564 acres be- 
longs to one of the Thetford charities. The Church (St. Mary) is a neat 
structure, with a tower and five bells, and was repaired in 1854 The 
living is a rectory, valued in K.B. ?x £10. l?s. 6d.. and in 1835 at £2^4. 
The Marquis of Bristol is patron ; and the Rev. E. Sparke, M.A.. is the in- 
cumbent, and rebuilt the Rectory House in JS54. The glebe is 20a. Here 
is a Baptist Chapel, built in 1843. The Church Land is an allotment of 
16a. 3r. 29p., awarded at the enclosure in 1796, in lieu of open field land 
held from time immemorial for the repairs of the church. It is let for 
about £§13 a year. In 1711. Jane Wotton left a yearly rent of £6 out of 
the parsonage of Tuddenham, for distribution among the poor parishioners. 
The Free School was founded by John Cockerton, who, in 1723, endowed it 
with a dwelling-house and %a. of land, occupied by the schoolmaster, and 
with a barn, 55a. 2r. 12p. of freehold land, and 36a. 1r. 25p. of copyhold, 
land, let for about £'70 a year. The master teaches as free scholars all the 
poor children of the parish who are sent to him. His house and the school 
were rebuilt in 1846. Post /row Mildenhall. 

Avery Robert, free schoolmaster 
Brown Thomas, parish clerk 
Evered Mr Fras. [ Remolds Mrs S. 



Einton Walter, tailor 
Eirman Mary, shopkeeper 
Eendall Eliz., wheelwright 
Kendall Robert, shoemaker 
Morley Isaac, shoemaker 
Naylor Nancy, vict. White Horse 
Rumbelow Marv. blacksmith 



Spaike Rev Ezekiel, M.A.. Bt 
Sparrow Elias. shoemaker 
Sparrow Emily, shopr. & H. dressmkr 
Steel Thomas, corn miller i: ruereht. 

Steam and Water Affile 
Tyler Peter, butcher 6c vict. Anchor 
VTilks Isaac, bricklayer 

Ellington Richard 
Mills G-eorge 



FARMERS. 

Craske Win. 
Bootv John. Ha': 



Steel Thomas 



WANGEORD parish, 3 miles S.W. of Brandon, has only 33 inhabitants, 
and 3252 acres of sandy land, all the property of G-eorge H. Wilson, Esq.. 
and occupied as one farm, by Mr. Jabez G-eo. Place, of Wwmgford Hall ; 
but about 2700 acres form an open rabbit warren, adjoining that of Laken- 
heath. The hall, an ancient mansion, was the seat of Lord Chief Justice 
Wright, who flourished in the reign of James II. The manor afterwards 
belonged to the Holts. Near Wangford is a singular sandy tract, where 
many bones of men and animals, fragments of Roman pottery, broken 
querns, pieces of metal, coins, and other relics, have been frequently 
found; and about a mile from the village several Saxon urns hare 
been dug up. Wangford Church (St. Denis ) has a tower and two 
bells. The benefice is a rectory, consolidated with that of Brandon, as 
noticed at page 682. 



LACKFORD HUNDRED. 690 

WORLINGTON, a neat and pleasant village on the south hank of the 
navigable river Lark, one mile W.S.W. of Mildenhall, has in its parish 
2080 acres of land, and 391 souls. Geo. Gataker and P. H. Honeywood, 
Esqrs., are lords of the manors, hut part of the parish belongs to Sir John 
Rae Reid, Bart,, and several other proprietors. The soil is sandy, but 
generally fertile. The Church (All Saints) has a tower and five bells, and 
the living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at <£19. 6s. 8d., and in ] 835 at 
i;l 97. The patronage is in Trustees, and the Rev. Wm, Singleton is the 
incumbent. The organ was given in 1818 by the Hon. Thos. Windsor, 
who left the patronage of the living to Trustees. The Rectory House is a 
neat residence which has recently been much improved. The tithes were 
commuted at the enclosure in 1790, for an allotment of 291 acres. An 
Infant School was built here in 1840. In 1620, John Mortlock left for the 
poor parishioners a yearly rent-charge of 30s. out of land now belonging 
to Mr. Godfrey. They have also a yearly rent charge of 24s. out of the 
rectorial tithes of Stow Upland, left by Thos. Blackerby, in 1688 ; and the 
interest of <£50 given by an unknown donor, and now secured on the tolls 
of the Thetford and Newmarket turnpike. 

Middleditch Jeremiah, shoemaker 
Parker Mark, gardener, and nursery 

and seedsman 
Poulter John, wheelwright 
Pridgeon Miss ] Reid Miss 
Raven Mrs, ladies' school 
Singleton Rev Win., M.A., Rectory 
farmers. | Booty Mary 

Godfrey Edw. | Poulter Henry 
Godfrey James | Wing Charles 
Post and Carriers from Mildenhall 



Bailey Mr | Hardy Miss, school 
Barnes Wm. shopkeeper 
Cawston Wm. Westerman, land agent 
Chapman Wm. postman 
Gibson Mary, boarding school 
Ground George, vict. Bell 
Hammond Mary, blacksmith 
Harlock Ebenzr. Wm. vict. Chequers 
Jude George, shoemaker 
Langham Isaac, horse clipper 
Lindsell John, beerhouse 



BOROUGH OF THETFORD. 

THETFORD is an ancient Borough and Market toivn, mostly in Norfolk, 
and partly in Suffolk. It was once a large and important City, being the 
capital of the kingdom of East Anglia, in the Saxon era ; and the See of 
the Bishopric of Norfolk, from the year 1070 to 1094. It also shared with 
Norwich as the capital of Norfolk, till 1833, when the Lent Assizes, which 
had previously been held here, were removed to Norwich. It is a widely 
spread town, mostly on the north and partly on the south side of the Little 
Ouse river, which divides the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, and receives 
here the small river Thet, from which the town has its name. It is en- 
compassed on the south and west by extensive sandy heaths, abounding in 
rabbits, and is distant 12 miles N. of Bury St. Edmund's, 6 miles E.S.E of 
Brandon; 28 miles S.S.E. of Lynn; 28' miles S.W. by W. of Norwich; 
19 miles N.E. of Newmarket; and 80 miles KN.E. of London. It has a 
Hailway Station, on the Eastern Counties line, between Ely and Norwich. 
The town has been much improved during the last twenty years, especially 
the Market place, where the Shambles, which stood on the site of the Red 
Lion Inn, were taken down in 1837, and rebuilt on their present site, with 
a handsome front adjoiniug the Guildhall. The market, held every Satur- 
day, is well supplied with provisions, &c, and here are five annual fairs, 
viz., on May 14th and Aug. 2nd, and 3rd, for sheep; August 16th and 
September 25th, for cattle ; and in July, or early in August, for wool. The 

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700 BOROUGH OF THETFORD. 

town has several good inns, many well-stocked shops, three large breweries, 
two foundries, a tannery, several malt and lime kilns, several corn mills, and 
an extensive paper mill. Its principal commercial transactions are in the 
importation of coal, timber, &c, and the exportation of corn, wool, and 
other agricultural produce, for which the Little Ouse opens a water com- 
munication by barges to Lyim, Wisbech, &c. ; and the railway opens a 
direct and speedy communication with London and other distant markets. 
This railway was opened in July, 1845. The Gas Works were established 
in 1845, by a company, with a capital of £2o00, raised in ^£10 shares. Mr. 
Thos. Richardson is the secretary. 

The Borough of Thetfokd increased in population from 2246 souls 
in 1801, to 3934 in 1841, and to 4075 in 1851 ; and comprises 923 houses, 
and more than 7500 acres of land, divided into three Parishes, of which 
the following are the names, areas, and population, viz. : — St. Peters, 2240 
acres and 121.1 souls; St. CuthberVs, 260 acres, and 1612 souls; and St, 
Mary's, 3960 acres, and 1252 souls. St. Peter's is wholly in Norfolk, but 
all the land in St. Cuthbert's and St. Mary's, except about 160a. is in Suf- 
folk, as also are 60 inhabitants of the former, and about 700 of the latter. 
St. Cuthbert's includes also about 1300a. of open warren in Suffolk, and 
about half of the rest of the borough is also in open sandy heaths, 
abounding in rabbits, but in some places affording good pasturage for 
sheep. The Hon. Frauds Baring, M.P., and Sir Rt. J. Buxton, own a great 
part of the soil. 

Thetford Uniox, formed by the new poor-law commissioners, in 1835, 
comprises the three parishes of Thetford, the parishes of Santon Downham, 
Brandon, Barnham, Fakenham Magna, Euston, Honington, Sapiston, 
Coney Weston, Barningham, Weston Market, Hepworth, Thelnetham, Hop- 
ton, and Knettishall, in Blackbourn and Lackford Hundreds, Suffolk ; and 
the parishes of Kilverstone, Croxton, East Wretharn, West Wretham, Bret- 
tenham, Rushford, Methwold, Northwold, Santon, Hockwold-cum-Wilton, 
Feltwell, Mundford, Lynford, West Tofts, Sturston, Cranwich, and Weeting- 
<;um-Broomhill, in Norfolk. These 34 parishes comprise 117,870 acres, 
and 19,040 souls, of whom only about 7000 are in Suffolk. The UNION 
WORKHOUSE, erected in 1836, at the cost of about £5000, stands in St. 
Mary's parish, Thetford, but within the bounds of Suffolk. It is an exten- 
sive brick building, and its boundary walls enclose three acres of land. It 
has room for 300 inmates, but has seldom half that number, having only 
86 in 1841, and 146 in 1851, when the census was taken. The Board of 
Guardians meet every Friday. Lieutenant-Col. Fitz Roy is chairman; 
G.Gill, Esq., vice -chairman ; Mr. Edw. N. Cole, union clerk and superin- 
tendent registrar; and the Rev. W. J. Collett, chaplain. The relieving 
officers and registrars of births and deaths are Mr. D. Smith, for Thetford 
District, and Mr. John Smith, of Brandon, for Methwold District. This 
Union forms Thetford Couxty Court District. This Court is held 
monthly at the Guildhall. F. K. Eagle, Esq., is the judge ; and Mr. Edw. 
N. Cole, assistant clerk. 

Thetford, according to some authors, was first a British city, and after- 
wards a Roman station ; but the arguments adduced in support of these con- 
jectures are not very conclusive. Camden and Plot place the Sitomagus of 
the Itinerary here ; but Gale and Horsley contend that that station was at 
Woolpit, in Suffolk. At the east end of the town is a large entrenched 
mount, about 100 feet in height, 984 in circumference at the base, and 338 
in diameter at the base, and 81 on the summit, which is dished or hollowed 
out to the depth of 12 feet below the outer surface. The slope of the mount 
is extremely steep, and yet no traces remain of any path or steps for the 



BOROUGH OF THETFORD* 701 

purpose of carrying up machines, or any weighty ammunition. It has beea 
surrounded by a double rampart, with an outward ditch. On the east side 
is a large area, 300 feet square, evidently intended for parading the troops* 
The remaining parts of the ramparts are about twenty feet high, and the 
ditch from 00 to 70 feet wide. These once formidable works, commonly 
called Castle Hills, are composed of a mixture of mould and clunch ; and 
on the top of the great mound or keep, are many tumuli. They were un- 
doubtedly raised for the defence of the town during the predatory incur- 
sions of the Danes, who overthrew the Saxons in a dreadful battle fought 
at Snarehill, near Thetford, in 870, when Edmund, King of East Anglia, 
surrendered to the marauders, who cut off his head, and after plundering 
and butchering many of the inhabitants of Thetford, reduced the city to 
ashes. In 1004, Sweyn, King of Denmark, invaded East Anglia, and 
among other places, burnt this. In 1010, Ulfketel, the Saxon earl, suffered 
a complete defeat, and Thetford was again destroyed. After the truce which 
was concluded between Edmund Ironside and Canute, this town, like a, 
phoenix, arose from its ashes. In the time of Edward the Confessor, there 
were in the borough 944 burgesses, all of whom, except 36, could put them- 
selves under the protection of whom they pleased, without the royal license,, 
providing they paid all the customs, heriots excepted. In the time of the 
Conqueror, the burgesses were reduced to 720, and Bishop Herfast re- 
moved the episcopal see from North Elrnham to Thetford, whence, however,- 
it was transferred to Norwich in the following reign. From numerous coins* 
in the cabinets of the curious, it is evident there was a mint here, from the 
reign of Athelstan to that of King John. The manor-house, the ancient 
seat of the Earls Warren, became a royal palace, when the manor passed 
to the crown as part of the Duchy of Lancaster. Queen Elizabeth, Henry 
I. and II., and James I. occasionally resided here ; but the latter, being 
offended at the remonstrance of a farmer, over whose grounds he had been, 
hunting, sold the manor-house to Sir P. Wodehouse. Though an ancient: 
borough by prescription, Thetford is comparatively a modern Cobpokation.. 
In the Conqueror's time, the town was governed by & propositus, and other 
inferior officers, generally nominated by the Crown; but in 1573, Queen 
Elizabeth granted the burgesses a charter, by which a mayor, ten aldermen,, 
twenty common councilmen, a recorder, town clerk, sword-bearer, and two 
sergeants-at-mace, constituted the corporate body and their officers, till the 
passing of the Municipal Eeform Act of 1835. The same charter also 
granted them permission to send two burgesses to Parliament, " provided 
they were discreet and honest men, and were elected at the expense of the 
borough." This charter was surrendered to Charles II., and an imperfect 
one obtained in its place ; but this was rescinded in 1692, and the original 
charter restored. The town was governed by the latter till the passing of 
the Municipal Eeform Act, in 1835, under which the Town Council 
consists of a mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors; and a Com- 
mission of the Peace has since been granted, on the petition of the burgesses.- 
The income of the Corporation is now about £700 per annum, of which 
about <£96 is from the profits of the navigation ; £400 from borough rates; 
and £200 from rents, tolls, &c. The opening of the railways has decreased 
the income of the navigation from £1200 to about £100 per annum. Quar- 
ter Sessions are held for the borough before the Recorder, the Mayor, and 
the Magistrates. The number of parliamentary voters is about 300, nearly 
half of whom exercise the elective franchise as householders, and the rest 
as freemen. The number of municipal voters on the burgess roll is now 
538. The present Members of Parliament for the borough are the Earl of 
Euston and the Hon. Francis Baring. There was a return of writs ami 



702 BOROUGH OF THETFOED. 

gaol delivery here as early as the reign of Edward I. The Guild Hall, ifl 
which the Lent Assizes were held till their removal to Norwich, in 1633, is 
a fine old building, with commodious court rooms, kc. It was enlarged 
and repaired in 1800, and the gaol in 1816. The sword and mace borne 
before the mayor, were presented by Sir J. Williams, Kt., in 1678. 

Churches and Monasteries. — The lofty Castle hill, and the ruins 
of ecclesiastical and other buildings, in various parts of Thetford, remind us 
of its ancient splendour. It had at one time 20 churches and 8 monasteries, 
besides other religious and charitable foundations, and was called by the 
learned of the monkish ages ,f Hierapolis et 3fonachopolis." Of these ec- 
clesiastical edifices, the names only of many of them remain, and the sites 
of others are marked only by a few dilapidated walls. Most of the monastic 
institutions were granted at the dissolution, to Richard Fulmerston, Esq., 
and the Duke of Norfolk. The Xunnery was founded originally for monks, 
as a cell to Bury Abbey, in the reign of Canute; but in 1176. the monks 
being reduced to two, it was re-founded for a convent of nuns, who removed 
hither from Lynn. Some of its remains may be seen in the outbuildings of 
a farm house. The Priory, or Abbey, first erected on the Suffolk side of the 
town, in the churchyard of the cathedral, was removed to a more convenient 
situation, on the margin of the river. Tt was founded by Pioger Bigod. for 
Cluniac monks, in 1104. The ancient gateway of freestoue and black flint, 
with part of the church, ice, still remains. Its revenues were valued at the 
dissolution, at £'312. lis. -Aid. ; the Nunnery, at £b0. 9s. Sd. ; and the 
Monastery of St Sepulchre, at £S2. 6s. The latter was founded by Earl 
"Warren and Surrey, in 1109, for Augustine canons ; and the porter's gate 
and part of the church still remain, in Canon's close — the latter converted 
into a barn. The Austin Friary was founded by John of Gaunt, Duke of 
Lancaster, in 1387, for medicants, and its site is still called the Priory close. 
The liaison de Dieu. which stood at the corner of Canon's close, was 
founded byWm. Eufus and Earl Warren, for two chaplains and three poor 
men, who were to be fed, clothed, and lodged, and have water for washing 
the pilgrims' feet. Here were four Hospitals for lepers. Sec., dedicated to 
St John. St. Mary and St Julian. St. Mary Magdalen, and St. Margaret, 
but no vestiges of them now remain. Of the 20 churches, only three are 
now standing, and they give name to the three parishes. The first church 
here, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt by Bishop Herfast, as the cathedral, 
and is supposed to have stood on the site of the free school. It had four 
churches appendant to it. The tower of St. Nicholas, and some small frag- 
ments of a few of the other ancient churches, are still extant. St. Mary's, 
formerly called St. Mary the Less, is the only church in the Suffolk part of 
the town. It has a tower and six bells, and was formerly thatched, but 
was slated, thoroughly repaired, newly fitted with open benches, and en- 
larged by the erection of a north aisle in 1850. The interior has a good 
organ and several marble monuments — one to the memory of Sir Richard 
Fulmerston. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, valued in K.B. atsSl. 13s. 
6£d., and in 1835, at i'53. It was augmented in 1722-3, with £200 given 
by Henry Campion, Esq., and £200 of Queen Anne's Bounty. The Duke 
of Norfolk is patron, and the Rev. Wm. J. Collett, M.A., incumbent. St. 
Peter's is a handsome church, chiefly of flint, and consisting of a nave, 
chancel, side aisle, and tower. The latter, containing eight bells, was re- 
built in 1789, when a great part of the body was also rebuilt. The battle- 
ments on the south side, and the buttresses, are decorated with ornaments 
and large letters, inlaid with flint work. The east window is enriched with 
stained glass. The organ was purchased by subscription in 1853, and cost 
J6250. The living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £lb. Is. 5$d., and in 



BOROUGH OF THETFORD. 703 

18S5, at £55. It was augmented in 1726, with £200 royal bounty, and 
.£200 given by Henry Campion, Esq. ; and in 1814, with a parliamentary- 
grant of £1200. It is united with the perpetual curacy of St. Cuthbert's, in 
the patronage of the Duke of Norfolk, and incumbency of the Rev. A. Gib- 
bons. The latter benefice was valued in 1835, at £50, and was augmented 
with £1600 of Queen Anne's Bounty, in 1811 and 1 813. Chapel Acre given 
by Wm. Tyllis in 1501, is let for £4. 10s., which is applied in repairing St. 
Peters church. St. Cuthbebt's Chubch is a small fabric, with a tower, 
which fell down in 1851, and was rebuilt in 1852-'3, when the nave and 
chancel were thoroughly repaired and beautified. The cost of rebuilding 
the tower and restoring the church was about £'1050, of which £250 
was given by the Incorporated Society, on condition that 103 seats should 
be free. It has now a good organ, a handsome screen and stained glass 
window ; and neat open benches. The other places of worship in the town 
are a Friends Meeting House, a Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1830; an Inde- 
pendent Chapel, erected in 1817; a handsome Catholic Chapel, built in 
1826; and & Primitive Methodist Chapel, erected in 1838. A large New 
Cemeteby, of more than three acres, was provided for the borough in 1854, 
and the churchyards are to be closed as places of sepulchre in 1855. It has 
two small adjoining chapels, one of which, and half of the ground, is to be 
consecrated. 

The Fbee Gbammab School and Hospital in St. Mary's parish, on 
the Suffolk side of the river, were founded in 1566, by Sir Richard Fulmer- 
ston, who endowed them with part of the possessions of the dissolved 
monasteries, some of which had previously been employed for similar uses. 
The property derived from the founder consists of the school and play- 
ground ; three tenements and Black Friars' Close, the schoolmaster's house, 
with an acre of land attached to it : the usher's house, with a small garden ; 
the Hospital, containing rooms for four almspeople, and having a small 
garden for each; and a farm of 1435a. 2b. at Croxton, now let for about 
£500 per annum. According to the founder's will, part of this endowment 
is for the support of a preacher at St. Mary's church : but his intentions 
were not carried into full effect till the 7th of James I., when an Act of Par- 
liament was obtained incorporating the preacher, schoolmaster, usher, and 
four almspeople, (two men and two women.) by the name of the " Master 
and Fellows of the School and Hospital of Theiford, founded by King James, 
according to the will of Sir Richard Fulmerston ." This act provides that 
the preacher be called the master, and the schoolmaster, usher, and alms- 
people, the fellows ; and that they shall be governed by such ordinances as 
shall be made by the mayor, burgesses, and commonalty of Thetford, with 
tbe sanction of the Bishop of Norwich and the justices of assize. Since 
1825, the school has been open to 30 free scholars, who are taught reading, 
writing, and arithmetic; and eight of them may also be instructed in the 
classics. They are selected by the Corporation from the sons of freemen 
or settled parishioners of Thetforcl, and may remain till 14 years of age, 
paying only for pens, ink, paper, and firing. In 1817, the Corporation 
obtained the sanction of the Court of Chancery to a new scheme for the 
future management of the charity. They appoint the schoolmaster, usher, 
and almspeople; but as the preacher is always to be the incumbent of St. 
Mary's, his nomination is virtually in the Duke of Norfolk, and his stipend 
is thus augmented to about £200 per annum. 

Here is a National School, built by subscription in 1825, and now 
attended by about 200 boys and girls ; a Spinning, Knitting, and Reading 
School, supported by subscription, for 30 poor girls ; a school connected 



704 BOROUGH OF THETFORD. 

with the British and Foreign School Society ; and also an Infant School. 
Attached to the churches and chapels are several well-attended Sunday 
Schools. 

Sir Joseph Williamson, Kt., in 1701, left £2000 to be laid out in the 
purchase of lands or tenements for such public uses of the town of Thet- 
ford, as his executors, with the advice of the Corporation of Thetford r 
should think fit. Sir Joseph was recorder of the borough. His legacy was- 
not received from his executors till 1717, when it was laid out in the pur- 
chase of an estate at Fornham All Saints, and the Ox Pastures at Great 
J3arton, in Suffolk. This property was exchanged in 1826, with Sir H. E. 
Bunbury, for a farm of 563a. 3b. 27p. at Tuddenham, and the sum of 
£1223. 19s., which was laid out in repairing and enlarging the farm-house 
and outbuildings, all of which were burnt to the ground in 1844, by one of 
the incendiary fires which about ten years ago were so frequent in the 
county of Suffolk. They were insured for £1150, and were afterwards re- 
built. The farm is let for £'300 per annum ; which, after paying incidental 
expenses, is applied in apprenticing poor children of the borough. 

In Magdalen street are Almshouses for six poor men, built by Wm. 
Harbord, Esq., in 1680, and kept in repair by the Corporation. They were 
endowed with a yearly rent charge of £30, left in 1679, by Sir Charles- 
Harbord, during the term of a 99 years' lease. In 1806, this lease was 
renewed without any reservation for the almspeople, so that they have 
now no endowment. The Benefactions for yearly distribution among the 
poor of Thetford, are the dividends of £966. 12s. 7d. new 3| per Cents., 
purchased with £1000, left by Peter Sterne, in 1814, subject to the 
expense of repairing the tomb of the donor and his father ; £4 a year out 
of the Red Lion Inn, paid by the Corporation in satisfaction of the gifts of 
Margaret Eden, (£40) in 1616, and Sir John Wodehouse, in 1751 p 
£4 a year, paid by the Corporation of Norwich, as the gift of Wm. Barnham, 
in 1659 ; £8. JOs. out of Abbey farm, paid by Lord Ashburton, under the 
name of the Duke oe Norfolk's Charity; a yearly rent-charge of £20,. 
left by Sir Edwin Rich, in 1675, out of Rose Hall Farm, in Beccles p 
subject to the deduction of £2 for land tax ; and about £25 received yearly 
out of the Stoughton Estate, vested with the trustees of Henry Smith's^ 
Charities, left in 1627. The latter is distributed in blue-grey cloth coats. 
In 1608, Thomas Gent, left a house and about a rood of land, to pay 
6s. 8d. yearly for ringing the morning and evening bell, and to divide the 
rest of the rent among the poor. The house was burnt down about 70 years 
ago. The FUEL ALLOTMENTS awarded to the poor of the three parishes, 
under the Enclosure Aet of the 44th of George III,, and vested in trust with 
the lord of the manor, and the ministers, churchwardens, and overseers, are 
as follows : to St. Cuthbert's, 13a. 2r. 30p. ; to St. Peter's, 19a. 3r. 10p. ; 
and to St. Mary's, 22a. The rents are distributed in coals. The poor of 
St. Cuthbert's have also about £5 a year, as the rent of 2r. Up., left by 
Samuel Snelling. 

Here is a Mechanics' Institution, established in 1841, and now having* 
about 100 members, and a library of 1000 volumes. It is at the Guild 
Hall, where there is also a News Room, established in 1854. At the Red 
Lion, Dolphin, and White Horse Inns, are Lodges of Odd Fellows, and 
there are in the town several Friendly Societies, and other provident insti- 
tutions. 



705 
THETFOED DIEECTOEY. 

Marled. 1, reside in Bank street ; 2, Bury road ; 3, Botany Bay lane $ 
4, Bridge st. ; 5, Chapel st. ; 6, Croxton road ; 7, Earls lane ; 8, Gaol st.; 
9, Guildhall st. ; 10, Great Magdalen st. ; 11, Ju/?# s/. ; 12, Zi///e jT/agr- 
dalen st. ; 13, London road; 14, Market Place; 15, Oldman's lane; 16, 
Old Market place ; 17, Water lane ; 18, TF/tite i?ar£ s£. ; 19, Raymond st. ? 
20, Well st.; 21, Tanner's lane ; 22, jFo?y/ place; 23, Nicholas lane; 24, 
Mundford road ; 25, Norwich road; 26, Euston road; 27, Miller's lane } 
28, Castle row ; 29, Church row ; and 30, ££. Mary's row. 

The Post Office is in the Market place, and Mr. Jacob Howard is the 
postmaster. Letters are despatched by rails, to London at 11 a.m. and 1\ 
p.m., and to Norwich at 2\ a.m. and 10 p.m. Mail Cart to Bury at 2\ 
a.m., and foot postmen to surrounding villages at 7 a.m. Money Orders 
are granted and paid from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 



10 Backley John, fellmonger 
2 Barker Rev Fras. (Wesleyan) 

10 Barton Mrs Sar. |) 18 Breeze Mrs 
18 Bellamy John, Natl. Schoolmaster 

1 Best Henry, Esq., Prospect House 
Bidwell L S. & S. 0., Esqrs., & Mrs 
14 Bond Wm., gunsmith 

Boyce Luke, clerk of St Mary's 

4 Brock Mrs [| 21 Coates Rt., clerk 

6 Brown Wm., pipe maker 

11 Butcher Wm., game & poultry dlr. 
24 Chandler Fras., gamekeeper 

24 Chapman George, station master 
Chenery Benj., accountant, Grotto 
28 Churchyard Thos., letter carrier 
13 Clarke Robt. Eagle, solicitor, town 

clerk, and coroner 
32 Clarke Wm., carrier 
18 Cobb Mrs Sar. || 24 Cooke MissE. 
Cole Edw. N., Union fy County Court 

Clerk, and supt. regr. 

2 Collett Rev Wm. J., incumbt. of St 

Mary's, union chaplain, &c. 

12 Constable Wm., potter 
12 Cooke John, dyer 

2 Cooper John W., auctioneer & ma- 
nure manfr. and dealer 
11 Cooper Mrs C. || 13 Farmer Mrs 
28 Eaglen Robt., (Prim. Meth. min.) 
Emms Jph., rag, &c, dh\, Hogg hill 

1 8 Faux Gregory, solicitor & clerk to 

magistrates 

20 Faux Mrs Sus., & 18 Mrs Ann 

11 Field Mrs My. || 3 Gates Ths., elk. 

4 Fison James & Sons, corn, seed 
cake, coal, & wool merchants, corn 
millers, bone & cake crushers, 
maltsters, timber sawers, &c. 

21 Frost Edw. & Sons, tanners, &c. 
2 Gayford Miss Catharine 

11 Gibbons Rev A., rector of St 
Peter's &c 

19 GUI Garner, Esq., & Mrs Eliz. 



2 Godfrey Geo., boat builder ancL 
owner 

13 Gosling George, clerk 

16 Harris Samuel, excise officer 
Harrison Henry, railway clerk 
10 Harvey Wm., brush &■ clog maker- 
18 Hassam Jno. Newcombe, excise offr. 

9 Hill Mrs My. || 26 Hubert Rev S. 
18 Houchen John jun , solicitor and 

clerk of the peace for the Boro' 

14 Howard Jacob, postmaster, &c. 
2 Howes Jpb., gas works manager 
14 Jennings Frederick, clerk 

25 Lloyd Rev Morgan (Independent)../ 
Marsham Miss Sophia V., New Place 
20 Moore Rev J. || 11 Methold Mrs 

18 Palmer Mrs || 26 Mrs J. 

Palmer John, jun., clerk of St Peter's:- 
2 Peachey Samuel, clerk 
28 Peake Lewis, excise officer 
Plummer Sus., matron, Workhouse 
4 Pollard Alfred, stamp distr., &c. 
Pollard Mrs H., London road 
4 Richardson Thos., bank agent, &cv 
13 RumballMrs || 2 Saunders Rev C. 
23 Sherring John, town crier 

10 Shewer Rt. & Wm., sawyers 

19 Simpson Rd. S., town missionary 
Smith D., relieving officer & regr. 

11 Steggall Mrs |] 12 Slater Mr John 

9 Stokes Joseph, cork cutter 
13 Taylor Rev John (Catholic) 

10 Thrower Jas., hay & straw dealer- 
Tyler John Clement, mayor's officer 
18 Yautier Mrs |j4 Webb Hy., clerk 

11 Whistler Wm., bailiff & game dlr. 
28 Willis Thomas, gent 

9 Wing Henry, policeman 

BANKERS. 

4 Harveys & Hudsons, (onHankeys 

& Co.) Thos. Ricbardson, agent 

4 Oakes, Bevan, & Co., (on Barclay, 

& Co.) John Juler, agent 

2G3 



706 



THETFORD DIRECTORY. 



FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. 
6 Britain, John Bellaniv 
11 Crown, Rob t. Carley " 
Life Assurance of Scotland. T. Gates 
18 London Union, J. Houchen, jun. 
4 Norwich Union, and Farmers' and 

Hail Storm, Thos. Richardson 
11 Norwich Equitable and European, 

Alfred Farr 
4 Royal Exchange, J. Juler 
4 Suffolk Amicable, Brown & Colby 
Sun, H. Newson & R. E. Clarke 
11 Unity, James Harvey 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
4 Anchor, John Plumpton 
14 Angel, Thos. Youngs 
Bell Inu, Robt. Edwards (posting) 

10 Black Horse, Jno. Walter Tyrrell 

11 Chequers. Henry Cracknell 

9 Dog & Partridge. Robt. Spendlove 
16 Dolphin, Wm. Boyce 
18 Fleece, Stephen Steward 

14 Green Dragon, Thos. Crane 
24 Half Moon. Henry Moore 

15 Horse Shoe. John Benton 
11 King's Arms, Edw. Hunt 

18 King's Head, George Green 
24 Railway Tavern, Jno. Goiding 

14 Red Lion Inn, Charles Dewing 
Tyler, joiner, lessee of market 
tolls, court crier, &c. 

1 Rose & Crown (late Pooley) 

16 Spread Eagle Thos. Peuteny 

2 Star, Bernard Stonnock 

2 Trowel & Hammer. John Carter 

19 Victoria Shades, W. W. Wickes 

18 White Hart Inn, Jermh. Edwards 

19 White Horse, Daniel Davy 



ACADEMIES. 

13 Bucks Mr 
9 Cross Mary 

Grammar School, 
Hardy Chas.W., 
and Gates John 

29 Mann Mary 

8 Miller My. A. 

National Schools, 
Bellamy John, 
Bellamy Mary, 
BurlingbamMy. 

Workhouse School, 
Groom George, 
Ward Harriet 

AUCTIONEERS. 

2 Cooper Jno. W. 

14 Howard Jacob 
11 OldmanStphn. 

and John 
bakers, &c. 
10 Bibby Wm. 
Craske My. A. 



19 Craske Wm. 

10 Fordham Wm. 

11 Foulsham Cbs. 

9 Harrold Ann 
1 Jones Wm. 

8 Lambert Wm. 

1 Norman Wm. 
15 Oldman Stn. 
18 Palmer John 

10 Rogers Mary 

2 Rogers Robert 

9 Traise John 
18 Webb Richd. 

BASKET MAKERS. 

10 Lambert John 

20 Reynolds Jn.& 

Rt.. (bird, Sec, 
preservers. J 

BEERHOUSES. 

7 Basham Geo., 

& brewer 
Bennett Wm. 
28 Burgess Eliz, 



10 Howard Chas. 
25 Howe George 

6 Jackson John 
27 Manning Geo. 
24 Moore Hy. 

12 Musk Thos. 

17 Salmon George 
2 Spalding Jno. 
12 Spink Cbas.,& 

whiting mfr. 
1 Wing Ann 
12 Woolsey Abm. 
1 Woolsey Wm. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

1 Booth Richd. 

I Chamberlain Jas 
16 GillRt., 3c bell 

hanger, &c. 

10 Howard Chas. 

II Howard Jph. 
1 King Thos. 

1 EushbrookeJno. 

BOOKSELLERS, 
PRINTERS. &C. 

11 Carley Robt. 

11 Farr Alfred 

7 Fleet James 

BOOT & SH0E3IKRS. 

18 Carr Isaac 

19 Frost George 

12 Gainer Joseph 

9 Goodrick Geo. 
14 Howard Jacob 
14 Mann Thomas 
PearmainJohn 

10 Peachev Jph. 
4 Pollard "Alfred 

2 Porter Robert 
9 West Wm. 

9 Whiterod Robt. 
4 Woolnough Wm 

BRAZIERS & TXRS. 

18 Clarke Wm. 

9 Diver John 

2 Diver Matthew 

BREWERS 

and ILaltsters. 
16 Bidwell Leo- 
nard Shelford 

10 Tyrrell John 
Walter 

19 Wickes Win. 
Watts 

BRICKLAYERS. 

16 Boyce Wm. 
1 Huggins Robert 
1 Norman Wm. 
10 Palmer James 
18 Palmer John 
18 Palmer J. jun. 



18 Tyrrell Hy.Rbt. 
& brick maker 

BUTCHERS. 

* Pork. 
18* Booty John 
20* Boyce Henry 
9* Capo Henrv 
10* Clowes 6. 
4 Edwards Rt. J.. 
3c game dealer 

14 Huggins Chas. 
1* Pooley James 
18* Webb Richard 
7 Wright Wm. 

CABINET MAKERS A 

Upholsterers. 
7 Atkins Wm. 
9 Battle John 
11 Oldman John, & 
Berlin wool dlr.&c 

CHE3XISTS & DGTS. 

4 Cronshey James 

11 Nye Charles, & 

British wine dlr 

CHINA. &C. DEALRS. 

11 Carton Misses 

4 Reynolds Robert 

COACH BUILDERS. 

2 H us gins George 

13 Palmer Alfred 

CONFECTIONERS. 

20 Edwards James 
11 Foulsham Chs. 
18 Palmer John 

11 Pratt Sarah 
9 Traise John 

COOPERS. 

18 Clarke James 

12 Thompson Geo 

COAL, CORN. OJC. 
3IERCHANTS. 

(t are llaltsters.) 
tBidwell L. S. 
11+ Clarke Wm. 
4+ Fison James & 
Sons 

5 Gill John W. 
18+ Tyrrell Hy.R, 

CORN ilTLLERS. 

Fison Jas, .3c Sons 
5 GillJohnWithers 

3 Green Henry 

15 Oldman Stn. 

CURRIERS. 

IS Frost Edw. & 
Sons 

14 Howard Jacob 
9 Skippins Thos. 



THETFOED DISECTOE.Y. 



707 



FARMERS. 

BartlettHy.Albert, 

Canon's farm 
1 Edwards Robert 

I Gooch Wm. 
Jillings Wm. H. 
Eead John, Folly 
Salter W. P. Abbey 

II Whistler Wm. 

FISHMONGERS. 

7 Bennett Wm. 

I Ellis George 
16 Gill Elizabeth 

9 Gill Wm. 

12 Goddard John 

GARDENERS, 

19 Archer John 
19 Jerman James 
19 Jerman Xathan 
23Rayner Win. 

10 Shaw Robert 

GROCERS ANT) 
DRAPERS. 

18 Clarke James 
18 Deeks George 

II D alley Francis 

10 Hammond Sop. 

11 Harvev Jas. M. 
14 Hill Charles 

4 Juler John 
16 Kingdon Geo. 
14 Bogers Wallace 

HAIRDRESSERS, &C. 

18 Christopherson 
Benjamin 

11 Cracknell Hy. 

12 Judd Henry 
10 Storkev Wm. 
10 WilsonPp.Penn 

SIRONEOUNDERS, &C. 
23BurrellChas.& 
agricl. machine mfr 



13 Palmer Edward 

IRONMONGERS. 

14 Bond Wm. & 
gunsmith 

4 Brown & Colby 

JOINERS &BLDER5. 

9 Battle John 
12 Betts Wm. 
20 Boyce Henry 
28 Boyce Luke 
16 Boyce Wm. 

28 Clarke Edward 

29 Goddard Jas. 

19 Hearne Robert 
16 Johnson Henry 

1 Smith John A. 
12 Thompson Geo 

14 Tyler Chas. D. 

15 Tyrrell George 

L. & W. DRAPERS. 

(See Grocers, fyc.) 
11 Peacock Wm. 

11 Scott Emma 

MILLINERS, &C. 

Arnold Misses 
7 Brock 31. & A. 

2 Codling Rhoda 

20 Brown Julia 
7 Green Ann 

12 Henley Eliz. 
Matthews Sbna. 

13 Peck SarahAnn 
4 Pollard Mrs 

9 Stearne Mary 

PAPER MANFRS. j 

MunnRichd.&Co. 
Ouse Mill 

PLUMBERS, GLAZRS. 
AND PAINTERS. 

12 Booty John 
11 Boyce Thomas 



18 Browne Peter 

9 Pretty John 

10 Wright George 

ROPE, &C. MAKERS. 

12 Cock John 
12 Xoble Wm. 

SADDLERS. &C 

18 Abel Samuel 
10 Barnard John 
2 Codling John 
4 TurneyJohn 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

(See also Grocers.) 
2 Armit John 
1 Benton John 
16 Canham Robert 
20 Edwards Jas. 

1 Ellis George 

2 Fish Lazarus J. 
16 Gill Elizabeth 
2 Gunstone David 
2 Porter Henry 

12 Sturges Eliz. 

I Whistler Wm. 

STONEMASONS. 

13 Peck Edward 

19 Sharp Wm. 

STRAW HAT MKRS. 

18 Dickman M.A. 
7 Garner Sarah 

10 Howard My. A. 

SURGEONS. 

14 Bailey & Mack- 
enzie 

14 Bailey Henry 
Woodrufre 

II Best Henry W. 

TAILORS. 

18 CampkinJosiah 
16 Canham Robt. 

11 Carley Philip 



9 Esling Henry 
7 Farrow Benj. 
18 Matthews W.G. 
HMeadows Josiah 

9 Smith Wm. 

TIMBER MERCHTS. 

13 Godfrey Geo. 
12 Hollingsworth 
Richard 

12 Thompson Geo 

18 Tyrrell George 

VETERINAET SUR- 
GEONS. 

11 Howard Joseph 

13 Parry Thomas 

14 West John 

WATCHMAKERS, &C. 

11 Carr George W. 
& tea dealer 

10 Feltham Mary 

11 Harris Henry 

4 SpendloveHanh 

\ WHEELWRIGHTS. 

7 Brock Henry 

15 Edwards Jermh 
2 Huggins George 

I King Thomas 

8 Xurse Robert 

12 ThompsonGeo. 

WLNE & SPIRIT 
MERCHANTS. 

]6BidwellL. S. 

5 Gill John W. 

13 Xeobard John 

19 Wickes Wm.W. 

WOOL MERCHANTS. 

II Clarke Wm. 

4 Fison Jas.&Sons 
21 Frost Edward 
& Sons 



RAILWAY Trains to Norwich, 
LondoD, &c. five times a day. 

COACH to Bury, from the Bell, at 
12 noon daily, & Wed. 9 morning. 

CARRIE R S. 
Railway Company to all parts daily. 



To Bury, Wed. & Sat. G. Salmon, 
H. Reeve, & W. Clarke. 

To Ixworth, from King's Arms, J. Row- 
ley, Saturday. 

To Norwich, W. Clarke, Mon. & Thurs. 

VESSELS to Lynn, .Vc, weekly; 
J.W. Gill & G. Godfrey, owners and 
wharfingers 



BLACKBOURN HUNDRED, 

In the north-western part of Suffolk, in the Deanery of Blaclxlourn, 
Archdeaconry of Sudbury, and Diocese of Ely, is about 15 miles in 
length from east to west, and from 7 to 10 in breadth. It is bounded 
on the north by the Little Ouse river, which separates it from Nor- 



708 



BLACKBOURN HUNDRED. 



folk; on the east by Hartismere Hundred ; on the south by Stow, 
Thedwestry, and Thingoe Hundreds; and on the west by Lackford 
Hundred. It was granted as parcel of the Franchise 0/ Liberty of 
St. Edmund, in the 3rd of Elizabeth, to Sir Nicholas Bacon, Kt ; 
and was purchased of the Bacon family by Lord Chief Justice Holt. 
George Holt Vv T ilson, Esq., is now lord of the Hundred, for which 
he holds a general yearly court, at the Cock Inn, Stanton, according 
to ancient custom, on the Tuesday after the feast of St. Faith, where 
all persons owing suit and service, and quit rents, and all persons 
claiming to be enrolled for any lands or tenements in the Hundred, 
are summoned to attend before George Fredk. Brown, Esq., the 
steward. It is intersected by the river Thet and several smaller 
streams, flowing northward to the Little Ouse. The western, and 
some other parts of it, have a light sandy soil, resting on a substra- 
tum of chalk, and having several extensive open sheep walks ; and 
other parts of it rise in bold undulations, and have a strong loamy 
soil, with some rich marshes in the vale of the Little Ouse. The 
navigable river Lark forms a part of its western boundary, and the 
Little Ouse is navigable to Thetford, near its north-west angle It 
is in the Western Division of Suffolk. The following enumeration- 
of its 34 parishes, shews their territorial extent, and their population 
in 1851. Mr. J. Woodard, of Stanton, is the high constable. 



Parishes.* Acres. Pop- 

*Ashfield (Great) 1546 455 

*BadwellAsk 1860 478 

-hBardwell 3144 893 

Barnham 5 184 445 

Barningham 1586 499 

+Culford 2217 348 

*Elinswell 2066 779 

Euston 3780 256 

Pakenham Magna .... 2155 229 

Hepworth 1677 582 

*Hinderclay 1458 394 

Honington 1203 331 

Hopton 1321 674 

*Hunston 957 142 

•? Ingham 1808 233 

i-Ixworth 2248 1189 

Knettishall 1024 80 

*Langham 1270 281 

-fLivermere Parva 1433 174 

* UNIONS. — The eleven parishes marked thns T are in Stow Union. (See 
page 406;) the ten marked thus t are in Thingoe Union (see page 459 ;) and 
the other thirteen are in Thetford Union, (see page 700.) 

§ Rushford parish is mostly in Norfolk, and has altogether 4250 acres and 
187 souls. 

I^gf 3 County Court Districts. — Those marked * and + are in Bury St. Ed- 
mund's County Court District, (see page 193, ^ except Elmswell, which is in Stow- 
market district. The other .13 parishes are in Thetford County Court District. 



Parishes. Acres. 

♦Norton 2449 

*Rickinghall Inferior .. 1960 

Rushford, part of § .... 1000 

Sapiston 1230 

■f Stanton All Saints and) <&ka 

St. John ) l 

*Stowlangtoft 1471 

•fStow (West) 2926 

Thelnetham 1773 

fThorpe-by-Ixworth .... 770 

■f-Troston * 1764 

*Walsham-le- Willows .. 2760 

*Wattisfield 1517 

Weston (Coney) 1341 

Weston Market 1083 

tWordweU 2299 



Pop* 

927 

460 

54 

255 

1082: 

186 
315 
552 
136 
42T 
1297 

60a- 

266 

317 

56. 



Total 63,857 15,395 



ASHFIELD (GEE AT) a small scattered village, 8 miles N.W. of 
Stowmarket, and 5 miles E.S.E. of Ixworth, has in its parish 455 
souls, and about 1600 acres of land. Ashfield Lodge, a neat man- 



GREAT ASHFIELD PARISH. 709 

sion with pleasant grounds, is the seat of Lord Thurlow, the lord of 
the manor, owner of most of the soil, impropriator, and patron of 
the Church (All Saints,) a small ancient fabric, with a tower and 
five hells. The henehce is a perpetual curacy, valued at =£65, and 
now in the incumbency of the Rev. John H. Steggall. But here is 
also an endowed lectureship, of which the Rev. Henry Ray, of Bad- 
well Ash, is incumbent. In 1620, Nicholas Fyrmage gave his land 
in Hackford, and £'300 to belaid out in land, ''to a preaching minis- 
ter of God's word, for a Sunday sermon in the forenoon, to be- 
preached in the parish church of Ashfield Magna" viz. — to the 
preacher 8s. for every sermon; to 12 of the poorest householders in 
the parish 2s. each, every quarter in the year; 2s. to the sexton 
every quarter, for ringing the great bell to every sermon ; and 2s, a 
year to find bell ropes. 

By an inquisition taken of this charity, in the 21st of James 1st, it was- 
found that the rectory and parsonage of Ashfield Magna had, time out of 
mind, been an impropriation, and that there was no certain maintenance 
for a preaching minister, the curate having only £20, raised by the volun- 
tary gifts of the parishioners, and the impropriator. The Commissioners- 
of this enquiry decreed that the property, left by Nicholas Fyrmage, should 
be conveyed to trustees, who should have the nomination and appointment 
of an able man to preach, as directed by the testator. The .£300 was laid 
out in the purchase of about 40 acres of land, called Hoo Wood, in Stow 
Upland and Stowmarket, now let for £54 a year. The property at Hack- 
ford consists of a farm house, cottage, and 27a. 3b. 23p. of land, let for £44 
a year. The income from these sources (£98 per annum,) after paying 8s. 
a year to the sexton, and 2s. for bell ropes, is divided into five parts, of 
which four are paid to the lecturer, and one part is distributed among about/ 
13 poor householders. In the 13th of Charles I., Wm. Clarke left a yearly 
rent charge of 20s. out of 4a., called Wrong Haunt, for apprenticing poor 
children of Ashfield. The Church Lands, 1a. 3r. 16p., are let for £5. 4s> 
a year, which is carried to the churchwarden's account. Two cottages, ad- 
joining the churchyard, are occupied rent free by poor persons, and repaired 
by the parish. Here is a small Baptist Chapel. 

Ashfield is remarkable for being the birthplace of that distinguished law- 
yer, the late LORD THURLOW, and his brother, late Bishop of Durham. 
Their father, the Rev. Thos. Thurlow, was incumbent here, and married 
Miss Eliza Smith, the sole heiress of the Smiths, who had long held the 
manor, and were seated at the old mansion called Lee, now Lee farnu 
Edward, his eldest son, was born in 1735, and at the proper age was sent 
to Caius College, Cambridge, but did not obtain a degree. On leaving the 
University, he entered himself of the Inner Temple, was called to the bar, 
and remained unemployed and unknown, until his abilities were called into- 
action in the Douglas cause; soon after which, he attained such profes- 
sional distinction, that he was appointed solicitor-general in 1770, attorney- 
general in the following year, and lord chancellor in 17?S. On the latter 
occasion he was elevated to the peerage, by the title of Baron Thurlow of 
Ashfield. In 1786, he obtained the lucrative appointment of teller of the 
Exchequer; and in 1792 was created Baron Thurlow of Thurlow t with re- 
mainder, failing his male issue, to his brothers, and their male issue. The 
most remarkable period of his life was the epoch of his majesty's illness, in 
1788 and '89. His integrity then shone conspicuous; and in one of his 
speeches on the regency question, he said, "When I forsake my king in the 
hour of his distress, may God forsake me." He retired into private life in 



710 BLACKBOURN HUNDRED. 

1793. His talents, even out of his profession, were - _m Dr. 

Johnson said. "I would prepare myself for no man u id but Lord 

Thurlow ; when I am about to meet him. I should wish to know a day be 
fore.'" His lordship, who was never married, died at Brighton, in 1806, 
His next brother. TV ~ who embraced the clerical profession, 

was elevated to the See of Rochester in 1779. but was translated to Dur- 
ham in 1757, and died in 1791. Ed ward, his eldest son, succeeded, on his 
uncle's demise, to the title of Baron Thurlow of Thurlow. and died in 1829, 
when he was succeeded by the Rt.Hon. Edward Than. Hovel! TJiurlow, the 
present Lord Thurlow, whose eldest son, the Hon. Edward Thomas. MB 
born in 1837. 

GREAT ASHFIELD. '.::. smith, and Natl., wheelgt 

I ' :sr from Bury St. Edmund's via Ix- . Roof John, beerhouse keeper 

worth Steggaii Rev John Heigham. incuni- 

Loed Thhblow, Ashfiel \L .1 HucstoD, 

Dewing Edsr. May, Esq., i ' ;-: and surrogate 
Blomfleld David, shoemaker ■ Warren Reuben, bricklayer 
BooghtoR Charles, wheelwright \ Warren Susan and Dewing A., school 
Coleman George, bricklayer FARMERS. Orsbourn Wm. 
Edwards Wm.. parish ; rrell Anthony BarrellJose 
Elm er Thomas, e g rn n li Fen a J a ■ - - Firm an R obert 
Faiers Wm.. vict. Hovell Arms Hubbard Bolt. Lingwood Mi- 
Hill George, shopkeeper _ Wm. 
Jackaman Wm.. vict. Thutlow Arms x:i:e Harriet 
3i:rley Walter George, blacksmith ling Step] d Xati. 
Plummer John, shoemaker tei . lei 
Plummer Wm.. joiner and shopkpr 



BADWEIX ASH. or Little AsJitidd. is a near village, 4 miles 
E. by S. of Ix worth, and its parish contains 47 B souls, and 1B60 
acres of land. In the 9th of Edward E. it was the lordship of Win. 
Creketote. and it was afterwards held, together w : Ashtleld, 

by the prior and monks of Ixworth. At the dissolution, it was 
granted to Richard Codington. It is now in two manors, called 
fiadwell Ash and Shackerland. Lord Thurlow is lord of the former, 
and the Eev. W. C. Xewcome of the latter : but pan of the soil be- 
longs to Miss Xorgate. and the Mayhew, Payne. Moss. Wilson, 
Parker, and a few other families. The Church St. Mary] is a per- 
petual curacy, valued at £EE Eire Eev. TV. C. Xewcome is impro- 
priator of the tithes, and patron of the living, which is now held by 
the Eev. Henry Ray, for whom a parsonage house is about to be 
built. Ehe Town Estate has been vested from an early period, in 
trust, for the reparation of the church and the relief of the poor, at 
the discretion of the trustees and the churchwardens. It consists oi 
the Eown House, occupied by poor families : and about 11a. of land, 
let for £16 a year, which is partly applied in the service of the 
church, which was repaired in 1847, at the cost of 4S300. For a dis- 
tribution of bread at the church, the poor have a yearly rent charge 
of 24s. ; left by Ehos. Blackerby, in the 13th of Charles "2nd. out of 
the tithes of Stow Upland. Ehe late Thos. Biclier. Esq.. of this 
parish, left £400 to the Suffolk General Hospital, in 1543 : and also 
the dividends of £1200 three per cent, consols, for the poor of Bad- 
well Ash, to be distributed yearly in coals and clothing. Ehe poor 
oi this parish have also £30 a year, left by the late Misses Pieasance 



BRADWELL-ASH PARISH. 711 



and Bebecca Clougb, to be distributed on New Year's day. Post 
from Ixworth, via Bury. 

Orsbourn John, tailor and draper 
Eoper Thomas, shoemaker 
Thrower Samuel, blacksmith 
Warren Eeuben, bricklayer 



Bantock James, tailor 
Bird Wm., plumber, painter, &c. 
Fakes Saml.,wheelgt.,& My. A., school 
Fuller Amy, baker 
Green Henry, corn miller 
Hilliard Mary Eliz., shopkeeper 
Hoveil Miss Mary , Parr Mr Edw. 
Hubbard Chas., parish elk. and joiner 
Hubbard Samuel, carpenter 
Hunt Hannah, shopr,, Post Office 
Jackaman TTm., vict. White Horse 
Bay Bev Henry, incumbent of Bad- 
well Ash, and lecturer of Ashfield 



FARMERS. 
Cutting George, Warren farm 
Francis Thos., ShacJcerland Hall 
Green Thos., Street j| Garrod Robt. 
Mayhew George, Tiptodd's farm 
Moss Alex , Green || Turner John 
Payne Geo. E., Chapel farm 
Carrier. — Jas. Goodall, to Bury, Wed, 
and Saturday, 



BABDWELL, a large, well built, pleasant and healthy village, 
on the east bank of the river Thet. 2 \ miles N. of Ixworth, and 8 
miles NJE. of Bury St. Edmund's, and S.S E. of Thetford, has in its 
parish 893 inhabitants, 3142 acres of land, and the small hamlet of 
Bowheck, If mile X. of the church, It gave name to the ancient 
family of Berdwell, who were seated here as early as the -Norman 
Conquest. Sir Wm. Berdwell, a celebrated soldier, whose effigy, in 
painted glass, still remains in the north window of the church, died 
seised of the manor of Bardwell Hall, in 1434. It afterwards 
passed to the Beads, one of whom married the daughter and heiress 
of Wm. Crofts. The parish is in three manors, of which the follow- 
ing are the names and lords : — Bardwell Hall, Sir H. C. Blake : 
Wicks Hall, the Earl of Albemarle ; and Wyken Hall, the Duke of 
Grafton ; but part of the soil belongs to the Hallifax, Jeffes, Deben- 
ham, Cocksedge, and other families. The Church (St Peter and St. 
Paul,) is a handsome structure, with a lofty tower containing six 
bells, and surmounted by a short spire. It has several elegant 
monuments of the Bead and Crofts families, and two of its windows 
are decorated with stained glass. It was repaired, at the cost of 
<£200, in 1842 ; and in the following year an organ, which cost =£70, 
was given by the Bev. Henry Adams, B.D., the late rector. In 
cleansing the walls in 1853, when the church was repaired, some 
curious mural paintings were discovered. The rectory, valued in 
K.B. at £7. 17s. Id., and now at ,£597, is in the patronage of St. 
John's College, Oxford, and in the incumbency of the Bev. A. P. 
Dunlap, B.D. The tithes were commuted in 1839, for a yearly rent 
charge of «£788. The Bectory House is a large white brick man- 
sion, with pleasant grounds ; and the glebe is about 30 acres. Here 
is a neat Baptist Chapel, built in 1824 ; and also a small Wesleyan 
Chapel. 

The Town Estate is appropriated, under sundry ancient deeds, and a de- 
cree of a Court of Chancery made in 1639. to the service of the church and 
the good of the parish, " in such things as should be most needful." The 
estate is vested with 24 feoffees, and consists of the Guildhall, now in 12- 
tenements, occupied by poor parishioners ; four cottages, let at small rents, 
and 66a. 1r. 2p. of land. The rents produce .£142. 16s. per annum, and 
are applied in repairing the church, the Guildhall, and the four cottages; 



712 



BARDWELL PARISH. 



in payment of the churchwarden's expenses, and the wages of the parish 
clerk and sexton, and an allowance of £2b a year for schooling poor child- 
ren. The surplus is divided among the poor of the parish. The yearly 
sum of £d, paid by the Duke of Grafton, as interest of .£100 derived from 
an exchange of part of the trust land in 1709, is applied with the rents of 
the town estate. In 1677, Thos. Reade left £o0 for schooling poor child- 
ren, and it was laid out, with £'10 given by Sir C. C. Reade, in the purchase- 
of 4§a. of land in Stanton, let for £6, which, with the annuity of £2d from 
the town estate, is paid to two schoolmistresses, for teaching about 70 child- 
ren to read, and the girls to sew. Mrs. Anna Maria Dunlap, the rector's 
mother, died here in 1854, and gave upwards of £400 for the erection of a 
school house. In the 12th of Charles II., Robert Garrard left £20 for the 
relief of 10 poor widows, and it was laid out in the purchase of 2a. 3k. 16p* 
of land, now let for £5 a year, which is distributed at Christmas, with an 
annuity of 3s. 4d., left by John Green, in 1595, out of Guttrage's Acre, in 
Ixworth Thorpe. In 1822, John Jeffes charged his estate at Bard well with 
the yearly payment of £3, to provide a dinner on Christmas day for 10 
poor men and 10 poor women. On the enclosure of Bardwell Heath, an 
allotment of 25a. 2Gp was awarded to the poor parishioners, in lieu of their 
right of cutting fuel ; and also an allotment of 2a. 3r. 25p., on Bardwell 
Green. These allotments are now let for £59. lis. per annum, which is 
distributed in coals, &c. 



BARDWELL. 
Post from Ixworth via Bury 
Benham Thos., joiner and wheelgt 
Browning John, smith, and My., school 
Buckenham Rt, butcher. Mid. Ixworth 
Bullock James, cooper 
Cocksedge John, bricklayer and builder 
Colley John and "Win., bricklayers 
Dunlap Rev Arthur Pp., B.D., Rectory 
Puller Wm., joiner & vict. Green Alan 
Noble Charles, vict Six Bells 



BEEEHOUSES. 

Bullock James 
Palfrey John 
Seaman Thos. 



CORN BUELEBS. 

Cattermole Hy. 
Beard Bobt. Steam 

•mill 



FARMERS. 

Addison George 
Addison John 
Beard Robert 
Butcher John 
Cocksedge John 
Cooper John 
Cunningham Geo. 
Debenham Mary 
Harrison George 
Mothersole Wm. 
Pelham Ambrose, 

Bardwell Hall 
Peto James, Esq., 

BarninghamParh 



SimpsonJohn, agt. 
to Sun Fire off... 

Wyken Hall 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Blishard Richd. 
Plummer George- 
Pulfrey John 
Sone Jonathan 

SHOPKEEPEES. 

Bullock Sarah 
Botwright Thos. 
Crosby James 
Kinsey Geo. Baker 



BABNHAM, a pleasant village, 3| miles S. of Thetford. and 9 
miles N. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 445 souls, and 
5184 acres of land, including a large portion of sandy heath, form- 
ing an open sheep-walk. The Duke of Grafton is owner of the soil 
and lord of the manor, which, was formerly in two parishes, and had 
two churches, but that dedicated to St. Martin, has been in ruins- 
more than a century, and is now thickly mantled with ivy. *The 
other Church (St. Gregory) is a neat structure, with a tower and 
four hells. The consolidated rectories of St. Gregory and St. Martin, 
valued in K.B. at £7. lis. lOJd. and £8. 5s. 5d., are united with 
that of Euston, in the patronage of the Duke of Grafton, and in- 
cumbency of the Hod. and Bev. A. E. Phipps, of Euston. The 
tithes of Barnham have been commuted for about £400, and those 
of Euston for £296. 12s. 6d. per annum. Between these parishes 
and Thetford, is a row of 10 or 11 tumuli, supposed to mark the 
scene of the sanguinary engagement between king Edmund and 
the Danes, in 870. (See page 154.) The Duke of Grafton and the 



BARNHAM. (BLACKBOURN HUNDRED.) 



713 



rector support a small school for the education of poor children. 
The Poor's Land is held on leases for nearly a thousand years, 
granted in 1736, and now held, one rood hy the rector for 10s., and 
3a. by the Duke of Grafton for £2 per annum. Much of the land 
in this parish is farmed by non-residents. Post from Thetford. 

Baker John, corn miller, &c 
Baker Wm. carpenter, &c 
Banham Edward, parish clerk 
Belsham James, schoolmaster 



Bolingbroke John, shopkeeper 
Cooper Mrs Elizabeth 
Copham Thomas, shoemaker 
Davey Thomas, carpenter 
Debenham Edmund, shoemaker 
Deeks Edward, vict. Grafton Arms 



Lusher Mary, blacksmith 
Pooley James, brickmaker 
Stedman Rev Paul M. curate 
White Wm. woodman 

FARMERS. 
Cooper Wm. Hill House 
Edwards Frederick, West farm 
Gayford Hy. Christmas, North farm 
Nunn John II Baker John 



BARNINGHAM, a scattered village arid parish, six miles W. of 
Botesdale, and N.N.E. of Ixworth, has 499 inhabitants, and 1586* 
acres of fertile land. The manor has lately been sold by Mr. Tbrus- 
ton's executors, but most of the soil belongs to R. Sevan, Esq.,, 
T. Thornhill, Esq., Caius College, Cambridge, and a few smaller 
owners. Barningham Park estate is in Bardwell parish, adjoining 
Euston Park, and is the property of the Duke of Grafton, whose 
family purchased it of the Sheltons, formerly seated there. The 
Church (St. Andrew) is a neat edifice, with a tower and three bells. 
The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £31. 9s. O^d., 
and united with Coney Weston, in the patronage of George Ward 
Hunt, Esq., and incumbency of the Bev. Jas. Edwards, M.A., who- 
has a good residence, and 24a. of glebe. The tithes of the two* 
parishes were commuted in 1843, for a yearly rent-charge of ^9967. 
Here is a Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1811, and rebuilt in 1854. The 
Town Estate consists of several tenements, occupied by poor fami- 
lies, rent free; and 17a. 3r. 34p. of land, let for c£34. 18s. per ann. r 
which is applied in the service of the church and the payment of 
salaries to the parish clerk and constable, except 21s. a year which 
is distributed in bread among the poor, as the rent of about half an 
acre, purchased with £'10 given by Wm. Fuller, in 1622. The 
Poors Allotment consists of 20 acres, let for <£21 a year, and was 
awarded to the poor in lieu cf their right of cutting fuel on the open 
lands. The rents are distributed in coals. Post from Ixworth,. 
via Bury St. Edmumd's. 



Bishop Joseph, grocer and tailor 
Bloomfield Francis, shoemaker 
Catton Charles, wheelwright 
Catton Edward Charles, blacksmith 
Cook Robert, vict. Swan Inn 
Edwards Rev James, M.A. Rectory 
Fison Thomas, corn mercht. & miller, 

Steam Mill 
Frost John, bricklayer 
Nickerson James, wheelwgt. & beerhs 



Ransom Geo. shopr. & Mrs. school 
Sturgeon James, gamekeeper 
Townsend Rev Wm. M., B.A. curate 
Tydeman Martin, shoemaker 
Tydenian Zebedee, post office 
Wright James, parish clerk 

FARMERS. || Bishop Joseph 
Denniss Wm. |j Fison Thomas 
Easlea Denis and Walter 
Hatfield James || Mullinger John 



CONEY-WESTON, a village, six miles N.N.E. of Ixworth, and 
five miles N.N.W. of Botesdale, and S. by W. of East Harling, has 



714 COLNEY-WESTON PARISH. 

in its parish 266 souls, and 1321a. 1r. 1p. of land. The Hall, a 
neat mansion in a pleasant park, near a small rivulet, is the seat 
of Mrs. Bridgman, the lady of the manor, and owner of all the 
parish, except a farm of 600 acres, belonging to T. Tbornhill, Esq. 
The manor formerly belonged to Bury Abbey. The Church iSt. 
Mary) is a small thatched structure, and the rectory, valued in K.B. 
at <£13. 0s. 4d., is consolidated with Bamingham. The tithes here 
were commuted in 1843, for a yearly rent-charge of £'433. 19s. The 
Town Estate comprises 8 acres of land, let for £7. 16s. a year, and 
partly lying in Barningham parish. The rent is applied in the 
reparation of the church. A benefaction of <£10, given by R. Fyr- 
mage, in 1611, for the poor of this parish, was laid out in the pur- 
chase of land at Eattlesden, now let for £3 per annum. The poor 
parishioners have also 10 acres of fen-land, awarded to them, at an 
enclosure about 80 years ago, and now let for £b a year, subject to 
the right of the poor to enter and cut turf for fuel. Post from 
Ixworth, via Bury. 

Blooinfield Edward, carpenter I Eaton Charles, farmer, Heath 

Bloonifield Wm. shopkeeper I Hogg John, carpenter 

Bloomfield John, shoemaker j Mathew "Wm. farmer, Street farm 

Bridgman Mrs Frances, Hall Wade Rev Garrod, M.A. Lodge 

Durrant Mary, schoolmistress ' 



CULFOED, a small scattered village, on a pleasant acclivity, on 
the north side of the vale of the Lark, 4 miles X.X.W. of Bury St. 
Edmund's, has in its parish 348 souls, and 2217 acres of land, in- 
cluding a great portion of the large but now enclosed and culti- 
vated Heath, which extends about four miles northward. It was 
formerly the lordship of Bury Abbey, by gift of Thurketel Tyreing. 
The Be v. Edward Richard Benyon, XL A., of Culf or d Hall, is lord 
of the manor, and owns and occupies the chief part of the soil. The 
Hall is a large and handsome mansion, in a beautiful park of 500 
acres, on the west side of the village, extending to the river Lark, 
and having a fine sheet of water, and extensive gardens. It was 
built in 1591, by Sir Xicholas Bacon, the first baronet of England, 
eldest son of the lord keeper, and half-brother of the lord chancellor, 
and was given by him with an estate of ^"1000 per annum, to his 
seventh son, Nathaniel, who married Jane Meautys, widow of Sir 
Wm. Cornwallis, to whose family the estate afterwards passed. 

Culford Hall was the principal seat of the late Marquis Cornwallis, who 
sold nearly all his estates in this county, before his death in 1823. (See 
page 588 and 589.) It was rebuilt by the first Marquis, whose military 
achievements in India earned for him the niarquisate, and a monument in 
St. Paul's Cathedral. The Rev. E. R. Beynon owns nearly 12,000 acres in 
this and the parishes of Ingham, West Stow, Wordwell, and Timworth, 
most of which formed part of the estates of the Cornwallis family. His 
uncle, the late Richard Benyon de Beauvoir, Esq., of Englefield House, 
Berkshire, and Culford Hall, left, in real and personal property, seven mil- 
lions and a half. His original name was Richard Benyon, and he repre- 
sented Berkshire in Parliament; his property being then some £'20,000 a 
year. Most unexpectedly, 40 years ago, he was left considerably over a 
million by the Rev. Peter de Beauvoir, no relative ; he thereupon assumed 



CULFORD. (BLACKBOURN HUNDRED.) 715 

the patronymic of de Beauvoir in addition to his own. His mode of living 
was that of a plain country gentleman, devoid of extravagance or show; 
thus his immense property swelled to the limits of millions. Culford 
Church (St. Mary) is a small neat structure, which was built by Sir 
Stephen Fox, whose daughter was wife of the third Lord Cornwallis. It 
contains a handsome monument and bust of Sir Nathaniel Bacon, with a 
long inscription in memory of his wife, giving her a high character as 
having saved from ruin two ancient families, into which she had married, 
The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £8, and united with 
Ingham and Timworth, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. E. R. 
Benyon, M.A., who erected a small chap el -of- ease in 1841, on the Heath, 
in the northern part of the parish. The value of the joint benefices was 
estimated at £d±9 per annum, in 1835, but as the rector is lord of the 
manors, and owner of nearly all the three parishes, the tithes are com- 
pounded in the rent. Post from Bury St. Emund's. 



Benyon Bey Edw. Richard. M.A. rector 

of Culford & Ingham, Culford Hall 
Ayres Thos. head gamekeeper 
GifTord George, farm steward 
Goodwin Wm. farm bailiff 



Greive Peter, gardener 
Ling James, carpenter 
Mitchell Elizabeth, farmer 
Petch Alfred, parish clerk 
Whittaker Hy. brick & tile maker 



ELMSWELL, a large neat village, pleasantly situated, If mile 
N. of Woolpit, six miles N.W. of Stowmarket, and nine miles E. of 
Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 779 souls, and 2060 acres of 
land. It has a Railway Station on the line between Bury and 
Haughley Junction. The manor was given by King Edward to 
-Bury Abbey, and was one of the country seats of the abbot. It was 
•granted in the 8th of James I. to Robert Gardiner, and afterwards 
passed to the Chapmans and Giffords. The late Miss GhTord was 
lady of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to Sir G. H. 
Seymour, Lord Thurlow, Rev. J. T. Lawton, and the Sparke, Ben- 
nett, Catchpole, and a few other families. The Church (St. John) 
stands on a commanding eminence, and has a very handsome 
tower. It contains an elegant mural monument in memory of Sir 
Bolt. Gardiner, Kt., who was chief justice of Ireland eighteen 
years, and died in 1619, aged 80. The figure of Sir Robert, nearly 
as large as life, and well executed, is in a recumbent posture, and 
his son is represented as kneeling at his feet. The rectory, valued 
in K.B. at 43.1. 7s. Id , has now a yearly rent.charge of about ,£500, 
<awardedin lieu of tithes, in 1843. The Rev. Joseph Thos. Lawton 
is patron and incumbent, and supports a school for the instruction 
of the poor. Here is a Wesley an Chapel, built in 1818. 

Sir Robert Gardiner, Kt, by deed, in the 12th of James I., reciting that 
he had erected an almshouse, at Elmswell, containing five rooms, with a 
yard and garden containing half an acre ; and that he had placed in each of 
four of the rooms one poor widow, and in the fifth, being larger than the 
rest, two poor widows ; he thereby appointed that the almshouse should be 
used for the habitation of six poor aged widows, three from Elmswell, and 
three from Woolpit; and that the successive owners of the manor of Elms- 
well should keep the buildings in good repair ; and he hereby appointed 
six persons as governors, who should, with the ministers of Elmswell and 
Woolpit, with the consent of the owner of the mansion-house of Elmswell, 
have the nomination and power of displacing the almswomen, each of whom 



716 



ELMSWELL. (BLACKBOURN HUNDRED.) 



he endowed by the same deed, with an annuity of £%. 10s., and a gown of 
blue cloth or stuff, yearly ; and to provide for these allowances, he gave 
a yearly rent-charge of £ 1 6, out of his lands in Thelnetham, and another of 
£\0 out of the manors of Elmswell and Woolpit ; the former of which he 
also charged with the delivery of one load of fire-wood, yearly, for each 
almswoman. By his will, he afterwards gave £100 to purchase lands for 
the almspeople, and £30 to purchase lands for the poor of the parish. 
With these legacies, about 14a. of land was purchased at Combs, now let 
for .£15 a year ; three fourths of which are divided among the almswomen, 
and the remainder amoug poor parishioners. The fire-wood is supplied 
out of the East wood, now belonging to Lord Thurlow. A weekly stipend 
of 2s. 6d. is now paid to each almswoman. The Church Land, about 26a. , 
and the Poor's Land, about 21a., lying in Elmswell and Woolpit, were 
vested in trust with 12 feoffees, in 1706, and are now let for <£'S4 per ann. 
The rent of the latter is distributed among the poor, in sums varving from 
6s. to 20s. 



ELMSWELL DIRECTORY. 

Post-Office at Jesse Elmer's. 

Letters via Woolpit. 

Baker Geo. R. seed merchant, broom 

mfr. & vict. Railway Tavern 
Baker Mary, schoolmistress 
Barrell J. parish clerk || CoppingMrW. 
Catehpole Mr Thos. || Cooke Mrs Sar. 
Clark John, machine owner 
Corner Edward, beer seller, & agent to 

Cowell & Co. coal merchants. &c. of 

Ipswich 
Eisher Fredk. brick & tile maker 
Erost James, collar & harness maker 
Godfrey Mr John || Lord Mr "Walter 
Hannabel Elijah, agent to Prentice & 

Co. coal merchants, Sec. of Ipswich 
Lamb Charles Harvey, corn, &c. dealer 
Lawton Rev Joseph Thomas, Rectory 
Lucas James Owen, surgeon 
Marriott Rev Henry S. curate 
Matthews Martha, milliner, &c 
Morley Walter Geo. ironfounder and 

machine maker 
Mulley George, baker, &c 
Pells John, maltster & agent to the 

Briton Life Assurance Company 
Rowe Mr John || Redit W. smith 
Smith Wm. vict. Red Lion Inn{postg.) 
Ward Wm. station master 



WrightWm. agent to Prentice & Hewitt? 
coal merchants, of Bury 



BOOT £ SHOEZUKES. 

Clarke David 
Faiers Henry 
Mullev John 
Mulley Wm. 

BRICE £ TILE 
MAKERS. 

Wright Robert 
Wright Reuben 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Mulley Wm. 
Sayer Richard 
Saver Wm. 

BUTCHERS. 

Graham Ireland 
Robinson Charles 

FARATERS. 

Abbott Jph. Bun- 
ker's Hill 

Beeton- John 

Boldero John 

Borley John 

Candler Wm. 

Cornell Wm. 

Fisher Frederick 

Goldsmith Wm. 

Graham Ireland, 
Hall 



Lawton John 
Lord Wm. 
Wright John 
Wright Robert 
Wright Reuben 

GARDENERS. 

Fenton Zachariah 
Welham Nunn 

GROCERS £ DRAPES. 

Bennington Jabez 
Matthews Corals* 

Flower 
Wright Thomas 

TALLORS. 

Bull John 
Bull John, jun. 
Sayer Reuben 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Radnell Ephraim 
Wood Walter 

RAILWAY 

Trains o times a 

day to Bury r 

Ipswich. &c. 

CARRIERS to 

Bury, see p. 210.- 



EUSTON, a neat Tillage, is pleasantly situated on the east bank 
of the southern Thet, near the confluence of that river with the 
Little Ouse, which separates it from Norfolk ; 4 miles S.E. of Thet- 
ford, and 10 miles N. by E. of Bury St. Edmund's. Its parish con- 
tains 256 inhabitants, and 3780 acres of land, including part of the- 
farm of Bymer House, which is 4 miles S. of Thetford, and com- 
prises 14 souls, and about 70 acres of Extra-par ocliial land, and 
about 550 acres lying in five different parishes. Euston also com- 
prises Little Fakenham, which has a small hamlet on the banks 



EUSTON. (DUKE OF GRAFTON.) 717 

of the Thet, 1J mile S. of the Church, and was formerly a separate 
parish, but nearly the whole of it was enclosed in Euston Park, 
more than a century ago, and not a vestige of its Church (St. 
Andrew) was remaining in Ivirby's time. 

The Duke of Grafton is lord of the manor, owner of the soil, and occu- 
pier of nearly all the parish. He resides generally at Eustox Hall, a 
large mansion of red brick, delightfully situate a little south of the vil- 
lage, in the northern part of a beautiful Park of more than 1400 acres, 
extending more than two miles along the east bank of the river Thet, 
richly clothed with wood, and stocked with about 700 head of deer. The 
mansion is surrounded by trees of uncommon growth, and near it the Thet 
is crossed by a neat wooden bridge, leading to the entrance Lodge on the 
western side of the river. The scenery around it combines the most de- 
lightful assemblage of picturesque objects, and is justly celebrated by 
Bloomfield, in his " Farmer's Boy." The gardens are extensive, and 
around them, " woods and groves in solemn grandeur rise." On an ele- 
vated situation, in the park, stands the Temple, an elegant structure built 
by the second Duke of Grafton, in 1746, in the Grecian style, and con- 
sisting of an upper and lower apartment, commanding extensive prospectSe 
This building was intended for a banquetting house, and was constructed 
from a design by the celebrated Kent, Fakenham Wood, in the southern 
part of the park, is one of the largest in the county, covering no less than 
^14 acres, and abounding in luxuriant timber. Euston was anciently 
the lordship of a family of its own name, from whom it descended to the 
Pattishalls, and from them to Sir Henry Bennet, who, for his adherence to 
the house of Stuart, was appointed secretary of state by Charles IT., and 
created Lord Arlington, Viscount Thetford, and Earl of Arlington. He was 
one of the famous Cabal. He built Euston Hall, and left an only daugh- 
ter, who carried his estates in marriage to Henry Fitz-Roy, one of the 
natural sons of Charles IT., by the Duchess of Cleveland, who was created 
by his father, Earl of Euston, and Duke of Grafton, in 1675, and died in 
1690. He was succeeded by his son Charles, who died in 1757, and was 
succeeded by his grandson, Augustus Henry, the third duke, who died in 
1811, when he was succeeded by his son, the late venerable Duke of Graf- 
ton, who was born in 1760 and died in 1844. His eldest son, the present 
Most Noble Henry Fitz-Roy is the fifth Duke of Grafton, Earl of Arlington, 
Earl of Euston, Viscount Thetford, Viscount Ipswich, Baron Arlington, 
and Baron Sudbury. He was born in 1790, and sat in Parliament for 
Bury from 1826 till 1830, and for Thetford from 1834 till 1841. He is 
hereditary Ranger of Whittlebury Forest, in Northamptonshire, where he 
has another seat called Wakefield Lodge. His eldest son, the Hon. Wm. 
Henry Fitz-Roy, " Eael of Euston," was born in 1819, and has been 
M.P. for Thetford since 1847. The Dukes of Grafton were hereditary 
receivers general of the profits of the seals in the Courts of Queen's Bench 
and Common Pleas, but the office was abolished in 1845, and a pension of 
^843 per annum substituted by Act of Parliament. Euston Church (St 
Genevieve) stands in the park, near the hall, and is a neat structure with a 
tower and five bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £13. 7s. lid., has 
those of Fakenham Parva and Barnham consolidated with it, in the pa- 
tronage of the Duke of Grafton, and incumbency of the Hon. and Bev. 
A. F. Phipps, whose lady is the Duke's eldest daughter, Lady Mary. The 
tithes of the two parishes have been commuted for a yearly rent-charge of 
£696. 12s. 6d. The Duke and the Hector support a" school here for the 
education of poor children. 



718 



BLACKBOURX HUNDRED. 



EUSTON DIRECTORY. 
The Duke of Grafton and the Earl 

of Euston, M P., Euston Hall 
Phipps Hon and Rev Augustus Fredk. 

chaplain in ordinary to the Queen, 

and rector of Euston, Rectory 
Cooper Geo. Kersey, Esq. land agent 

to the Duke of Grafton 
Alecock James, farm bailiff 
Alecock George, constable 



Austin Mr — , house steward 

Barker VTm. farmer 

Bell James, farmer 

Borrie John, gardener 

Fowle Win. parish clerk 

Hailstone Richard, farmer & vict. Fox 

Lillingston Thomas, gamekeeper 

Taylor Wm. stud groom 

Post and Trains /row Thetford 



Fitz-Roy Rev Augustus, Rectory 
Boggis George, shoemaker 
Carter James, baker, &c. 
Firman Peter, butcher and carrier 



Moss Jacob, thatcher 
Wainwrisht John, farmer 



FAKENHAM Magna, a small village in the valley near the south end 
of Euston Park, &£ miles S.S.E. of Thetford, and 9 miles N.N.E. of Bury 
St. Edmund's, has in its parish 229 souls, and 2155 acres of land, includ- 
ing an old wood of -314 acres. The Duke of Grafton is owner of the soil 
and lord of the manor, which was anciently held by Gundred de Warren, 
and afterwards passed to the Nevills, and from them to the Crown. Henry 
VI. granted " Fakenham Aspes" to Reginald de W T este, from whose family 
it passed to the Talmaches, Taylors, and Sparrows, and from the latter to 
the first Duke of Grafton. This parish furnished the scenes of several 
of the poems of Robert Bloomfield, one of which is "The Fakenham 
Ghost" In the village opposite the church is a cottage, in which the poet's 
mother was born. A moated eminence here is supposed to be the site of 
a mansion destroyed by fire, and near the inner margin still exist several 
decayed trees, the remains of a circle of elms, which, according to the 
poet's tale of the " Broken Crutch" once completely surrounded the man- 
sion. The Church ^St. Peter) is a small fabric with a tower and three- 
bells. The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £11. Os. 5d.,: 
and now having 33a. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £271. 15s. 9d.,* 
awarded in lieu of tithes, in 1837. The Duke of Grafton is patron, and 
the Rev. Augustus Fitz-Roy, M.A., incumbent. They support a National 
/School, built in 1827. The Rectory House is a handsome mansion, with 
beautiful gardens, &c. Post from Bury St. Edmund's, via Ixworth. 

Goddard Jno. par. elk. & Emma, school 
Kersev Thomas, farmer, Hall 



HEPW 7 ORTH, a pleasant village nearly 5 miles N.E. by N. of Ixworth, 
and W. by S. of Botesdale, has in its parish 582 souls, and 1677 acres of 
strong loamy land, lying in two manors, called Reeve's Hall and North 
Hall. Thomas Thornhill, Esq., is lord of the former, and the Trustees of 
the late Rev. Thomas Methold of the latter ; but part of the soil belongs to 
the Guildhall Feoffment of Bury St. Edmund's, and the Wilkinson, Eagle, 
W T alton, Munro, Hogg, and a few other families. Gilbert de Blund held 
both manors at the Domesday Survey. A market for the sale of cattle, j 
swine, corn, &c, was established here about ten years ago, and is held every 
Tuesday, at the Marlborough Inn. The Church (St. Peter) has a tower 
and five bells, and the benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at 
£\3. 7s. 3£d., and in 1835 at £498. The patronage is in King's Col- 
lege, Cambridge; and the Rev. H. G. Hand, M.A., is the incumbent, and 
has a good residence, 42a. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £530, 
awarded in 1845 in lieu of tithes. The Primitive Methodists have a small 
chapel here. The Town Estate has been long vested in trust, for the 
common use and profit of the parishioners, and consists of a house and 
44a. of land, let in allotments for about £63 a year, of which £1. 17s. is 



HEPWORTH PARISH. 



719 



distributed in clothing, on account of Asty's Charity, and the remainder is 
applied in the service of the church; but if any surplus remains it is 
added to the poor rates. About 17 acres are old enclosure, and the rest 
was allotted at the enclosure of the common and open lands, in 1817. A 
yearly rent-charge of 20s. was left by Wm. Brandish, for distribution in 
clothing. The following benefactions for the poor, viz. : — <£10 given by 
Wm. Asty, £14 by Catherine Asty, and £\0 by John Reeve, were laid out 
in 1711 in the purchase of a house and half an acre of garden ground. 
The Poors Allotment. 14a. Or. 23p., was awarded to the poor parishioners, 
at the enclosure, in lieu of their right of cutting fuel on the commons. It 
is let for about -£34 ■ year, and the rent is distributed in coals, &c. Here 
is a Xaticnal School, established in 1852. Yost from Bury St. EdmuncFs, 

Rainbird Robert, thatcher 
Rainbird Wm. beerhouse 
Rogers George, grocer and draper 
Ruddock Robert, shoemaker 
Seaman Peter, blacksmith 



Amies Elizabeth, shopkeeper 

Bishop TVm. maltster and corn mercht 

Burrows Alary, shopkeeper 

Clarke Martha, vict. Duke of Alarlbro' 

Cotton Peter, beerhouse 

Crick Wm. horse dealer 

Evans Wm. and Mrs.. National School 

Good Thomas, wheelwright and joiner 

Goodman David, corn miller 

Goodman George, hawker 

Goodman Samuel, parish clerk 

Gray John, bricklayer 

Hand Rev Henry Geo., IT. A., Rectory 

Hill Henry, butcher 

Morley Drnry, wheelwright 

Alullenger Henry, grocer, draper, ice. 

2sunn Misses Eiiz. & Margt., Cottage 



Stevens Thomas, shoemaker 
Woodward George, tailor 

FARMERS. 
Bishop Samuel Holden Thomas 
Buckley Wm. Jewers Francis 
Clears Robert Lucas James 
Green Harry Nottley Walter 
Harrison Joseph Xewdick Edw. 
James Henry, Reeves Hall 
Large Augustus. North Hall 
Mullenger Henry Walton James 



HIXDERCLAY, a scattered Tillage, '2\ miles TV. by X. of Botes- 
dale, and 8 miles X.E. of Ixworth, has in its parish 894 souls, and 
1458 acres of land : formerly the lordship and demesne of the 
Abbot of Bury St. Edmund's, by gift of Earl Ulfketel. It after- 
wards passed to the Bacons and Holts. George Holt Wilson, Esq. 5 
is now lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to the 
Heigh am, Thornhill, Lock, Knott, and other families. The Church 
(St. Mary) is a neat structure with a tower and six bells. It was 
repaired'in 1852, at the cost of <£100. It was thatched till 1842, 
when it was covered with blue slate. The living is a discharged 
rectory, valued in K.B. at £9. 19s. 4^-d , and in 1S35 at <£40S. The 
tithes were commuted in 1843, for a yearly rent of about £'400. 
George Holt Wilson, Esq., is patron, and the Eev. Daniel Holt 
Wilson, of Redgrave, is the incumbent, and has here 28a. 2b. 8p. 
of glebe. The Wesleyans have a small chapel here. The Town 
Estate, nearly 8a., is let in 14 allotments for £T6s. 10s. a year, and 
the rent is applied in the service of the Church. A small school for 
poor children is supported by the rector. Post from Scole and 
Botesdale. 



Cracknell John, shoemaker and beer- 
house and shopkeeper 
Doe Thomas, carpenter 
Fortis George, parish clerk 
Grardener Alfred, bricklayer 
G-obbett Wm. jnn. shoemaker 



Golding Eev Josiah Edward, curate. 

Rectory 
Mark Henry, vict. Six Bells 
Martin George, carpenter 
Woolsey John, carpenter 



720 HINDERCLAY. (BLACKBOURN HUNDRED.) 



FARMERS. 
Bennett George j'j Knott John 
Flowerdew Mrs Emily. Hall 
Gobbett Win. II Hart Charles 



Kerridge David || Lock Jph. & Edw. 
Kerridge Samuel jj Robinson Thomas 
King Elizabeth || Woolsey George 



Atkins John, farrier 

Borley Henry, hurdle maker 

Death Geo. Henry, grocer and draper 

Elliott Maria, vict. Fox 

Haward Wm. blacksmith 

Hawkins Rev George Caesar, B.A. 

Rectory 
"Norton John, wheelwright 
Tawley Wm. shoemaker 



Sparrow Edmund, shopr. and joiner 
Sparrow Henry, baker, &g 
Stone James, parish clerk 
Taylor Thomas, bricklayer 
Whitehead Philip, corn miller 

FARMERS. 
Addison George | Cartwright Alfred 
Easlea Edw., Hall | Goodrich Samuel 



W; HOPTON, a large, pleasant, and well-built village, in the vale of the Little 
Ouse, 5 miles W.N.W. of Botesdale, and 8 miles N.N.E, of Iswortb, has in 



HONINGTON, a neat village, pleasantly situated in the vale of a small 
river, nearly 3 miles N.W. of Ixworth, and 7 miles N.N.E. of Bury St. 
Edmund's, has in its parish 331 souls, and 1203a. 3k. 3p. of land. The 
Duke of Grafton is lord of the manor, but part of the soil belongs to Col. 
Rushbrooke, Dr. Probart, and a few smaller owners. Robt. Bloomfield, 
one of the simplest and most captivating of our pastoral poets, was born 
here in 1766. His father was a tailor, but died before he was a year old. 
His mother kept a small school here, and married a second husband, but 
being poor, and having a large family, she sent Robert to his eldest 
"brother, a journeyman shoemaker, in London, where he learnt and fol- 
lowed the same trade; and during his leisure hours, found time to culti- 
vate his mind, and in his garret, among six or seven other workmen, he 
composed the Farmers Boy, after his return from a visit to his native vil- 
lage, in 1786, previous to which he had written several short poems, which 
had obtained places in the London Magazine. He afterwards published 
his " Wild Floiuers," a work containing a collection of poetical tales. His 
last production was " Hazlewood Hall," a village drama. He was pa- 
tronized by the Duke of Grafton, who bestowed on him a small annuity, 
and made him an under-sealer in the sealing office. This situation he was 
forced to resign on account of ill-health. He then worked again as a 
shoemaker, but in the latter part of his life he entered into the book trade, 
and became a bankrupt. Before his death, in 1823, he was reduced to 
such a state of nervous irritability, that fears were entertained of his be- 
coming insane. During the harvest of 1782, the village of Honington 
suffered severely by an accidental fire, which destroyed the parsonage and 
five or six other houses. The cottage in which Bloomfield's mother lived 
was in the line of the flames, but was preserved by the exertion of the 
neighbours, and has since been improved into a neat and comfortable 
dwelling. The Church (All Saints) is a small thatched structure with a 
tower and three bells. The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. 
at £7. 13s. 4d., and now having 30a. of glebe and a yearly rent- charge of 
«£332, awarded in 1839 in lieu of tithes. The Lord Chancellor is patron, 
and the Rev. G. C. Hawkins, B.A., is the incumbent. Here is a small 
Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in 1853. The poor parishioners have 
48a. 2b. of land, let for <£63. 18s., for distributions of wood, coals, and 
"bread, viz. : — 7a. 2b., in Quake-Fen, given at an early period, by an un- 
known donor ; 16a. at Ixworth, given by John, Bishop of Lincoln, in 1633 ; 
and 25a. allotted to the j)oor at the enclosure, in 1799, in lieu of their right 
of cutting furze on the common. Post from Ixworth, via Bury. 



HOPTON PARISH. 



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rts parish 674 inhabitants, and 1321a. 3r. 22p. of fertile land. Thomas 
Thornhill, Esq., is lord of the manor, formerly held by Bury Abbey; but 
part ot the soil belongs to J. Goodrich, Esq., and several smaller owners. 
The Church (All Saints) is a neat structure, with a tower and six bells. 
The living is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £13. 5s., and in 1835 
at i'284. The Lord Chancellor is patron, and the Rev. Henry Dawson, 
M.A., is the incumbent, and has a good residence, and 32a. 2p. of glebe. 
The tithes were commuted in 1846 for £270 per annum ; besides which, 
the rector has a tithe-rent r of £37. 10s. from 100 acres of land in Thelne- 
tham parish. A National School was built here in 1855, at the cost of about 
£700. Here is a Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1836, and the Plymouth Breth- 
ren have a meeting room in the village. The old Manor House, near the 
church, was divided into tenements many years ago. The Town. Land, 
20a., was awarded at the enclosure in lieu of other land, and is now let for 
about £20 a year, which is applied with the poor rates. A yearly rent- 
charge of 6s. 8d. for poor widows is paid out of Mr. Thornhill's farms. 
Post from East Harling ,via Thetford. 



Brooke Hanh. Maria, schoolmistress 
JBrooke Wm. miller and baker 
JBrooke Wra. Joseph, cabinet maker, 

joiner, &c 
Brooke Joseph, builder and valuer 
Brooke Mr Robert 
Button John & Henry, corn merchts. 

and maltsters, (and Mrs Isabella) 
Candler Thomas, cooper 
Clarke Henry, land agent, appraiser, 
and agent to Suffolk Fire and Hail- 
storm Insurance Companies 
Cooper John, blacksmith 
Dawson Eev Henry, M.A. rector of 

Hopton and B unwell, Rectory 
T3acock Robert, veterinary surgeon 
Fisher Miss Cath. boarding school, 

BlucTcbourn House 
Good James, wheelwright 
Goodrich John, Esq 
Griss John, collar and harness maker 
Jaques Stephen, gardener 
Jaques Win. plumber, glazier, &c 
Morgan Charles and Son, surgeons 
Robinson Jonathan, parish clerk 
Shaw Ellen, dressmaker 
Taylor Mr Chas. | Ware Mr J. T. M. 
Thurlow James, carpenter 
Vail Bobert, police constable 



Wilson Charles, schoolmaster 
Wood Mary Ann, schoolmistress 

INNS AND TAVEBNS. 
Chequers, Edwin Plummer 
Greyhound, Elizabeth Olley 
Vine, Jas. Walton, and plumber, &c 



BOOT &SHOEMKBS. 

Farr Barnet 
Goodchild Bobert 
Inman Charles 
Jaques Stn. jan 
Plammer Edwin 
Walker Wm. 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Cox Thomas 
Lock John 
Lock Joseph 

FARMERS. 

Beales John 
Button Jno. & Hy. 
Bobinson Thos. 
Taylor Wm. 
Witton James. 
Woollard George, 
and butcher 

GROCERS & DRPRS. 

Horner W^m. Val- 
entine 



Scott &Sirnpson" , | 
Scott Wm., Post Y 
Office J 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Carley Ann 
Peach Wm. baker 

TAILORS. 

Abbott George 
Brooke Charles 
Shrimpton Stpn. 

and auctioneer 
Stevens Bichard 
COACH to Bury 

& East Harling 

everv Wed. 
CARRIERS pass 

Daily. 
Jas. Fisk to Bury 

Wed & Sat. and 

to Xorwich^Ion. 

and Thursday 
Edwin Plummer 

to Diss Friday 



HUNSTON, a small village nearly 3 miles S.E. of Ixworth, and 8 miles 
E.N.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, and N.W. of Stowmarket, has in its parish 
142 souls, and 957a. of fertile land, of which about 150a. belong to H.Wil- 
son, Esq., and the remainder, with the manoi,is the property of John Henry 
Heigham, Esq., of Hunston Cottage, who, for his services as chairman of 
the Board of Guardians of Stow Union, had several valuable pieces of plate 
presented to him in 1843. The manor and rectory were appropriated to 
Ixworth Priory, and were granted in the 30th of Henry VIII., to Richard 
-Codington and his wife Elizabeth. J. H. Heigham, Esq., is now iinpro- 

2 H 



722 HUNSTON. (BLACKBOURN HUND.) 

• 

priator of the rectory, and patron of the Church (St. Michael,) which is a 
perpetual curacy, valued in 1835 at <£55, and now in the incumbency of the 
Bev. John Heigham Steggall, of Great Ashneld. In 1723. Mary Page gave 
30a. of land, called Denby's, in trust, to employ the rents yearly as follows, 
viz.: — £2 fo the minister of Hunston, for catechising the children aud youth 
of the parish; £2 for schooling three poor children; lis. lOd. towards 
finding them clothes and books ; and 10s. to be distributed among poor 
parishioners. She also directed that estch child, on leaving school, should 
"be presented with a copy of the Whole Duty of Man. At the enclosure, 2a. 
31p. was allotted to this charity land, and the whole is now let for about 
J610 a year, of which £3. 15s. is paid to a schoolmistress for teaching six 
children. Post from Lvworth, via Bury St Edmunds. 



Avey Robt. farmer, & Ed. parish clerk 
Burcham Chas. Mamby, relieving of- 
ficer and registrar. (Seep. -407.) 
Clark Bt. shoemkr. and Sus. school 
Collins Barnabas, Dairy Farm 



Gray Mrs Eliza. Hunston Hall 
Heigham John Hy., Esq., Hunston Cotg 
Hubbard James, farmer, Green 
Turner Win. farmer 



Abra Josiah, shoemaker 
Barfleld Cs. tailor & shopr. Post office 
Cheere Bev Fredk., M.A., curate 
Cotterell James, brewer, maltster, and 

vict. Griffin 
Croft Wm. and Mrs.. National School 



Footer Thomas, builder 
Foreman George, baker and shopr 
Xewdick Charles, farmer, Seville Hs 
Nunn John Sturley, Esq., Hall Farm 
Post and Coach to Bury f Thetford 



INGHAM, a pleasant village on the Thetford road, 4 miles N. of Bury 
St. Edmund's, has in its parish 233 souls, and 1808a. 3b. 27p. of land, all 
the property and manor of the Bev. Edward Richard Benyon, M.A., of Cul- 
ford Hall, who is also patron and incumbent of the Church (St. Bartholo- 
mew,) which is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £12. 16s. Oid., and in 1835 at 
JE549, with those of Culford and Timworth annexed to it. The Church is 
a fine ancient structure, and near it is a neat National School for the three 
parishes, and a handsome residence for the curate. Ingham was anciently 
held by a family of its own name, and was granted in the 31st of Henry 
VIII. to Sir Nicholas Bacon. It was sold, with other estates in this neigh- 
bourhood, by the last Marquis Cornwallis. The Poofs Land, given at an 
early period, by unknown donors, consists of 9a., let for £d. 8s. per annum, 
which is distributed among the poor parishioners, together with the divi- 
dends of £100 South Sea Annuities, given by John Booty, in 1771. 



IXWOETH is a small, but neat and well-built town, which has 
been much improved during the present century, by the rebuilding 
of many of the old houses, and is pleasantly situated in the vale of 
the small river Thet, on the Norwich road, 6§ miles X.E. of Bury 
St. Edmund's; 12 miles N.W. of Stowmarket; 8| miles \V.S.\Y. of 
Botesdale; and 10 miles S.S.E. of Thetford. It had a market on 
Friday, which has long been obsolete, as also have its two fairs, ex- 
cept the pleasure fair, held on old May day. Petty Sessions are 
held here at the Police Station every Monday, and Messrs. Xunn 
and Sons are clerks to the magistrates. The town consists chiefly 
of one long street, and the parish encreased its population from 82? 
souls in 1801, to 1064 in 1841, and to 1189 in 1851. It comprises 
2212a. 2jl. 7p. of fertile land, of which about 70 acres belong to Jas. 
Matthew, Esq., and the greater part of the remainder is the property 



IXWORTH PARISH. , 723 

of Mrs. Cartwright, the lady of the manor, who resides at Ixworth 
Abbey, a neat mansion with extensive gardens and pleasure grounds, 
built by the Norton family, on the site of a Priory founded by Gil- 
bert-de-Blund or Blount, about the year 1100, for canons regular of 
the Augustine order. This Priory, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, 
stood on a gentle acclivity near the church and the river, and re- 
ceived many benefactions, being valued, at its suppression, at £'280. 
9s. 5d., according to Speed; but Dugdale says only at £168. 19s. 
7d. It was granted, with the manor, by Henry Till., to Richard 
Codington and his wife Elizabeth, in exchange for the manor of 
Nonesuch, in Surrey, as appears by their monument in the church. 
If afterwards passed to the family of Fiennes, and from them to the 
Nortons, from whom it descended to the late Bichard Norton Cart- 
wright, Esq. Boman coins and pottery have often been found at 
Ixworth ; and a few years ago, the remains of a Roman Villa were 
discovered about half a mile S.E. of the High street. Mr. J. War- 
ren has a fine collection of coins and antiquities, most of which were 
found in the town and neighbourhood. The Church (St. Mary,) is 
a neat structure, in the perpendicular style, with several handsome 
monuments, a tower, and six bells. It is built of flint, with stone 
dressings and quoins, like most of the churches in this part of Suf- 
folk. The lower panels of the rood screen, which must have had a 
very gorgeous appearance, still remain. The Church is now (1854) 
being completely restored, chiefly at the expeuse of Mrs. Cartwright 
who has given £1000, and has also inserted a handsome stained 
glass window in memory of her late husband. She is impropriator 
and also patroness of the perpetual curacy, valued at £100, and now 
in the incumbency of the Bev. Samuel Blackall, M.A., who has a 
commodious Parsonage House, built in 1839. Here is a Wesley an 
Chapel, built in 1831. The Wesleyan Beformers fitted up a preach- 
ing room here in 1854. 

About Ia. 2k. of land, in Pakenham, has belonged to Ixworth church from 
a very early period, and is now let for £\. 5s. a year. A close of 7a., let 
for £6 a year, was awarded at the enclosure of Ixworth, in the 43rd of 
George III., in lieu of other lands belonging to the church and poor ; to 
the intent that one-half of the rent should be applied to the use of the 
church, and the other half to the use of the poor, in respect of the bene- 
factions of Widow Danby and Tbos. and Benj. Kettleborough. A legacy of 
.£10, left to the poor by Wm. Fyrmage in 1599, was laid out in the purchase 
of Ia. 2r. 32p. of land in Rattlesden, now let for £l. 5s. a year. Benefac- 
tions to the poor of £50, given by Sir Robt. Gardiner, and .£20 given by 
Ann and Wm. Webb, were vested in the purchase of a yearly rent-charge of 
£4z. 10s. out of 9a, of land, called Mansfield Closes, now belonging to the 
Boldero family. The Groat Money, which is of unknown origin, consists 
of a yearly rent-charge of 20s., paid out of land at Fouhlough, in Ixwortb, 
and distributed in groats among the poor on Michaelmas day. The manor 
of Ixworth has, from an early period, been charged with the yearly distri- 
bution among the poor of £5 in money and £9 worth of wood for firing. 
In 1789, Wm. Varey, Esq., left £1000 three per cent. Consols, in trust, to 
pay one-half of the yearly dividends to a man and woman for keeping Sun- 
day Schools, and to distribute the remainder among such of the working 

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724 



IXWORTH PARISH. 



poor of the parish as do not receive parochial relief. The poor parishioners 
have also <£7. 10s. yearly from Cooke s Charity, (see Pakenharn.) A Na- 
tional School was built here in 1840, and is attended by about 140 boys 
and girls. There are two Friendly Societies and a Lodge of Odd Fellows, 
belonging to the Manchester Union, at the Pickerel Inn. 

IXWORTH DIRECTORY. 
Post Office, at Mr Joseph Warren's. 
Letters are despatched via Bury St. 
Edmund's at 7 evening. Money Or- 



ders are granted and paid. Foot 
postmen to surrounding villages at 
7 morning 
Bailey Leonard, cabinet maker 
Dantick Wolfran, hawker 
Blackall Rev Samuel, M.A. incumbent, 

Parsonage 
Boggis Wm. parish clerk 
Booty John, wine, spirit, & corn mert 
Booty Mrs Charlotte and Misses 
Brows Robert, joiner and surveyor 
Carter Robert, hairdresser, &c 
Cartwright Mrs Frances Felicia, Ix- 

worth Abbey 
Clark Edward Henry, chemist & drug- 
gist, and agent to British Fire and 
Life Office 
Clark Jas. relieving officer & registrar 
for Ixworth District. (See p. 460.) 
Clark Richard John, superintendent 

constable. Police Station 
Cocksed^e Wm. gamekeeper 
Cooke Miss and Stedman Mrs. school 
Cooper Henry Ralph, surgeon 
Crabbe Zachariah, academy 
Daynes By. cooper and basket maker 
Death Mrs Sarah | Fermor Mrs C. 
Driug John, saddle and harness rakr 
Goldsmith Mr John | James, hawker 
Green Wm. surgeon, and agent to So- 
licitors' and General Insm-ance Co. 
Green Richard and Candler Emma, 

National Schools 
Howard John, wheelwgt. & coach bldr 
Howes James, estate carpenter 
Howes John, fishmonger 
Jennings Mr John | Jiggins Mrs My. 
Lanchester Miss Mary Ann 
.Langham Wm. gent. Pakenharn Cotg 
Lowe John, gent. Cross House 
Matthew Chas. joiner and builder 
Matthew James. Esq., Priori/ Place 
Nixon Wm. thatcher 
Nunn Sturley and Son, solicitors, and 
clerks to magistrates & tax comssrs. 
Nunn Sturley, superintendent regis- 
trar of Thingoe Union. ( See p. 460) 
Potter John and Son (Philip,) corn 

millers, Ixworth Mills 
Rose Peter, butler at the Abbey 
Eose Miss L. M. | Pizzey Mrs C. 



Stedman Mr John | Sauvage Mr Rd. 
Walpole "Wm. Sturman, solicitor 
Warren Joseph, watch and clock mkr. 
& dealer in ancient coins. &c. Post off. 
INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Greyhound, Seth Rolfe 
Pickerel Inn. John Nixon 
Woolpack, James Thompson 



BAKERS, &C. 

Ayres George 
Jarman John 
Potter Charles 
Potter Philip 

BEERHOUSES. 

Bantick Charles 
Rowley John 
Sharp Chs. gardnr 

BLACKSZFINTHS. 

Bailey Wm. 
Candler Richard 
Smith George 

BOOT & SHOE 2JKRS. 

Harrald Henrv 



Goldsmith Thos. 

Dairy Farm 
Harrison Joseph, 

Stack Ings 
Matthew Robert 
Parr Charles 
Potter and Son 
Reeve Joseph 
Turner Thomas 

GROCERS AND DPRS. 

Botwright James 
Cook Jonathan 
Goldsmith Fras. 
Harvey John 
Smith Robert 



Haunton Thomas i Wiseman James 



Hull Charles 
Rye Zephaniah 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Millican Philip 
Sharp Henry 

BUTCHERS. 

Bantick J no. pork 
Buckenham Rt. 
Jiggins Walter 
Reeve Samuel 

FARMERS. 

Allen James 
Balls George 
Bails Jeremiah 
Booty Charles, 

Wood street 
Dover Mary 
Easlea John 



I 

IMILLLNERS. 

Green Dorothy 
Reeve Mary 
Rush Mrs & Miss 
Smith Mrs 
"Wright Susan 

PLUMBERS, GLZRS., 
AND PAINTERS. 

Bovce Wm. 
Rolfe Seth 

STRAW HAT 3TKRS. 

Goldsmith Sus. 
Rednall Mrs 
Wright Susan 

TAILORS. 

Cracknell Charles 
I Davnes Henry 
I Rush Hy. & Son 



COACH to Bury St. Edmund's every 
Wed. at 7 morning ; and Nunn's Van 
(from Norwich) on Wed and Sat. at 
10 morning; and to Botesdale, East 
Harling, &c, at 5 evening 

CARRIERS, Nunn, Fiske, Wales, £c, 
to Bury, Botesdale, Xorwich, &c, 
every Wed. and Sat.; and John Row- 
ley, to Thetford, Saturday, and to 
Thurston Station (four miles south) 
every Tuesday and Friday 



BLACKBOURN HUNDRED, 725 

KNETTISHALL parish, in the vale of the Little Ouse, 4§ miles S. by 
W. of East Harling, and 8 miles N.N.E. of Ipswich, has only 80 souls, and 
1025 acres of land, including 320 acres of open heath, and 85a. of planta- 
tions. Thomas Thornhil], Esq., owns nearly all the soil, and is lord of the 
manor and patron of the Church (All Saints,) which is an ancient fabric, 
with a tower and three bells. The living is a discharged rectory, valued 
in K.B. at £6. 7s. lid., and now at £'184, in the incumbency of the Rev, 
Wm. Darby, M.A., who resides at Riddlesworth, Norfolk, and has here 27a, 
6p. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of £120, awarded in lieu of tithes in 
1840. Mr. George Matthew occupies Knettishall Hall, and farms nearly 
all the parish, which anciently belonged to the Harlings, and afterwards to 
the Lovel and Cavendish families. Post from East Harling. 



LANGHAM, a pleasant village, 3 miles E. of Ixworth, has in its parish 
281 souls, and 1270a. of fertile land. Henry Wilson, Esq., owns most of 
the soil, and is lord of the manor, which was anciently held by the Cricke- 
totes, and lately by the Blakes, one of whom was created a haronet in 1772, 
and resided at Langham Hall, a neat mansion in a small park. The Church 
(St. Mary,) is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £d. 16s. 10§d., and now having 
a ye&rly rent-charge of £248, awarded in 1842 in lieu of tithes. The 
Lord Chancellor is patron, and the Rev. H. Corles, M.A., is incumbent, and 
has a good residence and 50a. of glebe. Mr. Wilson supports a school 
bere for poor children. In 1618, John Jolly left £'100 to be laid out in 
lands, the rents and profits thereof to be distributed among the poor of 
Langham on Christmas-day and Midsummer-day. The Church Lands, &c, 
comprise a house, let for £2, and about 8a. of land, let for £11. 15s. 6d. a. 
year. Post from Bury St. Edmunds. 



Wilson Maitland, Esq., Langham Hall 
Corles Eev. Harry, M.A., Rectory 
Arnold Eichard, shoemaker 
Capon Eobert, gamekeeper 
Morley George, gardener 
Eosier James, blacksmith 
Sadler Eobert, shopkeeper 



Tuck Charlotte, schoolmistress 
Wright Wm. shopkeeper 

FAEMEES. 
Barfleld Henry | Cobb Thomas- 
Day Henry Morgan, Hall Farm 
Miller Edward, Hilhcaiering 



LIYEBMEE-PARYA parish, 4 miles W. by X. of Ixworth, and 
5| miles N. by E. of Bury St. Edmund's, contains 174 souls, and 
1433 acres of land, a large portion of which is in Livermere Park, 
which compiises about 550 acres, and is partly in Great Liverrnere. 
The handsome mansion in this park is a sporting seat of Sir Wm* 
E. E. Middleton, Bart., the lord of the manor, and owner of both 
parishes. It is now occupied by Capt. D. Lane. It was built by 
Mr. Coke, who left it to the second Duke of Grafton, who resided here 
several years. In the latter part of last century, it was the property 
of Baptist Lee, Esq., who obtained a prize of £30,000 in the state 
lottery, and greatly improved the mansion and park, as also did his 
son, the late Nathaniel Lee Acton, Esq. The Church (St Peter,) 
is a small neat structure in the park. The benefice is a rectory, va- 
lued in K.B. at £6. 2s. lid., and consolidated with that of Great 
Livermere, as noticed at page 490. The sum of £10, left to the 
poor of Little Livermere, by Wm. Fyrmage, in 1559, was laid out in 
1622, in the purchase of 1a 2r. 36p. of land at Chevington, now let 
for 20s. a year, which is distributed in clothing. The only fanner 



726 BLACKBOURN HUNDRED. 

here is Mr. John Medows Bodwell. For Great Livermere, see 
page 490. 

MARKET-WESTON, a pleasant village, near the source of the 
Little Ouse, 7 miles X.E. by X. of lxworth, and 4| miles W.X.W, 
of Botesdale, has in its parish 317 souls, aud 1090 acres of land. It 
has a pleasure fair on Sept. '26th, but no market. It was anciently 
the lordship of Hugh Ho veil, and afterwards descended to the Bo- 
kenhams, and from them to the Tyrrels. The Church (St Mary.) 
is a neat structure, with a tower and five bells. It was thoroughly 
restored in 1846-'?, at the cost of about £3000. by the late John 
Thruston, Esq.. who was lord of the manor, and owner of nearly all 
the parish, but since his death the estate has been sold to various 
freeholders, and the hall has been taken down. The benefice is a 
discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at i'S. 19s. 7d.. and now having 
a good Bectory House, 16a. of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of 
.£330. awarded in 1840, in lieu of tithes. The Rev. Henry Thomas 
Wilkinson is patron and incumbent. The Town Estate consists of 
the Town House and garden, occupied rent free, by poor families, 
and 12a. 2r. of land, let for £12. 10s. a year, which is applied in the 
service of the church, according to ancient usage. The poor parish- 
ioners have half an acre of land in Hopton, let for 10s. a year; and 
'26a. 22p. otfen land and 16a. of furze lancL allotted to them at the 
enclosure in 1816, for their use to cut turf and furze thereon. They 
.have also a yearly rent-charge of 6s. 8d., called Asty's Xoble. paid 
out of land belonging to the Bev. B. C. Maul. Post from East 
Harling. 

Mellereh Wm., Esq. land agent 



Allison Jeremiah, farmer 
Day Mary, shopkeeper 
Flatnian John, farmer 



Steggalls George, poulterer 
Thruston Mrs Margaret. Cottage 



Flatman Richard, vict. Wind Mill i ^igg Wright Geo. farmer, Lod 

Good Thos. wheelwright and parish elk ■ Wilkinson Rev Henry Thomas. Rectory 
Goodnall John, carpenter Woods Walter Robert, millwright 

Grimsey Robert, farmer Worthington Wm. tailor 

Holden Henry | Hart Emma, school ; Wright John Aiderton, miller 
Lusher Henry, blacksmith 



XOBTOX, a large and well-built village, pleasantly situated on 
the eastern acclivity of a fertile valley, 3 miles S.S.E. of lxworth, 
and 7 miles E.X.E. of Bury St, Edmund" s, has in its parish 927 
souls, 2449a. 2r. 3p. of land, lying in the manors of Norton Rail and 
Little Haugh. Miss Woodward is lady of the former, and Peter Hud- 
dleston, Esq., is lord of the latter; but a great part of the soil be- 
longs to the "VVilson, Long, Day. Hustler, Sparke, Plummer, Casborne, 
Smythe, and other families. * Xorton Hall is occupied by a farmer, 
and Little Haugh Hall by Peter Huddleston. Esq. The latter was 
the seat of the Milesons, from whom it descended to Mileson Edgar, 
Esq., who sold it to Alderman Macro, of Bury, from whose family it 
passed to the Braddocks. Its staircase was painted by Tillemans, 
of Antwerp, who died here in 1734. Henry YHI. was induced by a 
credulous kind of avarice to dig for gold in this parish, but was dis- 
appointed in his search. The Church (St Andrew,) is a neat struc- 
ture, with a tower and two bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 



NORTON PARISH. 



727 



^14. 3s. 9d., bas now a yearly rent-charge of £'611, awarded in 1839, 
in lieu of tithes. It is in the patronage of St. Peter's College Cam- 
bridge, and incumbency of the Rev. Aldersey Dicken, D.D.. who 
has a neat Rectory House, and about 21a. of glebe. Here is a Bap- 
tist Chapel, built in 1843 by Mr. S. Hustler, at the cost of £700, 
with a house for the minister. A National School was built here in 
1839, and has about 60 scholars. At the Dog Inn is a lodge of Odd 
Fellows, belonging to the Manchester Unity. The Poors Estate 
comprises four cottages, let to poor families, and the rents applied 
with the poor rates; and 13a. 3b. 7p. of land, let for £38. 5s. a year, 
and allotted at the enclosure, in lieu of other land, which had been 
purchased with various benefactions, in trust, to pay 12s. to the mi- 
nister for an annual sermon, and Is. to the parish clerk ; and to 
distribute the remainder of the rents among the poor. In 1650, 
John Fiske, pursuant to the will of his father, settled 2 1 a. of land 
in Is worth, in trust- that the rents thereof should be distributed in 
weekly doles of bread among the poor of Norton. This land is now 
worth about £6 per annum. In 1773, Wm. Staniforth, in fulfil- 
ment of the charitable intention of his father-in-law, the Rev. Cox 
Macro, D,D., gave £'600 three per cent. Consols, in trust, to provide 
yearly 12 poor men with coats and 12 poor women with stuff gowns 
and petticoats. The dividends were not received from 1796 to 1820, 
and in the latter year, the arrears and the original stock were laid 
out in the purchase of £*724. 8s. 8d. three per cent. Reduced Annui- 
ties. Pcst Office at John Borrett's. Letters via Woolpit. 
Bailey Chpr. plumber, painter, &c 
Barsbam Thomas, surgeon 
Bennett Jas, gent | Clark Mrs Mary 
Borebam Mr Wm. James 
Cocksedge Thomas, saddler, &c 
Dicken Rev Aldersey, D.D., Rectory 
Finch Edmund, assistant overseer 
Fox Emily, National schoolmistress 
Gissing Thomas Shipp, corn miller 
Galland James, bricklayer 
Heyward Harriet, schoolmistress 
Huddleston Peter, Es.q., Little Haugh 

Hall 
Hunt Mrs Mary [ Jannings Mr Wm. 
jolley John, cooper | Wheeler Mr 
Pizzy Edwin, veterinary surgeon 
Smith Joseph Copley, vict. Dog 
Spooner Wm. tailor 
Stebbings Edward, baker, &c 
Stebbings Wm. parish clerk 
Tuck James, lime burner 

beerhouses. I Gipps Thomas 
Brinkley Wm. | Pawsey Woodward 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Collings James 
Downing Henry 
Morley Isaac 

BOOT & SHOE MKB3. 

Drake Joseph 
Faiies Thomas 
Jeffrey Francis 
Mothersole Wm. 
Pollard Samuel 

FAEMEES. 

Avey Pa. steward 
Burt Arthur 
Cockerell Charles 
Craske Samuel, 

Little Green 
Day W., Exors. of 
Fletcher Wm. 
Golding Edward 
Goold George 
Head Charles 
Howlett John, 

Crowley Hall 



Jiggins John, and 

butcher 
Jolly Robert 

Scotchmer Henry 
Stiff Robert 
Sturgeon Joseph. 

Norton Hall 
Ward George 

GEOCEBS & DBPBS. 

Borrett John 
Coe Robert 
Williams Charles 
Gray 

WHEELWBIGHTS. 

Cross Wm. 

Matthew Luke 

Morley Isaac 
i Seeley Elijah 
i CARRIERS to 
I Bury Wed. & Sat. 
! Diggens John 
\ Pawsey Woodward 
' Stiff Robert 



EICKINGHALL INFEBIOK, 8 miles N.E. of Ixworth, and 7 
miles W.S.W. of Diss, is a large village, which forms a western su- 
Lurb of the town of Botesdale, (see page 586,) and lies north of 
Eickinghall Superior. Its parish has 460 souls, and 1966 acres of 
fertile land. It was anciently the lordship and demesne of Ulfketel, 



728 



RICKINGHALL INFERIOR. 



Earl of East Anglia, who gave it to the monks of Bury. It was 
granted by Henry VIII. to Sir Nicholas Bacon, whose family sold 
it to the Holts. George Holt Wilson, Esq., is now lord of the ma- 
nor, owner of a great part of the soil, and patron of the Church (St. 
Mary,) which has a round tower and three bells. The benefice is a 
rectory, valued in K.B. at £16. 5s. 2§d., and in 1835 at .£850, with 
that of Eickinghall Superior annexed to it. The Eev. E. C. Maul, 
M.A., is the incumbent, and has now a yearly rent-charge of i£l044 r 
in lieu of the tithes of the two parishes, as noticed at page 607. 
There is a Rectory House in each parish, and the glebe comprises 
44a. T. Tbornhill, Esq , and several smaller owners, have estates 
here. An allotment of 9 acres was awarded on an enclosure in lieu 
of land, held from ancient time, for the general use of the parish, 
and In. 12p. which had been devised by Joseph Barnes, in 1731, 
for the relief of the poor. The allotment is let for £'25. 8s. a year, 
of which 10s. is given to the poor, and the remainder is applied ia 
repairing the church or similar purposes. The poor have alsa 
10s. a year as interest of £10, left by John Brown in 1731, and £7. 
17s. 6d. yearly from 2a. 3r. 2r. of land allotted to this parish as its 
share of Booku <ood 's Charity, (See page 608.) A large and hand- 
some National School was built in 1853 for the two Rickinghall 
parishes, at the cost of £700. Post from Botesdale, via Scole. 



Amys Misses, Rickinghall Cottage 
Bailey Richard, bricklayer, &c 
Bennett George, shoemaker 
Boston Robert and John, tailors 
Clarke Thomas, cabinet maker 
Daines John, plumber, painter, &e 
Damant Catherine, straw hat maker 
Debenham Mary, draper 
Freeman Robt. par. elk. rate coir. &c 
Greengrass Wm. veterinary surgeon 
Grew John, shoemaker 
Gross Woolnough, Esq. solicitor, Brook 

House 
King Joseph, shoemaker 
Maul Eev Richard Compton, M.A., 

Rectory 
Phillips Augustus, vict. Bell Inn 
Porter George, brick and tile maker 
Porter Mrs Sarah 
Piuffell Wm. corn miller 



Saddington Joseph, tailor & beerhouse 
Warren David, blacksmith 
White Chas. relieving officer for Botes- 
dale District. (See page 584.) 
Williams Wm. Thos. Nathl. schoolmr 

FARMERS, 
Bryant Samuel | Eavis Jacob 
Freeman Robert | Patrick Thomas 
Gooderham Wm. | Symonds George* 
Jackaman John | Simpson Mrs 
Mills Rev John | Wharton John 
Norton Charles Thomas, Hill House 

CARRIERS, Jas. Nunn, to Bury Wed. 

and Sat. ; and Robert Talbott to Ips~ 

wich every Monday 
Coach and Carriers pass to Bury r 

Botesdale, East Harling, &c. (See 

Ixworth, page 724) 
For Rickinghall Superior, see p. 60S- 



EUSHFOED, a small village on the Norfolk side of the Little 
Ouse Eiver, 4 miles E.S.E. of Thetford, has in its parish 187 inha- 
bitants, and about 2260 acres of land, of which 54 souls, and about 
1000 acres of land, forming Bushford Lodge Estate, are in Black- 
bourn Hundred, Suffolk, and all the rest is in Guiltcross Hun- 
dred, Norfolk, where the Church (St. John,) is situated, and alsa 
Shadwell Lodge, the elegant seat of Sir Eobt. Jacob Buxton, Bart.^ 
and his mother, the Dowager Lady Buxton. All the parish belongs 
to Sir Eobert, and he is impropriator of the tithes, and patron of the 
living which is a donative certified at <£16, and augmented with .£200 



RUSHFORD. (BLACKBOURN HUND.) 729 

of Queen Anne's Bounty, in 1793, and now enjoyed by the Eer. 
Fredk. Dowries Panter. The church was appropriated to a College, 
fouuded here by Sir Edward Gonoville, in 1342, for a master and 
six priests. Mr. John Arnold is butler at the Hall ; and the College 
and Lodge Farms are occupied by Mr. William Elliott. Post from. 
Thetford. 



SxlPISTON, a small scattered village, in the vale of the southern 
Thet, 3 miles N. by W. of Ixworth, has in its parish 255 souls, and 

i 1230 acres of fertile land, all the property and manor of the Duke of 
Grafton. At the Domesday Survey, it was the lordship of Gilbert 
de Blund, who gave it to the priory which he founded at Ixworth. 
After the Dissolution, it was granted to Bichard and Elizabeth Cod- 
ington. Bobert Bloomfteld, the poet, commenced his career here as 

i a farmer's boy. (See page 720.) The Church (St. Andrew,) is an 

| ancient thatched fabric. The Duke of Grafton is impropriator of 
the tithes, and patron of the perpetual curacy, which is valued at 

. ,£100, and is now in the incumoeney of the Rev. Augustus Eitz-Boy, 
of Eakenham. The late Duke of Grafton built a National School 
here in 1841, and it is now attended by about 50 poor children. 



Balaam Joseph, carrier to Bury Wed- 
nesday and Saturday 
Jacob Edmund, corn miller 
Prigg Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Tippel Wm= parish clerk 
Post from Ixworth, via Bury, St Ed.'s 



FARMERS. 

Crick Jeffery, George Farm 
Farrow John Ray, Triangle Farm 
Gates John, Sapiston Grange 
Goldsmith George, Grove Farm 



ST ANTON- All-Saints, and St. John the Baptist, are two adjoining vil~ 
lages and united parishes, pleasantly situated on the Norwich road, nine 
miles N.E. by E. of Bury St. Edmund's, and three miles N.E. of Ixworth, 
and containing 108.2 inhabitants, 3254 acres of fertile land, the small ham- 
let of Upthorpe, lj- mile S.E., and several scattered farmhouses. Though 
there are still two churches, Stanton may be considered as one well-built 
Tillage, in which are several good inns, retail shops, and corn mills. It 
has a fair for pleasure and pedlery, on May 31st and the following day. 
Edward the Confessor gave the manor and advowson of All Saints to 
Bury Abbey, and they were granted in the 31st of Henry VIII., to Sir 
Thos. Jermyn, Kt. The two rectories were consolidated in 1457, and since 
the reign of Elizabeth, the two parishes have maintained their poor con- 
jointly. H. E, Lofft, Esq., is now lord of the manor, and owns a great 
part of the soil, but the Bev. J. S. Hallifax owns Stanton Park, now a large 
farm, half a mile S. of the village; and here are several smaller owners. All 
Saints and St. John's Churches are neat structures, and each has a tower 
and four bells. The consolidated and discharged rectories are rated in 
K.B., the former at £9. 6s. Of d., and the latter at £9. 4s. 9§d. H. E. Lofft, 
Esq., is patron, and the Bev. George Bidwell, MA., is the incumbent, and 
has a commodious residence, and a yearly rent-charge of £977. 2s. 7d., 
awarded in 1839 in lieu of tithes. The Y\ 7 esleyans have a chapel here, built 
in 1839. The Church Land, about 12a., let for £14 a year, is vested in 
trust, for repairing and maintaining the two churches. For a yearly distri- 
bution among the poor, Catherine Tricker, in 1605, left £20, and it was 
laid out in the purchase of an acre of land, now let for £2 per annum v 

2h3 



730 



STANTON. (BLACKBOURN HUNDRED.) 



The sum of £10 left to the poor, by Wm. Firmage, in 1611, was laid out 
in the purchase of 1a. 2r. 32p. of land, at Rattlesden, now let for £l. lis. 
a year. The Poor's Allotment comprises 42a. awarded at the enclosure of 
the commons, and now let for about j£90 a year, which is distributed 
among poor parishioners in coals. 



STANTON DIRECTORY. 
Bid well Rev George, M.A., Rectory 
Clarke Fdk. saddler, & Mrs Susan 
Cullum Samuel, vict. Cock Inn 
Gale Alex. R., Esq., Stanton Lodge 
Good David, wheelwright 
Kent James Henry, M.R.C.S., surgeon 
Oxborrow Sheppard, farrier 
Pettit George, vict. Rose and Crown 
Phillips Joseph, gentleman 
Pooley Thomas, vict. George Inn 
Stevens Mary, straw hat maker 
Sturgeon Henry, colt breaker 
Sturgeon Thomas, gamekeeper 
Wild Wm. plumber, glazier, &c 
Youngman Benjamin, butcher 



AOADE3IIES. 

Cutting Charles. 

Post Office 
Howe Sabina 
Sturgeon HenryB. 

BAKERS. 

Baker Maurice 
Cutting Samuel 
Manning George 

BLACKSZMITHS. 



Brewington John 
Calver George 

BOOT & SHOE 3IKS. 

Blizzard Wm. 
Johnson Isaac 
Saer Wm. 
Sturgeon John, & 
parish clerk 

BEERHOUSES. 

Allison Henry 



Fordham Fdk. 
Shaw Jonas 
Sturgeon David 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Fordham Fdk. 
Millican Pettit 

CARPENTERS. 

Andrews Wm. 
Buckley Wm. 
Hogg Robert 

CORN MILLERS. 

Cater John 
Markham John 
Rollinson George 
Trudgett Wm. 

FARMERS. 

Baker Wm. 
Bradley Francis 
Chapman Robert 
Easlea Wm. Dale 
Fisk Isaac 
Gathercole Lewis 
Harrison Jonth. 
Howe John 
Howe Robert 
Long Robert 
Marsh John 



Newdick Edward, 

Wrens Hall 
Roper Wm. 
Rollinson George 
Stebbing Jam 
Talbot Mr 
Taylor George 
Taylor William , 

Manor House 
Wells Robt., Hall 
Woodard Jno. high 
constable, Stan- 
ton Park 

GROCERS, &c. 

Bowen John 
Shaw Jonas 
Kinsey Henry, & 
tailor, dpr.&colr 

CARRIER 
ToJ3wry,Wed.&Sat 
Gerrald David 
Nunn James 
Coach to B ury, fyc. 

see Ixworth 
Post from Ixworth 

via Bury 



STOWLANGTOFT is a small neat village, in a pleasant valley, near the 
confluence of a small rivulet with the southern Thet, 2i miles S.S.E. of Ixworth, 
and 6| miles E.N.E. of Bury St. Edmund's. Its parish contains 186 souls, 
and 1471a. of land, all the property and manor of Hy. Wilson, Esq., who re- 
sides at the Hall, a large and handsome mansion, with neat pleasure grounds, 
anciently the seat of the Langtofts, and afterwards of the families of Peche and 
D'Ewes. One of the latter was Sir Simonds D'Ewes, a learned antiquary 
of the 17th century. The Hall was partly rebuilt in 1792, by Sir Walter 
Rawlinson, who inherited the estate from his father, Sir Thomas, who was 
Lord Mayor of London, in 1754, and purchased this parish in 1760, of the 
Norton family. The Church (St. George) is a neat structure with a tower 
and three bells, and stands within a double trenched camp. It is said to 
have been built in 1370, by Robert Dacy, of Ashfield ; and in a field about 
half a mile from it, a pot full of Roman coins of the lower empire, was 
found in 1764. In Red Castle farm, in the adjoining parish of Pakenham, 
a fine tesselated pavement was discovered about ninety years ago. The 
red ory, valued in K.B. at £8. 7s. 8Jd., has a good residence, 65a. 2r. 9p. 
of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of a£243. 17s. 6d., awarded in 1843, in 
lieu of tithes. H. Wilson, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. Samuel Rickards, 
M.A., is the incumbent. Here is an Almshouse, occupied by four poor 
widows, and about an acre of land, partly occupied as gardens hy the alms- 
women, and partly let for 21s. a year, which is carried to the poor rates, 
out of which the almshouse is repaired. The donor is unknown. A small 
free school is supported by Mr. Wilson. 



STOWLANGTOFT PARISH. 



731 



Wilson Henry, Esq., Hall 
Eickards Eev Samuel, M.A.. Rectoiy 
Cole Wm. estate carpenter 
Collins James, blacksmith 
Green Thomas, farmer, Bridge 



Hine John, farm bailiff 
Jepp Mary, schoolmistress 
Matthew Charles Xunn, Street farm 
Tuck Eliz. shopr. & Geo. parish clerk 
Post from Ixworth via Bury 



STOW, (WEST) a small scattered village and parish, in the vale of the 
river Lark, 5 miles XW. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 315 souls, 
and 2926 acres of fertile land, including Chimney Mills, an extra-parochial 
place of 20 acres, having a large mill on the river, and a house with seven 
inhabitants. The village adjoins the extensive park of Culford Hall, the 
seat of the Bev. E. B. Benyon, M.A., the lord of the manor and owner of 
all the parish. He has a great part of the parish in his own occupation, 
and is patron of the Church (St. Mary,) which is a discharged rectory, valued 
in K.B. at £9. 17s. 3d., and in 1835 at a£302, with that of Wordwell 
annexed to it, in the incumbency of the Bev. Wm. Pridden, M.A. More 
than 100 skeletons, and many urns, beads, spears, and other Saxon 
relics have been found in this parish, which shew that a great battle was 
fought on Stow heath at some early period, perhaps between the Saxons 
and Danes. West Stow Hall, now a farm house, has been much reduced, 
in size. It formerly surrounded a quadrangular court, and was moated, 
and well adapted by its interior arrangement to baronial customs and festi- 
vities. It is supposed to have been built about the beginning of the 16th 
century, and it formerly contained a large collection of armour. The Gate- 
house is a singular specimen of brick building in the time of Henry 
"VIII. Mary, do.vager queen of France, and her second husband, Charles, 
Duke of Suffolk, resided here occasionally, and their arms still remain on 
the exterior. Its embattled pediments, diamond-shaped tracery, and finial 
statues, are curious and unusual appendages in buildings of this order. 
The Crofts held the manor in the reign of Edward III., and it was after- 
wards held by the Abbots of Bury. The sum of £10 left to the poor 
parishioners by Wm. Firmage, in 1599, was laid out in the purchase of 
3a. 3r. of land, at Battlesden, now let for =£3 a year, which is distributed 
at Christmas. The Church Land comprises one acre, in the In-field, worth 
only 5s. a year, and 2a. in Culpho Field, let for £1. 10s. a year. 

Day (Wm.) & Bioomfieid (Mr.) corn Murrell Wm. shoemaker 

millers. Chimney Mills , Pridden Bev Wm. 3 M.A., Eectory 

Coe Jane, school | Mead W. par. clerk Ringer Robert, farmer, North Stow 
Fenner George, blacksmith & beerhs ' Steel John, farmer. Hall 
Foreman Stephen, shopkeeper J Post//-o??2 Bury St. Edmund's 



THELXETHAM, a scattered village on the south side of the vale, and 
near the source of the Little Ouse river, 3 miles X.W. of Botesdale, 5£ 
miles S. by W. of Kenninghall, and 10 miles E. of Thetford, has in its 
parish 552 souls, and 1773 acres of strong loamy laud. The manor of 
Thelnetham was anciently held by a family of its own name, The 
late John Tbruston, Esq., owned most of the parish, but the estate 
has lately been sold to several owners. Thomas Thoruhill, Esq., 
H. J. Wilkinson, Esq., and the Norm, Button, and other families have 
estates here. SirE. C. Kerrison is lord of the manor called Eye-Thelnet- 
ham. The Church (St. Nicholas) is a neat fabric with a tower and rive 
bells. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £10. ISs. 4d., 
and in 1835 at £508. The Bev. Samuel Colby, of Ellingham, Norfolk, is 



732 THELNETHAM PARISH. 

incumbent, and the Rev. E. H. Sawbridge, M.A., is patron and curate. The 
glebe is 33a., and the tithes have been commuted for £'520 per annum. 
The church organ was given by the patron in 1853, and he erected a school 
here in 1842. The Toicn Estate, 28a. 1r. 34p., was awarded on an enclo- 
sure in 1821, in lieu of other lands, which had been held from an early 
period, in trust, for the use of the church and poor. It is now let for about 
£30 a year, and the surplus of the rent, after paying the churchwarden's 
expenses, is carried to the poor rates. A benefaction of £10 given to the 
poor of this parish, was laid out in the purchase of 1a. 2r. 31p. of land,, 
in Rattlesden, now let for £l. 12s. a year. The Poors Allotment, awarded: 
at the enclosure, comprises 40a., on which the poor get turf, &c, for fuel. 
Baldry Joseph, shoemaker 
Baldry Samuel, vict. White Horse 
Bloomfield George Tollemache, mill- 
wright, engineer, &c 
Branchflower Robert, beerhouse 
Bullock Rebecca, shopkeeper 
Button Mrs | Hipkins Eliz. school 
Hubbard James, carpenter 
Jarrett Robert, .shoemaker 
Kerry Oliver, wheelwright 
Luffingham Richard A., surgeon 
Sawbridge Rev Edward Henry, M.A.. 
curate and patron, Rectory 



Sturgeon John, tailor 
Welton John, blacksmith, &c 

FARMERS. 
Baker Alfred | Baldry Samuel 
Bishop Samuel | Hawes James 
Burcham Robert | Woolsey Daniel 
Button Richard, and corn miller 
Kerry Jemima | Kerry Oliver 
Long Henry, Play ford farm 
Pollard Harriet, and shopkeeper 
Woodhouse Constantine Griffiths 
Post from The/ford 



THORPE^by-Txwoeth, sometimes called Ixworth- Thorpe, is a small 
village and parish, 1J mile N.W. of Ixworth, containing 136 souls, and 
about 770 acres of land, all the property and manor of Sir Charles Mon- 
tolieu Lamb, Bart., who is also impropriator of the tithes, and patron of 
the Church, (All Saints,) which is a donative, valued at only £20, and held 
by the Rev. Joseph Haddock, for whom the Rev. G. C. Hawkins, of Hon- 
ington, ofnciates. The manor was held by Ixworth Priory, and was 
granted at the Dissolution, to Richd. and Eliz. Codington. The Town. 
Estate, which comprises a cottage, barn, and 21a. Lb. 37p. of land in this 
parish and in Troston and Honington, is vested in trust, for the reparation 
of the church and the relief of the poor. It is intermixed with property 
of Sir C. M. Lamb, who pays for it a yeaily rent of £20. John Wright, in, 
1674, bequeathed £20 for the relief of poor widows of this parish, and it 
was laid out, with £10 belonging to the parish, in the purchase of 5a. of 
land at Hopton, now let for £7. 7s. a year. 



Crosby Samuel, shopkeeper 
Debenham John Martin, Lower f aim 
Puller John, dealer 



Middleditch Wm. joiner, & par. clerk 
Sheldrake Edward, Upper farm 
Post from Ixworth, via Bury 



TROSTON. a neat and pleasant village, 2A miles N.W. of Ixworth, and 
6f miles N.N.E. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 427 souls, and 1764 
acres of land, including a sandy moor of 277 acres, covered with ling and 
furze. It formerly belonged to Bury Abbey, and afterwards to the Mad- 
docks and Brandish families. H. Capel Lofft, Esq., is now lord of the 
manor, but part of the soil belongs to a few smaller owners. Troston 
Hall is a pleasant sent, now occupied by Major Moss. It was 
greatly improved by the late Capel Lofft, Esq., a learned barrister, an 
eminent writer on legal, political, and other subjects, and a warm patron of 
literary talents. To gratify his own peculiar taste, he inscribed almost every 



TROSTON. (BLACKBOURN HUNDRED.) 733 

tree in his garden and pleasure grounds, either to names of classical cele- 
brity, or to such as are venerable for the virtues of the persons who bore them, 
Troston was purchased in 1680, by Eobt. Haddocks, Esq., whose father was 
descended from the family formerly possessed of the sovereignty of Wales, and 
left that principality at the age of 13, on foot, friendless, and alone, in search 
of employment. Having arrived in London, he repaired to Cheapside, where y 
observing a merchant soil his shoe, in crossing the street, he immediately ran 
and brushed off the dirt. The merchant, struck with the boy's attention, 
enquired into his situation, and having heard his story, took him into his ser- 
vice. After some time, he was employed in the counting-house: and in the 
sequel, became a partner in the firm, and acquired a considerable fortune. At 
Troston Hall, was born, in 1713, Edward Capel a writer, distinguished by his- 
eommentaries on Shakespear, and by his beautiful edition of the works of the 
immortal dramatist, in 10 volumes octavo. He held the office of deputy in- 
spector of plays, to which was attached a salary of £200 per annum. The- 
Church (St. Mary) is a neat thatched fabric with a tower and three bells, and 
contains several neat monuments. The living is a discharged rectory, valued 
in K.Bo at .£10. 4s. 7d., and now having a yearly rent charge of £332, awarded 
in 1842, in lieu of tithes. The Lord Chancellor is patron, and the Rev. R. J. 
Buller is the incumbent, and has a good residence, and 32 acres of glebe. The 
Wesleyans have a small chapel here. In the 18th of Charles II., «£20 given to* 
the poor by Thos. Lamb, and d£14 given by other donors, were invested in th& 
purchase of a yearly rent-charge of 34s. out of land now belonging to H. C. 
Loft, Esq. This annuity is distributed in blankets. The Poor's Allotment. 
14a. Ik. 31p., was awarded at the enclosure, in 1846, and is now let for £22 
a year, which is distributed among the poor of the parish, in coals. The Church 
Land, 1a. 22p., was allotted at the enclosure, in lieu of the old Church Land, and 
is let for 21s. a year. Post from Bury St. Edmund's. 



TROSTON DIRECTORY. 
ZVIoss Major General. Troston Hall 
Blake Thos. shopr., & Robt., thatcher 
Blissard John, shoemaker 
Buller Rev. Reginald John, B.A., 

Rectory 
Crosby Samuel, shopkeeper 
Death Samuel, beerhouse 
Downs Francis, blacksmith 
Easlea John, corn miller 
Girkin John, shopr. & Rbt. shoe maker 
Jacob George, vict., Bull 



Mays John J. gamekeeper 
Meadows "Wm. shoemaker 
Vincent Richard, painter and glazier 
Yeomans Robert, carpenter 

FARMERS. 
Cook John James, Troston Cottage 
Fisk Isaac, Hall Farm 
Matthew Geerge || Rosier Thomas 
Stennett Richard || Warren Wm, 

CARRIER, Thomas Blake, to Bury, 
Wednesday and Saturday 



WALSHAM-LE-WILLOWS is a large neat Tillage, pleasantly 
situated 5 miles E. of Ixworth, and S.W. by W- of Botesdale, and 
10 miles from Bury, Diss, and Stowmarket. It has in its parish 
1297 souls, and 2760 acres of land, varying from a rich clay to a 
light sand and mixed loam. Gilbert-de-Blund had the lordship in. 
the Conquerors time, and gave part of the parish to Ixworth priory, 
but after the Dissolution, the rectory and the lands called Church 
House, were granted to Eichard and Eliz. Codington, and afterwards 
passed to the Holts. Another large estate here, was held by AVm.- 
de-la-Pole, Duke of Suffolk, in Henry YIth's reign, and was granted, 
with the manor, in the 6th of Henry VIII. to George, Earl of 
Shrewsbury. It afterwards passed to the Hunts, who held it in 
Kirby's time. The Rev. T. B. Powell is now lord of the manor, but 
a great part of the parish belongs to H. J. and T. Wilkinson, and 
S. Golding, Esqrs., who have handsome mansions here; and to the 



734 



WALSHAM-LE-WILLOWS. 



Miller, Lloyd, and other families. The Church (St. Mary) is a large 
and handsome structure, with a tower containing six bells, and sur- 
mounted by a small spire. It contains several monuments belong- 
ing to the Hunt, Wilkinson, and other families. The interior was 
cleaned and beautified in 1843, when, on washing off the whitewash 
on the south side, some fine ancient paintings were discovered upon 
the wall. A small organ was erected by subscription in 1842, at 
the cost of i>80. The tithes belong mostly to the principal land 
owners, and were commuted in 1843. Samuel Golding, Esq., is 
patron of the perpetual curacy, which was certified at c£'12, and 
valued in 1835, at <£93. It has since been augmented with Queen 
Anne's Bounty, &c. The Rev. Charles Peers, M.A., is the incum- 
bent. The Baptists and Wesley arts have chapels in the village. 
The Wesley an chapel was purchased and rebuilt in 1854, by the 
Wesleyan Reformers. The Town Estate has, from an early period, 
been vested in trust, for the benefit of the parishioners, and com- 
prises the Guildhall and Town house, occupied by poor families, 
&7a. 3r. 24p. of land, let for ^985 per annum, all in this parish, ex- 
cept 3a. 2r. in Badwell Ash and Stanton. The rents are applied 
(after paying the taxes, &c.) in payment of the churchwardens' ex- 
penses, and the expense of collecting the lord's quit and free rents ; 
in paying the salary of the parish clerk ; in repairing bridges ; and 
in providing clothing and coals for the poor. The poor parishioners 
have also 4>3. 15s. 2d. a year from 3a. of land forming part of 
Book woods Charity. (See Rickinghall Superior.) Schools for boys 
and girls are supported by subscription, except the payment of one 
penny per week by each scholar. The National School is a com- 
modious building, erected in 1848, and attended by about 50 boys. 
Here is a Girls' Subscription School, with 90 scholars. 

: Larter Anna, vict.. Four Ashes 
I Last Wm., watch, clock & gun maker 
i Lawley Frederick, law clerk 
Meadows Zachariah, cooper 
Miller John, ale and porter brewer, 

maltster, and corn merchant 
Nunn Robert, machine & drill owner 
Osborne George, hair dresser, &c. 
Pallent Robert, parish clerk 
Pearson Edward, dealer and vict., Swan 
Peers Rev. Charles, M.A., incumbent 

and surrogate 
Pollard Philip, gardener 
Pollard Wm- rope and twine maker 
Read Ann, straw hat maker 
Rushbrook James, bricklayer 
Sones Ziba, clerk and vict., Blue Boar 
Stevens Thomas, wheelwright 
Vincent Samuel, farrier 
Weavers James, gardener 
Wilkinson Hooper John, Esq., Wal- 

sham House 
Wilkinson Capt. Thos. Hooper, West 

House 
Williams Charles, law clerk 



WALSHAM LE WILLOWS. 
Post Office at G. R. Newson's. Let- 
ters from Ixworth, via Bury St. Ed- 
mund's 

Boggis John, saddle & harness maker 
Clarke John, thatcher 
Cross Wm. chemist and druggist 
Cullam Robert, wheelwright 
Darby Wm , confectioner, &o. 
Drake Henry, plumber, painter, &c. 
Durrant Thomas, police Serjeant 
Freeman Mrs || Fakes Wm. cutler 
G-app Mr Richard || Youngman Mrs 
Golding Samuel & Son, solicitors 
Golding Samuel, Esq., solicitor 
Golding Thomas Mingaye, Esq., do. 
Hustler Jas. Devereux, Esq., The Lawn 
Johnson John, relieving officer, and 
registrar for Walsham District. (See 
page 407; {late Burcham) 
Jessup Samuel Dixon, law clerk 
Kent Walton, surgeon 
Kerry Robt. gig builder & wheelwright 
King John Wardale, solicitor, and Bury 



BLACKBOUKN HUNDRED. 



735 



ACADEMIES. 

Bridges Rhoda 
Day Elizabeth 
Johnson Mary 
Young Wm. E. 

BEERHOUSES. 

Clarke John 
Leech James 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Clamp Wm. 
Nunn James 
Smith George 

BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

Colson Frederick 
Hayward Kobert 
Jaggard John 
Nunn John 
Read Charles 
Eead Emerson 
Spink Robert 



BUTCHERS. 

Death Thomas 
Finch Geo. pork 
Youngman Pp. 

CARPENTERS. 

Day Wm. 
Jaggard Henry 
Jaggard James 
Jaggard Wm. 

CORN MILLERS. 

Darby Thomas 
Plummer Fredk. 

FARMERS. 

* are Owners. 
BrasnettWm..07d 

Hall 
Bunting David 
Colson Wm. 
Cronshey Thos. W. 
Easlea Frederick 



! Easlea Thomas 
; *Elliott J., Rookery 
i *Hatten Wm. 

Hayward Wm. 

Jaggard Robert, 
Fish pond 

Locke Hy.. Crown 

Land 
I * Matthews Geo. 

* Miller John 
i Pearson George 
' Plummer Henry 
i Plummer H., jun. 
i Plummer John 
I Porter Wm. 
I Proctor John 

Spalding James 

Thurston John, 
High Hall 



West Thos., Harts 

Hall 
Youngman James, 

Squirrel Hall 
Youngman T. W. 

GROCERS &DRAPRS. 

Bishop W. Adkin 
Fakes Henry 
Newson Geo. Rbt. 
and ironmonger 

TAILORS. 

Baynard John 

Colson Thomas W. 

Cornell James 
CASBIER 

George Firman, to 
Bury, Wed. and 
Sat., & to Elms- 
well Station four 
days a week 



WATTISEIELD, a pleasant Tillage on the Bury road, 3 miles 
W.S.W. of Botesdale, and 6 miles X.E. by E. of Ixwortb, has in its 
parish 603 souls, and about 1517 acres of fertile land, under which 
is a bed of fine clay, of which excellent b ricks, tiles, and brown earthen- 
ivare are manufactured. It was one of the lordships belonging to 
the Abbot of Bury, and in Kirby's time was held by the Tompson 
and Moody families. Henry Youngman, Esq., is now lord of the 
manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to the Mallows, Thorn- 
hill, Lloyd, and other families. The Church (St. Margaret) is a 
neat fabric with a tower and five bells ; and the benefice is a dis- 
charged rectory, valued in K.B. at £8. lis. Sd., and in 1835, at £336. 
Mrs. Morgan is patroness, and her husband, the Rev. R. Morgan, 
of Rendham, is the incumbent. The Bev. Geo. Coulcher,M.A., of 
Bickinghall Superior, is the curate. In the village is an Lidependent 
Chapel, built in 1678, by a congregation which was formed in 
Market Weston, in 1654. It has a small eudowment and seat room 
for 700 hearers. The pious and learned Rev. Thomas Harmer, was 
minister of this chapel and died here in 1788, and not at TYhatfield, 
as stated at page 639. Here is also a small Wesleijan Chapel, built 
in 1835. The Town Estate has been vested in trust, from a very re- 
mote period, for the general benefit of the parish, and comprises 
60a. 1r. 2p. of land, let for about £'100 per annum. About 2 ^ acres 
of it was purchased in 1647, with £'30 given by Robert Mallows 
and Nicholas Lock. The rents are applied, in the first iu stance, in 
defraying the churchwardens' expenses, and the salaries of the 
parish clerk and constable ; and the surplus is laid out in coals, 
which are sold at reduced prices to the poor parishioners. In the 
4th of Charles 1st, Sir Nicholas Bacon left £33. 6s. 8d. to be laid 
out in lands, and the rents thereof to be applied in repairing Wattis- 
field Causeway, which now forms part of the turnpike road. The 
4a. of land, purchased with this legacy, is vested with the surveyors 
of the highways, and the rent is carried to their accounts. Post 
from Stanton, via Bury St. Edmund's. 



736 WATTISFIELD PARISH. 



Buck Sarah, vict., Black Swan 
Bullock John, shoemaker 
Colson Alfred, vict., White Swan 
Colson John, butcher 
Cone Saml. tailor, baker, & beerhouse 
Cooke Thomas, shoemaker 
Doe John, corn miller 
Farrow Josiah, cattle dealer 
Green Airs Elizabeth Ann 
Hammond Jesse, gardener & shopr. 
Kerry John, wheelwright and joiner 
Knights Jas. brown earthenware manfr 
Mallows Mrs Amelia and Misses 
Nunn John, grocer. &c, Post Office 
Parker Henry, blacksmith 
Rainbird Thomas, butcher 



Sill Henry, beer seller 
Sparke Wm., bricklayer and carpenter 
Warren Rev. Wm. (Independent) 
Watson Thomas and Adam, brown 
earthenware manufacturers, Polkiln 

FARMERS. || Knights James 
Bean Chas. owner || Landymore John 
Calton Benjamin || Manning Isaac 
Jewers Cornelius. Hill Farm 
Nunn James || Farrow Diana 
Xunn Daniel, owner || Cason Wm, 
Sill Edmund, parish clerk 
Wharton Leonard, and Ricfcinghall 
Youngman Henry, Esq., Hall 
Youngman James |] Watson T. &A. 



WORD WELL parish, 5 miles N.N.W. of Bury St. Edmund's, 
comprises 2291 acres of fertile land, but has only 56 inhabitants. 
It was one of the estates sold by the late Marquis Cornwallis, and 
was anciently the property of a family of its own name. It adjoins 
the extensive park of Culford Hall, the seat of the Rev. E. R. Benyon, 
the present lord of the manor, who owns all the parish. The 
church is a small antique fabric, without a tower, but it has a 
small bell hanging on two beams inside the nave, which is sepa- 
rated from the chancel by a pure Saxon arch. The north and south 
doorways are also Saxon, and over them, as well as on some of the 
seats, are rude carvings of animals, &c. The font is very ancient^ 
and is large enough for the immersion of infants. The Rectory 
is united with that of West Stow. (See page 731.) The principal 
inhabitants are Edward Brasnett. farmer, Manor House, and Mary 
Petch, blacksmith and beerhouse. 



BABERGH HUNDRED. 

Babergh Hundred, in the south-western part of Suffolk, and Liberty of 
St. Edmund, is a fertile and picturesque district,;having many large and well- 
built villages, and several silk and hair-seating manufactories. It extends 
16 miles in length, from north to south, and averages about eight miles in 
breadth. The navigable river Stour, in a winding course of more than 20 
miles, bounds it on the west and south, and separates it from Essex : and 
its other boundaries are Risbridge and Thingoe Hundreds, on the north- 
west; Thedwestry Hundred, on the north; and Cosford and Samford 
Hundreds, on the east. It is watered by many rivulets, flowing southward 

the Stour, and is in the Diocess of Ely, and in the Archdeaconry and 
Deanery of Sudbury, and in the Western Division of Suffolk. Its ancient 
markets of Nay land and Lavenham are obsolete; but it has fairs at those 
places and at eight other villages ; and the market town and borough of 
Sudbury lies within its limits, though a separate jurisdiction. It com- 
prises 32 parishes, of which the following is an enumeration, together with 
Sudbury, shewing their territorial extent and their population in 1854. Mr* 
Samuel Ruffe! 1, of Shimpling, is the High Constable. 



BABERGH HUNDRED. 



737 



PARISHES. Acres. Pop. 

Acton 2811 539 

Alpheton 1202 370 

Assington 2986 776 

♦Boxford* 1820 898 

Boxted 1367 201 

*Brent Eleigh 1617 260 

Bnres St. Mary§ 2542 1144 

Cavendish 3354 1394 

Chilton 979 151 

♦Cockfield 3626 988 

Cornard Great 1567 857 

Cornard Little 1657 380 

*Edwardstone 1872 479 

Glemsford 2295 1626 

♦Groton 1571 589 

Hartest 1964 832 

*Laverjham 2887 18] 1 

Lawshall 2969 908 



PARISHES. Acres. Pop, 

Melford (Long) 5385 908 

♦Milden 1339 165 

♦Monks Eleigh 2099 722 

Nayland 941 1153 

Newton near Sudbury.. 2197 499 

*Polstead 3402 943 

* Preston 1931 386 

Shimpling 2698 470 

Somerton 1040 136 

Stanstead 1162 412 

Stoke by Nayland 5277 1406 

Waldingfield" Great 2423 659 

Waldingfield Little .... 1574 404 

Wiston 1485 256 

Sudbury Borough 1 093 5225 

Total 73,428 24 } 401 



* The ten parishes marked thus * are in Cosfoed Union (see page 619,") 
and the others are in Sudbury Union. 

+ Boxford parish includes also Hadleigh hamlet. 

§ Bures St. Mary is partly in Essex and contains altogether 4131 acres and 
1806 souls. 



County Court Districts. — Boxford, Brent-Eleigh, Edwardstone. 
Groton, Milden, Monks-Eleigh. and Polstead are in Hadleigh County Court Dis 
trict ; and all the other 25 parishes are in Sudbury County Court District, 

Sudbury Union comprises the Borough of Sudbury, and 41 other parishes 
and townships, of which 22 are in Barbergh Hundred, as just noticed, one 
(Hawkedon) in Risbridge Hundred, in and 18 Hinckford Hundred, Essex. It ex- 
tends over 78,300 acres, and contains 30,814 inhabitants. Its average annual 
expenditure for the relief of the poor, during the three years preceding the 
formation of the Union, in 1835, was £26,449; though in 1838 it was only 
£17526; in 1840, £'15,745, and in 1853, £18,896. The Workhouse is at Sud- 
bury, and is a large brick building, erected in 1836-7, on the site of a smaller- 
one, which belonged to the three united parishes of Sudbury. It cost about 
£10,000, and has room for 390 inmates, but has seldom more than 250, and in 
summer less than 200. The Board of Guardians meet every Thursday. N. C. 
Barnardiston, Esq., is chahman, and the Rev. John Foster, vice-chairman^ 
Edmund Stedman, Esq., is the union clerk and superintendent registrar. The 
Rev. John Henly is chaplain, and Mr. Win. and Mrs. Harvey are master and ma' 
iron of the Workhouse; Henry Beales porter, and Edw. John Horam and Mary 
Murphy teachers of the schools. The Relieving Officers are Mr. Robert 
Rudland, for Sudbury District; Mr. F. W. Ellis, for Melford District', Mr. J, 
Hitchcock, for Bulmer District ; and Mr. R. Pratt, for Bures District. Mr. Jpb. 
Scott is registrar of marriages for the whole union. The Registrars of Births 
and Deaths are Rt. Rudland, for Sudbury District ; F. W. Ellis, for Hartest Dis- 
trict ; Geo. Green, for Melford District; Saml. Brown, for Bulmer District; and 
J. T. Winny, for Bures District. 

SUDBURY UNION is all in Sudbury County Court District, and the follow- 
ing enumeration of its parishes, under the heads of its five registration districts y 
shews their population in 1851. 



738 



SUDBURY UNION. 



* Buhner District. 

*Pentlow 380 

*Belchamp St. Paul 735 

*Foxearth 453 

*Belchauip Otton. . 
*Northwood, ex. p. \ 
*Belcbamp Walter ) 

*Bulmer 

♦Gestingthorpe . . 
♦Wickham St. Paul 

*Twinstead 

Bures District. 
♦Alphamstone .... 

*Lamarsh 409 

Bures St. Mary.. \ 1144 
* Bures bamlet .. J 662 
WistonorWissington '256 



397 

678 

807 
819 
425 
207 

324 



Navland 1153 I 

Stoke by Nayland.. 1406 | 

Assington 776 

Sudbury District 
Little Cornard .... 
Great Cornard .... 

*Middleton 

*Great Henny .... 

* Little Henny .... 

*Balliugdon-cum- ) 

Brundon§ . . . . j 

§ Sudbury 5225 

Chilton 151 

Melford District. 
Newton nr. Sudbury 
Great Waldiugfield 



380 
857 
170 
427 
99 

818 



499 
659 
404 



Acton 539 

Alpbeton 370 *" 

Long Melford .... 2587 

*Borley , 181 

*Liston 79 

Hartest District. 

Cavendisb 1394 

Glemsford 1626 

Stanstead 412 

Boxted 201 

Hawkedon 359 

Somerton 136 

Hartest 832 

Skiinpling 470 

Lawshall 908 

Total Pop... 30,814 



Little Waldingfield 

* Tbose marked tbus * are in Essex. 

§ Sudbury comprises the three united parisbes of All Saints. St. Gregory, and 
St. Peter, and the extra-parochial farm of St. Bartholomew. The Borough of Sud' 
bury now comprises also Balling don- cum Brundon parish, in Essex. 

The Union Workhouse is in Sudbury St. Gregory parish, and had 196 inmates 
in 1841. and 296 in 1851, when the census was taken. 



ACTON, a pleasant village, 3 miles N. by E. of Sudbury, has in its 
parisb 539 souls and 2811a. of fertile laud, nearly all the property of Earl 
Howe and Sir Hyde Parker, Bart. The former is lord of the manor, which 
was formerly called Aketon, and was held by Bobert de Buers, in the reign 
of Edward L, but was given by Edward IY., to Henry, Lord Bouchier, for 
his faithful services to the house of York. It afterwards passed to the 
Bacons. The Old Hall, now a farm house, is still moated. Actox Place, 
about half a mile west of the village, was a seat of the Daniels, who sold it 
in the early part of the 18th century to Robert Jennens, Esq., who began 
the erection of an extensive and splendid mansion, which was finished by 
his son, Win. Jennens, Esq., who died in 1791, aged nearly 100, with the 
reputation of being the richest subject in the kingdom. On his decease, 
the fine tapestry was torn from the walls, and sold, with the furniture and 
other moveables. The noble mansion remained untenanted, except by an 
old man and old woman, till about 28 years ago, when it was taken down, 
except the servants' wing and a few out offices. The extensive park and 
gardens by which it was encompassed, are now cultivated fields. The 
Church (All Saints) is a neat structure, with a tower and five bells, and 
had anciently a chantry, of the annual value of <£67. 2s. 8d. Earl Howe 
is impropriator of the great tithes, and patron of the vicarage, valued in 
K.B. at £9. 6s. 8d., and now in the incumbency of the Rev. J. E.Fell, M.A., 
who has a neat parsonage house. The tithes were commuted in 1838, for 
a yearly rent charge of £'750, half of which belongs to the Yicar. Here is 
a National School, built by Earl Howe, in 1839. Ambrose Kerrington, in 
1691, charged three closes, called the Coppice, in Great Waldiugfield, with 
the distribution of twopenny-worth of bread every Sunday, and one pair of 
shoes each, to six poor widows of Acton, on the 24th December. Post from 
Sudbury 



Fell Rev. John Edw., M.A., Vicarage 
Green Mrs Sus. || Nelson Mrs 
Hogger John, wheelwright 
Meggs John, blacksmith 
Mills James, carpenter 
Nice James, shoemaker 



Poole Clement, joiner and builder 
Poole George, bricklayer ic parish clerk 
Spenceley Alfred, vict. Crown 
Underwood Mr Chas. Green, Hall 
Upson Wm. swine dealer 
Ward Wm. dealer. & Anna E. school 



ACTON. (BABERGH HUNDRED.) 739 

FARMERS. U Bear Wm. I Fuller John ,'j Tiffen Susan 

Brand Oliver George, Slough farm Green John || Tiffen Saml., Heath 

Coe James, Rookery farm Mudd Charles, Balsdon Hall 

Emmerson James, School farm J Underwood Ann, Acton Hall 



ALPHETOX, a scattered village and parish, on the eastern side 
of a rivulet, 6 miles N. of Sudbury, contains 376 souls, and 1202 
acres of land,, anciently the lordship of the Welnetharns, and after- 
wards of the Eaynsforths and Littles. N. C. Bamardiston, Esq., is 
now lord of the manor, but part of the soil belongs to Messrs. John 
Gosling, Arthur Blencowe, Wm. Crown, and a few smaller owners. 
About 200 acres are copyhold, subject to arbitrary fines. The 
Church (St. Peter and St. Paul) is an ancient tiled fabric, with a 
tower and two bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £10. Is. 8d., is 
in the patronage of John Hodgson, Esq., and incumbency of the 
Rev. W. J. Aislabie, B.A., who has a yearly rent-charge of ^275, 
awarded in 1843, in lieu of tithes. The poor parishioners have the 
interest of £10, left by Geo. Clopton, and also 27s. yearly, from Cor- 
der's charity, as noticed with Lavenham. Post from Sudbury ; and 
Omnibus to Bury every morning, and Sudbury in the evening. 

Aislabie Rev. Wm. John, B.A., Rectory Taylor Wm. Henry, grocer, tailor, and 

Baldwin John, wheelwright draper 

Bear John Daking, corn merchant. Underwood George, blacksmith 

miller, and maltster FARMERS, j Crosman James 

Brown James, parish clerk Cooper Henry Howe Samuel 

Crossman James, vict. Red Lion Crown Wm. | Melton James 

Goshawk John, shopkeeper & carpenter Gosling John |j Wright John Woolner 



ASSINGTON, a pleasant, scattered village, 4| miles N.W. of 
Nayland,andE.S.E.of Sudbury, has in its picturesque parish 776 souls 
and 2986 acres of fertile and well-wooded land, nearly all the pro- 
perty of John Gurdon, Esq., the lord of the manor and impropriator, 
whose family has long been seated at Assington Hall, an ancient 
brick mansion, in a fine park of 60 acres, adjoining an old wood of 
50 acres. The Corbetswere seated here from the reign of Edward I. 
till the time of Henry Till., when Sir Pdchard Corbet sold the es- 
tate to Robert Gurdon, Esq. The ancient family of Gurdon are 
descended from a Welchman, who was driven by the Saxon occupa- 
tion of his property into Bretagne, in the fifth century, carrying with, 
him the name of Gurdon or Greenhill, as a memorial of his ancient 
pastoral estate. His descendants were among the Norman followers 
in the eleventh century, and obtaining a share of the Conquerors 
favours, remained in this part of the kingdom. Since their settle- 
ment at Assington, the Gurdons have at various periods represents 
Suffolk, Ipswich, and Sudbury in Parliament, and have several times 
been sheriffs of the county. For taking part against the Eoyalists, 
much of their property has been confiscated, and there are now 
hanging in the hall four general pardons for high treason. Crom- 
well was at the hall during the siege of Colchester. The Church 
(St. Edmund) is a neat structure, with a tower and four bells, and 
was built by Canute the Great, on the site of the last battle fought 
between the Saxons and the Danes, in which the latter were the 



740 



ASSINGTON. (BABERGH HUNDRED.) 



victors. The hall, which stands near it, was raised originally as a 
religious house, in which priests prayed for the souls of the slaiu. The 
benefice is a discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £10, and now in 
the patronage of John Gurdon, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. 
D. R. Fearon, M.A., who has abont 50a. of glebe. The tithes were 
commuted in 1837 for the yearly rents of £447. 17s. lOd. to the 
vicar, and £361. 15s. 3d. to the impropriator. In 1598, John Win- 
terflood gave the poor of Assington, four bushels of wheat at Christ- 
mas and four bushels at Easter, payable out of the farm at Avely 
Hall, and the rectorial tithes. In 1665, £16, given by the Gurdon 
family for supplying linen for shirts and shifts for the poor was laid 
out in the purchase of 2% acres of land, in Aid fleet Meadow, now 
let for £3 a pear. The poor parishioners have also a yearly rent- 
charge of 26s. left by Thomas Alston, in 1690, for the weekly dis- 
tribution of six penny loaves ; and another of £2. 15s., left by John 
Gurdon, Esq., in 1792. Both these annuities are paid by the pre- 
sent Mr. Gurdon. The parish has a National School, and sends 
two boys to the Grammar School at B oxford, in consideration of 
£100 bequeathed for that purpose by John Gurdon, Esq., in 1777. 
Here are two societies, holding 170 acres of land on the allotment 
system. One is called the Agricultural Co-operative Society, and the 
other the Agricultural Association. Mr. John Deal is secretary of 
the former, and Mr. James Bell of the latter, i 



Gurdon John, Esq., Assington Hull 
Butcher Jas. broom maker & dealer 
Butcher Thos. woodman & beerhouse 
Crisell Wm. carpenter 
Bay George, gamekeeper 
Deal John, sec. to Agricultural Society 
Pearon Kev. Danl. Rose, M. A., Vicarage 
Oodden Chas. butcher & vict. Shoulder 

of Mutton 
Gosling Thomas, parish clerk 
Green Elizabeth, wheelwright & shopr 
Hawkins Wm. wheelwright & beerhs 
Johnson Ann, schoolmistress 
Pollard Charles, corn miller 
Stow Wm" shopkeeper 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Uawkius Wm. 
Warren Thomas 

BOOT & SHOE HESS. 

Carter Daniel 
Gentry Wm. 
Griggs Jonathan 
Jackaman Wm. 
Plampin Edward 

FARMERS. 
Coe John, Willows 
Crisell John 
Dyer John, Tye 
Dyer John, Park 
Godfrey John 



Hedges Edwin > 
Ths., Htll farm] 

Hudson Nathl. & 

land agent 
Parson Charles 
Stow Joseph Glan- 

field, Rose hill 
Underwood Danl. 

& hydrophobist 

Avely Hall 
Warren Daniel 
Warren Jas., Ea&t 

farm 
Warren Thomas 
Post, &c, from 
Sudbury 



BOXFOED is a large and well-built village in a fertile valley, 5 
miles N.N.W. of Nayland, and W.S.W. of Hadleigh. Some of its 
Louses are in Groton and Edwardstone parishes. Its own parish 
comprises about 1800 acres of land, and 898 inhabitants, exclusive 
of Hadleigh Hamlet, which lies about two miles east of the churchy 
in Cosford Hundred, as already noticed at page 631. Boxford has 
several well stocked shops, good inns, and & police station. It has 
a pleasure fair on Easter Monday, and on the small river which 
runs past the village, are several corn mills. The soil belongs to 
the Executors of the late Wm. Green, Esq., Sir Henry Peyton, Sir 
J. K. Eowley, H- Green, Esq., and a few smaller owners. The ex- 
ecutors of the late William Green, Esq., are lords of the manor of 
Cadmhsm Hall, an ancient mansion, which was formerly the seat 



BOXFORD PARISH. 741 

©F the Brands and the Bennets. Peyton Hall, a farm house, on 
the south side of the parish, was anciently a seat of the Peyton fa- 
mily, to whom it still belongs, with the manor to which it gives 
name, though it was for some time held hy the Dash woods. On 
the west side of the rivulet opposite Boxford, is the hamlet of Stone 
Street. The Church (St. Mary) is a large handsome structure, 
with a tower 74 feet high, containing eight hells, and surmounted 
by a small wooden spire. The porch is on the south side, and over 
the entrance are seven niches, with a number of inscriptions, now 
nearly obliterated. The benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £20, 
and now having a good residence, about 33 acres of glebe, and a 
yearly rent charge of £658. 10s., awarded in 1843, in lieu of tithes. 
The patronage is in the Crown, and the Eev. John Byug is the in- 
cumbent. In the village, but in Eclwardstone parish is an Indepen 
dent Chapel, with a school and a house for the minister, erected i 
1823 by J. and E. Ansell, Esqrs , at the cost of nearly £2000, in- 
cluding the purchase of a small endowment. Boxford has an Infant 
School, a National School, built in 1839, an endowed Grammar 
School, and several charities. Boxford Police Station was erected 
in 1848. Petty Sessions are held here on alternate Fridays. 

Boxford Grammar School was established by a charter of Queen Eliza- 
beth, in the 38th year of her reign, which, after reciting that John Snelling 
and Philip Gostling, in order to promote learning, and the instruction of 
the youth of Boxford, Groton, and Edwardstone, had granted to John Gur- 
don and others a messuage, garden, and orchard, in Boxford, ordained that 
there should be a Free Grammar School there, to consist of a master and 
usher, and that 37 persons therein named should be governors, and be in- 
corporated. The school property now consists of a house and garden, occu- 
pied by the master; 10a. 19p. of land at Edwardstone, let for £20 a year; 
and £442, 3s. 3d. three per cent, stock, of which £100 was left by John 
Ourdon, Esq., in 1777, for the instruction of two poor boys of Assingtou. 
Owing to the smallness of the endowment, and the absence of any demand 
for the dead languages, the master is only required to teach reading, writ- 
ing, and arithmetic, to eight free scholars — two from each of the four 
parishes. The Toivn Lands, about 15a., (including a moiety of Moore's 
Charity, noticed with Groton,) are let for about £36 a year, and the rents 
are applied with the poor rates. Two cottages are used as almshouses for 
poor people, placed therein by the churchwardens, but the donor is un- 
known. BenneVs Charity Estate consists of about 9a., at Polstead, let for 
£9 per annum, which is applied in teaching poor children to read. Re- 
specting this charity no writings can be found. A yearly rent charge of 
40s., out of land at Polstead, was left by Robert White ^'m 1713, and is paid 
to a mistress for teaching four poor children to read. The poor parish- 
ioners have £16 per annum for quarterly distributions of bread, viz. — £9 
from 14a. 1r. 34p. of land, called Lynn's Croft, left by John Plumb, in 
1623 ; and £7 from 5a. 2r. 9p., near Slade Green, in Edwardstone, called 
Doggett's Charity, but no writings exist concerning it. The poor parish- 
ioners have also £3 a year from Brand's Charity. (See Edwardstone.) 

BOXFORD DIRECTORY. 
Marked 2 are in Groton parish, and 3 in 

Stone street. 
Post Office at Mr. Robt. F. Swan's. 



Letters via Colcbester. Money Orders 
atq granted and paid. 



Ayres Mr Geo. N. || Salter Mrs J. A. 

Bugg William, poulterer 

Byng Rev John, rector, Rectory 

Clarke Thomas, hair dresser 

Cooper Mrs Mary, saddler, &c. 

% Dawson Chas., watch and clock mkr 



742 



BOXFORD DIRECTORY. 



Gardiner William, revenue officer 
Green Mrs Charlotte, Codenham Hall 
Gurdon Theophilus Goate, surgeon 
GlaJwell Robert, cooper 
Goldspink William, police officer 
Hart Miss My. A. || Lewis Mrs My. 
Hazell Hannah Maria, schoolmistress 
Herbert John, gent. |j Guntry Mrs A. 
Howe Hannah, stationer 
Jones Rev Henry, M.A., master of the 

Grammar School 
Mann Charles Parker, surgeon 
Marsh Pp., glove and breeches maker 
2 Parker William, fruiterer 
Peggs John, corn chandler 
Ray Walter, police superintendent 
Spooner John, beerhouse 
2 Steed Joshua, painter, plumber, &c. 
Steed Wm., painter, plumber, &c. 
Swan Robt. Fras., news agent, and 

agent to Yorkshire Fire and Life 

Office. Post Office 
2 Tricker James, saddler, &c. 
Vine Eliz. Ann, schoolmistress 
2 Winter Jph. Wm., druggist, &c. 
Wynne Miss Marv Ann 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Chequers, John King Cook 
Fleece, John King Cook, jun. 
Swan, John Stutter 
White Hart, John Moye. and brewer, 

and wine and spirit merchant 
White Horse, My. Ann Olley, beerhs 



bakers, &c. 
2 Marsh Jph., and 

basket maker 
Sherman John 
Warren John, and 

beerhouse 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Cook John King 

2 Hearn John 

3 Joslyn James 

BRICKLAYERS 

And Builders. 
Kemball Charles 
Kingsbury Rt. B. 
Kingsbury Fdk., 

and brick mkr 
2 S terry Robert 

butchers. 
Cook John King 
Lawes Geo., pork 
Stow Sargeant 

CORN MILLERS. 

Newman Thos. 
Smith Wm. 0. 
2 Tiffin Thomas 

FARMERS. 

Barnes Stephen 
Bouttell Joseph 
Bouttell Robert 
Cardy Daniel 
C urtis Jno . , Tu rh 's 
Hall 



Daking J. s Bower 
House 

Green Mrs C. 

Lungley Brook M. 
Peyton Hall 
! Parson Ed w., Hag- 
moor green 

GROCERS ANT) 
DRAPERS. 

\ Everard Joshua 
3 King John 
Mason James 
Sowman John 
Wiseman Rt., and 
clothier 

JOINERS, &C 

2 Balaam Wm. 
Bouttell Rt., and 

cabinet maker 
Hazell Thomas 

MALTSTERS. 

Cardy Daniel 
Tiffen Amos 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Death Daniel 
Street William 
Stribling Wm. 
Watson Joseph 

tailors. 
2 Ardley James 
Stribling Charles 
Tomkins Robert 



BOXTED, a pleasant village, in a picturesque valley, 6 miles 
N.E. by E. of Clare, and 1\ miles N.N.W. of Sudbury, 'has in its 
parish 201 souls, and 1367 acres of land. It has a pleasure fair on 
Whit Tuesday. John George Weller Poley, Esq., is lord of the 
manor, and resides at the Hall, an ancient brick mansion, in a 
finely wooded park of about 90 acres, crossed by the rivulet which 
supplies the moat by which the mansion is still encompassed. The 
hall has lately been thoroughly repaired, and its fine old carvings 
restored. Part of the parish belongs to the Marquis of Downshire 
and Lord Walsingham. The manor was anciently held by Bury 
Abbey, and afterwards by Robert Harleston, after whose attainder, 
in the reign of Edward IV., it was given to the Duke of Gloucester. 
It afterwards passed to the Poley s, many of whom were distin- 
guished knights, and were seated here, and at Columbine Hall and 
Badley. About the middle of last century, Boxted Hall and manor 
passed to the Wellers, who assumed the name of Poley. The 
Church is a neat structure, with a tower and two bells, and contains 
several handsome monuments. It has recently been repaired, at 
the cost of about <£*200. The living is a rectory, consolidated with 
that of Hartest. The tithes here were commuted, in 1839, for a 
yearly rent charge of .£375. 10s. The Bectory House is at Hartest, 
which see. In 1572* John Poley,, Esq., bequeathed his lands and 



BOXTED. (BABEKGH HUNDRED.) 



743 



tenements at Burwell, Exning, and ForDham All Saints, in trust 
for equal division amoug the poor of Boxted, Hartest, Stanstead, 
Glemsford, and Somerton. He directed that two or three persons 
of each of these parishes should be trustees. The estate belong- 
ing to this charity now consists of 24a. 2r. 16p. of land at Burwell, 
allotted at an enclosure in 1828, in lieu of the old charity laud at 
Burwell and Exning, and now let for £'42 a year; aud 15a. 3b. of 
land in Fornham, let on a lease for 99 years, in 1794, at the yearly 
rent of £13, and now forming part of the park of Hen grave Hall. 
After deducting the payments for land tax, drainage, &c, the clear 
income of the charity is divided among the poor, for which purpose 
each of the five parishes receives about £8 yearly. The School here 
was built by Mrs. Poley, in 1852. Post from Bury St, Edmund's 
via Hartest. 



Poley John George Weller. Esq., Box- 

led Hall 
Albon Spencer, blacksmith 
Cook George, parish clerk 

FAKMEKS. || Cross Martha 
.Cross Henry, Truckett's Hall 



Eagle Alfred, Moor House 
Fayers Geo., Lodge || Smith John 
Harvey Thomas, Park 
Maxim W., bailiff 

Carrier. — Wm. Game, to Bury Wed., 
and to Sudbury Tues., Thu., and Sat. 



BBENT ELEIGH, a small scattered village, on the acclivities 
of a picturesque valley, 2 miles E.S.E. of Lavenham, and 4 miles 
W. by S. of Bildeston, has in its parish 260 souls, and 1617 acres 
of land. Mrs. S. A. Brown, the lady of the manor, and owner of 
most of the soil, resides at the Hall, which has lately been much 
improved, and is a handsome mansion, with pleasant grounds. 
The manor was formerly held by the Sheltons, who procured the 
grant of a market, which has long been obsolete. It afterwards 
passed to the Colmans, and from them to the Goates. Part of the 
parish belongs to Sir B. S. Adair, and a few smaller owners. The 
Church (St. Mary) is an ancient structure, with a tower and three 
"bells, and stands on an eminence, embowered in thriving planta- 
tions. At the end of the chancel is a Parochial Library, which was 
"built and furnished with books by Dr. Colman, of Trinity College, 
Cambridge, about the year 1700. The rectory, valued in K.B, at 
£8, has a good residence, 9a. of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of 
d£'483, awarded in 1838, in lieu of tithes. Mrs. Brown is patroness, 
and the Bev. Richard Snape, incumbent Here is an Almhouse in 
six tenements, for the residence of poor men and women, erected by 
Edward Colman, Esq., who, in 1 736, endowed it with a farm of 77a. 
at Preston, now let for about ,£80 a year. The rent is applied, after 
paying for the repair of the almshouse and other necessary expenses, 
in distributions of clothing, fuel, and money among the almspeople, 
and in providing them with medical attendance. The rent of five 
tenements, called Poor's Houses, is divided among poor parishioners, 
as also is the rent of half an acre of land at Monks Eleigh, let for 
£2. 10s. a year. In 1698, Edward Colman left £'200 to be laid out 
in land, the rents thereof to be employed in binding poor boys of 
this parish apprentice to substantial tradesmen or farmers. This 
legacy was laid out in the purchase of 3£a. of land at Lavenham, 



744 



BRENT-ELEIGH PARISH. 



now let for £19 a year. The rector and churchwardens are trustees. 
Post from Sudbury via Lavenham. 

Brown Mrs Sarah Diana, Hall 
Bowers Thomas, joiner 
Everett Fras., beerhouse, Cock 
Hogger Peter, wheelwgt. and beerhs 
prvke Isaac, miller and shopkeeper 
Roffell Deborah, shoemaker 
Snape Rev Richard, Rectory 
Street Thomas, parish clerk 



Underwood Thomas, blacksmith 

FARMERS. 
Cooper Joseph, Biidgefarm 
Cundy Cath. King John 

Hitchcock Ennals jj Woodgate My. 
Turner Westrop Thos., Charity farm 
Watkinson John, Wells Hall 
Woodgate John Woodgate Wm. 



BURES ST. MABY is a large and well-built village, on both 
sides of the navigable river Stour, 5-J- miles S.S.E. of Sudbury, and 
miles N.W. of Colchester. It has a Railway Station on the Stour 
Valley line, between Sudbury and Colchester. Its parish contains 
1806 inhabitants, and 4130 acres of laud, including the township 
of Bures Hamlet, which is on the south side of the river, in Essex, 
and has 1580 acres, and 602 inhabitants. Bures has a fair on Holy 
Thursday, and contains a large tan yard, several extensive malting 
establishments, good inns, and well- stocked shops. Osgood Han- 
bury, Esq., is lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of the soil 
in both townships, which are connected by a good bridge. Sir J. 
H. Kowley, Sir John Bolt, and several smaller owners, have estates 
in the parish. G-alfridus de Fontibus says St. Edmund was crowned 
king of the East Angles at Bures, but most other writers are agreed 
that that ceremony took place at Bury. In the reign of Edward I., 
Hugh Lord Bardolf held the manor of Bures. Edward IV. granted 
the estates or manors of Overhall and Nether all, otherwise Sylvester 
Hall, in this parish, to Ann, wife of Lord Bouchier. Smallbridge, 
•now a farm house, was long the seat of the ancient family of Walde- 
grave. The Church (St. Mary) is a neat structure, with a tower con- 
taining' six bells, and formerly surmounted by a handsome spire, 
which was set on fire by lightning, in 1733, and burnt down, to- 
gether w r ith all the wood work in the tower, where the heat was so 
great that the bells were melted. In the chancel are several monu- 
ments of the Bures or Buers, who took their name from the parish, 
and of the knightly family of YValdegrave. L'pon a tomb on the 
north side, lies the cross legged figure of a knight, supposed to re- 
present one Cornard, who is said to have sold the farm, called Corn 
HalL for fourpence, in the time of Henry III. The benefice is a 
vicarage, valued in K.B. at £12. 6s. 6d., and in 1S35 at £"273, but 
now having a yearly rent charge of £327, awarded in 1840, when 
the great tithes of the parish were commuted for £844. 10s. per an- 
num, payable to O. Hanbury. Esq., and other impropriators. Mr. 
Hanbury is patron, and the Be v. Arthur Hanbury, M.A., is the in- 
cumbent, and has a good residence, and 19a. of glebe. Here is a 
small Baptist Chapel, built in 1834 ; and a large National School, 
erected in 1840, and enlarged in 1843-'4. Here is also a British 
School, erected in 1854, at the cost of .£380. Mrs. Dorcas Bridges, 
in 1803, left £353. 17s 7d. three per cent, stock, the dividends 
thereof to be distributed yearly on Christmas day, by the minister 



BABERGH HUNDRED. 



745 



and churchwardens, among the poor widows of the parish not receiv- 
ing parochial reUef 

BURES ST, MARY. ! academies. 

Marked * are in Bures Hamlet, Essex. j Grimwood Sam]. 
Post Ofeice at Mr. George Goody's. | British School, J. 

Letters via Colchester. Money Orders \ Arnold 

are granted and paid. j National Schools. 

Anderson Rev Alex. (Baptist) | Taylor Josiah 

Baldwin Pp., manager, Tan yard ! Dansie My. Ann 

Boggis Mrs Mary |l Sandal Mrs J. I Lovell Mary 
*Brown Mr John Usher bakers, &q. 

"♦Chaplin Wm., veterinary surgeon | Cant Samuel 

Cook George, tailor | Goody Robert 

Cookwortky Rev Urquhart, curate j Layzell Elias 

Death Isaac, parish clerk blacksmiths. 

Dupont John, agricl. implement dlr *Dansie Wm. 
Eisdell Arthur and Co., tanners, and Death Samuel 

Colchester Death William 

*Faiers William, cooper Layzell Elias 

Oarrad Miss M. A. || *Kemp Mrs E. beer houses. 

Oilby My. Ann and Hy., saddlers, &c. Layzell Elias 
Ooody Geo., shoemaker and stationer, Scowen James 

Post Office Scowen William 

•Grimwood Saml.Jnn., sack and feltdlr J boot & shoemkrs. 
*Groom Mr Wm. || *Pettit Mrs Delia Cant John 
Hanhy Rev Arthur, M.A., Vicarage Goody George 

Hardy Jas., gardener, and agt. to Nor- Goody Charles 

wich Fire and Life Office Mole William 

Mussett Thos., stationer, &c Newman Jesse 

-*Page Thomas, station master Warren Thomas 

Pickess Natl. 3 police officer butchers. 

Pilgrim James, corn chandler *Bear John 

Pratt Rd., relieving officer ; see p. 737 Chenery Charles 
Rice Charles, hair dresser, &c. *Tracey John 

Salmon Mrs My |] Stamiard Mrs H. farmers. 

Scarfe David, police officer Atkinson Wm., Gt. 

Sheppard William, glover, &c. Ropers 

Siggers Geo. Willoughby, glover and Boggis Golding 

breeches maker Bush John, Over 

Stannard Robert, corn miller hall 

.Steed Robt., plumber, painter, &c. Dalton Hy., Moat 

Symmons Benj. Fras., surgeon Dalton James 

"Watson Richd. and Co., brewers, and Davey George 

porter and corn merchants *Goldsmith Wm. 

Watson Mr Robert Green Hawkins Thos., 

INNS AND TAVERNS. Smallbridge 

Angel, Joseph Dupont, joiner Howlett Hy. W. 

♦Eight Bells, Barnabas' Burch Hurrell Ralph, 

•Queen's Head, Charles Chenery Gazeley gate 

*Swan, Elizabeth Turner 



Keeble Rd., Corn 

Hall 
*Pettit Charles 
♦Pettit Zach. 
*Rayner Joseph 
*Townsend Chas, 
*Wass John 
Westrop HaleWm. 
Wood Grimwood, 

Nether Hall 

GROCERS & DPRS. 

Dix Frederick 
Durrant John 
*Garrad George 
♦Good Eliz. 
Kemp Henry 
Parsonson George, 
and basket mkr 

JOINERS & BLDRS. 

Dupont Joseph 
*Ladbrook Geo. 
Scowen James 
Steed Thomas 

MALTSTERS 

And Corn Merts. 
Dalton James 
Garrad John 
Son 

TAILORS. 

Cook George 
Steed Joshua 
*Stedman Thos. 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

*Gilby David, and 

coach builder 
♦Hayward Joseph 

RAILWAY 
Trains to Sudbury, 
Colchester, Lon- 
don, &c, 6 times 
a day. 

CARRIER. 
* Jas. Clark to Col- 
chester, Tues., 
Thu., and Sat. 



and 



CAVENDISH, a large village, on the north bank of the river Stour, 
nearly three miles E. by N. of Clare, and six miles N.W. of Sudbury, has 
in its parish 1304 inhabitants, and 3354 acres of fertile land. It has a 
fair for cattle, &c. on June 1 1th, and for pleasure on the two following days ; 
and is remarkable for giving name to one of the most illustrious families 
in Great Britain. A younger branch of the Gernons, (who were of consi- 
derable note in Norfolk and Essex,) being seated here, assumed the sur- 

2 i 



746 CAVENDISH PARISH. 

name of Cavendish, and produced several individuals of great eminence. 
One of these, Sir John Cavendish, was born here in the 46 th of Edward III., 
and became chief justice of the court of King's Bench, which office he 
filled with great reputation till the 5th of Richard II., when the people of 
Suffolk, instigated by the example of Wat Tyler and Jack Straw, rose in 
rebellion, under John Eaw, a priest, and Robert Westbroom. The chief 
justice falling into the hands of the rabble, who were exasperated at the in- 
telligence of the death of Wat Tyler, by the hand of his son, was dragged 
to Bury, and there his head was struck off, and set upon the pillory at the 
market-cross. His remains were interred at Cavendish. He left two sons 
and two daughters. It was his youngest son, John, one of the esquires of 
the body of Richard II., that despatched Wat Tyler, in Smithfield, for which 
service he was knighted on the spot by the king, who also settled a pension 
of £40 on him and his heirs for ever. Sir William Cavendish, having in 
the reigns of Edward VI. and Mary, held various important offices at court, 
obtained a considerable portion of the possessions of the dissolved monas- 
teries, and thus laid the foundation of the subsequent splendid fortune or 
his house. His son William was created, by James L, Baron Cavendish, 
ofHardiuicke, and Earl of Devonshire ; and the great-grandson of the latter 
was created Duke of Devonshire in 1694. These titles, with others subse- 
quently conferred, are now held by tbe Most Noble William Spencer Caven- 
dish, Duke of Devonshire, &c, whose chief seat is Chatsworth, in Derby- 
shire. From another branch of the same family descended the Caven- 
dishes, Dukes of Newcastle, who became extinct in 1711. The present 
Earl of Burlington, whose father was raised to that dignity in 1831, is cou- 
sin and heir to the Duke of Devonshire. Lieut-Col. S. Ruggles Brise is 
now lord of the manor of Cavendish, but a great part of the soil belongs to 
Earl Howe, and the ITeigham, Garrett, Yelloly, Coldham, and Murrills 
families. The Church (St. Mary) is a handsome structure, with a square 
tower, containing six bells, and said to have been built by one of the 
abbots of Bury. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £26, and in 1835 at 
£547, is in the patronage of Jesus College, Cambridge, and incumbency of 
the Rev. Thomas Castley, M.A., who is now ninety years of age. He has 
a good residence, and 61a. 31p. of glebe. The tithes were commuted in 
1847 for £733 per annum. Here is an Independent Chapel, which was 
enlarged in 1853. Cavendish Hall, an elegant modern mansion, in a 
park of 50 acres, was built by the late Thomas Hallifax, Esq., banker, of 
London, and is situated on the north side of the Stour, about a mile west 
of the village. It is now the seat of S. T. Yelloly, Esq., who also owns 
the manors of Nether Hall and Over Hall. The late Mrs. Yelloly was 
relict of the late Dr. Yelloly, who was physician to the late Duke and 
Duchess of Gloucester. Houghton Hall farm belongs to the Heigham 
family. Blacklands Hall farm belongs to J. S. Garrett, Esq. The hall 
"was very ancient, but was rebuilt about five years ago. 

Cavendish Free School was founded in 1696, by the Rev. Thomas 
Grey, who endowed it with a farm at Pentlowe, in Essex, then of the 
yearly value of £25, of which he directed that £15 should be paid yearly 
to the master, for teaching 15 poor children of this parish in the English, 
Latin, and Greek tongues ; that £2 should be laid out in providing books 
and stationery for the said free-scholars ; and that the remaining £8 per 
annum should be employed either in apprenticing some of the free scho- 
lars, or in preparing one or two of them for the University of Cambridge, 
and in assisting to maintain them till they took the degree of bachelor of 
arts. The school farm comprises 79a. Or. 19p., and is let for £100 per 
annum. By an order of the Court of Chancery, in 1816, the powers of the 



BABERGH HUNDRED. 



747 



trustees were extended, and there are now 10 free- scholars, for whose in- 
struction the master receives £30 a year, and a further sum of <£10 to find 
them hooks, &c. The direction as to fitting out children for the Univer- 
sity does not appear to have heen ever acted upon : but apprentice fees of 
from £8 to £10 each are given with two or three of the boys every year. 
In 1828, the trustees had in the bank a balance of £207; and they after- 
wards suffered the savings of the income to accumulate, for the purpose of 
providing a fund for repairing the school premises, and re-establishing the 
charity on its former footing of a classical school. 



CAVENDISH DIRECTORY. 
Post-Office at Thomas Evans'. 
Letters via Sudbury. 
Ambrose John, butcher 
Ambrose Richard & Thomas, butchers 
Ambrose Mary, schoolmistress 
Brockwell Mary, schoolmistress 
Brockwell Stephen, sexton 
Brockwell Wm, parish clerk 
Byford Wm. carrier to London, via Sud- 
bury, daily 
Carter George, watchmaker, broker, &c 
Castley Eev Thomas, M.A. Rectory 
Clark Henry, cabinet maker 
Farndell Joseph, inland revenue officer 
Garrett Joseph Stammers, maltster & 

corn miller & merchant 
Hardy Edward, rate & tax collector 
Hardy John, ironmonger & hairdresser 
Humble Eev Chas. Prince, B.A. curate 
Offord George, corn miller & maltster, 

Patrick Mill 
Page Robert, cabinet maker 
Pledger Jas. glove & breeches maker 
Rice Jacob, plumber & glazier 
Shaddock Geo. Wm. Grammar Schoolmr 
Thompson Wm. saddler, &c 
Thompson Wm. & James, cabinet 

makers, brokers, & coopers 
Waring Thomas Walter, surgeon 
Woods Thos. parish clerk & shoemkr 
Yelloly Samuel Tyssen, Esq. & Misses 
Sarah & Harriet, Cavendish Hall 



INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Bull, Susan Deeks 
Five Bells, Jeremiah Madder 
George, John Offord 
White Horse, Wm. Churchyard 

bakers, &c. 
Evans Thomas 
Kemp Richard 
Pledger Wm. and 

gardener, &c 
Prentice Thomas 
Rolton Hannah 
Turpin George 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Deeks Isaac 
Hammond Edw. 
Hardy Edward 
Mott Elizabeth 

FARMERS. 

(* are Owners.) 
Ambrose Wm., 

Wales farm 
Bigg Alfred, and 
brickmaker 



*Coldham Wm., 
Duck's Hall 

Franklin, Charles, 
Houghton Hall 

*Murrells Wm., 
Kimsing 



Smith Ambrose, 
Nether Hall 

Viall Samuel, Colts 
\ Wade Hy. steward, 
Blacklands 

! GROCERS & DPRS. 

' Bocock George 
; Braybrook George 
! Cooper Ann 
; Hale John 

JOINERS, &C. 

: Stammers Arthur 
; Stammers Leo 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Evans Samuel 
; Golding Fredk. 
' Golding John 
Golding Samuel 
Newman George, 



& leather cutter 
Underwood Geo. 
Woods Thomas 

TAILORS. 

Braybrook George 
i Braybrook Alex. 



Norton Albion Ju- Braybrook John 
liusCaesar,.Ro6&'s | and Dixon 



farm 
Orb ell John 
Rayment Timothy 



WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Brown Boanerges 
Hardy Edward 



CHILTON parish, one mile N.E. of Sudbury, has only a few- 
scattered houses, 151 inhabitants, and 968a. 3r. 35p. of land, under 
which is a stratum of lime, which is burnt here for agricultural 
and other purposes. Wm. Howe Wyndham, Esq., is lord of the 
manor, owner of most of the soil, and patron of the Church, which 
is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £b. 6s. 5£d., and now in 
the incumbency of the Rev. W. N. Andrews, M.A., who has a good 
residence, and 25a. 3r. 31p. of glebe. The tithes were commuted, 
in 1839, for the yearly payment of .£208 to the rector of Chilton, and 
£80 to the rector of Great Waldingfield. Chilton Hall, now a moated 
farm-house, was formerly very extensive, and was long the seat of the 

2 i2 



748 CHILTON. (babergh hundred.) 

knightly family of Crane, of whom there are several monuments 
in the church. Od6 of them was created a baronet in 1627, but 
the family became extinct many years bgo, when the manor i 
to the Woodhouses, who sold it to the Goldings. The common was 
enclosed in 1813. In this parish, are the works of the Crystal 
Palace Brick and Tile Company, who have their head office and 
sole depot in London. J. F. S. Gooday, Esq., of Sudbury, is 
managing director of the works, where beautiful white brick:, 
and ornaments in imitation of stone are now extensively manufac- 
tured, from a beautiful white clay found in the land which belongs 
to Mr. Gooday. Directory: — Rev. "Win. Nesfield Andrews, MIA., 
Rectory; Mary Baldwin, lime burner ; Joseph Brand. L' tiUon farm; 
Mrs. Margt. Foster, Chilton Lodge; Henry Me eking, farmer, C 
Hall ; and David Sargent, parish clerk. 

COCKFIELD. or Cokefield, is a widely spread village, scar 
round eight G reens, called Windsor Green, Colchester ^mith- 

wood Green, Great Green. Cross Green, kc: and lying near the 
source of a rivulet, from six to seven miles S.S.E. oi St Ed- 

mund's, and eight to ten miles X. by E of Sudbury. Its parish 
contains OSS souls, and 3626a. 1r. 25p. of land, in the manors of 
Cockfield Hall and EarTs Hall, and belonging to the Misses Man- 
ning. Sir H. E. Bunbury, and E. M. Carss. Saml. Buck, H. J. C 
and H. Le Grice, Esqrs., and a few smaller owners. The M 
Manning are ladies of the manors. The copyholds are subject bo 
arbitrary fines, but a great part of the parish is freehold. Cockneld 
Hall formerly belonged to Bury Abbey, and afterwards to the 
knightly family of Spring. Earl's Hall was so named from its 
ancient proprietors, the Veres, Earls of Oxford, who held it till the 
death of the last earl of that family, in 1702, after which it passed 
to the Moores, of Mel ford On the west side of the parish are 
traces of an encampment, 'supposed to have been occupied by the 
Romans and Saxons. The Church (St. Peter) is an ancient struc- 
ture, with a tower and six bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
<£30, and in 1835 at <£635, is in the patronage of St. John's College, 
•Cambridge, and incumbency of the Rev. Richd. Jeffreys, B.E.. whc 
has a good residence, and a yearly rent-charge of ,£1050, awarded in 
1843 in lieu of tithes. Here is an Independent Chapel, buflt in 
184L; but the Presbyterians are said to have had a meeting-house 
in the parish as early as the reign of Elizabeth. In 1720, the Tic:. 
J^ras. Robins left £3 a year for the poor of Cockneld, and it is now 
paid out of the estate of Sir E. Filmer, Bart., of East Sutton Park, 
in Keut. The poor parishioners have also the following yearly 
doles; viz., 20s. from Cordefs Charity, noticed with Glemsford; 
£3. 10s. from a house occupied by paupers, and formerly called the 
Town House ; a rent-charge of 24s. out of Church Close, in Brad- 
field St. Clare, left by Edward Nice, in 1671 ; and the dividends of 
,£100 three per cent, consols, left by the late Samuel Fenian. The 
parish has a Lending Library. Post from Sudbury. Marked - ; on* 
.at Cockfield Great Green. 



COCKFIELD PARISH. 



719 



Anderson James, shop manager 

Beir Jacob, corn miller 

Bligh Rev' Thomas & Mrs Mary 

Borley Win. surveyor, shopr. & beerhs 

*Browning Bobert. beerhouse 

*Bnllock John, vict. Crown 3c Bowl 

Corder Bobert. police officer 

Faiers John, bricklayer 

Fenton V7m. Samuel, maltster, & corn 

ft coal merchant 
Hammond Wm. blacksmith 3c beerhs 
Hassell Obadiah, postman 
Howe Jno. par. clerk. 3c Mrs. school 
Hudgell Jonathan, saddler. &c 
Jeffreys Bev Biehard, B.D. Rectory 
Kemp Walter, cattle dealer 
Lait John, wheelwright 3c joiner 
*Last James, tailor 
Lovegrove Bosetta, schoolmistress 
Kapthen Wm.vict. Greyhound 
Pawsey Wm. Henry, butcher 
Pipe George, farrier 
Beeman Charles, cattle dealer 
Sergeant Bev Jas. Saunderson, curate 
Sneppard John, corn miller 
Smith John, bricklayer 
Talbott Alfred, vict. King's Head 
Talbott Benjamin, wheelwright 
*Wade John, blacksmith 



EOOT & SHOEMKB5. 

Faierfl Henry- 
Pearson John 
Pryke James 
fap.:iz b s . 
Baldwin Wm., 

Pepper s Hall 
BlighMrs Mary 
Bullock John 
Chaplin Thomas 
Edwards B. 
Fenton W. S. 

::ham 
Harper Elizabeth 
Harper John. Old 

Park 
Head Frederick 
Hilder Biehard 
Hurlev Wm. Old 

Hall 
Josling Jose;:".: 
King Samuel, and 

butcher 
Malton Robert 
Merrin g ton Wm. 
Payne Bobert 
Bussell Harry 
Sansum Eiiza 
Scott Maria 



*Sergeant Wm. 

Sexton Geo. Mum- 
ford, Earl's Hall- 

Steward John 

Talbott Hv. John,. 
Cockfidd Hall 

GEOCERS So DPRS.- 

Allington John 
Chaplin Thomas 
i Alfred, and 
draper at Burp 
Hilder Biehard 
~.m Susan 
*Miils Henry 
Thornton El'z. 

C A B B I E B S 
to Bury Wed.Sc Sal 
Dutton Francis 
Edwards Benj. 

OMNIBUS 
to Bury morning, 
and to Sudbury- 
evening, from the 
Greyhound daily r 
except Sunday 



COBXABD. (GREAT) a well-built village on the north bank 
of the navigable river Stour, one mile S.E. of Sudbury, has in 
its parish So 7 souls, and 1550 acres of land, under which is a 
fine bed of limestone. Gosfleid Sparrow, Esq.. is lord of the> 
manors, impropriator of the rectory, and patron of the Church, Si. 
Andrew,) which is a neat fabric with a tower, containing five bells y 
and surmounted by a wooden spire. A few years ago the church, 
was thoroughly repaired, newly cased with flint, and a gallery and 
organ erected. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £9. and in 1835 at 
£155, is in the incumbency of the Bev. Peter Bering. The tithes 
were commuted in 1839 for the yearly payment of £360 to the im- 
propriator, and .£145. 15s. 6d. to tbe vicar, who has also about 10 
acres of glebe. The common was enclosed in 1813. The parish 
belongs to various owuers. many of whom are residents. Greys 
Hall, now the property of Mr. Thos. Fitch, has its name from the 
Be Greys, who were anciently lords of the manor of Greys, in Great 
Cornard and Xewton. The Town Land, about three acres, is let 
for 40s. a year, which is distributed among the poor parishioners^ 
who have also 10s. as the rent of a small garden, given by an un- 
known donor. Post from Sudbury. 

Hunt Hannah, "brick ft coarse earthen- 
ware manufacturer 
Leggett Mr Cornelius 
Newman Charles, shoemaker 
M .Irs S. E. schooling' 



Baker Edward, corn miller ic mercht 
Baldwin Mr James Balls Mr James 
Carrington Henrv, shopkeeper 
Cook Mr Henry * Bell Mrs Euth 
Emmerson Thomas, swine dealer 
Harwich Mrs Sophia Dyer Mrs. 



Bering Bev Feter, Vicarage 



750 GREAT CORKARD. 



Prigg Thomas, tailor, & Wm. gardener 
Rayner Abraham, blacksmith 
Rouse Robert, carpenter 
Smith Hannah, carpenter 
Smith Wm, shopr. & vict. Five Bells 
Tiffen Thomas Layzell, gent 
Turketine Edward, blacksmith 
Wakelin Jonathan, wheelwright & vict. 
King's Head 



Wilson Charles, corn miller 

FARMERS, f* are Owners.) 
♦Brand Oliver, Abbot's Hall 
*Brand Thomas, Upper Tye 
*Dyer Thomas || Carrington Henry 
Hasted Thos. (bailiff) fl Prigg Wm. 
Mumford George Taylor John 
♦Taylor Thomas ,, * Taylor Wm. 



CORNARD, (LITTLE) a small scattered village, in the vale of 
the Stour, 2\ miles S.S.E. of Sudbury, has in its parish 380 souls, 
and about 1600 acres of land, mostly in the manor of Caustons, 
anciently belonging to the De Greys, but now to J. N. Sparrow, 
Esq., who owns Peacock Hall farm, formerly held by the Cranes 
and Newmans. A great part of the soil belongs to Lord TTalsing- 
ham, and several smaller owners. The Church (All Saints) is a 
small neat fabric, which has been restored and newly seated since 
1847, and a new organ erected. The benefice is a rectory, valued 
in K.B. at £8. 2s. 81d., and now having 50 acres of glebe, and a 
yearly rent-charge of <£500, awarded in 1842. The Bishop of Nor- 
wich and G. M. Hawkins, Esq., are patrons alternately ; and the 
Eev. Edwin Sidney, M.A., is the incumbent, and occasionally lec- 
tures to large audiences in a large room near the Rectory. In 1622, 
Thomas Stephens left two yearly rent-charges out of land called 
Bones, viz., 20s. for five poor parishioners, and 6s. Bd. for the mi- 
nister. The interest of £100, left by Henry Crossman, in 1790, is 
applied towards the support of a Sunday School. Post from Sud- 
oury. 



Jaques Boot. gent. Prospect House 
Eayner Wm. sroith and parish clerk 
Sidney Rev Edwin, MA., rector, rural 

dean, and surrogate, Rectory 
Sparrow John Newman. Esq., Pea- 
cock Hall 



Tricker John, brick and tile maker 
Bantick Wm. police officer 

FARMERS. Bell Mary 
Mumford George, Causton Hall 
Segers Hy. || Goldsmith Thos, bailiff 
Taylor Newman, Stone farm 



EDWARDSTONE, a scattered village, in the rale of a small 
river, 5 miles E. of Sudbury, and 1 mile N. of B oxford, has in its 
parish 479 souls, and 1872 acres of land, mostly arable, but includ- 
ing 105a. of wood. The distinguished family of De Monte Canisio, 
or Montechensy, were anciently seated here, and their heiress carried 
the manor in marriage to the Waldegraves, who sold it, about the 
year 1598, to John Brand, clothier, of Boxford. The Kemps ob- 
tained it by marrying the heiress of J. Brand, Esq., and in 1714 
sold it to Wm. French, draper, of London. Charles Dawson, Esq., 
is now lord of the manor, and owner of nearly all the soil. He re- 
sides at the Hall, an ancient mansion with pleasant grounds, and is 
patron of the Church (St. Mary,) and lessee of the great tithes, 
which belong to the Bishop of Ely. The vicarage, valued in K.B. 
at £4. 13s. 4d., is in the incumbency of the Rev, W. C. Roberts, 
who has a yearly rent-charge of £263, awarded in 1840, when the 
rectorial tithes were commuted for ,£373 per annum. The Vicarage 
House is a neat building, erected in 1849. There are about 11a. of 



EDWARDSTONE. (BABERGH HUNDRED ) 751 

glebe, and the vicar has also £18 a year from C. Dawson, Esq, 
Here was formerly a cell to the monastery of Abingdon, near Ox- 
ford; but the monks were removed to Colne Priory, in Essex, 
which obtained the appropriation of the rectory, afterwards annexed 
to the See of Ely by Queen Elizabeth, in exchange for some valua- 
ble manors. Here is a National School, built on the Town Land, 
in 1843, at the cost of £'250, subscribed by C. Dawson, Esq., and 
other contributors. 

In 1709, Isaac Brand left £100 to be laid out in land, the rent thereof 
to be distributed among the most aged and industrious poor of Edward- 
stone, on Easter Sunday. This legacy was laid out in the purchase of a 
cottage and a croft, which were sold in 1804 for £205, which was laid out 
in 1823 in the purchase of £249. 17s. three per cent, reduced annuities. 
The dividends, £7. 8s; a year, are distributed in linen cloth by the church- 
wardens. In 1722, John Brand left two yearly rent-charges of 20s. each, 
to be laid out in bread for the poor of Edwardstone and Boxford, but these 
payments having become void, Josepli Brand, in 1722, in order to revive 
the charities, conveyed to nine trustees two tenements in Sherborne street, 
with half an acre of land adjoining, in trust to distribute the clear yearly 
rents thereof, in bread, among the poor of Edwardstone and Boxford, on 
the 5th of November. The two tenements were burnt down about 52 years 
ago, and a new cottage was built on the site, at the expense of Boxford 
parish, which receives £3 out of the yearly rent — £4. 15s. In 1725, Joseph 
Chaplin left £250, to be laid out in land, for providing coats and shoes 
for five poor men, and gowns, petticoats, and shoes for five poor women of 
the parish of Edwardstone. This legacy, and £53 left by Sir Joseph 
Alston, were laid out in 1809 in the purchase of a barn and 22a, 2r. of 
land at Poistead, now let for £26 a year, with an allotment of 1a. awarded 
to it in 1817. The vicar is one of the trustees, and distributes ihe rent in 
ooats and gowns. The Town Lands are in three small plots, let for £8 a 
year, of which £5. JOs. is paid to the master of the Sunday school, and 
the remainder is distributed in clothing. Seven Cottages belonging to the 
parish are occupied rent free by poor people. The parish sends two free 
scholars to Boxford School, and the poor have a yearly rent-charge of £2 
out of Edwardstone Hall, supposed to have been left by Win. French. In 
1758, Edward Appleton left three yearly rent-charges out of a farm here 
called Rockets, viz., 40s. each to Great and Little Waldingfield, and 20s. 
to Edwardstone, for the poor of those parishes. 



EDWARDSTONE. 

Post from Boxford, via Colchester. 
Dawson Cbas., Esq., Edwardstone Hull 
Bacon Abrabam James, shopkeeper 
Bent Mrs Sar. |] Farrow M. dressmkr 
Goate John, beerhouse 
Hallifax Rev John Savile, rector of 

Groton, Edwardstone House 
Jones David, beerhouse 
Mott Miss Phcebe, National schoolmrs 
Roberts Rev Walter Cramer, Vicarage 
Bolfe John, parish clerk 



Salmon Robert, boot and shoemaker 
Simpson Wm. miller ; h Groton 
Smith John, boarding & day school, & 
agent to Clerical & Medical Ins. Co. 
Smith Martha, schoolmistress 

FARMERS. |! WymarkFredk. 
Emmerson Jph. jj Game Jas. & Wm. 
Hart Wm., Park farm 
Hills Samuel, Priory || Hurrell Sarah 
Lord Adam || Keeble Francis 
Lord James, Street-end farm 
Parson Freeman, Jell's farm 



GLEMSFOED, a large straggling village, on an eminence, 5 
miles E.N.E. of Clare, and 5£ miles N.W. by N. of Sudbury, has 
in its parish 2292a. 2r. 36p. of land, having a good mixed soil, 
rising in bold undulations, and extending southward to the^Stour, 



752 GLEMSFORD PARISH. 

and eastward to one of tbe tributary streams of tbat river. It bad 
1470 inhabitants in 1831, and 1626 in ]851. Here is a silk throw- 
sting mill, employing about 80 bands, and some of tbe inhabitants 
are employed in weaving silk and velvet for tbe Sudbury manufac- 
turers. Here are also soap and candle works, and an extensive 
horse hair seating, dsc., manufactory. Tbe latter was established 
about nine years ago, and now employs about 470 bands. Part of 
the parish is still in large open fields. Edmund Stedman, Esq.,. 
is lord of the manor, but the soil belongs chiefly to J. W. C. 
Poley, E. S. Bence, H. W. Eaton, and J. E." Hale, Esqrs.„ 
and a few smaller owners. Tbe copyholds are subject to arbitrary 
fines. Odo. Earl of Champagne, held the manor at the Domesday 
Survey, though the See of Ely had possessions here as early as tbe 
time of Edward the Confessor. Tbe village has several good inns- 
and retail shops, and has a fair for pedlery and toys on the 24th of 
June. 

The Church (St. Mary) is a large and handsome Gothic structure, with ft 
tower and six bells, and the rectory, valued in K.B. at i-30. Os. OH., and 
in 1835 at £'582, is in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely, and incumbency 
of the Eev. George Coldham, M.A., who has a commodious residence. In 
the time of Edward the Confessor, a college of priests, invested with 
numerous privileges, was founded here, and they flourished till the reign of 
Henry III., but what became of them afterwards is not recorded. Kirby 
says some rents are paid out of this lordship to the Bishop of Ely, by 
tenants who were formerly exempt from serving on juries, except at Ely- 
Here is a Baptist, and also an Independent Chapel, but the latter is also- 
used by Primitive Methodists. The National School was established in 
1840, and is attended by about 100 children. The master occupies the old 
school house in the churchyard. In 1G70, Thos. Hammond left a field of 
9a, called New Croft, for the relief of six old men of Glemsford. It is 
now let in allotments for about ^£'15 a year. The poor parishioners have 
about i>25. l'2s. divided among them at Christmas, under the name of 
Doles, and arising as follows : — £'4 from the rents of the Town Field and 
Workhouse Pasture; £15. 15s. in six rent-charges, left by various donors^ 
£7. 7s. from Poley's Charity, (see Boxted ;) and £'2, 10s. from the charity 
of JOHN CORDER, who. in 1630, left his house and 18a. of land at Law- 
shall, to provide for distributions of bread among the poor of the follow- 
ing parishes, in the proportions named — 2Us. each to St. Gregory's, St. 
Peter's, and All Saints, in Sudbury; 40s. each to Melford, Lavenham, 
Lawshall, Glemsford, Shimpling, and the two parishes of Bury St. Ed- 
mund's ; and 20s. each to Stanstead, Hartest, Cockfield, Alpheton, and 
Stanningneld. This charity estate is now let for £30 a year. In 1828,. 
Mr. Ezra Dalton was one of the acting trustees. The Bible Meadow, half 
an acre, let for 25s. a year, was left by Edmond Boldero, D.D., in 1699, to 
. provide bibles, &c., for the poor of Glemsford. Here is a Mechanics* 
Institution, which was established in 1853, and has now about 50 members*, 
a library of more than 300 volumes, and a news room. 



GLEMSFORD DIRECTORY. 

Post Office at Wm. Bradman's. 

Post from Sudbury. 
Allen Air Henry Russell Mr Wm. 
Barns Eev Robert, (Baptist) 

Boggis Balding, chemist and druggist 
Bout tell Wm. corn miller 



Burgess Mr Thos mill manager 

Byford Edward, tbatcher & beerhouse 

Clark Wm. manager of matting mfctry 

Clarke Mr Frederick 

Colakam Eev George, M.A., Rectory. 

Copsey Ann, schoolmistress 

Cross Robert, brick and tile maker 



GLEMSFOED. (BAKERGH HUNDRED.) 



753 



Eaton Henry Wm. silk throwster 

Golding Peter, beerhouse 

Gridley Daniel, parish clerk 

Jermain James, plumber, glazier, Szc, 

King George, sexton & Natl, schoolmr 

Kolle & Son, horse hair seating, curled 
hair, and cocoa nut fibre matting, 
&c, manufacturers, (and London) 

Mann Wm. & Edgar, soap and candle 
makers and tallow melters, (and at 
Bury) 

Neave Wm. collar and harness maker 

Nobbsflsaac, general dealer 

Peacock Andrew, silk mill manager 

Pearmain Wm. butcher 

Plume John, thatcher 

Eice Jacob, plumber and glazier 

Shephard John, plumber, glazier, &c. 

Sparke Joshua, maltster and corn mil- 
ler and merchant 

Studd Planting, swine dealer 

Twinn James, fruiterer 

Wvatt Mr John S. || Slater Mrs Sus. 
INNS and TAVERNS. 

Black Lion, George Albon 

Cock, John Clayden More 

Crown, Thomas Goody 

Greyhound, Thos. Bowyer Glasscock 



BLACKSMITHS. 

Albon George 
Downs Edw. Wal- 
ter, & machine 
maker 



Gridley Wm. 
Hempstead Wm. 

BKICKLAYEKS. 

Deb en ham Wm. 
Scott Wm. 



FARMERS. 

AmbroseGeorge,& 

Foxearth Mill 
Ambrose Thomas 
Beaumont Eliz. 
Bigg John 
Bigg John Walter 
Bigg Wm., Court 
Clarke Elizabeth 
Deeves Benjamin 
Goody Jeremiah 
Mann Wm. 
Morley Corben 
Oakley James 
Sadler W, bailiff 
Smith JohnFredk. 

Hall 
Smith Thos., Park 
Sparke Josiah 

GROCERS &DRPERS. 

King James 
Mann George 
Peck Wm. Ellis, & 
insurance agent 

JOINERS, &C. 

Adams Thomas, & 

machinist 
Pettit Bichard 
Twinn Jeptha, & 

millwright 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Copsey Joseph 
Golding Philip 



Howard John 
Howard J. jun. 

Watkin son Francis 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

(* are Bakers.)- 
* Allen James 
B or eh am Wm. 
Butcher Samuel 
♦Clark Rhoda 
*Langham Thos^ 
*Ling George 
*Mann George 
Scott Wm. 

TAILORS. 

Bevis Joseph 
Bigg Wm. & Son 
Bigg Wm. King 
Bradman Charles 
Bradman James 
Thompson Esau 

WHEELWRIGHTS* 

Adams Thomas 
Curtis Charles 
Hartley James 

CARRIERS. 

To Bury, Wednes* 
Beeton Joseph 
Copsey Joseph 
To Sudbury, daibj^ 
Fenn Wm. 
Ford Wm. 



GEOTON, a pleasant village, nearly 7 miles E. of Sudbury, and 
6 miles W. of Hadleigh, has in its parish 1571a. 2r. 22p. of land., 
and 589 inhabitants, but the dwellings of some of them form part 
of the village of Boxford. The parish comprises about 130a. of 
woodland, and 39a. 33p. of common. It was anciently held by the 
Abbot of Bury, and was given at the dissolution to Adam Win- 
thorp, Esq., of whose family it was purchased in the reign of 
Charles I., by Thomas Waring. Sir J. E. Eowley is now lord of 
the manor of Groton, but part of the parish is in several other 
manors, the largest of which is Castlins Hall, of which Chariest 
Dawson, Esq., is lord. The soil is all freehold, except about 60 
acres, and the other principal proprietors are Walter Strutt, Esq., 
Sir H. C. Blake, and the Yince and Benyon families. The Church 
(St. Bartholomew) is a neat fabric, with a tower and live bells. Its 
registers have been preserved since 1562. The rectory, valued in 
K.B. at £8. Is. 8d., has 37a. 3r. 24p. of glebe, and a yearly rent- 
charge of ^457, awarded in 1838. The Eev. John Savile Hallifax, 
of Edwardstone, is patron and incumbent, and inserted a stained 
glass window in the church in 1853. Groton House, is the seat of 
Sir H. G. Blake, Bart., whose family was formerly seated at Lang- 
ham, and one of whom was created a baronet in 1772. Four tene- 

2 i 3 



754 GROTON PARISH. 

merits, called Almshouses, with a small garden, were purchased with 
<£20 in 1702, and are occupied by poor persons placed in them by 
the parish officers. The sum of £10, left by John Doggett, in 1671, 
for the poor of Groton, was laid out in the 1st of Charles I., in the 
purchase of 1a. Ik. 28p. of land, called Powers, now let for £1. 15s. 
a-year, which is distributed in bread. About 1650, Wm. Moore, 
left for the poor of Boxford and Groton, 16a. of copyhold land in 
Hadleigh Hamlet, now let for £20 a-year. The poor have also the 
interest of .£100, left by the late Hugh Green, Esq. Here are two 
small schools, erected in 1852 and 1854. Post Office at Boxford 
(See page 741.) 



Baldwin James, shoemaker 
BicknellRev Ed. Hy., curate, Rectory 
Blake Sir Henry Chas. Bart., Groton 

House 
Cooke Arthur, wheelwright 
Dawson Thos. Pilkington, Esq. 
Xiddell Hannah, schoolmistress 
Budlen Charles, shoemaker 
Stevens Samuel, blacksmith and vict., 

Fox and Hounds 
Swan Francis, wheelwright 



Tricker John, parish clerk 
Underwood Dl., maltster : h. Assington 

FARMERS.' 
Bare John Halls || King John 
Simpson Wm., and corn miller 
Spraggon RafFell, Lower farm 
Strutt Walter, Esq., Groton place 
Vince J , (Exors. of,) Groton Hall 
Worters Robt., Castlins Hall 
Worters Wm., Heath farm 



HAETEST, a pleasant village, in the bosom of a deep valley, 8 
miles N. by W. of Sudbury, and 7 miles N.E. of Clare, has in its 
parish 832 souls, and 1964a. 28p. of land, rising in bold undu- 
lations, and bounded on the east and west by two rivulets. 
It anciently belonged to the convent of Ely, and afterwards 
to the See of Ely, until the 4th of Elizabeth. J. G. W. 
Poley, Esq., is now lord of the manor, but a great part of 
the soil belongs to the Misses Hallifax, and the Acklom, Spencer, 
and other families. The Church (All Saints) is an ancient fabric, 
with a tower and five bells, and the benefice is a rectory, valued in 
KB. at £29. 14s. 2d., and in 1853, at .£652, with the rectory of 
Boxted annexed to it, in the patronage of the Crown and incum- 
bency of the Eev. C. Borton, whose Rectory House is now (1854) 
being considerably improved and enlarged. The tithes were com- 
muted, in 1839, for a yearly rent-charge of £'611, including the 
quota on 25a. 2k. 29p. of glebe. In 1721, Thomas Sparke left to 
the rector of Hartest and certain trustees, a farm, in this parish, of 
39a. 3r. 21p., for charitable uses. The farm is let for £50 a-year, 
out of which the following payments are made, agreeable to the 
donor's will, namely, 20s. per annum each to Rede, BrocMey, and 
Hartest, for the ministers and churchwardens of those parishes, as 
a remuneration for their trouble in examining the accounts of this 
charity at Easter; and £6 a-year for schooling poor children of 
Brockley. The residue, after payment of a quit rent, &c., is applied 
in sending poor children of Hartest to school. In 1808, the Eev. 
W. W. Poley and others were appointed as new trustees. In 1 646, 
Thomas Wright left two pottages for the residence of two poor 
widows not chargeable to the parish ; and for their reparation, he 
charged an adjoining tenement, called Penns, with the yearly pay- 



BABERGH HUNDRED. 



755 



rnent of 10s. The poor of Hartest have about 25s. yearly from 
Cordefs Charity, (see Glemsford,) and a fifth part of Poleys Charity, 
(see Boxted, page 742.) 



HARTEST DIRECTORY. 
Post Office at Geo. Kimmis' Letters 

via Bury St. Edmund's. 
Albon Richard, blacksmith 
Bigg Mrs Eliz. || Cadge Mrs My. 
Boreham George, saddler, &c. 
Borton Rev Charles, Rectory 
Bray Win., miller & maltster 
Cadge Thos.. builder & wheelwright 
Oisp Samuel, shoemaker 
Death Miss Ellen, bdng. & day school 
Evered Fdk. ; veterinary surgeon 
Kiug George, surgeon 
Maddy Mrs. Hartest Lodge 
Maxim Joseph, vict., Bell 
Maxim Win,, maltster & vict., Crown 
Powell Win., baker, &c. 
Ranson Win., plumber, glazier, &c. 
Snazell Isaac, bricklayer 
Turner Rt. butcher & cattle dealer 
Windred Wm., beerhouse 



BOOT & SHOEMKKS. 

Adams John 
Debenham Noah 
Kimmis Geo., and 

parish clerk 
FARMERS. 
Abbott Robert 
Abbott Thomas 
Albon Richard 
Ambrose Jno., Eew 
Bradnam John 
BrayWm.&maltsr. 
Cawston Alfred, & 

butcher 
Clarke Frances 
Debenham Jas. 
Dickerson John 
Griggs James 
Maxim Wm. 
Prj'er Wm. 



Spencer Mary 
Wain wright Fdk., 

& maltster 
Wing Chas 
Woodgate James 

GROCERS &DPES. 

Bocock Jas. 
Debenham Jas.jun. 
Sadler James 

TAILORS. 

Kent Richard 
Sturgeon Geo. 

CARRIERS to 
Bury Wed. $ Sat., 
and Sudbury Mon. 
and Friday 
Debenham Jas. 
Knopp Henry 
Snazell Isaac 



LAYENHAM, an ancient town, which formerly had a weekly 
market, is pleasantly situated on the crown and declivity of an euii- 
neDC-e, on the western side of one of the sources of the river Brett, 
7 miles N.E. by N. of Sudbury, 9 miles N.W. by W. of Hadleigh, 
and 11 miles S.S.E. of Bury St. Edmund's. Its parish contains 
1811 inhabitants, and 2812a. Ik. 20p. of land. It was one of the 
221 lordships given by William the Conqueror to Robert Mallet, 
but he forfeited it in the 2nd of Henry I., who gave it to Aubrey de 
Yere, in whose posterity it remained till sold by Edward. Earl of 
Oxford, in the reign of Elizabeth, to Paul D'Ewes, Esq. It after- 
wards passed to the Moores. The Earls of Oxford had a large park 
here, comprising nearly half the parish. George Richard Pye, 
Esq , is now lord of the manor, but the soil belongs chiefly to Wm. 
and Isaac Strutt, Esqrs., Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., and the Mumford, 
Meeking, Graham, Howard, Yfatkinson, and other families. The 
copyholds are subject to arbitrary fines, and the custom of Borough 
English; but part of the parish is freehold, and there is a small 
manor belonging to the rectory. The town has a Market Place, 
with an ancient cross in the centre, but the market, formerly held 
on Tuesday, was discontinued in the latter part of last century. A 
horse fair is held here on Shrove Tuesday, and a fair for butter, 
cheese, &c, on the 10th of October and two following days. Laven- 
ham is a -polling place for the Western Division of Suffolk, and was 
once famous for its manufacture of blue cloth, serges, dc, for the 
better regulation of which, three guilds, or companies, of St Peter, 
the Holy Trinity, and Corpus Christi, were established, and it was 
governed by six capital burgesses, who were chosen for life, and 
had the appointment of inferior officers. For many years after the 



756 LAVENHAM PARISH. 

decline of it? blue cloth trade, Lavenbam retained a consid-: 
share in the manufacture of to 

hempen cloth, and fine ;. . fed md had a " which, 

being commodiously situated for the traders of the a 1 
the county, was much frequented. The town has mill T 

and also two woolstaplers, &c., whc em] loj ;he inhabit i t£ 

in spinning Jine worsted and popl rheels. Soi 

the inhabitants are now employed in weaving \ ' i. T :-:■:?. 

Spring, commonly called the /:'. : : <:~~' Y/\ died hew 
acquired his immense wealth from :: Lavenham 

him descended Wm. Sprit », E6q . of Pakenham. wh :ateda 

baronet by Charles I. Richard :: Lanham, or Lavenham, was 
born here, and took his name fix lace* He was ale 

divine, and was beheaded with Archb:-' Sudbury, by the follow- 
ers of Wat Tyler, in 1381. Sir Thomas C : : ks, loid mayor of Lon- 
don in 1462, was the sen c: I 

arraigned under Edward IV. for lending money to the 1iou ; t : 
Lancaster, for which he suffered a long imprison] ] was 

heavily fined. His daughter married Wm. Cecil, Lord Burleigh, 
an ancestor of the present Marquis of Exeter. Bol 
the ISth of Edward L. obtained a jf Lavenham. 

Eobert, his son, procured another in the 3rd of Edward III., 
authorising his tenants here to pass toll-free throughout all Eng- 
land ; which grant was confirmed by Queen El. o the JJTtb 
year of her reign, but the privilege is now ol solete. 

The Church (St Pete: is 
erected on the site of the ancient fabric in the 15th and early part of the 
16th centuries, chiefly at the cos: :: the Earl of Oxford and the we 
family of Spring, whose arms ire to be Been in mioy puts of the bufldi tg 
It is in the later style of English a::hitecture, end is constructed :f free- 
stone, curiously omamer.te :". ~::h rliut. It is 156 feet long, and 6S broad. 
The tower, admirable both foi strength and beauty, is 141 fee: high and 43 
in diameter, and contains in excellent peal of eight bells, ;:*-h::h Hie tenw 
weighs '-Jo cwt, and was cast in 1625. In the interim the roof is richly 
carved, and two pews formerly belonging to the Earls of Oxford and flic 
Springs, though now somewhat decayed, are highly finished pieces »f Gothic 
work, in the elaborate s : y i e of Henry VII. 's cha::eh a: V'estmiustfr. In 
the windows are considerable remains of ancient stained glass; md the 
| :::h is of highly ornamented architecture, adorut 3 with arm ?rial bearings. 
On the left side of the altar is an elegant monument of alabaster and 
marble, in memory of the Rev. Henry Coppinper. who was rector here 4o 
years, ana died in 1<:CC, Ti:e figures ■:: himself and wife are represented 
in a kneeling posture in alto relievo, with, an angel standing on es :h 
of them. In the north aisle is a mural monument, upon which are pre- 
sented a man and woman engrave;! on brass, kneeling before a table. »nd 
three sons and three daughters behind them, and a long inscription below 
them, in memory of Allan luster, a clothier, who died in 1534 In the 
chancel is an old grave stone, which formerly had a Saxon ;ui::u::::u, ..; 
present completely defaced. In the vestry, and over the north and south 
chapels, are memorials of the Springs, the eminent clothiers who nourished 
here till the 16th century. The benefice is a ■■:-.:;■:.. valued in K.B. at 
.£20. 2s. lid., and in 1835 at £6*55, in the pa:r;ua:ze of Gonville and Cains 
College, Cambridge, and incumbency of the Eev, Richard Jchnscn. M.A. 



LAVENHAM PARISH. 757 

who has a commodious residence and 144 acres of glebe. The tithes were 
commuted in 1S42 for a yearly rent charge of £'850, including the quota on 
the glebe, and subject to the parochial rates. The Independents, andWes- 
leyan and Primitive Methodists have chapels here, and the former have 
had a congregation in the parish since 1697. The town has two public 
schools, and a number of valuable charities. 

Lavenham Grammar School appears to have existed at an early 
period, but there are no traces of its original institution. It was endowed 
in 1647, by Pvichard Peacock, with a yearly rent charge of £5 out of land 
in Great and Little WaldmgBeld, for the education of five poor children, to 
be nominated by the head borough, churchwardens, and overseers. TI13 
only other endowment is an annuity of £16, out of the manor of Greys, in 
Great Cornard and Newton, conveyed to 24 trustees in 1699, by Richard 
Coleman, to fulfil the intentions of his uncle, Edward Coleman, and other 
persons who had contributed towards purchasing the master's house, now 
worth about £16 a year. The master takes boarders, and teaches five free 
scholars, appointed by the rector. 

The Old Town Lands Estate is under the management of trustees, 
and is partly settled by sundry ancient deeds, and by usage, for the relief 
of the poor, and for repairing the almshouses of the town ; and part thereof 
was devised by Wm. Lummas, in 1573, for the poor. It is partly copy- 
hold, and consists of a house, barn, cottage, and 103a. of land, mostly in 
Brent Eleigh, let for about £150 a year; a close of 1a. 3r. 9p. in Laven- 
ham, let for £10; five closes in Lavenham, left by Wm. Lummas, and com- 
prising 13a. Or. or., let for about £15 ; a cottage and part of the work- 
house, let for £4; and upwards of 30 cottages or almshouses, in and near 
Church street, occupied rent free by poor people, placed in them by the 
overseers. The annual rents, amounting to about £180, are applied in re- 
pairing the cottages or almshouses, and in distributions of money, cloth- 
ing, &c. The Bell Rope Land, 1r. 34p., is let for 7s. 6d. a year, which is 
applied with the church rates. In 1621, Henry Copjoinger left a tenement 
and 5a. 2r. 6p. of land, near the churchyard, for the relief of four of the 
most aged and needy parishioners. The parish has £2. 10s. a year from 
Corder's Charity, as noticed with Glemsford. In 1655, Isaac Creme be- 
queathed 12a. of copyhold land, called Goymes, and the sum of £500, to- 
be invested in the purchase of other land ; and he directed the yearly pro- 
ceeds of the whole to be applied by the trustees towards the maintenance of 
24 aged poor parishioners of Lavenham. The £500, with £70 derived 
from rent and interest, was laid out in the purchase of 44a. 2r. 13p. of free- 
hold land, in Lavenham, now worth about £100 per annum. In 1806> 
Henry Steward bequeathed a clear legacy of £1796. Is. 8d. three per cent, 
consols, to trustees appointed by the minister and churchwardens of Laven- 
ham, in trust, to pay the yearly dividends to the said minister and church- 
wardens, to be by them applied for the benefit of the poor of Lavenham, in 
such manner as they should think proper. The dividends (£53. 17s. 6cL 
a year), are paid towards the support of large Boys' 1 and Girls' National 
Schools, built in 1839, at the cost of about £300, but they have lately been 
rebuilt on a larger scale, at the cost of about £270, raised by subscription 
and grants. Here is also a large British School, established in 1852. The 
town has a Beading Boom, with 50 subscribers. There is & Sick Club at 
the Angel Inn, and a Lodge of Odd Fellows at the Red Lion. 



758 



LAYENHAM DIRECTORY. 



LAVENHAM. 

Post Office at Mary Ann East's, High 
street. Letters are received by the 
Sudbury and Bury mail cart. Money 
Orders are granted and paid. 
Marked 1 are in Church .street: 2, Market 
place; 3. Prentice street ; -. 5 
street: 5, Water street ; and the rest in 
High street, or where specified. 
Ablitt Alfred, relieving officer ad : E r: 

(see p. 620, ) X ether Hall 
Abbott Cbas., watchmaker. High st 
Amos William, gai 
Baker Mr Tbos , Prer/.i.T e 
Barber Mrs Har. B : attell 1 ly, 
Barkway Fredk. Thomas, surgeon. 

Grove House 
5 Belbin Cbas.. inland revenue officer 
Branwhite Miss P. Sect: Mr 3 
Bulmer William, hair dresser 
5 Churchyard John, hair seating, flbc 

manfr. ( and at Lone Mi . 
Corbishley Win. Hy., ironmgr., brazier, 
and oil and colourman 

4 Daking J as., beerhs.. and lbs 
Davies Bev Henry (Indpt.) Lady In 
East Marv Ann, bookseller, kc, Post 

Eaton Bev Hy.. curate, Lady lane 
French Hy. Angus., agent to rniiy and 

Professional Insurance Cos. 
o Green John, butcher 
Hannaford Bichd. Ash., druggis- 
Humm John, sacking cord cnanfr. 

5 Gurling Wm.. slaughterman 
Johnson Bev Bichard. IT A 1 
Keable John, veterinary surgeon 
Mumford Misses, Ncwhitt Hou^e 

5 Poulton Mi^s Mary, silk throwster 
2 Pye 3ec Richard Esc solicitor 
Saffell Hy. Woocgate. corn miller and 

auctioneer. Mills 
5 Smith John, par. clerk and sexton 
Snell Fredk., cabinet maker 
Soer Cornls., rlcur, &e. dealer 
5 Sparke Samuel, coach builder 
2 Templar Samcel, postman 
TifTen John, machine ownei 

2 Walbv James, cooper 

5 White Wm. Middleton, M.D.. sur- 
geon, Priory 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 

3 Anchor, Thomas Bantock 

2 Angel, John Hanslope, and collector 
Bell. Charles Turner, Hish street 
Blackbirds, Thos. Griss, Market hill 
Black Lion. Westrop Thos. Turner 
Cock, Charles Miller 
Greyhound, Timothy Good 
Swan. Wm. Stutter, horse dealer 
5 White Horse, George Deacon 



I i Sas: A. 
4 Brown Elu 
French Hy. Ange 

5 ". ool 
H award John E. 

and Mrs 

S . : .:ols 
McEwanChristna. 
Smith William 

BAKI 

I Daking John 

'2 Day George 

? Ann 
Knigd 

4 Pearmaii: 
Turner William 

5 Lingley Edw. 
Stribling John 

n William 

BOOT & SHOE1CKBS. 

mas 
1 King Chi: 
Mills C. 

~ohn 
Banson William 
Smith Wm. 
I : hn 

ic : 

l6f - 7 

Turner Samuel 



Ardle; 

1 Ayeis William 

Common 

I :'-!-■- S 

and undertaker 
Bigg $&m\., Bridge 
Branwhite Sarah 
Death Robert 

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'floawdSi :-: u 
b Wim Wij 
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7 :-: .-■; 

Mills S s i } 

Hall 
* Mum ford 3et 

Steam, HUljm 

Richardson Jph.. 

Priory farm 
Turne: 
Whitakri 3ei 

Lodge 

3fi : 2KRS & DFB& 

Catling Samuel 



'2 Peck Wm. and 

9 : ■ 

Pole, 

and insurance 

agen: 

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Coote William 
Garrard William 

3 Baker Sophia 
. 1 E 

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Hart :•:-. 

PArS"TZRS, PLUM- 

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Clement Charles 
Partri". 

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3 

John 
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YABK Z>LLN"FBS., 

And JTooliiaplers. 

H::ch: ■ — '__:■. 
Patrick 

Thos. and 
San 

Ci.?.£.:z: 

2 Mrs Beeton bo 

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Tirrj :Z 
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be Bwry Wed. 
James Mann, to 

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BABERGH HUNDRED. 



759 



LAWSHALL, a scattered village, six miles S. of Bury St. Ed- 
mund's, and 10 miles X. of Sudbury, has in its parish 908 souls, 
and 2906a. 2r. 25p. of land, extending westward to the Brockley 
rivulet, and now valued, with the buildings, at the gross vearly 
rental of £4337. 4s. 6d. Sir W. F. F. ALiddleton is lord of the 
manor, but part of the soil belongs to Aliss Hallifax, Sir Wm. Gage, 
and the Bigsby, Wright, and other families. Part of the parish is 
freehold, and the remainder copyhold, mostly subject to arbitrary, 
and partly to certain fines. Alfwinus, the son of Bricius. gave this 
lordship and manor, in the year 1022. to Bamsey Abbey, in Hun- 
tingdonshire ; and at the dissolution, it was granted, with the ad- 
vowson of the church, to John Either. The Church (All Sain: 
an ancient structure, with a tower and five bells: and the benefice 
is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £20. 2s. 8§d., and in 1835, at £454. 
N. Lee Acton, Esq., is patron, and the Bev. Evan Baillie is the in- 
cumbent, and has a commodious residence, and about 38a. of glebe. 
The tithes were commuted, in IS 39, for a yearly rent-charge of 
^709. The Town Lands have been vested in trust, from an early 
period, for the relief of the poor and the repairs of the highways, 
and comprise about 11 acres, and a cottage, let for £Lb. lis. a year. 
About 8 acres of the land is in Shimpling. There is also a piece of 
land near Lawshall church, on which the school is built, but it is 
uncertain whether it was part of the town estate. In 1628, Thomas 
Stevens left 40s. a year for the poor, and 6s. 8d. a year for the mini- 
ster of Lawshall, out of an estate at Edwardstone. The poor have 
also about £2 a year from Corder's Charity. The income from these 
various sources, except 6s. 8d. for the minister, is laid out by the 
rector and churchwardens in providing clothing for the Sunday 
scholars, ccc. The School was built, about 1820, by Mrs. Barring- 
ton Purvis, at the cost of more than £500, and is conducted on the 
national system. Post from Bury St. Edmunds, via Hartest 



Armstrong Alfred, postman 
Baillie Eev Evan, Rectory 
Chapman Mr Jph. Large Mr Ebt 
Frost Thomas, vict. Harrow 
Fulcher John, wheelwright & joiner 
Gates Eev Eobert Peter, (Catholic,) 

Coldham Cottage 
Green John, shoemaker 
Groom "Win. hair seating, &c. mfr 
Last George, parish clerk 
May Wm. Fdk, & Mrs. National School 
Mortlock Skipper, blacksmith 
Mulley Wm. saddler, &c 
Osborn Eichard, boot & shoemaker 
Payne James, miller; k Whepstead 
Eanson James, cooper, &c 
Eussell John, vict.Swan 

beerhouses. j Morley Samnel 
Adams Mrs Smith" George 

Martin John I Talbott Charles 



FAR3IERS. 

Abbott Eobert, 

Audley-end 
Arnold Jas. bailiff 
Bigsby Wm. 
Cornish George 
Dutton James 
Jackson James 
Last George 
Xunn Frederick 
Payne John, Han- 

ningfield Hall 
Phillipstone Thos. 
Prewer Samnel 
Eayner John 
ReemanJas. Law- 

shall Hall 
Sergeant Thomas 
Smith John 
Smith Jonathan 



Snell Wm. Coopers 
Sparke James 
Symonds Mrs 
Tickers Frederick 
WallikerWm. 
Warren Wm. 
Wiffen John 
Wing Charles 
Woolmer Wm. 
Wright Susan 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Eayner John 
Smith Charles 
Turner George 
Watts Thomas 

C A E E I E E. 
Wm. Howe, to 
Airy, Wed 



760 BABERGH HUNDRED. 

MELFOBB, (LONG) the largest and one of the handsomest vil- 
lages in Suffolk, is picturesquely seated on the north side of the vale 
of the river Stour, on the hanks of one of its tributary streams, 3 
miles N. by W. of Sudbury, 7 miles E. of Clare, and 13 miles S. of 
Bury St. Edmund's. It consists chiefly of one street, about a mile 
in length, with a green at the north end of it; where fairs are held 
on Whit-Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday ; the two former days 
are for pleasure, pedlery, &c, and the last day is a large cattle 
mart. It has several good inns and retail shops, three corn mills, 
nine malting establishments, and a foundry; and in its vicinity 
are several handsome seats. Its parish contains 2587 inhabitants, 
5186a. 1r. 12p. of fertile land, and a number of scattered farm- 
houses and neat mansions. Many of the inhabitants were formerly 
silk weavers, and they are now mostly employed in the manufacture 
of horse-hair seating ; which trade was commenced here about 25 
years ago by Mr. John Churchyard, and now employs about 700 
hands in Melford and the neighbourhood. Petty Sessions are held 
at the Police Station on alternate Fridays, and Ed. Almack, Esq., 
is clerk to the magistrates. Sir Hyde Parker, Bart., is lord of the 
manor, for which he holds a court baron yearly; but a great part 
of the parish belongs to E. S. Bence, Esq., C. Westropp, Esq., Mr. 
D. Mills, and several smaller owners. The copyholds are subject to 
fines, twice the amount of the quit rents. Melfokd Hall, in a 
fine park, on the banks of the rivulet on the east side of the village, 
is now occupied by J. M. Williams, Esq., but is the property and 
family seat of Sir Hyde ImrJcer, whose baronetcy was created in 
1681. It is an old spacious brick mansion, in the style of the age 
of Elizabeth, with four small round towers in front. It was for- 
merly one of the pleasure houses of the abbot of Buiy, but after the 
dissolution it was granted, in the 37th of Henry YIIL, with the 
manor and advowson, to Sir Wm. Cor dell. To this grant, Queen 
Mary, in the first year of her reign, added the lands of the hospital 
of St. Saviour, without the north gate of Bury, which Sir William 
settled on the hospital erected by him at Melford. Dying without 
issue, his estates devolved on his sister, whose daughter carried 
them in marriage to Sir John Savage, whose grandson was ad- 
vanced to the dignity of Earl Bivers. Melford Hall belonged to 
the widow of the third Earl, during the civil wars in the reign of 
Charles I., when Fuller says it became " the first-fruits of plunder 
in England." The loss of the Countess in furniture, plate, money, 
&c, at this and her other seat at St. Osyth, in Essex, was estimated 
at ,£100,000. The first Earl Eivers mortgaged his Melford estate 
to Sir John Cordell, and it was afterwards sold to Sir Bobert Cor- 
dell, who, being created a baronet in 1660, made it his seat. On 
the failure of male issue in his family, the estate devolved to that 
of Firebrace, and in the middle of last century, it was the seat of 
Sir Cordell Firebrace, one of the parliamentary representatives of 
this county. It soon afterwards passed to the Parker family. Kent- 
well Hall, is another fine old mansion, in a well wooded park, ex-' 
tending more than a mile north of the village. It is approached 
by a long avenue of lofty lime trees, nearly a mile in length. It 



LONG MELFORD PARISH. 761 

was long the seat of the Cloptons, who acquired the estate by the 
marriage of Sir Thomas Clopton, with the heiress of Wm. Mylde-, 
or Meld, who died in the 48th of Heury VIII. The heiress of the 
Cloptons married Sir Simonds D'Ewes, whose daughter carried the 
estate in marriage to Sir Thomas Darcy, and died in 1661. The 
estate was afterwards the seat and property of Sir Thos. Robinson, 
who was created a barouet in 1681, but his heirs sold it to John 
Moore, Esq., of London, whose family sold it to E. H. Logan, Esq. 
who died suddenly in 1838, when the estate was sold for .£85,000 ; r 
its present owner, E. S. Bence, Esq., who now resides at the ha*t 
Melford Place, the seat and property of Charles Westropp, Es 
is a neat mansion, with pleasant grounds, at the south end of t 
"village. It was formerly more extensive than it is now, and w: er 
long the residence of the Martyn family, one of whom was lor 
mayor of London in 1557. Roger Martyn, of this place, was 
created a baronet in 1677, but his family became extinct about the 
close of last century, and the estate passed to the Spaldings, and 
from the latter to its present owner. The Abbot of Bury obtained 
a charter for a yearly fair, and a weekly market on Thursday, in the 
19th of Henry III., but the latter has long been obsolete. Bridge. 
Street, a hamlet on both sides of the rivulet, about two miles N. 
of the village, is partly in Alpheton parish. The Church (Holy 
Trinity) is a beautiful specimen of the architecture of the fifteenth 
century, about 180 feet long, exclusive of the school at the end, and 
the small square tower, which contains eight bells, and is of mora 
modern erection than the body of the structure. It contains many 
^eat monuments of the Martyn, Clopton, Cord ell, and other fami- 
nes, formerly seated here. At the upper end of the north aisle, is 
a i altar tomb, bearing the recumbent effigy of Wm. Clopton, Esq. r 
inio died in 1446. On the right of the altar, is the splendid monu- 
ment of Sir Wm. Cor dell, speaker of the House of Commons, a 
^•ernber of Queen Mary's privy council, and founder of Melford 
hospital. On the outside of the pew formerly belonging to the Mar- 
tyns, are many grotesque heads, carved in oak ; and some ancient 
stones in the floor, at the east end of the chancel, cover the remains 
of various members of that family. The font has a cover, curiously 
carved, with a pinnacle and a cross on the top The windows still 
contain many fine specimens of ancient stained glass, and the ex- 
ternal walls have a rich display of flint work. During the last two 
years, the whole church has been restored and beautified. Clopton 
Chapel, or Chantry, has a sedilia and a series of tabernacled niches, 
and its roof is curiously embellished with scrolls, bearing shields of 
arms, &c. The Lodge Chapel, at the east end of the church, is now 
used as the National School, and is richly ornamented with canopies, 
clustered pillars, &c, and terminated by a sort of cloister. The 
rectory, valued in K.B. at £28. 2s. 6d., and now at £'839, has a good 
residence, and 150a. 3r. 22p. of glebe. John Cobbold, Esq., is 
patron, and the Rev. E. Cobbold is the incumbent, and is also 
rector of Watlington. He does not reside here, and the fine old 
Rectory House is unoccupied, and the benefice is in sequestration. 
Here is an Independent Chapel, erected about 1724. The parish 



762 LONG MELOFKD PARISH. 

has a richly endowed Hospital, a National School, two school en- 
dowments, and several other charities. Several Eoman urns were 
dug up in a gravel pit in the parish, ahout forty years ago. 

Melford Police Station was built in 1849. A Literary Institution was 
established here in 1849, and has now about 100 members, and a good 
library and reading room. Balls and assemblies are held occasionally at 
the Bull Inn. Stoke and Melford Union Association, or Benefit Society and 
{Sickness Club, has a capital of £14,140, and about 1160 members, in 
jjluding 100 honorary members. The Church and Poor's Estate comprises 
ni cottage, barn, and about 18a. of land, let for £33 a year, which is applied 
equal moieties with the church and poor rates, the property being given 
^,r these uses by William Skcyne, in 1518. Four cottages, occupied as 
, mshouses by poor persons, are repaired at the parish expense, and were 
.fven by Sir Roger Martyn. In 1495, John Hill gave his quit-rents and 
s .bout eight acres of woodland, in the manor of Bower Hall, in Pentlow, 
Essex, to the poor of Melford, and they now yield about £'14 per annum. 
Since 1694, the income of this charity, and a yearly payment of £2. 8s. Id. 
out of the Exchequer, under a grant from Edward VT., have been paid to a 
schoolmaster for teaching 14 free scholars. In 1713, John Moore left £300, 
the interest thereof to be paid to a schoolmistress, for teaching 10 poor boys 
and 10 girls of Melford, under the direction of the Governors of Trinity 
Hospital, and the minister and churchwardens. This charity now consists 
of £321 old South Sea Annuities, yielding £9 per annum. Doles, amount- 
ing to £15 a year, are distributed among the poor parishioners at Easter, 
and arise as follows : — £2. 10s. from Corders Charity, (see Gleinsford;) — 
30s. out of land at Mendlesham, left by Bd. Smith, in 1560; — £2 out of 
an estate at Reydon, left by John Mayor, D.D. ; — £3 out of the poor rates, 
for a cottage and garden, given by one Chaplin ; and £6 out of the poor 
rates, as the rent of a building long used as the workhouse, but purchased 
with £100, given by John Moor, in 1713. In 1836, Mrs. Harriet Oliver 
left the dividends of £4000 three per cent, consols, to be distributed in coal 
among the poor parishioners. TRINITY HOSPITAL, for a warden, 12 
poor men and two poor women, was founded by Sir Wm. C or dell t Kt., in 
1580, under letters patent of Queen Elizabeth, which places the institution 
under the visitatorial power of the Bishop of Norwich for the time being; 
consequently, the Charity Commissioners did not inquire into it. The 
hospital consists of a quadrangle, three sides of which are occupied by the 
12 brethren, and the fourth by the warden and two sisters. The whole is 
kept in excellent repair, and the yearly income amounts to about £1000, 
and is applied, after the payment of incidental expenses, in maintaining 
and clothing the inmates, who must be old and decayed housekeepers of 
Melford; or, when such cannot be found, persons of a similar description 
are to be taken from Shimpling. Besides being well fed, lodged, and 
clothed, the almspeople have each quarterly allowances in money, viz., 
the warden, £2. lis. 8d. ; the almsmen, £l. 5s. lOd. ; and the two sisters, 
£L 12s. 2d. The endowment consists of lands and tithes, which belonged 
to St. Saviour's Hospital at Bury, before the Reformation. 

Almack Richd., Esq. solicitor and clerk 
to magistrates & tax commissioners 
Atkins Alice, Berlin wool dealer 
2 Battram Henry, gent. Sloane Cottage 
Bence Captain Edward Starkie, (1st 

Dragoon Guards,) Kentwell Hall 
Bird Wm. gamekeeper 
Blunden Robert, farrier & breaker 
Blunden & Squire, auctioneers 



LONG MELFORD. 
Post Office at Mrs Catchpole's 
Letters via Sudbury mail cart 
Marked 1 are in Bridge street ; 2, on the 
Green ; 3, in Cavendish road; 4, West- 
gate terrace; and the others in the 
Village or where specified 
2 Abbott Miss A. || Barber Amos, gent 






LONG MELFORD DIRECTORY. 



763 



Blunden Thomas : h Westgate terrace 
Brewer Henry, millwright 
Bullingbrook Mis C. 3 Bowie Mr E. 
Ballingbrook John, asphalter 
2 Brewster Miss Brown Mr Thos. 

2 Bulmer James, hairdresser 
Burgess Rev John (Independent) 
Catchpole Mrs Charlotte. Post Office 
Chisnall John, hairdresser, Sac. 
Cobbold Rev Edward, rector (absent) 
Cooper Frederick Davey, chemist, 

druggist, and stationer 
Corder Mr Thomas >Sc Mrs Mary 
Cowey Mr Wm. Hy. Cresswell Mrs 

3 Downs Wm. whitesmith, founder, etc. 

4 Dunn James Chas. master mariner 
Faulkner Rev Henry B., M.A., West- 
gate House 

Fordham Wm. warden, Hospital 
Fraser James, police Serjeant 
Frewer Miss Mary, High street 
Garrard Jacob, watchmaker. &c. 
Green Geo. registrar, surveyor, school- 
master, and rate collector 
Hartley Wm. marine store dealer 
4 Heard Jeremiah, land, surveyor 
Hunt Mrs Sus. Hanweil Mrs 
Jones Robt. £ Son (Rt, E.) surgeons 
King Wm. gent.. Hill House 
Lanchester Robert, travelling tea dlr 
Lee Mm Sarah Miles Mrs Eliz. 
Lorkiug Thos. bookseller, printer, ice. 
Mann Robert, police officer 
Molineux Mrs Elizabeth. Brook House 
Morris Robert, butler, Kent well Hall 
Nice John, fishmonger 
Ostler Thos. agent to Suffolk Amicable 

Insurance Companv & news agent 
Parker Sir Hyde, Bart., Hall, {absent) 
2 Preston Rev Thomas. M.A., curate. 

Ease Cottage 
2 Raker Miss Petch Thos. bailiff 
Richold Peter Ostler, coach builder 
Richold Peter, jun., coach, Sec. painter 
Richold Wm. manufacturer of cocoa 
nut fibre mats, matting, & brushes 

2 Robinson Rev Isaac Banks, vicar of 
Little Waldingfield 

3 Sargeant James, calf, &c. dealer 
Sargeant Mrs Susan , Silver Mary 
Scott James, periodical book agent 
Simpson Edwin, surgeon 

2 Smith Thos. inland revenue officer 
Stammers Jph. gent. Mount Pleasant 
2 Steed Mr Henry & Mrs Mary 

2 Steed Robert Aaron, parish clerk 

3 Stewart Mr Frederick & Mr Charles 
Stribling Edward, basket & sieve mkr 
Strutt John, gardener, Kentwell 

2 Wade John Ablitt, gentleman 



Ward (David) & Silver (James), iron 
and brass founders, machine makers, 
smiths, Sec. 

2 Westhorpe Mrs Mary 

Westropp Charles, Esq., Melford Place 

Williams John Michael. Esq.. Hall 
INNS AND TAVERNS. 

2 Black Lion, Wm. Harn, {posting) 

Bull Inn, Thomas Bishop 

Cock Sz Bel], Amor King 

Crown Inn. John Shepard, a: brewer, 
maltster, and corn and coal merchant 

George, Wm. Medcalf 

2 Hare, Robert Harris 

1 Rose £ Crown, James Albon, dealer 

Swan, Daniel Gooch. (posting) 

White Hart, Joseph King 



ACADEMIES, 

Brooke Thomas 
Orlando John 
Crouch Mrs 
Gatward Eliza 

2 Green George 
Heard Jmhi" Mrs. 

Xational School 
Lanchester Mrs 
bakers, &e. 
Algar John 

3 Bixbv Charlotte 

2 Bixby Wm. 
Jerrold John 
Lingley Daniel 
Wames Samuel 

BEERHOUSES. 

3 Bixby Charlotte 
Burroughs Thos. 
Cooper Thomas 
Raymond James 

BLACXSAITTES. 

Codling Charles 
3 Downs Wm. 

1 Hammond John 
Ostler Aaron 
Ostler Aaron, jun. 

BOOT £ SHOEALKES. 

Ambrose H. 
Butcher Charles 
Hardy Geo. Wm. 
3 Hume Charles 

2 Long Charles 
Perrv Peter 

3 Steed Robert A. 
Wellum James 

BRICKLAYERS 

And Plasterers. 
2 Fordham George 
Green Daniel 
Theobald Clement 

BUTCHERS. 

Allen Wm. 
Blyth Wm. 



egers Charles 
Worters Samuel 

COOPERS, 

Burroughs Thos. 

Prigg Robert 

CORN SELLER 3 

And Mar chants. 
Branwhite Thos. 

Hall Mills 
Ruffcll George, 

Wilhendale 

EARATERS. 

Ardley Thos. jun. 
1 Baker Wm. 
Beaumont James 
Bishop Thomas 
Bullingbrook Geo. 
Byford Joseph 
Cadv Frederick. 

Ford Hall 
Coe Anna 
Cooper Hy., Wash 
1 Cooper Isaac 

Exors. of, Park 
Deeks Matthew 
Mann Wm., 
Mills Daniel, 

Eodbridge 
Ostler Aaron 
Ruffell Georsre 

1 Smith Alfred 

GROCERS & DRAPBS. 

2 Bickmore Peter 

3 Hume John 
Ostler Aaron 
Spice Wm. 6c Co. 
Ward Charles 
Wickham Fdk. & 

agt.toXor.Union 
Woods George 

HATR SEATING 

And CurUd Hair 

Mam/Aicturers, 
BarkerRobt Sml, 



764 



LONG MELFORD. (BABERGH HUNDRED.) 



Churchyard John 
Groom Wm. and 

Sudbury 
LengemannHenry 

JOINERS, &C. 

Bohy Geo. & cabt. 
Burroughs Thos. 
Fordham Charles 
LeekesJno. turner 
LvngWm. John 
2 Mills Wm. 
Perry Matilda 
Sargeant Charles 
Wellum James 
Woollard Wm. 
Constable 



MALTSTERS 

$ Cor 71, fyc.Merclits. 
Arclley Thos. jun. 

and coal. &c. 
Branwhite Thos. 
Butcher Charles 
2 Harris Bobert 
Ruffell George 
Shepard John 

MILLINERS, &C. 

Blyth Mary 
Richold Mary Ann 
Salter Mrs Mary 

PAINTERS. 

* Plumber, *ec. 
*CoatesWm. 

Richold Peter, j un. 



Steed Amos 

ROPE, &C, MAKER. 

Drury David 
Salter Hezekiah 

SADDLERS, &C. 

Neave Thomas 
Spilling Chas. C. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Ambrose Hiron 
2 Bigg Edward 
Boby George 
BullingbrookG. 
Butcher George 
Jeffries Henry 
Norman John 
Stanton Harriet 
Theobald Clement 



TAILORS, &C 

Cater George 
Jolly Wm. 
Sewell Charles 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Butcher John 

Cater Arthur 

Farrow Wm. 

COACH & MAIL 
Cart to Bury & 
Sudbury daily 

OAR RIEBS 
pass to Bury,. 
Sudbury, &c. 

Wm. Byford from 
Cavendish to 
London daily 



MILDEN, or Milding, a small scattered village, 4 miles S.S.E. of 
Lavenbam, and six miles N.W. of Hadleigh, has in its parish 1332 acres of 
land, and 1C5 inhabitants. It was anciently the demesne of Remigius de 
Milden, and afterwards passed to the Allingtons, who sold it to the Can- 
hams, who were formerly seated at the Hall, now a farm-house. The prin- 
cipal owners of the parish are, Mrs. Brown, Charles Dawson, Esq., and Sir 
B. C. Brodie, and each have the manorial rights of their own estates. The 
Church (St. Peter) is an ancient structure, with a tower at the west end, 
and the benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at <£10. 13s. 4d., and now 
having a yearly rent- charge of £'640, awarded in 1841. John Gurdon, Esq.,. 
is patron, and the Rev. Nathaniel Wm. Hallward, M.A., is the incumbent. 
Three cottages at Monks Eleigh, let for £4. 2s. a year, were purchased 
about 1653, with £20 given for the poor of Milden by James Allington, Esq, 
The poor have also a yearly rent-charge of 20s., left by a person named 
Canham. Two cottages and an orchard, left by the Rev. William Birkett,, 
in 1700, are let for £6. 2s. a year, and the rents are applied towards the 
support of a school for poor children. Post from Hadleigh. 

FARMERS. || Bigg Sparrow 
Gage James 



Cousins Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Hallward Rev Nathl. Wm.,M.A.,i^o?-?/ 
Hicks Robt Jacob, beerhouse & shopr 
Whistler Samuel, parish clerk 



Bigg Samuel 

Hawkins Robert, Milden Hall 

Worters Thomas, Lower Farm 



MONKS ELEIGH is a pleasant and well-built village, in the vale of the 
river Brett, nearly six miles N.W. of Hadleigh, and 2 miles S.W. of Bildes- 
ton. Its parish is a peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and con- 
tains 722 souls, and 2099 acres of fertile land. On the river are two corn 
mills, and in the village is a good inn and several well-stocked shops. The 
manor was given, with Hadleigh, to the Monks of Canterbury by Brithnoth? 
Earl of Essex, who was killed by the Danes in 991. After the dissolution,. 
it was given to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, to whom it still be- 
longs; but the soil belongs to the Baker, Brown, Strutt, Making, Wright, 
Hicks, and a few other families. The Church (St. Peter,) is a large and 
handsome structure, with a tower and six bells. The interior was tho- 
roughly repaired in 1838, and most of the sittings are free. The rectory,. 
valued in K.B. at £13. 18s. llfd., and in 1635 at £'422, has 16 acres of 
glebe, a good residence, and a yearly rent-charge of £570, awarded in 1837, 
The Archbishop of Canterbury is patron, and the Rev. A. C. J. Wallace is 
the incumbent. The Church Land, 1a. 2r. 32p., anciently appropriated to 



MONKS ELEIGH PARISH. 



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the repans of the parish clock, is let for about £6 a year, which is carried 
to the churchwarden's account. The sums of <£10, given by Francis Caus- 
ton, and £20, given by the Rev. IVm. Baker, were laid out in the purchase 
of two cottages and 24 acres of land, called the Butt field. The land is let 
for £4. 10s. a year, which is distributed in bread. The two cottages now 
form three tenements, and their rents are applied towards the support of 
the National School, built in 1834. Post from Hadleigli, via Bildeston. 

"Wallace Eev Arthur Capel Job, rector, 



Alldis Miss Ellen, boarding school 

Branford Daniel, blacksmith 

Cardy Wm, tailor 

Clarke Wm. corn miller 

Death George, beerhouse 

Eord James, parish clerk, &c 

Gage Wm. butcher and cattle dealer 

Garnham Henry, maltster, spirit mert. 
and vict. Red Lion 

Grimsey George, police officer 

Harris John, painter 

Harris Joseph, corn miller 

Hawkins Robert, ironmonger & joiner 

Kingsbury Mr Thomas 

May Henry and Mrs. National School 

Parr Wm. wheelwright and beerhouse 

Phillips Wm. blacksmith and veteri- 
nary surgeon 



and chaplain of Cosford Union, 
Rectory 
Eaymond Eev Oliver, curate 



FARMERS. 

Baker Wm. 
Blomheld John 
Deanes George 
Durrant John 
Gage Robert 
Gage Wm., High- 
lands 
Hazell George 
King John, Tye 
Making Jph , Hall 
Eanson John 



Wright Robert, 
F oyster s Hall 

GROCERS & DRPRS. 

Alldis Henry, 

Post Office 
Brook Edward 
King John 
Partridge Wm. 

SH0E3IAKER3. 

Bowers Eobert 
Ruffell Wm. 
Tricker Zach. 



NAYLAND, or Xeyland, is a small ancient town, on the north side of 
the navigable river Scour, 9 miles S.E. by E. of Sudbury; 6 miles N. by 
W. of Colchester; 5 miles E. of Bures Station ; and 56 miles N.E. of Lon- 
don. It had formerly a weekly market on Friday, and had a flourishing 
woollen manufacture, but both are now obsolete. It has still a fair for cat- 
tle, &c, on the Wednesday after October 2nd, and there are in the town 
several good inns and retail shops, and a silk mill. It communicates with 
Essex by a large brick bridge of one srch, and its parish contains 1153 
inhabitants, and 941a. 1r. 29p. of fertile land. Sir J. R. Rowley, Bart., is 
lord of the manor, aud owner of most of the soil. It was one of the manors 
given to Hubert de Burgh by Henry III., when he created him Earl of Kent, 
but falling into disgrace with that monarch, he was obliged to part with 
several of his castles and estates to secure the quiet enjoyment of the rest. 
In the 13th of Edward III., Nayland was the lordship of Lord Scrope, of 
Masham, in Yorkshire. In 1628, Richard \Yeston was created Baron Wes- 
ton, of Nayland, and was afterwards raised to the dignity of Earl of Port- 
land ; but on the death of the fourth earl, without issue, in 1688, these 
titles became extinct. The town is well-built, but from its low situation, it 
is subject to occasional inundations. Many of the houses are supplied 
with gas from the Silk Mill. The Church (St. James,) is a handsome 
structure, which was thoroughly repaired in 1852, and had formerly a spire 
steeple, which, being much decayed, was. taken down in 1S34, when the 
present tower was erected at the cost of £'500. In the tower are six musi- 
cal bells, and in the chancel are several neat monuments, one of which is 
in memory of the Rev. Wm. Jones, A.M., a late rector, and author of the 
" Catholic Doctrine of the Trinity." Here are also several ancient memo- 
rials of persons formerly eminent in the clothing trade. Over the altar is 
a fine picture of the Redeemer, with a chalice. One Abel, a cloth worker, 
is said to have built the handsome porch of this church, in the wall of 
which he has a funeral monument, with the letter A. and the figure o( a 



766 



NAYLAND PARISH. 



bell upon it to signify his name. He also built the bridge and left land for 
its reparation, now let for £21 a year. There are a few brasses on the 
pavement, and on one of the slabs are the words " Queen of France," but 
the rest of the inscription is obliterated. The benefice is a perpetual cu- 
racy, valued in 1835 at £139, in the patronage of Sir J. R. Rowley, Bart., 
and incumbency of the Rev. C. W. Green, M.A. The tithes were commuted 
in 1839 for the yearly payment of £42. 2s. to the incumbent, and £244. 
13s. 9d. to P. P. Mannock, Esq., the impropriator. Here is an Indepen- 
dent Chapel, belonging to a congregation, which dates its origin from 1732. 
Pursuant to a decree of the Court of Chancery, in 1822, various Charity 
Estates and Funds, belonging to Nayland and previously held under an- 
cient deeds, were vested and settled in trustees, upon trust to apply the 
income in the manner proposed in a scheme approved by one of the Mas- 
ters in Chancery, and sanctioned by the Court. This charity trust produces 
a yearly income of about £210, and consists of the following parcels of 
property — viz., eight tenements, let to the overseers for £20 a year; a mes- 
suage occupied by paupers; £103. 4s. 3d. three per cent, reduced Annui- 
ties; £789. 10s. 3d. three per cent. Consols; Ridhold farm, 36a. 1r. 38p., 
and land called Fisher's, 19a. 18p., let together for £89. 4s. a year; land 
called St. Mary's, 18a. 3r. 3p., let for £40 a year ; 17 common rights on 
Nayland Jen, let for about £15 ; Lewis Meadow, 1a. in Wiston, let for £1. 
13s. ; and £589. Is. 5d. three per cent. Consols. From this trust, the fol- 
lowing yearly sums are paid — viz., £20 to the perpetual curate of Nayland; 
£6. 6s. to the parish clerk ; £15 for the repairs of the church ; £20 for ap- 
prenticing poor children ; and the remainder, after payment of taxes, re- 
pairs, &c, is applied for the relief of the poor, and the education of 20 
poor children. The poor parishioners have also £2. 10s. yearly from an 
acre of laud, in Lewis Meadow, left by Abm. Caley in 1703, for distribu- 
tion in bread ; and £2. 10 yearly, left for the same purpose by Thos. Love 
in 1564. They have likewise a share of White's Charity, as noticed with 
Holton. The National School was rebuilt in 1848. Post Offce at Wm. 
Littlebury's. Letters via Colchester. Money Orders are granted and paid. 



Alston Samuel, solicitor 
Barber Wm. baker and brewer 
Brown John, maltster and coal and 

corn merchant 
Brown Stephen, silk throwster; house 

Colchester 
Bunn Charles, chemist, and druggist 
Burch Wm. mill manager 
Cole Nathl. ironmonger and brazier 
Cudden James, brewer and maltster 
Daniell Henry, solicitor 
Daniell Jermh., Geo. & Wm. surgeons 
Faiers Henry, cooper and basket mkr 
Fenn Thomas Harold, surgeon 
Goodrich James, saddler, &c 
Green Rev Chas. Wade, M.A. incbt. 
Green Thomas, maltster 
Halls John, watch maker, &c 
Harris Eliza, Infant school 
James Wm. jun. builder and joiner 
Jones John and Mrs., National School 
Mills John Wm., veterinary surgeon 
Mortimer Mrs Mary 
Norfolk Thomas, horse letter, &c 
Osmond James, clerk 



Palmer Geo. inland revenue officer 
Roberts Wm. and George, bakers 
Sach Robert, upholsterer 
Sargeant Joseph, wheelwright 
Scott James, blacksmith 
Siggers John, glove and breeches mkr 
Sinnott Wm. gent | Salmon Mrs S. 
Smith Mrs Sarah, and Sus. milliner 
Smith John, joiner and builder 
Stannard Jeremiah, corn miller 
Stow Abraham, hair dresser 
Stow Mrs Mary, boarding school 
Winny John Triggs, registrar and 
parish clerk 

INNS & TAVERNS. 
Anchor, Walter Crooks 
Queen's Head, Thomas Crooks 
Vine, Thomas Hammond 
White Hart, John Shuttleworth 

Borrett Joseph 



BEERHOUSES. 

Hammond Saml. 
Ive Joseph 

BOOT & SHOE MKRS. 

Barber Thomas 
Borrett Henry 



Chisnall Henry 
Littlebury Wm. 
Thorp Henry 
Thorp Thomas 
WinnyWalterWm. 



HAYLAND. (BABKKGH HUND.) 



767 



BUTCHERS. 

Bacon James 
Eolton Edward 

FARMERS. 

Bacon James 
Brown John 
Cuddon James 
Hawes Samuel 



Holton Edward 
Murton John 
Roberts W. & Geo. 

GROCERS & DRPRS. 

Beard well James 
BlythThs. &Fdk. 
Ryan Peter 
Sandle Rachel 



PLUMBERS, 

Glaziers $ Painters. 
Barker Win. 
Button Thomas 
Nichols James 

TAILORS. 

Beardwell James 
Branch Robert 



Hammond Thos, 
Wilson Wm. 

CARRIER. 
Rachel Sandle, to 
Ipswich, Moil, 
and Colchester, 
Thur. and Sat. 



NEWTON-xear-Sudbury, a pleasant village, scattered round a green 
of 40 acres, 3 miles E. of Sudbury, has in its parish 499 souls, and 2197a 
2b. 32p. of land, in the manors of Newton Hall and Bottelers. Earl Howe 
is lord of the former, and the Executors of the late Rev. T. H. Causton are 
lords of the latter, but part of the soil belongs to J. Gurdon, H. Green, 
andE, Stedman, Esqrs., and several smaller owners. Sackers Green, 1± mile 
S.W. of the village, is now enclosed, but there is a common of 52a. in 
the parish. The Church (All Saints) is an ancient fabric, with a tower and 
three bells, supposed to have been built by the Botteler family, who were 
seated here, but went to Ireland at the Reformation. The Rectory, valued 
in K.B. at <£*17. 13s. Shd., is in the patronage of St. Peter's College, Cam- 
bridge, and incumbency of the Rev. Charles Smith, B.D., who has a good 
residence, 55a. of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of £597, awarded in 1840. 
Here is a National School, built in 1836. The poor have four rent-charges 
amounting to £\. 16. 8d. yearly, left by Wm. and Edward Alston, in 1564 
and 1591, and Robert and John Plampin, in 1603 and 1618, out of property 
now belonging to the Alston, Nicholson, and Gurdon families. Post from 
/Sudbury. 



Amos Wm. wheelwright 

Bruce George, parish clerk 

Glass Eliz. Ann, blacksmith and vict., 

Saracen's Head 
Griggs Mrs Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Hart James, corn miller 
Nicholson James, bricklayer 
Plampin Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Smith Rev. Charles, B.D., Rectory 
Ward Bedford, joiner and builder 



Ward Eliza, shopkeeper 
' FARMERS. 
Fitch Thomas |] Hart James 
Green Hugh, Esq , Newton Hall 
Green Hugh, jun., Valley Farm 
Hart Walter, Roger's Farm 
Lord Walter, Newton Leys 
Sturgeon George, Bottelers 
TifTen Thomas Layzell, jun. Siam Hall 
Warren Joshua, Brook's Farm 



POLSTEAD, a scattered village in a picturesque valley, 4J miles S.W. 
of Hadleigh, and 3 miles N.N.E., of Nayland, has in its parish 943 inha- 
bitants, many scattered houses, and 3402a. 1r. ^p. of land, mostly a light 
sand, and including part of Leaven Heath, extending two miles westward; 
and now enclosed and cultivated. Chas. Tyrell, Esq., is lord of the manor, 
and resides at Polstead Hall, a handsome brick mansion, on a pleasant 
eminence, in a park of 100 acres, well stocked with deer, and containing 
some fine old timber, but a great part of the soil belongs to Sir J. R. Row- 
ley, Sir B. C. Brodie, the Rev. A. M. Cook, J. Gurdon, Esq., Sir H. Peyton, 
and several smaller free and copyholders. Polstead is remarkable for its 
cherries. It has & fair for toys, &c, on the Wednesday after July 16th. 
The Church (St. Mary) is a neat structure, with a tower containing six 
bells, and surmounted by a spire. The Rectory, valued in K.B. at £22, 
and in 1835 at £627, has a good residence, 17a. of glebe, and a yearly rent 
charge of £871, awarded in 1841. The patronage is in St. John's College. 
Oxford. There was formerly a chantry here of the yearly value of £6. 6s. 0|<L 
Here is a Baptist Chapel, built in 1849 ; and a small Primitive Methodist 
Chapel. The poor parishioners have on St. Thomas's day, the interest of 



768 



POLSTEAD. (BABERGH HUNDRED.) 



i!l00 left by George Martin, in 1814. The Red Barn here, vrbieh was burnt 

down Dec. 26th, 1342, was the scene of the murder of Maria Martin, by 

her betraying lover Wm. Carder, who was executed for the horrid crime on 

the 10ih of August, 1828, after having married another, and for some 

time eluded retributive justice. Post from Colchester via Stokeby- 

Nayland. 

Borham Stannard, corn miller, and I Brown Thoma3 

Langham, Essex | Cousins John 

Burnett James H. vict., Shoulder of :• Dyer Thomas 

Mutton Everett Isaac, Ja- 



Coyte Bev. James, M.A. rector, Rectory 
-Cream Henry, tailor 
Drake John, blacksmith 
Dyer Daniel, poulterer 
Grimsey Joseph, vict., Cock 
Grimsey Robert, corn chandler 
Howes Jonathan, butcher 
Kemp Bev Samuel, (Baptist) 
Richardson Edward, gent. 
Stow James, schoolmaster 
Tyrell Charles, Esq., PohteadHall 
Watson Susan, schoolmistress 

farmers. I Bouttell Wm.New 

Barton John House 



'ob's Far}?i 
Everett John 
Everett Joshua 
Everett T bos. Wm. 
i Green Wm. 
Grimsey Joseph 
Grimwade Richard 
Humphrey Isaac 
Smith Benj.,jfftfl 
Smith .Alary 
Taber Wm. 
I Taylor Henry 
j Tomkins Abm. 
Tomkins John R. 



Tricker Wm. 

JOINERS AND 
WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Baalham John, & 

parish clerk 
Bedford Wm 
BeestonJonathan 

SHOEMAKERS. 

Cocksedge Cbas. 
Groves Joseph 
Howes Thomas 
Monson John 
Richardson Jph. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Baalham Wm. 
Barton Samuel 
Beeston Jonathan 



PRESTON, a pleasaut village, on the western acclivity of the vale of the 
small river Brett, 2 miles E. by N. of Lavenham, 4 miles W. by N, of Bil- 
deston, and 9 miles from Hadleigh and Sudbury, has in its parish 386 
souls, and 193 L acres of land, now rated at the annual value of £2551. It 
is in four manors, viz., Churchfo*d or Church Hall, and Swift's, of which Sir 
B. C. Brodie, Bart, is lord ; Maisters, of which Mr. Henry Wright is lord; 
and Mortimer's, of which Mr. Wm. Makin is owner; but several smaller 
owners have estates in the parish. Priory Farm formerly belonged to 
Trinity Priory, Ipswich ; and Preston Hall was long held by the Earls of 
Oxford ; and in the reigns of James and Charles I., was the seat of Rober 
Rycc, Esq., a great preserver of the antiquities of this county. The Church, 
(St. Mary) is an ancient fabric, with a tower aud six bells. It has an or- 
gan, which was purchased by subscription in 1834. The rectory, valued in 
K.B. at £o. 6s. 3d., is in the patronage of Emanuel College, Cambridge, and 
incumbency of the Rev. Henry Griffin Williams, M.A., who has a haudsome 
Rectory House, built in 1835, 6a. of glebe, and a yearly rent charge of 
.£514. 15s., awarded in 1838, in lieu of tithes. The benefice was originally 
only a vicarage, but in 1660, Robert Ryce.Esq., then impropriator, obtained 
an Act of Parliament for consolidating the appropriate rectory of Preston 
St. Mary with the vicarage of Preston, and confirming the presentation 
thereof to the Master and Fellows of Emanuel College; but by the same 
Acthe charged the incumbent with the yearly payment of £d, to be paid to 
two neighbouring Justices of the Peace, for apprenticing poor children of 
Preston. In 1814, Mary Green left £"200, and directed the interest thereof 
to be distributed in bread and fuel among poor parishioners. This legacy 
was invested in the purchase of £289. 12s. 6d. three per cent, consols. Here 
is a National School, erected in 1843 by subscription and grants. Post 



from Sudbury, via Lavenhun 

Amos James, carpenter 

Bear Robert, corn miller 

Green Henry, miller, and Mrs Eliz. 

King Joseph, shoemaker 

Sewell James, vict., Six Bells 



Stribling John, blacksmith 
Stribling Joseph, parish clerk 
Williams RevHy. Grirfiu, M.A. , Rectory 

FARMERS. (* are Owners.) ; 
*Burch Joseph || Baldwin Benjamin 



PRESTON. (BABERGH HUNDRED.) 769 



JSdgar Edmund King Thomas 
Edgar Johnson, Down Hall 
Green Edward,. Priory 
*Makin Win., Mortimer s 



Osborn Ebenezer, Preston Hall 
Scctt Walter Rossiter 
* Wright Henrv, Moisten 



SHIMPLING, or SHIMPLINGTHORX, a small village in a picturesque 
valley, 7£ miles X. of Sudbury, and M miles W.N.W. of Lavenham, has in 
its parish 470 souls, and 2698a. 2b. 19p. of land, extending nearly two miles 
N.E. to the hamlet of Shimpling street, and including 90a. of wood. Chad- 
acre Hall, a handsome mansion in a sylvan park of 95 acres, watered by 
a small rivulet, half a mile N. of the village, is the seat of the Misses 
Hallifax, the ladies of the manor, who own a great part of the parish. 
There are five lodge entrances to the park, and one of them, recently erected, 
lias a tower 40 feet liigh. The Misses Hallifax are very charitable to the 
poor of the parish and neighbourhood, and support a school. The Crown 
lias 44:0a., and the other principal owners are E. S. Bence, Esq., the Rev. 
I\L C. Bolton, Mr. Arthur Blencowe, and M"elford Hospital. Chadacre was 
formerly the seat of the Planipius. The Church (St. George) is a plain 
structure, with one side aisle and a tower. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 
~£16. 7s. Id., has a yearly rent charge of £600, awarded in 1837, and is in 
the patronage and incumbency of the Rev. M. C. Bolton. Post from Bury 
St. Edmund's. 



Hallifax Misses Maria & Ellen, Chad- 
acre Hall 

■ Bolton Rev Miles Cooper. M.A., Eectory 
Bailey Henry., parish clerk 

; Britton Charles, thatcher 
Bruce Thomas, blacksmith 
Butcher Samuel, miller and baker 
Cook Harriet, shopkeeper 
Dickerson Susan, schoolmistress 
HallJames, carpenter 
Hunt John, carrier to Bury, Wednesday 
ivimmis Walter, schoolmaster 
Rye Win., farm steward, Hall 
Sparke Lucy, shopkeeper & beerhouse 



Turner John, gardener. Hall 

Tickers Frederick tailor & vict., Busk 

FARMERS. Jams James 
Blencowe A. ; h Bradfield Combost 
Carter George, and ccrn miller 
Crossman John Large James 
Deeks Walter Mead Thomas 
Gosling Henry, GirFord's Farm 
Locke Wm. and corn merchant, Thorn 
Ruffell Samuel, high constable 
Snell Joseph, Clock House 
Symonds Hannah, shopkeeper 
Wybrew George Ruling. Shimpling Hall 



SOMERTON, a small scattered village, 7 miles N.E. of Clare, and S 
miles N.N.W. of Sudbury, has in its parish 136 souls, and 1040 acres of 
land. J. G. W. Poley, Esq., is lord of the manor, which was formerly held 
by the Burghs and Blundells, but a great part of the soil belongs to Joseph 
-Eaton Hale, Esq., of Somerton Hall, (a commodious mansion, with pleasant 
grounds,) and Robert Bevan, Esq. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £'6. 16s. 
8d., and now at a£207, is in the patronage of the Dowager Marchioness of 
Downshire, a descendant of the Blundells. The Rev. James Ford is the 
incumbent. The glebe is 39a. 2b. Up., and the tithes were commuted in 
1839, for a yearly rent of £800. The Church (St. Margaret) is a small 
fabric, with a tower and four bells. The poor parishioners have a fifth of 
Foley's Charity. (See Boxted.) Post from Hnrtcst, via Bury. Direc- 
tory, Joseph Eaton Hale, Esq., Somerton Hall; Rev. James Ford, B.A., 
Rectory; Wm. Stiff, parish clerk, and Henry King and Edward Starkie, 
farmers. 



STANSTEAD, a village on a pleasant eminence, 6 miles N. by W. of 
, Sudbury, has in its parish 412 inhabitants, and J 162a. 1b. 9p. of land, 

2k 



770 STANSTEAD. (BABERGH HUNDRED.) 

"bounded on the east and west by two rivulets, from which it rises in fertile 
and well-wooded undulations. E. S. Bence, Esq., is lord of the manor, 
but a great part of the soil belongs to Rt. Mapletoft and J. G. W. Poley, 
Esquires, the Rev. H. B. Faulkner, and a few smaller owners. The 
Church (St. James) is a neat edifice, with a tower and six bells, and the 
benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £10, and now in the patronage and 
incumbency of the Rev. Samuel Sheen, M.A., who has "24a. of glebe, a com- 
modious residence, enlarged in 1843 ; and a yearly rent-charge of £277, 
awarded in 1839. The Poofs Land is in three pieces, comprising 4Ja., 
let for £o. 10s. a year, which is distributed among poor parishioners, to- 
gether with the following yearly doles, viz., <£9 from Poley' s Charity, (see 
Roxted;) 20s. from Cordefs Charity, (see Glemsford;) and os. left by 
Jerome Calfe in 1640, out of land called the Pightle. Post from Glemsford. 
via Sudbury, 



Adams Wm, joiner and wheelwright 
Alston Wm. corn miller 
Bird Richard, wood dealer 
Ellis Fdk. Wm. relieving offr. & regr. 
French Stephen, beerhouse 
Howard George, shoemaker 
Kilboum Wm. blacksmith 
Metcalf Robert, vict., White Hart 
Nunn Robert Charles, shopkeeper 
Pawsey Geo. shoemaker & parish clerk 



Sheen Rev Samuel, M.A., Factory 

Sparke Wm. shopkeeper 

Tvssen Capt. John, R.X., Spring Hall 

FARMERS. 
Alston Danl. and Thos., Stanstead Hall 
Bigg Charles | Bird John 

French Stephen | Hanchett Richard 
Xunn Robt. Chas. |j Sparke Wm. 
CARRIER.— Simon Kilburn, to Bury, 
Wed., and Sudbury, Sat. 



STOKE-by-Naylaxd is a pleasant and well-built village on a bold 
eminence north of the vale of the Stour, 2 miles N.E. by N. of Nay- 
land, and 6 miles S.S.TY of Hadleigh. Its parish is extensive, fer- 
tile, and picturesque, comprising 5277a. 2r. 21p. of land, and 1406 
inhabitants, and including a few handsome mansions, many scat- 
tered farm houses, most of Leaven Heath, now enclosed and extend- 
ing from 2 to 4 miles west; and the hamlet of Thorrlngton Street, 
from 1 to 2 miles S.E. of the village. The navigable Stour bounds 
it on the south, and the Brett on the east, and it is intersected by- 
two rivulets. It is in the manors of Gilford's Hall and Tendring 
Hall, now belonging — the former to P. P. Mannock, Esq., and the 
latter to Sir J. B. Bowley ; hut part of the soil belongs to several 
smaller proprietors, the largest of whom is Mrs. Hoy, of Stoke 
Priory, a handsome mansion, 1 mile W. of the church, erected in 
1829, and so called from a monastery which existed here before the 
Conquest, though but little is known of it afterwards. Two small 
fairs are held here yearly, viz., one for toys, &c, on May 29th, and 
one for cattle, on the first Wednesday after Old May Day. Gif- 
ford's Hall, 2 miles E. of Stoke, and 4 miles N.E. of Nayland, has 
belonged to the Mannock family since the time of Henry IV., pre- 
vious to which it was the seat of the Giffords. It is now occupied 
by Captain Gresley. It was rebuilt in the reigns of Henry YII. 
and YITI., and is a spacious mansion in the Tudor style, surround- 
ing a quadrangular court, with a tower gateway entrance. The 
whole is of brick, the mouldings of the windows, doors, and other 
ornaments, being of the same material. Opposite the entrance are 
some ivy-mantled remains, of an old Catholic Chapel, and at the dis- 
tance of a quarter of a mile is a new one, built in 1827. In the 



STOKE-BY-NAYLAND. 77 1 

hall are several fine apartments, containing some good paintings, 
and rich carved work. The grounds descend eastward to the vale 
of the Brett. Sir Erancis Mannock was created a baronet in 1627, 
but the title is now extinct. Tendring Hall, a large and hand- 
some mansion, on a commanding eminence in an extensive and 
well-wooded park, descending southward nearly to the banks of the 
Stour, H mile W.N.W. of Nayland, is the seat of Bear- Admiral 
Sir Joshua BicJcetts Rowley, Bart., who has much improved the 
hall and park, and formed a handsome lake of three acres. The 
estate anciently belonged to the Tendring family, one of whom had 
a grant for a market and fair at Stoke in the 31st of Edward I. 
About 1421, Alice, the daughter and heiress of Sir Win. Tendring, 
carried the estate in marriage to Sir John Howard, Kt , the imme- 
diate ancestor of the Dukes of Norfolk. From the Howards it passed 
to the Lords Windsor, and from them to the Williams. The latter 
sold the estate to Admiral Sir Wm. Boidey, Knt., one of the lords 
of the Admiralty, whose son Joshua gave many proofs of courage 
in the naval service, and was created a baronet in 1786. His son, 
the present worthy baronet, succeeded to the title and estate in 
1832, and became rear-admiral of the red in 1853. His brother, 
Capt. Eobt. Chas. Eowley, is the heir presumptive. Stoke Church 
(St. Mary) is a noble structure, with a majestic tower, contaiuing 
six bells, and rising to the height of 100 feet. The latter may be 
seen as far off as Harwich, a distance of twenty miles, and the high 
grounds near the village command a prospect of that harbour. The 
nave and chancel are divided from the side aisles by two rows of 
lofty pillars, from which spring finely proportioned arches. Here 
are several handsome monuments and brasses, belonging to the 
Mannock, Eowley, and other families. One bears a recumbent 
effigy of Anna, Baroness of Windsor, and another is in memory of 
the first wife of John Howard, Duke of Norfolk, who fell in "the 
battle of Bosworth, fighting for Eichard III. The benefice, a vicar- 
age, valued in K.B. at £ld. 0s. 10d., and in 1835 at £278, is in 
the patronage of Sir J. E. Eowley, Bart, and incumbency of the 
Eev. C. M. Torlesse, M.A. P. P. Mannock, Esq., is impropriator 
of the rectorial tithes of Stoke and Nayland, and the latter place is 
sometimes called a chapelry to the former. On Leaven Heath, near 
the site of an old burial ground, formerly used by the Society of 
Friends, a neat Chapel of Ease was erected about 15 years ago by 
subscription, for the accommodation of the western parts of the 
parish of Stoke. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with 
the dividends of £1613 three and a half per cent, stock, purchased 
by subscription. It is in the patronage of the Vicar of Stoke, and 
incumbency of the Eev. H. T. Curry, who has a neat house adjoin- 
ing it. The Eevs. Henry Thrower and Matthias Lane are priests of 
the Boman Catholic Chapel, near Gifford's Hall. Sir Wm. Capel, 
draper,. and Lord Mayor of London in 1503, was a native of Stoke, 
and ancestor of the present Earl of Essex. It is said that after a 
splendid entertainment given by him to Henry VII., he concluded 
the whole with a fire, in which he threw a number of bonds, give*ri 

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772 



STOKE-BY-NAYLAND. 



by that king for money borrowed of him. On another c scaskm . to 
shew his affection for the same monarch, he dissolved a j: . 
cost some hundreds of pounds, and drank it :: the Ki ith,in 

a glass of wine. Notwithstanding his loyalty, he was unmercifully 
fleeced by the avaricious Henry, but contrived Go t eUie t u his 
by industry and Bommeree, bo thai fa wealthy, in age and 

honour. One of his descendants w is sreate 1 ~ ari oi Essr:: in 
In the 15th of James I.. Lady Ann Windsor founded 
here for four poor women of Stoke, and endowed it with a yearly 
Tent-charge of £S out of the manor of Hicham. The hospital is re- 
paired at the expense of the parish. live small tenements, near 
the churchyard, were given by Thoma* P in 1675, for the 

residence of poor parishioners, who are placed therein by the minis- 
ter and churchwardens. The P mpriac 12a. : op. in 
three closes, let for about £1 Hit one acre enclosed within 
the park of Sir J. R. Rowley, who pays for it a yeah;.- rent :: 21s. 
The rents are distributed in coals to the poor. There are National 
jSchools in the village, at Leaven Heath, u 1 in Thorrington street 
Stoke and Melford Benefit Society is already noticed at page 7 .. 



STOKE-BY-NAYLAND. 
Those marked * are at Leaven Heath, 
and f in Thorrington i 
Post Office at Mrs. Mary Martin's 
Xetters via Colchester. 
Rowley Rear- Admiral Sir Josh 

Bart., Tkxdkekg Hatx. 
Reer Charles, carpenter and joiner 
Elunden Thomas, carpenter 
Boggis Geo. saddle and harness maker 
Routtell Isaac, poulterer and shopkpr. 
Buckenham Wm. day and boarding 

school, Hill House, (estab. in I8C 
^Button David Thos. painter, plumber. 

glazier, and animal. See., preserver 
Carter Chas. painter, plumber. Sec- 
Cautley Miss Catherine Maria 
*Cocksedge Chas. boot and shoemaker 
Cook -John, grocer, ore. ; h Hadleigh 
Crooks John, beerhouse and shopkpr. 
*Curry Rev Henry Thomas, M.A.. in- 
cumbent of Leaven Heaih 
T)ickens Captain Samuel Francis. R.N. 
^Eppleford Edward, beerhouse 
Forbes Major-General Thos. John, R. A. 
•Goldsmith Isaac Jackson, tailor, d:r: er, 

and grocer 
-Green Abishai, builder 
Green Henry, baker and flour dealei 
Gresley Captain Francis, Gijrord's Hall 
-Grimwade Pilbrow, corn miller 
Hardy Daniel, thatcher and beerhouse 
Hoy Mrs Martha, Stoke Priory 
Huff John. viet. Crown Inn 
Xing James, wheelwright and smith 
ILamb John, miller and land agent 



Lane Rev. 1 

L -:. . ;;:- My \ \ :\i My. A. 

Mann Daniel iriah :".erk 
Manr. : ;k Patrick Povei Esq 
Sfferb 31 is md Mrs Ni 
Morthnei ' ' : ~_ i ■ epen 

Mortimer Mary Ann, beerh : a - 1 

I rtunerWn shoemaker 
Mulley Bedbei 3hopkeepez 
Peacock Samuel, tailor and 
Pittock Wm. bWkBmitli and viet. Angel 
Pittock Ann, toy dealer 
t Rouse Edwi _ vbeetwrigfal ft smifia 
i-Scowen Ann wiet Rose 

i w Bridget, schoolmistress 
S::~e VTm. bu::-"-er 
Thrower Rev Henry JaOufUt 
TorlessT Rev Chas. M.. M.A .. F 
*Wasa *^"m. corn millei 
*Watte Jonathan, beerhouse 
Wilson John, tailor 



FARMERS. 

Benham James 
C ill »rne C baxlea 
+Cook Ev„ Nether 

Hall 
"Crooks Fliomas 
Cuddon Jas. John, 

Scotlm 1 Hall 
♦Dyer Daniel 
Evefard James 
Frost Wra. 
•'jardner J ■ 
Han is Win. 
Holton Edward 
Huff John 



"Jell* ^Tm. Leaven 

:-: b 

Dfudd VTm. 
Munning ?usan, 

8 :::'... I " . " U * 
J-Parson Edward 

Simpson, Ti i • 
:'■: : He. '. '. 
*$::>•*- Joshua 
Woodgate Robert 

CARRIER. 
John Cousins, to 

C:lcbc5ier.Tue. 

and Fii 



BABERGH HUNDRED. 



773 



WALDINGEIELD (GREAT is a Tillage and parish, 3 miles 

NJE. of Sudbury, containing 659 souls, 2423a. 2b. 2p. of fertile land, 
and several scattered houses, one of which is Bdbargh Place, once a 
seat of the Dawsons, hut now occupied by a farmer. It is in two 
manors, called Brandeston Hall and Moreves. Wm. Mills, Esq., is 
lord of the former, and J. M. Bodwell. Esq.. is lord of the latter, and 
has a pleasant seat here, called Bdbargh Rail, formerly the seat of 
the Keddingtons. Part of the parish belongs to the Graham, Strutt,. 
Hoy, Syer, Bacon, and a few other families. The Gkarek St Law- 
rence) is a handsome structure, in the perpendicular style, with a 
tower and six bells. It was thoroughly repaired, beautified, and re* 
pewecl, from 1826 to 1829, when 121 additional sittings were ob- 
win clow is rich ly c. e : : r a 1 2 3 with stain ed gjasa 
Among the monuments are several belonging to the Keddingtons, 
formerly lords of the manors, which had anciently been held by the 
Corbonwell and Bouchier families. The rectory, valued in KJB. at 
£21. 6s. 8d., and in 1 S 3 5 at £589, is in the gift :: dare Hall, Cam- 
bridge, and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Kirby, M.A . who has a 
good residence, and 23a. 1b. 10?. of glebe. The tithes have been 
commuted foi a. yearly rent charge ::^ 1 : and the rector has also 
£BQ a year from the tithes of Chilton He estat Wished a National 
School here in 1842, for which a new building was erected in 1852, 
at the cost of about £500. Fosx from Sudbury. 

Avis Robert, "boot and shoemaker 

Bnumi] carpenter 

Kirbj Erv Heniy, 11.-- . 7.. i 

Lee Thos.. j :i ■_:;-: . and Wm . wheelwgt 

Mills Mi Edw Hart Fanny, school 

Poole Char] ra miller 

Poole Josh ~trr 

Bodwell John Medows, Esq., Bdbergh 

?: 

Spark John, wheelwright 



BEERHOUSES. 

Andrews Samuel 

Bowers Hei 
Majhew John 
Upson James 



BIACKSMTTHS. 

> C _:. = .. par, 

slerk 
Halls Edward 



FABME3 3. 

J (* are 0: 
j Andrews E enj 
.-_; res Benjamin 

r l BOD A] . _ 

Br:: ?'. 
* Brand Joh:: Sf ir- 
row, Bowl 

Emmei f ;■_; Wm. 

Ja jnes C aptain 
Green The a 
Hills Jno. Moreves 
Hills Th 

Bdberqh place 
Hills ^ illiam 



Parson Geo.±ritL, 

m u . m " 

I earmain TTin., 
Brandeston Hall 
Pears n William- 
Schofield Tames 
Sergeant YTm. 
*Strutt Robert; 

I ley's 
Yince Sns., Hi . 

SHOPKEEPZ7.S. 

Andrew? Sam 
Banfoek Wm. 

Eowers Henry 
u&t Wm,_ 



WALDIXGFIELD LITTLE . 4}~milesNJE. ofSudbmy, is a 

Tillage and parish, containing 404 souls, and 1574 acres of land, all 
freehold, and mostly a clayey loam. Mr. Geo. F. Parson is lord of 
the manor, but the soil belongs mostly to Mrs. Wilkinson, C. Han- 
tmry, S. W. Sandford, S. Bouttell. D.K. Hodgson, and a few smaller 
owners. Mrs. Wilkinson is impropriator of the rectory, and 
patroness of the Vicarage, which is valued in K.B. at i'4. 18s. lHd., 
and is now in the incumbency of the Bev. Isaac Banks Robinson, 
of Long Melford. In 1839, the great tithes were commuted for 
£217. 13s.. and the small tithes for £ 146. 2s. per annum. The 
Church St. Lawrence is a neat fabric, with a tower and rive bells. 
HoTbrool: Hall, a neat mansion, in a park of 43 acres, is occupied 
by J. B. TYhithair, Esq., and was formerly a seat of the Hanmers. 



774 



LITTLE WALDINGFIELD. 



The Wesleyans have a chapel here. The poor have about 12 acres 
of land, left by John Wincoll, in 15'80, and now let for £24 a year, 
which is distributed in January, together with <£9, as the rent of a 
tenement, barn, and eight acres of land at Washbrook. taken in ex- 
change for land at Chelswortb, which had been purchased with <£100 
left to the poor by Joshua Dove, in 1728. Mary Williamson, in 1697. 
left <£100 for apprenticing poor boys of this parish, and it was laid 
out in the purchase of 9a. 2r, 9p. of land at Felsharn, now let for £20 
a year. In 1608, Isaac Appleton left four tenements, adjoining the 
churchyard, for the residence of poor parishioners. Here are four 
acres of land, given by an unknown donor, for a man to ring the 
great bell on Monday evenings during winter. Post from Sudbury. 

Everett Robert, wheelwright "VYhithair James Raymond, Esq., Hoi- 

Faiers John and Day Corals., beerhses 

Foreman James, police officer 

Groom John, parish clerk 

Gunn K., tsilor || Rest Dd., gardener 

Mills Thos. and Chas., shoemkrs. and 

victs. Swan 
Mills Anne Frances, schoolmistress 
Poole Eosa, shopkeeper 
Roper Eanson, cattle dealer 
Smith Henry, blacksmith 



"Width air James Eaymond, Esq., 
brook Hall 

FARMERS. | Borley Eobt. 
Bouttell Samuel, and maltster 
Brand Anna, Nether Hall 
Clark William || Hills Thomas 
Hodgson Dudley Eose, Wood Hall 
Sandford Sheppard William 
Spraggon Sarah, Slough Hall 
Wade Henry Eoe 



WISTON, sometimes called Wissington, a parish of scattered 
houses, on the north bank of the navigable river Stour, H mile W. 
of Nayland, contains 256 souls, and 1485 acres of land, belonging to 
Mrs. Beachcroft (lady of the manor,) Sir J. E. Bowley, Bart , and a 
few smaller owners. The Church (St. Mary) is an ancient structure 
of Norman architecture, with a small tower containiug three bells. 
The organ and a new gallery were erected about 15 years ago. 
Three of the windows have been enriched with stained glass. The 
Clunaic monks of Thetford had the advowson and appropriation, by 
gift of Eobert, son of Godbold, but they gave them to their cell at 
Horkesley, in Essex. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at <£4. 19s. 4Jd., 
is endowed with the rectorial tithes, and is in the patronage of the 
Crown, and incumbency of the Ee v. Charles Edward Birch, M.A., 
who has a good residence, and a yearly rent charge of £440, awarded 
in 1839, in lieu of tithes. 



Birch Rev Chas. Edw., M.A., Vicarage 
Stannard Wm., corn miller and mert 
Ward James, parish clerk 

Post from Nayland, via Colchester 



FARMERS. H Hawes J. F., Grange 
Holton Geo. (owner,) Wiston Grove 
Keningale Benj., Wiston Hall 
Roberts John, Brook House 



BOROUGH OP SUDBURY. 

Sudbuky is an ancient borough, and well-built market town, plea- 
santly situated on the east bank of the navigable river Stour, which, 
separates it from Essex, and sweeps in a semicircular reach, round 



BOROUGH OF SUDBURY, 775 



:he western skirts of the town, and is crossed by a good bridge. It 
is the capital of the Archdeaconry, Deanery, and Union, to which it 
gives name, and is distant 56 miles N.E. of London, 17 miles S. of 
Bury St. Edmund's, 22 miles W. by S. of Ipswich, 10-^ miles W. of 
Hadleigh, and 7 miles E.S.E. of Clare. It has a Railway Station 
(opened in 1849,) at the terminus of the Stour Valley line, which 
joins the Eastern Counties Eailway at Marks Tey, about 11 miles 
S. by E. of the town. Its population amounted, in 1801, to 3283, 
in 1811 to 3471, in 1821 to 3950, in 1831 to 4677, in 1841 to 5085, 
and in 1851 to 5225 souls, exclusive of B ailing don-cum~Brundon, 
which swells the total population of the borough to 6043 souls. 
The three Sudbury parishes of All Saints, St. Gregory, and St. Peter, 
comprise about 1100 acres of land, and were incorporated for the 
maintenance of their poor, as one township, by an act of Queen 
Anne, under the management of a number of " governors and guar- 
dians" constituted a body corporate, of which the mayor and aider- 
men are members ; but Sudbury now forms one of the members of 
a large Union under the new poor law, as noticed at page 737. Be- 
sides the three united parishes, the old borough comprises an extra 
parochial house and 183 acres of land, on the north side of the town, 
called St. Bartholomew, being the site of a priory, and now the pro- 
perty of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The Wyndham, 
Jones, Stedman,King, and other families have estates in the borough, 
and the Corporation have about 53 acres. By the Parliamentary 
and Municipal Reform Acts of 1832 and 1835, the Borough of Sud- 
bury has been extended to the township and chapelry of Balling- 
don-cum-Brundon, which lies on the opposite side of the Stour, in 
Hinckford Hundred, Essex, and comprises 366 acres, and 818 in- 
habitants. Sudbury gives the title of baron to the Duke of Grafton, 
by creation in 1675. (Tide page 717.) It first sent two members 
to parliament in 1559, and its government, previous to 1835, was 
vested in a mayor, recorder, six aldermen, a bailiff, town clerk, 24 
common councilmen, and two serjeants-at-mace. Under the new 
municipal act, the borough is included in schedule A. amongst 
boroughs, to have a commission of the peace and a court of quarter 
sessions ; and in section I. of that schedule, amongst those the par- 
liamentary boundaries of which are to be taken until altered by par- 
liament Under the same act, the Town Council now consists of a 
mayor, four aldermen, and twelve councillors. It is not divided 
into wards The income of the corporation in 1853, arising from 
borough rates, tolls, rents, &c, was about .£500, exclusive of about 
.£120 derived yearly from the Borough Commons, and applied in im- 
proving the town, and in payments to the poor and paving rates, 
&c. Prior to the passing of the Reform Act of 1832, the elective 
franchise was enjoyed only by the freemen, of whom there were up- 
wards of 700. The number of voters registered in 1841 was 603,. 
consisting of 133 occupiers of houses of the yearly value of £10 or 
upwards, and 470 freemen. In consequence of corrupt practices at 
the general election in 1841, the two members then elected were 
unseated, and, after several long enquiries in parliament, the 
borough was disfranchised by an act passed in 1844, so that Sud- 



776 BOROUGH OF SUDBURY. 

bury is now only a municipal borough, with about 700 voters. The- 
Town Hall and Borough Gaol form a neat and commodious range of 
buildings, on Market hill, erected in 1828. In the former, the- 
quarter and petty sessions, assemblies, and public meetings, are 
field. The Gaol is small, having only accommodation for about 20 
prisoners. The old Town Hall was taken down in 1843. 

The Borough Magistrates are the Mayor, theex-Mavor, andW, 
E. Bevan, J. Sikes, W. B. Smith, T. Meeking, E. A. Allen, G. W. 
Pulcher, and A. J. Skrimshire, Esqrs. 

The TOWN COUNCIL and Officers are— W. R. Bevan, Esq., Mayor; 
James Manning, Esq., Recorder ; G. W.Andrews, Thos. Jones, G. W. 
Eulcher, and W. R. Bevan, Esqrs., Aldermen; Messrs. John James, Jas^ 
M. Parsson, John Bridgman, John Brand, James Hasell, A. J. Skrimshire,, 
Chas. Anderton, Saml. Brown, J. W. Welham, Richard Weston, and Saml. 
Higgs, Councillors; Edm. Stedman, Esq., town and magistrates' clerk ,- 
Wm. Dowman, Esq., clerk of the peace and coroner ; P. R. Cross, police in- 
spector and gaoler ; Wm. Strutt, town crier ; Stephen Scott, bailiff and chief 
constable; S. Scott and G. Herbert, town sergeants; and S. Sheldrake,. 
ranger of the commons and conservator of the river. In 1836, fifteen 
Charity Trustees were appointed under the powers of the Municipal 
Reform Act, to manage the numerous charities formerly vested with the^ 
Corporation. Mr. J. F. S. Gooday is clerk to these trustees. 

Sudbury Union is already described at page 737. Its 44 parishes and 
those of Cockfield, Lavenham, and Preston, form Sudbury County Courit 
District. The Court is held monthly, at the Town Hall. Wm. Gurdon, 
Esq., is the judge; Richard Almack, Esq., of Long Melford, chief clerk ,- 
Mr. G. W. Andrews, of Sudbury, assistant clerk ; and Mr. Wm. Neck, high 
bailiff 

Sudbury was incorporated at an early period, and was anciently denomi- 
nated South-burgh, in contradistinction to Norwich, then called North-burgh. 
It was one of the first places at which Edward III. settled the Flemings,, 
whom he invited to this country, to instruct his subjects to manufacture- 
their own wool. Various branches of the woollen manufacture continued 
to flourish here for some centuries, and afforded subsistence to a great 
number of the inhabitants, but they declined many years ago, except that 
of bunting, for ships' flags, of which here are still three manufacturers. 
Here are also nine establishments employing a considerable number of* 
hands in the manufacture of silk, velvet, satin, &c. This trade was intro- 
duced here in the early part of the present century, by the London mercers, 
on account of the dearness of labour in Spitalfields. There are about 70O 
silk looms in the town and neighbourhood. Here are also three hairseating 
manufacturers. The Stour was made navigable to Sudbury in 1706, by a 
"body of commissioners, who levy tolls for the support and improvement of 
the navigation. Here is a commodious quay, where a number of barges. 
are employed in the transit of com, malt, coals, &c, but much of this^ 
traffic is now transferred to the railway. The Town has two highly respec- 
table banking houses, several corn mills, and malt kilns. It is neat, clean,, 
and well built, and is lighted, paved, cleansed, and improved under the 
powers of an Act of Parliament, passed in 1825, and amended by another 
Act, passed in 1842. There are 24 Commissioners of this act, and they ex- 
pend about £1000 yearly in lighting and improving the town. The Gas Work* 
•were erected in 1836, at the cost of £5000, raised in £20 shares. They are? 
let to a lessee, who charges 8s. 4d. per 1000 cubic feet to small consumers. 
The Market, formerly held on Saturday, is now held on Thursday, and is. 



BOROUGH OF SUDBURY. 77? 

an extensive mart for corn, sold by sample. The Corn Exchange, on the 
Market hill, is an elegant and convenient building, which was erected in 
1840-], at the cost of more than £2000. It has only 50 com stands; but 
the building is often let for various public uses. Here are two annual 
fairs on March 12th and July 10th. 

The Three PARISH CHURCHES of Sudbury are spacious and 
handsome fabrics, which have been much improved during the present 
century. All Saints' Chukch has a tower and six bells. It is mostly in 
the perpendicular style, and rich in fine oak carvings, especially the screens* 
The benefice is a vicarage, with that of Ballingdon-cum-Brundon annexed 
to it, valued in K.B. at £4. lis. 5§., and now at £140. It was augmented 
with £400 of Queen Anne's Bounty in 1775 and 1810, and with a Parlia- 
mentary Grant of £1200 in 1813. Simeon's Trustees are patrons, and the 
Rev. Charles Badham, M.A., is the incumbent, and has a good residence, a 
small glebe, and an annuity of £13. 6s. 8d. out of the great tithes of 
Ballingdon-cum-Brundon, in consideration of which the inhabitants of that 
churchless township have the use of All Saints Church. The tithes of that 
township and All Saints parish were commuted in 1845 — the vicarial for 
£35. 4s. 3d., and the rectorial for £156. 9s. 3d. W. H. Wyndham, Esq., is 
impropriator of the latter. All Saints parish had 1251 souls in 1851. The- 
Rev. John Charles Coleman, B.A., of Gestingthorpe, Essex, is the curate, 
St. Gregory's Church has a tower and eight bells, and is a fine, antique 
structure, containing about 1000 sittings. If restored to its pristine state 
it would be one of the handsomest churches in the neighbourhood. In its- 
vestry is the skull of Archbishop Theobald, as afterwards noticed. Siv 
Peter's Church has a tower and six bells, and is a large and lofty fabric,, 
with about 1200 sittings. In 1853-4, it was repaired and beautified, at the 
cost of about £1000. The east window is about to be filled with stained 
glass, at the expense of the patron. The altar-table is covered with rich 
embroidered velvet. The united perpetual curacies of St. Gregory and St. 
Peter are valued at £160; in the patronage of the Rev. Henry Maclean, 
and in the incumbency of the Rev. John Henly, B.A. In 1851, St. 
Gregory's parish had 2030 inhabitants, and St. Peter's, 1941. Here are 
two Independent Chapels, one built in 1839, and the other erected in 1822, 
in lieu of the old Presbyterian Meeting-house, which was built about 1710, 
by a congregation formed in 1662. The latter has an endowment for the 
minister and the support of a school. Here is also an old Friends' Meet- 
ing-house, and a Baptist Chapel, erected in 1834. 

Sepulchre street is supposed to have had its name from a church or 
chapel dedicated to the Holy Sepulchre, which is supposed to have stood 
near the foot of Market hill, where human skeletons have often been found 
when excavating for cellars, &c. A large new Burial Ground is about to 
be provided for the Borough by the Burial Board, under the provisions of 
the Burial Acts. After its completion, the burial grounds at the churches 
and chapels will be closed, as places of sepulture, except the Quakers' 
burial ground. 

Simon de Sudbury, who was Archbishop of Canterbury in 1375, was a 
native of this town, and was beheaded by the populace in Wat Tyler's 
insurrection. His family name was Theobald. He built one end of St, 
Gregory's Church, and on the spot where his father's house stood, he 
founded and endowed a College for six secular priests, dedicated to St. 
Gregory, and valued at the dissolution at £122 per annum. The site of 
this college is now occupied by the Workhouse, but the College Gate is still 
in good preservation. In the vestry of St. Gregory's Church is the skull 

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778 BOROUGH OF SUDBURY. 

of Archbishop Sudbury, with the shrivelled ears still upon it. His head- 
less body lies in Canterbury Cathedral, under a sumptuous monument. 
The same prelate, in conjunction with John de Chertsey, is said by Leland 
to have founded an Augustine Priory here, but Weever ascribes it to Bald- 
win de Shimpling and Mabel, his wife, who were both interred in the priory 
church. This priory was valued, at the dissolution, at £'•222. 18s. 3d. per 
annum. It was pulled down in 1821, by Sir James Marriot, who removed 
the best part of the materials to Twinstead. In the reign of King John, 
Amicia, Countess of Clare, founded an Hospital here, dedicated to Christ 
and the Virgin Mary; and here was & Lepers Hospital, dedicated to St. 
Leonard. A chapel, dedicated to St. Bartholomew, was built near the 
former hospital, by Wulfric, master of the mint to King Henry II., and 
given to the abbot and convent of Westminster, who founded near it a 
subordinate priory of Benedictine monks. This priory was pulled down 
in 1779, and its site belongs to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. 
Thomas Gainsborough, one of the most eminent English painters of the 
18th century, was born here in 1727, and at a very early age manifested a 
propensity for the art in which he was destined so highly to excel. He 
fixed his residence in London in 1774, after residing some years in Ipswich 
and Bath, and was soon afterwards patronised by George III., of whom, as 
well as of many other members of the royal family, he painted excellent 
portraits. He died in 1788, and was buried at Kew. His brother, a dis- 
senting minister at Henley-upon-Thames, possessed as strong a genius for 
mechanics as he had for painting, and one of his sun dials, of ingenious 
contrivance, is now in the British Museum. Wm. Enfield, LL.D., an 
eminent Unitarian minister, was born at Sudbury in 1741. He was for 
some years tutor and lecturer at Warrington Academy, and compiled many 
useful books, one of which is the " Speaker," composed of pieces for reci- 
tation, from the best English authors. He published in quarto, " Insti- 
tutes of Natural Philosophy" and undertook the arduous task of abridging 
Buckler's History of Philosophy, which appeared in 1791, in two volumes 
quarto. He died in 1797, at Norwich, where he had been twelve years 
minister of the Octagon chapel in that city. The numerous list of sub- 
scribers to his posthumous Sermons, in 3 vols. 8vo., attest the general 
estimation in which his writings were held. Sudbury has a Dispensary. 
and other institutions, supported by subscription; several school endow- 
ments, and many Charitable Bequests, for the relief of the poor. 

Grammar School. — In 1492, Wm. Wood, master or warden of the Col- 
lege of Sudbury, bequeathed a messuage and croft, and the enclosures 
adjacent, in the lane leading from the house of the Friars Preachers to the 
Church of St. Gregory, to sixteen feoffees, in trust that the warden of the 
said college, and his successors, should hire and place in the said messuage 
a good and honest man to teach grammar, and daily teach boys and others 
resorting to him for instruction. On the dissolution of the religious houses, 
the possessions of Sudbury College became vested in the Crown; and 
Henry VIII., by letters patent, in the 36th year of his reign, in considera- 
tion of <£1280, granted to Sir Thos. Paston, KL, and his heirs and assigns, 
the house and possessions of the said college, and the rectories of St. 
Gregory and St. Peter. The school property derived under Wm. Wood's 
will, consists of a dwelling-house, school, garden, and Ihx. of pasture 
ground. In addition to this property, the late Kev. W. Finley, who died in 
1817, and his predecessors, the masters of the school as far as can be 
traced, received the rents of a farm of 95 acres, at Maplestead, in Essex, 
now worth ^£100 a year; but some doubt as to the actual right of the mas- 
ters of the school to this farm, has been raised since that period, in conse- 



BOROUGH OF SUDBURY. 77£ 

quence of there being no means of discovering bow such right originated; 
and also because the farm is not specifically described in the conveyance 
deeds of the rectory, &c, as part of the school property, though it is enu- 
merated in the parcels of property, &c, immediately after that clause which 
gives the right of appointing the master of the free school to the lay rector. 
Sir Lachlan Maclean, M.D., the late lay rector, and consequently patron of 
the school, did not appoint a master to the school after the death of Mr. 
Finley, in 1817, but retained as his own property the rent of the farm at 
Maplestead, except about i>700, which he expended in rebuilding the 
school house, which he let for some years to a schoolmaster, at a low rent, 
in consideration of his teaching six free scholars. But during the last 20 
years the school has been suspended. The Charity Commissioners, after 
enquiring into the state of this school, in 1838, recommended the aid and 
directions of a Court of Equity for establishing or determining its right to 
the farm at Maplestead, which is still the subject of a suit in Chancery. 
The Rev. Henry Maclean, son of the late Sir Lachlan Maclean, is now 
patron of this dormant school, and is the present defendant of the long- 
pending Chancery suit of " The Attorney -General versus Maclean" which 
was commenced in 1830, and may perhaps slumber in Court for another 
quarter of a century before it is concluded and the school re-established. 

National Schools, &c. — In 1794, Susan Girling devised to five trustees 
her messuages, lands, and hereditaments, in Hitcham and Wattisham, and 
her share in a real estate at Preston, on trust, to apply the rents and pro- 
fits in teaching and instructing poor children of Sudbury. The property 
described as being at Hitcham and Wattisham consist of a house, barn, 
and 10a. 3r. 39p. of land, in the parishes of Hitcham and Brettenham, and 
is now worth about £20 a year. The real estate at Preston was given up 
for land at Pentlow, in Essex, let for £7 a year. In 1747, a subscription 
was entered into for building a school, and extending Mrs. Girling's 
charity; and the money raised was laid out in the purchase of premises in 
North street, which are vested in trust with the perpetual curate of St. 
Peter's ; as to part thereof, for the use of a master and mistress, to be ap- 
pointed by Girling's trustees, for teaching poor boys and girls; and the 
other part to be let, and the rents applied for placing out two or three boys, 
from the school, apprentice to trades in any place except Sudbury. The 
premises have been partly rebuilt, and comprise a house for the master, 
and a large schoolroom and garden; a house for the mistress, and a school 
room for girls ; and three tenements, with a quarter of an acre of land, let 
for <£13 a year. In 1775, the Rev. Wm. Male ham left £60 to these schools, 
and it was laid out in the purchase of £Q0. Is. 2d. three per cent, consols. 
These are the National Schools for the parishes of St. Peter and St. 
Gregory, and were established in 1822, and they are now attended by about 
80 boys, 70 girls, and 130 infants. The Church of England Schools, 
in All Saints parish, are under Government inspection, and are attended by 
about 260 children. They were erected in 1847, and cost, with the site and 
the teachers' house, about s£l000, raised by subscriptions and grants. The 
British Schools, in Mill lane, were built in 1846, and are attended by about 
100 boys, 80 girls, and 200 infants. In 1722, John Fenn left a house in 
All Saints, and two acres of land in Friar's Meadow, in trust, to apply £± 
10s. yearly in schooling poor children of Sudbury, and to pay the residue 
of the rents to the minister of the Presbyterian Chapel. In 1738, Thos. 
Gainsborough left a sufficient sum of money to be laid out for paying <£10 
a year to the Presbyterian or Independent minister of Sudbury; £2. 10s. 
a year for supporting the charity school there ; and 20s. a year for the 
trustees. An estate was purchased at Westley field, near Bury St. Edmund's, 



780 BOROUGH OF SUDBURY. 

for the benefit of the minister, subject to the two last named annuities. 
In 1719, John Littel conveyed to six trustees a house, stable, and garden,, 
in Sepulchre street, in trust, to apply the rents in scbooling three poor 
children of All Saints parish, and three of Ballingdon hamlet. The pre- 
mises are let for <£10 a year. In 1790, the Rev. Henry Grossman left the 
dividends of £300 three per cent, stock towards the support of three Sunday 
Schools, at Sudbury, Little Corn aid, and Little Bromley. In 1712, John 
Jessup left a yearly rent charge of 20s. out of the Bear public house, to be 
distributed one year in Bibles and Common Prayer Books, and the other 
year in the " Whole Duty of Man" among the poor of Sudbury attending 
the parish churches. 

St. Leonard's Hospital was founded by John Colneys, in the reign of 
Edward III.; and certain statutes were made for its regulation in 1372, by 
the Bishop of Norwich, with the consent of the founder. The estates of 
the hospital were vested in feoffees in the 24th of Henry VII., but no sub- 
sequent feoffment can be found. The hospital is situated near the town,- 
on the road to Long Melford, and contains only three small dilapidated 
dwellings, with a garden adjoining. The only endowment consists of nearly 
five acres of land, in two fields near the hospital. In 1822 there beingr 
only one person living in the hospital, and he being driven to apply for 
parochial relief, the governors and guardians of the poor of Sudbury pre- 
vailed on him and the tenant of the land to execute a deed of feoffment, 
conveying the hospital and land to them, and they have since let the hospital 
to poor persons, at low rents, which, with the rent of the land, they have- 
applied with the poor rates. 

In 1602, Piichaed Firman left 4a. of land at Windmill hill, to the mayor 
and aldermen, in trust, to divide the rents yearly as follows : one moiety 
among the poor of St. Peter's, and the other among the poor of All Saints 
and St. Gregory's parishes. The land is let for about £8 per annum. Inr 
1620, Martin Cole bequeathed out of Shemford Mills, in Henny, and two 
meadows in Lamarsh, in Essex, a yearly rent charge of £14l to certain 
trustees, upon trust, to pay JLIO for linen cloth, and £l for making it into- 
shirts and smocks, to be distributed, on the Monday after Ascension day;, 
among the poor of the three parishes of Sudbury; 6s. 8d. each to the minis- 
ters of St. Peter's and All Saints, for sermons ; 6s. 8d. for the town clerk ; 
and £'2 to be spent in a love-feast, by the two ministers and the corporation,, 
in remembrance of the testator. In 1668, Nathaniel King bequeathed to- 
the corporation the George Inn, in Sudbury, in trust, to pay yearly out of 
the rent thereof 50s., to be distributed in 6d. loaves to the poor men and 
women receiving shirts and shifts from Cole's charity; 2s. to be spent in 
wine at the love feast; and the remainder of the rent to be laid out in coats 
of grey cloth, to be distributed by the churchwardens and overseers of St. 
Peter's, among the poorest men of that parish. Thomas Carter, in 1706,, 
charged his houses and land at Pebmarsh, Gestingthorpe, and Little Maple- 
stead, in Essex, with the yearly payment of <£60, to provide 50 coats and 
50 cloaks for 50 poor men and 50 poor women of Sudbury, on St. Thomas's- 
day ; 10s. for a sermon at St. Gregory's church; and 20s. for a love-feast 
for the minister and trustees, on the day of distribution. In 1718 Roger- 
Scarlin charged his house and land, at Boxford, with the yearly sum of 
£\0, to be distributed in stockings and shoes among the poor people re- 
ceiving Carter's charity. In 1724, Susan Girling devised to five trustees- 
her tenements and gardens in Sudbury, and an acre of land in Friar's 
meadow, upon trust, to provide yearly 50 shirts and 50 shifts, of hempen: 
cloth, for the poor people partaking of Carter's charity; and to allow 10s. 
yearly for a dinner for the trustees on the day of distribution. The tene- 



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inents having fallen into decay, were let with the land in 1819, on a 31 
years' lease, to R. P. Wifts, at the yearly rent of £34, the lessee covenant- 
ing to spend £350 on the premises. About 26s. per annum is distributed 
in each of the three parishes of Sudbury, among the poor, from Cordefs- 
Charity. (See Glemsford.) In 1718, John Cradock bequeathed to the 
poor of the parishes of St. Gregory and St. Peter, the interest of £lOO r 
which, with some interest thereon, was laid out in the purchase of £200 
new four per cent, annuities. The dividends are distributed at Christmas, 
by the incumbent of St. Gregory's and other trustees. A yearly rent charge 
cf £7. 16s., left by an unknown donor, out of Outfield, near Boxford, is 
applied in a weekly distribution of Is. worth of bread in each of the three 
parishes. The following yearly rent charges are distributed in doles of 
bread by the Borough Charity Trustees, on Ascension day; viz., 16s., left 
by IVm. Alston, in 1564, out of a house adjoining the Rose and Crown ^ 
30s. left by Robert Paternoster, in 1591, out of a farm at Pentlow; 20s., 
left by Henry Filgrome, in 1592. out of the site of a house adjoining the 
White Horse; and 20s., left by Thos. Jcrvis, in 1631, out of a timber yard. 
At the same time, 6s. 8d. in money is distributed in each parish from ar±- 
annuity of 20s. charged by an unknown donor on five houses in St. Peter's 
parish. 

Among the provident institutions of Sudbury are several Friendly So- 
cieties, a Lodge of Odd Fellows, a Building Society, a Clothing Club, and a 
Savings' Bank. The latter was established in 1822, and had deposits 
amounting, in 1S53, to £26,914, belonging to 776 individuals, 36 charitable 
societies, and 20 friendly societies. X. C. Barnardiston, Esq., is president 
of Sudbury Agricultural Association, established in 1848. There is a Pa- 
rochial Library, at All Saints church, and a News Boom at the Town HalL 
There is a Literary Institution and a valuable Museum, in Friar street, 
the former established in 1834, and the latter in 1841. The institution has 
about 150 members, a library of about 1500 volumes, and a reading room. 
The Rev. C. Badham is the president. 

BALLINGDON cum BBUNDON township and ehapelry, is in Essex, 
but forms a western suburb of Sudbury, and was added to that borough 
by the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1835. It contains 81S souls, and only 
about 366 acres of land. Its ancient church, which stood at Brandon,, 
about a mile from Ballingdon street, went to decay many years ago, and no 
traces of it are now extant. The inhabitants use All Saints Church, in 
Sudbury, and contribute towards its reparation, and the incumbent has a 
yearly stipend of £13. 6s. 8d. from the impropriators of the tithes. The 
township is in two manors, viz., Brundon and Ballingdon, and W. H. Wynd- 
hara, Esq., is lord of the former, and John Sperling, Esq., of the latter- 
They are also impropriators of the tithes. 



SUDBURY DIRECTORY. 

The Post Office is in Borehamgate. and Mr. Thomas Goldsmith is the 
postmaster. Letters are despatched by rails to Colchester, London, &c, at 8.50 
morning and 7.20 night ; and by mail cart to Bury St, Edmund's, &c, at 6§ in 
the morning, Honey Orders are granted and paid from 9 a.m. till 10 p.m. 



Adams Mr John W., Bank buildings 
Alston Thomas, poulterer, Church st 
Ambrose Wm ; professor of music, 

North street 
Argent Mrs Isabella, Sepulchre st 



Andrews Geo. "Win. solr. and asst. clerk 
of Countv Court, Friar street 

Badham Rev Chas. ; M.A. vicar of All 
Saints' and surrogate, Church st 

Barley John, horse dealer, Stour st 



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Barnett Mrs — , Sepulchre street 
Beales Henry, porter, Workhouse 
Bentley Rev Wm. (Bapt.) Bank bldgs 
BevanWm. Rt., Esq. banker, Mkt. hill 
Blunden Thomas, auctioneer; house 

Long Melford 
Bonny James, plasterer, Cross st 
Brand Mr John, Mill hill 
Brown Wm. organist, Post Office lane 
Bull George, clerk, Railway Station 
Canham Hy. Crabb, solr ; h Newton rd 
Clark Thomas, clerk, Boreham gate 
Clubb Ezra, church clerk, Garden row 
Cleare Jas. letter carrier, Birkett's In 
Coates Geo. omnibus propr. Cross st 
Coates Geo. jun. dyer's agent, Cross st 
Cockayne Hy. excise officer, Cross st 
Collins Saml. lath render, Cross st 
Crisell George, dogger, Church st 
Cross Peter Richards, boro' surveyor, 

gaoler, collector, &c. Friar street 
Dean John, supervisor, Friar st 
Devereux James, agent, Railway ter 
Dupont Alfd. carriers' agt. Bridge foot 
Ellison Wm. and Brother, straw plat 

manufacturers, Ballingdon 
Fenn Richard, court bailiff, Friar st 
Foot Henry, silk mfr ; h Friar st 
Fowke Mrs Sarah, Stour street 
Fox Thomas, brewer and brick maker, 

Ballingdon 
Fox Charles, brick maker ; h Laven- 

ham road 
Freeland Mrs My. Catherine, Friar st 
Fulcher Geo. Williams, Esq., Friar st 
Frost Mr Joseph, Ballingdon 
Garnham Mr Joseph, Stour street 
Gill Rev. John, (Indpt.) Friar st 
Ginn Thomas, gent. Market hill 
Godfrey Miss Ann, North street 
Goldsmith Misses, Market hill 
Gooday John Chrisp, gent. Croft 
Green, Hart, and Co. wool rug &■ cocoa 

matting and broom mfrs. North st 
Green Edward Coote ; h North st 
Grubb Miss Hannah, Friar street 
Grubb Jonathan, bank agent, Holgate 
Harvey Wm. and Mrs. master and ma- 
tron of Union Workhouse 
Hasell James, land surveyor, & agent 

to British Manure Co., Stour st 
Havers Charles, coal agent, Station 
Hawkins and Tydeman, timber & slate 
merchants, Boreham gate, and Col- 
chester ; T. Mills, agent 
Heard Mrs Susanna, Friar street 
Henly Rev John, M.A., incumbent of 
St Gregory and St Peter, and surro- 
gate, Stour street 
Herbert Golding, town sergeant 
Hill Mrs Wm., Sepulchre street 



Higgs Samuel, coal mert ; h North st 
Holman Miss Maria, Market hill 
Holman Mr John, Bank buildings 
Horrell Wm, clerk of All Saints', 

Church street 
Humphry Wm. Wood, Esq. barrister, 

and distributor of Stamps for Suffolk, 

Stour street 
Hurst Samuel, manager of Gas Works 
Ives Henry, collecter, Boreham gate 
King Geo. Henry, surgeon, Market hill 
King John, bank clerk, Holgate 
King Mrs Ann Rose, Croft Villas 
King Wm. Doubleday, bank agent, 

Friars green 
Lillie Wm. clerk, Plough lane 
Lockwood Miss Elizabeth, Chilton 
Manby George, horse dealer, Friar st 
Moore Rev David Christmas, curate of 

Borley, North street 
Mugridge Hy. clerk, Railway Station 
Nicholls Peter, wharfinger, &c. Quay ; 

h Friar street 
Nicholls Thos. silk manager, Cross st 
Owers Catherine, furrier, Railway ter 
Parsonson Wm. carver and gilder, 

Church street 
Pattle Hy. station master, Cornard end 
Pemberton Rev Edward, M.A. curate 

of St Gregory's, Market hill 
Pitcairne Wm. gent. Friar street 
Plumb Samuel, carter, Ballingdon 
Poole Miss Martha, Croft Villas 
Porter John, clerk, Ballingdon 
Pratt Henry, Sparrow, savings' bank 

clerk, Friar street 
Purr Jas. ironmonger ; h Acton green 
Pursell Samuel, coal agent, Station 
Quaife Edward, clerk, Ballingdon 
Ransom Robt. solicitor ; h Friar st 
Ransom Rt. jun. solr ; h Ballingdon 
Ray Chas. coal mert ; h Prospect Cotg 
Rogers Mrs Sarah, Friar street 
Rowe George, coal agent, &c. Quay 
Rudland Robert, relieving officer and 

registrar, Mill hill. (See p. 737) 
Sawyer Thos. schoolmaster, Cross st 
Sayer Mrs Hannah, Friar street 
Scott Stephen, chief constable, &c 
Scott Joseph, registrar of marriages, 

Cornard end. 
Scott Samuel, sexton, St Gregory's st 
Seagrave Jph. cork cutter, Church st 
Sheldrake Simon, ranger of commons 
Simpson John, missionary, North st 
Simpson Mrs Susan, Ballingdon 
Slater Jas. Natl, manager, Curds lane 
Smith James, silk manager, Friar st 
Smith Wm. Bestoe, Esq. surgeon, 

Friar street 
Smith Mrs Elizabeth, Friar st 



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Sowter Rev Ths. (Indpt.) Croft Villas 

Sparrow "Win. gent. Ballingdon 

Spooner Mr Henry, King street 

Springett John, umbrella maker, Bal- 
lingdon 

Squire Richard, auctioneer; h Friar st 

Stedman Edmund, solicitor, town clerk, 
union clerk, superintendent regis- 
trar, &c ; h Belle Vue 

Stedman Robert Frost, solicitor ; h 
Boreham gate 

Stubbing Miss Emma, Bank buildings 
ACADEMIES. 
(* take Boarders.) 

All Saints Schools, Benj. 
and Emma G-reenacre 

*Foster Misses, North st 

British Schools, Mill lane 
Thomas Sawyer, Jane 
Timrns,& Emily Bough 

*Hindes Mrs Eliza and 
Miss My., Sepulchre st 

Meinau,Wrn. Louis, Croft 

National Schools, Back In. 
W. Hodson, Sus, Ginn, 
and Harriet Yaller 

*Rogers (Jane) and God- 
dard (Lucy) Mkt. hill 

*Tate Geo. Jas., Stour st 
ATTORNEYS. 

Andrews and Canham, 
County Court Office, 
Friar street 

Dowman Wm. clerk of 
peace & coroner, Friar st 

Dowman W. jun. Friar st 

Gooday John Fras. Sikes, 
Market hill 

Foley Walter J. Weller, 
North street 

Ransom Robt. and Son, 
Friar street 

Stedman Edmund & Son, 
Boreham gt. (E. S. is 
town clerk. Sec.) 

Tiffen Hy., Bank bldgs 

Walsh Francis Eldridge. 
Stour street 
AUCTIONEERS. 

Blunden & Squire, Mar- 
ket hill & Long Melford 

CardinallGeo., Sephre. st 

Fitch & Batley, Sephre. st 

RolfeWm. Rowland, Mar- 
ket hill 
BAKERS & FLOUR ! 
DEALERS. 

Bell Abm., Ballingdon 

Berry Wm., Friar st 

Clark Geo., Gregory st 

Clark Thos., Boreham gt 



Coates Geo., Cross st 
Crosby John, Church st 
Goody Harriet, Cross st 
Goody Joseph, North st 
Goody Thos., North st 
Harrington Js., North st 
Hasell James, Ballingdon 
Joues Sml., Sepulchre st 
King Thos., Wiggen end 
Manistre Fdk., North st 
Marco Daniel, Acton grn 
Nunn Wm., Market hill 
Rashbrook Robt., Balgdn 
Sadler Wm., Friar st 
Strutt George, North st 
Wiseman J., School lane 

BANKERS. 

Alexanders & Co., Friar 

street, (on Barnetts, 

Hoares, & Co;) Jonth. 

Grubb andW. D. King, 

agents 

Oakes, Bevan, Moor, and 

Bevan, Market hill, (on 

Barclay, Bevan, & Co) 

Savings' Bank, Friar st. 

(open Tuesday 11 till 

1;) H.S.Pratt, actuarv 

BASKET, &€L, MKRS. 

Parsonson Chs., North st 

Parsonson Geo., Balgdon 

Parsonson Rd., Lion wk 

Parsonson Thos., Friar st 

Parsonson Jas., North st 

BLACKSMITHS. 
Bonny Edward, Gaol In 
Gooch Oliver, Friar st 
Hale James, Balliugdon 
Hawkins Jas., Ballingdon 
Piper James, G-regory st 
Shelley Jas., Wicken end 
Shelley Rt., Burkett's In 
TurkentineW.,Cornardrd 

BOOKSELLERS. 
PRINTERS AND STA- 
TIONERS. 
Berry Jas. (old) North st 
Fulcher Geo. Williams, 



Strutt Wm. town crier, &c. North st 
Tampon John, sweep, Church st 
Thompson Mrs Elizabeth, Ballingdon 
Thresher Miss Ann, Friar st 
Tomkins John, farmer, Brundon 
Tozer Miss Frances. Stour street 
Turner Wm. turner, Gregory street 
Twinn Charles, gas fitter, Stour st 
Warner Wm. gent. Friar street 
Wright James, bookseller, lessee of Gas 

Works, &c. Market hill 
W^yke Mrs Sabina, Bank buildings 

jun. (Stamp office,) 
Market hill 
Hill W T m., Ballingdon 
Ives Hy., Boreham gate 
King Thos. Martin, Nst 
Wright Jas., Market hill 
BOOT & SHOE MKRS. 
Bond James, Market hill 
Burton Jph. W., Friar st 
EverardEdm.,Burkettsln 
Faux Benjamin, Friar st 
French Js., Church walk 
Goldsmith John, Mkt. hi 
Goody Thos., North st 
Hart Wm., Ballingdon 
Herbert Wm., North st 
King Charles, Friar st 
Lewsey Ths., Ballingdon 
Mays John, Friar st 
Parsonson Jas., Cross st 
Perry Jas., Ballingdon 
Parkin gton Jp., North st 
Ready Geo., Market hill 
Sillitoe John, Acton grn 
Smith Joseph, Plough In 
Strutt Win." North st 
Ward Thos., Market hill 
Wilson Wm., Cross st 
Woolbv Rebecca, Friar st 
BRAZIERS & TINRS. 
Beard Joseph, Friar st 
Emson & Baker, Mkt. hi 
Ixer Robt., Straw lane 
Purr J. & J.. Sephre. st 
Ravenell Wm., Cross st 



BRICK & TILE MKS. 
Allen Rt. A., Ballingdon 
Crystal Palace Brick and 

Tile Co., Chilton. (See 

page 748) 
Fox Bros. (Martin. Chas. 

and Thos.) perforated 

bricks, Lavenham rd 
BRICKLAYERS, &c. 
Green Abishai Jas., Sst 
Green Ewin, Sepchre. st 
Grimwood Geo , Acton gn 
Webb Samuel, Cross st 



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BUNTING MANFRS. 
Hibble (Thos.) & Higgs 

(Samuel.) North st 
James John. North st 
Ponder Henry. Curds In 

BUTCHERS. 
AndrewsWm.. Ballingdon 
Bear Geo. Market hill 
Brock Wm, North st 
Brown Samuel. North st 
Collis Joseph, Cross st 
Collis SI. J., Boreham gt 
Collis Mary, Church st 
Frost Jacob. Sepulchre st 
Herbert Wm., North st 
Nice John, Ballingdon 
Tovell Alice, Ballingdon 
Ward My. Ann, North st 
CABINET MKRS., &e. 
Murrell & Ashton, Plough 

lane 
Smith Alfred, Friar st 
Smith John. Friar st 
Spring Maria, Ballingdon 
Spring Samuel, North st 
Wheeler Jph., Gregory st 
CHEMISTS AND 
DRUGGISTS. 
Barker Joseph. (& dent- 
ist) 4 Friar street 
Harding Henry & Son, 

Old Market place 
Osley John Ransom, Mar- 
ket hill 
COACH BUILDERS. 
Crane Alex., Church st 
Lee Henry, Market hill 
COAL MEETS., &c, 
Allen Rt. Alfred, C&slate) 

Quay 
Ardley Thos., jun., Quay, 

and Long Jlelford 
Brown W. (cement, &c.) 

Cornard end 
Dalton James, Station 
Garrard John and Son, 
(and guano.) Railway 
Station, and Colchester 
Mann John, Station 
Mason Jph. & Pp., Quay 
Norfolk & Eastern Coun- 
ties Coal Co., Railway 
Station, S. Purcell, agt. 
Ray and Higgs, Quay 
Wood Robert, Brundon 
CONFECTIONERS. 
Berry Wm., Friar street 
Clarke Thos., Borehamgt. 
Davis Samuel, Friar st 
Harrington Jas., North st 
Manistre Fdk., North st 



Sillitoe EHz.. Friar st 
COOPERS, Sec 

HitchcoekMariaSepkre st 
lye Wm , North street 
Rudd Edward, North st 
CORN MERCHANTS. 
Allen Robert Alfred, Quay 
Ardley Thos. jun., Quay 
Barker Jph.. Market pi- 
Bass & Brown, Mkt. hill 
Coe Samuel. Market hill 
Dalton James. Station 
Hitchcock Thos., Station 
Mason Jph. X- Pp., Quay 
Rar and Higgs. Quay 
CORN MILLERS. 
Barker Joseph. Old Mkp. 
Mason Jph. Sz Pp., Sud- 
bury Mills; h Stour st 
Wilson Charles. North st 
Wood Robert, Brundon 

CURRIERS. Sec 
Cook Wm., North st 
East Wm. Bridge foot 
Wood Basil. North street 

DYERS, &c. 
Barwick Alary. Friar st 
Holmes Zech., Bridge foot 
Jones Wm. Jno..01d Mkp 

FARMERS. 
Allen Rt. Alfred, Balling- 
don Grove 
Baker Mrs Sarah, Brun- 
don Hall 
Brock Wm., North st 
Cady Geo., St. Barthmw. 
Dupont Gainsborough, 

Wieken end 
Jones Tks.,Lavenharn rd 
Potter James, Wood Hall 
Weston Rd.. Ballingdon 
FELLMONGERS 
And Woohtaplers. 
Oyer all Isaac, Church st 
Habberton Thomas Wm. 

North street 
FIREicLIFE OFFICES 
Accidental Death, G. Car- 

dinall, Sepulchre st 
Atlas. Ransom 6c Son 
Briton, Benj. Hills 
County Fire 6c Preyident 

Life. J. W. Welham 
Equitable & Professional, 

Jph. Barker, Friar st 
Esses, John Brightwell 
Essex and Suffolk Equit- 
able. R. G. Dupont 
Globe. J. J. Harding. Mkp 
Law Fire, W. Downian 
Law Life. Rt. F. Stedman 



Law, &c, Andrews and 

Canham 
Manchester. Jas. Hasell 
London Assnc. Job Grover 
National Liye Stock. G. 

Cardinall Sepulcliic s: 
Norwich Union, G. W, 

Fulcher, jun., Mkt. hill 
Phoenix and Minerya. W. 

R. Rolfe. Market hill 
Rock, J. R.Oxley, Market 

hill, 6c Ransom & SttBi 

Eriar street 
Royal Farmer's. G. W. 

Fulcher 
Royal Exchange, Wm. 

Dowman 
Royal Fire £ Life, Blun- 

den and Squire 
Scottish, John Smith 
Suffolk Alliance, Wm. P. 

King. Friar street 
Sun Fire. John Westoby 

and James Brown 
Unity. G. Cardinall 
Untd. Kingdom, J.Wright 

FRUITERERS. 
* Fish and Game Dealers. 
Barrell Charles. Sepch. st 
Barwick Joseph, North st 
*Brock Wm., North st 
Byford Wm.. Cress street 
Oakley Rd., Sepulchre st 
*Rudd John. Friar st 
Sandford James. Sepre.st 
Sillitoe Eliz,. Eriar st 
Wheeler E., Sepulchre st 
Wright Wm.. Church st 
FURNITURE ERKRS. 
Harmond Wm., Cross st 
Jones Mary. Bridge foot 
Rogers James, North st 
Spring Samuel. North st 
Wheeler Jph.. Gregory st 

GARDENERS. 
Barwick Jph.. North st 
Bass & Brown, [a 
■■::) Market hill 
Payis Walter. Acton gnu 
Ling John. Ballingdon 
Sandford Jas., Sepchr. st 
Wright Wm.. Church st 
GLASS. CHINA, ice.. 
DEALERS. 
Ely W. Waylen, Mkt. hill 
Hills Beniamin. Friar st 
Howell Job, Market hill 
Ready George. Mkt. hill 

GLOVERS. && 
Habberton Ths. W.. Nst 
Overall Isaac. Church st 



SUDBURY DIRECTORY. 



785 



GROCEESATEADLES 
Abney Henry. North st 
Botten James. Sepchre st 
Cook Win,, North street 
Grover Job, North st 
Hale Jane. Ballingdon 
Killick John, Friar st 
Rae W. (Jrai\) Church st 
WelhamJohnW.Mkt.hill 
Wright Eliz.. Market kill 

GUN MAKER. 
Harccnrt Henrv. Friar st 
HAIR SEATING, &&, 
MANUFACTURERS. 
Groom Wm., Market hill 
Hartley Saml., Sepchr. st 
Wheeler Jph.. Gregory st 

HATTERS. 
Burrows James. North st 
Goldsmith Jno.. Mkt. hill 
Hagg&Co., OldMkt. pi 
Halls Robert, Friar st 
Ready George. Mkt. hill 
Smith John. Sepchre. st 
HORSE fee. LETTERS. 
Dent Thomas. North st 
Gross Geo. Gall. Sen. st 
Hansell John. Mkt. hill 
Hills Benj., Friar st 
Manby George, Friar st 

INNS & TAVERNS. 

Anchor. W. Must, Friar st 

Angel Inn, Geo. Manby, 

Friai street. I posting) 

Bear, Thos. Mills, Bore- 

hamgate 
Black Bov. Wm. Groom, 

Market hill 
Bull Inn, Stephen Spur- 
gin, (ic cement dealer) 

Church street 
Castle, Joseph Jerierson, 

Stour street 
Christopher Inn, George 

Gall Gross. Sepulchre st 
George Inn. Wm. Double 

Johnson, Old Mkt. pi 
Green Dragon, Thomas 

Dixey, North street 
Horn, Ts. Dent, North st 
King's Head,Js. Marriott 

Parsson, Ballingdon 
Lion, J. Jones, North st 
Rose, Chs. Edey. Stour st 
Rose and Crown. John I 

Hansel], Market hill 
Royal Oak. Eliz. Gooch, I 

Borehamgate 
Waggon & ^Horses, Geo. 

Grimwood. Acton green 1 



j White Hart. Js. Durham, 

Cross street 
; White Horse. Jno. Clark, 

North street 
| White Horse, Jas. Smith, 
Ballingdon 
BEER HOUSES. 
: Amey James, Cross st 
Bloys Benj.. Wieken end 
Carter Wm. Ballingdon 
Elliston Saml.. Pk 
Green Edward, North st 
Lr-sey Ths., Ballingdon 
1 Phipps Saml., Railway ter 
I Sillitoe Thomas. Friar st 
Wheeler Jph., Gregory st 
Wright Wm.. Church st 
IRON AND BRASS 
FOUNDERS. 
B e ar Wm. ( A" m i Uwrigh t ) 

tlebre street 
Hawkins Jas.. Ballingdon 

IRONMONGERS. 
Beard Joseph, Fiiar st 
Emson &• Baker, Mkt. hill 
Harcourt Henry, Friar st 
Purr John A' Jas.. Sep. st 
Simkin Sparkes. North st 
SimkinWm. Si.. Sep. st 
JOINERS & BLI'RS. 
Bonny J^mes. Cross st 
Elliston Thos. (& .A." 

carver.') Ballingdon 
IveWm. North street 
Jones Wm., North st 
Mills Thos., Cornard end 
Webb Samuel. Cress st 
LIME BURNERS, &c 
Alien Rt. Alfred. Quay 
Spivey Geo. Comard rd 
Spnrgin S. (cement. &c.) 
dealer, Church street 
LINEN & WOOLLEN 

DRAPERS, ftc. 
Baker Alfred, Market hill 
B )ggia Earn.. North st 

nan John. Mkt. hill 
Brightwell Jno. .Mkt. hill 
Cook Wm. North street 
Halls Robert. Friar st 
Shepherd Wm, Mkt. hill 
Smith J.Bernard. Mkt.h 

MALTSTERS. 
Allen Rt. A. Ballingdon 
Dalton James, Station 
Hitchcock C. D., Station 

MILLINERS. &c. 
Blackman S. Sepchre st 
Collis Mary. Cross st 
Colson. E., Borehamgate 
Fowke Mary. Cross st 



I Hart S.. Sepulchre st 
Murrell Eliza, Acton grn 
Phillips L. ; North street 
Ready Phoebe. Friar st 
Simpson S., Market hill- 
Smith E , Ballingdon 
Smith J. B., Market hill 
Strutt Marv. Church st 
Todd Mrs, Ballingdon 
Wcolbv Rebecca. Friar st 
PAINTERS. PLMBRS., 

AND GLAZIERS. 
Anderton Chas., Friar st 
Harding Charles, (writer 
& grain er to the trade. )- 
Ballingdon 
Jones Jacob, Sepchre. st 
Taylor Joseph, Friar st 

'PAWNBROKER. 
Mauldon Edwin Christie,, 
(and tobacconist and 
clothier,) Friar street 
PERFUMERS 
And Hairdressers. 
Bulmer John, North st 
Bulmer Wm., North st 
Ely W.Waylen, Mkt. hill 
Rice Geo. Hy., Sepchl. st 
Rice Stn. Ballingdon 
Segrave Joseph, Cross st 
Simkin Wm.. Market hill 
RAG, &c, DEALERS. 
Brown \A m., Cornard end 
Cornwall John, Back In 
Earl David, Church st 
Hartley Samuel. Sep. st 

SADDLERS, kc. 
Clark Robert, Ballingdon 
King John, Ballingdon 
Ready Edward, North st 
Westoby John, (and news- 
agent.) Friar street 
SHOPKEEPERS. 
(See Grocers, yc.) 
Adams Walter. Ballngdn,. 
Andrews Ths , Gregory si 
Albury George, Cress st 
Bacon James, Gregory st 
Barrell Chas.. Sepchre. st 
B erryDansie, Church wlk" 
Goddard Eliz.. Ballingdon 
Elliston SI., Plough lane 
Green Danl., Ballingdon 
Herbert Wm., NortrTst 
Lambert Robt., North st 
Moulton Wm.. Mill lane 
Mnrrell Wm., Acton grn 
Makin Henrv, North st 
Oakley RT. Sepulchre st 
Pang Ge.->., Sepulchre st 
landlord Jane,Sepchxe.st 



786 



SUDBURY DIRECTORY. 



Simpson John, North st I 
Tovell Rt. Gray, Balgdn. 
Rice Stephen, Friar st 
Rowe John, Friar st 
Twight Mary, Church st 
Wass Mary, North st 
Wilkinson Sar., Church st 
SILK MANUFACTRS. 
Casey Win. and Co., Bal- 

lingdon, and London, 

Wm. Huet, agent 
Edmunds John and Co., 

Christopher lane ; Jas, 

Smith, agent 
Foot Joseph and Sons, 

Sepulchre street 
Hill Jas. & Co., Sepchre. 

st. ; Jas. Slater, mangr. 
Kemp Thomas, North st 
Keith and Co., Cross st ; 

Ths. Nicholls, manager 
Peacock Alx. Duff, Chris. 

In ; Alfred Clubb, agent 
Seagrave Jph., Church st 
Westmacott Thos. Croft, 

and Coggeshall; Jas., 
! Wheeler, manager 
STONEMASONS. 
Harding Jph., Ballingdon 
KeoghEdw.&Son(I 

jun.,) North street 
King Thos., Ballingdon 
Leaning John, Church st 
STRAW HAT MKRS. 
Colson Eliz., Borehamgt. 
Cross Maria, Friar st 
Dawson Sus., Ballingdon 
Nicholls Mary, Church st 
Shepheard Wm., Mkt. hill 
Strutt Mary, Church st 

STAY &c, MAKERS. 
Ready My. Ann, Friar st 
Ready Phoebe, Friar st 
Woolby Rebecca, Friar st 

SURGEONS. 
Bates Dd. Niels., Borehgt. 
Lynch John Cox, Sep. st 
Mason Maurice, Sepre. st 
Shorten Chs., Market hill 
Smith and King, Friar st 



TAILORS. 
(♦ are Drapers also.) 
Andrews Thos., Gregy. st 
♦Argent Stepn., North st 
Boreham Thos., North st 
♦Constable Golding New- 
man, Ballingdon 
Driver Robert, Church st 
♦Goldsmith John, Mkt. h 
♦Goldsmith Hy. Sepre. st 
Goldsmith H. jun. Curds 

lane 
Green Henry, Friar st 
*Hagg, Ichabod, and Co. 

Old Market place 
* Halls Robert, Friar st 
♦Pernberton Jph.Sepr. st 
♦Ready Geo. Market hill 
Rice Stephen, Friar st 
♦Smith John, Sephr. st 
Taylor Geo., Friar st 
Todd Geo., Ballingdon 

TIMBER AND SLATE 

MERCHANTS. 
Hawkins and Tydeman, 

Borehamgate, & Hi/the, 

Colchester; Thomas 

Mills, agent 
Webb Samuel, Cross st 
VETERINARY SUR- 
GEONS. 
Brown Wm., Friar st 
Hutton Josiah, Sephre. st 
Shave Edward Simpson, 

Bank buildings 
WATCHMAKERS, &c. 
Ambrose Jas. C, North st 
Aprile Jph., Ballingdon 
Dawson Geo., North st 
DawsonEdw., Ballingdon 
Hills Benj., Friar st 
Howe Wm., Market hill 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 
Deal Samuel, Gaol lane 
Ratcliff Wm., Ballingdon 

WINE AND SPIRIT 

MERCHANTS. 
Adams Eliza J., King st 
Hasell James, Stour st 



Sikes John, Old market 

place ; h Wicken end 

RAILWAY 

Trains 6 times a day to 
Colchester, London,&c. 
OMNIBUS. 

George Coates's Omnibus 
from the Bear Inn to 
Bury St Edmund's, at 
10J morning, daily; and 
to Clare, every Mon., 
Wed., & Fri., at 7 evng 
CARRIERS. 

Marked 1 stop at the An- 
gel; 2, Anchor ; 3, Bear; 
4, Black Boy; 5, Lion; 
6, Boyal Oak ; 7, Chris- 
topher ; 8, George ; 9, 
Green Dragon; & 10, at 
the White Horse Inns 

Places. Carriers. Days. 

Bildeston, Ravenell, Thur 

B oxford, Whorlow, Mon- 
day and Friday 

Boxted, 9, Game, Sat 

Braintree, Coates, Mon 

Bury, Coates, Wed & Sat 

Cavendish, 5, Fearn,Tues- 
dayand Saturday 

Clare, 3, Wm. Elmer & 5, 
Hy. Golding, Tuesday, 
Thursday & Saturday 

Glemsford, 9,Fearn, daily 

Hadleigh, 3 ; Mann, Tues- 
day and Saturday 

Hals'tead. 7, Joseph Dixey, 
Mon., Wed., & Sat 

Hartest, 2, Hasell, Mon. 
and Fri.; and 1, Game, 
Wed. and Saturday 

Ipswich, 3, Wm. Mann, 
Tuesday and Saturday 

London, &c, Geo Whor- 
low, from Church st. 
daily ; and to Laven- 
ham, &c, Mon., Thur., 
and Friday 

Long Melford, G. Whor- 
low; & 10, Wm. Ford, 
daily 



MSB RIDGE HUNDRED 

Is the south-western divison of Suffolk, and is of an irregular figure, ex- 
tending 15 miles from north to south, and varying from 9 to less than 4 
miles in breadth. It is bounded, on the west, by Cambridgeshire ; on the 
south, by Essex ; on the east, by Babergh and Thingoe Hundreds; and 
on the north, by Lackford Hundred and a small part of Cambridgeshire. 



RISBRIDGE HUNDRED. 787 

It is in the Western Division of Suffolk, in the Franchise or Liberty of St. 
Edmund, and in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury, Deanery of Clare, and 
Diocese of Ely. It is bounded on the south by the river Stour, and inter- 
sected by several smaller streams. It is generally a fertile district, vary- 
ing from a clayey to a good mixed soil, and comprising many neat vil- 
lages and handsome seats, and the two small market towns of Clare and 
Haverhill, at the latter of which, silk, drabbet, &c, are manufactured. 
It contains one extra-parochial place, 30 parishes, and several hamlets, 
of which the following is an enumeration, shewing their territorial extent, 
and their population in 1851. Mr. John Isaacson, of Clare, is the high 
constable. 

PARISHES. Acres. Pop. ! PARISHES. Acres. Pop. 

■ *Lidgate 1780 494 

*Moulton 3134 486 

*Ousden 1200 384 

Poslingford 2438 371 

Stansneld 1989 506 

Stoke-by- Clare 2361 911 



Barnardiston ) 1100 251 

Monks Risbridge, ex p. J 92 8 

Bradley (Great) 2280 542 

Bradley (Little) 957 35 

+Chedburgh 566 343 

Clare{ 2179 1769 

Cowling 3025 879 I Stradishall 1376 430 



*Dalham+ 1840 583 

Denston 1230 303 

+Denham 1267 218 

fDepden 1595 279 

*GazeleyJ 5899 900 

HaverhillJ 2549 2535 

§Hawkedon 1461 359 

Hundon 4461 1218 

Kedingtonj 2342 772 

§Kentford 798 172 



Thurlow (Great) 2023 431 

Thurlow (Little) .... 1470 449 

Whixoe 600 168 

Wickhambrook ...... 4348 1597 

Withersfield - 2509 642 

Wratting (Great) .... 1329 391 

Wratting (Little) .... 936 212 

Total 61,183 18,277 



L'XIOXS. — § Hawkedon is in Sudbwy Union; and Kentford is mMildenhall 
Union. The five parishes marked thus * are in Newmarket Union; the three 
marked thus t are in Tliingoe Union; and the other twenty parishes are in 
Risbridge Union. 

I Dalham parish includes Dunstall Green hamlet; and Gazeley parish in- 
cludes Xeedham street and Higham Green. Haverhill and KedingtcN are partly 
in Essex. Clare includes Chilton hamlet. 

RISBRIDGE UNION comprises 20 parishes in Risbridge Hundred, as just 
noticed ; and also six parishes in Essex, viz., Ashen, Birdbrook^ Bumpstead- 
I Steeple, Bumpstead-Helions, Ovington, and Sturmer. These 26 parishes con- 
tain a population of 18,125 souls, and an area of 53,664 acres. The total ex- 
penditure of the Union for the year ending Lady-day, 1854, was =£11,038, in- 
I eluding about <£400 paid for county and police rates. The Workhouse is at 
1 Haverhill, and was built many years ago, for the use of that parish only, but 
was enlarged in 1836, at the cost of ^'800, for the accommodation of the in-door 
paupers of this Union. It has room for about 300 inmates, and had 285 in 
1851, when the census was taken. The Board consists of 28 Guardians, of 
whom two each are chosen for Clare and Haverhill, and one for each of the 
other parishes. They meet every Friday, at the Workhouse. The Rev. W. 
Mayd is chairman of the Board. J. H. Jardine, Esq., is the union clerk and 
superintendent registrar ; the Rev. Wm. Hicks, of Sturmer, chaplain ; Mr. James 
Knapp and Mrs. Eliz. Hann, master and matron of the Workhouse. Mr. Samuel 
Bigmore is registrar of marriages. The Relieving Officers and Registrars of 
Births and Deaths are Mr. L. A. Harrisson, for Haverhill District ; Mr. Thomas 
Jolly, for Clare District ; and Mr. J. P. Brown, for Wickhambrook District. The 
following enumeration of the 26 parishes of Risbrldge Union, under the heads 
of the three registration districts, shews their population in 1851 : — 



788 



RISBRIDGE UNION. 



Haverhill District. 
*SteepleBumpstead 1295 
*Helion- Bump stead 951 
*Sturmer ...... 351 

-j-Haverhill 2535 

+Kedington 772 

Barnardiston . . . . j 251 
MonksPdsbridge,e_p J 8 
Little Wratting .. 212 
Great Wratting . . 391 
Withersfield 642 



Wickhambrooh District. 



Great Thurlow . 


. 431 


Little Thurlow.. . 


. 449 


Little Bradley , . . 


. 35 


Great Bradley .. . 


. 542 


Cowling 


. 879 


Wickbariibrook . 


. 1597 


Stradishall 


. 430 


Denston 


. 303 


Stansfield 


. 506 



Clare District. 

Poslingford 371 

Hundon 1218 

Clare 1769 

Stoke-by-Clare 911 

Whixoe 168 

♦Birdbrook 616 

* Ashen 340 

*Ovington 152 



Total 18,125 



* Those marked thus * are in Essex. 
+ Haverhill and Ke ding ton are partly in Essex. 

ifsp" Haverhill County Court District comprises all this Union, as well as the 
parishes of Bidgwell and Stambourne, in Essex. 



BARNARDISTON, a scattered village, about 5 miles N.W. of Clare, 
and N.E. by E. of Haverhill, has in its parish 1192 acres of fertile land, 
and 259 inhabitants, including Monks-Risbridge, an Extra-parochial 
farm of 92 acres, and eight souls, 1£ mile N. of the village, belonging to 
Wm. Turner, Esq., and occupied by Mr. Simon Golding. Barnardiston 
gave name to a family whose several branches had seats at Kediugton, 
Brightwell, Wyverston, and other places. They held the manor till the 
latter part of last century. Messrs. Henry Teverson, Thomas Ambrose, and 
J. Purkis, and several smaller freeholders, have estates here. Monks- 
Risbridge was given by Thomas de Woodstock, Earl of Buckingham 
and Duke of Gloucester, (sixth son of Edward III.) to Pleshy College, ia 
Essex. The Church (All Saints) is a neat fabric, with a tower and five 
bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 10s. 5d., and in 1835 at £191, 
is in the patronage of the heirs of the late Rev. Valentine Ellis, and incum- 
bency of the Rev. A. F. Wynter, B.J. of Whixoe. The poor parishioners 
have nearly an acre of land let for 20s. a year; and a share of Vernon's 
Gift, as noticed with Great Wratting. 

BinksEwin, shopkeeper I Bailey Elijah, Charity farm 

Cook Jph. corn mercht. & vict. Lion j Golding Simon, Monks Risbridge 

Hammond Charles, parish clerk j §Teverson Hy. Hall || § Purkis Jph. 

FARMERS. (§ are Owners.) Post from Newmarket. 

§ Ambrose Thos. Barnardiston House 



BRADLEY, (GEEAT) a scattered village, near a small rivulet, 
6 miles N. of Haverhill, and 8 miles S. of Newmarket, has in its- 
parish 2280 acres of land, and 542 souls. It had formerly a fair, 
on September 29th, and was anciently held by the Somerie family, 
barons Dudley, Lord Dacre is now lord of the manor and patron 
of the Church, (St. Mary,) which is a neat structure, with a tower 
and three bells, and was new pewed in 1841. The rectory, valued; 
in K.B. at <£17. Is. 5£d., and in 1835 at .£407, is in the incumbency 
of the Rev. Wm. Samuel Parr Wilder, who has 52a. of glebe, and 
a rent-charge of <£600, awarded in 1843. He is also rector of 
Carlton, Cambridgeshire, but resides at Bath. A large portion of 
the parish belongs to St. John's College, Cambridge ; C. Lamprell , 
Esq., and several smaller proprietors. Post from Newmarket. 



Collett Samuel, vict. Fox & Goose 
Crick Edward, cooper & beerhouse 
Crosby John, surgeon 



Danby Mr Wm. || Briggs Thos. beerhs. 
Girling Rev Walter, curate 
Gosling Wm. tailor 



GREAT BRADLEY PARISH. 



789 



Lawrence James, tailor 
Nice Hanslip, corn miller, Hill house 
Parmenter Wm. shoemaker 
Paxman Eichard, beerhouse 
Plumb Stephen, shopkeeper 
Potter George, shoemaker 
Bowling Ambrose, bricklayer 
Seabrook Charles, butcher 
-Seabrook Frederick, horse dealer 
Smith Charles, shopkeeper 



Tilbrook John, dealer 

Wakeling Jph. blacksmith, Post-office 

Wright Samuel, carpenter 

FARMERS. || Briggs Thomas 
Day Wm. (corn mercht.) Bectory farm 
Dawson John |( Mitchell Joseph 
Long Hanslip || Nice Thomas 
Nice Wm. Great Bradley Hall 
Smith George, & corn merchant 



BRADLEY (LITTLE) is a small parish, one mile S. of Great Bradley, 
and b\ miles N. by E. of Haverhill, containing only 35 inhabitants, and 
*J57a. Sr. 24p. of fertile land, all the property of Charles Lamprell, Esq., 
who has a neat mansion here, and is patron of the Church (All Saints,) 
which has a round tower, and contains a curious monumental brass in 
memory of John Daye, the printer, who died in 1584, at Walden, in Essex. 
The living is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £o. Os. I0d., and now 
In the incumbency of the Rev. Charles Wiglesworth Lamprell, who resides 
at Linton, Cambridgeshire. The tithes were commuted in 1841 for a yearly 
rent-charge of £250. Post from Newmarket. Directory : — Charles 
Lamprell, Esq., Bradley Place ; Wm. Henry Lamprell, Esq., Moat House ; 
Wm. Mechem, vict. Royal Oak ; and Ezra Neave, parish clerk, 



CHEDBURGH, a pleasant village, near the source of a rivulet, 
7h miles S.W. of Bury, and 10 miles N.N.E. of Clare, has in its 
small parish 343 souls, and 566 acres of land. The Marquis of 
Bristol owns nearly all the soil, and is lord of the manor, and pa- 
tron of the Church, (All Saints,) which has a spire steeple, and is 
a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £±. 2s. 8Jd., and now 
having about 50 acres of glebe, and a yearly rent-charge of =£150, 
awarded in J 839. The Eev. W. C. Eawlinson, B.A., is the present 
rector. The poor parishioners have £'4 a-year from Sir Robert 
Drunjs Charity ; and a poor widow of Chedburgh and Eede alter- 
nately, is entitled to be placed in the almshouse founded by him 
at Hawstead. The donations of Henry and Oliver Sjxirrow, for 
the rector and poor, were laid out, in the 8th of James L, in the 
purchase of 3a. 2r. of land at Langham, now let for £3. 10s« 
a-year, of which the rector retains two-thirds, and distributes the 
remainder among poor parishioners, together with a yearly rent- 
charge of 10s., left by Anthony Sparrow, out of a mill at Stan- 
stead. In 1815, the Hon. Wm. Hervey left ,£180, long annuities, 
to nine annuitants, in sums of .£20 each, and after their decease, 
to his nephew, the Earl of Bristol, (now Marquis of Bristol,) in 
trust, for any object of charity he might think proper. After the 
payment of legacy duty, this bequest was reduced to .£162 a-year, 
long annities, which were afterwards sold, and the proceeds laid 
out in the purchase of £'4185. 10s., three per cent, reduced annui- 
ties, now vested in trust, subject to the annuities payable to the 
surviving annuitants, for the education of such poor children of 
•Chedburgh, Horningsheath, Ickworth, and the adjoining parishes, 
as the trustees think proper objects of charity, in the schools 
of Chedburgh and Horningsheath, or elsewhere. Most of the an- 



790 CHEDBURGH. (RISBRIDGE HUNDRED.) 

nuitants being dead, about <£30 a-year is now paid towards the sup- 
port of Checlburgh School, which was built at the expense of the 
Marquis of Bristol. Post from Bury St. Edmunds. 



Bullock Alfred, farmer, Hall 
Ciearn Lowry, baker and shopkeeper 



Crick George, parish clerk iRolfe Win., farmer 



Ellington Cornelius, schoolmaster 
Johnson Win., farmer 
Manning Wm., butcher 
Ransom Saml., brewer and victualler. 
Queen's Head 



Eawlinson Rev Wm. Chapman, B.A.., 
Rectory 



Rutter Wm,, shopkeeper & farmer 
Smith John, thrashing machine owner 
Thompson John, shoemaker & victv, 

Marquis Cornwallis 
"Watkinson Wm.. corn miller 



CLARE, a small market town of great antiquity, with some neat 
houses, good inns, and well-stocked shops, is situated on the north 
side of the river Stour. which separates it from Essex, 15 miles 
S.S.W. of Bury St. Edmund's. 8 miles E. of Haverhill, and 55f 
miles K.N E. of London. It is a polling place for the Western 
Division of Suffolk. Its parish had 1170 inhabitants in 1811; 
1700 in 1841; and 1769 in 1851 ; and comprises 21T8a. Br. 35p. 
of fertile land, including Chilton, a hamlet of about 150 souls, 
more than a mile X. of the town, and Chilton Hall belonging to 
Mrs. A. C. Territt, but now unoccupied and much dilapidated. 
Clare is celebrated for the remains of a castle and priory, and some 
of its female inhabitants are employed in the manufacture of 
Tuscan straic-pAat. The streets are spacious, and the approaches 
to the town were much improved nearly 20 years ago, and the 
-Market Place considerably enlarged by the removal of many un- 
sightly buildings. The old Market Cross was taken down in 1838, 
and a handsome and commodious Com Exchange, 64 feet long, 
and 36 broad, was erected by Mr. James Feiiner, at the cost of 
.£400, in the centre of the Market-place. The market, formerly 
held on Friday, is now held on Monday; and here are two annual 
fairs, for toys, pedlery, &c, on Easter Tuesday and July -26th. The 
Gas Works were finished in November, 1853, and belong to Messrs. 
James and Samuel Wright. The Police Station was built in 
1848, and in it are held Petty Sessions every fourth Monday. 
Courts Baron and Customary are held yearly for the manors of 
Eroury and Stoke with- Chilton, of which' J. E. H. Elwes, Esq., is 
lord; and for the Honour of Clare, which, belongs to the Crown, as 
part of the Duchy of Lancaster. But a great part of the parish 
belongs to Mrs. Territt, John Barker, Esq., Mrs Jenner, Rer. G. 
•Cooke, and several smaller owners. Clare derived considerable im- 
portance, during the Saxon Heptarchy, from being on the frontier 
of the kingdom of East Anglia; and 'after the Norman Conquest, 
it was distinguished for having given the title of Earl to Richard 
Fitz-Gilbert, (a kinsman of the Conqueror. ) whose grandson took 
the name of of Be Clare. This was one of the { d<d lordships in this 
county given by the Conqueror to Pilchard, the first Earl of Clare-; 
but the Honour of Clare comprised also many other parishes, in 
ihe counties of Essex, Surrey, Middlesex, and Hertford. The title 
^nd honour remained in his family till the death of Gilbert de 
<*Aare, Earl of Clare,- Hertford, and Gloucester, in 1313. without 



CLAKE PARISH, 791 

issue. Lionel Plantagenet, third son of Edward III., having "be- 
come possessed of the Honour of Clare, by marryiDg the heiress of 
the last Earl, was created, in 1362, Diike of Clarence. This title 
was forfeited, in 1477. by the attainder of George Plaotagenet, and 
was not revived till 1789, when George III. created his third son, 
William Hemy, Duke of Clarence, &c. He succeeded to the Crown 
as Wm. IY., in 1830, and died in 1837, when the title of Duke 
of Clarence became extinct. 

Clare Castle, which was anciently the baronial residence of the Earls 
of Clare, and of which some interesting ruins and vestiges still remain, 
stood on the south side of the town, and was not inferior in grandeur to 
any of the feudal mansions in the kingdom. The site of the whole forti- 
fication, which may be distinctly traced, contains an area of 20 acres, 
once surrounded by a deep fosse, and divided into an outer and inner ward 
or bailey, the latter of which was enclosed with a wall. On the summit of 
a steep hill, about 100 feet high, of no great circumference ac the base, 
and probably of artificial formation, stand the remains of the once for- 
midable keep, which was a massive circular tower, built of flints, strongly 
cemented with mortar, and strengthened with buttresses. Part of the wall 
on one side, is standing nearly to the height of the original elevation. A 
narrow path, winding round the hill, leads to this relic of the Saxon era, 
which forms a highly picturesque object, the sides of the mound being co- 
vered with trees and shrubs. A fragment of wall, built of flints, like the 
keep, runs down the hill along the north side of the area of the castle ; and 
a small portion is still standing on the opposite side. Though this once mag- 
nificent castle was undoubtedly founded early in the time of the Heptarchy, 
it is not noticed in history till Egbert had assumed the sovreignty of 
England. Early in the tenth century, Earl Alurie, son of Withgar, held 
this fortress, and founded in its precincts a church dedicated to John the 
Baptist, and endowed it with several prebends, which were given by Gilbert 
de Clare, in 1090, to the monks of Bee, in Normandy. On the south- 
west side of the town, near the precincts of the castle, are the remains of 
Clare Priory, founded in 1218, by Richard de Clare, Earl of Clare, 
Gloucester and Hertford, for canons regular of St. Augustine, as a cell to 
the abbey of Bee, in Normandy; but it was made indigenous by 
Richard IT., in the 19th year of his reign, and by him given as a cell to 
St. Peter's, at Westminster. Richard de Clare gave to this priory the 
hermitage of Standune, that divine service might be there celebrated for 
him and his. This and other donations and endowments were confirmed 
by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope. Edmund, Earl of March, 
heir of the founders, converted this priory into a college, consisting of a 
dean and secular canons, in the 7th of Henry Y. It was valued at the 
dissolution, at £321. 4s. Id., and granted to Richard Friend. A large 
portion of the Priory was for along period the seat of the Barker family, 
-to whom it still belongs, but the house is now unoccupied. Though it has 
undergone considerable repairs and alterations, it retains much of its 
original character. It is two stories high, exclusive of the attics in the 
roof, and its walls are supported by buttresses. It has tasteful and well- 
wooded pleasure grounds, and at a short distance is an ancient barn, which 
is all that remains of the priory church, in which was interred Joan of. 
Acres, the second daughter of Edward I., and wife of Gilbert de Clare, after 
"whose death she married Ralph de Morthermer, who had been servant to the 
earl, and was afterwards created Baron Morthermer. She died herein 1805, 
and her funeral was attended by most of the English nobility. Many other 



792 CLARE PARISH. 

distinguished persons were buried here. To the north-west of the town 
are evident marks of a Roman camp. Clare is noticed in the Domesday- 
Survey as a borough, with 43 burgesses, 2400 acres of arable laud, a vine- 
yard of five acres, a market, and a church. Under a house on the west 
side of the Market place is a very ancient crypt, or cellar, with a massive 
groined roof, supported in the centre by an octangular pillar. In Chilton 
hamlet is an antique house, with a Norman doorway ; supposed to have 
been a chapel, but now divided into two tenements. 

The Parish Church (St. Peter and St. Paul) is a large handsome and 
ancient fabric, chiefly in the decorated style of English architecture, with a 
square tower containing eight bells, and of an earlier date than the body. 
The interior, which has been improved by the heightening of the nave and 
the addition of side aisles, is richly ornamented. From 1834 to J 836, the 
whole edifice was repaired and internally beautified, and 640 additional sit- 
tings provided by means of a new gallery, making the whole number 1190, 
of which 774 are free, partly in consideration of a grant of £300 from the 
Incorporated Society for building and enlarging churches. The repairs 
and the new gallery cost about £1000. A large brass eagle on a pedestal, 
with wings expanded, forms the reading desk. The font is octagonal, and 
elegantly designed in the later English style. In the chancel is said to 
have been interred Lionel, Duke of Clarence, who died at Piedmont, in 1368, 
but there is no monument to his memory. The benefice is a discharged 
vicarage, valued in K.B. at £4. 18s. 9d., and in 1835 at £196. The Queen, 
as Duchess of Lancaster, is patroness, and the Rev. John Charles Cole- 
man, M.A., is the incumbent. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for 
£237. 18s. 8d. per annum, and the great tithes for £343 to the Bishop of 
Ely, and £35. 7s. 8d. to J. E. H. Elwes, Esq. Here is an Independent 
Chapel, which was rebuilt in 1841, at the cost of £700 ; and a Baptist 
Chapel, rebuilt in 1823. The former sect originated here in 1700, and the 
latter in 1803. The Baptist chapel was enlarged in 1832, and is endowed 
with £200 three-and-a-half per cent, consols, left by the late Miss Ray. 
-Sunday schools are connected with the church and chapels ; and here are 
several Almshouses, an Infant School, established in 3843; an endowed 
School, and a number of Charities for the relief of the poor parishioners, as 
noticed below. 

The Church Estate consists of about 27 acres of land, five cottages, with 
gardens and a barn, now let for about £114 per annum, which is applied in 
the service of the church. The Almshouses consist of four cottages, near 
the Common Pasture, occupied by poor families. The Poor's Land con- 
sists of 3a., in Bridewell Meadow, given for finding fuel for the almshouses, 
and 13a. 2r., called Goose croft, let for £25 a year, which is distributed in 
bread among the poor of Clare and Chilton. About 2Ja. of this land was 
purchased with £50 belonging to the parishioners, in 1723, but it is not 
Jmown how the remainder was acquired. The poor of Chilton hamlet have, 
by ancient custom, 6s. 8d. yearly from land called Collins. In 1668, Wm. 
Cadge left, out of his estate in Barnardiston, a yearly rent charge of £25, 
to be applied by the vicar, churchwardens, and overseers of Clare, as fol- 
Jows : — £10 thereof for schooling 10 poor boys, and £15 for clothing eight 
poor widows. The annuity having fallen greatly into arrear, the church- 
wardens, in 1735, entered into possession of the estate, which they still re- 
gain. It consists of a barn, stable, and 55a. la. 8p. of land, let for about 
£70 per annum, and now vested in trust with the vicar, churchwardens, 
and nine other trustees, appointed by the Court of Chancery, in 1854, when 
a new scheme was established for the application of this charity. Out of 
lihe rent of the farm, eight poor widows are each to have a twopenny loaf 



CLARE PARISH. 



793 



every Sunday, and £l. 8s. lOd. in clothing, &c, on the Friday before Christ- 
mas day. The rest of the rent is to be applied towards the support of a 
'School, in which the children of parishioners are to pay from 5s. to 10s., 
and the other scholars from 10s. to 20s. per quarter. Half of these quar- 
terages are to be paid to the master, who is also to have £o0 a year from 
the trustees. The Common Pasture, comprising 60a. 3r. 14p. of land, 
formerly called Houndivall and Erlury Garden, was grauted by Philip and 
Mary, in the first and second year of their reign, for the use of such in- 
habitants of the borough of Clare as do not occupy more than 15 acres, to 
depasture their kine and horses upon. It pays £3. 6s. 8d. towards the 
yearly fee farm rent of i>31. 13s. 4d., payable to the Crown out of the de- 
mesne land of the manor of Erbury, which is parcel of the honour of Clare. 
By a decree of the Court of Chancery, in 1610, the feoffees and the parish- 
ioners had to pay <£'200 for the perpetuation of this grant. The feoffees 
meet at Easter, when the Common Pasture is let in gates for 40 cows, to 
such persons as do not occupy 15 acres of land; and in addition, the vicar 
lias the depasturing of two cows. The sum paid yearly for each cow is 
•'35s., and the income arising from this source, after paying the fee farm 
rent of £3. 6s. 8d., and £2 a year to the pinder, is distributed among such 
poor parishioners as have no cows upon the land. Clare Literary and 
Mechanics' Institution was established in J850, and has now more than 100 
members, and a good library and reading room. Here is also a Protestant 
Association, several Benefit Societies, and Lodges of Freemasons and Odd 
bellows. 



CLAEE DIRECTOEY. 

Post Office at Mr. George Ham- 
mond's, High street. Letters de- 
spatched every evening at half-past 
five, by mail cart, to Sudbury and 
Colchester. Money Orders are granted 
and paid. Foot post to Poslingford, 
Stansfield, &c, at eight a.m. 

-Marked 1 reside in Bridewell street ; 2, 
Callis street ; 3, Cavendish road ; 4, 
Chilton street; 5, Church street) 6, 
Common street; 7, High street; 8, 
Malting lane; 9, Market place; 10, 
Nethergate street ; and 11 in Well lane. 

Ambrose Mrs Sarah, Market place 

7 Andrews John Betts, druggist, &c. 

2 Armstead John Barron, gent. 

2 Bard Mr John || Beavis Mrs Emily 

2 Barnes Eev Wm. (Baptist) 

10 Blackman Mr John (| TBrownMiss 

3 Boughen Thomas, horse breaker 
2 Bradford Saml., travelling tea dlr 
•9 Brasher Eobt, straw plat manfr 
Coleman Eev John Charles, M.A., 

Vicarage 
Death Oliver, supt. of police, Station 

10 Deeks (John) and Hay ward (W.), 
coach builders 

4 Dennis Mr Geo. || 7 Fitch Mrs Sar. 

11 Fenn Eobt. Jay, rate collector 
2 Fenn Mrs Caroline 

•9 Fenner Jas., veterinary surgeon and 
druggist 



5 Garnham Mrs Keziah || 10 Hills Mrs 
Glazin David Farrance, postman 

10 Goodchild Mrs E., and 7 Mrs Sar. 
9 Halls Ann, clog and patten maker 

7 Hammond Geo., basket maker, corn 
dealer, &c, Post Office 

Isaacson and Tattersall, auctioneers, 
surveyors, and estate agents 

5 Isaacson John, chief constable, auc- 
tioneer, &c. 

5 Jarvis Geo., carrier to London, &c. 

2 Jolly Thos., regr. & relieving officer 
7 King William, bookseller, printer, 

stationer, and news agent 
1 Lester John, traveller 
5 Morris Eobt. Wrn., gas manager 

11 Newman Joseph, fishmonger 

9 Oakes, Bevan, and Co., bankers; J. 
S. Eay, agent 

1 Paine Ambrose, thatcher 

3 Perrv Wm. Fras., auctioneer, &e. 
7 Pomfrett Miss |j 3 Pannell Mr W. 
3 Prior Mrs Eliz. || 10 Eidley Sarah 

2 Eeynolds Eev John (Indept.) 
2 Eobinson Thomas, glover 

2 Eobinson Cornelius, currier 

2 Euffell Mrs Eliz. || 10 Snell Miss 

10 SoundbyMr T. || 2 Walford D. 
10 Steed Miss Eebecca, organist 

2 Territt Mrs Frances Jane 
5 Wright James and Saml., proprietors 
of Gas Works 

2 L 



794 



CLARE DIRECTORY. 



ATTORNEYS. 
10 Fisher Edward Freeland 
7 Sams William Henry 
10 Stevens Saville Warner (clerk to 
magistrates) 
FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. 
7 Beacon, Thomas Wade 
, 11 Clerical and Medical, J. B. Andrews 

3 County, Wm. F. Perry 
2 Crown, George Martin 

7 Equity and Law, W. H. Sams 

9 Farmers', James Fenner 

10 Norwich Union, J. S. Ray 
5 Royal Exchange, J. Isaacson 

11 Sun and National, J. Steed 
Westminster, William King 

9 Western, John Smoothy 

INNS AND TAVERNS. 
9 Bear and Crown, Joseph Deeks 

9 Bell Inn, Jph. Pearson (posting) 
2 Cock, Samuel Howe 

10 Cricketers, Charles Ambrose 

7 Half Moon and Commercial, Mrs 

Myra Best (posting) 
7 Swan, George Linton 

4 White Hart, John French 



ACADEMIES. 

9 Ambrose Sarah 

10 Beavis Eliz. 

2 Bradford Mrs 

5 Brown Sarah 

3 Frost Eliz. 

10 Fuller Wm H. 

3 Glazin Alfred 

BAKEBS, &C 

10 Dyson Edw. 

6 Dyson John 

1 Glasscock Wm. 
10 Gridley Joseph 

1 Lewis Samuel 

7 Pearson George 
5 Sargeant Wm. 

BEER HOUSES. 

2 Barcham James 

1 Jarvis Sus. 

4 Rivett John 

BLACKSMITHS. 

10 Argent Wm. 

4 Deeks Elisha 

9 Ellingham Wm. 

5 Jarvis John 

2 Sparks Eliz. 

BOOT & SHOEMKES. 

10 Bell Samuel 
7 Crow Jonah 
Glazin Thomas 

5 Robinson Jonth. 
I-Shilly Charles 

6 Shilly Samuel 

11 Steed John 



1 Twitchett S. 

2 Walliker John, 
and leather dlr 

BEICKLAYEES. 

2 Boreham James 

2 Howe Samuel 
11 Perry Wm. 
11 Taylor Wm. 
4 Webb Reuben 

BUTCHEES. 

9 Chaplin Walter 

7 Goodchild Thos. 

10 Newman Rt. 

CABINET MAKEES. 

8 Dyson William 
7 Mortlock Chas. 

9 Smoothy John, 
and tax coir 

COAL DEALEES. 

1 Hickford Geo. 

6 Saddler Samuel 

CONFECTIONEES. 

9 Fenner James 

7 Spurge Emma 

COOPEES. 

10 Edgley Henry 

9 Elger James 

COEN MILLERS, &C. 

10 Houlgate Alfd. 
Ray Charles, Clare 

Mill 

COWKEEPERS. 

3 Agar William 

2 Carr Thomas 



FAEMEES. 

4 Boreham Chas. 
10 Brown My. A. 
10 Chaplin John 

3 Chickall John 

4 Dennis Henry, 
Home andMoWs 
farms 

7 Goodchild Thos. 
10 Jones Charles, 

Erbury 
4 Norton James 
4 Suttle William 
7 Viall Alfd. Pratt, 

Church farm 
4 Webb William 

GARDENERS. 

9 Atterton George 

6 Atterton Henry 

I Parsons Rd. 

GROCERS & DPES. 

9 Goody Samuel 

10 Ray Jas. Stam- 
mers, and bank 
agent 

HAIE DEES SEES. 

9 Perry George 

7 Spurge Richard 

IEONMONGEES 

And Whitesmiths. 
7 Mortlock Rd. 
7 Wade Thomas 

JOINEES & BLDES. 

3 Ambrose Jph. 
9 Flanders John 

4 Ive Robert 

9 Martin Robert 

I I Perry Wm., and 
timber and slate 
merchant 

4 Rivett John 

MALTSTEES. 

10 Gayfer Thos. 
Ray Chas., Mill 

MILUNEES. 

9 Atterton Eliz 



9 Deeks Eliz. 
11 Fenn Chtte. 

7 Hardy and Mel- 

lor 
2 Holmes Susan 

MILLWRIGHTS. 

6 Ager Joseph 

1 Ager Walter 

PAINTERS, PLUM- 
BERS, & GLAZIERS- 

11 Hailey Thos. 

2 Robinson Alex. 

10 SteedJohn Tps. 

SADDLERS. 

10 Ely Joseph 

11 Hewson Thos. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

1 Eagle Martha 
4 French John 

4 Suttle William 

6 Taylor John 

STRAW HAT MKRS. 

7 Ince Mary Ann 

9 Orbell Rebecca 

1 Turner My. Ann 

SUEGEONS. 

10 Barnes John 

2 Nazer Henry 
Leopold 

TAILOES. 

9 Brasher William 

Cole 
9 Brown Henry 

9 French Thos. 
7 Ince William 

10 Ive Thomas - 
7 Jackson Alfd. E*. 

5 Linton John, and 

parish clerk 
9 Purkis John 

WATCHMAKEES, &C 

7 Mortlock James 

8 Mortlock Wm. 

WHEELWEIGHTS. 

2 Deeks George 
4 Potter George 



OMNIBUS 

To Sudbury Station, every Tues.,Thu. r 
and Sat., at 6J morning; and Mail 
Cart to Sudbury and Colchester, at 
5§ every evening. 

CARRIERS. 

George Jarvis, to Braintree, London,. 
&c, every Tues. and Friday ; and to 
Wickhambrook, Haverhill, &c, Mon* 
and Thursday. 

Wm. C. Elmer and Hy. Golding, to 
Bury, Wed. ; to Haverhill, Mon. and 
Thurs.; and to Sudbury, Tues. and 
Saturday. 



RISBRIDGE HUNDRED. 795 

COWLING, or Cowlinge, a pleasant scattered village, 8 miles 
N.N.W. of Clare, N.N.E. of Haverhill, and S.S.E. of Newmarket, 
has in its parish 879 souls, and about 3025 acres of fertile clayey- 
land, mostly freehold James Simpson, Esq., is lord of the manor 
of Cowling, and owner of a great part of the soil, and also of 
Branches Park, a large handsome mansion, with extensive plea- 
sure grounds, nearly a mile W. of the church, formerly the seat of 
the Dickens family, but now unoccupied. The manor was the seat 
and property of Wm. Long Espec, Earl of Salisbury and Somerset, 
son of Henry II. by fair Rosamond. A small manor called Sliarde- 
low, belongs to Downing College, Cambridge, and part of the manor 
belongs to several resident occupiers. Two large sheep and cattle 
fairs are held here yearly, on July 31st and Oct. 17th. The Cliureh 

{St. Margaret) is a neat structure, with a brick tower containing rive, 
)ells. On a marble altar tomb are effigies of Fras. Dickens, Esq., 
and his lady. The Master and Eellows of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, 
are appropriators of the rectory, and patrons of the perpetual curacy, 
by gift of Sir John and Sir Thomas Shardelowe, in 1333. The 
curacy is worth only about <£100 per ann., and is held by the Eev. 
Samuel Horatio Banks, LL.D., of Dullingham, Cambridgeshire. 
The rectorial tithes produce upwards of JG900 per annum. The 
Independents have a chapel here, built in 1835, on land given by 
Mr. Daniel Gifford, who has preached the gospel here gratuitously 
more than 30 years. Ten acres of land are held by the parish clerk, 
as annexed to his office, but the donor is unknown. For a distribu- 
tion of sheets and blankets, the poor parishioners have £'20 a year 
from Deynes Charity. (See Moulton.) Post from Newmarket. 



Avey Richard, grocer and draper 
French John, carpenter, Post-office 
Gooch John, gent || Goldhawk Mr H. 
Hammond James, tailor 
Haylock Edward, bricklayer 
Marrow Jas. shopkeeper, plumber, &c 
Hood John, bailiff, Branches Park 
Marsh George, boot and shoemaker 
Pettit James, tailor 
Sirnkin James, vict. Green Man 
Simons Jas. butcher, & Mrs. school 
Snazell Wm. shoemaker 
Tillbrook Thomas, vict. Three Tuns 
Turner Henry, parish clerk 
Webb Eobert, baker & blacksmith 
FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
Bailey John || Cracknell Wm. 



Blizard George, Fairstead farm 
Brook Frederick || Doe James 
French John Gooch James 

Gifford Charles, Shardeloiues 

* Gifford Daniel, Ballards 

*Gooch Henry, maltster, High Elms 
*Gooch John, sen. & corn miller 
Harvey James, Bloomfield 
*Pond Samuel, Hobbles green 
Reynolds Richard, Moat farm 
Rolfe Thomas || ■ Shepherd & Bird 

* Slater George |j Tillbrook Thos. 
Woollard Edward, Glebe farm 
Woollard Joseph, Webb's farm 
Carriers. — Henry Bowers & Charles 

Taylor, to Bury. Wed. & Sat. 



DALHAM, a neat and pleasant village, in the vale of a small 
rivulet, nearly 6 miles E.S.E. of Newmarket, and 9 miles W. of 
Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 2070 acres of fertile land, and 
583 souls, of whom about 200 are in the hamlet of Dunstall Green, 
more than a mile S.E. of the church. Dalham was the lordship of 
Walter de Norwich, a parliamentary baron in the reign of Edw. II. 
On the death of his great-grandson, it passed to William de UfTord,. 

2l2 



786 DALHAM PARISH. 

Earl of Suffolk. It afterwards passed to the Estotevilles, who sold 
it to Dr. Simon Patrick, Bishop of Ely, whose son disposed of it to 
Gilbert Affleck, Esq., whose family has since been seated here, and 
was elevated to a baronetage in 1782. Sir Robert Affleck, Bart., 
Is now lord of the manor, and owner of nearly all the parish. IJe 
succeeded his brother, the late Sir Gilbert, in 1854, and resides occa- 
sionally at Dalham Hall, a large red brick mansion in a beautiful 
park, a little north of the village. The offices below are arched, and 
above them a noble gallery, 24 feet wide, runs quite through the 
building, which was erected about the year 1705, by Dr. Patrick, 
Bishop of Ely. The Church (Holy Trinity) is a neat structure, 
with a tower containing five bells, and formerly surmounted with a 
spire, which was blown down by the high wind at Oliver Cromwell's 
death. The rectory, valued in K.B. at <£'15. 10s. 5d., and in 1835 
at i>419, is in the gift of Sir Robert Affleck, and incumbency of the 
Rev. James Danby Affleck. The tithes were commuted at the 
enclosure, in 1816, for a corn rent. Post from Newmarket. 

Marked * are at Dunstall Green, and the others in Dalham 



Affleck Sir Robert, Bart. Hall 
Affleck Eev James Danby, Rectory 
* Andrews James, tailor 
Dunning Benjamin, land steward 
Dunning John, vict. Affleck's Arms 
Fyson Wm. baker & shopkeeper 
Green Robert, game keeper 
Plummer James, carpenter 
Plummer Gilbert, bricklayer 
Plummer John, bricklayer 
RufFell Wm. corn miller & maltster 
*Sealey Joseph, shoemaker 



*Swann Wm. beerhs. & shopkeeper 
Tabram John, blacksmith 
Wakinson Daniel, shoemaker 
Watkinson Martha, shopkeeper 
Watkinson James, shoemaker 

FARMERS. 
Dunning John | *JillingsWm. 
Golding Wm. Hall farm 
Moore Mary || Ruffell Wm. 
*Sparrow James || *Sargeant Fredk. 
*Snape Charles | *Webb James 



DENHAM, a small scattered village, nearly 7 miles W.S.W X . of Bury St. 
Edmund's, has in its parish 218 souls, and 1267 acres of land, having a 
good mixed soil. Wm. Francis Gamuel Farmer, Esq., is impropriator, 
owner of the soil, lord of the manor, and patron of the Church, (St. Mary,) 
which has a singularly constructed tower, and was thoroughly repaired in 
1846, and partly re-seated. The living is a perpetual curacy, endowed with a 
yearly stipend of .£100, and now in the incumbency of the Rev. R. Stephen 
Stevens. In Edward the Third's time, Denham belonged to the Hethe 
family. It was afterwards appropriated to some monastic institution, and 
was granted at the dissolution to Sir Edward Lukenors, of whose son and 
great-grandson there are handsome monuments in the church, the latter 
■bearing a fine recumbent effigy. The heiress of the Lukenors carried the 
estate in marriage to the first Lord Viscount Townshend, who died in 1687 
and it belonged to his family in Kirby's time. The Hall, which was the 
seat of the Lukenors, is now a moated farm-house. On a farm called 
Denham Castle, is a moated eminence, supposed to have been occupied by 
the Saxons or Danes. In 1662, Lady Mary Townshend left <£100, to be 
laid out in lands, and the profits thereof to be applied in apprenticing poor 
orphan children of this parish. The estate purchased consists of a house 
and about 8a. 1r. 8p. of land, at Cowling, let for <£14 a year, which is given 
partly in apprentice fees and partly in clothing. The poor parishioners 
have £2 a-year out of Denham Hall estate, given by one of the Townshend 
family. The School was built in 1851, by W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., who 
nays for 12 free scholars. Post from Bury. 



DENHAM. (RISBRIDGE HUNDRED.) 



797 



Barrow Joseph, blacksmith 
Barrow John, smith & vict. Plough 
Leach Edward, parish clerk 
Stevens Eev Eobert Stephen, incum- 
bent, Denham-end Lodge 



Walker John, carpenter 

FARMERS. 
Halls Fredk. Cornell, Abbot's Hall 
Halls Joseph Edwin, Denham Hall 
Halls Wm. Denham Castle 



DENSTON, or Deneediston, a pleasant village in the vale of a rivulet r 
6 miles N. of Clare, has in its parish 303 souls, and 1230 acres of strong 
fertile land. Denston Hall, a large neat mansion in a small park, on 
the south side of the village, is now unoccupied, but belongs with the manor 
and a great part of the soil to Wm. Pigott, Esq., now only 18 years of age. 
H. E. Homfray, Esq., Sidney Sussex College, and several smaller owners- 
have estates here. Here was a college or chantry, endowed with <£22. 8s. 9d. 
per annum, and granted, with a manor called Beanmonds, in the second of" 
Edward VI. to Thomas and John Smith, who sold it to Wm. Bird. The- 
Church (St. Nicholas) is a large ancient structure, and the living is a per- 
petual curacy, valued in 1835 at only .£5], and now in the patronage of 
Wm. Pigott, Esq., and incumbency of the Eev. Wm. Suttaby, M.A. The 
poor have two annuities of 13s. 4d. each ; one given by an unknown donor^ 
and the other by Anthony Sparrow. (See Wickhambrook.) Post from 
Newmarket, via Wickhambrook. 



Cook Wm. vict. Bell 
Gant Francis, beerhouse & shopkpr 
Kitchener Chas. vict. Plumbers' Arms 
Lee Wm. general dealer 
Pamment Wm. E. shopkeeper 
Pryke Geo. butcher, & Susan, school 
Eaymond Henry, cooper & par. clerk 
Webb Thos.& Son, veterinary surgeons 



Went Charles, shopkeeper 

FARMERS. || Chinery John- 
Brown John, Chilversfarm 
Gooch Nathan, Church farm 
Eutter Eev John, (Indpt.) Elm farm- 
Westrupp John, Sheep cott farm 
Caeeiee, John Murrells, to Bury,. 
Wed. and Sat. 



DEPDEN, a scattered village, 9 miles N. by E. of Clare, and S.W. of 
Bury St. Edmund's, has in its fertile parish 279 souls, and 1595 acres of 
land. The Hall, now a farm house, was formerly the seat of the Coels,. 
Thornhills, and Mures. Sir Eobert S. Adair is lord of the manor; but 
part of the parish belongs to the Marquis of Bristol, H. J. Oakes, Esq., 
Mr. George Steel, Mr. Wm. Isaacson, and a few smaller owners. The* 
Church (St. Mary) is a small neat fabric, with a tower and three bells, and 
was new roofed in 1843, at the cost of <£150. The living is a rectory,, 
valued in K.B. at £W. lis. 5jd., and now having 23a. of glebe, and a 
yearly rent-charge of £455, awarded in 1842, in lieu of tithes. The Lord 1 
Chancellor is patron, and the Eev. J. M. Lloyd is the incumbent, and has 
a good Rectory House, built in 1843-7. Dr. Anthony Sparrow, Bishop of 
Norwich from 1676 till his death, in 1685, was born here. The poor 
parishioners have a cottage, and 3|a. of land, at Hargrave, given by Dr. 
Macro, in 1733, and now let for £\0 per annum. They have also £'Z 
yearly from Sparrow's Charity, as noticed with Wickambrook. Post from 
Bury St Edmund's. 



Lloyd Rev Martin John, Rectory 
Manning Wm. parish clerk and smith 
Pryke James, shopkeeper 
Shave John & Thomas, wheelwrights 
Chapman Elizabeth, schoolmistress 



FARMERS. 
Dedenham Thomas |l Ransom Jame& 
Green Richard, and corn miller 
Green Thos., Hall \\ Pratt Catherine 
Isaacson Wm. || Steel George, Elms 
Caeeiee, Elizabeth Theobald, to Bury- 



GAZELEY, a neat and pleasant village, 5 miles E. by S. of Newmarket,, 
and 9 W. of Bury St. Edmund's, has in its parish 5S99 acres, and 90O 
inhabitants, but is divided into three hamlets, viz., Gazeley, containing 



798 



GAZELEY PARISH. 



about 2400 acres, and 450 souls ; Higham Green, containing 2500 acres, 
and 400 souls; and Needham, containing 1000 acres, and 50 souls. 
Higham Green is in Lackford Hundred, and is a scattered village, 2 miles 
N.E. of Gazeley, and 7 miles W. of Bury; and has a Railway Station on 
the Bury and Newmarket line. It belongs to R. G. Barclay, Henry le 
Grice, and J. H. Holmes, Esqrs., and a few smaller owners. Needham 
hamlet, one mile N. of Gazeley, belongs to Chas. Eaton Hammond, Esq., 
and has only seven cottages and Needham Hall, the latter now a farm 
house. W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., is lord of the manor of Desning and owner 
of part of Gazeley hamlet, most of which belongs to Sir Robert Affleck, 
C. E. Hammond, Mrs. Burroughes, and a few smaller owners. The open 
fields, &c, were enclosed in 1840. The Church (All Saints) is a neat 
structure, with a tower and six bells, and was appropriated to one of the 
prebendaries of Stoke College, near Clare. It has recently been thoroughly 
repaired. The rectory was granted, in the 9th of James I., to Fras. Moore 
and Fras. Phillips. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £ 10. 10s. 5d., has the 
rectory of Kentford annexed to it. It has about 4a. of glebe, and a yearly 
rent-charge of <£456, awarded in 1841, of which £180 is in lieu of Kentford 
tithes. The patronage is in Trinity College, Cambridge, and the Rev. Geo. 
Howes, M.A., who is the incumbent, and is also rector of Spixworth, Norfolk, 
where he resides. The great tithes of Gazeley belong to Sir Rt. Affleck, Bart. 
Here is a National School, built in 1843 ; and at Higham Green, is a small 
Free School, built by R.Barclay, Esq., in 1833; and a Baptist Chapel, 
erected in 1836, by Mr. Sabine. The poor parishioners have two yearly 
rent charges, for distributions of red herrings; viz., 7s. 6d,, given by Geo. 
Warren, in 1683 ; and 10s. given by Simon Pratt, in 1641. They are pay- 
able out of land here, belonging to C. E. Hammond, Esq., of Newmarket. 
For distribution in coals they have £16 yearly from 33a. 2r. 23p. awarded 
at the enclosure in 1840. At the Chequers Inn, a lodge of Odd Fellows 
was opened in October, 1843. 



Marked * are at Higham Green ; and the I blacksmiths. 

others at Gazeley, or where specified, j Norton James 
Post Office at John Wilson's. Let- Sutton George 

ters via Newmarket, 
*Aldersley Thomas station master farmers. 

Barnes John, millwright ! * Cornell Mary 

Brand Thomas, shoemaker ! Death Wm. 

Burroughes Rev Thos., B.A., Bovilles j *Fyson Edward 

Hall | *FysonWm.&Mrs 

Charlton Rev Samuel, M.A., curate, \ C.^HighamLodge 

Vicarage \ *Golding Edward, 

*Cooke George Henry, butcher Higham Hall 

*Cooke James, vict. Lamb King George, Des- 

Death Wm. brick maker, baker, and ning Lodge 

corn miller j King James, Des- 

Holland John, vict. Chequers ning Hall 

Plummer James, bricklayer King Henry, Rec- 

Ray Thos Reynolds, milier & maltster tory 
Rosbrook George, saddler Moore John 

Watkinson Hammond, parish clerk Norman Wm. 
Willis John, tailor *Ray Thomas R. 

* Winch Alice & Wales Miss, schools Webb Henry ,Need- 
Wilson John, grocer, draper, regr., & ham Hall 

agent to Suffolk Alliance Assnce. Co. Wilson John 
Wright George, shoemaker 



SHOPKEEPERS. 

* Baker John 
Everitt John 
*Fenton Charles 
Osborne Charles 
Wilson John 

WHEELWRIGHTS . 

* Baker John 
Rush Rd. Haynes 
Whitm ore Thos. & 

beerhouse 

RAILWAY 
Trains from High' 
am Station to 
Bury, Newmar« 
ket, &c, 4 times 
a day 

CARRIER. 
Chas. Osborne, to 
Bury, Mon. and 
Wed.;Cambrdg. 
Sat. ; and New- 
market, Tues 



H AVEEHILL is an ancient market town and parish, 8 miles W. 
of Clare, and 54 miles N.N.E. of London, mostly in Eisbridge Hun- 



HAVERHILL PARISH. 79$ 

4red, Suffolk, aod partly in Hinckford Hundred, Essex. It had 
1308 inhabitants in 1801, 2451 in 1841, and 2535 in 1851, inclu- 

i ding 285 in Risbridge Union Workhouse, which is already noticed 
at page 787. It comprises 2549 acres of land, of which 648 acres 
and 257 of its inhabitants are in Essex, and form that part of the- 

: town and parish called Haverhill Hamlet. The town consists 
ohiefly of one broad street, about a mile in length ; and many of 
its old thatched houses have given place to neat slated buildings, 
during the last thirty years. It was formerly noted for checks, 
cottons, and fustains, and has now a silk mill, employing about 70 
hands, and several manufacturers of drabbetts. Many females are 
employed in making up the latter article into smock-frocks. The 
town has lately been much improved, and its Gas Works were 
-constructed in 1854, at the cost of £800, raised in £20 shares. A 
Reading Room was opened in 1852, at Mr. Hunwick's, in High 
street. Mr. W. W. Boreham has an Astronomical Observatory here, 
with large and excellent instruments. Here is also a Lecture So- 
ciety, with a library of about 1200 volumes. Here are about 330 
weavers employed on drabbetts, and 70 on silk, which is here woven 
into umbrella and parasol fabrics. The linen and cotton yarns of 
which 4 the drabbetts are woven are mostly brought from Leeds and 
Stockport. The market, formerly held on Wednesday, was changed 
to Friday many years ago, and is well supplied with corn and pro- 
visions. The Market Place is spacious, and had an ancient market 
house or cross, which was taken down about twenty years ago. A 
house, on one side of it, was converted into a Corn Exchange, in 
1839. Fairs are held here on May 12th, for cattle, &c. ; and Oct 
10th, for pedlery, pleasure, &c. Sir George Howland Beaumont, 
Bart., of Cole-Orton, Leicestershire, is lord of the manor of Haver- 
hill, which was anciently held by the noble families of Stafford and 
Grey ; but a great part of the parish belongs to H, J. Sperling, 
Esq., Queen's College, Cambridge, W. W. Boreham, Esq., and 
several smaller proprietors. Haverhill County Court District com- 
prises Eidgwell and Stanbourn parishes, and all the 20 parishes of 
Eisbridge Union (see page 788.) The Court is held at the Bell 
Hotel. John Collyer, Esq., is judge; J. H. Jardine, Esq., assistant 
clerk; and Frederick Webb, bailiff. Mr. Jardine is also clerk to 
the magistrates, who hold Petty Sessions at his Office here, every 
Friday. 

The Church (St. Mary) is a large ancient structure, with a tower and 
live bells. It has a good organ, and about a thousand sittings. It was 
appropriated to Castleacre Priory, in Norfolk; and the rectory and advow- 
son were granted, in the 29th of Henry VIII., to Thomas Lord Cromwell. 
H.J. Sperling, Esq., is now impropriator of the rectory; and Sir G. H. 
Beaumont is patron of the discharged vicarage, which is Valued in K.B. at 
£6. 5s., and is now in the incumbency of the Eev. Robert Roberts, M.A., 
who has a yearly rent-charge of £220, awarded in 1841. A chapel called 
■" Le Nether Chirche" anciently stood near the homestead of the chapel 
farm, about a mile N. of the town ; and a little to the west are some ves- 
tiges of a castle. There are in the town a Friends' Meeting-house, a Bap- 
tist Chapel, a Presbyterian Chapel, built in 1707, and rebuilt in 1843 ; 
and an Independent Chapel, erected in 1839, at the cost of £1000. The 



800 



HAVERHILL PARISH. 



church and chapels have each a Sunday School, and here is also a large* 
British School, established in 1851. The Savings' Bank, for Haverhill 
and its vicinity, was established in 1836. It is open every Friday, at the 
Post Office, from 12 till 2 o'clock; and in November, 1853, bad deposits- 
amounting to about £9909. The Infirmary, for the relief of the lame 
and sick poor of Risbridge Union, (see page 787) stands near the Work- 
house, and was built in 1840, at the cost of £2200. In the town are 
several Friendly Societies and other provident institutions ; and at the* 
Greyhound Iun is a Lodge of Odd Fellows. Br. Samuel Ward, a cele- 
brated divine of the 17th century, was born here. He was master of Sid- 
ney College, Cambridge, and accompanied Bishop Carlton, Dean Hall, anc? 
Dr. Davenant, to the synod of Dort. Imprisonment and ill-usage, during 
the civil wars between Charles I. and the Parliament, occasioned his death,, 
in 1643. His father was vicar here, and lies buried in the chancel. 



HAYEEHILL. 

Post Office at Mr John Turner's. 
Letters are despatched by mail cart 
at 4 afternoon to Halstead, and at 6 
evening to Newmarket. Foot post- 
men to surrounding villages. Money 
Orders granted and paid. 

Marked I reside in Baker's row; 2, Bull 
lane: 3, Burton-end; 4, Chantry croft; 
5, Haverhill Hamlet, in Essex ; 6, 
High street : 7. Market place; 8, Pea 
market hill; and 9, in Witheisfield 
road. 

3AdcockMiss Sua 4 Copsey Iff Saml ; 

6 Basham John, clothes broker, &c. 

5 Beavis John, gardener 

6 Bigmore Samuel, printer, parish elk. 
and registrar of marriages. fee. 

3 Boreham Joseph, brewer, maltster, 
bank agent and spirit merchant 

6 Boreham Wm. Wakelin, gentleman j 
6 Chater John & Son, gardeners and 

nurserymen 
8 Cornwell James, general dealer 
6 Crick Join:, cooper: & John, farrier ' 
5 Davies Bev James. (Presbytn. ruin) 
1 Elliston James, fellmonger. leather i 

cutter, and glover 

5 Fenner James, veterinary surgeon 
Frost Hannah, nurse. Infirmary 

6 Gallivant Thomas E. police serjt 

4 Gill Bev Henry (.Independent) 

6 Gurteen Mr Edw. 6 Hall Mr James j 
6 Hall Jno. brick, tile, & drain pipe mr j 
6 Hann Mrs Eliz. matron. Workhouse i 
6 Harrisson Louis Arthur, relieving offer 
6 Hawes George, clothes broker 

6 Hunwick Mr. reading room keeper 

5 Jackson Henry Wyld, solicitor 

7 Jardine John Henry, solicitor, union 
and magistrates' clerk (and Stoke) 

6 Knapp James, master of "Workhouse 

7 Lee Joshua C. turner and cooper 

5 May Wm. gardener 6 Martin Mrs 

6 Peck Henry, carpet manufacturer 



6 Oakes, Bevan, & Co. bankers ; Mr 

Joseph Boreham, agent 
6 Purkis John, maltster 
5 Boberts Bichard, silk manufacturer 

5 Boberts Bev Bobert, M.A., vicar^ 
Manor House 

6 Bobinson Mrs E. Slater Mr John 
6 Sizer Mr Jonathan || Snape Miss 

Sizer Jonathan, jun. ; cabinetmaker 

6 Todd BatclifTe Pearl, secretary of 

Savings' Bank 
6 Turner John, postmaster & news agt 
6 Turner Thomas, leather seller 

5 Walton Mr E. A. S. 

6 Woollard Mr Thomas 

EIRE AND LIEE OEFICES. 
6 Accidental Death. H. J. Starns 

1 Atlas, Samuel Bigmore 

6 Athena?um and East of England, K 
Pearce 

6 European. Walter Dearsley 

7 Norwich Union and Cattle and Hail- 
storm, John Turner 

5 Phoenix. Bichard Boberts 

6 Suffolk Alliance. C. Kitching 

5 Sun, Henrv Wvld Jackson 

INNS AND TAYEEXS. 

7 Bell Hotel, Elias Ellis ^posting) 
3 Bull, John Baekler 

7 Greyhound, Samuel Watkinson 

6 Queen's Head, John Price 
6 Bam, William Woollard 

9 Bose and Crown, William Elles 
5 Weavers' Arms, Bichard Carter 



ACADEMIES. 

6 Dearsley Walter 

and Maria 
4 Mason Henry 
S&vUlWm., British 

School 
6 Wright Eliz. 
Union Workhouse: 
Pawsey Henry 
Payne Sarah 



BAKEKS, &C» 

6 Boreham Thos~ 

4 Brown James 

8 Cornwell Chas- 

5 Crick Mary 

6 Everett Shadb.. 
6 Missen John 

6 Pannell Henry 
6 Badford John 

BEERHOUSES. 

6 Alb on William> - 



HAVERHILL DIRECTORY. 



80T 



6 Avey George 
6 Bigmore Saml. 
6 Boreham Thos. 

3 Campion Eliz. 

4 Mason Thos. 

Alissen John 
6 Scott Charles 

5 Webb Harriet 

6 Woollard Thos. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

4 Brown Sampson 
6 Frost John 

1 Price John 

5 Spicer James 

6 Williams Ed. 

BOOKSELEgRS, 

Printers. $e. 
6 Bigmore Saml. 
6 Dearsley Walter 
6 Starns By. Jph. 

BOOT & SHOBMKBS. 

4 Adams Thomas 
6 Albon William 
6 Callow George 
6 Missen Wm. 

5 Starns Henry 

6 Suckling John 
6 Suckling Saml. 
6 Turner John 

6 Turner Wm. and 
leather dlr. and 
brewer 

BRAZIERS AST) 
TINNERS. 

7 Dis Elizabeth 

6 Fairweather W. 

BRICKLAYERS 

>£n<Z Plasterers. 
6 Arber John 
3 Backler James 

2 Backler John 

6 Scotcher Henry 
6 Thake Fuller 

BUTCHERS. 

6 Berry James 

6 Blanden Eobt. 

7 Freestone Sus. 



CHEMISTS 

^«<J Druggists. 
7 Kitching Chas. 
7 Suckling Saml. 

CORK AND FLOUB 

DEALERS. 

5 Cornwell Chas. 
1 Snape Charles 
1 Snape My. A. 

COBX MILLERS. 

Brown Wm. Pom- 

frett 
Euffell Eichard 

DBABBETT 

And Smock F : : ': 
Manufacturers. 

7 Gurteen Daniel 
and Son 

6 Xott Joseph 
3 Pannell Edw. 
G Pearce Peter 
1 Turpin John 

FARMERS. 

6 Berrv James 
Cross Philip, Ha- 
zel Stubb 

Diggins John. 

Z hapelfarm 
Eobinson John 

5 Scotcher John. 
Town farm 

Smith Geo. Haver- 
hill place 
TillbrookHy. ; iia// 
Unwin Joseph, 
Hazel Stubbs 

GLASS. CHINA. &C 3 
DEALERS. 

7 Dis Elizabeth 

6 Hagger Josiah 

GROCERS & DPBS. 

6 Bates William 
6 Dk Elizabeth 
6 Pearce Peter 
6 Peck James 

HALR DRESSERS. 

3 Basham Wm. 



;6 Kiddle Hy.Wm. j 

IRONMONGERS. I 

; 6 Dix Elizabeth 
j 1 Fairweather W. 

JOINERS & BLDRS. I 

; G Avey George 
6 Bridge Wm. 
6 Hall William 

8 Hepher Edw. 
j 4 Mason Thomas 

I MILLINERS, &C. j 

I 6 Arber Susan 
| 6 Bigmore Sarah i 
G Galivant Hanh. ! 
! 3 Heckford Mrs 

' 6 KillingbackEliz. ; 
6 Lawrence Pcla. ! 
6 Scotcher If. A. 

PAINTERS, PLUM- j 

BERS, & GLAZIERS. ' 

4 Brown Wm. 
6 Finch Elijah 

SADDLERS. 

3 Bridge Hovell 

6 Hagger Josiah 

7 Neave Edmund 
Oliver 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

6 Bridge Joseph 

If NIBUS 

From the Bell Hotel, every morning 
except Sunday, at eight, to Audley- 
End Station, to meet trains for Lon- 
don and ail parts. This station is 
near Saffron Walden, about 10 miles 
E. of Haverhill. 

C A E E I E E S. 

Wm. Chalk's waggon, every Wed. ana' 
Friday, to Audley-End Station, with 
goods for London, &c, 

Edwin Eayner. from High st,, to Bury.. 
Wed. ; and Cambridge, Saturday. 

W. C. Elmer and George Jarvis, from 
the Bell. Hotel, to Clare, Monday and 
Thursday. 

Thos. Woollard, to Newmarket, Tues.. 
from High street. 



5 Gowers Thos. 

6 Woollard Thos. 

STRAW HAT MKR& 

4 Brown Emily 

7 Ellis Ann Maria 

1 Jolly Ellen 

G Parry Margaret 
6 Spicer Ellen 

SURGEONS. 

6 Archer John 
6 Brainsford Chas, 
6 Eastcott Saml. > 
Sandford Geo. > 

5 Simpson Wm. 

TALLOBS. 

6 Avers Jonth. 

5 Ellis William 

G Fairweather W." 

6 Lock George 

6 Smith Thomas 

8 Westrup John 

WATCHMAKERS, &C^ 

6 Carter Wm. 
6 Taylor Fredk. 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

6 Avey George 

2 Albon Wm., anct 
coach maker 



HAWKEDON, a scattered village on a pleasant acclivity, near a rivulet,, 
6 miles X.X.E. of Clare, and 9 miles S.S.W. of Bury St. E'dmund's, has in 
its parish 359 souls, and 1461 acres of land. It is in two manors, viz. — 
Hawkedon Hall, (now a farm house,) the property of J. E.Hale, Esq.; and 
Thurston Hall, of which H. J. Oakes, Esq., is lord. Swan Hall, another 
ancient mansion, now a farm house, belongs, with a large estate, to J. G. 
W. Poley, Esq., and was formerly a seat of the Abbot family. J. H. Frere, 
Esq., Edw. Hammond, Esq., and several smaller owners, have estates in 
the parish. The Church is an ancient structure, with a tower and five bells, 
and the living is. a rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 10s., and in 1835 at £2~o y 
but now having 45a. of glebe, and a vearly tithe rent of £400, awarded in 

2 I ? 



802 KAWKEDON PARISH. 

1841. Henry James Oakes, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. 0. P. Oakes. B.A., 
is the incumbent, and has a neat Rectory House, built in 1830. Here is a 
National School, erected in 1647. The poor have nearly two acres of land 
at Stansfield, let for 30s. a year, and given by a Mr. Shaw. They have 
also 10s. a year, from Anthony Sparrow s Charity, (see Wickhambrook,) 
and 20s. a year, given by a Mr. Ray, out of a farm at Denston. Post from 
Bury. 



Adams John, shopkeeper 
Avis Samuel, carpenter 
Cresswell George, shoemaker 
Game James, shoemaker 
Howard John Henry, schoolmaster 
Oakes Rev Orbell Plampiau, B.A., 

rector, Rectory 
"Webb Chas., shopr., and John, smith 
Windred Alfred, vict. Queen's Head. 

Post Office 



FARMERS. 
Harvey James B.. Gallowgate 
Hibble James Mortiock Thomas 
Moore Simon. Swan Hall 
Rice Mr., Cremer'sfarm 
SpaiTow "Win., Hunger frown Hall and 

Thunton Hall 
Watts William, Langley farm 

CARRIERS.— Wm. and Jno. Taylor : 
to Burv. Wed. and Saturday. 



HUNDON, a large village, pleasantly situated, 3^ miles N.N.W. of Clare, 
and 6 miles E.N.E. of Haverhall, has in its fertile parish 1216 inhabitants, 
about 4461 acres of land, the small hamlets of Worsted Green aud Scotch 
Green, and many scattered houses. Lady Harland is lady of the manor of 
Hundon with Chilburn, and owns about half of the parish. The remainder 
belongs to Jesus College, Cambridge, the Deanery of St. Paul's, .Mrs. Ter- 
ritt, S. Ware, Esq., and several smaller owners. The manor belonged to 
the Earl of Clarence in the reign of Edward III., and was afterwards held 
by the Yernons. Great Park, Estry Park, and BroxUy Park, are three 
estates in this parish, which were held by Stoke priory, near Clare, and were 
sold, in the 3rd of Edward VI., to Sir John Cheke. In 168 T , more than 
200 Saxon coins were discovered by the sexton, while digging a grave in 
the churchyard. They were of the value of 4d. each, and of various mints. 
The Church (All Saints) is a large neat fabric, with a tower and six bells. 
It was new leaded in 1643, and underwent many repairs a few years after- 
wards. In a building attached to it is a noble pyramid of marble, in 
memory of Arethusa, wife of James Vernon, Esq., and daughter of Lord 
Clifford, who died in 1728. The appropriation and advowson were held by 
Stoke priory. The great tithes are now held by Jesus College, Cambridge, 
and were commuted in 1847 for £'665. 10s. per annum. The benefice is a 
discharged vicarage, valued in K.B. at £7. 13s. 4d., and in 1635 at £201. 
The patronage is in Jesus College, and the Rev. Robert Wilson Stoddart, 
M.A., is the incumbent. A fair for pedlery, &o . is held here on Holy 
Thursday. Here is an Independent Chapel, erected in 1646, at the cost of 
£450. 

Hundon Charity Estate comprises several cottages, let for £'26. 14s., and 
a farm of 113 acres, partly in Barnardiston, and now let for £220 a year. 
It is held in trust, as declared by a decree in Chancery, for the repair of 
the church and causeways in the parish, the relief of the poor, and other 
charitable uses, at the discretion of the trustees. A portion of the income 
is distributed in blankets, clothing, bread, or money, among the poor 
parishioners,- who have also 40s. a year out of premises in Wood street, left 
by Wm.Rich, in 1690, for distributions of bread at Hollowmass and Christ- 
mas. In 1737, James Vernon, who had contributed largely towards the 
erection of workhouses in Hundon, Wickhambrook, and Stradishall, gave a 
yearly rent charge of £32, out of his farms at Wickhambrook, in trust, to 
pay to the churchwardens of Hundon £22 thereof, for the following uses, 
viz. — £10 for the master of the parish workhouse; 5s. each for the vicar 



RISBRIDGE HUNDRED, 



803; 



and two churchwardens, and the remainder for the schooling of poor chil- 
dren, except what may be necessary for repairing the donor's monument. 
He gave the other d£l0, of the annuity of £32, to the parish of Wiekham- 
brook, and left a yearly rent charge of <£10 out of lands at Stradishall, for ' 
the master of the workhouse in that parish. For .£10 a year received from 
this charity, a schoolmaster in Hundon teaches 16 poor children. The an- 
nuities given for masters of workhouses are now applied in distributions of 
coals to the poor. 



HUNDON DIRECTOBY. 
Post-Office at D. Potter's. 
Foot post to Haverhill. 
Bennett Lenney, carpenter 
Gibbons John, cattle dealer 
Golding Wm. vict. Plough 
Goodchild Wm. butcher 
Mansfield Geo. vict. Eose & Crown 
Mansfield John, vict. Eed Lion 
Missen John, parish clerk 
Missen Josiah, vict. Cock 
Nock Joseph, carpenter 
Eockett Mr Thos., Mount pleasant 
Eutter Thomas, glover, &c 
Steel George, schoolmaster 
StoddartEevEt. Wilson, M.A. Vicar 
Whiting Wm. saddler, &c 



BEERHOUSES. 

Bunting Samuel 
Golding Wm. 
Mansfield John 
Savage Abraham 
Stiff Joseph 

bakers, &c. 
Metcalfe George 
Stiff James 



BLACKSMITHS. 

E hired George 
Starling Thomas 

BOOT & SHOEMKRS, 

Bowers Wm. 
Green George 
Parmenter George 
Potter Daniel 
Savage Josiah 



BRICKLAYERS. 

Burrows Joseph 
Casbolt Thomas 
Ling Wm. 

CORN MILLERS. 

EuseJohn Spencer 
Savage George 
Whiting W. & J. 

FARMERS. 

(.* are Owners.) 
Brown Wm. 
*ChoatWm. & Hy. 

Worsted green 
Cuthbert Thomas 

French 
*Deeks Charles, 

Brick Wall 
Deeks John 
*Deeks Susan 
Dennis Thomas 
* Eagle Sarah 
Golding Wm. 
Goodchild Wm. 
Hale Charles, 

Broxley Lodge 
Hammond Henry, 

Scotch green 



Harvey James B., 

& maltster, Hall 
Keeble Et. steward, 

Great Lodge 
Jolly Charles 
Murrells Joseph, 

New House 
*Potter Dd. & Et, 

Scotch green 
* Savage Abraham 
*Suting Wm. 

SHOPKEEPERS. 

Clarke Wm. 
Leete Tempest 
Medcalfe George 
Savage Abraham 
Savage Charles 
Savage Josiah 

TAILORS. 

Bradman Wm. 
Turner Eobert 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

Mansfield George 
Savage Charles 

C A E E I E E. 

Thomas Jolly, to 
Bury, Wed. 



KEDINGTON, now corruptly called KETTON, is a large scattered 
village, near one of the tributary streams of the river Stour, 5 miles W.N.W. 
of Clare, and 2| miles E.N.E. of Haverhill. Its parish contains 2342 acres 
of fertile land, and 772 souls, of which about 800 acres and 104 souls are 
in Hinckford Hundred, Essex. At Domesday survey, it was the lordship of 
Jifcalph Baynard; but being forfeited in the reign of Henry I., it was given 
to Eichard Fitz-Gilbert, progenitor of the Earls of Clare. It afterwards 
passed to the Barnardistons, who were seated at the Hall, which was a 
large and handsome mansion, but was taken down many years ago. Sir 
Thomas Barnardiston, of Kedington, was created a baronet in 1663, but 
the title has been many years extinct. In the reign of Queen Anne, two 
baronets of this family, Sir Samuel and Sir Thomas, sat at the same time 
in Parliament. This family is also remarkable for having given rise to the 
appellation of Roundhead, during the civil commotions in the reign of 
Charles I. " The London apprentices," says Eapin, "wore the hair of the 
head cut round; and the Queen, observing out of a window Samuel Bar- 
nardiston among them, cried out, ' See what a handsome round-head is 
there.'" Hence came the name, which was first publicly used by Captain 
Hyde. Kedington has a fair for pedlery, &c, on June 29th. The parish 
is all freehold, and belongs to the Eev. W. H. Syer, Sir J. E. Rowley, Mr. 
B. Gooch, Mr. Hammond, Mr. H. T. Purkis, and several smaller owners. 



804 



KEDINGTON PARISH. 



The Church (St- Peter and St. Paul) is a nent structure, with a tower ancfc 
five bells, and contains several monuments of the Barnardistons, of whom 
there are also some memorials in stained glass in the windows. The rec- 
tory is valued in K.B. at i£l6. 8s. 6|d., and in 1835 at <£498, but now 
having a yearly tithe rent of <£701. 18s., awarded in 1840, including the 
quota on the glebe, about 115a. The Rev. Wm. Hy. Syer, B.A., is patron 
and incumbent, and has a good Rectory House. The celebrated Archbishop 
Tillotson was rector here at the time of the Commonwealth. A farm of 
34a. 3b. 34p., at Stunner, in Essex, belongs jointly to the parishes of 
Sturmer and Kedington, and is vested in twelve feoffees, pursuant to ancient 
deeds, in trust to apply the rents and profits, in equal moieties, for the- 
repairs of the churches, and the relief of the poor of the two parishes. It 
is let for £50 per annum, so that Kedington receives £2o yearly, and one 
moiety thereof is applied in the service of the church, and the other for 
educating and apprenticing poor children. About three acres, called Towm 
Land and Rope Acre, are held by the churchwardens of Kedington for the 
repairs of the church, and are let for about £6. 10s. per annum. For the 
same purpose, they have three rent-charges, amounting to 25s- 4d. per 
annum, left by persons named Bateman, Fairclough, and an unknown 
donor. Thirteen poor widows of Kedington have divided among them, 
4s. 3d. yearly, given by one Bateman, out of an estate here belonging to 
Mr. Mathew. Post from Haverhill. 



Bateman John, tailor 

Betts Richard, carpenter 

Bowyer John, blacksmith 

Bowyer Edward, butcher 

Bowyer Samuel & Barry, dealers 

Bowyer Walter, butcher & shopkeeper 

Chapman Wm. baker, &c 

Cornwell Charles, shopr. Post-office 

Cornwell James, shoemaker & shopr 

Deeks James, wheelwright 

Deeks Joseph, bricklayer 

Diver John, wheelwright 

Garwood James, farrier 

Garwood John, blacksmith & vict. 

White Horse 
Golding Henry, gentleman 
Goodchild Wm. gent. Dane House 
Ling John, shoemaker & vict. Bell 
Ling John, jun. shoemaker 
Martin Thomas, baker 
Mason Robert, schoolmaster 



Petti t Wyatt John, cabinet maker &■ 

parish clerk 
Price John, brewer & maltster, Hall 
Price Wm. Pomfrett, vict. Barnardistons 

Arms || & Charlotte, beerhouse 
Syer Rev Wm. Hy., B.A. Rectory 
Wright John, travelling tea dealer 
FARMERS. (* are Owners.) 
Bowyer Henry, & butcher 
♦ChapmanWm. agent to Colonial Land; 

& Emigration Soc.) Lays farm 
♦Goodchild John, & maltster 
*MartinJph. || Medcalf Wm. bailitt? 
*Price John || Price Walter 
*Purkis Harry Teverson ; h Sturmer 
*Rumball James, & corn miller 
*Rumball Robert || Teverson Henry 
CARRIERS.— George Jarvis to Clare- 

& London, Tues. & Thursday ; and 

Wm. Challis'sVan to Saffron Walden y 

Thursdav 



KENTFORD is a small village on the Bury road, 4f miles E. of 
Newmarket, and half a mile from Kennet Station, on the Bury and 
Newmarket Railway. Its parish contains 172 souls, and about 80O 
acres of fertile land, belonging to Ebenezer Foster, Esq., Mr. SamL 
Clark Jonas, and a lew smaller owners; but W. F. Gr. Farmer, Esq. r 
is lord of the manor. The Church (St. Mary) is a small fabric, with 
a tower and three bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £7. 3s. 4d.* 
is consolidated with the yicarage of Gazeley, as already noticed at 
page 798. The tithes here were commuted, in 1843, for a yearly 
rent-chage of ^9180. On the enclosure of the open fields, &c, in 
this parish, under an act passed in 1826, several parcels of old 
poor's land were exchanged for three allotments in Worlington 






KENTFORD. (RISBRIDGE HUNDRED.) 805 

Field, containing together 17a. 1r. 1 Tp. They are let by the rector 
and churchwardens, who distribute the rents yearly in coals among 
the deserving poor of the parish. Post from Newmarket. 



Avey Richard, vict. Cock 
Brown James, vict. Fox & Ball 
Charlton Eev Samuel. AI.A. curaie 
Chinery Wm, parish clerk. &e 
Drake E. ft Gilson Henry. : _ 
Fletcher Boot, constable, £ lira Rose 



Poulter James, blacksmith 

Ease Robert, farmer 

Weston R. Rennet Station master 

Wilson Elijah, poulterer, &c 

Wellsman Air John Jennings 3IrV>*m> 



LIB GATE, or Lydgate, a pleasant village, near the source of a 
rivulet. 7 miles S.E. of Newmarket, and 10 miles W.S.W. of Bury 
St. Edmund's, has in its parish 494 souls, and 17 SO acres of land. 
Near the church is a moated mound, on which there are still some 
traces of a castle, though the foundations have been nearly all dug 
up for the reparation of the roads. The inhabitants usually call it 
King John's Castle, but its origin is unknown. The parish gave- 
birth and name to John Lydgate, the learned monk of Bury, 
noticed at page 162. In the 49th of Edward III., it was the lord- 
ship of John Hastings, Earl of Pembroke, and it afterwards passed 
to the Jermyns, Bavers. and Seymours. The Conqueror is said to 
have given it to one of his followers called Reynold sans Xase. from 
having lost his ncse in battle. W. C. Kitchiner, Esq., is now lord 
of the manor, but the soil belongs to T. J. Ireland, Esq., Major 
Wollaston, Jas. Simpson, Esq.. J. W. Bromley, Esq.. and several 
smaller owners. The Church (St Mary) is a neat edifice, with a 
tower and rive bells. Its east window has lately been enriched with 
stained glass. The living is a rectory, valued in K.B at £ 15. 10s. od.. 
and now having 54a. of glebe, and a yearly tithe-rent of £320, 
awarded in 1817. The Bev. John Gordon. B.A., is the incumbent,, 
and Mrs. Sherlock, of Southwell, is the present patroness. A hand- 
some new Rectory House was built in 1 S42. The Independents have 
a small chapel here, built in 1850. A National School was built by 
subscription in 1S35, at the cost of £160, and it is attended by 
about 60 day, and 100 Sunday scholars. At the enclosure in 1814, 
an allotment of 7a. 2b. 12p. was awarded, in lieu of land appro- 
priated from ancient time to the payment of the clerk's wages, and 
to the repairs of the chinch. It is let. together with 2a. 2b. 12p., 
allotted to the poor, and the rent, about i>15 a year, is applied as 
follows : — £2 to the parish clerk, £fi to the National School, and 
the remainder towards the repairs of the church and the relief of 
the poor. Post-Office at Philip Hammond's. Letters from Xew- 
marheU 

Bell Sampson, vict. Eed House 1 Ransom Geo. shoemkr. & Xnn,shopr 

Bell Wm. beerhouse £ shopkeeper ! Ransom Isaac, blacksmith 
Charrill Ann, shopkeeper FARMERS. || Bell Sampson 

Day John, bricklayer Carsbonlt John ! Harrey Eichard 

Gordon Eev John* B.A. Sectary ! Dobito George Harvey Thos. Kent 
Grinling Robert, wheelwright Moore James || Phillips Charles 

Hammond Philip, saddler, &c I Pawsey Frederick, Lidgate Hall 
Kerry Thomas, surgeon 

Longster Jas. parish clerk & schoclr j Caf.kier— Thos. Balls, to Newmarket, 
Aloore Simon, yict. Oak fc~ Tuesdav. 



806 



RISBRIDGE HUNDRED. 



MOULTON, a neat village, on the banks of a rivulet, 3£ miles E. of 
Newmarket, and 10 miles W. of Bury, has in its parish 486 souls, and 
3073a. 1r. 17p. of sandy land. John Agnerus had a grant for a market 
here, in the 26th of Edward I. The manor afterwards passed to the Chy- 
verston, Lutterell, and other families. It is now held by the Duke of Rut- 
land ; but a great part of the soil belongs to Trinity Hall and Christ College, 
Cambridge ; Edwd. Hammond, Esq., and to Sir Bobt. Pigot, Bart., who has 
an occasional seat here, now called Moulton Paddocks, and formerly Fidget 
Hall. Until recently, the seat of tbe Pigot family was atPatshull, Stafford- 
fordshire. The Church (St. Peter) is an ancient structure, with a tower 
and five bells, and has lately been thoroughly restored. It is a handsome 
fabric, in the perpendicular style, and the benefice is a rectory and vicarage 
united, valued in 1835 at £570, and in K.B., the former at £13. 6s. 8d., 
and the latter at £4. 7s. 8|d. It has 169a. 2b. 14p. of glebe. The open 
fields, &c, were enclosed in 1839; and in 1840, the tithes were commuted 
for a yearly rent of £550, including the quota on the rectorial land. The 
patronage is in Christ College, Cambridge ; and the Rev. E. Mortlock,B.D., 
is the incumbent, and has a large and handsome Rectory House, built in 
1846-7. Here is a small Independent Chapel, built in 1828. On Folly 
Heath is an ancient pyramidal building, which may be seen at the distance 
of 20 miles, and is said to have been built by one of the Earls of Orford. 
Moulton Town Estate is vested with the churchwardens, for the reparation 
of the church and bridges of the parish, and consists of 4a. atFreckenham, 
let for £10 a year; and 13a. in Moulton, let for £9 a year. The poor 
parishioners have 45a., called Fuel Land, and let for £40 a year. The 
donor is unknown, and the rent is distributed in money or coals among 
poor families. In 1755, Mr. Worthington left £12 for the poor, and it is 
vested with the rector, at interest of 10s. per annum. In tbe 35th of Eliza- 
beth, Wm. Deynes left a farm of 75a. 2r. 20p. at Cowling, in trust for the 
relief of the needy poor of Moulton, Barrow, Cowling, and Hargrave. It is 
now let for about £95 a year, of which each of the four parishes receives 
£23. 15s. for distribution among the poor. A yearly rent-charge of 7s, 6d., 
called Herring Money, is paid out of an estate belonging to E. Hammond, 
Esq., and distributed among the poor of Moulton; but the donor is un- 
known. On the glebe is a neat school, erected in 1840, with a house for the 
teacher. Post Office at the King's Head. Letters via Newmarket. 



Bailey James, boot and shoemaker 
Bendall Mary Ann, schoolmistress 
Casborn Robert, shopkeeper 
Hathaway Mr. Wm. |] Last Mr. Thos. 
Mortlock Rev Edmund, B.D., Rectory 
Pigot Sir Robt., Bart., Moulton Paddocks 
Poulter James, blacksmith 
Bansom Rt. B., tailor and shopkeeper 
Swan Charles, butcher 
Tweed Mary, carpenter and viet, 
King's Head 



Wellsman John, maltster 
FARMERS. 
Cockrill Charles, Well bottom 
Denton Wm. Glebe and College farms 
Gardner Thomas, French Rail . 
Hammond Edward, Heath 
Nunn Charles, Moulton End 
Staples Wm,, Moulton Hall 
Staples Wm, Henry, farm steward 
Weston Wm. D., Moulton End 
Woods John, Trinity Hall farm 



OUSDEN, a scattered village, 7 miles. S.E. by E. of Newmarket, and 10 
miles W.S.W. of Bury, has in its parish 384 souls, and 1200 acres of land, 
having a fertile mixed soil. Ousden Hall, a handsome mansion, with plea- 
sant grounds, is the seat of T. J. Ireland, Esq., the lord of the manor, and 
owner of nearly all the soil. He derived the estate, in 1834, from the be- 
quest of his uncle, the Rev. J. T. Hand, who rebuilt the chief part of the 
flail, in the Grecian style, but a new centre and two porticoes have been 
erected by the present owner, who has much improved the park and plea- 



OUSDEN PARISH. 807 

sure grounds, which comprise about fifty acres. The old Hall was built 

by the Moseleys, in the reign of James I., and one of them added wings to 

lit in 1750. Of them and the Irelands there are several neat monuments in 

the Church (St. Peter) which is a small structure, with a tower and five 

bells. The living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £10. 3s. 9d., and in 

, 1835 at £285. T. J. Ireland, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. W. S. McDouall, 

I M.A., incumbent. The tithes were commuted at the enclosure, in 1816, for 

i an allotment of 328 acres. The Moseleys were formerly seated here, and 

were lords of the manor, which was held by the late Rev. J. T. Hand. The 

1 Town Estate consists of about 3a. of land, let for £4. 10s. a year, which is 

applied in the service of church. In 1593, Wm. Deynes left a yearly rent- 

\ charge of 13s. 4d. out of land at Barrow, for the poor of Ousden. In 

I 1743, Richard Moseley charged a farm here with the yearly payment of 

j £10, for schooling 20 poor children of this parish. Post from Newmarket. 



Andrews Thomas, farmer 

Candler Ann, schoolmistress 

Cruthe Wm. shopkeeper 

Day James, corn miller 

Eley James, Post-office 

Evered Thomas, shoemaker 

Ireland Thos. James, Esq. Ousden Hall 

Jillings Wm. farmer 

Jolly Thomas, vict. Fox 

Kemp Mary, schoolmistress 

Pearson Isaac, farmer 



McDouall Rev Wm. Sutherland, M.A. 

Rectory 
Rannow Jas.W r m. grocer & draper 
Ransom John, blacksmith 
Seagrott Henry, shoemaker 
Seagrott Robert, gamekeeper 
Sturgeon Charles, land agent 
Turner Wm. corn miller 
Tweed Wm. wheelwright & par. clerk 
Wiseman Wm. cooper 
Woollard Martha, shopkeeper 



POSLINGFORD, a small pleasant village, 2g miles N. by E. of Clare, 
has in its parish 371 souls, and 2438 acres of land, including several scat- 
tered houses, and the small hamlet of Chipley, which had a small abbey 
or priory, i| mileN.W. of Poslingford, founded at an early period, and an- 
nexed to Stoke College in 1468. The Abbey Farm has an ancient house, 
and belongs to Lady Harland. Poslingford Park, 1 mile N. of the village, 
has a handsome mansion, and is the seat and property of S. A. Severne, 
Esq.; but Samuel "Ware, Esq.,. is lord of the manor ; and the Rev- N. J. 
Stubbin, J. Snell, T. Wade, and a few smaller owners, have estates in the 
parish. The parish is all freehold, and was anciently the lordship of Ralph 
Baynard. It is sometimes called P osling f or d-wiih- Chipley . The Church 
is a small ancient structure, with a tower and five bells, and was repaired 
in 1839, when a small gallery was erected. It was restored and newly 
seated in 1853. It was appropriated to Dunmow Priory, Essex, and 
granted, in the 28th of Henry VIII. , to Robert, Earl of Sussex. • T. H. 
Elwes, Esq., is impropriator of the rectory, and patron of the discharged 
vicarage, which is valued in K.B. at £6. 10s., and is now in the incumbency 
of the Rev. Wm. L. Suttaby, M.A., who has 9a. of glebe, and a yearly tithe 
rent of £100, awarded in 1841, when the rectorial tithes were commuted for 
£199 per annum. The Church and Poor's Estate comprises 7a. 3r. of 
land, which has been held from ancient time for the reparation of the church 
and the relief of the poor ; and two cottages, with gardens, purchased in 
1675, with £6 belonging to the poor, and £6 given by the inhabitants. 
The land and cottages are let for about £18 a year, which is mostly ex- 
pended in the service of the church. The Poor's Cottage is in three tene- 
ments, occupied by poor persons. In 1668, Wm. Cadge charged a farm 
called Lynns with the payment of 20s. a year, for distribution among the 
poor of Poslingford. The School was built about ten years ago by sub- 
scription. Post from Clare. 



808 



POSLINGFORD. (RISBRIDGE HUNDRED.) 



Brett John, parish clerk 
Codling Frederick, blacksmith 
Fitch Thomas, grocer & draper 
Hicks John, boot & shoemaker 
Severne Saml. A.,Esq. Poslingford Park 
Suttaby Rev Wm. Leon ard,M. A. Vicarage 

FARMERS. 
Ambrose James, New House 
Boreham John P. Bulley green 



Deeks James, Lynn's farm 
Fisher James, Clopton Hall 
Hale John, Poslingford Hall 
Leech George, Chipley Abbey 
Butter George, Flax farm 
Snell John Francis, Wen t f ord House- 
Wade Thomas, Hills farm 
Ward Robert, and beerhouse 



STANSFIELD, a pleasant village, near a small rivulet, 5| miles N. by 
E. of Clare, has in its parish 506 souls, and 1989 acres of freehold land, 
including the hamlet of Assington Green, and many scattered houses. The 
lordship is in the Crown, but the soil belongs to G. J. W. Poley, Esq., S. 
Ware, Esq., Dr. Probart, Miss Colvile, and the Pratt, Everard, Pigot, Gil- 
son, Tabor, and other families. The Kedingtons were formerly seated here* 
The Church (All Saints,) is a neat structure, with a tower and B five bells, and 
the benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at a£l0. 9s. 4£d., and in 1835 at 
56395. The patronage is in the Lord Chancellor, and the Rev. E. J. Phipps, 
B.A., is the incumbent. The glebe is 82a., and the tithes were commuted 
in 1838 for a yearly rent-charge of £500. Here is a neat Independent Cha- 
pel, with a house for the minister, erected in 1833 at the cost of £850. 
Schools are attached to the church and the chapel, and that at the latter 
was built in 1849. The Church Land, about 2a., is let for £8 a year. The 
poor parishioners have the following yearly doles, viz., 20s. out of Cordell 
Hall, given by Robert Kedington and others ; 13s. 4d. from Anthony Spar- 
row's Charity, see Wickhambrook ; 6s. 8d. given by an unknown donor out 
of Cook's Farm ; and about £2. 12s. from a double cottage, given by the 
Rev. R. Shaw tor the use of poor widows. Post from Clare. 



Balls Frederick, beerhouse 

Brown John, bricklayer 

Carter Samuel, watchmaker, &c 

Everard Wm. miller, baker, & brewer 

French Wm. tailor 

Gill Charles, blacksmith 

Golding Wm. shoemaker 

Gridley John, shopkeeper, and carrier 

to Bury, Wednesday 
Hale Joseph, vict. Compasses 
Hibble George, boot and shoe maker 
Middleditch George, bricklayer 
Phipps r^ev Edw. Jas., B.A., Rectory 
Quant Miss Harriet, boarding school, 

Belle Vue House 
Rannow John, grocer and draper 
Ransom Mary Ann, schoolmistress 



Sargeant Thos. carpenter, Post office 

Spurling Wm. wheelwright 

Steed Wm. Bradman, plumber, glazier, 

and painter 
Walker Thomas, parish clerk 

FARMERS. I Byford Edward 
Everard John | Gridley Daniel 
Howe Wm. Windolph's Farm 
King Robert | Woollard James 
Pratt John & Richard, Purton Green 
Prewer John, Assington Green 
Sargeant Joseph, Assington Green 
Slater Martin, Cor dell Hall 
Spencer Robert, Stansfield Hall 
Webb Geo. Bennett, Assington Green 
Woods John, Gatesbury, (and Moulton) 



STOKE-ey-Clare, a large and pleasantly situated village on the nortb 
bank of the river Stour, 2J miles W.S.W. of Clare, 7 miles E.S.E. of 
Haverhill, and 11 miles N.W. by N. of Halstead, has in its parish 911 souls, 
and 2329a. 1r. 22p. of fertile land. It has a small fair for pedlery, &c, on 
Whit-Monday, now nearly disused. As noticed at page 791, a Benedictine 
Priory, which had been founded at Clare Castle, was translated to Stoke r 
but about 1415 Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, having augmented its 
revenues, obtained the king's permission to change the institution into a 
College, consisting of a dean and six secular canons. At the dissolution, it 
was valued at i$24. 4s. Id. per annum, and granted to Sir John Cheke and 



STOKE-BY-CLAKE. 809 

Walter Mildmay, from whom it passed to the Triggs, It afterwards passed, 
by purchase, with the manor, to Sir Gervase Elites, who was created a ba- 
ronet in ]660, and died in 1705, but the title became extinct on the death 
of his grandson, Sir Hervey Elwes, in 1763. From this distinguished 
miser, the estate passed to his worthy successor, John Elwes, Esq., as after- 
wards noticed. On the death of the last named miser in 1789, it passed to- 
Colonel Timms, his nephew, who assumed the name of Elwes. From him,, 
it passed to his son, the late John Payne Elwes, Esq. John Elton Hervey 
Elwes, Esq., the son of the latter, is the present lord of the manor of 
Stoke-with- Chilton, and is seated at the fine old family mansion, called Stoke- 
College. But part of the soil belongs to the Payne, Walford, Lawson, Fitch, 
Pannell, and other families. All the parish is freehold, except a small 
farm belonging to Mrs. Payne. The Church (St. Augustine.) is a neat 
structure in the perpendicular style, with a tower and six bells. The tower 
formed a portion of the collegiate church of St. John, now demolished. The 
benefice is a perpetual curacy of the gross value of .£105. 9s. per annum,, 
arising from a rent-charge on Mr. Elwes' s estate, and a grant from Queen 
Anne's Bounty. Mrs. Bush, of Elsenham Hall, Essex, is the patroness,, 
and the Bev. Henry Griffin, M.A., is the incumbent. Here is a small cha- 
pel, used conjointly by Independents and Baptists. Dr. Paeker, the last 
dean of Stoke College, became the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury 
in the reign of Elizabeth, whose mother, Anne Boleyne, he attended on the 
scaffold as chaplain, and to whose solemn charge she committed her infant 
daughter. Stoke College, while Dr. Parker presided over it, was the fre- 
quent resort and asylum of many leading reformers, among whom may be 
enumerated Bacon, Bilney, Cecil, Bradford, and Bidley. 

In 1681, Mary Barnes left £225 to be laid out in the purchase of land,, 
the rents and profits thereof to be employed in apprenticing poor children 
of Stoke parish. The land purchased comprises 10a. 2e. 22p., let for £3* 
10s. a year, which is dispensed by the churchwardens and overseers in ap- 
prentice fees. In 1526, Richard Brown directed an almshouse to be erected 
at Stoke for six poor people, to each of whom he left 6s. 8d. yearly, charged 
on his estate, called Stowers, at Ashen, in Essex, which he also charged 
with the expense of repairing the almshouse. J. E. H. Elwes, Esq., owns- 
this estate, and pays 40s. to the almspeople, and 10s. a year for repairs. The 
poor of Stoke have had from time immemorial 1a. 1r. 17p. of land in 
Wixoe, and it is now let for £4. 10s. a year, which is divided among the 
almspeople and other poor parishioners, together with a yearly rent-charge 
of 20s., left by Wm. Bendlow, in the 19th Elizabeth, out of a farm, called 
Glyns, in Finchingfield, Essex. A cottage, occupied by two aged parish- 
ioners, was given by Balph Turner, who endowed it in 1599 with an annuity 
of 6s. 8d., out of Huddes Gap, now belonging to the Bev. P. M. Brunwin, 
ofBradwell, Essex, who also pays 20s. a year for the poor out of Tenter 
Croft, pursuant to the bequest of Thomas Edwards in 1653. The yearly 
sum of 40s. is paid by ancient custom out of the Town Close, and is distri- 
buted among the poor on Plough Monday. In 1678, Sir Gervase Elwes r 
to the end that the office of schoolmaster and perpetual curate of Stoke 
might continue for ever in some good Protestant divine, charged his man- 
sion house and estate at Stoke with a yearly rent-charge of £30. Mr. 
Elwes distributes beef and oatmeal among the poor parishioners on Christ- 
mas eve. 

Misery — In the annals of avarice, there is not a more celebrated name 
than that of Elwes. Sir Gervase Elwes, of Stoke, who died in 1705, in- 
volved, as far as they would go, all his estates, so that his grandson and 
successor, Sir Hervey Elwes, found that he was nominally possessed of 



810 STOKE-BY-CLAHE. 

some thousands a year, but had really only a clear income of about £100 
per annum. He declared, on his arrival at the family seat of Stoke, that he 
would never leave it till he had entirely cleared the paternal estate, and he 
lived not only to do that, but to amass above £100,000 in addition. The 
accumulation of money was the only passion and employment of the long 
life of Sir Hervey, who, though given over in his youth for a consumption, 
attained the age of upwards of eighty years. To avoid the expense of com- 
pany, he doomed himself, for about GO years, to the strictest solitude; 
scarcely knew the indulgence of fire and candle, and resided in a mansion 
where the wind entered at every casement, and the rain descended through 
the roof. His household consisted of one man and two maids; and such 
was the systematic economy which governed his whole establishment, that 
the annual expenditure of Sir Hervey, though worth at least £250,000, 
amounted only to £110. Among the few acquaintances he had (says Mr. 
Topham) was an occasional club at his own village at Stoke, and there 
were members of it two baronets besides himself, Sir Cordell Firebrace 
and Sir John Barnardiston. However rich they were, the reckoning was 
always an object of their investigation. As they were one day settling this 
difficult point, an odd fellow, who was a member, called out to a friend 
who was passing, " For Heaven's sake, step up stairs and assist the poor ! 
Here are three baronets, worth a million of money, quarrelling about 
a farthing." On the death of Sir Hervey in 1763, he lay in state, 
such as it was, at Stoke ; and some of his tenants observed with 
more humour than decency, that it was well he could not see it. His 
immense property devolved to his nephew, John Meggot, who, by his 
will, was ordered to assume the name and arms of Elwes. This 
was the celebrated John Elwes, Esq., whose mother had been left a 
widow by a rich brewer, with a fortune of one hundred thousand 
pounds, and starved herself to death. He proved himself a worthy heir 
to her and Sir Hervey. During the life of his miserly uncle, he often vi- 
sited him at Stoke, and ingratiated himself in his favour by always changing 
his dress for one of a humbler description before he reached the mansion. 
After his uncle's death, he settled at Stoke, and for some time kept a pack of 
hounds and a few hunters, at the cost of £300 a year. After a residence of 
nearly 14 years at Stoke, he was chosen to represent Berkshire in Parlia- 
ment, on which occasion be removed to his seat at Marcham. in that county. 
He now relinquished the keeping of horses and dogs ; and no man could be 
more attentive to senatorial duties than Mr. Elwes. In travelling, he rode 
on horseback, avoiding all turnpikes and public houses, carrying in his 
pockets crusts of bread, hard boiled eggs, &c 4 , for his own refreshment, and 
allowing his horse to feed on the grass which fringed the sides of the roads. 
On his retirement from public life, to avoid the expense of a contested elec- 
tion, he was desirous of visiting his seat at Stoke, where he had not been for 
some years. When he reached the place, once the seat of more active scenes, 
somewhat resembling hospitality, and where his fox hounds had diffused 
something like vivacity around, he remarked that he had formerly expended 
a great deal of money very foolishly, but that a man grew wiser in time. 
During his last residence at Stoke, the mansion was suffered to fall into decay 
for want of repairs. If a window was broken, there was to be no repair but 
that of a little brown paper, or piecing in a bit of broken glass, which had at 
length been done so frequently, and in so many shapes, that it would have 
puzzled a mathematician to say what figure they described. To save fire, 
he would walk about the remains of an old greenhouse, or sit with a servant 
in the kitchen. During the harvest, he would amuse himself with going 
into the fields to glean the com on the grounds of his own tenants ; and 



STOE.E-BY-CLARE. 



811 



they used to leave a little more than common, to please the old gentleman, 
who was as eager after it as any pauper in the parish. In the advance of the 
season, his morning employment was to pick up any stray chips, hones, and 
other thiugs to carry to the fire, in his pocket ; and he was one day surprised 
by a neighbouring gentleman in the act of pulling down a crow's nest for that 
purpose. On the gentleman wondering why he gave himself this trouble, 
" Oh, Sir !" replied old Elwes, " it is really a shame that these creatures 
should do so — do but see what waste they make ! they don't care how ex- 
travagant they are." His food and dress were of the meanest description. 
He once eat a moor hen, that had been brought out of the river by a rat ; 
and he wore a wig that had been picked up in the rut of a lane. But with 
all his meanness, he sometimes displayed a real generosity of spirit, and 
occasionally became the dupe of artful adventurers. He once embarked 
and sacrificed £'25,000 in an iron work in America, of which he knew 
nothing. He was also an occasional gambler, strict in the payment of his 
losses, but never asking for his winnings if they were withheld ; and several 
instances are recorded of his voluntarily advancing large sums to assist his 
friends in their difficulties. He died in 1789, and bequeathed real and per- 
sonal property to the value of half a million, to his two natural sons, 
George and John, but the Stoke estate passed to his nephew, Col. Timms, 
as alreadv noticed. 



STOKE BY-CLAKE, 

Post Office at J. Chapman's. Letters, 

via Halstead. 
Biddell John Henry, Esq., The Grove 
Brewster Thomas, miller and shopr. 
Chapman Thomas, dealer 
Chapman John, tailor & parish clerk 
Dearsley John, bricklayer 
Doe Robert, boot and shoe maker 
Doe Wm., butcher and vict., George 
Elwes John Elton Hervey, Esq., Stoke 

College 
Farrant Thomas, baker & shopkeeper 
Ford Win. beerhouse 
Griffin Bev. Henry, MA , incumbent 
Hustler Chas. Devereux, solicitor, and 

agent to the Provident Fire and Life 

Office, &c. 
Jardine John Henry, solicitor, clerk, & 



supt. regr. of Bisbridge Union, and 

asst. elk, of Haverhill County Court. 

(Seep. 799.) 
Laver Thomas, beerhouse keeper 
Ling John, butcher 

Bogers Hannah, baker and shopkeeper 
Sparks Wm.. blacksmith 
Tatum Wm., lime burner 
Turner John, beerhouse ft shopkeeper 
Turner Samuel, gardener 
Wright Arthur, shopkeeper 
Wright Ebenezer, wheelwright, joiner. 

builder, and vict., Bed Lion 
Wrixon John, surgeon 

FABMEBS. 
Fan-ant Thomas Turner Wm. 
Panneil Daniel, Boyton end 
Viail King. Chapel street 
Walford Walter. Moor Hall 



STRADISHALL, a pleasant village near the source of a rivulet, -H miles 
N.W. of Clare, has in its parish 430 souls, and 1376 acres of strong clayey 
land, mostly belonging to H. B. Homfray, Esq., and T. E. Spackman, Esq. 
The former owns and occupies as a shooting seat, Stradishall Place, a neat 
mansion near the church. The remainder belongs to the Misses Walpole, 
and Mr. Joseph Willis. The Church (St. Margaret) is an ancient fabric, 
with a tower and five bells; and the living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at 
£9. lis., and now having 50a. of glebe, and a yearly tithe rent of £350, 
awarded in 1840. Lady Harland is patroness ; and the Bev. J. T. Walters, 
M.A., incumbent. In 1573, John Hoult left a house for the residence of 
two of the poorest men and women of Stradishall, and charged his mansion 
house with the yearly payment of £3 for distribution among the occupants 
of the said house, and the other poor of the parish. By a decree of the 
Court of Chancery, for establishing this charity, in the 26th of Elizabeth, 
it was ordered that the inmates of the almshouse should be appointed by six 
of the principal parishioners, and that £33, being the amount of 11 years' 



812 



STRADISHALL PARISH. 



arrears of the annuity, should be laid out inland, the rents thereof to be 
bestowed in the repairs of the almshouse, and the relief of the poor pa- 
rishioners. This sum of £33 was laid out, with £20 given to the poor by 
Ann Smythe, in the purchase of 5a. 2r. of land, at Wickhambrook, now let 
for £7 a year, which is distributed in bread or money. The almshouse fell 
down about 1813, but is about to rebuilt at the cost of £150, derived from- 
more than 40 years' saving of the £3 annuity. For the support of a work- 
house, this parish has £10 a year from Vernon's Charity. (SeeHundon.) 
Post from Wickhambrook, via Newmarket. 



Chapman George, parish clerk 
Clarke Joseph, shopkeeper 
Codling Walter, blacksmith 
Homfray Henry Revell, Esq., S 'tradishall 

Place, (only in shooting season) 
Ive Wm., wheelwright 
Savage Noah, shopkeeper 
Seabrook Richard, shoemaker 
"Walters Rev John Thos., M.A., Rectory 



FARMERS. |i Chickall Walter 
Dennis James Wing, Hill Farm 
Dover Thomas, vict., Hound 
Green John Major, Old House 
Goodwin Robert, Tan Office 
MedcalfHy. (blf.) || Seabrook Rt. M. 
Pratt Wm. B., Three Ashes 
Spackman Thomas Edmund, {owner) 
Woollard Joseph, Moat Farm 



THURLOW, (GREAT) is a pleasant village in the vale of a rivulet, 
adjoining Little Thurlow on the south, and 4 miles N.N.E. of Haverhill, 
and 8 miles N.W. by W. of Clare. Its parish contains 431 souls, and 2023 
acres of fertile land. Lady Harland is lady of the manor, and owner of a 
great part of the soil, and the remainder belongs to W. H. Crawford, Esq., 
and the Jonas, Traylen, Golding, Snazell, and a few other families. Here 
was a small Hospital, or free chapel, dedicated to St. James, founded in 
the reign of Richard IT., and subordinate to the foreign hospital of Haut- 
pays, or de alto passu. In the reign of Edward IV., it was valued at £3 per 
annum, and granted to the Maison de Dieu, in Cambridge, now part of 
King's College. The lordship formerly belonged to John King, Esq., then* 
to the Waldegraves, and afterwards to Sir Cordell Firebrace, Bart, who sold 
it to James Vernon, Esq. Lady Arethusa Harland, its present possessor, 
is the heiress of the Vernons, and relict of the late Sir Robt. Harland, Bart. 
The Vernons were long seated in the Hall, a neat mansion in a pleasant 
park, now occupied occasionally by Lady Harland, who resides generally at 
WhersteadPark. (See page 234.) The Church (All Saints) is an ancienfe 
fabric, with a tower and five bells. The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £10. 
lis. 5£d., is endowed with the great tithes, and has now a yearly tithe rent 
of £518, awarded in 1840; and a neat white brick residence. Lady Har- 
land is patroness, and the Rev. Wm. Wayman, M.A., incumbent. Here is 
a small Independent Chapel, built in 1835, and enlarged in 1849. The 
poor parishioners participate in some of the charities, noticed in Little 
Thurlow and Great Wratting. A fair for sheep and toys is held here on 
October 11th. The Thurlow family derive their name, and the title of baron, 
from this parish, as noticed at page 709. Post Office at Little Thurlow* 



Post from Newmarket. 
Baker Benjamin, surgeon 
Bowyer Wm., butcher 
Brand George, corn and seed merchant 
Chapman John, wheelwright 
Cornish Wm., grocer and draper 
Dawsett John, blacksmith 
Dearsley Elijah, corn miller 
Dearsley John, wheelwright & joiner 
Death John, tailor and parish clerk 
Garrod Robert, collar & harness maker 
Palmer George, maltster & vict., Crown 
Payue John, bricklayer 



Thompson Samuel, carpenter 
Wayman Rev.Wm., M.A., Vicarage 
Wright James, boot and shoe maker 

FARMERS. 
Ambrose Samuel, Sawley Green 
Jeffery Martin, West end 
Jonas John, Hunt's Farm 
Pearl Henry || Pearl M ary, Harlica 
Pearl Rands, WadgellsHall 
Robinson Thomas, (farm bailiff) 
CARRIER, John Rowlings to Bury 
Wednesday, and Cambridge, Sat. 



RISBRIDGE HUNDRED. 813 

THURLOW, (LITTLE,) a neat village, adjoining that of Great Thur- 
low, 4| miles N. by E. of Haverhill, has in its parish 449 souls and 1470 

i acres of strong fertile land. Mrs. Soame is lady of the manor, and owner 
of most of the soil, and the remainder belongs to several smaller owners. 
She resides at the Hall, which was erected about seven years ago, near the 
site of the old Hall, and was built in the reign of Elizabeth, by Sir Stephen 
Soame, Knight, who had been lord mayor of London, and founded the 
school and almhouse here, as afterwards noticed. There is a monument to 
Ms memory in the Church, (St. Peter,) which has a tower and five bells, 
and was new pewed and repaired in 1843. The rectory, valued in K.B. at 

'■ £7, 10s. 5d., and in 1835, at <£401, is the patronage of Mrs. Soame, and 
incumbency of the Rev. Fredk. Chas. Crick, M.A. 

Soame 's Almshouse and School : — In the loth of James I., Sir Stephen 
Soame, Knt., by his will declared that an Almshouse, which he had built 

I in Little Thurlow, should be for the habitation of eight poor unmarried 
persons, men and women, of the age of 64 years and upwards, and who 
should have been resident 24 years in Little Thurlow ; but if so many 

i could not be found here, he directed that the remainder might be chosen 
from Great Thurlow, or Wratting. He also ordered that the ninth room in 
the middle of the almshouse should be occupied by a person who should 
xead prayers to the rest of the almspeople. He willed that his executors 
should purchase a yearly rent-charge of s£30, to provide for the payment of 
14d. a-week to each of the nine almspeople, and to supply them with eight 
loads of good faggots yearly, and with a gown each once in two years. And 
after reciting that he had built a Schoolhouse here, he declared that it 
should be employed as a free school for the parishes of Little and Great 
Thurlow, Great and Little Bradley, Wratting, Ketton, Hundon, and other 
parishes in Suffolk ; and that the children should be taught by the master 
and usher in the English and. Latin tongues, writing, and cyphering. By 
a codicil dated March 2nd, 1618, the testator charged the manor of Carl- 
ton, in Cambridgeshire, with the yearly rent-charges of i?30 for the alms- 
house, and J930 for the school ; and of the latter he directed £'20 to be paid 
to the master, and £10 to the usher. By an indenture in the 1st of Queen 
Anne, the manor of Carlton was also charged with providing the faggots 
and gowns for the use of the almspeople, who are appointed by the owner 
of the said manor, and the minister and churchwardens of Little Thurlow. 
The school has attached to it apartments and a garden for the use of the 
master, who receives £30 a-year, and teaches reading, writing, and arith- 
metic gratuitously to about eight free scholars. A new scheme is about to 
be issued for the future regulation of the School and Almshouse. The 
Poor's Estate, given by Josiah Houghton, in 1693, consists of about 3a. 
of land, let for £o a-year, and the Town House, which is partly occupied 
by paupers, and partly let to three tenants at rents amounting to £4 a-year. 
The rents are distributed among such poor inhabitants as do not receive 
•parochial relief. 



LITTLE THURLOW. 
Post Office at Mrs. A. Webb's. Let- 
ters via Newmarket 
Betts Benjamin, wheelwright 
-Crick Rev Fdk. Chas., M.A., Rectory 
Daniels Mr James || Osborne Mrs A. 
Day Richard, grocer, draper, & hatter 
Dearsley Joseph, corn miller 
Pitch James & Joseph, shoemakers 
French Wm. Octavins, schoolmaster 
Neave Ezra, collar & harness maker 
Howling Ambrose, vict., Cock 



Smith James, tailor 
Smith SI., grocer, draper, & ironmonger 
Soame Mrs. Elizabeth, Hall 
Talbot James, baker, &c. 
Vince Mr. Wm. || Webb Hy.,shoenikr. 
Wakeling James, blacksmith 
Webb John, shoemaker 
Webb Wm. Hy., veterinary surgeon 
FARMERS. || Garrod Simon 
Bailey Fras., Temple end 
Howard George, Temple farm 
Osborne James, Town farm 



814 RTSBRIDGE HUNDRED. 

WIXOE, or Whixoe a small village and parish on the north bank of the 
river Stour, 4 miles W.S.W. of Clare, and E.S.E. of Haverhill, has only 
168 souls, and about 600 acres of land. J. E. H. Elwes, Esq., is lord of 
the manor, but part of the soil belongs to Mr. King Viall, of Stoke parish, 
and a few other owners. The Church is a small ancient structure, and the 
benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B. at £5. 13s. l^d., and in 
1835, at £180. J. E. H. Elwes, Esq., is patron, and the Rev. Frederick 
Elwes, B.A., incumbent. The latter has a neat residence here, and is also 
rector of Gestingthorpe, Essex. The glebe is 11 a., and the tithes have 
"been commuted for £200 per annum. 



WIXHOE. 
Elwes Rev. Fredk., B.A., Rectory 
Fitch Ambrose Gardner, miller 
Payne Mr. Fdk., Water Hall 
Smith John, parish clerk 



Pemberton Rev Edw., HX, Rose hill 
Wynter Rev. Abraham Farley, B.A. ; 

rector of Barnardiston 
Post from Halstead, via Stoke 



WICKHAMBROOK, a large scattered village in the pleasant vale of a 
rivulet, 7 miles N. of Clare, and 11 miles S.W. of Bury St. Edmund's, has 
in its extensive parish 1597 inhabitants, and 1348a. 2b. 28p. of fertile 
clayey land, including many widely scattered farm bouses, and the hamlets 
of Aldersfield Green, half a mile N.E.; Genesis Green, 2 miles N. ; part of 
Boy den End, 2 miles N.W. ; Attleton Green ; and Clopton, half a mile E. 
of the village. It is in three manors, viz., Badmondisjield Hall, formerly 
held by the Somersets, Norths, and Warners, and now by Joseph Warner 
Bromley, Esq.; Gaines Hall, held by Mrs. Sparke ; and Clopton Hall, 
anciently appropriated to Stoke College, and now forming part of the 
charity estates belonging to Thaxted, in Essex, left by Lord Wm. Maynard. 
H. R. Homfray, Esq., and T. Spackman own part of the parish, and here 
are several smaller proprietors. (See list of Farmers.) Gifford's Hall, 
bow a farm house, one mile S.E. of the village, belongs to tbe Chinery 
family, and was formerly held by the Owers family. Wickham Home 
belongs to the Pigott family, and is now occupied by Mr. G. H. Sparrow. 
Petty Sessions are held at the White Horse every fourth Thursday, by the 
neighbouring Magistrates, and Mr. S. S. Warner is their clerk. The Church 
(All Saints) is a neat structure, with a tower and five bells. In the chancel 
is a marble altar tomb, with a recumbent effigy of Sir Thos. Heigham, who 
died in 1630, after displaying great military bravery in the Irish Rebellion. 
The benefice is & vicarage, valued in K.B. at £8. 6s. 10|d., and in 1835 at 
£210, but now having a yearly tithe-rent of £350, awarded in 1840. The 
Lord Chancellor is patron, and the Rev. James Wm. Wenn is the incum- 
bent, and has a good Vicarage House. The rectorial tithes belong to J. 
W. Bromley, Esq., and three other impropriators. There was anciently a 
free chapel, dedicated to St. Mary, .at Badmondisfield, in the patronage of 
the Hastings and Grey families ; but it was granted in 1583, to Wm. 
Mansey, of London, and no traces of it are now extant. In the village is 
a neat Independent Chapel, belonging to a congregation formed in 1734* 
Here is also a Primitive Methodist Chapel, built in 1850. The parish School 
is partly supported by subscription. A tenement and about 15a. of land are 
vested in trust as declared by ancient deeds, for the relief of the poor and 
the reparation of the church, and are now let for £15 a-year, of which 
£2. 5s. belongs to the church, and the remainder to the poor. It is not 
known how the property was acquired, except 4a. purchased with the bene- 
faction of Thos. Heigham. In 1785, Anne Warner left £400 three per cent 
reduced annuities, in trust to distribute the dividends thereof on Christ- 
mas day, among the poor parishioners, who have also the dividends of 



WICKHAMBROOK PARISH. 



815 



.£250 three per cent, stock, bequeathed in 1818 by Elizabeth Chinery, for 
distributions of hempen cloth. They have likewise three rent-charges, 
amounting to £2. 10s. per annum, given by Dr. Palmer, Charles Owers, 
and Benjamin French. Anthony Sparrow, in 1615, charged the Stans- 
field Mill Farm with the yearly payment of £8, for the relief of the poor 
of the following parishes, viz., £2 to be distributed in Depden; 13s. 4d. in 
each of the parishes of Stansfield, Denston, and Rede ; 10s. in Chedbnrgh 
and Hawkedon ; and £3 to be divided among the six inmates of the Alms- 
house, which he had built at Wickhambrook. Attached to this almshouse 
are 27 perches of garden ground. 



WICKHAMBROOK. 
Post Office at Mrs Brown's. Letters 
despatched by Newmarket mail cart 
Bromley Joseph Warner, Esq. & Nathl. 
W., Esq., barrister, & Jph. Robarts, 
Esq., Badmondishfield House 
Brown John Pomfrett, relieving officer 
and registrar, (see page 787,) Post 
Office 
Coleman Rev Henry (Independent) 
Collins Captain Wm., R.N., New House 
Cooper Wm. vict. White Horse 
Cross Wm. ironmonger and brazier 
Dunthorn John, gentleman 
Everard Thomas, gentleman 
Hinds James, gent || Johnson Mrs 
Hinds Margaret, school, Elm Cottage 
Marrow Ann & Sons, painters, plum- 
bers, and glaziers 
Pryke Thomas, vict. Crown 
Simkin Wm. thatch er 
Smith James, schoolmaster & collector 
Smith John, parish clerk 
Stutter Wm. G. surgeon 
Wenn Rev James Wm., Vicarage 



BEERHOUSES. 

Brown Joseph 
Chapman Joseph 
Coote Wm. 
[Foreman Humphy 
Isaacson Watton 

James 
King Philip 
Smith Thomas, 

and baker 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Crick Alfred 
Shave Henry, jun. 
Simpson Robert 

BOOT & SHOEMKRS. 

Chapman George 
Edgley Charles 



Edgley James 
Pettit Henry 
Pryke George 
Pryke John 
Pryke Thomas 

BRICKLAYERS. 

Casboult George 
Parker George 
Parker John 
Parker Wm. 
Smith James 

BUTCHERS. 

Death Robert 
Manfield George 
Pymar Thomas 

CARPENTERS. 

Brewster John 



Coote Wm. 
Foreman Henry 
Hinds John 
J en e way Wm. 
King Philip 

CORN MILLERS 

Pryke Jeremiah 
Woollard Joseph 

FARMERS. 

* are Owners. 
Coe Abraham, Far* 

ley Green 
Crick Thomas 
*Daniell Edward, 

Easty Wood 
Everard George 
*Frost James, 



en- end 
*Fulier Benjamin 
*Fuller Wm. ,Hole 
GoldsmithGeorge, 

Genesis Green 
Gooch Joseph, 

Farley Green 
Hinds John, Attle- 

ton Green 
Isaacson Jno.Chas. 

Gaines Hall 
Moore J ohn. RooTcy 
Norman Dowsing 
Pamplin John 
*Pask James 
*Pawsey Joseph, 

At (let on Green 
*Peacock John,Al- 

dersjleld place 
*Pryke Jeremiah, 

Aldersjield Green 
*Pryke John P., 

Aldersjield Hall 
*Pryke John H., 

Aldersjield Green 



♦Rowling Joseph 
Rowling Jph., jun. 
Rutter Jno. &glovr- 
Savill John, Clop- 
ton House 
*Shave Henry 
Shave Simeon 
Smith Emily 
Sparrow George 
Hibble, Wick- 
ham House 
Woollard Joseph 

SHOPKEEPERS, 

Grocers 8? Drapers. 
Brewster John 
Fyson Ann 
Hockley Wm. 
Janeway Wm. 
Marrow Josiah, & 
baker 

TAILORS. 

French John 
Hoy Wm. 
Pymar Benjamin 

WHEELWRIGHTS- 

Claydon John 
Crick Alfred 
Shave Henry, jun. 
Simpson George. 
Nunnery Green 

CARRIERS, 
Mail Cart to New- 
market,dly.from 
White Horse 
G. Jarvis, to Clare. 
London, &c, 
Tues. & Fri. 
To Bury, Wed. & 
Sat. (seep. 211) 
Brown Joseph 
Simpson Manoah 



WITHERSFIELD, a scattered village, 2 miles N.W. of Haverhill, has 
in its parish 642 souls, and 2059 acres of fertile land, having a heavy mixed 
soil, and bounded on the west by Cambridgeshire. The Rev. Wm. Mayd 
is lord of the manor, and owner of a great part of the land. Bethnal Green 
Free School and Hospital, founded in 1722, by Thomas Parmiter, has an 
estate here, and other parts of the parish belong to Lord Thurlow, S. 



816 WITHERSFIELD PARISH. 

Batsou, Esq., and several smaller proprietors. The Church (St. Marv) 
has a tower and five bells, and the living is a rectory, valued in K.B. at 
£%. 17s. 2d., and in 1835 at £465, but now having, besides 41a. of glebe, 
a yearly tithe-rent of £390, awarded in 1641. The Rev. Win. Mayd, B.A., 
is patron and incumbent. There is a cottage, in four teuements, in this 
parish, occupied rent-free by poor persons; and a blacksmith's shop, let 
for £2 a year, which is applied in repairing the cottage. It is unknown 
liow the premises became appropriated to the poor. . The Church land is 
3a., let for £4 per annum. The late Miss Heylyn left the dividends of 
,£100 Bank Stock to be divided among the poor parishioners in bread or 
clothing. 



Post Office at Henry Furbank's. 

Letters via Newmarket. 
Berger Christopher, police officer 
Betts David, wheelwright and smith 
Bradnam Thomas, vict. White Horse 
Choat Thomas, carpenter 
Claydon Charles, blacksmith 
Collett Wm. drillman 
Coote Wm. boot and shoemaker 
Furbank Henry, boot and shoemaker 
Kiddy Stephen, poulterer, Sec. 
Mayd Rev Wm., B.A., Rectory 
Moore David, shopkeeper 
Xunn Wm. beerhouse aud shopkeeper 



Pearl John, corn miller 
Rowlinson Samuel, machineman 
Webb Thomas, bricklayer 
Williams John, wood dealer 
Williams Stephen, beerhouse 

FARMERS. Hymns John 
Bashftm Wm. Rowlinson Joseph 
Chapman Thos. Rowlinson Stephen 
Howard Charles, Hanchet Hall 
Olley Frederick, Church farm 
Olley Frederick, jun., Hanchet-end 
Woollard Edward Samuel, Hall 
Carrier, James Bradnam, to Ipswich 
and Haverhill, Monday 



WRATTING, (GREAT) a pleasant village in the vale of a rivulet, 2J 
miles N.E. of Haverhill, and six miles W.N.W. of Clare, has in its parish 
391 souls, and 1329a. 3r. 12p. of land, having a good mixed soil. Lord 
Thurlow is lord of the manor, but part of the soil belongs to F. and G. 
Gibson, Esqrs., J. Sperling, Esq., Mr. John Goodchild, and a few smaller 
owners. The Church (St. Mary) is a small structure, with a tower and 
two bells. The rectory, valued in K.B. at £S, has that of Little Wratting 
annexed to it, and the joint benefice? were valued in 1835 at £'450; but 
the tithes here were commuted in 1S41 for £341, aud those of Little 
Wratting for £250 per annum, and there are 96a. of glebe. The Rev. 
Thomas B. Syer, B.A., is patron and incumbent. The Church Land, 2|a., 
is let for £6. 15s. a year, which is applied in repairing the church. The 
poor have four tenements, let for £11, and three occupied by poor widows. 
These premises include a messuage given in 1747 by James Vernon, to be 
used as a Workhouse for the parishes of Great Wratting, Great Thurlow, 
Chiibum, and Barnardistou, and by him endowed with a yearly rent- 
charge of £10, out of lands now belonging to Lady Harland. Post from 
Newmarket. 



Bridge Wm. shopkeeper 

Ling Mrs E. vict. Bell 

Ling Jacob, blacksmith 

Mitson Thomas & Wm. shoemakers 

Purkis Thomas, vict. Red Lion 



Syer Rev Thos BlomfieU. B .A., Rectory 

FARMERS. Golding George 
Diggins Edmund Garrod Simon 
Goodchild John,' Wratting Hall 
Hymus John, (Esors. of) Hill f ami 



WRATTING (LITTLE) is a small village in a pleasant valley, 2 miles 
3J.E. of Haverhill, and adjoins Great Wratting on the south. It has in its 
parish 212 souls, and 936 acres of fertile laud, all freehold, and belonging 
the Bird, Gurteen, Sperling, Frost, and Pun chard families, and a few- 
smaller proprietors. The Church is a small ancient structure, and the 
"benefice is a rectory, valued in K.B. at £4. 19s. 9id., and united with that 






NEWMAEKET. 817 



of Great "Wratting, as noticed above. Here is a National School, for Great 
and Little Wratting parishes, built in 1849, at the cost of about .£200. 
Post from Newmarket via Haverhill. 

Frost Thomas Teverson, farmer, Wash 
Punchard Charles, corn miller and 
farmer. Blunt' 8 Hall 



Binks Edwin, shopkeeper 

Brown Isaac, beerhouse 

Chapman Emma, National schoolmrs 



NEWMAEKET, one of the most fashionable schools of the turf 
in the annals of Tiorse racing, is a handsome market town, with 
several elegant houses and public buildings, pleasantly situated on 
the gentle declivity of an eminence, mostly in Suffolk, and partly 
in Cambridgeshire, 13 miles W. of Bury St. Edmund's, 13 miles 
N.E. of Cambridge, and 61 miles N.N.E. of London. 

It has a commodious Railway Station on the Eastern Counties Railway, between 
Cambridge and Bury St. Edmund's. It increased its population from 1792 souls in 
1801, to 2956 in 1841, and to 3356 in 1851. It is in two parishes, viz, All Saints, which 
has 320 acres, and 1058 souls, and is in Cheveley Hundred, Cambridgeshire; and St. 
Mary's, which has 250 acres, and 2298 souls, and is in Lackford Hundred, Suffolk,, 
forming, with Exning, a detached member of the latter county. The Duke of Rutland 
is lord of the manor, but part of the soil and most of the buildings belong to other pro- 
prietors. The market, held every Tuesday, has a commodious Corn Exchange, which 
is well attended by growers and buyers; and here are two annual fairs tor horses T 
sheep, &c, held on Whit-Tuesday, and Not. 8th. Petty Sessions are held here every 
Tuesday. The town is a great thoroughfare, and its principal street is about a mile 
in length. Most of the houses are modern and well built; and many of those which 
have been erected as the occasional residences of the nobility who attend the races, are 
extremely handsome. The inns and hotels are numerous, and are proverbial for the 
excellence of their accommodations. The New Rooms, erected about 80 years ago, form 
a large and elegant stone building, belonging to the Jockey Club, and comprising coffee, 
dining, card, billiard, betting, and news rooms, all handsomely famished, and provided 
with every accommodation for the gentlemen of the turf, when they meet to ratify their 
agreements or settle matches. Adjoining them is the Betting Room, built in 1844. The 
Theatre has been converted into a commodious Public Hall, used for public meetings, 
lectures, assemblies, concerts, dec. The Gas JForks were erected in 1839, at the cost of 
3-3000, raised in 600 £b shares ; but they have been enlarged at a further cost of ,£800, 
raised in 400 £2 shares. Newmarket has been much improved since the opening of its? 
Railway Station, by the formation of new streets, ccc. The railway was opened to 
Cambridge in 1848, and to Bury in 1854. The trade of the town depends almost exclu- 
sively on affairs connected with the turf, for which it has long been celebrated. 

The Race Course, one of the finest in the kingdom, is on the fine sandy heath on 
the north-west side of the town, in Suffolk. Here are secen racing weeks yearly, but 
the races held in Easter week, and in the month of October, are the principal. The 
diversion of horse racing, though undoubtedly practised in this country at the time of 
the Roman invasion, does not appear to have made much progress till the accession of 
James I . . who introduced it from Scotl and , where it had come into vogue from the spirit 
and swiftness of the Spanish horses which had been thrown ashore on the coast of Gal- 
loway, when the vessels of the Armada we^e wrecked. From this period it became more 
fashionable, and Newmarket had probably some kind of a racing establishment as early 
as the reign of this sporting monarch, who erected a house here, which was destroyed 
in the civil wars, but was rebuilt by that distinguished patron of the turf, Charles II., 
and is still dignified with the name of Palace. The idea of improving the breed of 
horses has in a certain degree induced the legislature to encourage this species of gam- 
bling ; and even the throne seems to sanction its continuance, Tor, in addition to the 
plates given by the nobility, the Sovereign has for many years given two annually at 
Newmarket, and several at other places. A gentleman who visited the October races 
here in the reign of Queen Anne, said he saw " a great concourse of the nobility and 
gentry from London and all parts of England, but they were all so intent, so eager, so 
busy upon the sharping part of the sport," that they seemed to him "just so many 
horse-coursers in Smithfield ; descending, the highest of them, from their high dignity 
and quality to the picking of another's pockets." The sport gives employment here to 
many trainers, jockeys, and grooms, who, in fine weather, may be daily seen exercising 
their racers upon the heath. In March, 16S3, when Charles II. and other members of 
the Royal family, with a large concourse of nobility and gentry, had assembled to wit- 
ness the races, a fire broke out and consumed the greatest part of the town. It has 
been supposed that the defeat of the Ryehouse plot, "may be attributed to this accident, 
as it occasioned the company to depart much earlier than had been calculated upon by. 

2m 



818 NEWMARKET. 

the conspirators. Charles I. passed through the town a prisoner in 1647. Newmarket 
gave birth to Thomas Merks, bishop of Carlisle, who became famous from his steady 
adherence to Richard II., for which he was degraded to be titular bishop of Samos. 
Several coins of Trajan, one of Faustina, and one of Maximianus Herculius, were 
found near the heath, about ninety years ago. About two miles west of the town is the 
Devil's Ditch, consisting of a deep ditch and elevated vallum, running seven miles in 
direct line to the fens of Ely, and supposed to have been cut by the Saxons or Danes. 

The two Parish Churches of Newmarket are ancient and interesting structures, 
and each has a tower and five bells. St. Mary's Church is in Suffolk, and has been a 
fine structure, in the style which prevailed in the 15th centuty. It is now much reduced 
in size, and greatly disfigured by modern repairs and alterations, but it is about to be 
completely restored to its pristine beauty, at the cost of about £2200, raised by sub- 
scription and grants. The benefice is a discharged rectory, valued in K.B.at£4. 15s. 2£d., 
and now at £250. The Duke of Rutland is patron, and the Rev. Robt. Robinson, B.A., 
is the incumbent, and has a good residence, and about £70 a year, awarded in 1813 
in lieu of tithes. All Saints' Church is in Cambridgeshire, and the benefice is a per- 
petual curacy, valued at £100, in the patronage of the Bishop of Ely, and incumbency 
of the Rev. Joseph Stevenson. In the town are two Chapels, one belonging to the Inde- 
pendents, and the other to the Wesleyans. The former was built in 1796, and the latter 
in 1841. 

Newmarket Literary Institution vr as founded in 1853, and has an increasing library 
and a well supplied Reading Room. It occupies part of the Public Hall; and the Rev« 
R. Robinson is the librarian; and Mr. F. M. Peck, honorary secretary. The town has 
large Rational Schools, and several charities for the relief of the poor. 

In 1772, John Parram, Esq., left £410. 6s. 2d. three percent, consols, and £21 
long annuities, in trust to pay yearly a marriage portion of £21 to a man and woman of 
All Saints parish, who should be married on Easter Thursday at All Saints' Church, 
and be each of the age of 20 to 25 years, and not worth more than £20. In those years 
'when there are no marriage claimants, the money is to be given to the winner of the 
next town plate. 

Richard Pickles, at some date unknown, charged his house with certain distribu- 
tions of beef, bro^d, fish, &c, in lieu of which a yearly rent-charge of £13. 5s. has long 
been paid, and is dispensed at; follows ; — £3. 17s. 6d. for a distribution of bread and 
meat among the poor of St. Mary's parish; £10. lis. fjr a distribution of bread, meat, 
&c, among "the poor of All Saints.; and 16s. 6d. to the clerk of All Saints. In 1591, 
Samuel Hudson left for the poor of Newmarket a yearly rent-charge of 20s., out of 
half an acre of land, and a house, formerly the Feathers Inn. From a distant period, 
all that has been derived from this charity is 13s. 4d. yearly. Lord Allington left two 
yearly rent-charges, viz., 13s. 4d. for the poor of St. Mary's, and 6s. 8d. for the poor of 
All Saints, out of the lordship of Newmarket. The poor of St. Mary's have 13s. 4d., 
left by John Muckham and Walter Pratt, out of the manor farm; 15s. per annum, as 
the rent of land at Exning, given by Mary Buck; 30s. a year, out of the Greyhound 
Inn, left by John Archer ; and the interest of £40, left Hy Abraham Goodall, in 1735. Two 
tenements and half an acre of garden ground, in Black Bear lane, are supposed to have 
been derived from the bequests of Robert and Thomas Row, and are occupied by poor 
families, except part of the land, which is let for 21s. a year. The present Boys' 
National School was built in 1848, and is attended by about 130 pupils. The 
master has the boys' pence and a yearly salary of £60. The Girls' National School 
was built in 1820, and has about 120 scholars. Here is a branch of the Cambridge 
Savings' Bank, open on Tuesdays, from 12 to 3, at Messrs. Webster and Bayley's. Here 
are several provident societies, and a self-aiding medical club. 

NEWMARKET UNION, formed by the New Poor-Law Commissioners, in 1836, 
comprises the two parishes of Newmarket, the six parishes of Dalham, G-azeley, Lid- 
gate, Moulton, Ousden, and Exning, in Suffolk; and the twenty-one parishes of Ash- 
ley, Boro' Green, Bottisham, Brinkley, Burwell, Cheveley, Chippenham, Dullingham, 
For;Iham, Isleham, Kennet, Kirtling, Landwade, Soham, Snailwell, Stetehworth, 
Swaffham Priory, Swaffham Buibeck, Westley, Wicken, and Wood-Ditton, in Cam- 
bridgeshire. These 29 parishes comprise an area of 97,373 acres, and a population of 
30,655 souls, of whom 6701 are in Suffolk, and 23,954 in Cambridgeshire. The Work- 
house stands half a mile north of the town, in Exning parish, and was built in 1836, 
at the cost of £6909. It is a spacious building of white brick, having room for 380 
inmates. The Board of Guardians meets at the Workhouse every Friday. Wm. Parr 
Isaacson, Esq., is the union clerk and supt. registrar. Messrs. Isaac Anderson, John 
Fletcher, and W. B. Fletcher, are the relieving officers. Messrs. Robert Hull, Wm. 
Fetcher, Jph. Hill, John Wilson, and Geo. Willis", are registrars of births and deaths. 
The Rev. F. S. Croughton is chaplain, and Mr. Chas. and Mrs. Clarke are master and 
matron of the workhouse; and Mr. Wm. and Mrs Andrews, teachers of the schools. 

Newmarket County Court District comprises 25 of the parishes in Newmarket Union. 
John Collyer, Esq., is the judge; T. I, Barstow, Esq., of Dedham, chief clerk ; James 
Button, Esq,, assistant ^clerk; Mr. Hy. Gregory, high bailiff; and Fras. Norman, bailiff. 



819 

NEWMARKET DIRECTORY. 

Post-Office, High street. Mr. Wm. Le Pla, postmaster. Letters are despatched 
at 81 morning, and 10f night, to all parts. Mail carts, &c, every morning to surround- 
ing parishes, and to Ely at 10| night. Money Orders are granted and paid from 9 
a.m. to 6 p.m. 

Tliose marked 1, reside in Albert street; 2, Albion street ; 3, Bury road; 4, Cheveley road; 
5, Exning road; 6, Exeter place; 7, Kingston square; 8, Mill Hill; 9, Market lane; 
10, Marketplace; 11, Palace street; 12, Sandpit lane; 13, Sun lane; 14, Turf terrace; 
15, Wellington street ; 16, Newtown; 17, Church street ; 18, Ely road; and the rest in 
High street, or where specified. 

Murrells Mrs Mary J 6 Moody Thomas 

4 Oke George C. law clerk, & 8 Mrs Mary 
14 Pardaye Edwin, book agent 
Pavis Mrs Eliz. | 5 Perren Mrs 
Peret Arthur, professor of languages 
16 Perkins John, constable 
16 Piper Stephen, gent 
Prince Mr John | 16 Quince S. groom 
Purkis John, letter carrier 

3 Robinson Rev Robert, B.A. rector of St 
Mary's 

8 Robinson Mr John J 7 Robson Mrs 
16 Rowell Thomas, surveyor 

5 Rowlatt John Clark, clerk of St Mary's 

7 Ruse Mrs Sar. | Seabear Mrs A. 

8 Shave Charles, ketchup maker 
16 Smith John, carrier 
Stebbing Mr Wm. | 8 Stofer Isaac 
8 Steggles Thos. police sergeant 
16 Sterling Martin, clerk of course 
Stevenson Rev Jph. incbt. of All Saints' 
Tattersall Richard, auctioneer 
Taylor Mrs Mary | Thorpe Misses 
Tharp Geo. Wm., Esq., Warren Cottage 
Wallis Mr Thos. [ 14 Wells Miss A. 
Westley Mr George, Bloomsbury House 

BANKERS. 
Eaton, Hammond, & Co. (draw on Cocks, 

Biddulph, and Co) 
Foster E. and C. F. and G. E., of Ely, (at- 
tend on Tuesdays) 

FIRE AND LIFE OFFICES. 
Alfied, W. P. Isaacson 
Atlas, Solomon Payne 

4 Church of England, G. C. Oke 
16 Globe, &c. Francis Challands 
Imperial, E'nenezer Feist 
Norwich Union, &c. Wm. Newman 
Phoenix, &c. Rogers and Clark 
Royal Farmers, C. Chapman 
Scottish Union, Wm. Bell 
Suffolk Alliance, and Clerical & Medical, 

&c. John F.Clark 



Andrews Mrs Fanny, Bear lane 
15 Andrews Mr Fuller, sen 
Andrews Wm., Workhouse school 

15 Arnull Mrs Lucy, and 4 Mrs Lucy 

16 Ashford Thos. clerk of All Saints' 
4 Balls Benjamin, horse letter, &c 
4 Balls James, carrier 
8 Barton Alice, coal dealer 
Bayley Mrs Eliz. | Beresford Mr W. R. 
Bottom Mr John | 15 Braham John, sen 
Bradfer Jas. & Son, china, glass, &c. dlrs 
4 Brown Geo. Wm. station master 

15 Brown Robt. fish and game dealer 
Bryant Mrs Sarah A. | Burchley Ann 

16 Butter Mrs Sarah, Nunnery 
Button James, solicitor, assistant clerk of 

County Court, &c 
16 Challands Francis, agent 
2 Chapman Mr Thos. | Chappell James 
Clark John Francis, architect & surveyor, 

Fairsteo.d House 

4 and 8 ClarkeMr s Ann 

5 Claike Charles and Mrs. master and ma- 
tron, Union Workhouse 

2 Cohen Jacob, wire worker, machine 

6 Cohen Mr J. | 6 Cole Thomas, clerk 
Connolley Mrs E. | Cooper Mr Wm. 
5 Crougbton Rev F. S. union chaplain 
Day Mr Samuel | 16 Fenn Robert, clerk 
Frewen Morton John Edward, Esq 
8 Frye Alfred aud Charles, clerks 
8 Garland John, revenue officer 
1 Goodhugh Mrs S. j 8 Frost Mr Chas. 
16 Gorner John, gardener, &c 
10 Greata Mrs Ann | Hacon Mrs L. 

3 Green John, gardener 

3 Hall Harry, artist 
Hammond Chas. Eaton & Edward, Esqrs 

4 Hammond Rev Henry and Mrs Ellen 
15 High Mr Philip | Hilton Mrs 
Holland Horatio, currier, &c 
Holland Mrs Mary | 2 Hodgson Thos. 
3 Hough Joseph, horse clipper 
Howlett Jas. B. clerk, & David, sexton 
8 Howlett Samuel, sausage maker 
Hull Roht. registrar of marriages, &c 
Isaacson Wm. Parr, solicitor,^ and union 

and magistrates' clerk, &c 

Jarvis James, inspector of weights & mea- 
sures ; and Mr Wm. 

Jeffrey Richard S. constable 

Le Pla Wm postmaster 

Mackray Rev Robert, (Independent) 

7 Manning Jas. eleTk to the Jockey Club 

Mare Charles J., Esq 

14 l Mason John, police inspector 

14 Martin Wm . railway guard 

Mumiord Mrs Mary, Bear lane 



INNS AND TAVERNS. 
Black Bear, Julius Pierre Bohn 
Black Bull, Ann Smith 
Black Horse, Betsey Barrett 
10 Bushel, John Mainprice 
16 Carpenters' Arms, Josiah Marrow 
Crown, Frederick Lynch Bloss 
9 Dolphin, James Tomlin 
8 Five Bells, Robert Moody Hassall 
Golden Lion, Ralph Westley 
16 Greenwich Pensioner, Saml. Speechley 
Greyhound, Wm. Jarvis, (posting) 
Grosvenor Arms, George Hammond 
Half- Moon, Francis Day 



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NEWMARKET DIRECTORS'. 



3 Horse and Groom, George Flatman 

1 Horse Shoes, Benj. Chas. Planner 

9 Lamb, John Palmer 

16 Marquis of Granby, Leonard Rose 
8 .Queen Victoria, James Fras. Deeks 
16 Railway Tavern, John Lovick 
13 Rising San. Matthew Witham 
Rutland Arms, In. D'.xon Boyce 

2 Sir John Barleycorn, Henry Murfet 
Star Hotel, Elizabeth Snell 

10 Three Tun?, James Clark 

2 Two Old Brewers, Mrs Dennis 

"Waggon & Horses, John Martin 

15 Wellington. Robert Jacob 

8 Wheat Sheaf, Samnel Pearson 

White Hart, Charles Bottom, (posting) 

2 White Lion, Philip Arber 

10 Woolpack, Robert Parkinson 



ACADEMIES. 

14 BewsherRevW.R 
Clarke Elizabeth 
8 Culmer George 
Frye Mrs F. 
8 Johnson Mrs 

14 Kerry Eliz. 
Parkinson Kate 
Payne Fanny 
Prince Ann 
Hobinson RevRt. 

5 Rowlatt John C, 

Rational School 
Ruse Harriet 
16 Swindells John 

ATTORNEYS. 

Isaacson & Button 
Kitchener W. C. 
2 Phillips Charles 

AUCTIONEERS 

And Estate Agents- 
Feist Ebenezer 

15 Isaacson <fc Tat- 
tersall 

BAKERS, &C. 

8 Allen Robert 
Allen William 

10 Andrews Thos. 
Brown Henry 
3 Cooper Robert 
Cromer Mary 

16 i v sman Jph. 
"*6 Poud George 

C PCUQ T "^ ITV 

10 Simpson Was, 
Stephenson Car.: , .r 
BA5KET MAKERS. 

10 Cole Robert 

9 Cole William 

10 Jarvis Samnel 
BEERHOUSES. 

5 England Wm. 
8 Hills Thomas 
15 Hitchen Wm. 

BLACKSMITHS. 

Barrow Wm. & Rd., 
and vety.snrgeons 
Kerrv G.. farrier 
10 King Luke&Hy. 
37 Peachey Robert 

BOOKSELLERS, 

PRINTERS, AND 

STATIONERS. 

Rogers and Clark 



Simpson Allen 
BOOT <fc SHOEXZRS. 

9 Adams Martin 

8 Brewster George 
2 Craske E. cfe Son 
11 Daniel Chas. 
Howlett Samnel 
Mayfield George 

15 Pettit Thomas 

1 Prigg Thomas 

14 Rayner William 
11 Seagrott Henry 
•2 Utton Thomas 

16 Waters Thos. 

BREWERS 

And Maltsters. 
Moodv Tvrell 

2 Phillips Charles 

BRICKLAYERS. 

16 Bainbridge John 

3 Bouttell William 

Clark Edward 
S Clark Samnel 
Coe David 
*2 Hitchen Oliver 

BUTCHERS. 

10 Bland Robert 
10 Boesak David 

15 Oanmngham T. 

15 Gent William 
Goodchild John 
10 Holmes John 
Jeffrey Richard S. 
10 Reed Thomas 
10 Wiseman >~:r.; 

h Wood l\: 

ai ones MAKERS. 
C H^r^^ti Chas. 
B C bf rsman John 
5 H: en John 
8 Hull Fleetwood 
Newman Wm. 

CHEMIST? 

AND DHUGG-I5TS. 

Arnull Henry 
Dunning Thomas 
Rogers Sarah 

COACH MAKERS. 

SDeeks J. Francis 
Hnnnybun Thos. 

COAL MERCHANTS. 

Andrews FuLer.jun. 

(and timber) 
1 Bryant Wm. &Rt. 



Jarvis James 
Smith Pp. , Station 

CONFECTIONERS. 

Dearsley Arabella 
6 Pond Henry 
10 Porter William 
10 Reynolds John 

COOPERS. 
1 Franks Thomas 
8 Hills James 
10 Jarvis Samnel 

CORN MERCHANTS. 
B;? s s Fdk. Lynch 
Bryant Wm. & Rt. 
10 Golc Rrbert 

CORN MILLER. 

5 Simpson Wm. 

FARM I I - , 

Bottom William 
Bcyce Wm. D. 
Bryant William 
Farthing Charles 
Ratliff William 
4 Sabin Thos. F. 
Westiey Ralph 

grocers, &c. 
15 Eocock Robert 

8 and 10 Hilton My. 
and William 

17 Jarrold Geirge 
Pars Thomas 
Prrter Eleanor 
Postans George C. 
W eh e te t ft Bay ley 

HAIR DRESSERS. 

Porter George 

15 Braham John 
10 Moody Thomas 
Btebbinfl Charles 

9 Bymondfl Samnel 

10 Symonds Tl:s 

"hatters. 

See Tailors and 

Linen and Woollen 

1 aver*. 

IRONEONGERS. 

ISAdlard Charles, 

and tinner. <tc 
I >by R:bert' 
IC Br:wn 6c Colby 
Lord Simeon 

JOCKEYS. 

be Drainer*. 

8 Abdale William 
8 Barthclomew Jas, 
1 Bell Henry 
4 Bntler Francis 
4 Esslin* William 

4 Flatman Elnatn. 

5 Norman John 

12 Pe:::: Robert 3. 
Price Peter 
Rogers Samnel 

16 Sharp G. E. 
S Sly Robert 

JOINERS. 

5 Driver Thos. 
Hammond James 
16 Ruse ft ChaUiag 
7 Ru^e John Wm , 

11 Westiey Samnel 



LINEN <fe WOOLLEN 
DRAPERS. 

Andrews Henry 
10 HebblewhiteFdk, 
Pa*k Thomas 
Pratt James 
Tince William 

MILLINERS, &C. 

1 Arnuil Sos. 
10 Avis Nancy 
Bradfer Emily 

2 Dcnn Lncy 

5 Edmondson Mrs 
10 Hockley Louisa 

3 Hon ^:. M = = e? 
14 Hurl Henrietta 
B Lhatala Jane 

13 Porkis Ann 

14 Pardaye Mrs 
1 Moody Mary 
Sadler Charlotte 

m Harriet 
Wiles Ellen 

Misses 

PAINTERa, PLUM- 
HI SS> ft GLAZIERS. 

Clark Thomas 

12 Leach Wm, 
Payne Solomon 
Peck Geo. Fdk., and 

paper hanger 

SADDLERS. 
Boyce Charles 
Holland H: ratio 

1 atnei Joseph 

SHOPKEEPEJ.S. 

Andrews Fuller 
5 Barnard Sophia 
B Bayley Henry 
S Browning John 

9 Bull William 

;.rman Eliz. 

15 Fireman My. A„ 

10 Porter William 

ieorge 
18 Reynolds John 
Bherarin Thomas 
S Spring Wm. 
5 Staples Clara 

stone masoss* 
Arber Philip 
E Clark Samuel 
3 Parkinson Edw. 
STRAVT HAT MKRS;. 

13 Argent Martha 
IBaUe E::z. 
Parfcii Lney 

Uttsn Susannah 
STRI-ZjNS. 

Paireloth Richard 
Pyaon ft Gamble 
Fyson Robert 
Page Frederick 
Peck Floyd M. 

TAILORS. 

10 Avis Wm., sen. 
10 Avis Win. Angst* 
Bradfer J as. & Sen 
17 Burling Joseph 
Clark My. and Son 
9 Dysoa William 

2 Foikes Joseph, 



NEWMARKET DIKECTORY. 



821 



Goldiag Saml., hat- 
ter and clothier 
Hasseil Joseph 
15 Husband Thos. 

15 Le Pla Samuel 
8 Swann Robert 
10 Taylor Henry 
Wicks John 

TRAILERS 
Of Race Horses. 
Armstrong John 
4 Arnull William 
1 Bloss Fdk. Chas. 

16 Bloss George 
4 Boyce Henry 
4 Boyce Richard 
4 Bradley Henry 

3 Batler William 
12 Channell Wm. 
8 Cooper Richard 
Daley John 

4 French Joseph 

5 Goodwin Wm. 
12 Harlock Wm. 
1 Perren John 



8 Pettit Robert S. 
Rayner Charles 
12 Robinson James 
Rogers Samuel 
4 Smith William 
Stephenscn Thos. 
Stephenson Rt. M. 

WATCHMAKERS. 

Harris William 
Hull Robert, and 
silversmith 

WHEELWRIGHTS. 

See Coach Makers. 

WHITESMITHS. 
Bony Robert 
1 Pond Charles 

wi>:e and spirit 
merchants, &c. 
Boycs Wm. Dixon 
Bottom Charles 
Mordy Tyrell 
Phillips Charies 



RAILWAY 
Trains to Bory St. Edmund's, Cambridge, 

London, &c, four times a day. 
M N I B U S 
From the Rutland Arms, to meet all the 

trains. 

CARRIERS. 
Marked 2 stop at Horse and Groom; 3, Star; 

4, Waggon and Horses; 5, White Lion;, 

6, Crown: 7, Bull; and 9, Two Brewers.. 
Bury, Rails daily, and 7 A. Smith, Wed. 
Borwell— 5E. South. 8 H. Mingay, and 

9 J. Mnriey, Tues., thu., and Sat. 
Cambridge.— Rails daily, and 7 A. Smith,. 

Saturday. 
Cowling.— 3 Wm Potter, Tues. and Fri. 
Gazeley.— 6 C. Osborne, Tues. and Fri.. 
Haverhill.— 3 Thos. Woollard, Tues. 
Isleham. — 7 Edw. Fletcher, Tuesday. 
Ipswich.— Rails daily. 
Lidgate.— J. Balls, Thursday. 
London.— Rails daily. 
Mildenhall.— Jas. Ball, Tues. and Fri. 
Soham.— 4 W. Murfit and 3 S. Elsden r 

Tues. and Saturday. 
Thetford.— Rails daily. 
Wickhambrook.— 3 J. Brown, Tu. and FrL 



IPSWICH APPENDIX. 

Changes, dr., since Ipswich Directory at pages 105 to 146 was printed. 



Aldrich Rev Wm.. B.D., Northgati street i 

Alexander Mrs.. Whitton road 

Allen Ann. vict. Half-Moon, Foundation st 

Andrews Jas. tea dealer, Woodbridge road 

Annes Samuel 3. dragR-ist. 15 Tavern st 

Bacon Mr John. Grenville street 

Barnes Charles, vict. Elephant and Castle, 

Mount street 
Baxter John, shopkeeper. Chenery street 
Baxter John, beerhouse, St Helen's street 
Beard Wm. butcher, St Peter's street 
Berrymin & Nunn, accountants & agents, 

L pper Brook street 
Bilham Widow, baksr, Clay lane 
Bird Wm. fishmonger, Great Whip street 
Blos3 Susannah, eating-house, Carr street 
Bonnewitz Chas. beerhouse and musician, 

Norwich road 
Botwright Jas. railway superintndt. Station 
Brill George, eating-house, St Nicholas st 
Bugg Alfred, beerhouse, Bridge street 
Butcher George F. gent. Burlington road 
Cade Robert, watchmaker, Orwell place 
Chevallier Clement, gent. Kusbmere 
Chilver George, druggist, Bridge street 
Clarke George, shoemaker, Clarkson st 
Clarke Mr John, Burlington road 
Clarke Wm. tea dealer, Norwich road 
Cock Wm, baker, Fitzroy street 
Cole Serjeant George, New Barracks 
Cox Mr John, Grenville street 
Creasy E. & E. milliners, Queen street 
Cutting Miles, druggist, St Margaret's st 
Daniels Robert, collector, Railway Station 
Elvin Mrs. milliner, 1 Norwich road 
Ensor J. L. {now at Semer) 
Fisk Henry, relieving officer, Norwi2h rd 
' Wm, cap proprietor, Chenery street 



Francis Saml. Geo. valuer, &c, Crown st 
Francis Richard S. watchmaker, Queen st 
Fulcher Alfred, boot maker, Austen st 
Garaham Win', gamekeeper, Woodbridge rcl 
Girling Wm. beerhouse and builder, St 

Helen's street 
Goodchild Amos, baker, St Margaret's pin 
Gooding John, vict. Freehold Tavern, 

Califomil 
Gray George, engineer. Clarkson street 
Grimwood Caroline, grocer, Orwell place 
Gurney John S. wood turner, St Peter's fit 
Hatch Rbt. English, shopkeeper, Moun. St 
Haze 1 ! John. vict. Angel, Fore street 
Hazell Joseph, beerhouse, Stoke street 
Head Jeremiah, gent. Norwich roai 
Helsdon tennis, grocer. S'. Matthew's "at 
Hood Thos. coach mn*«*r, Qbtimeri street 
Hunt John > Go. - .urs and outfitters-, 

Tavern street, ano" T ['rn 
Hunt Miles, shopkeeper ".ast street 
Jennings Thomas C. c^tician, &c, Tacket 

street ; L 3 <.-iliwal place 
Johnson Saml. Robt. shopkeeper, Long ha 
Johnson H. & ". milliners, Butter market 
Kemp Thomas, clerk of Samford Union, 2 

Norwich road 
Kerrison Roger Allday, Esq., Woodbdg. rd 
Leggett Chas. cabinet maker, Chenery st 
Ling Geo. vict. Royal Albert, Railway Stn 
Larking Wm. vict. King's Head, King st 
Long John, vetny. surgeon, Tower ditches 
Love Captain Edwin M., Woodbridge road 
Lyons Mary Ann, shopkeeper, Elm street 
Macro Jacob, boot maker, High street 
Markham Mr Charles, Berners street 
Martin Enoch, beerhouse, Silent street 
Masters James, beerhouse, Rope lane 



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APPENDIX. 



Norfolk & Eastern Counties Coal Company, 

Stoke bridge; Benj. Mason, agent 
Owen Rev John. B.A., incumbent of St 

Margaret's. Fonnereau road 
Patterson Wilfred, boot maker, Stoke 
Pay Wm. grocer. St Clement's 
Peace Simon, vict. Defiance, Stoke st 
Bands Emnl. sen. rope mkr. St Peters st 
Eice Philip, beerhs. & carrier, Clay lane 
Seagrave Wm. rag. <fcc. dlr. St Margrt.'s st 
Simpson Geo. shopkeeper. Norwich road 
Smith John, cabinet nikr. St Matthew's st 
Smith Thomas, tide surveyor, Customs 
Spurling Samuel, grocer, Crown street 
Steel Wm.' shopkeeper, Bird's Gardens 
Stephens Philip Richard Laws, vict. Sun, 

St Stephen's lane 
Stevens Et. vict. Royal Wm., Hand ford rd 
Studcl Henry R. beerhouse, Gaol lane 
Sullings Charles, wood turner and bat 

maker. Great Whip street 
Thurlow John, vict. Dove, St Helen's st 
Ward Eev Chas. incumbent of St Nicholas, 

Woodbridge road 
Warren John, jeweller. Westgate 
Wells John, pork butcher and beerhouse. 

Crown street 
Wiles Mary A. baby linen dealer, Tavern st 
Wilson Joseph, grocer, St Margaret's st 
Toungman Jno. com chandler, St Peter's st 

WOODBRIDGE, (Page 282.) 
Allcock Wm. baker, Market hill 
Brightwell Susan, beerhouse, Market hill 
Brooks German, vict. Queen's Head, Sek- 

forde street 
Bunn Walter, beerhouse, Castle street 
Fox Francis, mail contractor, Sekforde st 
Gurney Godfrey, vict. Cross Inn, Church st 
Jefferys Eev John, (Wesleyan,) New street 
Pepper Lionel, gent. Sekforde street 
Pite George Alfred, draper, Thoroughfare 

BENTLEY, (Page 213.) 
"Warden Jonathan, vict. Tankard 

BLF/XDESTOX, (Page 534.) 
j ber Thomas, farmer 

VI FIXBOROUGH, (Page 410.) 
■ .. fix. '-trmer, Boyton HaU 

G-VLI^TOX, (Page 581.) ' 
Belianny Da \ butcher 
Marstor Role. ,. ict Feathers 

HALESWGI I. (Page 311.) 

Clark George, pai. tcv. p.unber, &c. 

White Henry, relieving officer 

Corn Exchange o.ily SO feet hong (p. 308.) 

H INT LE SHAM, (Page 222.) 
Bead Wm. beerhousekeep >: 



LOWESTOFT, (Page 565.) 

Clarke Charles W. tinner, High str- 

Hindle (Wm.) & Barker (John), mill w 

founders, gasfitters. &c. Commerci 

Toogood Wm. builder, 46 Marine pa: 

* OULTON, (Page 574.) 
Woods Thomas Roe, ironfouDder, cc, 
(late Kiddle) (see page 575' 

PEASENHALL FARMERS. 
Bird Samuel li Mutimer Elijah 
Tunney John Robert Wm. 
Sampson Robert (see pape 323) 

SAMFORD UNION, (Pa^e 312.. 
Mr Thomas Kemp, of Ipswich, is 
clerk of this Union 

SOUTHTOWX. (Page 582.) 
Fenn Lieutenant Robert, Announj 
Sherrin Geo . tailor & vict Manby'^ 
Captain Manby died in November, F 

STOWMARKET, ..Page 421.) 
Edgar John, supervisor 
Ives Robt. snoemkr. & beerhs. Ipswic - 1 
Long Septimus, surveyor of taxes, Bt 

Bower & Prest, millers, RickinglmU 
Tindale Wm. com, <fcc. merchant, Eedt 
THORRIXGTOX, (Page 336.)' 
Pearce Daniel, farmer 

WALPOLE. .Page 338.) 
Glutton James Draper, farmer 
Davies George, farmer 
Page Captain Thomas 

WESTOX, (Page 677.) 
Xixon Robert, farmer 

WESTHALL, (Page 342.) 
Hill Jesse, veterinary surgeon and 
Race Horse 

WESTLETOX, (Page 343.) 
Forsdiek Henry, vict. Crown 

WISSETT, (Page 344.) 
Thurton Sarah, vict. Swan 

WYTEESTOXE, (Page 617.) 
Clarke Joseph, farmer, Valentine Hal 

TOXFORD, (Page 347.) 
Johnson Alex. Robert, Esq.. Grove i? 
Sillett Charlotte, vict. Three Tuns Inn 



MAYORS for 1854-5. 

Bury St EdmuncVs.—Vni. Salmon, 
Becclcs. — John Crisp, Jun., Esq. 
Eye. — C. Creame, Esq. 
Ipswich. — Peter Bartholomew Long, I 
Southwold. — Alfred Liilingstone, Esq. 
Sudbury. — W. R. Bevan. Esq. 
Thetford.—H. A. Bartlett, Esq. 
Yarmouth. — Charles John Palmer, Esq 



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INDEX TO THE HISTORY OF IPSWICH. 



Almshouses, 94 
Ancient Houses, 64 
Arboretum, 88 
Artillery Corps, 64 
Assizes, 75 
Asylums, 99 
Barracks, 63 



Baths, 88 

Bilney Thomas, 61 
Birkfield Lodge, 80 
Bolton, 78 
Borough, 50 
Bridges, 71 
Burrell Family, 80 



Carriers, 144 
Castle, 54. 81 
Cemetery, 85 
Chapels, 83 
Charities, 90; 
74,90 



Trustees, 



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